Autobots

Disclaimer- Don't own Transformers or its characters, only own Julia and plot changes/twists.

Italics- Bumblebee Radio speech

We drove in silence and I stared at the wheel mesmerized by the way it moved and adjusted all by itself.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that," I thought before turning to Mikaela and smiling at the girl.

"Hi, I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Julia, Sam's best friend, we have a couple classes together," I said as I offered her my hand.

She grabbed my outreached hand and gave it a firm squeeze.

"Nice to meet you Julia, I'm Mikaela, but I already knew who you were" she stated before releasing my hand.

I raised an eyebrow and allowed my confusion to show on my face.

"Ok so I know I knew you before we officially met because we go to the same school and you're popular, but how do you know me?" I asked and Mikaela laughed.

"That beat down you gave Trent the other day received quiet the buzz among my crowd. Everyone at school is talking about it," she explained which resulted in a satisfied grin plastering on my face.

"Well I'm glad I could people something worth gossiping about for a change" I laughed.

"It was quite the first impression," Mikaela added before staring out the windshield.

"Well what can I say, I'm just an amazing person" I joked before staring out of the window.

I drummed my fingers against the door as I stared at the passing scenery.

A few seconds later soft laughter flowed from the speakers and I turned to the old radio.

"Is something funny Bee?" I asked while lightly tapping the moving wheel.

"Just remembering that day," Bee answered, "it was fun…to watch. That boy…deserved it though. If you hadn't…dealt with the situation I would have…had to intervene."

I chuckled at the thought of an angry Bee transforming in front of Trent. Now that would be something I'd pay big money to see.

"I don't think that would work for the whole incognito thing Bee" I pointed out.

"Your safety and well being is more important...than me keeping up appearances," Bee immediately answered making my grin grow.

"Well thanks Bee, its nice to know I've got a kick ass alien bodyguard" I joked before leaning back into my seat as the car was once again plunged into silence.

Sam leaned forward and gave me a puzzled expression "why do you keep calling him Bee Julia?"

"Well it's better than calling him super cool transforming alien robot, plus he needed a name so I wasn't calling him car all the time. I came up with Bee since it matches his paint job" I explained and Sam raised an eyebrow.

"You talked to my car before you knew it was alive" he inquired and I crossed my arms defensively.

"Don't blame me it's Bee's fault" I defended and Bee gave a small whine of protest.

"If Bee hadn't been acting so strange all the time and kept turning on his damn radio then I wouldn't have talked to the car and thought I was going crazy. No offense Bee" I quickly added before patting the dashboard.

"You are truly the weirdest friend I have Jul's" Sam whispered before leaning back in his chair.

"No offense Sam but you don't have many friends. So I guess you're stuck with me" I grinned at him and he rolled his eyes, but I can tell he's forcing back a smile.

"This car's a pretty good driver" Mikaela commented as she stared at the moving wheel.

For reasons unknown Mikaela decided to sit on the armrest in the middle of the car instead of in the back so she's scrunched up between Sam and I in the front.

"I know" Sam said before looking at the girl closely.

"You know that doesn't seem comfortable" he stated as Mikaela shifted once again.

"I'll live" Mikaela answered though we all know she isn't very comfortable.

"Yeah, you're right. Well maybe you should sit in my lap" Sam suggested and Mikaela turned to him skeptically.

"Why?" she questioned while raising an eyebrow.

I turned my head and raised an eyebrow as well trying to figure out where Sam is going with this.

"Well I have the only seat belt here" Sam promptly added before nervously grabbing the seat belt to show her "you know safety first."

Mikaela thought about it for a second or two before sighing in submission "yeah all right."

"Right?" Sam said sounding slightly surprised that his plan actually worked.

"Yeah" Mikaela confirmed as she moved over.

"Okay" Sam said as Mikaela crawled into his lap and shifted until they were both comfortable. Sam stared at the girl on his lap and grinned to himself.

"There see? That's better" he declared as she leaned into his chest.

I hid my smirk and turned away from the pair to give them some semblance of privacy.

I leaned my head against the window and closed my eyes to enjoy the peace of the ride. I brought a hand up to my seatbelt and rubbed it as I felt the seatbelt tighten around me. I blocked out Sam and Mikaela's conversation until Mikaela dared to say, "you know what I don't understand? Why if he's supposed to be, like, this super advanced robot, does he transform back into this piece of crap Camaro?"

