Chapter Four: The Debate
"Bumblebee!" Sari shouted looking for the mech.
"SHHHH…" Bulkhead said, "he's in recharge."
"Why?" she asked, "its only 9:00 am."
"He was up all night reading all sorts of books." Bulkhead explained.
"What kind of books?" the little girl asked.
"These…" Bulkhead handed a book he was able to get from Bumblebee's room.
"Hmmm… 'The Constitution'. What else has he been reading?" she asked holding the big black book.
"I don't know. That's the only one I got. Every time I try to get another, he would heat up like an electrode." Bulkhead said walked out.
The curious girl walked to Bumblebee's door and saw a note on it, "Do Not Disturb." She just shrugged and opened the door. She stuck her head in and saw mountains of books.
"Hey Bumblebee! What's with the books and the sign?" she shouted to the pile of literature.
"Huh…what?" the yellow mech popped his head out of the books and saw his human friend standing in the door way. "Oh, morning Sari."
"Yeah, what's with these books?" she asked again picking one up the read 'Our Nation's History' and another that said 'The Presidents'.
"Just…you know…studying." he said smiling.
"Yeah…want to go to the arcade?" she said.
"Sure, just as soon as I finish this last book." The bot said pulling out another big black book.
"What do you mean 'last book'? Did you read all these last night?" she said shocked.
"Yeah, and did you know…" he was cut off.
"HELLO…the arcade." she said.
"Fine. Come on." he said getting out of the pile and out his door. When he got outside he transformed and opened his driver door to let her in. They drove to the nearest arcade and Sari got out.
"You coming in?" she asked.
"No, besides, I cant fit in there." he said in car mode.
"Okaayyyy…well I'm going to be here for a while, so can you spare some money?" she asked with a puppy eyes.
Unable to resist, he gave her a twenty from his glove compartment.
"Thanks…" she said hugging his door.
She ran inside and Bumblebee transformed into robot mode and took out the book he was wanting to finish. A couple of minutes later, she came back out with all sorts of prizes. Bumblebee just finished the last page of his thick book.
"Are you still reading?" she said holding stuffed animals.
"Nope, I'm done." he said cheerfully. "You got all those prizes with twenty dollars?" he said befuddled.
"Actually, I didn't use the twenty. "she said holding her key.
"I like the way you think." he said and they both started laughing.
Then a black SUV pulled up and out pooped the representative that informed Bumblebee was the new candidate.
"Governor, child." he said
"What's up?" Bumblebee asked.
"There seems to be a problem. By law, we cant take out one of the original candidate, so…"
"Just leave them in. I'll run as a third party candidate." Bumblebee said relaxed.
"Are you sure? What party?" Johnson asked.
"I'll tell you at the debate next month." the yellow mech said.
"Ok. I'll inform D.C. and we'll see you in Lansing."
One Month Later (October) …
"Bumblebee, hurry up! We have to be in Lansing by tomorrow!" Sari was shouting while packing her bags. "Are you ready?"
"Almost…There." he said carrying a big, autobot sized, bag full of video games.
"Kid, what do you need those for?" Ratchet asked.
"What if I get bored?" The little bot said.
"Well, we have to go, now." Sari said trying to pull him out the door.
"See you two later! We'll watch every minute!" Bulkhead shouted.
With that, the two drove to Michigan's capital. It was a five hour drive, and Sari was getting restless.
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" she kept asking.
"YES! We're finally there." Bumblebee said and Sari looked out the window and saw Lansing, it was kinda the same as Detroit, but there were more tall buildings.
"There's the hotel." Bumblebee said pulling off the freeway.
It was dark when Sari settled in her room. After settling in, she went to the garage and found Bumblebee's 'room'. It was a big room with oil and a TV set.
"So-weet!" he said.
"Come on Bumblebee, you can watch it later. You need to get some rest. The debate's tomorrow." she said pointing to his make-shift bed.
"But, it's a plasma." Bumblebee argued.
"BED!" the girl said strictly.
The grumpy bot laid down on his bed and dozed off. Sari went to her room and went to sleep as well.
The Next Morning…
"BUMBLEBEE!!! WAKE UP!!!!" Sari shouted trying to wake him up.
"Five more minutes…" Bumblebee said and snored.
"Fine, if you wont wake up, I'll just give you games away." she said.
Bumblebee's bolted open and he sat up. "Alright! I'm awake." he said rubbing his optics.
"Good, now polish up." she instructed him.
Thirty minutes later, they walked out to find the press already surrounding the hotel.
"Governor, rumors are that you are a third party candidate, is this true?" a reporter said.
"Well…um…huh?" he was speechless.
"The Governor will be happy to answer your questions, after the debate." Sari said.
"Who are you?" another reporter asked.
"I am his…advisor." she said proudly.
Bumblebee transformed and they both drove to the conventional center.
When they arrived, they were greeted with more news vans and federal agents keeping the reporters out of the way. They walked through the doors and went backstage. But Sari couldn't go back stage, only candidates. So she went to the viewing section and found a place reserved especially for her. It was an hour that she waited, when the curtains opened and the debate started.
Two hours in to the debate, and Bumblebee was doing good, so far.
A/N: Italic-McCain
Bold-Obama
Underlined-Bumblebee
"This next one is for Governor Bumblebee: What party are you running for?"
"I am running as an INDEPENDENT." Bumblebee answered, "In other words, no party."
"What do you have to say about this, Senator McCain?"
"Well, being an Independent is ok, but its mainly Republicans and Democrats that are the most important."
"Any response?"
"I think that a nation big and powerful as America should not be divided. United we stand, Divided we fall."
There was a roar of clapping in the crowd.
"Next question: What do you think of job ratings?"
"Jobs are important to the American people and they serve as one of the lifelines to our economy."
"Well if you want more jobs, then you need to supply more Medicare."
There was another roar of cheer in the crowd.
"Next…"
The Debate went on for hours and Sari was ready to fall asleep in her chair. Until…
"Last question: How would you help America?"
"By insuring that the economy gets in better condition."
A cheer cam from the crowd.
"By making sure every citizen gets treated right."
A louder cheer.
"By making America strong again. Not just the economy, but the voice, the people. By stopping threats to America and by putting your money in your pockets."
Another roar of cheers. Sari was the loudest of them all, except you couldn't really hear her. When it was over, Sari rushed backstage to find Bumblebee.
"Bumblebee?!" she cried out. "Excuse me, have you seen Bum…uh…I mean Governor Bumblebee?" she asked a man.
"He's right there." the pointed and she turned but she couldn't see him.
"Where?"
"Right there." he said pointing again.
"Oh…thanks." she said and ran in the direction he pointed. "Hey, nice work out there." she said.
"Really, I felt like I was going to go offline." he said still shaking. "Man this is hard. I wonder if I have a chance for President."
"You'll be fine, and the way the crowd cheered, you sound like you have more of a chance than both those guys put together." she said reassuring the nervous mech.
"Still I need to study more and…" he was cut off.
"Come on, lets go and 'hang out' for a while." she said turning red. All he could do was follow and go where ever she took him.
Sorry for updating late, school is hell. But, tell how I'm doing. P.S.-I'm not a politician, so if the debate seems off, I'm sorry again.