Please note that these characters belong to their original creators as do any songs used in this fiction, not me, this is just my take on what might happen enjoy and let me know what you think.

also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)

Sam and Bumblebee had fallen into stasis a little after midnight, the conversation with Optimus had lasted hours and by the time they were finished the effects of the battle had caught up with them. The room in which they were now resting was a standard double birth that had been built only recently, the room was built to Autobot scale but had little in it other than a bed for them to rest on and a remote charger added at the last minuet by Ratchet. The first thing either Sam or Bee knew of the next day was a voice almost screaming beyond human range "you had no right to order that plane to pick them up with out consulting me first". Another voice only slightly quieter than the first replied "I didn't need to consult you because I spoke to the president on the matter and he still wants to know how an attack on american soil happened even though warnings were issued hours before it happened". Through the haze of fading stasis Sam was able to tell that the second voice was that of Major Lennox though the first still escaped him. The voice of Optimus was now added to the chorus though much calmer then the others "the use of the plane was authorised and deemed necessary by your president mr galloway, this also goes for the flights that are currently being used to transport possible targets to autobot city". The world fell silent for only a moment before the shrill voice of Galloway cut the air once again "all the damage and loss of life caused over one kid again, what is he that the decepticons want him dead so badly, I mean really this is a little much just for revenge, or is there something your not telling me about all this?".

Optimus voice remained calm and stable as he said "all that you do not know about all this is that which you chosen not ho hear or acknowledge, the decepticons and especially megatron hate all form's of organic life, because of your actions in the past such as capturing megatron and fighting against the decepticons they will pay special attention to your world on the shear grounds of revenge". Wills voice now sounded out "the kid killed megatron and brought back optimus, their gonna go after him first in case he does something else to stop them and leaving him unprotected would only have gotten him killed". Galloway snapped back "yes well I still want to speak with him about what exactly happened, I have reports that he had problems with the deceased professor and some people are questioning any involvement he and his guardians may have had, after all they were missing form the college all weekend". Things had reached the point where Sam felt that he should just go out there and punch this guy in the mouth, with a little boost from the remote charger Sam's Avatar formed and headed to a human sized door that sat in the standard Autobot sized one. As Sam reached the door a hand formed on his shoulder and Bumblebee's Avatar stopped him for a second "sam you need to remember that you have to keep your anger in check, so you stay calm" said Bee. "did you hear him?" asked Sam "it's hard not to" replied Bee "but you have to set a better example now that the others know your a prime, so you keep calm when you deal with him and I'll punch in the face for what he's saying".

Bumblebee really knew him to well, "ok bee, I'll keep calm and you can get angry for both of us" said Sam smiling. Both Avatars headed out the door and found that now it was daylight and Autobot city looked bigger than ever before. The gathering of humans and Autobots was not hard to find as all they had to do was listen for Galloway's voice breaking the sound barrier for the location. As their Avatars rounded a corner Sam and Bee Saw that Galloway and the people assigned to escort him had been stopped by Lennox and Epps, who were at that moment standing like a human roadblock stopping any further progress. From the position that Optimus was standing in it looked like he had joined the proceedings after the shouting reached a certain noise level. As Sam's Avatar drew closer Galloway spotted him and said almost in a yell "there you are, we want a word with you about your location for the past three days and I am here to take you into custody regarding the events that happened yesterday for your protection as well as the country's, but your friends here don't want to let me, so are you at least going to be smart and cooperate or do a call in loyal troops to take you?". Lennox quickly shouted "sam get out of here we'll deal with this, you and "ben" just get back inside with your "guardians"". Sam was about to say that he could help handle this when something unexpected happened, Galloway was suddenly spun round and knocked out in one punch by Ron Witwicky "no one is taking my son anywhere, if it had been up to you people we'd all be dead, the autobots saved him and us and as far as I'm concerned they can continue to do so". Everyone watching was stunned by the sudden actions, even the men assigned to guard Galloway were at a loss as to what they should do at that moment.

One of Galloway's guards moved to arrest Ron but Epps stopped him saying "do you really like that ass hole that much to arrest an angry farther", the suited man stopped and just shock his head at Epps. Galloway's guards picked up the unconscious man and carried him away towards one of the Med-bays far from Sam and Bee. "nice shot" said Bumblebee grinning wildly, Ron flashed him a quick smile before he said "you guy's are gonna have to do something about him when he wakes up, he's not going to quit trying to take sam". Now Sam spoke "can I ask why he wants to take me?", Will answered "it seems that one or two of the soldiers at the base you came from noticed that nether your or bumblebee's avatars were around when you arrived but were there when the plane took off, I already sent some men I can trust to have a word with them about how they must have been mistaken". "but in the mean time" said Optimus "galloway has found out and he's looking into the matter on the grounds that it may be threat to national security, he's ordering us to turn you over to him". "and that's not going to happen no matter what" finished Ron anger rising in his voice, "no" added Optimus "we could never allow that to happen, if they got hold of sam and found out his true form the decepticons would learn soon after and they would increase their efforts to kill sam ten fold". "I could try talking to galloway about all this here and I could at least answer the less awkward questions about where I was over the last few days, at the very least it should buy some time so you can talk to people with the power to stop him" said Sam. Optimus looked concerned about what Sam was suggesting "it may also increase the chance of him finding out the full truth sam" "true, but if he keep digging into things and hanging around here he may find it out any way" replied Sam.

