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Chapter 3: Confrontation with Robots

I remembered how I had dragged myself upstairs to my bedroom when Sam and I came back home and half-sleepy changed my clothes to a baggy t-shirt and shorts. I had then fallen down on the cover of my bed with my glasses still on my face. I didn't even bother to cover myself and fell asleep pretty fast.

But a few hours later, I was startled by a loud bang from my door and felt someone shake me awake.

"Stella! You gotta get up fast!"

I groaned as I opened my heavy eyelids when I realized the only one in the house who acted like this was Samuel James Witwicky. "What is it, Sam? It's in the middle of the night…" I rubbed my eyelids beneath my glasses to regain my vision.

"My car! Someone stole my car!" Sam screamed.

My head shot up when I heard that. Did someone steal Bumblebee without he noticed it? No… That would be impossible, unless…

*Bumblebee mentioned some words when we drove home… Something like "Message" and "Send".*

Sam rushed out from my room as I stood up from the bed and quickly changed into some simple garments before I ran after Sam with my purse in my hand. I didn't notice I left Raising Heart behind. The adrenaline made me not think of such small details. My main attention was on Bumblebee.

I rushed out to the backyard and saw Sam's bicycle missing. *He must have cycled after Bumblebee…* I grabbed my bicycle and jumped on it as I heard some noise from the house. I ignored it and cycled after Sam. I made it to him within a few seconds and saw him chasing Bumblebee. The boy was speaking on his cell phone, calling the police.

"Hello. 911 emergency! My car has been stolen! My cousin and I are in pursuit! Right?! I need all units, the whole squadron. Bring everyone! No, no, no, don't ask me questions, all right?! My father's the head of the neighborhood watch!"

I groaned mentally and shook my head when I noticed where we were heading. To the abandoned junkyard at the outskirts of the town. Bumblebee made it through when a train was backing on the railway tracks, not noticing the yellow Camaro.

Sam and I dropped our bicycles next to each other and ran after Bumblebee when the train had passed. We looked around and hid behind a big pile of metal junks when we saw something standing up several meters from us. It was a big robot with yellow armor and the Protoform was silver-gray.

*Is that…Bee?*

"Oh, my God…", I heard Sam mumble beside me.

The robot shone a beam of light into the sky. In the middle of the light was the symbol Bumblebee had on his steering wheel. Was this his way to send messages and call his comrades?

The light suddenly came down to the ground, so Sam and I had to duck so the robot couldn't find us. Sam snatched out his cell phone from his pocket and started recording.

"My name is Sam Witwicky with my cousin Stella Gyllenberg. Whoever finds this, my car is alive, okay?" Sam began and held up the cell phone to record the robot before he pulled his arm down. "You saw that? Since this is my last words on Earth, I just want to say; Mom, Dad, I love you, and if you find Busty Beauties under my bed, it wasn't mine. I'm holding it for Miles… No, no, wait, that… Okay, that's not true. It's mine and Uncle Charles gave it to me. I'm sorry. Mojo, I love you." With that, he closed his cell phone and stood up to walk closer to the robot. I just gave him a dull look and shook my head before I followed him.

The sound of low growls was heard beside us. A Rottweiler and a Schaefer were lying in a corner of some piles of junks when they spotted me and Sam. We exchanged a few glances with the dogs before they suddenly barked and rushed after us. Sam and I ran quickly away and I felt the adrenaline pulse flow through me again.

"Stella! Use your power to stop them!" Sam shouted to me.

"I can't! In order to use my power, I need to focus! And now I can't!" I screamed back.

Sam rushed into a big sheltered area and I ran after him while I looked over my shoulder. The dogs were advancing, and fast too. Sam stood at the top of some barrels and reached out his hand to me. I was about to grab him when I felt pain rush through my right leg. I got pulled down by the dogs and felt them scratch my clothes and the teeth dug deeper into my leg.

"Stella!" Sam screamed terrified.

I held my arms up to shield my face when I felt a rush of my telekinesis kick in. I opened my glowing eyes and pushed away the dogs from me. They knocked down some junks, but they got up on their legs and were about to attack me again when Bumblebee burst in. He hit the dogs violently and then started to circle around me and Sam.

"Okay. Please, please don't kill us! I'm sorry! Take the keys! I don't want them! Car's yours!" Sam shouted as he threw the keys at Bumblebee and jumped off the barrels. His adrenaline level was probably high because he ran past me and left me alone lying helpless on the ground.

I tried to move my hurt leg, but it was getting numb and I felt the blood stain my pants. Bumblebee stopped circling and stayed quiet when we heard sirens outside of the sheltered area. Sam was telling the police that the car thief was inside here with me, but the policemen told him to shut up and put his head on the hood.

