CHAPTER TEN
Hesitation
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"Are you okay, El?" Bee asked me.
"Yes," I replied, for the ten millionth time, as we sped through the streets towards the flames. "Now stop asking me that and drive!"
Bee responded by accelerating, and I grabbed onto my seatbelt
I should have stayed, really. The house may have been safer, especially if some of the Autobots had stayed behind. But, oh no, I had flat-out refused to be left behind, I wanted the Autobots to be at full-strength when they faced…well, whatever it was we were speeding towards.
Besides, I knew that Bee was a strong fighter, and that Optimus would want him to be there to fight.
And I felt sick at the thought of Bee going somewhere without me although, for the life of me, I knew not why. I hadn't forgotten what Bee had said, how he'd used the 'L' word, and I wondered…
I wondered about Bee and I…
I wondered how I felt…it felt strange, and I got a sudden jolt. Like I'd swallowed ten cups of coffee. Or about three thousand pounds of electrified sugar.
Like I'd been shocked.
Bumblebee…
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"Not forgive…cannot forgive…" The green Transformer said over and over again, as he headed toward earth. "WASP NEVER FORGIVE BUMBLEBOT!!!!"
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Bee swerved to avoid cannon fire, as Blitzwing made his appearance. "Vell, ZIS is unpextected!!" Random-Blitzwing cackled.
Bee stopped, and I jumped out, landing on the pavement. Bee transformed.
I watched as a small figure jumped out of Blitzwing, and he transformed.
"Prepare to die, Autobot!!" Hothead-Blitzwing yelled, and opened fire upon poor Bee.
I didn't know what the other Autobots were doing, but it didn't matter, because Karr was approaching me.
She was wearing a new pair of black leggings, a black tank top and black army boots. It tore my heart in two to see her again, my very best friend.
"Oh Karr…" I whispered, but I was on guard. "Don't come any closer!" I warned her.
She stopped about a yard (three feet) from me. She looked unhappy. "Ella, I'm really sorry…I didn't realise before…"
"Realise what?" I wanted to know.
"Why you didn't want to change sides!" She cried." Oh Ella, I'm so sorry! I should've known why you didn't want to leave it!"
I hated to see her like this. "Karr," I cried, closing a few feet between us. "What are you talking about!?"
She looked so upset, that I closed the last few steps between us and took her by the shoulders. I shook her. "Karr!"
"Blitzwing and I are spark-mates." She said softly.
My heart seemed to stop.
Around me, everything seemed unimportant. The only words that registered were 'Karr and Blitzwing are spark-mates'.
Spark partners. Bonded. Joined. Two halves that make up a whole.
It was…
"That's great, isn't it?" I whispered, and then I remembered what she had said. "But how does that apply to me?"
She sighed. "Well, obviously you've found yours as well, haven't you!?" Typical Karr. She changed moods about as much as…
Oh.
"Karr…" I began, as things exploded around us. And then I noticed it. My necklace. The beautiful silver star. "Karr…my necklace..?"
"Oh, this?" She took it off from around her neck and held it out to me. "El, I know what it means to you…at least I think do." Karr can be unpredictable at times. Here she was being sympathetic. "Here," She said, holding it out. "Take it."
I hesitated.