It took three hours before Galloway was back on his feet, three hours in which Sam and the others had chance to get things ready. A room had been prepared for the meeting, both Sam and Bumblebee stood in their robot forms close to their Avatars, Sam who was taking no chances had activated his face shield so that no recognizable features showed through. Galloway came into the room looking wary about the people there, as soon as he saw Lennox he snapped "I want the man who assaulted me arrested now". The Major calmly replied "his with autobot security at the moment, their looking into the matter". The truth was that Ironhide had taken Ron on a tour of the city as a thank you for punching out Galloway and as a way to keep him from doing it again while they were keeping the sniveling little man distracted. Now acting more like his normal self, pompous, ego driven and self important, Galloway said "well I'm glad that some people round here at least know how to follow orders and protocol". Lennox had to bite back what he was thinking as he just nodded in reply. Galloway headed over to Sam and said "those two don't need to be here for this" as he gestured at Sam and Bumblebee's robot forms. "where we go they go" said Sam flatly "they've kept us alive so far which is more than I can say for you, what was it you said to optimus, no real threat, the decepticons wouldn't attack over just one teenager". Galloway fell silent quickly, much to the joy of everyone in the room "look you want to talk to me about where I was over the last few days and you want to find out why the decepticons wanted me dead" said Sam.

Galloway regained his composure and said "yes exactly, but we need to do it in proper surroundings, with a team of investigators, after you've been checked over for any injury's that is". Sam just shook his head and replied "I'm fine, ratchet checked me over when I got here and I trust his tests better than any doctor I've ever seen" Galloway cringed at the reference to Ratchet as a doctor. "as for your questions I can answer them here, you don't need any investigators or anything" continued Sam, "that's where your wrong mr witwicky, we need to make sure your story is accurate and there's the matter of the death of your professor, the one you had problems with, you don't really have an alibi for the time of his death and no-one knows what really happened to him" said Galloway a sickening grin spreading over his face. Lennox now spoke up "from what I understand this colan guy was torn apart, just how exactly did two teenagers do that to a full grown man, a man who was replaced by a decepticon a few days later, I don't think any investigator is going to look at either of these two once that fact is looked into". Thankfully the grin faded from Galloway's face as he snapped back "we still need to take his statement as he has no solid alibi for the weekend and that is a fact". "sam does have an alibi" said Bumblebee's Avatar "he was with me and his guardians all weekend long, we went for a long drive over both days far from campus". "who exactly are you?" asked Galloway "I'm ben, ben bombus, sam's my partner and I can fully vouch for his activities day and night" answered Bee.

For a second it looked like Galloway's head was going to explode, then he turned red in the face as he yelled "you really expect me to believe this story, our files have you in a relationship with one mikaela banes and suddenly you come up with this story about him being your partner right at the moment you need an alibi". "what more do you want from me, this is my ben, we're together and we have been for some time, I was with him all weekend and that's that, you have your answers there's nothing more you could need from us" said Sam anger building in his voice. "no I don't have what I need mr witwicky" said Galloway "firstly I'm still not convinced that this story of yours is anything more than that, secondly there is the matter of you seemingly appearing on a military base when no-one saw you enter". Sam's Avatar shock it's head and said "I already told you the answer to your first question, as for the second that's easy" Sam's Avatar turned to his robot body and nodded. In a moment both Avatars faded from view as if they had turned invisible, Sam's voice came out of thin air and said "our guardians used a hologram to make us look like we weren't there, just like their doing now, it takes a lot of power and skill to do this as well as a close connection to the people being hidden". Once more Galloway had been rendered speechless and as Sam and Bee brought their Avatars back into view, he just stood there gaping at them like his brain had been removed. For a few seconds Galloway tried to make a sentence that sounded more than a collection of random words, then finally he said "that's one expiation I suppose, but I still don't believe the other".

Galloway had lost ground in his case and was now trying his best to reinforce the rest out of pure spite. "there is still the matter of the death, in which you are still a suspect, your story of what happened is hard to believe at best and with no way to prove it you have to submit to questioning" Galloway was treading on dangerous ground with his latest statement. Sam knew that the man had no real way of forcing anyone to come in for questioning with the evidence he had and was just doing this for the sake of saving face with the people he was working with. Bumblebee on the other hand wasn't ready to take a chance on this and he said "you want proof, fine here's your proof" as his Avatar pulled Sam's into a deep embrace with a kiss to match. Galloway looked horrified for a second then he said "it's a nice performance but I'm still not buying it". His words had no effect as both Sam and Bee were lost in their actions far from the real world. "I said stop, both of you that's enough" Galloway was getting more and more desperate as he tried to make him self heard. Major Lennox interrupted Galloway as he said "I don't think your going to be able to stop them, we tried a bucket of water the last time and it didn't do anything other than make them take all their clothes off faster and in public". Galloway looked even more horrified as the mental image flooded his thoughts mixing with the sudden realization that he had no case left what so ever. Galloway made a few incomprehensible noises then turned and left the room before things got too heated between Sam and Bee. Lennox was doing his best to suppress the laughter as he watched a man he despised more than any enemy he had ever fought leave the room. Once it was clear Lennox said "ok you two that's enough now he's gone" but the Major got no reply from either Sam or Bee. Shaking his head Lennox walked over and prized Sam and Bee's Avatars apart so that they would pay attention to him. Now facing two slightly angry Autobots Will said "he's gone, you two have a room, use it, the last thing we want is for him to try and bring a charge of public exposure".