13sTaLk13: Yeah. I've got another one….
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Warnings: Slash, evil!Bee, A.U.
Pairings: Side/Sunny/Sam, Bee/Sam
The glitch
"So…You're from an Alternate reality?" Bumblebee asked the boy in black and dark green. The boy's sharp, war ravaged eyes looked at Bee, and he felt a shiver go up his spine. This was defiantly not his Sam.
"No. I'm from a future that is coming closer to being this present's future." Bumblebee watched as the Sam in front of him turned the dial on watch he was wearing, and then took it off. "I don't care what you do afterwards, Bumblebee, but make sure you give this to me."
Bumblebee watched as the Sam in front of him turned on his heals and then disappeared. Bumblebee looked down at the small watch in his hand, and debated on whether or not to give this watch to Sam.
After a moment he decided it couldn't too much harm. He subspace-ed it and then folded down into Camaro form. A thought hit him as he drove to his human's home. 'If that Sam could get here, who else can?'
A bit of foreboding swelled in his spark, and he hurried to get home, breaking several speeding laws. He left black marks as he braked in the driveway.
Sam wasn't in his room. In fact, Sam wasn't sure exactly where he was. He'd been asleep when 'Bee had taken his patrol of the neighborhood, and didn't even wake up when he returned. He did wake up now, because he had a sense of something being wrong.
Sam's eyes snapped open, and he found he was in a moving car. He could see the paint job wasn't 'Bee's, it didn't have the racing stripe, and the interior was different. So was the car's frame and general way of holding itself.
"Ah! You're finally awake." Sam snapped out of the post-waking fog and looked at the car's dash. He knew he was dealing with a transformer…but which one, and which faction?
"My designation is Sunstreaker. I'm an Autobot from about five years into a future." Now, usually Sam wasn't so quick on the uptake, but considering Mission City a few weeks ago and the transformers? He noted the use of the different article.
"…'a' future?" Sunstreaker didn't pause, turning onto a highway.
"Yes." Sam let the Autobot continue. "I'm here to warn you to stay away from the Autobot Bumblebee." Sam sat up straighter. "He's going to get abducted by The Sector, what S7 became, and get a glitch implanted in his processor."
Sunstreaker pause, and made a small keening sound. "He…He kills my twin, Sideswipe and your parents." Sam's eyes were wide with shock and horror.
"Sam…He's going to give you a watch. After that he'll be abducted. You're going to need to know what that watch will do before you put it on, because knowing the future you, he probably set it to start integrating itself with you."
Sam was puzzled, but let the Lamborghini explain, still silent. "That watch is not really what it appears to be. It's actually a sentient symbiot you meet in the future. From what you'll tell us, he's living off the excess energy your soul gives off. Don't ask me to explain that, because I don't get it either."
Sam let the Lambo turn off the highway, and continued to listen. "After he integrates with you, you'll experiment on what he can do. I won't spoil the surprises for you." Sunstreaker laughed a bit, but not a full-hearty as Sam was sure the Lambo wanted to sound. "Basically, it works as a shield of skin. That thing's damn near indestructible, believe me, we've seen Bumbles try."
Sam was silent at this revelation, and listened to the bitter note in Sunstreaker's voice as he pulled onto a dirt road careless of the dirt. "He's also some sort of…Well, you called him a demon for lack of a better term. I'm willing to bet that's what my Sam set the watch on. Anyway, he can change your form a bit, make you stronger. You need to use that against Bumblebee while the glitch is still weak and breakable, before he becomes the new Decepticon lord."
Sunstreaker stopped at a field, and Sam saw two shooting stars. He frowned, they were getting awfully close. "That's me and Sides….Sideswipe…" Sunstreaker snapped out of the gloom, and opened his door. "I need to depart. Optimus and the others will be here soon. Sam, please! Save my brother."
Sam got out of this Sunstreaker, who drove off quickly, and then disappeared. Sam turned around at two simultaneous crashes. He looked over as the two Autobots stood, and scanned the nearest car. He looked over at the farmer's Lamborghini and raised an eyebrow at the odd choice of car for a country man.
