Transformers RID: Old friend
Chapter 1: an old friend
(This is just after Bumblebee and his new team arrive on Earth)
Bumblebee was watching as Sideswipe and Strongarm were bickering. Fixit was making new weapons so they can capture wanted Decepticons. And Grimlock was resting. All the while he was thinking. "It's been years since I have seen Jack, Raf and Miko I wonder how they are doing now." he Transformed and drove out of the junkyard. "Where is he going?" Grimlock asked. "Maybe to see how much has changed." Denny said. "After all he was here on Earth for a few years I think maybe he just wants to see how much Earth has changed and believe me." He said. "A lot has." He said.
Bumblebee was driving down the road. Thinking Suddenly Optimus Prime appeared before him in his mind. "Optimus?" he asked. "Bumbebee a close friend from long ago is nearby." He said. "That friend could be a major asset to your team and will be your human to protect against the coming dangers." He said before fading away. Bumblebee was confused what did he mean "Old friend"?
Suddenly Bumblebee spotted a woman wearing sunglasses she was waving her hands. Bumblebee stopped next to her. "Excuse me." She said. "My truck broke down." She said pointing to a large black pickup truck. Bumblebee didn't speak. "Can you help me?" she asked. Bumblebee noticed that the woman looked like she was Japanese she had long brown hair that stretched mid-back but what got him was the pink highlights in her hair. Suddenly the mental picture of a teenager appeared before his eyes before flashing back to the woman before him. "Miko?" the woman looking like she was in her late twenties early thirties gasped she took off her sunglasses revealing brown eyes. "How do you know my name?" she asked. Suddenly her own thoughts exploded a Camaro with yellow and black. She saw a similar car many years ago. Her mind came up to only one conclusion.
"Bumblebee?" she asked. Bumblebee looked around and saw no one he quickly transformed. "Miko." He said. "Bumblebee!" she yelled she threw her arms around his leg. "It's so great to see you." She said. Bumblebee smiled. "It's great to see you too." He said. He looked at her truck. "You want me to help you with that?" he asked. "Yes please." She said. He transformed and saw the front of Miko's truck had a tow cable. "You have a tow cable?" he asked. "Hey you never know when you need it." She said. She wrapped the cable around Bumblebee's undercarriage. Bumblebee opened his door. "Hop in." he said. "I know a place where this guy can help your truck." He said. He carefully moved back to the junkyard with the truck.
"So how long has it been might I ask because I lost track of time on Cybertron all I know is that it has been a few years." He said. "Oh a couple years." She said. "So your 30 in human years?" he asked. "Birthdays in a few months still 27 not that old." She said.
"So how's Cybertron?" Miko asked. "It's as beautiful as it used to be before the Great War." He said. "Honestly I thought it would have taken 40 years or more last time I was there no offence but it looked awful." She said. "So how's Bulkhead?" she asked. "Oh he became a building constructer shortly after we left and let's say the designs he made are very similar to Earth buildings." He said. "So how's Raf?" Bumblebee asked. Miko sighed. "Well after you left he was inspired to become an inventor with the help of Fowler." She said. "Hows he?" Bumblebee asked. "He retired passed away a few years ago." She said sadly. Bumblebee sighed humans live so short. "So how's your life?" Bumblebee asked. "Ehh been here been there got a job at N.A.S.A also a mechanic." She said. "No I am single." She said. Bumblebee thought. "If I may say you must have attracted a lot of guys." His voice teasingly said. "Still Bumblebee young and as mischievous as he was." Miko drawled. "Well yes both the right kind and bad kind to many perverts anyway." She said. "Ahh." Bumblebee said. "Did I hear you say that right?" he asked. "You work for N.A.S.A?" he asked. Miko nodded. "Wow what do you do there?" he asked. Miko smirked. "Believe it or not I am a designer I design new shapes for the rockets decide how a satellite is going to look and how much fuel a rocket needs." She said.
"Wow." He said. "How did Raf and Jack take it?" he asked. She laughed. "Jack was all "I thought you wanted to be in a heavy metal band!" she yelled imitating Jack. "Raf thought it was cool he often helped me on the designs on how to make the rockets." She said. "Never thought the Miko Nakadai could turn from a heavy metal band fan crazy teenager to a smart and modest adult I guess humans can change." He said. "Hey!" Miko said and slapped his steering wheel. "Humans change its called puberty." She said. "What?" Bumblebee asked. Miko looked at the wheel. "You mea- *sigh* Never mind." She said.
