Sari's Dream
This story is a continuance to A Valentine's Wish. Sari and Bumblebee still love each other and Bumblebee is still the size of Sari. One night they were watching a movie and Sari had a dream about the movie. Well, here it is.
It was a week after Valentine's Day and Sari and Bumblebee have gone on four dates. This was going to be date number five, but since they did everything they could think of, Sari suggested that have a movie night, just the two of them.
"Sounds great." said Bumblebee, "what should we watch?"
"Lets see what we've got." she said, "hmmm…we only have one movie, Titanic."
"What's that?"
"It's a romantic movie," explained Sari, "yeah…lets watch this, it has romance."
Bumblebee wasn't much of a romance guy. He was more of an action person, but if Sari wanted to watch it, he could too. "Ok," he said.
"Lets watch it tonight, when everyone's at that award ceremony." she said.
Nightfall came and Sari rushed to the TV and put Titanic in the DVD player. Bumblebee came in shortly with snacks and oil. They got comfortable and Sari scoot close to Bumblebee, while he put his are around her.
"How long is this movie?" he asked.
"I think about four hours, maybe." she replied.
It started and they watched it. When the movie came to the part where Titanic was sinking, Sari thought how it must have been to lose someone like that, especially Bumblebee, she didn't know how to deal with something like that. Then she looked at Bumblebee and got closer than ever. The movie was over and Sari had tiny tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Bumblebee asked her.
"Nothing…its just…" she hesitated. She looked at him and jump at him until he was on the floor and gave him a big kiss, "I just realized how much I love you."
"Yeah, losing someone must be hard." he said and hugged her.
It was almost midnight when they went to sleep and when the others came back. Sari was sound asleep. But she had a dream.
Now we're in Sari's dream that takes place in the past. She still has her memory of her life in Detroit and Bumblebee in the 22nd century. But lets see what happens in her dreams…
Sari walked outside and looked around and noticed she was on a ship, the Titanic. She stood on the deck and saw she was still at port and they were leaving. She was dressed in a first class outfit with a fluffy hat. She looked around for Bumblebee but no sign of him until…
"Excuse miss?" she heard a voice behind her. She turned around and saw Bumblebee, still the same size and still an Autobot, she noticed he was wearing a suit that only staff officers wear.
"I think you dropped this," he continued.
She looked at whet he was holding and saw that it was her KEY. Even in her dreams she had her key.
"Thank you, Bumblebee." she said.
"Yeah, that's what they call me." he responded.
He walked to the ship's bridge and talked to other officials. He came back to Sari and asked, "do you need help with your luggage?"
"Sure." she politely answered.
He took her suitcases and bags and followed her to her room. She had a room that was big enough for five people, but she was the only one staying in the room.
"Dinner will be at seven o' clock if you're hungry." he told her.
"Will you be there?" she asked him.
"Yes, why?" he asked back.
"Nothing, I'm just asking." she declared.
"Well if that's everything, I'm going back to the deck." he told her.
What happened? He doesn't know Sari in her own dream.
She changed for dinner and walked up the grand staircase. She found the dinning room and saw Bumblebee at a table, by himself. So she joined him.
"Mind if I sit here?" she asked him.
"Not at all." he replied.
They chatted and Sari got her food, while Bumblebee drank oil. When they were done they walked out to the bow and looked out to the ocean. Bumble took out a pocket watch.
"Aw scrap!" he said, "excuse me, I have to get back to the bridge."
Sari just smiled and walked back to her room, slowly. She laid down on her queen sized bed and closed her eyes, then fell into a deep slumber.
The next morning, she woke up and walked to her viewing deck and saw nothing but the ocean, then looked down to see dolphins jumping out of the water. A waiter knocked and came in with Sari's breakfast.
"This if from Mr. Bee." he told her.
"Whose Mr. Bee?" she asked him.
"Umm…Bumblebee." he answered.
