Chapter 22

Scattershot didn't hesitate to increase his speed, he fully well knew that decepticon spies were following him and were probably tasked with kidnapping Sam. He took notice at Samantha jolting as he sped up and when she looking in the door mirror to see two dark vehicles following closely behind but their side doors began to move it was then that she saw the weapons firing up. It was obvious that Sam grew scared as she turned back towards the front and gripped hard to the passenger chair she was sitting on.

"Scattershot?"

"Hold on!"

Just as a rocket was fired, scattershot took evasive manoeuvres. He put his pedal all the way down and quickly turned the nearest corner the rocket had exploded when it hit a wall but then two more were fired and seemed to be able to keep up with the speeding blue tank. The two rockets were either side of him blocking him from turning into another road. They were slowly edging closer and closer to scattershot, he tried to think but could not think of an easy way out without hurting Sam in the process. Scattershot could hear Sam hyperventilating as she closed her eyes and kept them tightly shut. The rockets were about to hit scattershot when he transformed, which threw Sam out and on to the road she rolled quite a way but when she finally stopped she saw Scattershot land on to the road in robot mode and take the hit of both rockets. He was pushed back on the ground a little confused from the explosion that did a little bit of damage.

Samantha picked herself up, her body hurting from her own impact with the ground, and ran towards Scattershot but as she did she felt weak, her knees didn't want to carry her weight anymore. She peaked over her shoulder to see the vehicles had transformed and were pointing something at her that beamed a red light that surrounded her. It was this thing that seemed to make was to fall asleep there and then. Sam's knees finally gave in and she fell to the ground, she tried to get up but it was unless, she felt like the powers that had blessed her were being drained out of her body. She sat up on her hands and knees trying to fight it but just as she was about to give in a rocket was fired at each of the decepticons, making them drop their new weapon and step backwards. Just as they were going to use the weapon on her again scattershot stomped his foot down in front of Sam and lunged his other at them hitting the weapon out of their hands and into the air. In no time Scatter shot fired his small blaster at it destroying the technology.

The decepticons took no time in countering the attack both sides now firing their weapons and taking cover. Scattershot quickly grabbed Sam and put her down behind a building, he then took this as his cover and began firing his blasters as well as some rocket at the enemy. Sam wanted to help and tried to transform herself but couldn't she still felt weak inside.

"Sam you can't help the cons must have absorbed your energy, you'll need a couple of days to recharge. You need to get out of here now!" he shouted

"No Scattershot, I won't leave you" she replied a small tear leaking out of her eye.

"GO NOW!"

To draw fire the brave bot came out from where he was hiding into the open and gave everything he had to distract them and keep them at bay. Sam wanted to stay but she knew if she did things would get a lot worse, so she did as she was told and ran away in the opposite direction. She didn't know where she was going, she couldn't go home, she couldn't go to Poppies and she couldn't go to the autobots base. If anything she wanted to protect their location. The side streets were a maze as she managed to navigate through them passing people as she ran each of them looking at her weirdly as she sped pass them. Of course they worked out who she was but by then Sam was long gone from sight. Eventually she came to the main road and stopped when she heard a huge explosion that she was where Scattershot was. The large black cloud could be seen behind a load of houses and everyone around her that saw and felt it either ran away to safety, off the streets and to their homes or towards it but there was very few people that were that curious and those that were would discover the transformers and expose them which is not what they wanted especially now.

The decepticons obviously didn't care for exposure as Samantha spotted another con driving pretty fast towards her. She didn't waste time as she ran in the opposite direction down the empty road she dodged the abandoned cars that she hoped would slow the black car down but instead he fired his blasters at them making the cars launch into the air and toss upside down or on to their side, making too dangerous for Sam. She quickly took notice of a shadow beneath her and looked up to see a white van, now with black marks all over it, fall down on top of her but she quickly jumped away from it and was pushed on to a grassy area on the pathway by its impact with the ground. Small piece of metal flung from the van and stuck itself in her side making her yelp at the pain. She was surrounded by glass which gave her even more scratches that seemed to be bleeding around her arms. She took particular notice the dark bruises she had gotten from falling out and rolling down the road from earlier. Sam wanted to take the metal out but if she did she would probably bleed quite a lot and she had nothing to tend herself with. She looked up to the con looking down on her, his face was blank, he did not care that she was hurt badly and that she was in a lot of pain from all of her injuries. He reached down and took her, lifting her up to his eye level. She did not struggle, there was no point it would only hurt her even more and she was more worried that his grip might push the piece of metal into her side even more doing even more damage. He could see that the girl was scared but in a lot of pain as she didn't struggle but tried to position herself in his hand so that she was hurting less.

