Chapter Two: A New Governor
Here we start off in the cave…
"Here Blitzwing, take these register chip to Washington and…" Megatron started.
"Are you out of your mind? Washington is guarded 24/7." Blitzwing opposed with his hot headed face.
"Fine, coward, Lugnut you take them and put the blue on in the computer, you can get rid of the rest." Megatron said.
"Yes my lord, I shall not fail you." the loyal Decepticon said and flew out in a flash.
"Now why cant you be more like him?" Megatron turned to Blitzwing.
He turned to his icy face and spoke, "Because unlike him, I have feelings."
"What kind of feelings?' Megatron asked.
"A bad feeling about this plan." the icy faced bot answered.
Hours later…
"Master, I have returned." Lugnut roared coming through the doors.
"Did you do it?" Megatron asked without hesitation.
"Yes, my lord, I put the yellow chip in the main computer." he said.
"WHAT?!" Megatron yelled.
"Why? What's wrong?" Blitzwing asked in his crazy face.
"The Blue one was to register Optimus Prime!! But you put in the wrong one." Megatron explained.
"Then which one did I insert, Master?"
"Think, which Autobot is yellow?" Megatron said annoyed.
At the plant…
"Just admit it, I beat you the tenth time in a row!" Sari celebrated.
"No Way! How could someone get that good so quick?" Bumblebee asked.
"Just talent." she said.
"Everyone, guess what?" Prime said.
"Let me guess, we need to go on patrol. Right?" Bumblebee said.
"Nope, a representative from D.C. is coming to town, and he asked for our presence. There's going to be a press conference with him." Prime explained.
"Why would he come now?" Sari asked.
"Dunno. He just kept asking for a yellow guy." Prime said looking at Bumblebee.
"What? I didn't do anything to Washington." Bumblebee said.
"Right kid, like we'll believe that." Ratchet said coming into the room.
"When have I ever done anything to upset politics?" he said.
"Remember the time you almost broke the statue of former President Gerald Ford?" Ratchet said.
"That would've been an accident." Bumblebee tried to defend himself.
"Never mind that, we need to be at city hall in one hour." Prime said.
"Do we have time for one more race?"
"NO Bumblebee!" Prime shouted.
"Fine."
Fifty minutes past and the team was ready to head downtown, all except for Bumblebee and Sari who were watching TV.
"Come you two, we have to go if we're going to beat the traffic." Prowl tried to get them off the couch.
"Why do we have to go?" the both asked.
"Because he asked for us to be there." Bulkhead said.
"Yeah, move it or lose it." Ratchet scolded them.
"Alright already." Bumblebee said and got up and transformed and opened his driver door so Sari can get in. Then all them transformed and drove to city hall.
About ten minutes past and they arrived at city hall where a crowd, the size of a stadium, were awaiting the representative.
"Looks like we still hit traffic." Bumblebee said transforming to robot mode. "All this for one guy, just think, this is how the elections will be." he said again.
"Come on, I see Fanzone." Prime said and walked around back.
"Good. You're all here." Fanzone said with a relieved tone, "This guy sounds like he has some big news." he said again and walked off.
Then they heard the crowd cheer and clap. They looked to see the a man in a suit standing at the podium. Next to him was the mayor, his secretary, and Fanzone.
"People of America, now I say that because this press conference is televised nationwide, I am here under the order of the President of the United States. Now a technical problem has occurred in Washington, it seems that there is a new candidate for the office of the President."
Then Sari's eyes widen to the news of another runner for president, so were the crowds' eyes and all this came to them as a shock.
"Now, I have asked the two original candidates to join us here today." the representative said, "no such thing has happened like this before in the history of America, but this candidate seems to have gained support in Washington by some governors and former President Bill Clinton."
Then from out of nowhere, John McCain and Barack Obama appeared next to the speaker.
"Look, it's them." Bulkhead said in astonishment.
"Now that the two are here, lets meet our THIRD candidate, shall we? Now this may come to another shock to you all, but this runner is not…normal."
"Who is?" Bumblebee said almost laughing.
"Our third candidate for President of the United States is…um…is there a BUMBLEBEE here today?" the speaker said.
Sari and the others turned to the small, yellow Autobot to see that his mouth was open and his eyes were as wide as they can be.