The two Autobots became a red and yellow pair of Lamborghinis, and then went back to Autobot form. They locked eyes on Sam, and the red one said something to the yellow one. Sam recognized the yellow one for the car he'd just been in, so the red one he assumed to be Sideswipe.
The yellow one spoke at the red one again, and the red one said something back. After a minute the red one made a happy sound and reached for Sam. Sam ducked the hand, and was caught up by the yellow one.
Sunstreaker handed him to Sideswipe, who held him like a small child holds a doll or a cat. Sam struggled a bit as Optimus and Ratchet pulled up. Optimus took it in stride, as Ratchet groaned and scolded the twins, trying to take Sam from Sideswipe.
It took three tries, but eventually Ratchet had Sam away from the red twin. Sam stood behind Optimus, as Sideswipe kept an optic on him. He was relieved to see Bumblebee pull up.
Bumblebee watched as Sideswipe and Sunstreaker talked to Ratchet, and headed over. He decided to push off giving Sam the watch; it was after all, it was just a timepiece. Sam was…hiding...behind Optimus. That confused Bumblebee a bit, until he heard the twins speaking in Cybertronian.
"Aw, common Hatchet! He's kinda cute, and we'll treat him alright too." Bumblebee picked up Sam, and rested him on his shoulders.
"Sam's my human." Bumblebee stated, glaring at Sideswipe. Sideswipe pouted, crossing his arms.
"You suck, Bumbles." Bumblebee twitched at the nickname, but didn't say anything. He folded down, sending a quick comm. to Prime, and then headed to Sam's home. Then he realized it was kind of odd that Sam was there, and not at home.
"Sam…how did you get there?" Sam scratched the back of his neck.
"This is going to sound crazy, but…" Sam told Bumblebee everything that he'd gone through, leaving out the glitch and watch part. Bumblebee remembered the watch, and opened the glove compartment.
"That's to you from…well, you." Sam looked at Bumblebee, very surprised. Then he swallowed, and reached for the watch. Before he could touch it, it quivered. Sam pulled back, not knowing what to expect. It stopped moving, and Sam picked it up.
Bumblebee pulled into the driveway, and let Sam out. Sam got out, and ran a hand over Bumblebee's hood. "Good night Sam."
"Good night 'Bee…" Sam said, the words of the other Sunstreaker ringing in his head.
Reluctantly he went upstairs, watch in his pocket. He rushed upstairs, and looked out his bedroom window. He relaxed as he saw Bumblebee there. He stayed up late, just making sure Bumblebee was there, but eventually fell asleep at the window.
The next morning:
Sam awoke and saw Bumblebee was gone. His eyes flew opened, as he saw him come back, only…his hood was splattered in blood. Sam reached in his pocket to grab his keys, and the watch slipped around his wrist.
In a flash, Sam's entire body, became a shiny oil black. His clothes became apart of him, slick and black as the rest of him. His eyes became white circles, and his hair became spikes. His spine lifted a bit, making a ridge and a demon-esk tail came out, still black. His feet became like a wolf's in structure, and three silver claws came from the front, one at where the ankle would be and another formed a spike under he heal of each. His arms grew longer, as did his teeth. His hands became three-fingered, or clawed, a spike coming out of the bottom of each wrist, and his elbows. His shoulders got broader, until Sam looked less like a human, and more like a demon.
Downstairs, his mother screamed. Sam took off, and reached the downstairs in a blur. He tackled the hand reaching for his mother and bit down harshly. His fangs penetrated the hand, leaking energon into Sam's mouth. Sam's now-pointed tongue was covered in the stuff, and he noted it tasted horrible.
Bumblebee screeched in surprised and pulled his hand out of the window. Sam's claws –both front and back- dug into Bumblebee as he growled. Bumblebee tried to shake Sam off, but only damaged himself further.
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe arrived on the scene, and tried to help, only for Bumblebee to aim as Sideswipe. Sam bit the cannon, disconnecting some wires and giving the twins enough time to get out of the way.
After a moment, Bumblebee's optics dimmed a bit, and he shook his head. "Sam?" Sam pulled away, growling a small bit. Bumblebee looked down at Sam, wavered, then set him down and peeled away.
The twins took Sam to Base, to report what had happened, and subsequently put into motion a whole new chain of events.
