Hello all you TF lovin people. Have I got some good news for you. It is that special time of the week where I up date my story. For toughs of you that cant count this is Chapter 4. I am not implying that any one isn't smart enough to count to 4 its just maybe you don't have the time or something... i should stop while I am ahead.
Anyway here it is the next one might be a while I am in the beginning stages of moving so I might not have time for the next week or so. But I will try.
Sam looked up from his spot next to Bumblebee's leg to see Ironhide walking over to join them with Will standing on his shoulder. Sam step away from Bee so that the bot could stand up. After a moment Sam felt the familiar metal of Bee's hand wrap around him and lift him up off the ground. Sam had stopped being surprised by this action since Bee seemed to like caring him around. After Sam was set down on Bumblebee's shoulder he moved forward so that he could stand with the other Auto bots who had gathered around Optimus so that they could start the meeting.
"I am glade to see that everyone was able to make it with out any trouble." Optimus said as everyone gathered around.
Sam heard Ironhide quickly let the air out of his tanks, the robot version of a snort. Everyone turned to look at him and Will. Everyone was use to Ironhide's behavior by now so they didn't say anything when he just shrugged his shoulder (the one that Will wasn't standing on). Will spoke up when Ironhide didn't say anything.
"We had a little run in with some drunk kids in town. Nothing bad." He quickly added seeing that Optimus was about to say something along the lines of 'I trust that you didn't harm them.'
Optimus nodded his head and turned back to the rest of the group.
"Does any one have anything new to report on the activities of the Decepticons?" He asked.
Everyone said that they haddn't seen or heard anything.
"We must not lower our guard. Even though they are not active at the moment the Decepticons never stay silent for long. What ever they are planning will not be peasant for anyone." Prime went on to say. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Do we know where Starscream or Bariccade went?" Mikaela asked from her spot on Jazz's shoulder.
"Last sighting of Starscream was shortly after the events of Mission City." Ratchet started. "The US government spotted him leaving Earth's atmosphere. He has most likely gone to gather more Decepticons. When he returns it will be most likely that he will at least bring Skywarp and Thundercraker."
There was a noise like gears grinding together that came from all the Auto bots.
"Are they that bad?" Sam asked.
"They are seekers just like Starscream, and they are both a pain in the aft." Bumblebee said.
"Thundercraker is as crazy as Starscream is sneaky." Jazz put in from off to the right.
"And Skywarp has the ability to teleport. An ability that makes him very dangerous in battle." Ironhide added.
"So when he gets here he could just pop up randomly in and out of the base when ever he wanted?" Sam asked a small squeak in his voice.
Optimus gave a small sigh. "Thankfully no. He can only go short distances and he needs to be able to see where he is going. But even with thoughs limitations he is still very dangerous."
"Sooo... He's like Nightcrawler only he's evil and a giant robot." Sam said.
Everyone stooped moving and just stared at Sam for a moment. Mikaela was the first to say anything.
"Jazz?"
"Yes Mikaela." Jazz said. turning his head to look at her.
"Can you take me over to Sam for a second?" She asked with a smile on her face.
"Uh...Sure." He said lifting his hand so that she could climb in.
Every one watched as Jazz walked over to where Bumblebee and Sam where. Lifting his hand up so that Mikaela and Sam where face to face every one was quiet and was watching with growing interest.
Stepping onto Bee's shoulder she stood in front of Sam for a moment with her arms crossed over her chest. She stood like that for a few minutes until Sam started shifting from foot to foot showing he was very nerves. Just when he was about to say something Mikaela held out her with her palm facing up like she was wanting him to put something in it.
Sam looked at her for a moment before uttering the most unintelligent word in the English luggage.
"...Uhh..."
"We had a deal remember." She said.
Sam just stood there with a blank look on his face looking over at Bee begging with his eyes for help. Bee let out a whining noise that said all too clearly that he was not going to come between the two of them. Sam attention was came back to Mikaela when she started talking again.
"Come on Sam I know you remember. Over two weeks ago after the meeting..." She trailed off as realization hit Sam.
"Every time I reference X-Men or anything else like it I owe you a geek dollar." He said looking embarrassed as he pulled out his wallet.
"That's right. Now hand it over." She said.