He didn't care though, his orders were to capture the girl and bring her to Lord Megatron. He lowered her down and was about to transform when he heard someone shout out.

"Samantha!"

The large bot saw a small robot standing there with his blasters out and behind him was two humans that Sam immediately recognised.

"Omega no! Get Amy and Poppy out of here now" Sam commanded

Omega lowered his blasters slightly, he was smart and of course his vocabulary had improved greatly, he calculated that at this point he couldn't help Samantha and she was doing the honourable thing. She wanted him to get her best friends, who annoyingly showed up at the wrong time again, out of danger. The con didn't pay any more attention to the minicon and transformed placing the human girl in the passenger seat and tightly securing the seat belt around her. Omega watched as he sped away towards the decepticon base. The minicon stood silently for a second before carrying out his order, he faced the two humans behind him who stared at him in fear. He placed both his hands up to signify he wasn't a threat to them.

"What are you?" Amy and Poppy questioned in unison

"I am Omega, I am cybertronian. My mission to protect Samantha at all costs and to carry out orders when commanded"

"Yeah well looks like you failed at that" Amy said

Amy looked over at her friend and saw that Poppy didn't seem afraid of it instead she seemed to look at it as though she already knew the strange robot.

"Poppy?"

"Omega, Scattershot, Bumblebee, autobots" she looked towards the minicon for some sort of a reply

The minicon gave a nod and it was then that it all came flooding back to her asking Hotshot for help, Samantha in trouble, being attacked by large robot, being saved by Sam who was a large robot, and her friends being shrunk, the autobots base and something called the all spark. Poppy remembered everything and it was then that it crossed her what was going on.

"Oh my god, we need the autobots"

"Autobots engaged"

"Okay well what do we do? They're supposed to protect her and now the bad guys got her and she's hurt"

"Wait what are you two talking about? Poppy do you know what's going on?"

"I did and then I forgot and now I remember"

"I must obey, I must protect Poppy and Amy"

As he finished his sentence he transformed in to a motor bike and leaned towards the two girls, signalling for them to get on. Poppy didn't complain she jumped on but it was Amy that had to be convinced.

"Poppy we don't know these things, we can't just suddenly trust them"

"Trust me Amy, we need to go and we need to help Sam"

"You're crazy. Sam has just been kidnapped by a huge robot, there are some sort of bombs going off around the city and everyone is hiding and scared and now you want to help Sam. How do people like us, so insignificant compared to them" Amy gestured towards the motor bike "fight them off and help Sam?"

"We're not insignificant, we can help plenty and I don't think they are bombs that are destroying the city. I think that's just an everyday battle"

Poppy holds her hand out and Amy looks away for a while she was scared and confused. When the ground shook slightly and all that could be heard was another large explosion Amy didn't hesitate as she climbed on to the bike behind Poppy and held on tight as they sped away.

After about 10 minutes of speeding along the road, twisting and turning through side streets they arrived at Sam's house. As they got off of the bike and it transformed to robot mode Amy stared at the building in front of her.

"I forget that she lives in a mansion, don't suppose anything has changed for her at home then" Amy asks

"No her parents are just as ignorant as always, they'll never change Amy and I think Sam needs to start accepting that"

"So where are they now then when their daughter needs them the most?" she said as they walk up the long driveway

"Her dad is on business of course and her mum is in hospital. Believe me Amy Sam doesn't need her parents. She needs the autobots"

Poppy knocked on the door and the door suddenly swung open without any seconds passing by of waiting for someone to answer. They were greeted by Jeeves who had a panicked look all over his face.

