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 still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)
The three arrived in Colan's class room with only a few minutes to spare before the start of class "well it seems that our resident geniuses are here at long last, tell me what mysteries of the universe have you uncovered since I last saw you or are they to advanced for us slow brained little people" Colan flashed his usual sarcastic smirk when he finished speaking. Both Sam and Bee had far more serious things on their minds so they ignored Colan's little show as he paraded up and down for the girls in the front row. Sam commed Bumblebee and said "so much for him playing nice bee" "well it was a nice thought while it lasted sam" replied Bee. Colan spoke loudly drawing the attention of the whole room "we're going to do something a little different today people, as you all know we were starting here in our home solar system and moving outward through the infinite universe but just for today were going to take a look at the differences between stars". Colan wiped the board clean of everything written on it and made a small mark on the board no larger than the head of the chalk he was holding "here we have our sun, this tiny little speck right here in the huge field of black is the most powerful thing in our solar system, doesn't look much does it, on this scale earth is so small you can't even see it, but compared to the rest of the universe our sun is nothing but dust".
The whole room was silent "just think about that, all this is just dust compared to our sun and our sun is nothing but dust compared to the rest of the universe" Colan gestured round the room as he spoke. He then made more marks on the board each larger than the last "here we have larger stars, each bigger than the last, this star is pollux" said Colan as he pointed to a mark far larger than the one he had made for earth's sun "far larger than our own star but still tiny compared to those out there". Colan moved on and made a large circle "here we have rigel larger still, so large that our sun is already nothing more than a tiny speck but things don't stop there" Colan wiped the board clean then drew a small circle, this was followed by a far larger circle. Colan turned and faced the class as he pointed at the small circle "rigel viewed from further out and here dwarfing it beteigeuze, but that's not the end stars get even bigger, so big in fact that I cant even show you in this" he gestured at the board "but all of these stars started at some point in time as pure hydrogen gas floating in space" Colan trailed off for a moment as a distant look filled his face. He snapped him self back and then continued "now all that gas was just useless until the power of gravity took over, it caused the hydrogen to compress in on it's self, tighter and tighter, hotter and hotter, until a star burst forth from the reaction, but that is just the beginning" once more he wiped the board clean, the simple marks and circles were replaced by a cross section of a star.
"a star cut open, different layers substances and so on all held together by gravity, that huge force that binds everything to everything else it makes stars and destroys them, but from the death of one comes the release of another, new stars can be born and bound things set free by the beautiful act of death, though sometimes violent and destructive truly a wonder to witness" most of Colan's fan club were spellbound by his lesson. "it is from death that all this was formed, all the elements that make up this planed and every planet in the universe came from the death of stars else where, our sun it's self may even have gotten it's start in life from the death of another star" Colan looked across the silent room and smirked again "so today were going to talk about what happens between birth, death and rebirth in the life cycle of the stars, they are what make the universe and that which destroy it". Sam commed Bee and said "since when has this guy ever given a lecture like this, I mean he's actually teaching instead of flirting with every girl in the room" for a few seconds Sam only received silence form Bumblebee as he was as surprised Sam. Finally Bee commed back and said "yeh I just went over the last class and the ones you told me about and he has really made an improvement in his teaching style, but he's still an ass when it comes to everything else". Sam grinned and commed back "well you can't ask for two miracles in one day bee, at least he's finally doing a good job for a change".
The lesson lasted until around five minutes before eleven, Colan looked at the clock and said "all right everyone class is over for today, I want you all to head back and think on what you've learned here because the next time we meet I'm going to be asking questions this subject, now every one but mr witwicky is free until their next class" Colan grinned at Sam and Sam felt a strong feeling of dread fill him. The other students left their seats and the class room but Bumblebee remained seated as he waited for Colan to get to what ever business he had with Sam. Colan put some papers away in his case and said "you as well mr bombus" Bee got up as is if to leave but instead sat back down next to Sam and replied "when sam goes I go and not before". Colan looked at him and grimaced for a second, he looked Bumblebee's Avatar over then smirked again "very well, if that's what you want mr bombus, but just remember I gave you the option of leaving" there was something about the tone of Colans voice that got to Sam more than the words. Every time Colan spoke or or moved Sam was torn between running out of the room and ripping the guys head off in full-blown combat, it was very unsettling to the young Autobot to have these thoughts about a human.
The minute hand made it's way to twelve as the hour hand reached eleven, Colan watched the clock his smile creeping Sam out more and more with every passing second "the appointed hour, at long last" said Colan "mr witwicky, mr bombus please come down here I have something to tell you both in private". Both Sam and Bumblebee headed down towards Colan but as they reached the half way point the scanners on their alt forms registered a strong energon source heading towards them at high speed. For a brief second their attention was drawn away from the class room and to the outside world where a police cruiser was racing it's way across campus with little regard for anyone in it's path. Instantly Sam recognized that the car was the vehicle mode of Barricade and he was the source of the energon, something inside Sam started screaming that this was more than it seemed and that he should not loose his focus on the rest of his surroundings. In an instant the cruiser transformed into robot mode and the frightening face that had demanded information from he years ago was exposed for all the world to see. But things were different from the last time, this time Barricade would not be able to tower over him and toss him around like he was some kind of toy, this time Sam would be able to fight him head on along side Bumblebee and Barricade was not going to get away.
