Please note that these characters belong to their original creators as do any songs used in this fiction, not me, this is just my take on what might happen enjoy and let me know what you think.
also i am trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammer)
The tears fell between the parents and child, a weight had been lifted from Sam, a large part of his life had returned, his family were still there for him, they still wanted him, his best friend was there and most importantly his lover who would never leave him was by his side, though in the last few days his girlfriend had become his best friend and his best friend had become his boyfriend. So his life was more than a little different, but he had managed to weather the worst of it, he was not totally alone in the world, his mom and dad hugged him and then Bee, as they fully welcomed him into the family, the moment was perfect until his dad opened his mouth "do you think the government will pay for extensions to the house so Bumblebee can stay inside", Ron regretted his words when Judy punched him in the shoulder and said "ron is that all you can think of", "I was just saying we can't have the boy staying in the garage if he's going to be part of the family", no one believed him.
Changing the subject Ron said "well if sam's ok to leave here for a while why don't we go for walk round the base and take a look at what's here", Sam wasn't sure, he still didn't feel like he wanted to be seen by other people just yet, inside Bumblebee's alt mode it was different, people saw the Autobot and not him, if he walked outside he would be in full view of the public, "if it's ok I really don't feel up to much right now dad, I kinda just want to lay down for a while" he would have said sleep but the thought of not waking up in what was left of his human body still frightened him a little, Bee could tell that there was more to Sam's request than he had said, Bumblebee's Avatar picked his lover up and said "I'll make sure that he gets some rest and we'll see you when he feels a little better", Sam felt a little embarrassed as Bee carried him bridal style in front of his parents, his mom just let out a small chocked cry.
When Sam was in his driver's seat Bee's avatar got in the passenger side and his alt took off driving towards the outer edge of the base, he held his loves hand all the way, slowly stroking it with his thumb, no word's were spoken, none were needed, this had been a lot to take in, Sam felt like he had gone from semi normal teen, to lost and alone, then back to loved no matter what and now his emotions were strained to breaking point, he just needed to sort this all out, to put his broken world in order. Bumblebee slowed down close to the very edge of the base, there was a clearing just beyond the fence, he stopped and his Avatar motioned for Sam to get out, feeling puzzled the teen shakily got out and watched as first the Avatar disappeared then the yellow camaro beautify shifted into an seventeen foot tall robot, gently Bee picked his lover up and put him over the fence, then Sam watched as the Autobot took a few steps back, at first the teen feared that he was going to be left there, but then Bumblebee crouched down and then started running, before Sam could do anything Bee had cleared the fence in one bound and was walking back to him, once again he was picked up, but this time the teen was cradled against the warm metal of Bee's chest, the spot was just above Bumblebee's spark chamber, Sam was held there as the Autobot walked further into the clearing.
With in a few minutes Bumblebee had made his way through a small growth of trees on the far side of the clearing, beyond them was the edge of a cliff, Bee stopped just before the edge, taking his time he sat down not wanting to move Sam away from his chest. When Bee had settled down in a comfortable position Sam looked out towards the horizon, the view was beautiful, the blue sky looked so crisp and clear, small white clouds drifted across it as if they had no cares or worries, tall mountains below them stood ancient and timeless, while dense patches of green on there sides soaked up the warm sunlight, the view made it look like there was nothing else beyond the horizon, nothing but endless beauty, he lay there against Bee and pretend that there was no-one else in the world, just him and Bumblebee, no pains, no worries, no one who would look at him and judge him.
Smooth music filled the air as Bee's radio came on, old love songs and words of romance written into the music touched the world around him like Bumblebee was trying to share his deepest feeling's with the world, slowly a large metal finger moved down and stroked Sam as softly as the hands of Bee's Avatar, though the size was different, the same gentle touch was there, the same feeling of love being carried through the contact, Sam let his mind relax along with his body, everything that had been running round his head started to drift away until only a few true things remained, first he was changing and there was nothing he could do about it, second he was still loved by his family and friends, third he had a lover, someone who didn't care about the differences between them, fourth no matter what was coming in the dark unknown future these facts would never change, Sam's mind eased for the first time since his arm had changed, the future was yet to come, for now he enjoyed the moment.
Hours had passed and no-one knew where Bumblebee and Sam had gone, neither were on the base, no reports had come from the gate about them leaving either, Judy was panicked, Sam was in no condition to be taking off like that, normally Bumblebee would have answered his com link when called but he hadn't for the last few hours, Ratchet was starting to get worried, Bee was hard to deal with as a patient, but when it came to Sam he would take no chances, this wasn't like him. Ratchet was growing more worried by the minute, had something happened, had Sam fallen asleep and started the last of his upgrade, no, if that had happened Bumblebee would have told him, the yellow Autobot would have been checking in with updates on Sam's progress wanting to know if his lover was ok. Another hour had passed since the search started when the yellow camaro that was Bumblebee's alt came rolling along the runway, Sam was sat in the drivers seat and Bee's avatar was sitting next to him, the two looked a little sheepish when they saw the look on Judy's face.
