Chapter 8
That night Sam returned late to her house after recovering her phone. Opening the door slowly to see no one there.
"They must have been worried sick about me" Sam thought hanging up her shoulder bag.
Sam went in to the kitchen but again no one was there. Suddenly her eyes turned red and a holographic projection came up in front of her. Sam was careful but she could clearly see that she was being shown a layout of her home. When she looked up to where her room was there was a strange orange dot flashing. Sam kind of got the idea of what was going on but before she could do anything the projection faded and her eyes returned to their sparkling blue colour.
Samantha pulled out her phone and dialled Poppies number hoping she would answer quickly.
"Hey poppy sorry it's late but I need to as a favour of you?"
From the other side of the phone Poppy new she was going to have to do something to save her best friends skin. So she just tiredly replied
"What is it Sam"
"I'm kinda in a tight spot, I didn't come home last night and all of today until now" whispered Sam
Listening intently poppy braced herself for the catch coming up
"If Jeeves or Emily ask can I say I was round yours?"
But now Poppy had so many questions for Sam but she could ask them later.
"Fine, But I'm coming over tomorrow and I wanna know the whole story okay. Night Sammy"
Ending the call with a smile Sam walked up the stairs to her room carefully not wanting to startle anyone that was in the house. Turning left at the top she could hear someone chatting in her room so she edged nearer to the door and opened it.
"Miss Samantha we have been ever so worried about you" shouted Emily
After hugging Sam in fright she quickly returned her attention back to the phone.
"Don't worry Jeeves Sam's here now, you can come home"
Now Emily looked mad an expression Sam has never seen on her face.
"I was round Poppies, did you think to check there?" asked Sam as she wondered over to her bed
Emily just shook her head in response to the question and left the room so Sam could sleep. She felt stupid that she never called poppies place to see if Sam was there.
The next morning Sam woke up late. It was about 10:52 and she could hear voices coming up the stairs. Somehow Sam got the feeling one of them was Poppy. Pushing the covers back and climbing out of bed Sam was about to get dressed but saw something glowing in the mirror. Edging towards it she saw herself glowing. It was like the golden glow you get if you find treasure in fairy tales. Sam's door began to creek as it opened, Looking around she didn't know what to do. Sam couldn't let Poppy or Emily see her like this, grabbing her dressing gown that was hung over the foot of the bed, Sam wrapped it round her and jumped on her bed.
"Miss Samantha" called Emily as she walked into the room to see a big lump under the bed covers.
"It's time to get up Miss, you have a visitor"
Now Emily pulled back the big curtains to reveal a bright and beautiful day. But Sam thought that the glow she was giving off was brighter than that. Once Emily left Sam felt Poppy sit in her bed.
"So you going to tell me what happened yesterday and why I had to save your sorry butt?" asked Poppy
"I'm sorry Poppy but I can't say I'd like to but I just can't" murmured Sam
She felt bad for Poppy as they shared everything with each other but now it seemed like they didn't. Poppy just looked down at the carpet disappointed but she understood seeing as she has something she wishes to tell Sam but her Father forbids it as it would cause lots of arguments.
"Okay, well I just came by to see you on my way to the shops" explained Poppy
"I understand you know, something's are best left a secret than out in the open"
Poppy walked towards the door hoping her best friend would say something
"Sorry" came a voice
Poppy smiled as she left the room closing the door behind her and making her way down the hall and down the stairs towards the front door. Samantha uncovered herself to see she was no longer glowing so she slowly walked to her en-suit bathroom to take a shower. A couple of minutes later Samantha walked out of the bathroom in a baby blue robe and a rose towel wrapped around her head to keep her hair in, she sat on a stool next to her dressing table with the hairdryer out until she heard her phone ringing. Running over to it on her bedside table it was flashing with the Autobot insignia on it.
"Hello" answered Sam
She listened carefully to the sound of Scattershot's voice
"Can't I come by later for the practice I'm a bit busy today… I've got to attend a grand opening of my mum's new cook book to go to then I have to the other side of town to collect another Oscar my dad has won then tonight I'm attending an award ceremony with my mum." Explained Sam
She knew that she was supposed to go see the Autobots for a check-up and power practice but Sam couldn't cancel her schedule because that would mean that she would be letting her parents down, especially as that night Sam was going to see her mum.
"I'm really sorry scattershot but I can't turn down any of these, I'll try and come this afternoon but I'm not making any promises… okay bye"
Sam just turned on the hairdryer and began to dry her hair, she felt sorry for her friends but they're not human so they won't understand want she has to do not to mention they don't even know about her parents.
