Chapter 10
"Optimus sir I have a visual on Sam" said Scattershot
Bumblebee, Optimus and Scattershot were still parked on the side they all saw Sam but didn't know what to do. Bee just looked over at her sadly he knew that she didn't have a good relationship with her mum but to see Sam like this.
"Scattershot stay here and keep an eye on Sam try and get her home" ordered Prime
"Bumblebee check the perimeter for decepticons, while I will try and help put fires out"
Prime didn't really know what else to do, if he was disguised as a fire engine he might as well act like one.
Sam sat under a tree with her head between her legs. Her eyes filled with tears but she tried not to let out how much pain she was in. Her Mother had disappeared and she had seen the devil himself, she had to be strong if not for herself then for her mum. Sam looked up to see police everywhere but hardly any civilians she saw Scattershot by the road but didn't really recognise him. Until his passenger door flew open.
Sam ran towards him, quickly getting in to the blue tank she felt like she could let all her tears out now.
"Scattershot…. She's…..She's gone!" cried Sam
"I shouldn't have left her, I shouldn't have run away"
The door just closed and they both dove off away from the disaster area.
"Sam, it's not your fault. Your Mother might be at the hospital"
Looking up from her seat Sam cried until they reached her house, but she didn't want to go home she didn't want to pretend nothing had happened and go to bed.
"You can't do anything Sam, the best thing for you is to rest and keep your strength up."
Looking out of the window towards her house she saw Poppy and her Mother at the front door with Jeeves and Emily. If she goes in there they would flood her with questions and make sure she was alright.
"NO! I have to find her Scattershot. I know she's alive so I have to find her"
Quickly Jeeves ran towards the Tank hoping to get Sam out and in to the house. Scattershot saw him coming and turned a projection of a solider on in the driver's seat.
"I promise Sam that if you go get some rest and calm down, we will go out looking for your Mother"
Surprised at what her alien friend just said Sam froze. They were going to help Sam find her mother but why? It didn't seem right to her, she should be looking not the Autobots.
"We'll check the hospital, the other side of town, the disaster area. We'll check everywhere for you" argued Scattershot
All Sam could do now was smile as she looked at the hologram of the solider and saw it look back at her. A knock came from her window as Jeeves stood outside with an umbrella over him. Sam nodded to him before saying one last thing that was playing around in her mind.
"I saw Megatron in the black smoke and I think he was responsible for the explosion. Scattershot if he was there he might have taken my mum, right?"
No reply came as the door opened and Jeeves grabbed Sam from inside the tank, pulling her out in to the rain.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Sam yelled
Letting go in surprise Jeeves watched as Sam ran inside the house and the tank drove off, he didn't even thank the driver for bringing her home.
"Sam are you alright? Where's your mum?" asked Poppy
"Miss Samantha are you hurt? Come and dry yourself off" said Emily
"You must be soaked Samantha, are you cold?" asked Poppies mum
Everyone was talking at once but just as Jeeves closed the door Sam screamed and walked away, going up the stairs she looked back down at them and began to shout.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, YES IM WET BUT MY MUM'S MISSING I'D MUCH RATHER BE OUT THERE CATCHING A COLD THEN HERE!"
Now everyone gave each other guilty faces knowing that Sam was more interested in her mother than herself. As each of them turned their faces to the top of the stairs where Sam was stood they all looked surprised as Sam had gone without warning.
"I think we better leave Miss Samantha to rest" said Jeeves
He then turned to Poppy and her mother.
"You are welcome to stay for the night if you wish in the east wing"
Both of them nodded and followed Emily up the stairs to the guest rooms.
"Pick any room you like"
Poppy chose the room at the end of the long corridor and her mother opposite.
"I will bring some fresh pyjamas up for you both"
An hour later the whole house was quiet everyone was in their rooms sleeping apart from Poppy, she found it hard to sleep. Although she knows what her best friend has to put up with she completely know how her best friend was feeling. Maybe it wasn't the best time for Poppy and her mother to be there especially as Sam's had gone missing. Every time Poppy closed her eyes she thought of how weird Sam has been these past couple of days, since that day they both found that creepy, slanted house.
"Sam's hiding something" whispered Poppy
Although Poppy all ways respected Sam's privacy there was nothing that made her act like this before. Something was up something big.
