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also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)
Hi and thanks for the wait, I hit a block when writing this chapter and it took me three rewrites and a complete start from scratch so that I could get this sorted, again thanks for the wait
Sam slowly stirred from stasis as the first rays of morning brushed across his face. The pleasant warmth that was next to him could only belong to Bumblebee and Sam was not about to cause his bonded to move for any reason. Slowly Sam reached out searching for the blanket so that he could pull it higher over them in hopes of keeping the day away for a few more moments. But his hand only grasped hold of thin air and Sam was left confused for several seconds before he realized that both he and Bumblebee were in their robot forms. The young Prime started to wonder when the line between his robot and Avatar forms had started to blur to the point that he could not instantly tell which he was viewing the world through. It should have been easy to tell without thought but it wasn't, it had taken seconds to and some frantic grasping to work out the simple fact that he was at present a huge metal robot. The more Sam tried to work it out the more another force stopped him, this force was the contentment that he currently felt as Bee shifted against him. Eventually Sam decided that he should give in to the warm comfortable feeling and put any confusing thoughts out of his mind until he was not enjoying the feeling of Bumblebee's body pressed so close to his own.
The minutes gradually started to pass faster and faster and Sam found him self wishing that time would slow down again so that he could enjoy every passing second as if it was a day all to it's self. But time would no wait for him nor could he slow it down even a little and soon Bumblebee was string from stasis. Sam hoped that Bee would just drift in and out of stasis for a few seconds then return to lying next to him for as long as possible. What he got was even better, Bee awoke and pulled him self on top of Sam as he buried his face into Sam's midsection like he had so many times when they were at college. With a slight scraping of metal Sam felt Bee wrap his arms round him as he lay there pressed close to his body, "you know that we don't have class any more, that means we can lay like this all day long if we want to" said Sam as he stroked the warm metal of Bumblebee's head. A small nod was his answer as he felt warmth flow through their bond, the feeling and movement caused Sam to let out a small laugh and he continued stroking. The room fell into a comfortable silence for a few minutes as the two Autobots continued to share the deep joy created by the simple action of touch. Gently Bee broke the silence when he asked "sam do you ever wonder what would have happened if I'd had been born human?". The question should have surprised Sam greatly but it didn't, the bonding had given them such deep understanding of each other that Sam just accepted it and contemplated his answer. For a few minutes Sam tried to imagine what his life would have been like if Bee had been born human, would there have been such a close bond between them, could there have been.
A picture formed in the young Primes mind, a picture in which he was fully human and had never met the autobots. This new world had never encountered the Autobots at any point in it's past and would never encounter them at any point in it's future. Sam saw himself at college not freaking out, not clashing with the Dean or anyone else. He pictured that life, the life he had been planning for so many years a life where he would be the first Witwicky to go to college and graduate with enough skills to get a high class job. This world then changed slightly as Sam pictured the blond form of Bumblebee's Avatar stepping out of a new Camaro. Though he wasn't an Avatar he was fully human and the car was just a car like all the others round it. The blond boy took a huge pile of books from the passenger seat and stumbled under it's weight spilling the books all over the ground. It was at this point that Sam lost any conscious control over this imagined world and events started playing out on their own. The alternate Sam shook his head and said "you always try to carry to much" before he went to the aid of the alternate Ben who was trying to gather up as many books as possible. His alternate version helped the alternate Ben pick up all the scattered books before saying "I was wondering where you got to we have class with that ass in five minutes". The alternate Ben flashed a smile that should have only belonged to his Bumblebee and replied "you know how I like to make a last second dash". His imagined counterpart collected half the books into a pile and lifted them into his arms as he stood up, "you should be more careful" said the alternate Sam "you could hurt your self". His human counterpart stroked some of the soft blond hair with his free hand before tracing a finger along the jaw of the alternate Ben.
"it wouldn't be that bad" said the blond teen "and I'm sure that you'd enjoy having me in a bed all day long" with a wink. Sam's alternate suppressed a small laugh as he replied "yeh but we wouldn't be able to do anything then you knuckle head". Both laughed for a second before remembering that they had a class to get to in less than five minutes. Part of Sam wanted to see how things played out in this alternate world but a feeling that had been tugging at his spark for a few minutes pulled him from the view of that world and back to reality where he found Bumblebee's bright blue optics looking into his own frightened at what answer had taken him so long. Sam reached out and stroked Bee's face in the same way his imagined counterpart had stroked the human Ben's, from the reaction he got Sam guessed that even in that imagined world some part of Bumblebee mush have had some influence. The young Prime smiled at his bonded and said "you know I can't even imagine a world with out you, I tried to picture my self meeting you as a human for the first time but all I could come up with was a picture of us already together and happy". Bee reached out a mirrored Sam's movements as he asked with a slight air of mirth "so you skip past the awkward meeting and get straight to the good stuff ?". Sam laughed lightly which caused them both to shake as he replied "I can't imagine it not being good with you my little bumblebee" before pulling Bee into their form of a kiss.
