Short chapter everyone, but I felt it needed to be this way. Next one will be longer, I promise!
Bee and Alise were on Optimus's trail, trying to stay close, but they had to take the back way while driving. Bee was reaching speeds over 80 mph, and Alise stayed in the driver's seat.
"'What did you (static) mean he (static) threatened (static) you?'" Bee voiced tightly after a moment or two of driving.
"It was nothing, Bee," she said, trying to keep her voice even. She heard what sounded like growl come though the speakers.
"'Bell.'"
Alise sighed. "Simmons said that Sal's been calling the FBI trying to find me." She didn't continue.
"'And?'" he said, knowing there was something she wasn't telling him. She looked down.
"And the rest of the town wants my head because I kept them from shooting you. He told me he was gonna send me home and let them deal with me."
Bee was silent for a moment. "'Didn't they (static) know you for a (static) long time? (static) They wouldn't (static) hurt you (static) would they?'"
Alise paused before continuing. "I don't know, Bee. It's not everyday I stop them from shooting an alien." She paused for a moment. "They're very traditional. Or radical's another way of looking at it. They like taking the law into their own hands. I love them, but they're not very… rational, with some things." She stopped. "David shot a guy in the foot once for stealing a 50 cent candy bar from his store," she mused quietly, but out loud.
The seat belt that was around Alise tightened significantly. Alise smiled lightly, knowing why it did. Alise started to run her fingers along the seat belt. "It's alright, Bee. I'm not going anywhere."
There was a soft chirp from the speakers and she rested her head against the window, still running her fingers along the belt. Suddenly, Alise heard a noise above them. She looked up and saw a helicopter flying above them. Bee's engine revved up. Alise looked over through the brush and gated area and saw Optimus, and the tiny figures in his hands that were Sam and Mikaela. He was climbing onto the rafters of a bridge, trying to stay hidden. However, seconds after he disappeared into the bridge, the helicopter came back into view, circling the area and then going under the bridge. Bee and Alise turned a corner, facing the track to where the bridge was located.
The helicopter circled overtop and then when back under the bridge. This time, however, when Alise was looking at the bridge, she saw something dangling from the rafters. Upon further looking, Alise saw that it was Mikaela, hanging onto Sam.
"Oh my god, Bee!" she said, but Bee was already racing to them. Alise's heart was beating rapidly, as she watched Sam who was doing a poor job of keeping Mikaela from falling. Suddenly Alise's seat belt flew up, and the door opened.
"Bee?" she asked quickly, scared. The road was racing fast beneath them and Alise envisioned herself falling out.
"'Do you trust me?'" he voiced quickly.
Alise was silent for a split second. "Yes."
"Then hang onto (static) the door!'"
Alise's heart nearly stopped. However, they were quickly approaching the bridge where Sam and Mikaela were and Alise didn't have much choice. She trusted Bee, and she knew he wouldn't let her get hurt. So using all the courage she could muster, Alise quickly jumped from the seat onto the door. She held on for dear life, terrified out her mind and she thought that hanging from door of a vehicle moving about 100 mph couldn't get much worse... but then Bee transformed.
She realized quickly why he needed her to jump. The seat she was sitting in quickly disappeared, and the door she was hanging onto lifted up and became one of his wings, doing nothing more to Alise than scare her out of her mind. Alise glanced up and saw that Sam and Mikaela had already started to fall. Gasping, Alise yelled, "No!" but with a swift leap into the air, Bee caught the two in his hands. Alise closed her eyes and hid her face as felt a swift rush of air pass through her hair. She felt as if they were flipping over, but she hung onto Bee's wing so hard her arms felt numb. Then with a loud bang and a hard jolt, Bee fell to the ground on his stomach. However, the jolt was too much for Alise, and she fell off Bee and landed hard on the ground, rolling a little before stopping.
Pain was shooting through her and she felt as though she hit her head, but she lifted it to see Bee placing Mikaela and Sam on the ground. Then he looked over at her, his eyes wide. She placed her head back down on the cool pavement. She listened as she heard him get up and run over. She also heard something else. The helicopter...
"Alise!" Sam and Mikaela were yelling as they ran over, too. She felt hands on her back and she was rolled over to face the two humans and Bee.
"'Bell?'" he asked above her, quickly bending over, worriedly placing one of his fingers gently on her head.