Reluctantly he took out the bill and handed it over to her trying not to blush as he could hear Will trying hard not to laugh. 'Maybe I'll get lucky and he'll bust a rib from holding it in.' Sam thought as Mikaela got back into Jazz's hand and they moved over to where they had been before.
Sam looked at everyone with a look that dared them to say anything about what just happened.
After everyone was settled again Bumblebee took it upon him self to try and change the subject.
"What about the new base?"
Will seemed to finally be able to stop laughing long enough to answer the question.
"I was given the location and blue prints to an old army base that hasn't been used in years. Its not to far from here maybe a half a days drive. It was used for a number of different thing training, research, weapons development and so on. Its out in the middle of the dessert so there is absolutely no way that anyone could find it unless they knew it was there to begin with."
"When will we be able to see it?" Sam asked.
"Well, we are reconstructing parts of it to make it more Auto bot friendly adding a few more building, expanding the med bay and stuff like that it will take a little while not to long though. I'd say maybe a month and a half, two at the most." Will said.
"That is good news. Once we have settled in and more of use arrive we can also begin work on adding the structures we will need." Ratchet said sounding very pleased.
"What other buildings will you need to build?" Mikaela asked.
"We will need a communications building so that we can send our message farther into space so that we can contact the rest of the Auto bots." Optimus said.
"Also we need to build the towers around the perimeter to project the cloaking and force fields. When more arrive they shouldn't take long to build I can start on a few of them my self until they land." Ironhide said obviously annoyed with the fact that he needs help from someone else with something like this.
"Cloaking field?" Mikaela asked.
"It will project a fake image so that people will only see what the Auto bots want them to see if its good enough then it can even fool a satellite if one tries to take a picture of the base." Sam said.
Everyone turned to look at him, even Bumblebee, with a questioning look on there faces. Sam just shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Sometimes watching all thoughs Sci Fi movies pays off. I don't owe you another geek dollar for that do I?"
Mikaela shook her head.
"Sam is right. We will have it project the image of either an abandoned building or just a stretch of bare land." Optimus said nodding his head at Sam.
"Have you gotten any responses to the message you sent out after Mission City?" Sam asked.
"Thank Primus we have. A group of Auto bots where travailing past your solar system not to long ago. They received the message and have changed there course to land here. Once they are closer we will be able to send them the location of the base so that they can land without causing any problems." Optimus told everyone.
Bumblebee let out a happy chirp.
"Do we know who will be landing?" He asked.
"We got the signals of: WheelJack, Prowl, JetFire, and... The Twins." Optimus said the last part with a nervuse glance at Ratchet.
The medic let out the noise of gears grinding that meant that he was not happy about the news.
"The Twins?" Sam asked. "Who are they? I didn't know you guys could have twins."
"They! Are the sorriest, most ungrateful, annoying pains in the aft that I have every had the misfortune of meeting." Ratchet stated. His fans turnd on to try and keep his internal systems from over heating.
"We don't have twins like you have here on earth Sam." Bee explained. "Twins on Cybertron happen when a spark is formed but is then for some reason split in two."
"Why does Ratchet seem to hate them so much?" Mikaela asked.
"Cause' they have taken it upon them selves to be Ratchet's personal tormentors." Jazz said with a grin on his face.
"Not just him." Ironhide added.
"They take pride in..." Prime's eyes went dime which told the humans that he was searching the Internet. "Pranking every one they meet. But they do target Ratchet more then most."
"Wait do you mean that they will try and do things to us as well!?" Will asked with a shocked look on his face.
"Most likely although I will be sure to stress they fact that you are easier to damage then we are." Optimus said trying to sound reassuring.
"It will force them to be more creative at the very least." Bumblebee said. He got a soft chuckle from Prime.
"Is there anything else that we need to discus?" Ironhide asked obviously feeling that the meeting was going on too long.
When nobody spoke up Optimus nodded his head signalling that the meeting was over. Bumblebee took Sam off his shoulder just as Jazz and Ironhide where doing the same for Will and Mikaela. Stepping back all of the Auto bots transformed into there alt. forms.
"I'll meet you guys in a few hours. I got to head home for a bit before I can go to Will's place." Sam said walking over to Bee who threw his drivers door open.
"What do you have to go home for?" Mikaela asked.
