It wasn't long before someone came back with some men and a toolbox. These men were really… quick. They were all rolling this portable metal bleachers with a kind of countertop connected on the edge of the rail (it comes with stairs as well). Wow, these guys are creative. I blinked a few times, kind of amused by what I'm seeing. I just shrugged it off. Once they stabilized the bleacher, I began to walk up the stairs. The guy that I called out to for help brought me the toolbox and I quickly told him, "thank you". The men proceeded back to what they were doing and I turned to Bumblebee again.

"Here, just lay your arm on this." I lightly patted the countertop. Bumblebee looked over to me and did as I told him to do. I rummaged through the toolbox to find some pliers and other various utensils.

"Aha!" I took out the utensils I needed and placed them beside me. I tip-toed a bit to look at the inside of Bumblebee's arm a little more. With one hand, I held his arm down and with another I grabbed the pliers. I started to temporarily attach the tear wires piece by piece inside his arm. He occasionally flinched and wailed when I was putting pressure, but other than that, there was just this awkward silence between us. I was obviously trying to concentrate getting this part of his arm fixed, but at the same time I wanted to take this chance to get to know him. After all, Liza did specifically say I should get acquainted with the Autobots. Why not start with Bumblebee?

"Hm… So, were you fighting off Decepticons when you injured your arm?" I asked casually, also switching my utensils at the same time.

Bumblebee nodded, and began to punch the air a few times with his other arm. He also made some whirs that sounded like gun shots and cannons going off. I guess he was trying to demonstrate to me what had happened.

"They hit you on the arm?" He nodded again.

"That hard?" I looked at him again, only this time with a brow raised. He tilted his head from side to side, glaring up as he did so. He then nodded with a shrug. As I traced my eyes back to his arm, I pressed my lips together and this time, raised both my brows. I nodded as well and continued to reattach the wires.

"I guess the Decepticons are a lot stronger than I thought…" I muttered beneath my breath, narrowing my eyes. Bumblebee lowered his head, looking at me with his confused, but certainly glowing blue optics.

"It's nothing…" I cleared my throat before continuing. "Uh, say… is it alright if I just call you 'Bee' from now on? I don't want it to be a hassle saying the whole name—N-No offense or anything…" A light chuckle followed after my feign smile. The sound of radio static came out of him and he nodded.

"…It's all good!" He brought a thumbs up. I brought my head up and glared at him for a few moments. After blinking briskly for a number of times, I began to burst out into laughter. Though, when everyone started to stare at me, I quickly bit my bottom lip and proceeded to reattach the wires. For some reason, I thought that was really funny. It was probably the way Bee said it. Now that I think about it, I also began to realize that he had a more sense of humor than the other Autobots—well, actually, Bee is placed in second. The twins top the sense of humor meter among the Autobots here. What were their names again? Skids and Mudflap… I think.

"Just a few more pieces to go, Bee." I told him with traces of my laughter still in my voice. I heard the clanking of footsteps approaching us. I looked over to see who it was; it was Rachet.

"Hm? What are you doing?" He asked, looking over to me.

"Oh, I'm just reattaching some of the wires in Bumblebee's arm-" I cut myself off and gasped quietly. I vaguely remembered Liza saying something about Rachet- wasn't he a medic? Oh, shoot. "A-Ah! I didn't mean to take your job, or anything! I just wanted to temporarily fix his arm so that he won't be in pain anymore…" I swiftly took my hand out of Bee's arm and surrendered my hands by putting them up. Rachet glared at me for a moment, then he began to laugh.

"Oh no. It's alright. I just wanted to know what you were doing, is all." He looked over at Bee's arm, scanning it up to down with his glowing, blue optics. "May I take a look?" He asked, looking over to me again.

"Y-Yeah, of course!" I nodded my head promptly, and Rachet then proceeded to look at Bee's arm. He held Bee's arm and squinted one of his optics to get a better look of the wires inside. I saw him nod, which kind of made me anxious of what he thought. For one, I'm no Autobot medic, that's for sure; Second, I don't really know the Autobot anatomy. I only know to how fix mechanical objects, and Bee is a mechanical being. I could fix his arm, but I wouldn't know if my work would last long. These Autobots are far more advanced than our own mechanical devices. At this point, I was eager to know how well I fixed Bee's arm, or if I even fixed it at all.