"Oh HELL NO! I know she did not just dis Bee," I screamed in my head as my eyes snapped open and gave her an icy glare.

I was about to yell at her for being rude to Bee after he just saved her life when I lurched forward. My seatbelt held me in place so I didn't go flying out the windshield, but it still wasn't a pleasant feeling coming to a complete halt in less than a second

Obviously Bee didn't like being criticized so he slammed on the brakes and brought the car to a skidding halt. He opened the door closest to Sam and waited for us to get out.

"Oh see? No get…no that doesn't work" Sam complained as Mikaela got off his lap and stepped out of the car. Sam stepped out as well and I begrudgingly moved to follow them, but my seatbelt wouldn't unbuckle so I couldn't leave.

Once Sam and Mikaela were out and safely on the sidewalk Bee slammed his door shut and U-turned so he is going in the opposite direction.

"Um Bee…where are we going" I asked as I turned to see Sam yelling at Bee and freaking out.

"Hold on to something" Bee ordered and I tilted my head to the side.

"What are you talking abou…HOLY CRAP!" I yelled as I grabbed my seatbelt and the armrest next to me to steady myself as Bee moved so he's driving on two wheels.

Bee drove on two wheels before scanning something and returning back to all four wheels. When he returned to normal driving his interior changed and I gapped as we drove down the road.

Instead of his old look Bee is now a new 2006 Chevy Camaro with a fresh new black interior.

He was awesome before, but now Bee is absolutely amazing!

"Do you...like the new…me?" Bee asked as we turned around to pick up Sam and Mikaela.

"No I don't like it Bee" I stated and a disappointed chirp came from Bee's radio before I quickly replied, "I love it!"

Bee seemed to perk up as I brought up my hand to touch the wheel and interior of the car taking in its gorgeousness.

"Bee you were awesome before, but I have to admit now you're totally sexy" I squealed as we pulled up next to Sam and Mikaela who are staring at the car in disbelief.

Bee opened his passenger door and I leaned over so they could see my face.

"What are you standing on the sidewalk with your mouths gapping open for, get in we don't have all day" I ordered as the two climbed into the car.

My cheerfulness vanished for a few seconds as I turned to Mikaela and gave her a hard glare "Oh and from now on don't ever dis the car. It did get us a pretty sweet upgrade this time, but Bee was perfect before and I don't like it when people criticize my friends…got it?"

Mikaela nodded before giving Bee a soft apology.

"Wow" Sam whistled as he looked around and took a few seconds to admire the car.

Bee took off down the road and drove us to a restricted area blocked off by a gate. Bee drove through the gate like it wasn't even there and parked in the circular driveway area. We all piled out of the car and watched as four bright lights fell out of the sky. As they got closer I could start to make out some details and it looks like they're meteors. One landed in the field close to the building so Sam and Mikaela ran off to check it out, but I decided to stay behind with Bee.

I leaned against his hood and watched as Sam and Mikaela disappeared before turning to face Bee. I leaned my elbows against his hood and stared at the windshield.

"Ok just so I'm clear about everything that was you who commented when I washed you earlier this week right?" I asked and Bee chirped.

"Yes that was me. It was…quiet enjoyable," he answered and I blushed.

"Well I'm glad I could be of service, but next time I won't climb all over you. Sorry about that by the way, that couldn't have been very comfortable" I said while rubbing the back of my neck nervously.

"I didn't…mind at all beautiful" Bee assured and I smiled.

Even though Bee is a 17-foot tall alien robot he is so easy to talk to, even better than most humans. Bee is fun to be around and his presence is refreshing and calming.

I looked up when Sam and Mikaela came back. We got back in Bee and he drove us to a dark alley away from all prying eyes.

If it were anyone else taking us here I would've been extremely suspicious, but surprisingly I…trust Bee. Even though he's a large alien robot who could easily kill me with a flick of his pinky I trust him with my life. Weird since I'm not the type to automatically trust people.

Bee rolled to a stop and I raised an eyebrow as I glanced around the alley.

"Hop out" Bee said as his doors popped open.

Without another word the three of us piled out of Bee's car as 4 shadowed figures entered the alley. As the figures got closer I squinted to get a better look at the 4 moving shadows. I gapped as I saw a large red and blue Peterbilt truck, a monstrous black GMC Topkick, a small silver Pontiac Solstice, and a yellow search and rescue hummer.