The tray was filled with all kinds of food, she didn't know which one to eat first. By the time she was done, she walked up to the deck and just looked around. She was dressed in her usual clothes from Detroit, the yellow and orange like dress. She stood there for a while before Bumblebee joined her.
Before he said anything, she said, "Thanks for the breakfast, it was delicious."
"Huh, oh yeah. Your welcome." he gave a calm reply.
They walked to ballroom where music filled the room. Bumblebee held out his hand and said, "May I have this dance?" in a smooth voice. Sari put her hand in his and both of them walked out to the floor to join the others in a dance. Sari was embarrassed because she didn't know how to waltz. Bumblebee, on the other hand, was waltzing like he done it before, so she just followed him. Sari thought that old-time music was boring but she started to laugh.
After the dance they went to the front of the ship and the air rushing through Sari's hair gave her the chills, Bumblebee just held her close to keep her warm.
"Bumblebee?" she asked quietly, "Do you remember me?"
"What?" he said, "I only met you yesterday."
"Don't you remember Detroit?"
"What's Detroit?" he asked her.
She thought of anything to get his memory back, then she thought of something.
"So, you don't remember this…" she said and jumped at him and kissed him for a long time that Bumblebee saw pictures in his head, pictures of him and Sari at a park and more of them holding hands. Within in minutes, he remembered everything about him and Sari that day, not the other Autobots. Then the pictures went away.
"SARI!!" he shouted with joy.
"I knew you'd remember."
So they spent the rest of the day together doing fun stuff. One official saw Bumblebee with Sari and thought that he wasn't fit for Second-in-Command. He told the captain what he'd seen, but the captain didn't care and said…
"As long as he found someone to be with. He was lonely before he met that young lady. I'm out for the day, keep speed at full, and keep heading straight."
It was sunset and they watched it from the viewed in Sari's room. They sat close to each other, hand in hand, Sari's head on Bumblebee's shoulder, and no one around to spoil it. She pulled out a picture of her and Bumblebee together and gave it to him. She said it was a gift. Sari yawned and Bumblebee knew that she was tired.
"No, I'm not (yawn) tired." she tried to persuade him.
"Sure you're not." he said in a teasing voice, "just go to sleep and I'll see you in the morning."
She got under the covers and closed her eyes slowly, just to see Bumblebee leave her room.
It was twenty minutes to midnight and Bumblebee was making his rounds on Sari's floor, when he came upon Sari's door. He wanted to knock but realized what time it was, so, he just continued his walk. When he was done, he went back to the view deck and saw a faint object on the horizon. He squinted his eyes and saw that the object was huge, it was the size of an iceberg. He ran to the bridge and yelled, "Hard to starboard!!" The other crewmen wondered what he was talking about, then they all heard a bell, then a phone began to ring, Bumblebee answered the phone and heard a sailor yell out…
"Is anyone there!?"
"Yes, what is it?" asked Bumblebee.
"Iceberg right ahead!"
Without hesitation, Bumblebee shouted "HARD TO STARBOARD!!" again.
The crewman that was controlling the wheel turned his fasted to the left. When it couldn't turn anymore, he yelled out…
"Hot over."
Bumblebee was afraid of what he saw. He went to the speed indicators and put the boiler rooms to a full stop. He went back outside to see that they were still at full speed.
"Is it hot over?!" he asked the crewman.
"It is, yes sir, hot over." another staff officer answered.
"Put the engines in reverse," he commanded.
All hands were on deck and everyone was running around. In an instant, they froze to see that they were going right by the enormous ice. Then, they heard a noise, like scratching metal, and the ship began to shake. Bumblebee knew they hit it and closed the boiler rooms' water tight doors.
Meanwhile, the shaking was felt by everyone. Sari jumped out of bed and remembered Titanic sinking. She was so scared that she wished Bumblebee was with her.
In the bridge, the captain came out and Bumblebee explained what happened. As he explained he remembered Sari.
"Put all indicators at stop." the captain ordered.
"Yes, sir." answered an officer.
When he got done telling the captain, he rushed to Sari's room. While running to her room, he remembered her gift and checked to see if it was still in his pocket. He put his hand in and pulled it out. He was relieved that he still had it.
