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 training had gone better after Sam had been able to share something so intimate with the one he loved, maybe it was because his spark had been able to relive some of the built up tension or maybe it was because in some way he was still a human teenager and having the love of his life so close while not being able to do anything beyond kiss was driving him crazy Sam didn't know. All he knew was that he had been able to cope with the training and after three more day's of working with a very jumpy Jolt Sam had mastered the whip aspect of his snake sword. After that training with Ironhide seemed like a breeze, though for the first day the larger bot was a little on edge; that soon vanished when the twins came over to the new range for a little target practice and froze as if facing an ticking bomb when they caught sight of Sam looking at them with his guns deployed. For a moment there was no sound at all then a noise that sounded like it belonged to an eight year old girl with pigtails filled the air as both Skids and Mudflap took off as fast as they could run forgetting that they could transform.
From then on training with Ironhide was a lot easier given that the weapon specialist was now spending most of his time grinning at the memory of the looks on the twins faces. Learning how to control his P-guns as Sam had come to call them had taken more skill than anything so far, not only did he have to get the energy levels right but he also had to manage the compression level at the same time as both adjusted how the P-guns fired. Things got more complicated when Ironhide watched the movie responsible for Sam's P-guns; the weapon specialist was now determined to teach Sam how to track and fire at multiple targets at once. This of course meant that Ironhide had to recruit help and since Jolt and the twins declined him he had to ask Ratchet and Optimus to help as Sideswipe was away from base on patrol; of course Bumblebee had volunteered to help straight away so that gave Ironhide four bots to work with including him self.
The training was a simple idea in theory, the four bots would throw targets as hard as they could out towards the ocean and Sam would target and destroy as many as he could before they hit the water, but in practice it was far from simple. For one thing the targets were were almost five feet across and weighed as much as a car engine, the next snag was that having four Autobots throw such large targets out to sea caused a very large distraction on the base so that a large crowd had formed to watch the show, this in turn made one more problem as it made Sam nervous. Having a group of trained marksmen watch as you try for the first time to shoot down multiple moving targets was the very definition stressful to Sam. Fortunately Bumblebee feeling the distress in his lovers spark had an idea "just picture you self on our little beach up the road, just you and me; we're there having fun, just playing a game to see who can shoot the most targets out of the air" the com message cut through Sam's thoughts with a welcome relief. Picturing their beach Sam blocked out everything else so that only the two of them remained.
Bumblebee started first slowly throwing targets out across the water; the P-guns mounted on Sam's shoulders tracked and blew them out of the air before any reached it's apex, things carried on like this as Bee increased the pace. Then on a signal from Ironhide Optimus added more targets to the fray matching Bee's speed, this was harder for Sam at first but soon he was shooting the targets down with the same speed as before. It was at this point that both Ironhide and Ratchet doubled the number of targets again, for the first few seconds Sam panicked but Bee's words calmed him once more "we're there having fun, just playing a game" relaxing a little more and focusing on the growing field of targets Sam locked in as many as he could and started firing at the one's closest to hitting the water. The air was almost exploding as two by two targets were shot down, debris scattered across the water's surface as more and more targets were destroyed until Ironhide called a halt; though a few targets still remained the weapon specialist had decided that Sam had passed his test, this was good for Sam as his P-guns were now glowing red hot and his system was having trouble venting the extra heat. He commed Bumblebee and said "thanks, I couldn't have done it with out you bee".
The last day at nest H.Q was spent helping his parents gather up everything they had brought with them when they had rushed to the support base; Ron and Judy had managed to gather a startling amount of luggage together in the short space of time between being told that Sam was ill and leaving for said base. Sam was now struggling with Bumblebee as they tried to fit a very awkward suitcase into Bee's boot "can't we just tie it to your roof" Ron asked, his answer was a death glare from both Avatars. As the last piece of luggage was stowed away safely Sam received a com message from Optimus "sorry I can't be there to send you off sam, we've just broken ground on autobot city and I need to oversee the work" "that's ok optimus, I know that this is important for everyone and when it's finished I'm going to call by, after all in a way it's as much my home now as any other autobot's" Sam heard the Autobot leader chuckle at his message "even if you hadn't gone through your upgrade you could have still called it your home if you wanted to" the message meant a lot to Sam. The fact that Optimus would have welcomed him into his peoples new home regardless of how different Sam would have been if he was still human showed once more the true character of the Autobot leader, it was at times like these that Sam found it hard to believe that his friend was in any way a fighter as a being with so much compassion and understanding seemed far from the type to wield a weapon in battle. "thanks optimus if I can ever help in anyway just com me" there was a pause after the message that made Sam feel a little uneasy like some words were being held back for some reason, "thank you sam" Optimus said at last "but I would like you to have a chance at living a normal life free from the fighting" "so would I optimus but life never works out as planned, so if you need anything please com me".
