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Chapter 5: To Serve and Protect
Officer Barry Cade… the name kind of rhymes with his surname, Barry Cade has the dark blue cop clothing and black cool shades. He was wearing dark shades when it's really dark? Weird. Well, his black hair was styled into a spiky but neat hairstyle. As for his eyes, I can't see thru his thick black shades. He was very well built judging by his arms. I'm guessing this officer is kind of popular between the ladies.
He glanced over to me as I quickly look back to the window, he took a deep sigh as he kept his eyes on the road while I just kept my face from staring into his eyes. "You don't need to be afraid of me, femme." Barry said as I nodded slowly.
Wait… Femme? The Femme? The same femme language Sideswipe and the others are using? Is Barry a friend of Sideswipe? Well, he seemed really nice by his appearance and his kindness to help me. Maybe I should ask him. I took a deep breath and turn my head to Barry. Before I even could ask him the questions that I was about to asked, he beats me to it.
"Are you in liege with the Autobots?" He asked with a deep voice.
I flinched at his voice, it's so deep yet it showed gentle. Autobots? Is that the name of Sideswipe's group? "Autobots? What are Autobots? I'm afraid I do not catch what you are saying, Officer Cade." I answered.
Barry took a deep sigh and stopped the car, he turn his head over to me as he took off his glasses, his eyes were bloody red colored. I never knew someone would have red eyes. But, those eyes seemed kinder than it looks. He stared straight into my blue eyes as I just rubbed the back of my head, he backed his face away from mine, giving me personal space. He sighed and leaned on the leather seat while closing his eyes.
"The Autobots… the one who drop you in that restaurant?" He said as I nod. "That fragging glitch you were with, is one of the Autoscums." He continued as I only nod, again.
I gulped, "A-Are in somewhat friends with Sideswipe and the others?" I asked as Barry only scowled.
"No…" He answered firmly.
"Enemy, perhaps?" I asked again, trying to hide my fear away.
"No…"
I raised an eyebrow, "Then… whose side are you on? Bad or good?"
"Neither… I'm not on the Autoscums or the Deceptiscums." He growled as the car's engine revved.
I jumped a bit in surprised, earning a chuckle escape from Barry's lips. He started to drove off again to who knows where. I was just sitting there, like a nervous lost puppy. If he wasn't with the Autobots and the Deceptiscums…, then whose side is he on exactly? He might be neutral, but there might also be a good and evil side in his blood. Wait! What if he's going to kidnap me? What if he's going to kill me? What if he's going to kidnap and then kill me! Wait, he has already kidnapped me. Then kill it is.
If I do get killed this night, what will happen next? What if-, suddenly something hit me. If Barry kills me, no one would miss me. That's right no one would, not even Sideswipe, Samuel, Mikaela, everyone… I'm sure they've already forgot me by now. That's right, even though we've been thru for four days, it's all a waste. A fake. A lie. Right now, Barry would kill me and I'll just let it flow. I'll be dead anyway in the end, look at the bright side. Even If I die, I have nothing more to be worry about. No homework's, no bullying, and no Trent.
Yeah, those were the bright sides, but the down side… I can't think of anything about that one. I'll always thought of it at the afterlife. All I need is to calm down and act normal. Barry doesn't need to sense my fear. Bad guys can smell fear from miles away, and I don't need him to get more of the pleasure of torturing me. I closed my eyes as my heartbeat came back to normal.
I closed my eyes, preparing to get killed in the hands of the ex-Deceptiscums. Barry glanced over me with an amused look. A smirk perked up to his lips as I just stared to the dashboard. He let out a low chuckle as I reopened my eyes while raising an eyebrow. He wasn't doing an evil laugh! He was chuckling… at my reactions?
"Femme, you do not need to be afraid of getting killed by me. I'm an ex-Decepticon now. A Neutral, not in the Decepticons nor in the Autobots." Barry simply answered as I took the sigh of relief.
So it is Decepticons not Deceptiscums. Wow, Barry must have really hated this Decepticons. I wonder what did they did to make him leave and abandoned them from their group? Probably they made him do stuff he didn't want. But, his words and as so as the Autobots(?) were also very advance, maybe if I just go with him, I'll may understand something and maybe not getting harm or anything.
"That's a relief…" I mumbled.
Barry chuckled again, "You're interesting little femme. Your sparkbeat fasten a moment ago yet, it slowed down to its original speed. Why?" he asked curiously.
