Third chapter! I REALLY like how this story is going so far. Some of you really seem to like it and I'm glad. So I will continue this story and hopefully update my other ones like I should be doing! If the text is in this format it's either a flashback or thought.

Disclaimer- I don't own ANY characters in this story…though I might own Femme Bee

Mech Today…Femme Tomorrow

Chapter 3

Ratchet and Bumblebee drove along the streets of Detroit. Neither had spoken for awhile. Bumblebee was embarrassed about 'crying' in front of the doc-bot and Ratchet…well he knew why the young bot didn't want to talk and he didn't want to have to force her to talk.

The old medic trusted Bumblebee to not run off now. Well…kinda. Ratchet was trailing behind the femme just incase. So far Bumblebee had seemed to be keeping her word about 'not running off.'

The two neared the Autobot base. Which in reality it was an old Sumdac plant. The two drove into the base and transformed to robot mode. Ratchet sighed as Bumblebee looked at the ground nervously.

Bulkhead had been painting till the two drove in. He immediately stopped and looked at the two. Mostly Bumblebee. Why did he keep having this weird feeling every time he was around her?

Prowl had been meditating. It still seemed like he was. But he was really staring at Bumblebee and her new femme body. He didn't feel turned on or anything it was just…so hard to look away from the femme.

Optimus had been sitting with Sari on the cement couch watching the news. The young leader stood up and walked over to the two as Sari remained seated on the cement couch. She still felt slightly hurt from Bumblebee's rejection.

"I need to talk to you." Optimus said as he stood in front of the femme. Bumblebee glanced up at her leader before nodding slightly. The two left the room without saying another word.

Ratchet just let out a long sigh. He then looked up at Bulkhead who was now sitting in front of the huge canvas with his mouth wide open. "You better shut that mouth before I shut it for you." The old medic said angrily.

This caught the Autobot painter's attention and the green bot quickly went back to painting his picture and keeping his mouth shut. Ratchet then turned to the young ninja "You better get back to meditating!" the old medic said before leaving the room himself.

Prowl just sat there on the floor as Bulkhead and Sari turned to him. "How…how did he know I wasn't really meditating?"

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Optimus had led Bumblebee to his 'office' to talk. Optimus sat in one of the huge metal chairs while Bumblebee sat in the other metal chair. The femme continued to stare at the ground and didn't dare to look at her leader.

"Bumblebee, I can understand that this is hard for you." The young leader began "The others and I have already talked about this. We aren't going to treat you any differently."

"Oh yeah?" Bumblebee asked as she looked into her leader's optics. "Ever since I got back Bulkhead's been staring at me like I'm some kind of freak show! Same with Prowl! Ratchet's trying to turn me into a 'proper femme' and-" "Wait wait wait…why would Ratchet try and change you? A 'proper femme'? Why would he tell you to act like that?"

"He told me when I stopped screaming for Jazz to let go of me! He said that I 'Should stop throwing a temper tantrum and act like a proper femme' or something like that! Optimus I hate this! I feel so weak and useless! I want to be a mech again!" Bumblebee said. She felt like she was going to 'cry' again but held it back. She didn't want to have fluid leaking from her optics in front of her leader.

"Bumblebee…I'm sorry but you can't go back to being a mech. The Elite Guard says you'll go insane and-" "Kill myself! I know! But Optimus I've already tried to! I told Ratchet this! He says he can help me but he can't! No one can!" Bumblebee yelled as she got off the metal chair and ran out of the room as fluid started to leak from her optics.

"Bumblebee!" Optimus yelled as he went after her. The young femme was headed towards her room. She noticed that her leader was catching up to her. She used the wheels on her heels and quickly sped off. Leaving her leader in the dust.

The femme soon reached her room and quickly opened the door. She ran inside and shut the door again. She heard Optimus's metal feet clang against the floor outside in the hallway. He was headed towards her room. She needed to lock the door. But how? There was no lock for this door!

The femme searched around her room and soon spotted the metal recharge berth. She ran over to it and with all her might she pushed it in front of the door. She prayed to Primus that Optimus wouldn't be able to open the door.

She heard the clanging stop. She knew her leader was in front of the door. She remained completely still and silent. "Bumblebee?" she heard Optimus say her name through the door.