Optimus felt that he could not refuse the last message from Sam so he replied "very well if I think we need your help I will call" the words tugged at his spark chamber, the Autobot leader hated to lie to a friend let alone one that he could call brother but Sam had sacrificed so much all ready even his human body. For an Autobot taking another form is a part of their normal life but for a human the process is something that could destroy even the strongest of people; only the strong bonds between Sam and those he loved had helped him make it through the process so far and there was still such a long way to go still so many bridges for him to cross in the future. There were still only a few people that knew the whole truth behind what had happened and they had sworn them selves to secrecy to protect Sam from the dangers that still waited for the young Autobot, even his own government may cause trouble if the truth reached the wrong people and right now the worst of these was Galloway who had shown a distant that Optimus felt only a decepticon should capable of. At least work on Autobot city was going well, soon the first buildings would be complete and that would at least give Sam some place to take refugee if things should go wrong. Optimus looked across the desert as he contemplated all this, if there was one thing the location there new home offered it was a view with little distractions to those lost in their own thoughts.
There was something in the last message from Optimus that sounded false, like he was still holding back the truth, but Sam got the feeling that this was not the best time to push the issue as something in his spark said that everything would come to light regardless of what anyone did right now. Bringing him self back to the world out side his head Sam's Avatar walked back to his alt form, the time had come to board the plane that would take them back to the outside world; Bumblebee had said that he would give Sam's parents a ride back leaving Sam to give Mikaela and Wheelie a ride home. Bee's Avatar pulled Sam's into a deep kiss before they set off "you know bee, our avatars can move about the plane while it's in flight" the blond Avatar grinned at Sam as he replied "oh I know that, this was just a good bye kiss until we reach the plane" the look his face and the feelings that were coming through their link told Sam exactly what Bumblebee was thinking "bee the six of us are the only passengers on the plane I think my parents are going to notice if our avatars sneak off into the bathroom" the grin turned into a smirk as Bee said "I never said anything about a bathroom", Sam gave his lover a look of mock anger which was met by an even more devilish grin.
The plane had touched down late in the evening leaving the six to make it home beneath a dark sky; waiting at the gate to be cleared through Sam looked up at the stars, for a long time those stars had been nothing more than faraway lights to this small world but now these stars held so many different possibility's some good, others bad, but mostly unknown; he was brought back down to earth when Bumblebee revved his engine as sign that it was time to go. Driving on roads with other people was different from racing with Bumblebee there were limits other than the ones they set for them selves and Sam found it hard to keep to the rules of the road; for the first time he understood what Bee had been doing for him everyday they were together, holding him self back like this was hard, all that power begged to be released more with every mile that passed. Thankfully the sign for his home town appeared along the side of the road, Sam commed Bee and said "were here at last, I'll drop Mikaela off while you get my parents home" "sounds like a plan" was commed back instantly.
The drive to Mikaela's home didn't take long for which Sam was thankful as he still felt a little awkward being almost alone with her like this, at one time in his life he would have almost killed to be alone with her in a car this powerful and sexy but now that he had admitted his feeling for Bumblebee it just felt, there wasn't a word he could think of to describe it and Sam doubted that there was one in the dictionary. "so we're at your house" Sam said at last breaking the silences that had filled his cabin; "how could they have come so far but end up roughly where they started, sitting in a car that wasn't a car not really knowing what to say" of all his thoughts that night this was the most unsettling. "we already talked about this sam" Mikaela said gently "it still feel's like there's more to say" Sam replied "your not having second thoughts are you?". "never" he said back instantly, how could he have second thoughts about Bee, the yellow Autobot was his world now "I didn't think so, so what is it? I doubt that it's going to go away unless you talk about it" when she finished speaking Mikaela handed her house key to Wheelie and told him to go inside and wait for her.
Now that they were alone Mikaela hoped that they could get at what was wrong; seeing the expression on her face and knowing that it meant she wasn't leaving until he talked Sam finally said "I though I was in love with you for so long, even for a time after I met bumblebee and now I know that I love him I'm not sure what I felt for you means now" Mikaela smiled back and said gently "no one can foresee the future sam, you were meant to fall for bee and until you met him those feelings needed to connect to someone that you could be close to and that was me, if you had a magic crystal ball and had seen the future we would have just been friends and you would have waited for the one you loved to arrive, but you couldn't so you got a little confused along the way, remember I had a lot of time to think things through while you took your beauty sleep" Mikaela pulled Sam's Avatar into a hug and finished by saying "I don't regret the time we had together and neither should you, we both got good friends out of it" after she spoke those last few word Mikaela got out and waved Sam good night.
Sam felt that things were going to be weird for a while but at least he wasn't keeping anything bottled up inside and now that he had spoken about it maybe he could move forward. Pulling into drive of his parents house Sam found Bee waiting for him in his Avatar form, his Camaro alt was now safely tucked away in the garage for the night. "whats wrong sam?" was the first thing he asked the moment the dark haired Avatar got out got out of the drivers seat "I just felt a little weird being alone with mikaela, I wasn't really sure how to act or feel now that I know I loved you all along" the words came out easier than before, Sam felt that it was because he was talking to Bee this time and that everything was always so easy with his lover. "she's you friend sam, just be your self and everything will be ok" on hearing Bumblebee's words Sam's Avatar walked over to it's blond counterpart and rested it's head against the other as if tired "I know that bee I just needed to hear it out loud from some one", the two stood there out side the house just holding on to each other for a while before the blond form lifted his dark haired lover into his arms and carried him inside, "back where we started too" Sam thought as he enjoyed the feeling of Bee protecting him once more.
