Okay, so this was ran by me by the lovely T'Rielani, and it sent me to the point of hysteria.
Various different Optimus' getting parking tickets...

But just because I can't imagine anyone ever wanting to give Optimus a parking ticket, I replaced with everyone's favorite ex-decepticon...

Barricade!

I've been wanting to update this fic for a while!

Enjoy!

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He did WHAT?!

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"Barricade, you seriously might want to slow down!" Tai gripped the steering wheel as her guardian sped down the country road.

"Remember what happened last time those assholes tried to pull me over?" He grunted through the radio.

"Yeah, that cop literally shit himself." Tai laughed as she leaned back in the drver seat, her now longer hair back in a messy ponytail. "But also, I recall Prowl mentioning that next time you ended up in the impound lot with a boot, they were gonna have a NEST send a tow truck to tow you back to base."

Barricade scoffed. "Whatever."

Tai rolled her eyes. "Don't blame me when that happens."

"You mean, 'If', that happens."

The flashing blue lights caused them to shut up as Tai looked in the rearview mirror.

"Frag dammit." She cursed.

Barricade growled in annoyance.

"Don't. Say. Anything." Tai kicked the dashboard with each word as the cop walked over to the drivers window. "Let me do the talking."

She rolled down the window and put on her best smile. "Afternoon, Officer."

The Officer gave her a disapproving look as he looked down at her. "Young Lady, you realize how fast you were going?"

"Uhhh...too fast?" She said with a slight shrug.

Barricade grumbled in annoyance. Seriously? This isn't helping!

She responded by kicking the radio with her boot, which caused the cop to look at her funny.

"Young Lady, are you playing dumb?"

Tai shook her head quickly. "No, no...of course not."

"Good, because I have the power to make your life miserable until this ticket is paid off." He than proceeded to write it out and hand it to her when suddenly the cab started rocking back and forth violently.

'Cade, whatever you are about to do, DON'T.

The next thing Tai knew, she was flying sideways out of the passenger door and landing on the grass with a yelp.
Barricade transformed and glared down at te cop, who simply stood there, clutching the ticket like a lifeline as he stared up at the giant robot.

Barricade knelt down, still glaring at the man, before plucking the ticket from his hand and than he brought it up to his face.

Tai watched in shock as her guardian simply..

Ate the ticket. Slowly, while staring at the guy the entire time.

She face palmed, groaning. "Fuck." She swore.

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To say Optimus was starting to worry about where his daughter was, would be an understatment.

"Where is that girl?" He asked aloud, getting Prowl's attention.

"Don't worry too much." The tactitian commented. "Perhaps their location has spotty cell phone reception. Either that, or she forgot to charge her phone again."

Optimus was about to reply when his comlink went off, scans indicating an unfamilair number. "Who is this?"

"Scans indicate that it poses no threat. Perhaps it's someone calling for another voice over for a commercial." Prowl smirked mischieviously as Optimus glared slightly.

He answered the call. "State your business."

"Dad?" Tai's voice asked from the other line.

"Tatyana!" He said in a relieved tone. "I was worried, where are you?"

He heard his daughter try (and fail) to stifle a giggle. "Well, 'Cade and I are in a bit of a pickle."

"What happened? Are you alright?" Optimus got up from the monitor and gestured for Prowl and Riella to follow him.

"Um, a cop - like a human cop - gave Barricade a ticket, and, well..."

Optimus could hear Tai trying to suppress laughter, and frowned. "Tai, what happened?"

Tai didn't quite succeed in hiding a snicker. "He transformed and...well...he ate the ticket."

"He WHAT?" Prowl had opened his own frequency just in time to hear the last sentence. "Wait. Barricade did what?"

"Ate the ticket," Tai repeated, still giggling. "Slowly. While staring at the guy the whole time."

Optimus sighed and shook his head. "Where are you now?"

"...um, that would be why I'm calling."

Even without seeing her, Tai just knew Riella was raising one eyebrow in a very Spock-esque fashion. "Jail. Again?"

"How'd you guess? In all honestly, I'm shocked they didn't start shooting at him...but he's in the impound lot with four boots on his wheels...and a bar on his steering wheel."