Very Early the next morning around 5:43 Poppy snuck out of her room to go and talk to Sam. Creeping along the corridor hoping not to wake anyone up Poppy heard nothing from Sam's room up ahead. Getting closer and closer she looked down the stairs she thought she saw something moving about down there but all she could see was pitch black. Behind her a light suddenly turned on in Emily's room and a shadow was getting bigger as it was coming towards the door. Poppy quickly ran in to a door in the west wing of the house and quietly closed it hoping Emily didn't see or hear her. She heard Emily going down the giant stair case probably going to make a coffee poppy thought.
Poppy then turned her attention to the room she was in, she hadn't been in all the rooms apart from Sam's, dining room, kitchen and living room. But what she saw astounded her. Inside the room was a very big library, books everywhere and in the centre was a computer but not just any computer it was the latest one which cost zillions of money. But who was Poppy kidding Sam was rich she could afford anything, well just about everything. There was one thing that Sam couldn't afford and that was to spend time with her mum and dad, Poppy knew this well.
"Wow" whispered Poppy
But she couldn't stop to look around she opened the door and poked her head out. No one was about. She continued her way sneaking down to Sam's room before knocking on the door.
No reply came.
She tried again but still nothing so Poppy Pushed down on the handle and saw that Sam's curtains were tied up they hadn't been pulled across, and her bed was neat and tidy like no one had slept in it. Poppy then went inside and checked the en-suit bathroom but Sam wasn't there. Poppy got worried and was hoping that her best friend was hiding in the house.
"Sam"
Poppy then checked the big wardrobe and found three empty coat hangers, she then went to Sam's bag draw and found that the bag Sam always took out was gone. Poppy quickly looked out the windows and saw Cars rushing by going to work and some going home. The ground was wet but it was drying up as there weren't any puddles about.
Suddenly a voice came from behind Poppy that scared her half to death.
"Excuse me Miss but this is Sam's room and it is 6 o'clock in the morning. Too early for anyone to be up and asking questions about last night" explained Jeeves
Poppy just turned and gave a worried look at him, she respected his authority but she had to but in.
"Jeeves, Sam is missing. Her bag has gone, the bed doesn't look like it's been slept in and there are three empty coat hangers. And I know that when there is an empty coat hanger you or Emily always take it down because 'it looks untidy'. We have to find her." Snapped Poppy
Jeeves was surprised at what the young girl was saying but she was right he looked at the bed and saw that Sam couldn't have slept in it. He nodded at Poppy as she ran out of the room and down to her guest room.
"I'll tell your mother and Emily and we will start searching" shouted Jeeves in a hurry
"And I'll get dressed and search for her" she replied
Jeeves was surprised at how fast Poppy was and eager she was at finding Sam. To his astonishment Poppy quickly came running out of the room and up to him all dressed with a bag on ready to search. She handed him a number and ran off.
"Call me if anything happens, I'll try calling Sam"
Poppy slammed the door behind her which made Emily come out of the kitchen and look up at him and Poppies Mother emerged from her room wondering what was going on. And Jeeves didn't waste a second on explaining.
Poppy was walking towards the explosion last night thinking Sam might be there. As she was half walking half running she dialled Sam's phone number hoping she would pick up. But nothing just Sam's voice on voicemail. Poppy decided to try again later as she reached her destination. Police were everywhere telling people that was up and alert about what happened to stay back.
"Excuse me sir" said Poppy as she went up to an officer
"Have you seen a teenage girl like me brown hair, blue eyes with a brown bag over her shoulder?"
The officer took a while and Poppy understood that he had seen a lot of people around.
"Yes, I have seen her isn't she Samantha the daughter of the famous actor and chef? I saw her here a while ago but she ran off towards the centre of the city." He explained
Poppy immediately thought of where she might go, the officer returned to his duties as Poppy walked away. Walking fast down the path a gust of wind almost blew poppy on to the road but she wasn't paying attention to the danger around her but of her friend. She now picked up the pace as she knew Sam would go to the hospital to see if her mum had checked in there. Poppy wanted to get there as soon as possible but she hadn't had any breakfast and she hardly had any sleep. There was literally no energy in her but she didn't want to give up especially on Sam. Suddenly a yellow Camaro went whizzing past her with a blue tank and a blue sports car following behind.
"HEY" shouted Poppy
The vehicles were going too fast to hear her. Poppy recognized the tank from the night before but she wanted to know why it was with two cars, it didn't make sense. Again Poppy dialled Sam's number the phone rang but no answer came. As the day went on Poppy thought that she would never find her friend. She had searched everywhere she thought Sam would be but nothing. However Poppy had seen the blue sports car pretty much everywhere she had been.
