Second chaptaaaa! This, my friends and followers, is where the fun begins!
3rd POV
Even though he should have felt lighter, Bumblebee felt a depressing weight sink into his spark when Sari jumped out of his cab. He began to regret offering her a ride after realizing that it would end at her apartment complex. Which would also mean I won't be seeing her for a while. He noted as an afterthought. Slag.
A sigh threatened to escape his intakes when he pulled up to the familiar grey building. It was a good seven stories high, but it was nothing compared the structures on Cybertron. Now THOSE could get huge. He resented the thought of opening his side door for the femme to get out, but did so anyway.
It astounded him last night when Sari jumped him on the couch. Actually, it wasn't just Sari that surprised him. It was the lustful wave of energy that burst from his spark that came right after. Had it been caused by some sort of sick fetish he wasn't aware of having? Or maybe the lack of recharge had finally gotten to him. Either way, it freaked him out. Ok! So it's all cool! You have your best friend who you're apparently REALLY attracted to laying on top of you and unintentionally activating you interface systems! No big deal! HAH! Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh could that statement be any more wrong. To make matters worse, Sari had caught onto the seemingly obvious reaction he had shown. Only she had NO idea what his predicament actually seemed to be and yet there was no way in the PIT that he could make a move on her. Not only would it probably scare the living frag out of her but he would've offlined from the embarrassment. Unfortunately that wasn't what took the cake. He sealed his own fate after she asked if she should get off. His response came out a little too quickly and- Well, from then on it seemed like someone dumped a bucket full of scrap over his helm.
And so they laid there…
The fleshy side of her cheek pressed and slightly stuck against his windshield. The feel of her soft, warm arms wrapping around the front of his chassis…. Oh boy… Primus had a sick sense of humor…
After a few minutes his dwindling self control gave out and one of his servos ran up her side to lie on her back, just above her bottom. For a tense moment he wasn't sure if she had already fallen asleep or not, so he whispered her name. She flinched under his grasp as a sign that she was, but his covet only grew stronger. At that point, he was beginning to care a lot less about the consequences.
Sari had been his best friend since the beginning of his stay on earth, besides Bulkhead of course. She was the funniest, most reckless human-hybrid he knew who shared his carefree self confidence and ego. Also, for someone who was part alien, she was pretty too. He wasn't sure what it was, maybe the Cybertronian side contributed but, he'd always felt drawn to her, protectively. She also felt so delicate, so warm…
Or was that just his systems overheating?
That was when he suddenly found himself staring into Sari's eyes. Those bright blue eyes. Too dull to be Cybertronian, yet too bright to be human.
And that became his undoing.
Bumblebee was snapped out of his thoughts when a small hand patted his front hood. His attention jumped back up to the woman leaning against his vehicle mode. Sari gave him a sly smirk and it would have almost made his frame tremble if he gave up his restraints. She bent over more and placed her elbows boldly below his windshield. Suddenly her face was at the glass, placing a swift little kiss on the smooth surface. "See ya later Bee. I'll comm. you soon." The words sounded like fogged honey when they hit his audios. The yellow beetle to shivered slightly, and Sari's face split into a knowing grin. Yeah sure Bee… great control…
Sari giggled again, but it was from the front door of the building. He hadn't even realized she'd moved until hearing that pleasant voice. The door opened swiftly and in another second she was gone.
A dull throb echoed in his spark when she disappeared from sight. Soon won't be soon enough. He sighed and pulled back onto the lane.
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Bumblebee's drive back to the base was a little less then settling but he managed to reconcile himself a bit before heading in. Almost the entire team fixed on Teletran 2's monitor was what he found himself walking in on. Bumblebee glanced at the screen, and being almost as abstracted as he was, barely registered the government official occupying it.
"Bumblebee, it's about time you showed up." The beetle nearly jumped out of his armor when an unyielding Prowl appeared behind him. Curse that tree-hugging ninja-bot and his stealthieness… wait that isn't even a word… "Hey, what?!" he let out an innocent yelp at the glare he received.
The other shook his helm and let out a frustrated sigh, joining the others by the screen. Optimus seemed to have taken over the scornful look before turning back to the high-ranking human. "We're sorry for the delay general, were all present now, you may continue."