"Alise, are you okay?" Mikaela asked worriedly. Alise sat up as quickly and carefully as she could, the world spinning a little around her, but she shook it off.
"I'm fine," she said, lightly placing a hand on her head. "We need to get out of here." Sam quickly helped her up.
Suddenly the helicopter returned. Bee turned and placed himself in between it and the humans and Alise watched in horror as something was shot at Bee, grabbing him on the arm. It was a cable. Alise's blood ran cold.
"NO!" she yelled. But it was too late. Another helicopter appeared on the scene and did the same to his other hand, taking him hostage.
"No! Stop!" Sam also yelled, but their cries were useless. Finally, a third came, and shot a last cable to Bee's leg, bringing him hard to the ground.
"BEE!" Alise screamed. He let out a strangled sound. The noise shot through her like a bullet and she couldn't think anymore. She sprinted to him, making herself go faster than her legs could carry her. She ran to his face and wrapped her arms around his head, pressing her cheek to his. Tears started running down her face, and she looked to see that multiple dark vans like the one that took them earlier were surrounding them. She also saw that men were surrounding Sam and Mikaela, the two of them on their knees with their hands behind their heads next to each other.
The cables that were attached to him noticeably tightened and Bee let out another agonizing noise, struggling against them, but not trying to hurt anyone. Alise heard Sam in the background noise yelling, "Look, he's not fighting back!" but his pleads were ignored.
"No, Bee, no!" she cried into his face.
"'Bell,'" he voiced roughly, obviously hurting. It made her feel sick. "'You need to get out of here.'"
Alise looked up at him, looking into his eyes. "I am not leaving you," she said painfully and solemnly. Something in Bee's eyes changed. Alise didn't now what it was, but they softened somehow. She took her hand and ran it along his cheek, tears streaming like a fountain down hers. "Bee, I-" She stopped. She suddenly felt very cold.
"Freeze it! Freeze it! Freeze it!" she heard from behind them. Alise gasped as a white smoke covered the two of them. Alise stayed close to Bee, not removing her cheek from his, but she fell to her knees. The smoke was so cold that she felt as if someone had dumped ice and snow on her and it paralyzed her. Bee was feeling it too, him struggling against the cables as the smoke came closer and closer to them. He was crying out in pain. Alise could see much through the smoke, but she was able to see Sam, who somehow escaped from the men, tackle one of the men spraying Bee and her to the ground. Unfortunately, he was quickly taken down. Alise mentally thanked him, but couldn't do much more than that against the cold.
Suddenly, Alise felt a pair of hands around her, picking her up off the ground. This momentarily woke her from her frigid daze and she looked to see that she was being carried by one of the men who were hurting her and Bee. She heard Bee chirp wildly from behind her, and she knew he was trying to get her to move. So Alise quickly lifted her foot and delivered a swift kick to her carrier's groin. The man doubled over in pain and dropped her, and Alise, still a little dazed, started to run back to Bee. However, before she made it to him, someone else had wrapped her arms around her waist. To that person, she lifted her shoulder up and fiercely elbowed the unlucky man in the nose, making him fall back also. One last person tried to capture her, but because they only grabbed her by her arm, she simply swung back her free arm and hit the man in the face, seeing that he wasn't wearing a protective mask.
Alise made it back to Bee. There was a significant drop in the amount of spray that was being released on him due to the people she had just taken down, but it was still enough that he was in pain. She wrapped her arms around his face and placed her forehead on his. While in this position, she placed a small kiss on his nose. He looked up at her, a sad yet determined look in his eyes. She could see he was trying to hide his pain, and it broke her heart. She gently traced his mouth and his right cheek with her hand.
"I'm so sorry, Bee," she whispered to Bee. "Please, Bee, I-"
Alise never got to finish. While she wasn't looking, a man with a taser came up behind her and shocked her in the back of the neck. The jolt caused her to take a step back. She was able to look Bee in the eyes one last time, his face a mixture of shock and anger.
"Bee," she whispered. Then darkness overtook her, and she hit the ground, hard. The last thing she heard was a wild loud chirping, before she lost all her senses and blacked out.
Hi everyone! Wow this was hard to write! Hope you all enjoyed though! Onto the next chapter! I promise Bee won't be gone for long! Review and tell me what you think! And thanks to everyone who have been writing the kindest and most awesome reviews! I love you all! You keep me writing!
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~Mel