After a few minutes of contact that allowed small arc's of energy to pass between them they broke apart as Bee returned to resting his head on Sam's midsection while hugging tightly at his bonded. Sam wished that they could spend more days like this just the two of them far away from everything and everyone but he knew that beyond the walls of their quarters Autobot city and his new life as one of the last two Primes left was waiting for him. And just as this thought had settled in his mind an incoming com from Optimus joined it. "sam I trust that I didn't wake you from stasis?" asked Optimus over the com, "no we're both awake" replied Sam as he started to stroke Bee's head once more. "good then I would like to speak to you about the possibility of a mission for your self and the bots under your command" the formal tone in Optimus voice told Sam that there was a little more to this than he had said. After a few seconds Sam asked "so what this mission about?", "it's a re-con mission of sorts but I can't say more over an open link" replied Optimus. Again Sam got the feeling that there was something going on, something more than Optimus was saying, more than his tone was implying. Sam knew that this was the moment that he had been dreading it was time for him to take a more active role as a Prime and he suspected that Optimus was trying to soften the blow for him. "I'll com apache and tell him to meet us outside the security office then we'll all head into the command center so we can talk about this" commed Sam as he looked at his bonded who was still holding on to him tightly while resting his head on Sam like he was a giant pillow.
It took all the strength Sam had to make him self get up, he had wanted to stay there with Bee for the rest of the day if not the rest of his life. But once he sent the message to Apache he had to get up and get moving so that he could arrive in time to meet the aerial Autobot. Both Sam and Bumblebee had the feeling that if either of them were late Apache would come looking for them disrupting what ever they were doing in the process. As they drove through the city Sam took note of how many more buildings were finished and of how many floors the twins would now have to clean as part of their punishment. There were a lot of things that Sam was expecting to see as he passed by building after building but what he hadn't expected was the white sheet that blew across his path. Both Autobots slammed on their brakes as an unfamiliar woman gave chase after it her hair still in curlers. After about a second she came running back waving at their Avatars and saying "sorry" with out stopping. They watched as she disappeared into one of the buildings then reappeared a few minutes later on a balcony a few floors up the sheet firmly grasped in her hands. It was almost hypnotic watching her struggle with the massive piece of cloth as she clipped it back on to the clothes line in had been drying on before dashing back inside to the sound of some kind of daytime soap opera that was apparently now leaving it's commercial break. Sam looked at the balcony as the washing whipped around in the wind threatening to leave it's clothes line once again and said "man how long were out for".
Since Bee had no real answer for this he just shrugged on his shock's and the two continued on their way through the city. Soon the Security Office loomed before them and and Sam searched for Apache who he suspected would be waiting by the front doors for him. As usual the aerial Autobot had done as expected and both Bumblebee and Sam found him waiting by the main entrance for them. As Soon as Sam drew close Apache saluted him and said "good morning sir" in his usual respectful tone. "morning apache" replied Sam before he added "how are you, are all you systems ready and repaired?". Apache nodded at his commanding officer and said "all systems fully functional and ready for combat sir" Sam felt Bee's repressed laughter through their link. The Autobot scout still found Sam's reaction at being an authority figure very amusing and judging by what was flowing through their connection very cute. Sam fought as hard as he could not to join his bonded in silent laughter even if it was a little at his expense.
Sam transformed and said "go on ahead apache we'll join you in a second", as Apache headed into the building Bumblebee transformed and tried to ask why Sam had waited outside the building. Bee never got to ask his question as Sam pulled him into their robot version of a kiss before saying "if you keep sending feelings on how cute I look when I'm faced with someone calling me sir I may just jump you on the spot and make sure you salute me" Sam gave Bee a seductive grin as he said the word "salute" that almost had the scout ready to say "take me now". The two lingered for a moment before they walked inside to find Apache and Ironhide waiting for them. "you three had better get moving you have a long way to go before you reach the command center and apache can't fly down there" said Ironhide as he headed off into the building. How had Sam been so stupid as to forget that Apache wouldn't be able to move as freely as himself and Bee when they were in the tunnel that connected the command centre to the rest of the city. Sam scratched the back of his head nervously before saying "it looks like we have a good run before us think your both up to it?", Sam knew that if Bumblebee's face had the ability to show it he would have been grinning at the thought of running in his robot form for reasons other than avoiding incoming fire. Apache on the other hand didn't look to thrilled at the idea "I'll do my best sir but I wasn't exactly built for covering large distances at high speed" said Apache as he looked down at his thin legs. Sam followed his gaze then said "well just go at your best speed and we'll match it so we get there together", the young Prime smiled at Apache hoping that he wasn't making some kind of huge mistake in all this.
The platform lowered the three Autobots into the network of tunnels that connected the Command Center to the rest of Autobot city. Sam still marveled at the work and complexity that had been built into the structure, it's design created to keep any intruders from reaching the heart of the city and gaining control of it's vital systems was possibly the most complex on earth. "so apache have you been to the command centre before or is this your first time?" asked Sam as he recalled the route, "no this is my first time here sir and to be honest I've never been to comfortable in going into these underground centers I like having the open sky above me" replied Apache. Sam smiled at the ever so slightly relaxed attitude that Apache was now using and said "well if I can keep you out of here in future then I will but I though that you should hear about our first mission from optimus in person". Apache looked at the ceiling then said "well the sooner we get this over with the sooner I can leave" the aerial Autobot covered his vocal unit as he realized that he had probably spoken out of turn. Sam shook his head and said "first don't hold back when you have to say something, second if you really don't like it that much down here then get you tail rotor out of here and we'll fill you in when were finished here". Apache looked stunned for a second then nodded at Sam as he said "thank you" before bolting for the platform that would take him back to surface level.