I didn't realize I held my breath the whole time before I heard the sound of tires drive away and felt Sam's presence disappear with two other presences. I exhaled loudly and relaxed my tense body. Bumblebee drove over to me and opened the door to the driver's seat.

"You alright, baby?" the radio spoke, but it wasn't Bumblebee's voice.

I shook my head. "No… The dogs hurt me kinda badly." I slowly and carefully stood up while my right leg hurt intensely. I limped over to Bumblebee and sat down in the driver's seat. The wounds were starting to burn harshly while Bumblebee drove away from the junkyard.

"Bee… I need to go to the hospital to treat my wounds…", I mumbled.

"At your service, Madame", Bumblebee replied and headed for the hospital.

I leant back in the seat and closed my eyes for some rest when I heard Bumblebee's real voice in my mind.

"Why did you and Sam follow me? I told you I was going to send a message tonight to Prime and my comrades."

"Sorry, Bee, but I didn't really catch what you said to me a few hours ago", I explained. "I was too tired to focus."

"What will happen to Sam now?"

I shrugged, "Well, the police will probably call Ron and Judy to take Sam home after he explain what he was doing in the junkyard. He's underage, so he won't go to prison for trespassing… I hope."

Bumblebee reached the hospital within a few minutes after our small talking. A doctor and some nurses took care of my wounds and then I paid for the treatment. After that, Bumblebee went to an empty lot to rest for the night. I laid down on the backseats and it was actually very comfortable to sleep on them.

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The sound of Bumblebee's engine woke me up from my sleep. The sunlight stung my eyes and made them watery. I rubbed away the salt liquid and stretched my body, but made sure not to stretch my hurt leg. I crawled over to the driver's seat before Bumblebee strapped the seat belt on me and drove off.

"Where are we going, Bee?" I asked.

The radio turned on. "Home, sweet home!"

While Bumblebee drove me home, I checked my cell phone which happened to be out of battery. I was sure Sam and his parents had been trying to call me to see where I was and if I was safe. I put back the cell phone in my purse and laid back in the seat.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"It's eight o' clock, time for the morning news", the radio replied.

I nodded and closed my eyes for a moment before I opened them again. "So…you are actually a robot?"

"That's right, miss! One point for you!"

I chuckled by the reply before I thought about something. "Why can't you speak normally?"

This time, Bumblebee spoke through telepathy. "My vocal processors got damaged in battle…on Cybertron…"

*Cybertron?* I thought. "Is Cybertron your…home planet?"

"Correct! Next question?" the radio outburst.

I shook my head. "Maybe later."

I took a look on myself. I was dirty and my clothes had scratch marks and some stains of blood. But my pants were the worst. There were two lines of holes on my right leg and the textile was badly stained by my blood.

"We've arrived, milady!" the radio spoke.

I looked up and saw Bumblebee had parked right below one of the windows to the kitchen. I felt Sam's presence and heard him talk to someone. I also heard something like "Satan's Camaro!" which made me chuckle. But then I heard a door slam at the front. Bumblebee must have heard it as well because he turned around and drove out to the road. It turned out Sam had run out of the house and cycled away in panic with Judy's pink bicycle.

Bumblebee drove after Sam on the walkway. "Stop!" the poor boy screamed. Strangely, he didn't see me on the driver's seat.

"Bumblebee, cars are not supposed to drive on the walkway", I told him. I felt the seat shift a little before Bumblebee drove off on the streets now.

Sam kept biking and looked over his shoulders a few times to see if Bumblebee was still following him. Sam turned a corner by a Big Mac, but he hit a paving stone and made a front flip before he crashed on his back on the hard pavement.

*Oh my God! Sam!* I put my hand on my mouth in shock.

I saw some girls sitting on a bench by the Big Mac laughing at Sam, but one of them didn't laugh. It turned out to be Mikaela. She and Sam exchanged some words before the young boy stood up and cycled off with the bicycle again. Bumblebee kept following him, which made me confused.

"Bumblebee, why are you even chasing Sam?" I asked. "Is there something you want from him?"

The Camaro didn't answer my question. Sam turned into a parking lot full with cars and trash in the corners. I looked away for a moment before I noticed Sam was gone.

"Men, he's hiding somewhere here…", the radio said.

I still felt Sam's presence in the parking lot before a police siren surprised me. Bumblebee turned a corner when I saw a black and white police car. The strange thing was, it had the same aura as Bumblebee, but it felt…darker.

"The enemy has come…", the radio chirped.

"Is he…one of your kind?" I asked. "I mean; an alien?"

"Yes, but…very evil… We must hide…!"

I felt the sweat run down my jawline. "But… what if your enemy is looking for Sam as well? We have to help him!"

Bumblebee's engine roared, "All right… Hold on, baby!"