"My mom was making a fuse earlier about how I am never home anymore so I am going to have dinner with them before I head over." Sam explained.
"Oh no, Sarah is not going to be happy about this Sam. You know that she insists on feeding the two of you when you come over. I am sure that she has set up some big meal back at the house." Will said going to stand by Ironhide.
"I know I am sorry but this is the only way I can think of to get her off my back for a while. Don't worrie I won't be to long." Sam said as he climbed into Bee.
The pulled away from the out look and Bee got onto the road that would lead to Sam's house.
"Optimus and Ratchet are going to be at Will's tonight right? I hate doing things like this with out every one being there, you know." Sam asked Bee as they drove.
"Yes Sam they will both be there. They are very happy that the three of you have included us in your... 'Movie nights'. Optimus says that it is a good opportunity for us to understand humans more." Bumblebee said.
"Good I like having all you guys there. It wouldn't be the same without you." Sam said his insides warming at the thought of all his friends together just hanging out. "Although I hope you guys don't scare easily."
"Why is that Sam?" Bee asked with amusement in his voice.
Sam laughed. "Because tonight is Horror movie night. We will be watching all of our favorite scary movies."
"Why would you watch something with the direct purpose of causing fear?" Bumblebee asked sounding very confused.
"Because we like to be scared." Sam said simply.
"So when you where being chased by Megatron you enjoyed it?" Bee asked.
Sam paused for a moment before answering.
"No...no...no. That was terrifying I never want to do something like that again."
"I don't understand. You said that you enjoy getting scared but when you are scared you say you didn't like it and don't want to do it again. Am I missing something?" Bee asked.
"No Bee you not missing anything. It's just, we like being scared by things that are in movies or books but when they are actually happening to us then we don't like it." Sam tried to explain.
Bee didn't say anything for a while.
"Humans are very confusing."
Sam nodded his head with a smile on his face.
"You got that right buddy. Hell I am human and I don't understand us most of the time."
Bee let out a chuckle over the speakers as they pulled into the driveway of Sam's house.
Sam patted the steering weal before stepping out of the car. Then he ran his hand over the hood before walking into the house.
When Sam got into the house He was greeted by his father who shouted from the living.
"SAM! Get in here."
'Oh great! what did I do now?' Sam thought to him self.
He walked into the living room and saw his dad sitting on the couch reading a magazine about fishing.
"Yeah dad?" He said.
"Next time I suggest you tell your mother about the things that are going on in your personal life before you tell them to me. I was on the phone today for almost an hour and a half trying to calm your mother down about that job offer you got." His dad said glaring over the top of the magazine.
Sam's eyes went wide with shock. He slapped his hand to his head and groaned.
"Dame! I forgot to tell Optimus that I was taking the job." Pulling his right hand away from his forehead he was reminded about the other thing he had forgotten to do as the all too familiar pain shot up his arm to his shoulder. "And I forgot to have Ratchet look at my arm. Dame it!"
"Language Sam." His father simply said as he went back to his magazine. Obviously only hearing the swearing.
Sam left the living room and headed into the kitchen where his mom was setting the table. When she saw him she stopped half way through putting the two plates on the table.
"Sam! Your home. I thought you where going to your army friends house like you always do." She said.
"I am. I just thought that it would be good for the three of us to have dinner together. unless you want me to go that is." He made to leave when his mother spoke up.
"No no I just... Never mind help me set the table. We're having chicken fried stake."
Sam set off to finish getting the table ready while his mother kept her eyes on the food. After another ten minutes they where all settled at the table and digging into there plates. They ate for about 25 minutes in silence everyone just enjoying there food. After every ones was done they sat at the table enjoying the cake that his mom had baked earlier on in the day. His dad started to talk about his day at work not bringing up the hour and a half that he spent on the phone calming down his wife. After he was done Judy started talking about here day. Mostly she talked about the goings on of the neighbors even though it was none of her business to know any of it.
Sam told them a little about his day at school and how Mikaela and Miles where (Miles didn't know about the Auto bots.) And about his plans for the weekend. After about an hour of so his dad was interrupted during his story about somebody at his office by someone knocking at the door. Sam got up to go see who it was.
Opening the door he was greeted by a kid that he had never seen before.