Prowl covered what sounded suspiciously like a laugh with a cough. "How much are they going to charge us to pick him up this time?"

Tai sghed heavily as she leaned back on the bench in the holding cell. "$1,400 plus there's my bail..."

Optimus sighed heavily. "Sit tight, sweetheart. We'll be right there." He hung up the comlink with a shake of his head.

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Optimus' truck form pulled up to the courthouse, people staring at the brightly colored Peterbilt as he parked in the correct spot. Activating his holoform, he proceeded to climb out of the cab, made sure he looked presentable, and headed up to the stairs to the office. A heavier set black woman was sitting at her desk, looking over files.

"May I help you?" She asked in a bored tone, no even bothering to look up at him.

"I am here to pick up my daughter. Tatyana Prime."

Whether it was his voice or the way he spoke, it got her attention as she looked up at him and she than eyed him with interest. Which made him rather...uncomfortable.

"Oh that lovely young lady is your daughter?" She stood up and grabbed a security card. She went to the back of her office and pulled out a large plastic bag.

"This is what she had on her." She pulled out his daughter's purse, her phone, and her shoe laces. He forced a smile of thanks as he gathered Tai's items.

"Is there a certain area you would like to me wait or..?"

"No, no!" The woman said quickly, giving an interested look. "You can just stand there and wait, one of the guards went to get her."

Scrap. He cursed internally, avoiding eye contact .

The door opened and out walked his daughter, the guard handing her her coat. He stood quickly and smiled at her look of relief and excitement.

"Dad!" She rushed to him.

"Hello, Tatyana." He sighed as he hugged her. He gave her a stern look. "I really hate bailing you out of jail."

Tai gave him an indigant look. "Okay, this was in no way my fault!"

"We will talk about it back home." He placed a hand on her shoulder and was about to leave the room before the woman at the desk called.

"Bye bye, sugar hips."

He quickly rushed himself an Tai out of the room, shushing his daughter as she laughed.

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Meanwhile, Barricade's holoform was currently sitting in the waiting room of the impound lot, his car mode currently under heavy lock and key.

He looked up when he saw the forms of Riella and Prowl approach where he was, and he groaned inwardly. The man at the desk looked up when he saw the two tall, and slightly intimidating figures approach his desk.

"I'm guessing you're here for him." The man drawled.

"Yes, sorry if he caused you any trouble."

"I've seen it all , M'am. Troubled teenagers."

Barricade growled menacingly. Prowl shot him a look that clearly told him to shut up and he roughl grabbed him by the arm. "Come on, Barry." He grinned as younger holoform growled again in annoyance.

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Tai sighed as she once again heard her father scolding Barricade for 'reckless endangerment', 'how as his daughters guardian, he should set a better example...', and the ever endearing, if he gets impounded again, there will be consequences.'

Lennox stood with her as he overheard the conversation. "So how was your day?"

"Eventful." The young technorganic said with a smirk. "Thanks for getting him out of car jail."

Lennox waved it off. "Don't worry about it, I got to see him get towed in with boots...on a tow truck."

Barricade grumbled as he stalked off, no doubt heading to the firing range to blow off some steam. Optimus sighed for the twentieth time that day he approached his daughter and Lennox.

"I think it safe to say we all have had a long day."

Tai nodded. "Hm-mm, yeah, Dad...question...did you get that chick's number? She was eyeing you like she was about to jump you."

Optimus cleared his throat as Lennox gave him a look of amusement. "Tatyana. Could you please, just go away...over there? Somewhere?"

"Oh come on, Dad! Bernice seemed nice!" She laughed as Optimus shooed her away.

"Bernice?" Lennox asked with a laugh.

Optimus once again cleared his throat as he gave an dignified stare. "Well, Colonel, it appears as if, as you humans say...I've still got it."

Lennox almost fell on the floor.

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YAY!

Done and done!

Review!

So for visual purposes...I pictured Liam Neeson as Prime's holoform and Ian Somerhalder fo Barricade.

And according to T'Rielani, Richard Artimage is Prowl...and Uma Thurman is what Riella looks like and as for Tai, Lindsey Stirling!

Anyay...again...review!