"Hm… This is pretty good for your first day here." Rachet looked at me rather pleasantly and motioned his hand at me to come take a look at Bee's arm. Still holding his arm, Rachet pointed to the wires I was just reattaching.

"Honestly, I was going to reattach the wires as well, but with your small hands and stature you can easily be precise on the reattachments." He nodded, as if he was impressed. I think he was, actually. For that, I released a long, but relieving sigh.

"What's wrong? You did a good job." He raised a brow at me. Seeing his humanly expression made me chuckle.

"Nothing's wrong. I'm just glad I was able to help… and to get it right." I shyly cupped my hands behind my back, and I swayed my upper torso from side to side. "Though, will my reattachments stay on for a while? Or is this only temporary?" I stopped swaying and looked at Rachet towering over me. I couldn't help but to ask. I was intrigued to know more about the Autobot anatomy.

"Like I said, with your precise work, the reattachments will stay for a long while." He paused, gently placing Bee's arm back onto the countertop. I glared at Bee, and he glared at me back. Then we both glared at Rachet as if he was telling us an exciting bedtime story- only, this is really just another biology lesson on the Autobot anatomy. "Although we, Autobots, are far more technological advanced beings, we're not too different from humans anatomically. For example, Bumblebee's wires tear in his arm. It's no different than a human pulling a muscle. Though, the difference is that humans have these cell regeneration properties, am I right?" Rachet asked.

"Yeah, that's right." I nodded.

"As for Autobots, we have to manually fix the tear in our wires. Though, the thing that humans and Autobots have in common is our ability to adapt to our injuries. Our wounds heal, and we become stronger." He gazed at the palm of his hand, and then slowly clenched it into a tight fist.

"We're more than meets the eye, huh…?" Cheesy phrase, I know, but it's true. Although humans and Autobots are complete different beings with different appearances, we share a lot of similarities. We were all created for a purpose, and that's to adapt and to survive.

"Yeah. Ha, you know, that's exactly what Optimus would say." Rachet loosened his fist to turn into a pointed finger, in which he directed it towards me. My eyes widened, slowly finding my cheeks flushing at his remark. I laughed hesitantly as I reached my hand at the back of my neck and rubbed it.

"R-Really? I-I mean, it's true isn't it?" I averted my gaze from both Rachet and Bee, as well as turning my head away from them. I could hear Bee chuckling with the whirs he made. I began to vigorously rub the back of my neck now, and I refused to look at them. Oh, how I felt so embarrassed.

"Sophie!" It was Liza. I heard her voice echo throughout the vicinity. I turned mid-way to see Liza trotting towards us.

"Jeez, I haven't run like that in a while…" Liza whispered, slouched over and lowering her head as she panted heavily. Of course, Rachet looked at her with much concern and asked,

"You shouldn't push yourself too hard. If it's Sophie you're worried about, she's doing just fine." He nodded, and glanced at me. I think I saw I smile on his face, though I just smiled back anyway.

"R-Really…? Ah, I was worried for a second… there…" Liza brought her head up and smiled gently towards me. She noticed the metal bleacher was set up, as well as Bee's arm lying on the countertop. A brow was raised on her forehead and turned her attention towards me again. "Did you… fix his arm?"

"Y-Yeah—Oh, I hope that's alright with you."

"It's okay. It's your job, right? …May I take a look?" As usual, Liza gave me a friendly smile and walked on the stairs behind me. Before she could even take a peek, Rachet spoke out,

"She did an excellent job. As a matter of fact, I may need her help with a project I'm doing for the Autobots sometime soon; if you don't mind."

I immediately looked at Rachet, wide eyed and all. I was… quite surprised. Happy, but overall surprised. I can't believe he made me his apprentice of some sort just because I fixed Bee's arm. Then again, there were many elements surrounding the wires in Bee's arm that made it a tad bit difficult to do the reattachments. I was lucky to even fix it right. I had to wonder though: what was this 'project' Rachet had mentioned? I'm even more interested to know more about the Autobots now. After that moment, Rachet, Bee, and Liza looked at me all at the same time. I blinked, not sure of what to say. There was an awkward silence.