He was a little taller then Sam but didn't look like he was much older maybe 19 or 20. He wore a dirty yellow shirt underneath a black leather jacket that had two yellow stripes that twisted around the upper part of each sleeve. His pants where black jeans that looked like they where very comfortable, not to tight but not to lose, then a pair of black sneaker. He had the body build of a runner with lean muscle showing threw his shirt. His hair was blond with two rows of dyed black hair that where evenly spaced and ran from where his hair started to the back. His face was well defined with his high check bones and sharp jaw line. He had dark black eye brown set over stunning electric blue eyes that were set firmly on Sam's face.
Sam could do nothing but stare at the guy in front of him for a moment before his mind caught up with him.
"Uh.. Hi." Sam said.
'Nice idiot. way to sound intelligent in front of this guy.' Sam thought to him self. But then he wondered why he was worried about impressing someone that he didn't know.
"Hello Sam." He said with an amused smile on his face.
"Do I...Know you?" Sam asked.
"I would hope so. You ride in me every day. I lost my legs for you." The guy said.
"B..Bee? Is that you?" Sam asked looking around the boy to stare at his car/friend.
The guy nodded his head.
"Yes its me. I finally Have my Holoform completed. It took me some time to construct a body that I like but I think that this one works for me." He said looking proud.
"Yeah I'll say." Sam said without thinking.
"What was that Sam?" Bee asked.
"Nothing what are you doing anyway is something wrong?" He asked worried.
"No nothing is wrong Sam. Mikaela contacted me a few moment ago and was wondering if you would be on your way soon apparently Sarah Lennox is pestering everyone there about when we will be arriving. Mikaela says that Will is trying to keep her busy but they don't think he will be able to for much longer and she has already stated that she will drag us there her self if she has to." Bumblebee said.
"Wow. You would think that as a grown up she would know how to be patiant." Sam said scratching the back of his head.
"Sam who is at the door?" His mother called from the kitchen.
"Its just a friend mom." Sam said with a sigh knowing what was about to come.
"A friend! Well bring him in here so we can take a look at him." She called.
"Ugh. Come on Bee. the faster we do this the faster we can get out of here." Sam said as he walked down the hallway.
Bumblebee followed Sam until they got into the kitchen where his mom had already cleared the table.
"Mom, Dad you guys know Bumblebee." Sam said figuring that it was best to just tell them the truth about his 'firend'.
His mom turned and stared at the boy with Sam with wide eyes. His father had the same look on his face.
"Son how is he here like this when he is out in the driveway?" His dad asked.
"Its called a holoform Mr. Witwicky. We can use these to blend in with the natives of other planets." Bee explained.
"Why haven't you used this before?" Judy asked hesitantly.
"Ratchet only upgraded my systems this past week to include humans in the programme." Bee told her.
"Is it just a hologram or some kind of alien magic?" His dad asked.
"Holoform." Bee corrected. "No its not... Magic. Its a mixture of a projection and my sensors that lets me interact with my surroundings."
Bee demonstrated this by picking up the coffee cup the Ron was drinking from.
"Now I will be able to better protect Sam when he goes places my normal body can not." Bee added setting the coffee back down.
"Well this has been really fun but we got to go. So I'll see you all tomorrow. I'll be staying at Will's tonight. Bye." Sam said quickly grabbing Bee's wrist and pulling him back out the way they had came.
Letting out a held breath Sam lend back against the closed front door. Bee stood not to far away watching Sam.
After a couple of minutes Sam pushed him self away from the door and walked up to Bee's holoform.
"Sorry about all that Bee." He said.
"You do not need to apologies Sam you did nothing wrong." Bumblebee replied.
"Ok... Um Bee." Sam said.
"Yes Sam." Bee looked at him with curiosity in his eyes.
"...Never mind." He said a blush coming across his face. "Lets get going before Sarah rips Will's head off."
"I do not think that she would do that Sam. But you are right we should be going." Bee said turning off his holoform and opining the drivers door for Sam.
Sam got in and they pulled out of the drive way.
Alright I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. It was slow going at first but I finally got into a good rhythm. I hope that you all like how I made Bee's Holoform. I hope that you see him the way that I did at the time. I will try to put up another chapter soon but don't get angry if I can't.
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