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"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Cybertonian"
-Comm link-
"-Telephone-"
Chapter 7 - Offering and Change
The blond holoform's eyes widened as they saw Sam's eyes glowing. That could only mean one thing.
"You're craving Energon again, aren't you?" Bumblebee asked.
Sam looked at Bumblebee with a pained expression. He squint his eyes shut and turned to face away from Bee.
"Sam..." Bumblebee began. He had to think of something quick before Sam's body would start to shut down. Desperate times called for desperate measures.
"Sam. Take my Energon."
Sam jerked to face the holoform, shocked. He was speechless, obviously.
"This body has Energon flowing through it like blood in a human body. It helps us let the holoform wander away from our Cybertronian bodies without it fading out." Bumblebee began. He hesitated for a moment.
"Sam… Bite me. Take as much Energon as you need. Honestly, you probably need it more then I do." Bumblebee offered, exposing the left side of his neck. He had searched online that a fictional creature called Vampires drink blood from their victims' necks, so he copied it.
Sam covered his mouth and shook his head. "I-I don't want to. I don't want to hurt you... and to be a freak." Sam whimpered, his eyes filling with tears.
"You won't hurt me Sam… It will be alright. Just do it, you'll feel better." Bumblebee cooed, trying to calm the teen down.
Sam shut his eyes tight again and tensed up; moving away from the holoform, but Bee took Sam's arms and pulled him close.
"Come on Sam, you're not a freak. You're Samuel James Witwicky." Bumblebee said gently, hugging Sam just as gently.
Sam let the tears flow freely down his face now, he felt horrible, but he could smell the sweet sent of the Energon now that he was in Bee's embrace, and it was starting to get to him. His mind began to get foggy and he could feel the sharpness of his newly acquired fangs poke the inside of his lips.
Sam let his face move towards the side of the holoforms neck, and Bee could feel Sam's strained breaths on his imitated skin.
Sam let his instincts take over, seeing as how he couldn't really resist any longer. He let his mouth open and the fangs pierce the holoform's flesh; he made sure the bite would be deep.
Bumblebee let his eyes shut as the strange sensation of being bitten turned painful. It felt weird, having the life literally sucked out of you.
The sweet Energon filled Sam's mouth and he began to drink it down. It was so refreshing, but now he really did feel like a freak that didn't deserve to live.
Sam choked out a muffled sob, and Bumblebee held him tighter.
It felt like hours, but after about 2 minutes, Sam let go of Bee and pushed away, wiping his mouth. Bumblebee's holoform smiled and faded away into static that dissipated into the air.
Bumblebee let his voice come through the radio. "See? That wasn't so bad."
Sam laid back into the drivers' seat and remained silent, trying to catch his breath.
Bumblebee started getting warnings flashing before him due to low Energon levels, but brushed them off. He slumped a bit on his tires. It was a few minutes before either of them spoke… until Sam started tensing up.
Sam could feel something within him awaken, but he didn't know what. It was just weird at first, but then it got very painful. He started to panic, letting his breaths quicken along with the pulsing of his spark. Bumblebee noticed this.
"Sam, what's wrong?" Bee asked, concerned. Bumblebee was no medic, so the only thing he could do was do minimal scans on Sam to see what was causing his pain.
Once the scans were complete, Bumblebee saw that Sam was beginning to transform. The cybertronian DNA in his body was collecting and reforming the flesh on his right arm and chest into metal.
Sam was screaming now, the pain was too great. He began to watch the skin on his right arm mutate and solidify, becoming hard and silver. The metal plates on his arm moved around and Sam could see wires that glowed blue, like Energon veins, underneath them.
Sam could feel the skin changing all the way up his arm, to his shoulder, his chest, and then stop near the start of his left arm.
Sam was visibly trembling now, his eyes wide with fear. The wound on his side was getting worse, seeing as how his body couldn't stop trembling, and now his shirt and the left leg of his pants were soaked with blood.
Bumblebee opened his comm link to Optimus Prime.
-Optimus, what's the status out there?-
-The Decepticons are pulling back. It is safe to return to base, Bumblebee-
-Good, because we're going to need a medic ASAP-
-Acknowledged, Prime out-
Bee closed the link and continued to scan Sam. The transformations seemed to be ending, for now. Sam calmed down a bit, the pain dulling and going numb. He sunk back into the seat and stayed there, his breathing heavy and quick paced.
Sam ears started ringing and his head felt light; he had lost a lot of blood. Bumblebee began to drive back towards the base, seeing as how Optimus said it was safe to. He drove as fast as he could, but he felt sluggish and his mind was foggy.
He didn't even notice they were being followed.
Optimus had said the Decepticons left the base; he didn't say they left the area.
Bumblebee barely noticed that a Decepticon energy signature was flashing on his radar, before none other then Starscream cut him off by landing in front of him.
Bumblebee had to think fast; he couldn't transform with Sam and he couldn't just sit in front of the Decepticon, so he quickly skid his tires to the left and sped up, attempting to flee.
"Where do you think you're going? You pathetic scum!" Starscream, the voice that sounded like nails on a chalkboard, asked and transformed into the alt form of a jet. He flew off in pursuit of the yellow Camaro.
"Give me what is mine!" The jet screamed, shooting at the Camaro. Bumblebee did his best to dodge the attacks, but it was slowing him down. He instantly sent out distress signals to Optimus and the other Autobots; it was quickly acknowledged.
Now all Bumblebee could do was wait. He had to make time. He began to shut down his weapon systems, sending all the remaining Energon to boost his speed. Bumblebee also noticed Sam was loosing consciousness and was lying limp in the drivers' seat.
Bee cursed to himself silently. He really needed to get out of here, but Starscream was leading him away from the base; he had to turn himself around.
Starscream charged up his cannons and shot a large blast at the Camaro, but he missed again. This time it brought up a large cloud of dirt and dust, which Bumblebee took advantage of and quickly made a U-turn, speeding back towards the base.
Starscream howled, furious that he lost sight of the little yellow trash can. He flipped around as well, catching sight of Bumblebee a little while ahead.
"Fool! You can't run from me!" The jet screeched and sent more blasts Bumblebee's way. One hit Bees' back tire and he spun out, coming to a halt.
"Slag." Bee cursed, he didn't have enough time to turn himself around and continue the wild goose chase, and he was too tired to fight. He watched Starscream close in on him and waited for the worst, but the worst never came.
Shots were fired, this time on Starscream. They hit his wings and one hit him in the face, and it caught Starscream by surprise. He crashed into a tree and cursed. Starscream instantly jumped back onto his feet and growled. "This is not the end, Autobots!" And then he transformed and sped off into the sky.
Bumblebee sighed, slumping back onto his sore tires.
Sam looked outside the window to see the large figures of the Autobots, before his world went dark.
Next chapter might not be for a little while, I'm starting college in a few days and I dunno how big the homework pile will be. I won't abandon this, though, so stay tuned! Thanks!
