A/N – Two or three chapters, I think. Then I'll be done. Maybe more, maybe less. We'll see.
Disclaimer – I do not own Transformers. I don't even really own Shooter. Well, I kinda do. I do not own him up to the point where he was supposed to die and I let him live. Then he became mine.
We entered the chamber where I could clearly heard Bee's pain-filled cried. I cried out, filled with the pain I could only imagine he was feeling. "Lindsey!" Sam called in panic when I stumbled. "What's wrong?" Lennox asked. "Bee" I gasped. "I can feel Bee"
They shared a worried look but didn't say anything as the helped me us and took me to where the rest of the group was standing.
Sam ran over to Bee, trying to get them to stop, screaming. "No, no, stop!" Banacheck ordered the goons. "Let him go!" Sam cried. Suddenly, Bee and I screamed in agonizing pain at the same time, his an echoingly hollow sound, mine shrill and loud. Lennox set me down gently and I curled up into a ball. Shooter stroked my cheek, helpless.
Finally, they stopped hurting Bee, and I slowly uncurled myself. "You okay?" Sam asked him. "They didn't hurt you, right?" I wanted to growl at him, I could feel Bee's pain, but that would hurt too much.
I couldn't see what Bee was doing, but I heard everyone's silent nervousness. "Listen to me. The cube is here, the Decepticons are coming" Sam told him. "No, don't worry about them, they're okay" I tried to stand as Sam talked to Bee. I stumbled as I walked over to them, still in pain. "Just back up" I heard Sam tell them as I leaned on him.
"Bee. I know they hurt you, I can feel how much you hurt. But, like Optimus said, we're a young, stupid, reckless race. But there are people who understand and we're in charge now. The Decepticons are coming; we need to get to the Alspark. Now"
Bee looked at me, and it was like he was seeing me the first time. I had this strange connecting with the Autobots, why was I so different? Why was I so empathetic towards them?
Bee nodded.
We raced to the cube. It was huge, much bigger than Bee. Bee reached out and simply touched it. "Okay. Here we go, he's doing something" Epps said. I smiled. I could feel the power of the cube, more intensely than I'm sure Sam could. It felt like a heart. It was thrummed to the beat of my heart.
That's kinda strange, but also kinda cool.
The cube folded in on itself and became small enough for Bee to hold in his palm.
"message from Starfleet, captain…let's get to it" Bee replayed to us.
"He's right, we're screwed with Megatron in the other hanger" Lennox said, "Mission City's 22 miles away, we're gonna sneak that cube outta here and we're gonna hide it somewhere in the city"
"Good, right" Keller agreed. "And we cannot make a stand without the air force" Lennox added. "This place must have some kinda radio link" Keller asked Simmons. "Short wave, CB"
"Yes" Simmons cried.
"Sir, you gotta find some way to get word out to them" Lennox ordered. "How are we going to be able to tell the difference?" I asked. They looked at me. "Well, these guys can scan any kind of vehicle and become its exact copy. I'm sure there are several Decepticons that have already copied military vehicles to get past our securities. And they have holograms, so it' not like we can just see if they have a driver or not"
"We'll have to do our best and hope we can tell the difference" Lennox said. "Let's move"
"In the alien archives" Keller and Simmons were still talking, but Bee, Sam, and I followed Lennox and his team.
"Sam, Lindsey, get in the car" Lennox called as Bee transformed. Lennox kept getting orders, something about radios, but we were getting into Bee and speeding off, so I couldn't hear him.
We drove away from the dam, Lennox and his guys following us. "Cube's okay?" Sam asked. "Yeah, don't worry" I said, putting the seatbelt around it so it wouldn't slide around.
I was freaking out slightly. Shooter was standing on the steering wheel. "Bee, this is Shooter. He used to be some guys cellphone, but I saved his life. So, he's kinda mine now" I said quickly as a quick introduction.
"Whatever you say little lady" came from his radio. I smiled.
"There's Optimus" Sam pointed. And it was. Optimus and the others were heading the opposite direction we were. But they spun around and started following us. "Don't worry, they're the good guys" I radioed Lennox.
We were driving down the freeway when Sam suddenly said "No, no, no, no!"
"What?" I asked, thinking it was Megatron.
"It's the same cop" Sam told me. "You mean the one that tried to kill us for your eBay page?" I asked. Sam nodded, chanting "Block him" the Autobots seemed to get the message and was trying to block him from us.
Optimus and a Decepticon transformed and started fighting on the freeway. I didn't want to think of how many people were dead from their fight. Sam and I were helpless and Bee drove on.
We were in Mission City, and Lennox got short wave radios. Sam and I were outside with everyone, trying to make contact with the air force, hoping it wasn't a Decepticon. More like praying.
The Autobots transformed, trying to protect everyone from Starscream, whoever that is. We were slammed to the ground by a blast. I saw Sam lying across from me and reached for him. I knew we could very well die today, and I didn't want to go without seeing him. We clasped hands and stared at each other, in our own little world.
"Anybody hurt!" someone yelled, snapping us out of it. We got up, and the area was strangely silent. I didn't like it.
"Bee!" I cried suddenly, falling. "Your legs" Sam cried. Bee's legs were crushed. He had gotten them crushed protecting us. I cried, it's all I seemed to be able to do these past few days. My god, it's only been two days. It feels like forever.
"Bee!" I cried again. He looked at me sadly, and I felt something click. Suddenly, I couldn't feel Bee's pain anymore. "Bee? Bee! What did you do?" I asked. Then I realized someone was missing, and even though I was frantic about not being able to feel Bee anymore, I couldn't dwell on it now. "Shooter!" Shooter came rushing out from under the rubble, seeming perfectly fine, and went to Bee quickly, giving him the only support the tiny bot could, before scuttling over to me.