The largest of the four, which is the Peterbilt, screeched to a halt just inches before running us over. I watched in amazement as the Peterbilt started to transform. The transformation was much slower than Bee's, but then again this bot is much bigger then Bee, almost twice his size. As the Peterbilt transformed the rest of the cars backed up and surrounded us in a circle. Once the Peterbilt finished transforming except for his head mask the rest of the circle began to transform as well.

My eyes went from one car to the next as I watched them all transform into large standing robots, all of varying colors and sizes.

The largest bot crouched down until his face is level with ours so we don't have to break our necks to talk to him.

"Are you Samuel James Witwicky, descendant of Archibald Witwicky?" the large robot asked in his soothingly deep voice.

He has the voice of a leader, strong, confident, wise, compassionate, and understanding all wrapped into one. His voice is deep, soothing, and instantly put me at ease. It has a relaxing affect to it and makes me feel like he's someone I can trust even though I just met him.

"They know your name" Mikaela whispered as she stared at the large bot's face.

"Yeah" Sam nodded hesitantly answering the bot's question.

"My name is Optimus Prime" the robot continued, "We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron."

"But you can call us Autobots for short" the yellow hummer added as he took a small step forward.

"Autobots" I whispered trying the name on my tongue to get a feel for it.

"What's crackin little bitches" the silver, and smallest of the group, announced as he spun and did a cool flip.

"My first lieutenant, designation Jazz" Optimus introduced as Jazz gave us a bright smile.

"This looks like a cool place to kick it" Jazz said as he sat on the roof of an old car and folded his arms.

"What is that? How did he learn to talk like that?" Sam asked while pointing at Jazz.

Optimus stood to his full height before answering, "We've learned earth's languages through the world wide web."

I laughed loudly and the bots turned to me. I immediately stopped laughing when I noticed all the eyes on me.

"What? I'm sorry, but the Internet really isn't the best way to learn proper speech. I'm just imagining all the slang words you learned that you have absolutely no idea what they mean, despite probably reading the definition."

"Yes there was quiet a bit of this…slang speech of which you speak of, but we managed the best we could" Optimus acknowledged as he turned to the grumpier looking bot.

"My weapon specialist Ironhide."

The black bot lifted his hands and activated two large canons before pointing them at us.

"You feeling lucky punk?" Ironhide asked Sam and Sam swallowed nervously as he stared into the barrel of a gun larger than him.

Before anyone could blink I reached to the back of my jeans and pulled out my gun. I pointed it at Ironhide with one hand while aiming for his eye.

"I'd put some serious thought into your next move Ironhide because I'm one heck of a shooter and I won't hesitate to make you half blind?" I warned before tightening my grip on the gun.

"Easy Ironhide" Optimus ordered calmly and I pointed at him with my free hand.

"Yeah what he said," I bellowed while pointing at Optimus who is shaking his head amusedly.

Ironhide chuckled before deactivating his canons and lowering his arms. I returned my gun to its earlier position and immediately changed from threatening to very friendly.

"Just kidding, I just wanted to show him my cannons, but I like this femme. She has spunk," Ironhide grunted as I stared at his canons.

Ironhide must have caught my gaze because he asked "what are you staring at femme."

I turned my eyes away from his guns and forced myself to look at his face.

"Sorry Ironhide...I'm just really into guns and your cannons are very interesting," I told him truthfully as I felt a small blush appear on my face for being caught staring.

Ironhide chuckled before slapping Bee on the shoulder.

"Yeah Bee she's definitely a keeper" he said lowly.

He said it below a whisper so I had to strain my ears to actually hear him. As I tried to decipher what Ironhide meant by that Bee released a series of fast whirs and beeps that I don't understand.

"Hey no need for such language kid, I'm just speaking the truth" Ironhide replied gruffly and before I could ask them what they were talking about Optimus interrupted their conversation.

Even if I wanted to I couldn't ignore that voice, it just commanded respect and attention.

"Our medical officer Ratchet."

I moved my eyes to Ratchet evaluating him while he sniffed the air "the boy's pheromone levels suggests he wants to mate with the female."

I quickly stepped away from Sam and burst into a fit of giggles. Sam looked away from Mikaela and started to whistle while Mikaela scratched her head and refused to make eye contact with my best friend.