"I… I don't mind. That's actually rather great." Liza replied, quickly glancing up at Rachet, and then immediately looked at me again. I guess she was also surprised- considering I'm practically an assistant to one of the Autobots now. All I could really do was smile... although, it was beginning to get a little too awkward.

"U-Uh… Can you move your arm now, Bee?" I cleared my throat, and glared at Bee, who was just staring at me again. He blinked a few times and looked elsewhere for a moment. He looked at his arm and slowly extended it forward. I was hoping that he wouldn't flinch or show any hints of pain. Just as I had hoped, he didn't. He started punch the air like he did previously with his other arm. I can see the excitement back into those glowing optics again. A high pitched whir came out of him, almost like a purr, really, and he nodded ever so happily. I chuckled, and gave a warm smile.

"Heehee, I'm glad I got to fix it." I merely replied, and nodded as well.

"Ah, well… I must be going back. Don't forget, Sophie… I'll need your assistance soon. Until then, rest early, alright?" Rachet announced, as he got back up on his legs. He nodded towards Liza while she did the same. After he left, Liza immediately back to me again.

"Woooow. You impressed me a lot, Sophie. I'm really looking forward to working with you." Liza walked down the metal stairs and placed her arm around my shoulder from behind. I giggled a bit.

"Th-Thanks…" I bashfully replied.

"Keep this up, and you'll be in the battlefield in no time!" She released her arm and briefly patted me on the shoulder. "Hm… well, to start, you can begin polishing Bumblebee if you'd like. In the meantime, I'll be facilitating around the area. If you need me, just call my name!" She patted my shoulder once more, and proceeded to walk past me. I watched her walk to the other station beside Bee's. I began to wonder… if I really wanted to fight alongside the Autobots. I know that was my intention before I was I given a different assignment, but seeing as the way things turned out, I'm starting to think that fixing the Autobots wouldn't be that bad. As a matter of fact, I think I would get to know them more just by helping fix any mechanical problems with their weapons. I suddenly heard Bee's whirs again, and I turned around. He had this innocent look on his face, as if he was asking, "are you alright?". My eyes narrowed and a small smile grew on my face. I walked up onto the stairs of the bleachers, leaning myself against the countertop. Placing one arm flat on the countertop, I reached my other hand out and patted Bee's arm.

"I'm alright… I'm a bit tired, but there's really no need to worry about me." I momentarily closed my eyes and gave a gentle smile. When I opened my eyes again, Bee was leaning towards me… and looked at me in a rather deep concern. Don't ask me why, but I think he began to be quite fond of me. I felt a bit bashful, seeing as I don't know what makes me different compared to the other humans working here. I heard radio static from Bee again; I think he's going to lecture me for not sleeping earlier or something.

"If there's anything… bothering… you… You can tell me! I'll always… be here to… listen."

My eyes widened once again- how Bee always surprises me with the words that I least expected from him! His radiant, blue optics looked into my plain, auburn hues. I can clearly see the kindness in him, and the concern he has for others. I've never really met anyone who was that caring… for that matter, a robotic being. My lips parted a little, as if I was going to say something in reply, but I couldn't find the words to say what I wanted to say. I narrowed my eyes a little, and a long sigh escaped through my lips. Bee tilted his head a little, and whirred again. I lowered my head, hiding the timid expression on my face. With my hand still on his arm, I patted it lightly. I lowered my voice, not so much that it was a whisper. I only replied,

"…Thank you."

Author's Note: Once again, thank you for reading! Your reviews really mean a lot to me. :) It's a great motivator, actually. Haha!

Anyway, now I grew kind of fond of Rachet ever since I let him be in this chapter. He's kinda like a father figure for Sophie (oooh, spoiler? LOL. I'm not even sure, myself. Hahaha!). And Bumblebee... Whoo! Stuff is gonna go down/quite cute in the next couple of chapters! I have a prediction. :3

Thanks once again, and please stay tuned for the next chapter!