When Bumblebee got back to the junkyard Russel and Denny noticed a woman in Bumblebee's driving seat. Bumbebee chuckled. As Miko hopped out who was also laughing. "So you tricked Jack into eating Laxatives?" Bumblebee asked. "The entire freaking bottle." Miko laughed. "Wow so the Miko I knew all those years ago is still in there somewhere." Bumblebee said. "Yea just wrapped around an adult mind." She said. "But every once and a while she likes to pop up and make herself known." She said.
"Uh hello?" a voice asked. The two turned and the group including Russel and Denny were looking at them. "Oh Bumblebee didn't you say no interactions with a human?" Strongarm asked. "This one needed help and is someone I knew long ago." Bumblebee said. Miko unwrapped the tow cable and put back on the bumper. "Ahh poor Jack was on the toilet for a week and it was only a few years ago." She said. Bumblebee transformed and stood up. "Uh who is that?" Sideswipe asked. "You don't know?" Denny asked. Russel also looked surprised they had recognized the woman from TV. "She's Niko Nakadai of N.A.S.A one of the best people there how can we not know her." Russel said. "She has made things that are not possible. Possible like the Plasma engine it's one of the coolest rocket engines there is." Russel said. "Wait." Strongarm said. "Didn't Bulkhead have a human name Miko?" she asked. "Yup." Miko said. "You were Bulkheads human friend!" she yelled. "The one and only." Miko said. Denny shook hands with her. "Pleasure to meet you Miko this is my son Russel." He said.
"Nice to meet you." She said. "I just need help with my truck darn thing." She said. "Well I can help you." Denny said. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Dead battery and Gas leak." She said. He nodded. "I think we can get it fixed up and because you're VIP you get a down payment." Denny said. "Thanks." Miko said. As she was talking with the two Strongarm spoke to Bumblebee. "How did she know it was you?" she asked. "I was irresistible and very hard to forget back then besides I wasn't called bumblebee for nothing." He said. Miko looked at Grimlock. "So that is what a Dinobot is." Miko said. "How did you know?" Strongarm asked. "Oh Bulkhead mentioned it." Miko said. "So what brings you out here to Crown City?" Russel asked. "Well on Vacation." Miko said. "Between you and me." She said. "I hate Crown city." She said. "I just don't like cities like that to shiny." She said. "Also Jasper was a better place than that." She said pointing to the sickening clean city in the distance across the river.
"Also Bumblebee." She said. "You guys forgot something and I have been keeping it safe for a while." She said. She opened the door to her car and pressed a button suddenly the truck's roof opened and Miko pulled out a familiar object. "The Apex Armor." He said. The truck's roof moved back into its original shape. "Trust me it's hard to keep this thing hidden for years." She said. "I have been keeping it safe and in case you guys would return I was going to give it back." She said. "Normally you would horde the thing and clutch onto it like a lifeline." Bumblebee drawled layfully. "Hey I have changed I tell ya!" she yelled dropping the heavy armor. "Yet you still complain and whine like old Miko." He said. "Hey not all habits die." She said. The team along with Denny and Russel stared shocked as the two talked it was like they were young again. Sideswipe was rather amused. "Ok here take it." She said. "Its hard hauling this thing its heavy as hell." She said.
Bumblebee looked at her. "Well from what I see you have changed a lot into a wiser human so you can keep it." He said. "What?" Miko asked. "You have been keeping it safe from others and protected it so you keep it as a reward." He said. "B-b-but it's not mine I only kept it to give it back." She said. "After you left I had no reason to use it so after I got my first car I kept it hidden in each one until this one." She said. "It took me a lot of time to hide it and make a compartment." She said. "Well you are a mechanic." Bumblebee said. "Yea." She said. "So you keep it." He said. "Besides." He said. "I'm not here to visit." He said seriously. "What's wrong?" Miko asked suddenly her mind turned into seriousness.
"A Decepticon Prison ship crashed here not too long ago and most of the prisoners in it escaped there Decipticons prisoners." He said. "So the cons are back." Miko said. Bumblebee nodded. Miko sighed. "You can't allow them to harm Earth again." She said. "Hey!" Grimlock yelled. "I'm an Autobot." He said. "Well." Miko said kindly. "The symbol on your shoulder will make others think otherwise." She said. He looked at the symbol. "Oh." He said.
