Hey everyone can I just say that you are all very lucky ;) My computer went wack this last week and I almost had to completely wipe it, but after lots of patience, virus scans, and manually going through folders I saved it, and saved this chapter! So here it is : ) and btw if anyone has any secret hints about how to get my formatting to not be so squashed when I upload my chapters to FF it would be much appreciated, I've been trying but I seem to be missing something!

The car ride was full of excited conversation and epiphany's, but Bia didn't pay attention to any of it. Sam had deduced where to find the daggers tip and the caravan had left shortly after. Bumblebee had woken Bia regretfully when he saw Sam and the others heading towards them. She had only been asleep two hours and was very discombobulated, he was however grateful that he was finally able to move his hand, and it had started to cramp from being so still in such an odd position. They didn't say anything to each other when she finally came to, a silent understanding had passed and Bee was just glad she gave him a small smile.

Sam had remained mostly oblivious , or so they thought. After he had woken up Simmons and Leo he went to alert her, only to find her missing from her makeshift bed. With a few quick deductions he wasn't surprised to spot her small form next to Bee and allowed the two their space. Even from a distance he could tell she was crying, and oddly enough he was relieved. Ever since they were little Bia had worn her heart on her sleeve, she was never ashamed of crying claiming that it was natural and helped one feel better. He had begun to worry about her mental state with the lack of tears.
~"Aunt Judy! Sam's drownding the ants! Make him stop!" 4 Year old Bia cried, while hanging onto Judy Witwickey's skirt. Sam followed in shortly after, super soaker in hand, yelling that she was lying. Judy firmly planted her hands on her hips and gave that motherly glare that sent Sam running.
"Samuel Witwickey leave those poor ants alone!" She chastised. Sam pouted.
"But mommmmm"
"No Buts!" Sam turned to Bia stuck out his tongue "Thanks a lot you big cry baby!" Bia stuck her tongue out in return.
"There is nothing wrong with crying! My mom says it makes you feel better!"~

~Bia sat crying as she held her scuffed knee. Sam had tried teaching her to ride his big kid bike, but within a few quick seconds she had toppled, unable to balance without her training wheels. Sam bent down to inspect her injured knee and rolled his eyes when he saw it. There was a little gravel still stuck to her knee with a few droplets of blood peeking out, but all in all it was just a skinned knee.
"Bia, its ok, its just a scrape" she shook her head, hot tears dripping down her face.
"I-I-I-It hurrrts" She moaned, rocking back and forth. Sam stood up then and ran into the house, quickly returning to her side, bandage in hand. He brushed the loose bits of gravel off from her knee before sticking the bandage to her knee. It only covered about half of the scrape, but already Bia's tears had slowed and she began to breath normally again.
"There all better, no more crying" Bia sniffled again, wiping her runny nose on her pink, flowered sleeve.
"Mommy always kisses it better." Sam rolled his eyes.
"I'm not kissing your knee!" At that tears began to form in the corners of her eyes and her lower lip began to tremble. So, swallowing his pride Sam bent forward before placing a quick peck on the bandaged knee and pulled back with a scowl.
"There, happy?" Bia smiled, all trace of tears vanished.
"Thank you Sammy!"~