Bee seemed to appreciate it, though, and I was glad he didn't shun Shooter.
"Back, back, back, back, back" Sam chanting, making the car behind us – I had no idea if it was a real car or one of the Autobots – scoot back for Bee. "You alright?" Sam asked. I realize why he always asked this. He knew that we weren't alright, but he needed reassurance that we weren't dying. He needed to know he wouldn't be left alone.
"Please get up. Bumble, get up" Sam pleaded. "Ratchet!" I screamed.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a tank shooting at us. "Another one!" I cried in aggravation. "they're like cockroaches" no one laughed or smiled, but I understood. I mean, we are in a life-or-death, save-the-world situation, after all.
The tank was mercilessly rolling over cars and people fled, although they were stupid about it. They ran in front of him. I mean, really?
It was chaos and I had no idea what to do but watch helplessly as Autobots and human alike fought back.
Sam started running. I was about to follow him when I saw the tow truck across the street, unharmed. An idea struck me.
I ran across the people and towards the truck. It probably wasn't the best solution right now, but we're in a war-zone, and it was the best I had.
I didn't know how to hotwire a truck, but Shooter seemed to read my mind. He sent a spark through a couple of wires, and suddenly the truck was on. I quickly climbed in and brought it over to Bee as Shooter climbed into my shirt and transformed. I climbed out and told Sam, "Help me get him on"
We got Bee hook up as Lennox came running. "Sam, where's the cube?"
"Right there" Sam pointed. I kept wrapping the chained around bee and found myself very glad he didn't have a nervous system like ours, or a sensitive skin.
I tried to focus on Bee, but something was up with Lennox and I had to watch, in case he needed help. "Captain, get those black ops here!" I heard him shout as he ran around us and surveyed another part of the city. I pulled on the cables to make sure they were hooked when Lennox came running back.
"Okay. I can't leave my guys back there, so here, take this flare" he handed Sam a dark flare. "There's a tall white building with statues on top, go up to the roof. Set the flare, signal the chopper…"
San was shaking his head. "I can't do this!"
Lennox grabbed his collar and yanked him closer. "Listen to me, you're a soldier now. Alright, I need you to take this cube, get it into military hands while we hold them off. Or a lot of people are going to die" he shoved the flare and the cube into Sam's arms. "You gotta go" Lennox said, trying to shove me away.
I shook my head. "No, I'm not leaving" he kept insisting, so I had to practically yell "I'm not leaving Bumblebee" he went silent and looked at me. "Sam" Ironhide said. "We will protect you" Sam nodded.
I walked up to Sam. "You can do this. I know you can. I have faith in you" I didn't even give him a chance to speak, I slammed my lips onto his. He froze for a moment in shock, but then he was kissing me back just as hard. I pulled away, gasping, after a while. "I'm really glad I got into that car with you"
I jogged back over to the tow truck. "Sam, get over to the building" Ironhide called as I ran. I heard the faint call of "Decepticons attack" as I finished hooking up Bumblebee. "Linds, get that tow truck out of here" one of Lennox's men called.
"Shut up!" was all I said as I fastened the last hook. "Get out of here, now!" Lennox yelled.
I got into the truck and drove away. I knew I needed to get Bumblebee to safety. But I couldn't do it. I couldn't leave all of those people to die while I ran and hid. I couldn't leave Ironhide and Ratchet. I couldn't leave Lennox and Epps. I couldn't leave Optimus.
I couldn't leave Sam.
I knew what I had to do. Tears were streaming down my face, but I could still see enough to drive. I looked at Bee, who was staring at me curiously.
I pulled out of the alley like a bat out of Hell. I drove until I was in the middle of the street and stopped, but only to say. "Hey Bee!" he was still looking at me, but nodded. "You remember Sam saying you're a kick-ass driver?" he nodded again. "Well, I am too. You're shooting"
With that, I threw the thing into reverse and sped straight down the road as Bee shot. My neck was getting stiff from looking over my shoulder, but I ignored it. It was a small price to pay. Eventually, we crashed into a building. I caught my breath before getting out. I smile at Bee's proud smile and we high-fived. "Nice job" I said as I passed by.
I walked over to the soldiers, who just looked at me. I arched my eyebrow. "You gotta a problem?" I think they would have chuckled if we weren't in the middle of a war-zone. Despite this, they still smiled and shook their heads before pulling me into the, fairly exposed, shelter.
We were hiding. After a while, I heard the sounds of battle stop. I waiting, just incase, but the silence continued. I jumped into the tow truck and drove Bee and I down to where I saw Sam with all the other Autobots…except Jazz. Where was he?
I hopped out and went to stand by Bee after stopping. Sam and I shared a smile, and I blushed.
"Prime. We couldn't save him" Ironhide said as he handed Optimus two pieces. I sucked in a breath when I realized who it must be.
"Oh, Jazz" Optimus looked to the crowd. "We lost a great comrade, but gained new ones. Thank you, all of you, you honor us with your bravery"
"Permission to speak, sir" I heard an unfamiliar Autobot voice say. I whirled around to look at Bumblebee, the only bot I had never heard speak. "Permission granted, old friend" Optimus said happily.
"You speak now!" Sam called in shock.
"I wish to stay with the boy" Bumblebee requested. I smiled at that. Bumblebee was nice to have around.
"If that is his choice" Optimus said diplomatically. Sam and I shared a look, and he smiled at my face-splitting grin and enthusiastic nodding. Shooter, who had transformered and climbed back onto my shoulder, was also nodding wildly.
"Yes" was all he said in answer.
