CHAPTER I
Fantasy, Meet Science Fiction
Saturday, September 20, 2008... 11:10am
The strange adult female was prowling around the house again. Although she never set foot on his ward's property, it was abundantly clear whose humans she was watching.
She had been loitering outside the premises for nearly a week now. Bumblebee was careful to remain in alt mode at all times since she often appeared unexpectedly and undetected. How she managed to pass unnoticed by his sensors was a complete mystery; either there was more wrong with them than he originally thought or something very strange was happening. The longer he 'watched' her, the chances of the latter option being correct rose exponentially.
Firstly, just because he could sense the female did not mean he could see her. There was one afternoon she had been standing across the street and the next minute, she simply wasn't. Switching to infrared revealed her walking toward the garage, though she had somehow become invisible in standard viewing mode.
Secondly, he often witnessed her speaking to a large, predatory bird whose electromagnetic field was even greater than hers. Bumblebee had no proof or logical explanation, but he was almost positive the creature was not actually a bird. According to several reliable resources, that particular species of avian was not capable of the levels of intelligence it frequently exhibited. It responded to her questions and interacted with her in a manner ordinary birds would not, such as shaking its head and pointing withs it wing as though it were really a finger.
His humans never appeared to notice her, and Bumblebee did not wish to alarm them by informing them of her presence. Several opportunities for harming the Witwickys had already been presented. None of them were taken. Until she was deemed to be a threat, Bumblebee would keep her existence to himself.