I sighed as I want to cry but can't, "No one would miss me…" I said softly.
"Pardon?"
"No one would miss me," I said a bit louder this time. Barry was taken back a little. "They might have forgotten about me by now. No one has ever remembered me for this long, they only lasted a few minutes, seconds maybe. But, days? It's just impossible." I said as I leaned my head against the cold glass.
Barry stayed quiet as he kept on driving, "Not even your creators?"
"Creators? If you mean parents and my sister, then yes."
He let out a low growl as the seatbelt kind of tighten. Weird, I didn't tighten it or anything? Or did I? I look over to Barry and his face was still showing the murderous expression. I took a deep sighed before explaining, "You don't need to get involved in this, Officer Cade." I said to the ex-Decepticon. "I may be forgotten by the world but, there's always room to Forgive and Forget." I smiled a little.
The seatbelt loosen a little as Barry sighed heavily. "How could you forgive and forget? When your existence is not proven by others?" He asks as I only gave him a small smile.
"I don't know, I just do. I can't seem to hate, only created to be forgotten and only to help others in need." I stated.
Barry gave another low growl as he revved his car's engine loudly, making me flinch and turn my full attention to him. "You're a strange one fleshling, the other femmes I met would always never do what you just said. They would kill the ones who made them upset, those were the things I handled all the time with earthling femmes." Barry said with a very faint small smile appeared on his lips.
I laughed, "They are they and I am me." I replied, earning a chuckle from him.
He stared at me for a moment and then he said, "Pull your hood down."
"Wha-? What for?" I asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
He sighed, "Just do it before I use force."
"Okay…?" I trailed off and pulled my hood down. What is it with this guy and his Just do it before I use force? "I'll ask, Officer Cade. What for am I doing to pull my hood down? Is there a reason?"
"Yes. You shouldn't wear those. People might think you are a threat to them. Femmes your age should be… wearing something more reviling, am I right?" He stated.
"I know that, Officer Cade. But, this is all I have? And this kind pf clothes is all that I can afford." I stated to him.
He let out another growl, "Your creators haven't been paying much attention to you, have they? They didn't tend to your needs, correct?" He asked.
I nod, "They haven't been paying attention to me since I was eight. They forgotten my birthday every year. I don't mind though, what's done is done. We can't return to the past and change it." I said, receiving a smile from him.
He stopped the car and the engine, "You can stay with me for tonight, but JUST for tonight. Got it?"
"But, I could just go home and-," I just remembered. Sideswipe might be at Samuel's house. "You're worried that you might get caught by my neighbor, right? Um… Samuel's friend, Sideswipe?"
He nod, "Not just him, others too."
The leather seat moved to a bed position. I smiled at Barry while he crossed his arms and closed his eyes, "By the way, Officer Cade?"
"Hmm?"
"It's to Serve and Protect, not to Punish and Enslave."
He smirked.
"Ms. Jones? Ms. Jones? Has everybody seen Ms. Jones? Weird… she had never been absent before." Mr. Spike stated as he wrote something into his notepad.
Sam and Mikaela stared at each other as they both exchange looks. Yesterday, Jen was still here in their class and they even play at Will's house! And the nest morning, she's absent from school? Definitely something fishy is going on here. Surely, Jen being absent? Totally wasn't like her. Bumblebee even stated that he didn't even felt Jen getting back into her house last night. Both Sam and Mikaela has to contact the Autobots about this situation, maybe it was just a normal sick day but, Jen would have contacted the school or just go across the street. But, this might be a Decepticon situation
"Any luck, Bee?" Sam asked thru his cell-phone, secretly.
Nope… Sorry Sam…. Sides and Sunstreaker are also searching for her. We even got Jazz and Mirage with us. Bumblebee said thru his Holoform.
"Okay… Tell me when you found her." Sam said as he almost disconnected the line between Bee and himself, when all of the sudden. Someone entered the room. a blonde girl in a black hoodie jacket. "Never mind. We've found her." Sam whispered.
Really? Came an eager reply from Sideswipe.
Pipe down you glitch. Sunstreaker smacked his twin's head as he grumbled Cybertronian language.
Jazz rolled his optics, Sam… is the lil' lady injured?
Sam glanced up and saw Jen was still in one piece, no sign of flinching or pain. "No, she's not hurt. She's perfectly fine."
Good… We'll be near, just in case. Mirage answered.