I clutched my stomach as I tried to control my laughter, but unfortunately I'm not having much success.

"Julia!" Sam hissed harshly wanting me to shut up.

"Don't…get pissy with…me because you…got called out" I ordered through a fit of giggles.

I wiped the tears from my eyes and took a deep breath after a minute of laughter to calm myself.

"Ok sorry, I had a moment, but I'm all good now" I announced as the autobots looked at me funny.

"You are quiet a strange femme Julia" Ironhide muttered and I turned my head to him.

"I'm going to take that as a compliment. Being strange means I keep life interesting, which is a good thing" I retorted and Ironhide shook his head.

"You already know your guardian Bumblebee" Optimus continued trying to get us back on track as his eyes focused on Bee.

"Check on the rep yep, second to none" Bee's radio sang as he hopped around and fake boxed an invisible enemy.

"So you're my guardian?" Sam asked and Bee nodded while sending him a curt nod and a beep.

"His vocal processors where damaged in battle" Ratchet explained as a laser shot out of his hand and aimed for Bee's throat causing said bot to clutch his throat and cough.

"I'm still working on him," Ratchet proclaimed as he shut off the laser.

"You ok Bee?" I asked as I stepped over to his feet and placed a hand on his leg.

Bee looked down at me before extending his hand to the floor. I gave him a puzzled look and Bee must have seen my confusion because he brought up his other hand and pointed to his outstretched hand while beeping loudly.

"You want me to get on," I guessed as I pointed at his hand.

Bee vigorously nodded and I smirked before climbing up. I wrapped my arms around his large thumb as he slowly raised his hand to his shoulder. I gingerly stepped off his hand and gently found a comfortable spot on his shoulder.

It's a small spot in-between the two main pieces of metal that create his shoulder blade. I sat against the warm metal, but kept one hand securely wrapped around a protruding piece of metal so I wouldn't accidentally slip.

Bee turned his head to make sure I'm ok and in this moment I noticed two things.

The first is how extremely blue his eyes are. His eyes are a piercing bright blue that put all the glistening oceans and clear blue skies to shame. I don't think I've ever seen a blue more vibrant or lively than the blue of Bee's eyes.

The second thing I noticed is how close I currently am to his face. My seat is right next to his neck so when he turned to me I'm close enough to grasp his face in my hands. At this height I can see every crevice and line creating his facial features.

My eyes scanned his face soaking up every detail and I noticed for the second time how cute he is. However, I was snapped out of my daydream when Bee called my name for what seems to be the third time.

I jumped startled out of my daydream and snapped my eyes back to Bee's concerned one's.

"What?" I asked.

Bee looked at me with concern " I asked if you were ok…you didn't move or make a noise for a while... I was getting worried you might be afraid of…heights or something."

I blushed knowing Bee had unknowingly caught me staring and I'd unintentionally worried him.

"No I'm fine Bee" I reassured him while giving him a brilliant smile revealing all my pearly white straight teeth.

Bee's mouthpiece seemed to move up and he chirped happily which prompts me to assume he's smiling too. I ran my thumb up and down the piece of metal I'm holding as I turned back to the conversation at hand. I felt Bee shiver slightly, but didn't pay it much attention.

Sam looked up at me for a split second to make sure I'm okay before turning back to Optimus. He somewhat trusts Bee, but he's still slightly on edge about being around a group of super cool alien robots.

"Why are you here?" Mikaela asked as she built up the courage to speak.

"We are looking for the Allspark, and we must find it before Megatron" Optimus declared.

Sam said "Mega-what?" at the same time I said "Mega-who?"

Optimus brought a finger up to his forehead and projector lights flashed out of his eyes giving us a visual presentation as he spoke. As the projection expanded I gasped. The projection looks so real that I thought the earth was actually breaking apart when it showed the concrete beneath our feet breaking off. Sam and Mikaela stepped back from the breaking rock even though we all subconsciously know it's fake.

"Our planet was once a powerful empire, peaceful and just until we were betrayed by Megatron, leader of the Decepticons" Optimus revealed as a life size projection of Megatron appeared.

A shiver ran down my spine as I stared into those cold, dark, cruel red eyes. They look like the evil cop cars, but a thousand times more intense. I felt like slinking into a deep dark hole and never coming out just to escape the gaze of those evil eyes.