The young leader just stood in front of the door. He knew the femme had some object in front of it so he couldn't get in. He didn't want to have to force the door down. Maybe it was best he just leave Bumblebee alone for now. "Bee? We're all here to help you. I want you to know that. If you ever need anyone to talk to…you know you can talk to me."

The young leader just stood there for a few nano-clicks. Hoping the femme would open the door and open up to him. He sighed as his concern came unanswered. The femme remained in her room.

Bumblebee heard the young leader walk away from her room. She sighed in relief. She then looked at the berth that remained in front of her door. 'What's the point in moving it? I'm not coming out and I'm not letting anyone in!'

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"Where's Bumblebee?" Ratchet asked as Optimus walked into the med-bay. The young leader simply sighed "Barricaded herself in her room."

Ratchet simply frowned. "Great…" he said slightly annoyed. "What were you talking to her about?" "I just told her that we aren't going to treat her differently and-" "She won't believe you."

"W-what?" Prime asked confused by the medic's interruption. "She won't trust anyone up to this point. Her femme hormones are acting up. She can't control it. Bumblebee doesn't want to act like this but the hormones are just affecting her and making her do this. Until she gets control of them she won't trust anyone. Not even Sari."

Optimus's optics widened. Bumblebee wouldn't even trust Sari? The organic that had been with the young yellow bot since the beginning? These hormones they…were changing the younger bot immensely.

"Is there a way we can help her?" the young leader asked. Ratchet just stared into the leader's optics before nodding slightly "We can if she can learn to trust us to help her. Bumblebee's trust in us isn't just decreasing because of the hormones it's because we let the Elite Guard change him into a her." The medic said with a faint sigh. "The kid really needs our help but she just won't accept it."

"We'll figure something out Ratchet. As long as we work as a team and help Bumblebee through whatever she is going through." The young leader said as he placed a hand on the medic's shoulder. Ratchet looked up at the Prime before smiling slightly.

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"Prowl?" "Yes Bulkhead?" "Have you ever been in love?" the young ninja looked at the large Autobot, shocked by his question. "In…love?"

"Yeah." Bulkhead said nodding slightly. "Well once. Back on Cybertron. What brought this up?" Prowl asked confused.

"Um…there really is no reason to it. What did it feel like?" the giant asked. "Well um…it was kind of a tingly kind of feeling I guess…if you can call it that. I always felt like I wanted to be with the femme. Do everything for her. I also felt shy around her."

Bulkhead nodded "Okay thanks…" "Wait Bulkhead! Is there really no reason behind this?" the giant stopped in his tracks before turning slightly to Prowl "Nope…no reason." He said before leaving the room and leaving the confused ninja there.

Once out in the hallway the young green Autobot headed for his room. What Prowl said had got him thinking. He had been feeling all those feelings Prowl had said around one certain femme.

But it couldn't be true. It couldn't be! It wasn't natural! It would feel awkward for both him and the femme. But sadly…he knew what he felt was the real deal. He was…in love with Bumblebee.

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"Bumblebee?" the young human knocked on the door. This had been the fifth time she had knocked in the past ten minutes. "Bumblebee! Come on! I want to talk to you."

"Go away!" the femme yelled for probably about the tenth time since Sari had arrived. "Bee…I just want to know if you're okay. I'm worried about you." The young human said sadly as she leaned up against the door.

"Why would any of you be worried about me? None of you care! You let them do this to me!" "Bumblebee! I didn't want them to do this! Ratchet and the others held me back I wanted to rush in there and get you out!"

"How can I believe that?" Bumblebee yelled. "I'm your best friend Bumblebee. You got to believe me. You have to trust me." Sari begged as she felt tears swell up in her eyes.

A long moment of silence hit the hallway. Sari just leaned against the door waiting for an answer. Tears were running down her face as she waited.

"I…I can't trust anyone." The words broke the young human's heart in an instant. Her best friend…couldn't even trust her. "Why!?" she yelled as she ran from the door and headed to her room as she burst out into tears.

Bumblebee sat on the recharge berth that still rest in front of the gigantic door. "I'm…so sorry." She mumbled before fluid started to leak from her optics and she burst out into 'tears' of her own.

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Alright sorry it's not a long third chapter. I'm ALREADY running out of ideas for this story! OH NO! If any body wants to make a suggestion I don't mind. Hopefully though I can think of something soon though. In the mean time I'll work on my other stories!