He drove fast and tuned corners before we spotted Sam and Mikaela on the ground and a large black robot with red optics running towards them. Bumblebee spun around and knocked the robot's legs to make him tumble to the ground. Bumblebee drove up to Sam and Mikaela and opened the passenger door. "Both of you! Get in! Quick!" I shouted.

"Stella?" Mikaela breathed.

"You have to get in the car. Get in", Sam told her.

"I don't want to", Mikaela cried.

"Trust us! Hurry!" I shouted.

Sam and Mikaela climbed in and Bumblebee drove off right away after he shut the door. But the black robot transformed into the police car I saw for just a few minutes ago and drove after us.

"Go, go, go, go!" Sam shouted.

"Oh, God! We're gonna die! We're gonna die!" Mikaela screamed.

"No, we're not!" I shouted, trying to stay calm even though I failed with that.

Bumblebee drove very fast. The road was empty, so we didn't have to worry about colliding into a vehicle. Bumblebee drove through a huge pane of glass of a building. I felt the police car's presence from behind coming closer.

"Try to distract him!" I told Bumblebee.

Bumblebee drove through shelves of boxes and spun around. The police car missed us and spun around wildly, but that gave us at least time to drive off and hide.

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It was early evening when Bumblebee pulled into an industrial area and backed into a dark alleyway. We had been chased by the police car robot ever since morning. We could see how the police car, or Barricade as Bumblebee told me through telepathy, drove past the alleyway and didn't notice us. Suddenly, Bumblebee turned on the locks.

"We're locked in", Sam hissed, trying to pull open the lock on his side of the back seat.

I felt my heart throb fast within my chest and let out a silent sigh of relief.

"The car won't start. At least we ditched the monster, right?" Sam said.

"But this isn't over", I said. "The robot knows we're here somewhere and he won't leave until he gets what he wants."

Sam turned to me. "Do you know what he wants?"

Before I could answer, Bumblebee sped forward and dodged Barricade as he backed. He drove to a clearing in the middle of the industrial area and tossed us all out. I felt more pain rush through my hurt leg and hissed lightly. One second later, Bumblebee transformed into the giant robot Sam and I saw last night. He stood in a fighting position and awaited Barricade.

I helped the teenagers up before we took a few steps back. We could see how Barricade drove in full speed toward us. The evil robot transformed in the middle of the ride and smashed into the yellow robot. I pushed down the kids and put my arms over them, but then I felt another presence coming from Barricade. When I looked up, I saw a small metal robot jump out from the police robot and made strange noises before it ran after us. "RUN!" I screamed.

Sam and Mikaela ran with me deeper into the industrial area while Bumblebee fought against Barricade. My leg hurt even more by the running, but I had to endure it. We turned a corner when the small robot grabbed Sam and flipped him down. "Sam!" I shouted.

"He's got me! Oh, God!" Sam screamed as the robot held a hard grip on him.

Mikaela kept running, but I stayed behind and felt my telekinesis activate inside me. My eyes glowed bright blue and knocked the robot off Sam with some sparks flying.

"Hurry, get up!" I helped Sam up on his feet to run again. But the robot kept chasing us.

It tackled Sam by his legs and made him roll down a hill and crashed into a chain link fence. The robot was about to jump on Sam, but I used the telekinesis again and knocked him away again while I ran down the hill. My right leg felt like it was burning. I just hoped it wasn't infected, but I didn't have time to worry about myself now.

"Stay away from Sam!" I glared at the robot when I stood in front of my relative.

The robot muttered something in a strange language before I read his mind. "The code! Glasses! I need the glasses!"

*Glasses?* I thought with an arched eyebrow.

The robot kept repeating those words while he was about to attack again with his sharp knives. When he jumped up in the air, I caught him with the telekinesis and held him right there. He moved his legs to attack us, but it was no use. Feeling Mikaela's presence coming closer, I turned my head to the left. She was running toward us with a small electrical saw. She hacked Frenzy while Sam shouted to kill him. Soon, Frenzy's body was shredded to pieces, but his head was still moving while he groaned in pain. He reminded me of a spider.

"Not so tough without a head, are you?" Sam told the robot before kicking its head up, like a football, over the hill.

I dried the sweat off my forehead and exhaled a deep sigh. "Are you okay, Sam?"

"Yeah…", Sam nodded.

"Eh… Can I ask you something? How did the robot float in the air like that?" Mikaela asked.

I gave her a blank glance. "I held up the robot in the air with my telekinesis."

Mikaela's eyes widened, "Are you…psychic?"

"Not really", I shrugged. "Let's go back and see if Bumblebee is all right."

"Bumblebee?" Sam questioned.

"The robot that transforms into your car, Sam", I explained before I took off.