"Miss Poppy, Miss Amy please tell me you know of the whereabouts of Miss Samantha?"

"Yes and no" answered Poppy

Both girls stepped in as the man in a smart back suit, as he is always dressed, closed the door behind them and lead them to the kitchen. In the Kitchen Emily was busy she was preparing herself for the worst, cooking five things at once.

"Ah good Jeeves go pack some emergency things in a case"

"Emily what are you doing?" asked Amy

"It's good to see you Miss Amy, I am preparing things we are in the middle of a catastrophe"

"The city is under attack yeah I get that, but that doesn't mean you have to cook a banquet"

"Anyway Miss Poppy Samantha"

"Yes, we saw her and we think we know where she was taken…"

She was cut short by Emily "Taken!" She had stopped cooking and now began to calm a little to listen to what was being said

"I presume they don't know what is going on?" Amy whispered to Poppy

Poppy shook her head and then began to watch as Emily again began to multitask.

"Emily stop please, what your doing isn't helping" yelled Poppy

At once the room went silent.

"Sam was kidnapped by transformers, they're aliens that have been living here for a while and all the bombs going off I think are them fighting for us"

Poppy then called Omega in to the room to show them. Omega gracefully entered the room and again put his hands up to show no sign of hostility.

"What is he?" asked Emily

"This is Omega he is a minicon" both adults stared at her with confusion "He is a small version of a cybertronian, there are two types the autobots are the good guys and the decepticons are the bad guys and they captured Sam"

Before any more questions were asked Poppy carried on thinking it was probably better to tell them everything first.

"I don't know how she met them or why she is like this but ever since school broke up for the holidays Sam has been hanging around the autobots and has some sort of power she can turn in to them"

"Then why didn't she when she was kidnapped?" questioned Amy

"I don't know, but we have to help her somehow, I only found out recently and I don't know how but I forgot about it until now"

"You mean we are caught up in a war?"

"Yes Emily and Sam in caught right in the middle of it. They were supposed to protect her so we have to contact them"

"How?"

Poppy tried to think as Jeeves and Emily tried to process what was being told to them. Amy was just trying to add the new information to what she already knew. Poppy then clicked and turned suddenly to Omega who stepped back slightly a little surprised from her outburst.

"Omega we need to get to the autobot base"

"Activating Ground Bridge…" he nods

At once a blue-green portal opened up in the middle of the kitchen, Emily screamed slightly out of fear.

"Come on" shouted Poppy as she ran through

Amy followed but Omega had urge the two adults through and as they entered the portal shut behind them. Almost instantly they arrived in the control room of the autobot base, their presence had activated the lights and main computer.

"What is this?"

"This Jeeves Emily is the autobots headquarters for obvious reasons the location is top secret"

"This is where Miss Samantha has been coming when she is not home"

Poppy nodded and ran up to the main monitor, it was huge and her just being a human she knew that she would not be able to access the controls. Amy walked up beside her followed by the Jeeves and Emily but Omega had managed to get to the keypad which was way out of the humans reach or ability to get to, he activated the security systems and communication links and began trying to communicate with Optimus Prime but the line was open to all bots. Amy took notice of Poppies face and leaned closer to her for a second.

"You're enjoying this"

"A little but I am worried about Sam, I think it be best to not tell them about her being really hurt"

A loud beep came from the monitor before a gentle voice.

"Scattershot are you at the base safely with Samantha" asked Optimus

"Negative, Omega reporting. Scattershot's location unknown"

"Omega is Sam with you?"

"Negative, Samantha was kidnapped by decepticons. Primary orders are to protect Poppy and Amy"

The line was then filled with many voices and some sudden beeping. It made it hard for everyone to think as panic for Sam was heard in all the voices on the communication line.

"Quiet!" shouted Poppy

There was sudden silence.

