Chapter 4 Secrets

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except Starka and she is sitting in my driveway, well actually what inspired her is sitting in my driveway.

Sam was lying on his bed with his hands behind his head staring up at the dark ceiling. He had been trying to sleep for over an hour now but between the excited whispers from the two cars outside, and the thought of Bumblebee having an autobot girlfriend kept sleep in an out of reach corner. He had also noticed that on the drive home Ironhide had seemed much more hostile than he usually was. Twice Sam had been afraid he was going to collide with Bumblebee but he always pulled away at the last minute. His father had decided to let Starka take him home since she had been so excited to meet another Archibald Witwicky descendent. She had bombarded him with questions through her radio the whole way home. Sam and Mikaela had finally had some time alone to talk with only the occasional interruption from the radio changing to more romantic music. Sam grinned thinking about how well Bumblebee really knew him. Sam wouldn't have even been able to name some of the songs that had been played much less find them himself but they had fit perfectly with the mood. A soft thumping sound caused him to go to the window to investigate. The two cars were so close now that they were touching. The thump must have been when one or possibly both of them had moved closer.

"Hey, keep it down out there," Sam quietly teased. Bumblebee's headlights flickered in response. Sam watched for a while, but when nothing happened he went back to his bed. He waited for the whispers to start up again but it was completely silent outside. Sam rolled to his side and stared at his computer screen. He felt sleep starting to creep up on him now as he stared at the black screen. As his eyes slowly closed his thoughts were revolving around the Bumblebee Starka relationship and it wasn't until he was nearly all the way asleep that he thought about Ironhide's less than friendly reaction to the two of them being together.

Prime paced endlessly inside a deserted warehouse. His little sister had managed to find her way to earth and now they were all in danger. There had been reasons behind hiring another autobot to kidnap her before they left but now it seemed as if all his precautions did nothing to stop her. He had almost lost Bumblebee because of it but when the autobot heard he was going to be protector he was more than willing to go. Jazz had been the original protector but seeing, as he was about to lose his most skilled human researcher Prime had decided to go with the yellow robot. Starka was more trouble than she was worth but unfortunately he was forced to keep it a secret. If the other robots found out she were no better than a decipticon they would kill her for sure. It had pained him enough having to kill his brother and at least Starka saw that harming humans wouldn't earn their planet peace. His thoughts turned to how close she and Bumblebee really were. Being as young as he was Bumblebee probably wouldn't believe Prime until Starka proved him herself what she really was but if Ratchet or Ironhide…Prime stopped dead in his tracks. Ironhide had seemed awfully aggressive towards Starka. Had he somehow figured out she was a potential enemy? Prime transformed into his semi form and drove off into the night to find Ironhide.

Bumblebee jerked awake. Starka was no longer beside him. He scanned the area but there was no sign of her anywhere. He started his engine but as usual Sam was at the window before he could pull out of the driveway.

"Hey where are you going," he called down quietly. He didn't seem to notice that Starka was nowhere in sight. Bumblebee checked to make sure there were no early bird humans before transforming and lowering his face to the window.

"Starka disappeared sometime during the night," he whispered.

"I know, she woke me up and told me not to worry," Sam said.

"She told you," Bumblebee sounded both surprised and hurt.

"Yeah, she tried to wake you but you were totally out of it man," Sam grinned.

"Oh," Bumblebee looked disappointed, "Did she say where she was going?"

"No but it had something to do with Prime."

"Oh," Bumblebee said again.

"Don't worry I'm sure she's in good hands," Sam said leaning out the window to pat his shoulder. There was a scream from the doorway and Sam and Bumblebee both looked up to see Judy Witwicky standing there with one hand over hear heart.

"Get that thing away from the window before it pulls the house down," she gasped.

"Sorry mom," Sam turned to Bumblebee but he had already ducked below the window.

"The neighbors probably saw him," she said crossing the room. She shut the window and then hurried back to the other side of the room as if it might bite her.

"Mom he's not going to hurt us," Sam tried to comfort her.

"I don't care. I don't want him damaging our house," she said. Sam shook his head and then crawled back into bed. "Your father told me he almost killed you," she continued.

"Mom he didn't kill me and he wasn't even close," Sam told her. He highly doubted his father had told her Bumblebee almost killed him.

"Even so," she sniffed.

"Mom, I'm kind of tired and I've got a huge test tomorrow," Sam said rolling away from her.

"Fine, go back to sleep," she said gently then left the room. Sam waited until he heard her bedroom door shut quietly and then went back to the window. Bumblebee raised his head back to the window.

"Is there anything I can do to convince her I'm safe?" Bumblebee asked.

"Probably not," Sam laughed, "Even if you saved her life she would still be freaked out. Mom likes things she can control and a twenty foot alien robot isn't one of those things." Bumblebee chuckled.

"Well then I guess I'll just have to be more careful," he said. Sam nodded.

"We both will." They were silent for a while but it wasn't the strained silence that had been between them before.

"I guess I better get to sleep before mom realizes that tomorrow is Saturday," Sam said, "Look don't worry about Starka. I'm sure she just wants a little quality time with her brother."

"Thanks Sam." Bumblebee changed into the camaro again and went back to sleep.

Starka didn't care for the location but then again the dark mysterious places always seemed to make her excited. She hadn't felt good about lying to the Witwicky descendant but she didn't have a choice. The robot that had contacted her said she was to tell no one. What most would assume at this moment was that she was some kind of double agent working for the decepticons and spying on the autobots. Even her own brother seemed to think this and she let them because if they knew they could blow her cover. Of course every once in a while she did have to let go of a little bit of important information just to make sure the decepticons thought she was on her side but really she wasn't doing anything wrong.

"Are you alone?" Starka ground to a halt trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.

"Yes, I'm alone," she said cautiously, "and no one knows I'm here just like you ordered." After looking around she was finally able to locate two glowing red eyes far back in the shadows.

"Good," the voice said, "We have an important mission for you." Starka transformed into her robot form just in case the other tried to attack her. His voice sounded very familiar but she couldn't place it.

"You know what my terms are," she said raising her arms in defense. One could never tell with decepticons if they were violent or just doing business.

"We need you to locate this girl," the decepticon stated. An image was projected out into the night so Starka could see it. She immediately recognized Mikaela but pretended she had no idea who the human was.

"How do I find her," Starka asked.

"Find the youngest Witwicky, she won't be far," the image disappeared, "You have two weeks."

"Or what," Starka asked checking to see if her weapons were charged. The decepticon chuckled.

"Oh you'll see." The eyes faded into the dark and Starka was left alone. As she drove back to the Witwicky's several questions raced through her mind. What did they want with Mikaela? How did they find out she was with Sam? Why couldn't they kidnap her themselves? And most worrisome of all what could they possible have that would make her get them Mikaela before two weeks were over?

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