The man appeared to be middle aged. His crew cut slightly grown out and his grubby appearance clear by his unshaven face. Either way though, he still had a professional air to him. When the man opened his mouth it was to form yet another sigh. Brilliant.
"As I was saying before, a few of our communication specialists have picked up a new threat that should catch your attention. We've uncovered information about a new terrorist clan on the uprise within our borders but we are still unaware of the location of their operations. They appear to take a specific interest in alien research."
"How much information have you gathered?" Bumblebee glanced at the back corner of the room to see Jazz lounging against the wall. Having him on the team now was quite the experience. He was a good mech. Smart, an attractive model, had a smooth, laid back personality, and a cyber ninja to boot. Speaking of… The smallest bot's optics glanced at the contrasting black and gold ninja not far from the white. Now why couldn't HE have turned out that way. Hhm… must be the design-type or something. Actually, Bee was almost certain there was chemistry going on between those two. After Prowl's close to death experience many years back, Jazz and him had gotten pretty tight. It could be a cyber-ninja-thing but, really? Whenever Bee found an opening, he'd bring it up only to get shot down again. And SURE… sparring. Weren't ninja's suppose to be silen-OW!
A bump in the side from Bulkhead brought the yellow bot back out of his daze, but he'd been riding his train of thought so long he'd been completely derailed from the conversation topic.
"-So I'll advise you all to keep a look out for any suspicious activity."
"Thank you for the warning, General Frank. We'll let you know if anything transpires." And with that, the two way comm. went ended and the screen went black.
"So. Uhhh…" Bumblebee hissed at the green armored vehicle beside him as the others filtered out, "What'd I miss?"
"Were you even listening to any of that?" A shake of the head followed Bulkhead's response, "Well, between all the fancy words, the guy wanted to warn us about a new group called MECH. Something like, they wanted to take us apart so they can use Cybertronian technology and use it for…. Well… weapons and something…. But any way, they want us to be careful 'cause we're probably targets now."
Bumblebee held an outlandish stare with his buddy for a couple clicks before his optics blinked and refocused. "So… what you've just told me is that were being hunted down for lab-rat purposes by terrorists –pardon the human term- so these "MECH" guy's can use our parts to make weapons? Do you even REALIZE what you just said!?" The tone in the smaller bot's voice almost held a hysterical edge to it and it made the hulking green mass flinch back a bit."Uh, yeah? Why?" "You just said it like… LIKE… UH never mind!" Bumblebee, left the room with a dramatic flail of the arms leaving a slightly confused Bulkhead standing as the last in the room.
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On the third day after her visit Sari already had the cravings to go back. "I curse you work and all who created you." She grumbled to herself as she scrolled through the PC program on her desktop. The one thing that she hated the most was the fact that she never really had any career interests growing up and that hadn't changed. All the things she enjoyed as a child were generic and provided no help to her what so ever. She grew up –Sort of- living in Sumdac Tower with her 'father' as thee Isaac Sumdac. So she was raised to be familiar with most technology. This however never made her as much as an engrossed, techy genius like him. No, she could run the systems, but when it came to building or designing them? Pfffttt, good luck. Man this was one of the time's where she really missed having her key. It was like having your own personal wild card that could hack into reality.
Her hand ran up to the center of her chest where the port had opened before inserting the device. It was so long ago now.
A sudden wave of dizziness washed over her and she grabbed the arm of her office chair. Ten seconds later and it passed, her nails uncurling from the rough material. She huffed and rubbed her temples trying to clear her head a little. These little spells had been happening off and on the last couple of days. Most likely a result from the lack of iron in her system, or on a more common note, sleep depravity. Nothing too fantastic to worry about, she thought and proceeded with her work.
It wasn't long before she began to pack up to leave. The cubicles around her had become dark and almost too eerie to pass without making her heart rate speed up. The old complex she worked in still gave her the creeps unless if the lights were on in every hall and room. Shows how much of a fail the interior decorators were when designing the place. Then again she had recently watched a horror film that had a scene in it relating her current scenario. That seemed to be doing wonders for her current anxiety levels.