The school went by so fast and finally weekend is here. I stretch my arms in the air as I inhaled the fresh air. I smiled as I glanced around. I was a bit disappointed that I came into school late. Barry drove really fast towards my house and told me to get ready and after five minutes, I dashed out of the house and we both went to school. I was already fifteen minutes late! But, at least I went to school, right?
Barry was really nice, even for an ex-Decepticon. He's been telling stories of how he was before he's a neutral, he told me thru the night. I didn't mind him telling me stories, actually, I feel kind of relaxed. That someone would actually open up for me. I never had anyone blabber about their lives to me and now Barry, a twenty two year old ex-Decepticons cop was doing that to me. He was as nice as Sideswipe and the others, looks can be deceiving.
"So why were you late again?" Mikaela smiled.
I smiled back at her, "I was doing a late work shift at the restaurant and decided to sleep in." I lied.
"That's a first." Samuel rolled his eyes.
I chuckled, looks like they didn't forget about me. I'm glad they didn't. One reason to not leave this world. "Hey, wanna come to my house today?" Samuel suggested
"Maybe later…"
I glance around and found Barry at the sideways. I smiled and approached him. He was actually the second person I warm up too. He adjusted his black shades back to hide his bloody red eyes as he was leaning against the mustang. He smirked and went to the driver's door. I opened the passenger's door but, someone stopped me by grabbing my wrist. My eyes widened as I saw who it was, Sideswipe.
"Jen…" I heard him whispered.
His electric blue eyes were wide in pure shock. His twin, Sunstreaker started to growl as Bumblebee and Mirage stood in front of Samuel and Mikaela. Barry stepped out of his car and glared at Sideswipe while I was just as confused as a lost girl. I stood between Sideswipe and Barry as they both were having a glaring contest against each other.
Sideswipe glanced over to me and then to Barry, "What did you do to her, 'Cade?" He hissed with a hint of venom in his voice.
Barry glared back, "Non of your concern Autoscum." He hissed back.
Sideswipe let go of my wrist and pushed me gentle towards Sunstreaker, who held me protectively by my shoulders in his grasp. Then he turned his eyes to me, "Are you alright, Jen? Did Barricade hurt you? Did he do something to you?" Sunstreaker asked.
I shook my head and tilted my head in curiosity, what did Barry did do to the Autobots? And why did Sunstreaker call him Barricade and not Barry Cade? I was really confused by the two sides now, Sideswipe was glaring at Barry while Barry was doing the same to him. The two tensed as they both heard Optimus' voice from the other side along he was insisted with Ironhide and Jazz.
"Sideswipe, enough." Optimus ordered. Sideswipe backed away and stood in front of me. Optimus' eyes glanced over from Barry and to me, "Barricade… What is your real goal? Have you used Jen as bait?" He asked.
Wait- Bait? Bait for what? Barry would never do that… would he?
I heard Barry sighed heavily, "No, Autoscums. I'm only here to pick Janette from school. Do you have a problem with that?" he hissed at Sideswipe.
"Yes! Optimus! He could've brainwash Jen!" He blamed.
I sighed, "He didn't do anything to me." I said as all eyes laid on me, even Barry's. "He has done nothing to me." I repeated.
"Are you sure little one?" Optimus asked unsure.
I nod, "Yes, Mr. Prime, he saved me last night and insisted that I stay with him just for last night. He brought me back here to school with no harm." I said again as the leader just nodded.
"Yeah, Autoscums. I have deflected from the Decepticons." Barry hissed again.
I nodded in agreement, "He did. He told me everything last night. He's no longer a Decepticon."
Everyone's else eyes widened in horror, "Y-You told her?" Mikaela stuttered.
Barry shook his head, "Not like that… What I've told her is my past with my ex-former comrades." Everyone took the sigh of relief as I were feeling a bit left out.
I tilted my head, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker seemed to be the ones who noticed my confuse looks. The two turn to Optimus, who nodded in return. "Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker will escort Sam, Mikaela, and Jen back to Sam's house while I deal with Barricade." He ordered.
They all gave a salute and began to move. Sunstreaker grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the yellow Lamborghini. He shoved me into the passenger seat and went inside himself to the driver's seat. He revved the engine and started to head off towards Samuel's house with Sideswipe right behind us and Bumblebee right in front of us.
What was exactly going on here?
A/N: I know Barricade seemed kinda OOC, Sorry 'bout that…
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