Sam smiled fondly at the memories, sure she had gotten taller, her hair longer, and she herself had grown older, but the little girl who forced him into kissing her owies with crocodile tears still resided in that grown up body. He watched his best friend console his cousin and was glad. Sam never had much patience when it came to coddling Bia, but Bee was always there to listen to him, and now he was there for her. She needed him, like Sam once did. Mikaela sat down next to him, following his gaze and sighed.
"Should we go see if she's ok?" She asked, but Sam shook his head.
"Nah, Bee's got it." She cocked a brow at his judgment but trusted him to know what his cousin needed. They sat in silence, watching the odd couple below, catching bits and pieces of Bia's turmoil whenever her voice rose.
"You two are so much alike" that caught Sam's attention. He turned to look at his girlfriend confused.
"You carry the weight of the world on your shoulders" She finished looking to him with a smile. Same smiled back, until Mikaela let out a short remark that sent him cringing. "But at least Bia can express her feelings!"
"You won't say it either; I don't see how I'm the bad guy!" Sam shot back.
"Oh come on Sam!" and thus the two fell into another argument over those three little words.
Now as they drove through the desert, Sam would occasionally throw a glance in the rearview mirror to check up on his cousin, noting that every time he looked a soft smile sat on her face.
"This is huge!" Bia breathed, craning her neck to look at the large structure before them. Sam was the first to pull himself up over the ledge before turning to help everyone else up. Bia looked distastefully at Sam's extended hand, not trusting her ribs to allow her to be pulled up onto the large ledge. So instead she turned to Bee who stood next to her, looking up at the structure and with a gentle tap on his leg, got his attention.
"Would you mind…" She motioned to the ledge and Bumblebee quickly caught on and bent down, offering her his hand which she climbed on. When he lifted away from the ground a small flurry of butterflies erupted in her stomach but she quickly quelled them by grabbing onto Bees thumb, even though she knew he wouldn't let her fall old habits die hard. When he finally set his hand back down she hopped off and patted his thumb with a "Thank you".
"So where is this thing?" She asked looking around at the space before her. Four bare walls with dust and sand covering every nook and cranny. There was no great artifact, no semblance of ancient aliens other than the ones standing in it that came with the humans.
"Hey bro , did it ever occur to that, I dunno archeologists already got here and took anything worth taking?" Leo cried out causing Bia to roll her eyes. This kid was annoying.
"No, it's here it's gotta be here. It's here" Sam chanted, looking up and down the walls for some unseen switch or button that would lead them to their treasure.
"Why, because were trusting grandpa Blackbeard who didn't even know what planet he was on! There is nothing here!" it was at that point Simmons decided to step in, spewing useless monologues about rainbows and leprechauns stealing your gold.
"Alright boys, let's just cool it" Bia tried, stepping between the two when the tension got too great. But then she let out an indigent cry when the two began to slap at each other over her. "Hey!" she cried out trying to push them apart. She let out a frustrated scream when a stray slap caught her nose and turned, placing both hands on Leos chest she shoved as hard as she could sending the stray boy tumbling, and not a moment too soon as a set of brawling bots rolled through where he once stood. She scrambled away from Mudflap and Skids as they threw 'your momma' taunts back and forth all the while throwing each other this way and that.
"Bee!" Sam called out as he ducked to avoid being smashed by Skids flying form. Bumblebee grabbed up the two brawling bots, smashing them together before tossing them out into the desert, mimicking a scolding motion. Bia huffed, blowing a stray hair out of her face and crossing her arms
"Boys" she scowled, bee copied her motion, shaking her head and letting out a sound that sounded like 'boys' causing her to crack a smile. The two were broken out of the joke when Sam called Bee over.
The two hurried over next to Mikaela and Sam, who were peering into a whole that had been created by the brawling brothers.
"hey Bee can you make this bigger?" Bia asked over her shoulder, still trying to peer into the gap between the stone. Sam answered for him when he pulled Bia away from the wall just before a plasma blast broke the wall open large enough for the teens to be able to walk in with very little crouching.
A small room sat inside the wall and Bia shuddered as she looked around, body parts and faces of cold dead robots stared back at her, and she was suddenly very conscious of where she stepped-not wanting to walk all over one of their faces. She trailed behind Sam and Mikaela who were crouched in front of a small metal contraption. It seemed to radiate a sense of energy, that drew Bia to lean in to get a better look. Thin pieces of metal created a twisting cage around an orb that glowed a soft blue.
"Is that it?" Bia asked, her eyes never once leaving the object that sat upon a pedestal of body parts. Sam didn't answer only reached out with trembling hands to take hold of the matrix. That idea was short lived however, as it crumbled to dust in his grasp leaving Sam slack-jawed and wild-eyed. "Well that's not good" was all Bia could say as she stared at the pile of dust that coated the floor.

No Q and A this chapter, haha already late posting because of computer problems. Please still let me know what you want to see, what you liked/didn't like etc.