She swung her laptop bag over her shoulder along with her purse and proceeded for the exit with tense nerves. Now all she had to do was grab the Subtrain and she'd be home no time. Why did she stay at work long enough for it to get this dark? She scolded herself and began to walk a bit faster after seeing the exit sign.
It was at that moment that her cell phone decided to go off. The startled shriek she let out was loud enough to echo back at her after touring the building. GOD DAMMIT they REALLY need a light down here! Was her flustered conclusion before answering the miniscule device in her pocket.
"Hello?"
~"Hey Sari! You off work yet?"~
Her lungs compressed harshly in relief when she heard the beetle's voice over the cell, "Yep, and I'm currently about to leave this creep-case of a building. Man, you scared me, Bee!"
~"Heh, my bad… Hey, do you have any shifts tomorrow? Or, anything thing else?"~ Sari's nerves began to wither after hearing the nervous breaks in his tone. She giggled and continued toward the door at a normal pace. "Yeah, I'm free. What's up?"
~"Oh, the usual… It's gotten even more boring lately over here…"~ She cocked a brow at that response. Was that a hint of sarcasm she detected in her voice?
"Okaaayyyy, sure…." ~"A-actually how'bout now? I can pick you up!"~ Sari paused in silence and dramatically leaned her head away from the earpiece to stare at the phone. Somebot was eager…
"No, really, what's going on?..."
~wha…N-nothing! Honest! I just thought you'd prefer that over the train! I mean, I know yer ride's in the shop right now! So…"~
"Sure! Why not! Just get over here quickly, before I start seeing visions of Slender Man at the end of the hall! I tell ya it's FREAKY standing here!" Sari shivered and it showed in her slightly frantic tone. Ohhh yeah, now would be the time to go outside where there was at least more streetlights.
She grabbed the handle of the door and pulled roughly. When it refused to budge, the force of her pull tugged her closer to the door.
Weird… heart almost jumped into her throat she yanked on it a couple times. "Ok, the last time I checked it wasn't THAT late…" Talking to herself didn't seem reassure her at all what so ever. She tried tugging at it some more until she heard a sound down the hallway behind her.
Sari froze. Cold fear washed over her and she turned away from the door to look down the corridor. A figure of a man stood half way down and began to walk toward her. She backed up against the glass of the door, eyes fixated on the body moving closer. Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh GOD. She wanted to scream, run, anything! Mind frantic, she willed her right hand to morph revealing the energy blasters within her palms, pointed it at the man. His brisk walk became a run, his own hand pulled out a hand gun and he held it out in front of him using both hands. As soon as she saw this, Sari confirmed that he wasn't a fellow office worker. "Who are you!" She bellowed, trying to intimidate him, but he kept on running. A loud bang made her jump I alarm and the feeling of air grazed her cheek. The man had attempted to shoot her. Her other hand activated and she grabbed the door handle, electrocuting the lock systems and throwing the door open. Now why hadn't I though of the earlier!? She cursed and ran for it, hoping she could get away without resorting to violence. Sprinting across the quiet street, she kept going, and going, until she reached 5th Ave. At this point her lungs were starting to seize and she looked behind her. Seeing no one in sight, Sari slowed to a halt. Gasping for air had never been more painful as she examined where she was, and then realized the lighter feeling of the load over her arm ever since she first began her abscond. She had dropped her workbag. But her purse remained secure over her shoulder. "Shit." She breathed. Checking through the contents of her purse she sighed in relief. Her wallet, phone and all other important ID's were accounted for. Her laptop in her lost bag was password protected to the point where it would take her father a good while to get in.
A pair of blinding car lights rounded the corner and she squinted past them.
"Hey!" Hearing Bumblebee's voice had never been as comforting as it definitely was now and that was saying something. "I thought I was meeting you at your work?!" He slid to a stop and his driver's door flew open. Sari all but dove into the safety of his front seat and she slammed the door behind her, shoving her seat bet in place she spoke with a shaky voice, "I'll explain on the way back to base."
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RAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! HOLY-! After…. I'm not sure how long…. More then a year actually, I've finished with this sucker! _ Onward!