He arrived to her door and knocked three times. No answer. He knocked three more times and there she was rubbing her eyes. He let out a huge sigh at the sight of her.
"Sari, listen to me, you need to get to a lifeboat fast." he told her, "as soon as they get one ready, take it."
"Are you coming?" she asked in a scared voice.
"I cant, I have to help around here." he said.
"Help with what?" she asked, "what's going on?" she asked even though she knew from the movie.
"Listen…the ship…its…its…going to sink." he answered.
They rushed out and found everyone standing around in the grand staircase.
"Why is everyone standing around? They should be outside." he said angrily.
Just then, another official came down the stairs and told Bumblebee that he was needed in the bridge.
"Sari, I have to go now. Remember what I said, get to a lifeboat as soon as possible." he whispered in her ear.
She didn't want to be alone, especially tonight. She followed them to the bridge and she hid out of sight. She overheard the captain and the crew talk.
"Sir, she's going down by the head, fast." one official said.
"How much time?" the captain asked.
"An hour, two at the most." Bumblebee answered.
"and how many on board, Bumblebee?" he asked.
"Three thousand one hundred on board sir, full capacity." Bumblebee replied.
"Get the lifeboats ready." ordered the captain, "Bumblebee."
"Yes sir," he called out.
"I want you to see that all the lifeboats are loaded and released. Is that clear?" he asked Bumblebee.
"Yes, captain." he firmly replied.
Sari thought that it was weird to see Bumblebee take orders from someone besides Optimus.
"Sir, why are all the passengers standing around inside?" Bumblebee asked the captain.
"We don't want them to panic, and its too damn cold and noisy out here." the captain said.
"I see." Bumblebee said and walked off.
Sari followed him, keeping out of sight, to the other side of the ship.
"Alright! You lot, get these boats ready for loading." he said, "You guys, get the other boats down from up there."
Sari was surprised that Bumblebee was second-in-command. She never thought that he could give orders like that. Then, she heard a voice.
"What are you doing out here miss?"
She turned to see that it was the captain with three other officials. Bumblebee looked over his shoulder and saw them and rushed over. When he got there Sari clung on to him.
"Bumblebee, do you know this young lady?" asked the captain.
"Yes sir, I do," Bumblebee replied, "she's my friend."
"Very well. Carry on." he said and walked to his quarters.
Bumblebee looked at Sari, who was still holding on to him, and noticed that she was shivering.
"What are you doing out here without a jacket?" He asked her and gave her his overcoat, "its freezing out here."
"Bumblebee, I'm not leaving you on this ship." she declared.
"Don't worry about me. I'm going to be fine." he told her, "and since I'm in charge, I'm putting you on first."
"What? I don't want to go. I want to be here with you." she said.
"Listen to me, the water's freezing, and were half way across the ocean." he told her.
"I don't care about that, I care about you." she told him.
Then, the passengers came out from inside and were staring at what the crew was doing. Bumblebee noticed that half the lifeboats on the port side were ready for loading. He ran to the captain to tell him.
"Sir, how should we do this?" he asked the captain.
"Put the women and children first." the captain gave him a strong answer.
"Yes sir."
He ran back outside and saw an entire crowd, he called their attention.
"Can I have everyone's attention please!! Everyone!! Look this way please!!" he shouted.
Everyone looked over to where Bumblebee was standing with a puzzled look.
"Thank you. At this time, I will need only women and children." he instructed.
Sari just stood there, worrying if he was going to put her on because she was a girl and a child. She backed away slowly. Soon the first boat was loaded and lowered into the water. Sari saw that there was an officer on every boat, and ran to Bumblebee.
"Bumblebee, why don't you get on a boat like that guy," she said pointing to a boat, "that way we both can get off the ship."
"I cant," he said, "I was ordered to load and release these boats."
She just looked at him, then felt hands on her waist and noticed they were Bumblebee's hands. He had put her in a boat that was ready for release. She looked at him.