"Where were you, we've had half this base turned upside down looking for you" Judy yelled more than a little angry, "I don't mind you going for a drive when your alright but your not well, all this" she said pointing to Sam's changing body as he got out of Bee "is taking it's toll on you and you need to learn some common sense young man", "and as for you" she continued rounding on Bee's Avatar "you should know better, sam needs his rest not joy rides", Bumblebee was about to say that he would never endanger Sam when the teen in question said "mom I just wanted to spend time with bee, I had a lot in my head that I needed to sort out and I can only really do that when we're on our own and I sort of didn't want to be seen by other people, I'm still not sure how they'll react to me looking like this", Judy was about to tell him what these people could do if they had a problem when Ratchet cut in "no-one here will say anything sam, they were picked to work here because they have open and understanding attitudes towards people, after all they work with cybertronians, beings from another world, none of them would want the job if they didn't understand that differences don't matter".
Sam heard what Ratchet said, he knew that the Medbot would not just say something to make him feel better, but Sam still felt uneasy, he had seen how some people in the world treated those who were different and he still felt that he would be looked upon as a freak, as if sensing his thoughts Bee's Avatar came over and hugged him. "ok everyone, it's been a long day why don't we get something to eat" Ron said, Sam looked a little guilty when he heard the words, something that wasn't missed by his mother, "what did you do, run through a drive through while you were out, you'll ruin your apatite like that" Judy said scoldingly, "I don't eat any more, I don't have to" Sam said hanging his head, "you've changed that much already?" Ron asked, his son just nodded in answer, "that's ok, you can just sit down and tell us how things have been at college if you want to that is, other wise I can just tell you about all this improvements I've made back home" Ron was smiling a little as Judy said "for god's sake ron, at least fight fair".
The meal had been far from the large family dinners that Sam had grown up with, the trays were all gray, the forks and knives were plain and the food was nothing to write home about, but it could have been worse, at least they were all together in one place, Sam sat, the space in front of him empty, he never thought he'd miss having a large plate of food in front of him when he wasn't hungry, but he wasn't alone Bee was sat next to him, the table before him just as bare, Bee's Avatar had found interesting things to do since he wasn't using his hands to eat, like rubbing Sam's leg under the table, something which Sam was forced to stop, after his face started turning red and the last of his blood had made it's way to one spot on his lower body, he had found that the only way to stop Bee was to take hold of the inquisitive hand and keep hold of it, though that didn't stop Bumblebee's foot from stroking his lower leg playfully, Sam tried to look normal while Bee just grinned.
The normal moment passed by all to quickly, soon Sam was feeling tired, so tired that he could not fight it, not even with fear, if only sleep had taken hold of him this well when he was young, so many nights lost to him because fear would not let him sleep after he had watched horror movies, but now he wanted to stay awake, he wanted as many hours as he could get, he still feared that when he woke up next he wouldn't be him anymore, but the battle was over before it started, his changing body needed all its power to finish what had begun in Egypt and Sam had no say in the matter, slowly his hold on Bee's hand slackened and his head started to nod forward. Seeing this Bumblebee's Avatar helped him up slowly, his parents and Mikaela finish regardless of how much they had eaten and again Bee carried Sam in his arms, his alt mode moved as gently as it could not wanting to disturb Sam from the sleep that almost completely taken hold, lovingly the Autobot's Avatar lowered Sam on to the bed, strangely it sagged and groaned as the sleeping form rested on it, the remote charger glowed more brightly as the last light of the day faded, Bumblebee sat there keeping watch over Sam, all to quickly the last parts of his body were covered in blue light, the last stage of his upgrade had started and all Bee could do was watch.
The blue light grew brighter, the Avatar could almost see everything in the room because the glow from Sam was so strong, gently Bee ran his fingers through Sam's hair, the feeling was strange, it had a metallic texture to it now, like fine strands of metal, still soft and flexible but no longer entirely human. Bumblebee was roused from his thoughts when he heard a loud banging on the door, Ratchet was there with Mikaela, "whats wrong?" Bee asked a little confused, "can't you detect it" Ratchet said, the yellow Autobot looked at him strangely, closing his eyes Bumblebee linked to his scanners on his main form, the readings were normal, he looked closer then found that he was outputting a huge amount of power, he checked his internal diagnostic, everything was fine his power output was normal, but where were these readings coming from, then it hit him, the readings were Sam's, Sam's energy output was almost the same as his, but that meant, "bumblebee we have to get moving I can't keep sam's energy signature hidden for long here, we need to get to Nest H.Q, the E.M shield there will keep sam hidden", Ratchet sounded worried, the Avatar he had been talking to dashed inside and made a grab for Sam, only to find that he had trouble lifting the sleeping teen, Sam's weight had more than tripled, Bee's Avatar carried Sam outside, his main form shifted into robot mode and took unconscious teen in one hand as the Avatar disappeared into swirling lights that rejoined his main body.
Quickly Bumblebee made his way over to a waiting plane, the pilots were making the fastest ground checks in their life, Ron and Judy were already on board getting strapped in, Ratchet was driving up the ramp followed by Mikaela and Wheelie, Bee was last, he crawled on holding Sam in one hand. Sam's weight had increased so much that no one human could have carried him, Bee was not even going to risk letting two or more try, he held Sam close to his chest as the rear door closed, his blue optics scanning the dark runway beyond. With in minutes the plane was in the air, the trip of a few hours would be the most dangerous, Autobots had little defense against attacks while in a plane, all Bee could do was hope that Ratchet was able to keep Sam hidden from detection during the long flight to Nest H.Q
