Sam and Bumblebee became worried as they accelerated to get near to the cruiser. At the back, they can see that the girl was shouting at the 'Con but couldn't really hear her. They could see that she stopped for a minute as she looked more angry and frustrated than earlier.
"My scan tells me that her blood pressure is rising to an alarming level and that her health is in danger. If she continues to let out her frustrations on Barricade... we should fear the worst that might happen to her..." Bee informed the agitated boy that was also observing the scene before him.
"But why would they take the woman, Bee? As you told me, she has no special Cybertronian qualities that are useful for them unlike me... She didn't have contact with the AllSpark... She wasn't there in Egypt to see the Matrix... What would they want from her?" Sam blurted out. The woman was hot and pretty but he thinks that that wasn't the reason he was looking for. He had known that they were an asexual race so looks don't count in the explanation list. Thank the AllSpark that was the reason for all of his knowledge regarding Cybertron and them.
But with all that, he just couldn't find any answer even if it was the joke ones...
"Whatever they want from her... she has something they want." Bee said but then they both let out a gasp as they saw the woman was shoved to the side and there was duck tape plastered over her mouth. That doesn't mean that the struggling wasn't over though because the holoform suddenly reappeared chopping the back of the neck of the girl making her fall unconscious.
"We got to get her, Bee!" Sam shouted in horror as the woman had fell limp away from their sight.
"On it, Boss!" The radio tuned to a Mafia gunman's voice as they sped up even more. Traffic regulations doesn't count anymore when they are on the dusty road.
They were thankful that they were out of the city. Now, there was no speed limit, no human endangered and there was no other to see them... so Bee had lunged for the cruiser after turning to his bipedal form while he held Sam in his other servo.
The yellow 'bot had managed to clasp his servo on the back of the police cruiser, initiating the transformation of the other mech. That started the brawl... in the rowdy fight between the two mechs and Sam being the spectator, the woman was set aside near the fight. Sam swore to reach for the woman who was in danger of being rolled over by the two as he cursed.
Before she could have that fate, Sam was running to her. His action went noticed as it had caught the attention of the Mustang. The mech fired his cannon at him but missing when Bumblebee shoved his servo to another direction.
The horror was with that, the girl was endangered of being the target from the point of trajectory the hand was at. The blast was near her, thank Primus, but it didn't stop at just that. The blast had made her body fly near Sam's direction as large rocks and soil came blasting out of the ground. Spite of the deadly objects in the way, he immediately acted and ran the same way to catch her after calculating the trajectory in just mere nano-kliks for the place she would fall and the time of landing which was not that long...
He had caught her successfully though!
But as Sam caught her body, his eyes landed on her sickening form. He even felt a vile rise up to his mouth as he saw the damage the blast had made on her. Burnt skin, gashes from flying rocks, then there was the heavy bleeding coming down from her head. Sam visibly panicked as he pulled out his phone and contacted Rachet and Optimus... He wanted to know if they were close to them. He feared that they would be too late to save the girl.
"Rachet! I need you right now! There was a misfire and had done heavy damage on the woman! At this time, she maybe loosing blood faster than a water pump!" he had managed to say those words as he stuttered and while looking at forming red puddle under him that was staining his formal wear clothes from the meeting earlier before all these had happened.
"Sam! Stay calm! We can see your location! We are on our way!" That was all the reply he got as the line went dead. Not a minute later they were there with the Will and his men.
Sam stiffened to another level as Rachet ordered him to put the girl down on the stretcher but he was too tense to do it so the other soldiers had to do the job. Rachet's Holoform came out from the driver seat and had entered after the soldiers placed the girl in his alt. The doors had closed and everything was blurring for him. The adrenaline he was working with was seeping out already.
He didn't look away from the vehicle but Optimus was the next to fill his vision. He had snapped out of his trance and turned to Bumblebee who was now dusting his self off. He glance toward the further back but he had saw no evil Police cruiser near the vicinity.
"What happened to Barricade?" He said in a daze as look of worry etch across his matured face.
Optimus was the one to report to him though because Bumblebee wasn't fit to talk again. Barricade had squeezed his neck with great hostility where his vocal processor was. It would take another vocal processor and a big glossa-lashing coming from the doc.
"Barricade had left immediately after he saw us at the distance... though I couldn't get why he was looking back before fully leaving." Optimus informed with great curiosity.
When they were about 20 meters away, the Con was already gripping Bumblebee. The red optic mech had seen them so he had tossed the youngling away. Before transforming to his alt mode, they saw him look at Samuel's direction. He had sped off after that.
"Maybe it was because of her, Optimus, the girl that he took from out of nowhere." Sam informed.
With all the fuss that had happened, he still hasn't given the major details when they had called for an emergency back up.
"Did you find anything on why they are taking a human femme?" Ironhide asked as he stood besides Optimus looking quite annoyed at the fact that he didn't get to blast that Con.