"Identify yourself please" commanded Optimus

"This is Poppy, Prime I saw her capture she was badly injured…" Poppy then went wide eyed remembering Jeeves and Emily but she continued before they could interrupt "She tried getting away but was unsuccessful. She didn't use her powers though and I didn't see Scattershot anywhere"

"I wiped your memory of us Poppy" stated Red Alert

"Yes thank you for that, I think witnessing her capture might have triggered my memories. Omega was going to try and protect Sam but she told him to keep us safe instead"

"She was very honourable to do that" said Wing saber

"So where's Scattersho?" asked Hot Shot

"Locating" said Omega

The monitor showed a map of the world and a cross section was slowly locating Scattershot, closing in on his position, pictures and names of the autobots were listed vertically down the right side of the screen showing who was on the line.

"Location found, attempting communication"

"Scattershot report?"

"Hey Scattershot are you there buddy?"

All the bots were trying to ask if there comrade was okay, hoping that he was.

"This is scattershot…Sorry we were ambushed on route to the base… I took evasive actions and told Sam to run for it. Is she alright?"

"Sorry Scattershot, she was captured" said Hot Shot

There was a sudden angry beeping noise filling the com link.

"What's that?" asked Emily

"That's an angry Bumblebee" replied Wing saber

"I'm sorry Bee, I should have asked Omega to use his ground bridge that we built in to his system"

"You did your best Scattershot. What's your status?" ordered Optimus

"Systems are damaged as well as most of the city, I eventually took care of the cons but there might need to be some rebuilding to do and we are a bit exposed"

"No matter, our cover is not as important as any human life, Omega Ground Bridge scattershot to the base and protect the humans"

"Affirmative"

"Optimus out"

The humans turned to Omega who opened a ground bridge and immediately Scattershot walked through all beaten up. Black scorch marks were all over his as well as a few dents. His visor was cracked and he was leaking energon all over the floor. He looked towards Omega with thanks and then studied the four humans.

"I thought there was only two of you"

"Sorry Scattershot we had to tell Jeeves and Emily, and Amy witnessed the kidnapping as well" explained Poppy

"Whatever, Omega manage things from here?"

With that he walked off down the corridor and left the others in silence.

"Now what?" asked Amy

"Now we wait"

"What!"

"Amy we can't do anything else the autobots know about Sam and you said yourself that we can't do anything else, we're insignificant"

"That was before I learned everything and when I was given all but a minute to take it all in. We have to do something"

"There is nothing" mumbled Emily

Amy and Poppy looked over at the crying Emily and Jeeves who was holding her close to comfort her.

"Miss Poppy is right Miss Amy, we cannot do any more. Our job was to inform them of the situation. It is now up to the autobots to find and save Miss Samantha"

Amy was about to cut in on Jeeves' speech but was stopped by Poppy.

"I now understand why they wiped my memory, why Sam left me here when they had to leave. I was in your position Amy, I wanted to help and Sam told me I couldn't. I refused to believe that there was nothing but now I understand that our job is just to inform"

Poppy sat down as well as Jeeves and Emily, reluctantly Amy joined thinking that perhaps that she should just leave things as they were.

In the decepticon base the autobots were battling their way around hoping to try and finish things once and for all. Optimus had commanded Bumblebee to watch out for any arriving cons that may have Sam with them. Of course Optimus was battling Megatron while the other kept the guards and other soliders at bay. Wing Saber saw Hot Shot fighting Demolishor and another con was aiming at him with his blaster and so ran towards his comrade and pushed him down out of the way of the firing line and fired back at the con taking him down was one well-placed and powerful blast to the head.

"Thanks" said Hot Shot

Demolishor didn't give them time to get up though as he came at both autobots with full force not holding anything back. The fighting seemed never ending for both sides and of course everyone tried to stay clear of Megatron as he was battling Optimus but also trying to take out the others. Both leaders were about to punch one another but where stopped and cut short but a loud voice that echoed throughout the base hidden in the cliff face. At once everyone stopped their fighting and turned towards the source of the voice, all the autobots were surprised immediately put their weapons down at what they saw. A decepticon holding Sam out in front of him, she was unconscious bruised all over. Her skin was pale and she was bleeding badly so if the con didn't kill her then her injuries were. The cons hand had transformed into his most powerful blaster and it lit up like a Christmas tree as he powered up ready to fire.

"Surrender or the girl dies" said the con with an evil smirk on his face