"Miko I or we may need your help." Bumblebee said. Miko sighed. "Look Bumblebee It's great seeing you and it's wonderful that Cybertron is alive again." She said. "But during these years I realized how stupid and reckless I was when I was younger I have fulfilled my duty and helpfulness with team prime after Megatron was killed." She said. "I am not that same energetic girl I have a job at N.A.S.A if you remember and it's only a three week vacation." She said. "So much has changed." She said. Bumblebee realized that Miko wasn't exactly the same energetic teenage girl he knew all those years ago before him was a full grown woman. "I understand." Bumblebee said. "I know it's natural for humans to reflect but remember it's all in the past." He said. "We really could use your help you are with N.A.S.A right?" he asked. She nodded. "Maybe you can use a few of the satellites you made to track down the Deceptions that escaped." He said.
Miko sighed. "Believe it or not I with only the President knowing launched a Weather satellite into space a few years ago." She said. "It's not a Weather satellite." She said. She pulled out a tablet. "It's a Decepticon tracker not even Ratchet knows." She said. "See that's helpful." Bumblebee said. "But." She said. "I don't know." She said. "I never thought the cons were actually going to come back. The satellite was just in case one happened to pop his happy rear aft up." She said. "Not an entire ship of them." She said. "Look when the truck is fixed I will leave tomorrow." She said. "It was great seeing you and the new team you were assigned to." She said. "Wait how did you know?" Bumblebee asked. "I could tell." She said. "Miko." Bumblebee said. He looked to the team and the humans. "I don't know how to get her to stay." He said. "Well isn't it kind of a strange coincidence that you happened to have met her not far from her?" Denny asked. "So what are you saying?" Bumblebee asked. "Maybe its fate." He said.
Bumblebee chuckled. "That's something Optimus would say." He said. His eyes widened. "Wait before I met her Optimus appeared and told me an "Old friend" was close by and I was to be its guardian." He said. "So maybe Optimus wanted you to meet with Miko again." Sideswipe said. "Wouldn't that mean." He thought. "Maybe she is part of the plot." He said. "She also has the tech we need to stop the cons." He said. "Well maybe Optimus wants you to have a human friend." Strongarm said. "Maybe she is the medic didn't she say she was a mechanic?" Grimlock asked. "Different thing on Earth what could she know about us?" Bumblebee asked. "I know a lot." Miko said. "More than enough." She said. "I know Optimus you said that he brought you to me in a way." She said. Bumblebee nodded. "Then maybe I am supposed to help you." She said. "So you will help us?" Fixit asked. She sighed and nodded. "Welcome to the team." Sideswipe said. Miko nodded.
That night Bumblebee saw Miko resting on the ground. He drove up. "You know the ground isn't exactly a soft thing to sleep on." Bumblebee said. Miko nodded. "Why don't you sleep in here." He offered opening the door. Miko nervously walked into Bumblebee's front seat and sat down upset. Bumblebee noticed Miko's saddened distant face "What's gotten you upset?" Bumblebee asked. Miko sighed. "You know when the Decepticons destroyed Jasper?" Miko asked. Bumblebee nodded. "Shortly after I had a phone call from Tokyo." She said. "My Mom and Dad." Her voice cracked. "They were." She paused. "They were killed in a plane crash." She said. "They were the only relatives I had." She said. Bumblebee sighed. "I'm so sorry." He said. "Today is the anniversary of their death." She cried silently.
"I tried so hard to keep my emotions in check all those months and I never told Bulkhead." She said. "After you guys left I just broke down." She said. "June took me in and treated me like her daughter." She said. She shook her head. "But she was never like my mom." She said. "How was your mother?" Bumblebee asked. "She was really kind so was my dad." She said. "They were never angry with me when I moved to America they begged me to stay." She said. "And yet stupid me brushed it off." she said. "The last thing I said to them was "Whatever." she said. Her cheeks red. "They must hate me all the years I was with them and I treated them like dirt and yet they still loved me." She said. "What kind of daughter am I?" she asked. Bumblebee thought. "When Optimus died he was like a father to me I took it hard but still managed. I remembered how great it was to be with him." He said.
"Your parents loved you and are proud you did so many great things for us and humanity you made things that were impossible you saved our lives when we were in dire danger." He said. "I bet they could never have had a better daughter than you." He said. She sniffed and smiled. "Thank you Bee." She said. "Just helping a friend that needs help." He said. Soon the two fell asleep not knowing Strongarm and Sideswipe were watching. "Aww that's sweet." Sideswipe said. "Leave them alone." Strongarm said and they walked off.
End of chapter 1. Well this one is more kid friendly than most of my other stories also a life learning skill. Everything changes Miko used to be an energetic teenager now she is an adult. And looks like Bumblebee has an old member ahh those were the good old days am I right. Anyway. Hope you've enjoyed. See Ya.