"What are you doing?!" she shouted.
"Stay in the boat Sari, please." he said.
"Why?" she said, now with tears in her eyes.
"Because, I don't want to lose you." he answered.
"I don't want to lose you too," she said crying.
He turned around to tell them to take them down, but while his back was turned, Sari jumped out of the boat and hid in the crowd. As she watched the boat go down, she saw Bumblebee walk to another boat. So, she followed.
Ten minutes pasted and the front of the ship was under water. Then, things got out of hand. People started pushing and trying to get on the boats. Officials did everything they could to keep order. Then she looked over to a crowd and saw an officer pull a gun and point it at a passenger. She looked over to Bumblebee to check if he did the same thing, but she didn't see him anywhere. She was going to look the other way until he grabbed her hand and guided her out of the crowd.
"What are you doing here?" he got mad at her.
"I couldn't leave you here, not alone." she said holding on to him and crying.
Then they both heard two gunshots. Sari was scared than ever. She just kept holding on Bumblebee. They heard a voice calling for Bumblebee, it was a staff officer trying to help with a boat.
"Come on, we have to go this way." he said while taking her to the officer.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Sir, the water less than a feet away from this boat." the officer told Bumblebee and pointed towards the bow. Sari was shocked how fast the water was rising.
"I think we have to abandon this boat, sir." the officer said.
"NO," shouted Bumblebee, "we have to get this boat loaded and released."
The water reached Sari's feet and covered Bumblebee's. He told crewmen to help and they only got five to help.
"There's no time, cut the cords!" yelled Bumblebee, "cut them, cut them if you have to!"
They got the boat free and loaded. Bumblebee let out a sigh.
"Mr. Murdoch," he said, "where is the captain?"
"The captain said he's going down with the ship. He went into the bridge before it got submerged." Murdoch explained, "Now you are in control."
Bumblebee was shocked, he didn't know what to do. Then the ship's lights went out. Sari just kept holding on to Bumblebee. There was nothing they could do, all the boats were gone and more than half of the passengers were still on board. Both of them noticed that half the ship was underwater. Bumblebee looked ahead and saw a man with an emergency ax swinging it at staff officers. He rushed over .
"Put the ax down." he instructed.
"Get me a boat!" said the maniac.
"There are no more boats." Bumblebee replied.
"You bastard!!" the maniac said and looked at Sari and ran towards her.
Bumblebee pulled out a gun and shot three warning shots towards the man. The man dropped the ax and got on the floor. Sari was shocked that Bumblebee used a weapon. The man got up and ran off.
"You OK?" Bumblebee asked her.
"Yeah." she said.
Then they heard creaks in the floor and saw the floor break. The end of the ship that was up in the air came down in a flash. Sari couldn't take it anymore she started to cry and scream.
Now were back in present times, in Detroit, and in Sari's room…
Sari jumped up into a sitting position an her bed. Still breathing hard, she looked at the time and saw that it was four in the morning. Tears had formed in her eyes, and she started to sniffle. She walked to her door and looked around to see if anyone was still awake. She tip-toed to Bumblebee's room and saw him sleeping on his "King-Sized Bed". She crawled up and laid next to him. Her arm rubbing against his made the bot open his eyes to see Sari.
"Sari…(yawn)…what are you doing in here?" he asked.
"Nothing…can I…sleep with…you?" she hesitated.
"Yeah, why?" he asked again.
"I had a dream," she said and started to get tears in her eyes.
Bumblebee noticed and put his arm around her.
"I had a dream that we were on Titanic, and you wouldn't get off, and…that…" she told him and started to cry when she was done.
"Sari, I love you. I would jump off a bridge for you," he said, "that was just a movie."
"You're right," she said, "and it was just a dream." She put on a relieved smile on her face.
"Now, lets go back to sleep," he insisted.
Just before he shut his eyes, Sari gave him a kiss and said…
"I still love you, Bumblebee."
Then they slept peacefully through the rest of the night.
The End…or is it?