"Come on Sam, where are you?" asked Poppy
At that moment Poppies phone started ringing in her pocket, her eyes widened as she was hoping it was Sam.
"Hello Sam" she rushed
"Unfortunately not" came a voice "this is Jeeves your mother and I have been searching for hours and found nothing we were hoping you had a lead on things but it doesn't sound like it"
"No Jeeves I haven't heard a peep out of her but I'm not giving up"
Although the odds were against any of them of finding Sam Something told Poppy that she would find her.
"We are going to stop and rest for a while, maybe even for the rest of the day she may return tonight"
Poppy ended the call and sat on a nearby bench, someone had to know something, and someone had to have seen her. Then a white and yet strange looking aircraft flew over Poppies head, she had seen strange things today maybe they were looking for Sam too but how could Sam know that many people. It was something that seemed very doubtful to poppy.
"What a minute the museum I haven't checked there, Sam loves to go there especially to talk to Professor Collins, there friends" suggested Poppy
She quickly got up from the bench and ran towards the museum it wasn't that far away as she was already in the city centre. As poppy ran down the street she past so many people that she thought she could easily ask if they had seen Sam but it was a long shot idea and they might not even had seen her. Arriving at the museum Poppy climbed up what felt like thousands of stairs and walked through the front doors. The place was packed high and low of people looking around the exhibits but with the many people there it was going to be hard to find one person.
Poppy took her time walking up to the information desk in the middle of the gigantic room. Poppy didn't understand why Sam loved to come here but poppy never questioned her friend.
"Excuse me do you know where I can find the professor, I really need to speak with him" asked Poppy
The woman behind the desk looked down at her computer and found Professor Collins schedule.
"The Professor is in his Office at the moment but you better hurry and see him as he has a tour in 10minutes, I'll let him know you're here" she said
Poppy quickly power walked across the room through an exotic arch towards his office, as soon as she got there she knocked hoping he wasn't taking a nap.
"Come in" said a wise voice
Poppy opened the door and poked her head around it.
"ah Poppy how are you? I haven't seen you in ages" he welcomed
She smiled as she hugged him.
"I'm fine thank you Professor, sorry I've meant to come here but I've been having dad problems lately"
Poppy stood in the middle of his office and watched as he sat down in his chair although he was old he was still good and helpful, doing the thing he loves still.
"Well then, what may I help you with?"
Poppy was about to reply but the he butted in.
"Uh uh uh don't tell me you came to visit me. I've know you and Samantha since you both were very little you used to come here whenever you got the chance and you never got bored here, and through the whole time I've know you both you've always got a knack for getting in to trouble and asking for my help" he went on
Poppy looked down guiltily at what he said even though it was all true.
"Well, you heard about the explosion right that happened yesterday, well Sam and her mum were in that"
The Professor widened his eyes to the shock.
"Are they alright? Did they get hurt?"
"erm yes and no. Sam's fine we don't know the full story she hasn't told us but we don't know where her mum is."
He lowered his head at the heart-breaking news, he didn't know what to say.
"Sam came home last night upset of course but early this morning she vanished. I was hoping you had seen her but you didn't know about Sam and that so I'm guessing not"
Poppy regretted brining her mother to Sam's place it probably made her feel worse.
"And what about her mother? Sam's obviously searching for her" he questioned
"I've searched everywhere and the hospitals and her mum hasn't checked in even the small doctors on the border, nothing" cried Poppy
"I don't know what to tell you Poppy I haven't seen Sam, she can't admit to herself that her mother is…..I'm sorry but I'd better get going I've got my work to do. Please let me know if anything else comes up"
He stood up and showed Poppy to the door walking out together, he locked the door and went over to the desk ready for the tour he had to take round while Poppy waved to him and made her way to the exit. Walking out the door Poppy just realised that through all this time she just didn't notice that her best friend's mother is possibly dead.
Slowly she straddled down the stairs feeling guilty that she has only just noticed, she is trying to find someone that is really upset and Poppy doesn't know how she feels about it. When she got to the bottom she sat on the last step thinking about what she was doing. She put her head between her knees and sighed.
"I'm so sorry Sam…. Huh"
At that moment her phone began to ring again.
She reached in to her pocket and brought out her phone. On the front it said 'out of area'.
"It's probably advertising again or dad" she sighed
Poppy accepted the call thinking that if it wasn't advertising then it would be her dad whining at her to forgive him but it wasn't.
"Poppy you gotta help me! HELP PLEASE!"
"Sam is that you? Sam" asked Poppy
The call ended and Poppy just sat there.