I shrunk back into Bee's side and Bee shifted his head closer to me. He released a soft concerned chirp and I gave him a shake smile before patting his cheek.

"I'm good Bee," I whispered and he nodded before turning back to the projection though I can tell his eyes flickered over to me every few minutes to see if I'm telling him the truth about being ok or not.

I watched as the projection changed to a desolate landscape scarred by multiple battles and littered with the bodies of fallen cybertronians, both Decepticon and Autobot alike.

"All who defied them were destroyed" Optimus gravely continued "our war finally consumed the planet, and the AllSpark was lost to the stars. Megatron followed it to Earth, where Captain Witwicky found him."

"My grandfather" Sam gasped completely astounded by this new information.

"It was an accident that intertwined our fates" Optimus agreed before returning to the story.

"Megatron crash landed before he could recover the Cube. Your great great grandfather accidentally activated his navigation system and the coordinates to the Cube's location on Earth were imprinted on his glasses."

"How'd you know about his glasses" Sam asked and Optimus gave him a solemn glance.

"eBay" he answered and I almost laughed when I heard it.

Hearing Optimus say something as common as eBay is definitely the highlight of my day. The word sounds weird coming from his mouth, like there is some hidden meaning behind it now that it's come from this great man's…er Cybertronian's lips.

"eBay" Sam laughed and I looked down at him.

"I told you not to sell those glasses Sam," I announced and he gave me a pointed look, but decided not to retaliate since he knows he'd loose in a verbal war against me.

"Julia- 1, Sam- 0" I laughed to myself and I shook as Bee's shoulder blade went up and down. I looked at him to see his shoulders are moving like he is laughing to himself. I grinned knowing I'd succeeded in making Bee laugh; however the mood was killed by Ratchet's next comment.

"If the Decepticons find the AllSpark they will use its power to transform Earth's machines and build a new army."

"And the human race will be extinguished" Optimus added gravely before straitening "Sam Witwicky you hold the key to earth's survival."

The Autobot's stared at Sam expectantly while Sam stared at Optimus still trying to process the information.

"We're all going to die" I muttered and leaned back against Bee's warm metal before covering my face with my hand.

"Thanks for the confidence Jul's" Sam mumbled while I dragged my hand down my face.

"No I have faith in you Sam, the problem is that I know you too well. And if the fate of the world relies on you knowing where your great great grandfathers glasses are then the chances of me fulfilling my life long dream of growing old, having a successful career, and marrying a nice young handsome military man has diminished slightly. Who knows where those things are by now, your room is like a dumpster" I pointed out and he muttered something under his breath while folding his arms, but I'm too high to hear what he said.

"Please tell me you have those glasses," Mikaela pleaded with Sam.

Sam swallowed nervously before saying "they're at the house…somewhere, we just have to go get them."

Optimus nodded before taking command like the leader I knew he was "we will accompany you to your home and help you locate the glasses. We must hurry though, time is short."

Just as Optimus finished speaking he transformed, though much faster than the first time. I admired Optimus' car form from Bee's shoulder, which gave me a perfect view of the car. It's a nice truck and it fits his image perfectly. Classic, big, beautiful, and strong.

The others transformed as well and Bee lifted his hand to his shoulder. I quickly shuffled into his hand and he gently lowered it to the ground so I could hop off. Two seconds after my feet touched the ground Bee changed into his Camaro form and opened up his two front doors.

I quickly claimed the driver's seat and got in while Mikaela and Sam ran for the other door. Once they were seated Bee closed his doors and drove out of the alley. The others followed behind us since Bee is the only one who knows where the house is.

As we drove my seatbelt sprang out and buckled around my chest before squeezing me tightly, but not uncomfortably.

"Safety first" Bee said softly and I ran my thumb against the seatbelt gratefully.

"Thanks Bee" I whispered as I leaned my head against the window.

"Anytime beautiful" Bee responded and I smiled to myself as we raced towards Sam's house to fetch the single item that will determine the Earth's fate.

Yaaaaaa the Autobots have finally arrived! I really appreciate the reviews and help from all the people reading this story. Reviews help my writing skills and encourage me to keep writing quickly. School has started once again so I probably won't be updating as frequently as I was before, but I will try to update at least once every one or two weeks.