The soldiers that were around them were all at ease because the threat was gone. There was no damage control to handle thankfully... all they needed to do was wait for the S&R vehicle to say the go to get back to the base.
"No, we don't know about that ... I just caught him man-handling the woman. He probably saw us and decided to speed up and run back to their base. Then this happens... Barricade was supposed to hit me but then, Bee had pushed it away. It had landed near the girl..." Sam blurted out as he stared deluded by the blood that was still clinging onto him.
Bumblebee was then there besides him, giving him comfort as he stroke a finger on his back. Sam curled around the servo and let his tired and stressed mind rest. He couldn't take anything anymore. Seeing someone gushing out blood had been the end of his collected mind.
Optimus looked down at their liaison then at the alt mode of his CMO where the girl was. He knows that if it weren't for them... the lives that are being tossed in their war could have been happier and less stressful to the young who hold the future of the planet.
He couldn't help feel guilty about all of this but as Sam had said it... 'What done is done... there is no place for turning back... only to move forward and accept the fate we are in.'
Sam had truly matured finely into an enigmatic and wisdom-filled liaison. They were truly lucky to have a human friend like him being dedicated to them. They had sworn not to misplace his trust and continue to work in their greatest effort to reciprocate their sacrifices.
Optimus's brooding turned to a stop as the CMO's holo was out and walking towards them. The holoform's eyes were set on the boy though...
"He is resting. Good... His stress level had spiked. I don't want his health to fail." Rachet's holoform said. The holoform was in the mid 30's with hair as brown as chocolate and was finely cut to a length suitable for him to work without distraction. It sported clothes for human doctors with a stetoscope hanging from his neck. His posture was straight and authoritative. No patient will act false on his watch.
Bee chirped in understanding as he held his bestfriend into a relaxing position. The scout couldn't help wonder how their visit to the base became such a stressful thing. It was supposed to be a get away for his charge after a long week of being thrown back and forth to handle talks presenting his faction. Barricade have to ruin it and whatever they were plotting to have to captured the human femme, it had to be something that would start another inevitable fight between them.
It was an awesome 3 peaceful years with subtle Decepticon attacks. He couldn't help feel disappointed that it lasted so fast. (Why couldn't it last?)
"How is the girl, Rachet?" Optimus asked after seeing that the doc was not as frantic as earlier when they had seen the bleeding.
"She is current alright with the blood I had connected her with but she would need another transfusion. She had severe blood clothing that I had managed to fix but i fear that concussion had damage her neural system. I hope that she would wake up because that heavy damage in that system can lead to an eternal coma." Optimus visibly wince as well as the others who had heard.
If the girl was put into that state... the only option for them was to end her suffering by cutting off support for she can no longer wake from the coma. Her body would just be a sitting duck and would cause an uproar in the goverment about still keeping a worthless body.
"Cons couldn't pick another day to get their exhaust's for a processor be slagged by us." Ironhide glowered as he thought of another innocent youngling (the woman) was dragged into the knowing (those who know the Autobots' existence).
"Well, what's the plan big guy?" Major Lennox asked. He was besides Ironhide carrying his rifle and awaiting orders. After listening to what could happen, a painful expression was on his face. A girl was now thrown into the loop. She maybe a civilian at that... and what about her family? They must have been worrying about the woman.
"We must protect her. If the Cons has a plan to use her, they would be back... and judging from her injuries, Rachet will not let her out of his custody until she is fully healed. We are responsible for her... Decepticons wouldn't be here if it weren't for us." He started brooding again which made Rachet hit him with his special flying wrench coming out from nowhere.
It came out just fine as the leader had a satisfying dent and a groan of pain was let out. "Better start getting over it youngling." That was what the old medic call for Optimus whenever their leader falls to the state of self misconception.
"If Sam had heard you... there will be no end of it." Ironhide chuckled as he saw the creator form of Rachet come out. He and Rachet were the oldest among their group even though Optimus was the leader.
Racht and Ironhide had overlooked Optimus's growth from being Orion Pax to being the Prime. Heck, even Jazz was a vorn or 3 older than Prime. Ironhide couldn't help miss that goof ball for SIC. Now, what remains of that friend was his frame in a warehouse in their base.
"I wish Jazz was here to keep your aft going..." Ironhide said. Even if the silver mech was gone, it was an honor to not be forgotten. It had been long since they had accepted his death.
"If he came back from the Well... he would do so... " Optimus said with a warm smile remembering his SIC and best friend. The others who knew Jazz had also nodded.
"Well, Major... pack up. We are rolling out." The big bot said as he transformed to his alt mode. He observe the lot as Rachet told Bumblebee to place Sam in with the girl in the alt mode. The young scout did so and also transformed but was ready to tail the yellow medic.
In the midst of these events, they didn't pick up a sole spy hiding from their sight in the name of Laserbeak, a symbiot of Soundwave, the only surviving Symbiot of the Decepticons after Ravage was offlined by the Autoscums.
The bird hissed as it saw them drive away, doing nothing to stop them...