"Is there a Bumblebee here today?" the representative asked again.
Sari shook herself out of the confusion and yelled, "HE'S RIGHT HERE!!"
The crowd looked to see that it was one of their protectors and clapped.
"Congratulations, you are our third nominee." the speaker said.
"WHAT?!"
"Is this a surprise to you?" McCain asked.
"Slag yeah!" Bumblebee exclaimed.
"Bumblebee! Watch you mouth!" Bulkhead said.
"How can I be a candidate?" the confused yellow mech asked.
"Your name was submitted in the main computer's hard drive." the speaker added on.
Then a limo pulled up and out popped Porter C. Powell.
"Hello gentlemen. It's a privilege to meet you both."
"Why are you here?" Sari asked.
"I am here because I believe that this robot shouldn't be a candidate for President." Powell went on.
"And why not?" Obama argued.
"Well, he's not a political figure. I on the other hand…" Powell was cut off.
"That is why I'm here," the representative cut in, "if the governor is willing to give up his office, you can replace him." he explained.
"What?!" Powell said.
"Me, governor of Detroit?" Bumblebee was shocked.
"Not just Detroit, the state of Michigan." Obama said.
"Coooooool…" Sari said.
"The Governor is making his decision as we speak. So if he does, you're still in the election."
"But shouldn't there be two choices?" Powell asked out of desperation.
"That's right, so McCain and Obama are willing to let the people decide who will run against Bumblebee." the speaker kept explaining.
"Why not kick him out?" Powell kept pestering them.
"Because, Washington D.C. has agreed to keep him in the polls."
"But…but…"Powell was lost for words.
"Enough."
Powell just turned to his limo and drove off back to Sumdac Towers.
"We should have the Governor's answer by tomorrow, Bumblebee. Just keep watching the news." The speaker said.
"Um…Ok." Bumblebee said and fainted.
That night…
"Oh man, oh man, how can this be happening?' Bumblebee said pacing.
"Calm down, kid, you're going to have a spark attack." Ratchet said trying to calm him down.
"Yeah Bumblebee, what's wrong with being president?' Sari asked.
"Nothing. Its just that…I don't think I can." he admitted.
"Don't worry, you'll figure it out." she encouraged him.
"You really think I can do it?' he asked the team.
"Sure, if there's one thing you do, you learn from someone else or you learn from your mistakes." Prime said.
"See, even Boss-Bot thinks I'll mess up." Bumblebee said giving in to the pressure.
"Every one makes mistakes Bumblebee, what makes you different?" Sari said.
'She's right, how am I different from everyone?' he thought.
"You always know what to say when I'm down." he said and gave a smile to his human friend. She smiled back.
"Well, it time to get some rest. Try to rest up Bumblebee, you're going to need it." Ratchet said going to his med-bay. The rest went to their rooms and slept.
"I'll try." he said and laid on the couch and stared at the ceiling until he dosed off into a deep recharge. He felt something crawling on his chest. He opened his eyes and saw Sari lying on him. He noticed she was already asleep and just went back into recharge.
The next morning…
Bumblebee opened his eyes and looked at his chest, but he didn't see Sari. He looked around and wondered if it was just a dream. He got up and went to her room and saw her sleeping on her tire bed. He shrugged and went back to the couch. Then remembered…
"The news."
He quickly turned on the TV and went to the news and saw that weather.
"Is that it?" he asked. The others came in and joined the little bot on the couch.
"Nothing?" Prowl asked.
"Nope not…wait!" he said and turned up the volume. Sari came in with her PJ's and asked.
"What's going on?"
"Shhh…they're talking about Bumblebee." Bulkhead said.
She rushed to get a good view at the TV and sat patiently. Then they heard the anchor man speak.
"We are going live to Lansing, Michigan, where the Governor is preparing to make a statement about the robot running for President of the United States."
"This is it." Prime said and the Governor appeared on screen.
"Good morning, as you may already know, a third and unexpected candidate has popped up in the polls. And he needs to be a political figure before running, and I am happy to announce that I am giving up my place in office, and replacing me will be the third candidate, Bumblebee. Or should I say, Governor Bumblebee."
They all heard cheers in the background and Bumblebee…
"YES! YES! I'M GOVERNOR! YES!" he jumped around.
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