Almost a second after Barricade had transformed Bumblebee had started to transform into robot mode and now Sam was right behind him. At first everything was fine but as Sam finished transforming he found that receiving two sets of data, one from his Avatar and one from his robot form, was very confusing and hard to process both Sam's main form and his Avatar stumbled and had trouble keeping balance. In an instant Bumblebee commed him and transmitted data on how manage the two forms like this, it took Sam a few more seconds to get everything balanced and reset so that he could handle both forms in combat. But in that time Barricade did nothing, he kept out side of close weapons range and looked ready to run more than fight, once Sam was stable he commed Bee and said "thanks bee, why hasn't he attacked yet, what's he waiting for?" "I don't know Sam it's like he waiting for us to make the first move, that's not normal even for him" replied Bee. Both Sam and Bumblebee nodded at each other and activated their face armor and weapons systems as they advanced on Barricade, at that moment the Decepticon deployed his own weapons and rushed Bumblebee head on.
Back in the class room Both Avatars seemed frozen for a second, then Sam's Avatar said "we really have to go now professor we'll talk later" "you want to go help you autobot friends do you, well you can't and they cant help you either, not while Barricade is keeping them busy" Colan had a cool calm tone to his voice that made him sound even more dangerous than Barricade. "what did you just say?" asked Bumblebee's Avatar as he moved closer to Sam's "you heard me human, neither of you have any idea how glad I am that all this is almost over, I had to watch this colan of yours for days before I replaced him, do you have any idea how disgusting this form is, how imitating this thing made me want to offline my self, the only moment of joy I've had so far was the look on the face of this human" the Deception gestured to him self as he spoke "when I tore him apart when he was no longer needed and now because your here mr bombus I get to do it twice more and you get to watch witwicky" the final words spoken took an a shrill metallic tone as the infiltrator shed his human form. Skin split apart to reveal shiny cybertronian metal as the Colan disguise vanished the Decepticon returned to his full height of seven feet, his metal form became thin and skeletal while his face transformed to resemble that of Frenzy the small Decepticon that had attacked Sam along with Barricade.
The Decepticon leered at Bumblebee's Avatar "do you regret not running away now fleshling, is your mate worth your life, if you want I will spare you, all you have to do is tell your mate that you no longer love him and you are free to go" Hack pointed at Sam as he spoke. The twisted Decepticon wanted Sam to suffer as much as possible before he killed him, but little did he know that neither form before him wasn't human. Both Avatars were frozen to the spot, but it was not out of fear, their main forms were fighting to keep Barricade away from any people around campus. After seeing the Decepticon transform most people had run for cover but that did not stop Barricade from hunting them down where ever had taken refuge. It was taking every bit of skill that both Sam and Bee possessed to stop him from hurting one innocent bystander after another; as Barricade made a grab for a screaming girl Sam finally managed to tackle him to the ground and do some damage that slowed him down enough for Bumblebee to help corner him.
Like the wounded animal he was Barricade lashed out in a fury that caught Sam off guard, the large flail like weapon that the Decepticon favored in close combat caught Sam in the face armor and sent him reeling backward with a lot of force. In an instant Bumblebee responded with a flurry of shots at Barricades spark chamber but the Decepticon managed to dodge most of the blasts and made a move to attack Bee. Barricade managed to wrap the chain of his weapon around Bumblebee's leg and pulled the scout to the floor in a single move, before Bee could manage to regain his footing Barricade was on him ready to drive his fist into Bumblebee's spark chamber. The Decepticon pulled his fist back as far as he could to gain the maximum amount of force possible and for a moment Bumblebee thought that he was finished, then in a split second a white hot whip flew through the air and wrapped it's self around Barricades forearm. For what seemed like forever the Decepticon screamed as the the whip tore his arm apart, metal and energon flew through air almost in slow motion as Barricade lost his arm and is hold on Bumblebee. Bee watched as Barricade was dragged off him by the force of the attack, before the Decepticon could act there was a blur of movement and Sam finished the job by slicing Barricade in two right across the Decepticons spark chamber.
One last howl filled the air as Barricades optics flickered out and he fell to the ground as pieces of life less metal "not today decepticon, not ever" said Sam as he stood over the sparkless shell of the fallen Decepticon. Sam turned round and retracted his snake sword back into it's sword form, this too retracted as Sam held out his hand to Bee. Bumblebee grasped his lovers outstretched hand and Sam pulled the scout to his feet "are you ok bee?" asked Sam his voice full of worry "I'm fine sam just a few light dents and scratches here and there" Bumblebee placed one hand across Sam's face armor as he spoke "are you all-right, he caught you hard on the face?". Sam smiled beneath his face shield and pulled Bumblebee into a hug now that he knew his lover was safe "I'm fine bee, I only have the smallest of scratches here and there" answered Sam as he let go of Bee so that he could take care of the last Decepticon on campus.
