CHAPTER FIVE

All In A Name

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Meg: *Wakes up* Umm, where am I? What happened? *Looks* Oh, Prowl, did you fall asleep too?

Prowl: I…I think so. Where are the others? *Looks around*

Everyone Else: *Huddled into a corner, rocking back and forth on heels*

Meg: Uh, what's wrong? *Looks at Prowl*

Prowl: *Shrugs* How should I know?

Meg: Maybe they…

Prowl: Saw something alarming?

Prowl & Meg: That made them act this way!

Bumblebee: They're finishing each others sentences…

Ratchet: And speaking in unison too.

Arcee: Aren't you supposed to have been married for at least twenty stellar cycles before that starts happening?

Meg: Should we…

Prowl: Go and see what's wrong?

Prowl & Meg: Yeah.

Prowl: Let's go. *Gets up and puts Meg on his shoulder*

Bumblebee: Whoa! Don't come any closer! *Holds up arms in cross-shape*

Elita: Y-yeah, j-just stay back!

Sentinel Prime: HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT INTERFACING WITH AN ORGANIC!!??

Prowl & Meg: WHAAAAAAT!!!!????

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Bumblebee's P.O.V:

Flying on a plane from Perth to Detroit (which is in the United States of America) turned out to be more of an adventure then coming to earth, finding the All-Spark and facing Megatron all rolled into one!

It started when the army arrived, to issue us with our passports. Those who were going to find Emma would fly out at 8:00PM the following night.

"So, which of you Autobots is going to go and find Emma?" Rowan, a member of the army whom we all know pretty well, asked us.

"I am." I said immediately. I didn't think I had to say it. I would drive through the ocean just to get to wherever Em was.

I was surprised when no one else volunteered themselves to go, until Kelsi, the little red-head Andy and Sunny had 'adopted', put up her hand (making her shoelace bracelets fall down her arm) and said: "Umm, can I go too?"

Rowan looked at her. "Who's this?"

Sunny blinked. "This? This is…her name is Kelsi." I glanced over at him, and realised that he was wearing a pretty pink bracelet made out of wire and string. I bit back a grin.

"Kelsi, you can't go." Andy said simply.

Kelsi pouted. "Why not?"

"Because…" Andy, Sunny, 'Sides and Rowan exchanged a four-way glance.

"She can go." Optimus suddenly said, and Kelsi looked thrilled.

Andy, on the other hand, looked pained. "Wh-what? Well then, I'm going too." She said firmly.

"As am I." Sunny nodded.

"Count me in." 'Sides added.

Jazz volunteered himself to go as well. Bianca said she wanted to, but that she had to stay with her spark mate to hold things down in Perth.

Zikya mumbled the same thing. I noticed she looked a little pale. I guessed that she was worried about Emma.

"We'll take care of the girls." Zikya promised.

During this time, Honey Bee and Shooting Star had been having a rapid conversation, which included Shooting Star sending images over to her sister. In one voice they said: "We're going too."

"No." Said absolutely every grown-up at the same time, and I added: "Double no."

"Daddy, we want to go and save Mamma too!" Shooting Star informed me, looking stubborn.

"That's right," Honey Bee said. "She's our Mother – we want to help, and I know that we can."

"No," I said again, shaking my head. "It is too dangerous."

"Please?"

"No."

*

Where am I? I had no idea. I couldn't see. I wasn't aware of anything.

I drew in a deep breath, and went back to an uneasy, restless sleep.

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Bumblebee's P.O.V:

"Is this your first time flying?" The stewardess leaned over the counter and smiled down at Shooting Star and Honey Bee.

"Well, on an airplane, yes." Shooting Star replied truthfully, giving the stewardess a big, two and a half year old grin.

Yikes! I hurried over to the counter and grabbed the twins by their hands, yanking them across the airport terminal.

"Uh, sir, you're passport!" Another stewardess called to me.

I groaned. Then I handed Honey Bee to 'Sides, and Shooting Star to Jazz, and sprinted back across the terminal to get my little blue booklet.

The one that said my name was Beegan. Thanks a lot, Rowan.

That was the name that the military had given me, so that I could safely travel into the USA and not seem suspicious. Yeah, right.

There were ten of us all travelling together, and three of them were precocious little children.

Yeah, there was nothing suspicious about this.

Andrea (Andy) was standing by the doors that led into customs, wearing her favourite leather jacket and tight black jeans. Next to her were the Lambo twins (as Em calls them). Sunstreaker, now Sultan) and Sideswipe (who was now known as Sideris) were each in the process of having their wrists adorned with colourful bracelets by, you guessed it, Kelsi.

Jazz, who got to keep his real name, was standing nearby, listening to music through headphones, and occasionally checking out the girls who walked by.

And, also with us, were Jetfire (now known as Blaise) and Jetstorm (now known as Storm). For the life of me, I knew not why, and I didn't care.

When Shooting Star was with them, she was happy, and all I ever wanted was for my daughter to be happy.

And, if finding Emma would make both girls happy, then I would search every corner of the galaxy until I found her.

Until then, I would subject myself to being stuck on a plane for eight and a half hours with nine other people, six of whom happened to be twins.

One, I now see why Ratchet and Prowl had stayed home.

And, two, I was SO glad that Skids and Mudflap hadn't decided to join us.

Not that Mudflap had exactly recovered from being thrown out of a three storey window, whilst in No-Soap-Radio form.

And three…

"OH PRIMUS, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!!!????" We all heard the screams through our audio receptors, and we all winced as the plane took off.

No doubt Skids and Mudflap had just walked into one last trap.

I watched Star, Honey, Blaise, Storm, Sultan and Sideris slap each other a round of high-fives…err, thirties.

And I shook my head. It was going to be a LOOOOONG flight…

To pass the time, I looked at my wedding ring, welded to my finger.

I looked at my photos, I watched a movie about snakes on a plane, and I recharged for a little bit.

By the time we touched down in Detroit, I was feeling recharged and ready for…well, whatever Detroit threw at me!

I didn't expect it to throw a Decepticon at me, straight away, but that's just what it did!

"It's Barricade!!" Andy shouted, as the huge black Decepticon lunged at us.

Oh, great, we'd been out of the airport, what seven minutes?

I sighed, and prepared to transform, hoping that the others would keep the girls safe.

"Watch out, he's got a stasis blaster!" I heard Honey Bee scream, seconds before I found myself paralysed and blind, and lying on the ground as Barricade bore down on me…

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Notes:

ANDY (ANDREA) – Kept her real name

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SUNNY – Sultan, means 'a powerful person'

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SIDES – Sideris, means 'heavenly body' (lol, I couldn't resist)

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KELSI – Kept her real name

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BEE – Beegan, means 'little' (which was why he wasn't happy about it)

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JAZZ – Kept his real name

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HONEY BEE – Honey

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SHOOTING STAR – Star

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JETFIRE – Blaise, means 'burning flames'

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JETSTORM – Storm, means 'a tempest'