I felt the two teenagers' presences following me from behind until we reached a hill. I heard footsteps coming toward us and saw Bumblebee walking to our direction. His cannon arm turned back to his hand. I couldn't see any traces of Barricade, so I assumed he was defeated.

"What is it?" I heard Mikaela's shaky voice behind me.

"It's a robot", Sam spoke. "But like a… Like a different… You know, like a super-advanced robot. It's probably Japanese. Yeah, it's definitely Japanese."

I shook my head. "No, he's not Japanese or Chinese or anything like that." I walked closer to Bumblebee with a small smile.

"What are you doing?" Mikaela gasped.

I looked over my shoulder. "There's no need to be afraid. He won't hurt us."

"It would have done that already", Sam added as he followed me. Bumblebee stood on the summit of the hill and put his hands on his hips, looking at us.

"Really? Well, do you two speak robot? Because they just had, like, a giant droid death match", Mikaela hissed.

"I think it wants something from me", Sam spoke as he grabbed my hand and I helped him walk up the hill.

"What?" Mikaela exclaimed.

"Well, 'cause the other one was talking about my eBay page."

"The smaller robot kept talking about some code and glasses when I read his mind", I added.

Mikaela shook her head in disbelief. "You two are the strangest people I have ever met."

"You're sure he won't hurt us?" Sam asked me for just in case.

"Don't worry", I replied. "I knew the Camaro wasn't 'normal' at the very beginning and I've been talking to him during these few days."

Sam looked up at Bumblebee. "Can you talk?"

"XM Satellite Radio… Digital cable brings you… Columbia Broadcasting System…", Bumblebee replied.

"So you… You talk through the radio?" Sam asked.

"Thank you, you're beautiful. You're wonderful, you're wonderful", Bumblebee clapped his hands and pointed at Sam while nodding.

"Are you okay? Barricade didn't hurt you?" I asked worriedly.

"I am fine, baby! No worries!" Bumblebee put his palm against his chest where his heart was located, which he definitely had because I wouldn't have been able to feel his presence.

"So, what was that last night? What was that?" Sam asked.

Bumblebee pointed up at the sky. "Message from Starfleet, Captain… Throughout the inanimate vastness of space… Angels will rain down like visitors from heaven! Hallelujah!..."

Mikaela finally found some courage and walked over to us. "Visitors from heaven? What… What are you, like, an alien or something?" she asked the yellow robot.

"Bingo!... It's a jackpot!" Bumblebee nodded before he transformed back to his vehicle form. "Any more questions you want to ask?" He swung the passenger door open. I smiled as I climbed in and sat in the driver's seat, waiting for the two kids.

"He wants us to get in the car", I heard Sam mutter.

"And go where?" Mikaela asked.

"Fifty years from now, when you're looking back at your life, don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?" Sam retorted.

Mikaela stared at the Camaro and saw me smiling. Without any more words, they climbed in and Bumblebee drove to the place where he had tossed us out and let Mikaela retrieve our purses.

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I closed my eyes and tried to get some rest after what happened today. Bumblebee played a calm and smoothing song through the radio, which sounded like a lullaby to me. I heard Sam and Mikaela talk and some shifting sound, but I ignored it. However I couldn't ignore what Mikaela said about Bumblebee. "Why, if he's supposed to be, like, this super-advanced robot, does he transform back into this piece-of-crap Camaro?"

I opened eyes and turned to Mikaela with a glare. "Mikaela!"

Bumblebee screeched to a halt and opened the door, telling us to get out. I could feel a very irritating aura coming from him.

"Why did you say that, Mikaela? Bumblebee might be a robot, but he has feelings too!" I growled as I climbed out.

"Sorry…", Mikaela mumbled, suddenly feeling ashamed. She and Sam climbed out from the other side and some car drivers shouted to us to move out from the way.

"Great, now… See? Fantastic. Now you pissed him off", Sam gestured to the yellow Camaro that drove back up the tunnel where we were. "That car is sensitive. I mean, $4,000 just drove off." He put his hands behind his head and kept muttering.

I watched Bumblebee drive deeper into the tunnel and felt bad for him. Mikaela didn't really think he had emotions like us humans. I rubbed my short hair to get rid of the sweat and the stress from today's adventure.

"Ta-dah!"

My head shot up when I saw the Camaro return, but in a new and improved form. Sam and Mikaela's eyes widened when they saw Bumblebee's new Alt mode.

"What?" Sam gasped.

I chuckled and climbed into the back seat and let Sam sit in the driver's seat. After all, he was Bumblebee's "owner". Mikaela sat in the passenger's seat and everything inside was new and fresh.

"Impressive, Bumblebee", I said.

"Thank you, beauty."

He pulled away and drove towards an unknown destination. I knew this was just the beginning of something big, something giant. Something that would change my life forever…