After her breakfast Sam grabbed her shoulder bag and called Jeeves
"Jeeves come on we've gotta go"
Walking down the stairs elegantly Jeeves nodded in response and opened the door for Sam as they both left and drove off in his car. I didn't take long to get to the book shop in the middle of town as there was plenty of security for Sam just in case someone was going to charge at her or something. Once she got there Sam shook hands with the mayor and many more important people while drinking orange juice and talking to them about her parents.
All the while Sam couldn't help but think from time to time about her robotic friends and how she turned them down. Her plans weren't really boring for her as Sam enjoyed talking to famous people as she knew them well from many other occasions, after her lifelong chat Jeeves came over and placed his hand on Sam's shoulder.
"Miss Samantha, sorry to interrupt but your father's Oscar has arrived at the private shop on the other side of town. Shall we quickly cut the ribbon and leave Miss?"
Sam didn't want to leave she was having some fun finding out what people around her have been doing. She hadn't even talked to Gordon Ramsey or Jamie Oliver yet.
"I don't suppose you could go get it Jeeves, I'll stay here."
He just looked at her in a concerned way but Sam knew the risk she was asking for. Sighing Sam just said
"Look all you have to do is tighten up the security around here and I'll be fine"
Jeeves then agreed to Sam's conditions he went over to the head of security before leaving. Sam just continued to talk to what she could presume was her 'famous' friends. Before she knew it Sam could see double or may be even triple the amount of security around her and the book, stopping the public and any press from coming through.
"They all can't be here to see me" whispered Sam before she carried on her conversation with James Martin and the mayor.
Half an hour later Sam cut the ribbon to her mum's new cook book and received a certificate for her mum. She felt so happy even though most of this was about her mum but she was around people that she trusted and liked, having fun. After that she Sam offered to sign her mum's books, and even though Sam hasn't done anything to become famous many people wanted her autograph. But of course Sam had to have at least three security guards behind her just in case.
"Happy cooking" she said to one of them
After a lot of books being signed Sam found herself having lunch with everyone that she was previously talking to in the shopping centre's food court. While eating her lunch Sam saw Jeeves come over holding one of her mother's books.
"Hi Jeeves, let me guess gift to Emily" said Sam looking at the book in his hand
"Actually no Miss, this is for you from your mother it was also in the private shop. The one I bought for Emily is in the car" explained Jeeves
Sam took the book from Jeeves and opened it to find a message from her mother, she read it out loud for everyone to hear.
"To my dearest Sam, I thought you would like this book even more if I wrote something inside for you especially seeing as you like to cook. I miss you very much and so does your father I will be visiting soon and that's a promise, hope you have been well and I'm looking forward to seeing you. Love Mum xx"
Everyone at the long table smiled at the message and carried on eating. Soon everyone was talking the Sam about her mum and cooking. It was 1:27pm and everyone was back at the book store letting some people take photos. A couple were taken with Sam in them before she had to leave. As security guards showed the way out for Sam many people started following down to the exit. Once Sam was outside Sam saw on the other side of the square in town centre was yellow Camaro parked up.
"Bumblebee" Sam murmured as she walked down some steps to the car
As Jeeves drove the car off he had no idea of where he was going.
"Where now Miss Samantha the ceremony isn't until tonight" asked Jeeves
Sam didn't really know what to do now until she remembered that she said to scattershot that she would try and come to the base.
"Let's just go home for now" said Sam
Sam didn't really know what else to say if she said to drop her off at the woods then he would get suspicious. When they arrived Sam placed the certificate and Oscar in to a cabinet that had all her parents' awards in them. Then she ran up to her room and closed her door, she needed to find a way of going to the woods without Emily or Jeeves finding out. Looking out of her window Sam saw bumblebee parked up on the road.
"Hey Bee" called Sam
The car just flashed his head lights to reply. But then Sam had an idea. She turned around and concentrated really hard Sam thought about what she wanted to happen. Within 2minutes of trying the holographic projection appeared through her eyes again but this time there was two orange dots, one yellow and one blue. The blue was bee, the yellow was her and the orange must be Jeeves and Emily. Sam studied it carefully and saw that neither Jeeves nor Emily was near a window that faced the front of the house. So Sam ran to the window again.
"Hey Bee, do ya think you can get me down from here so we can go to base?"
Bee's response was a strange radio noise which Sam guessed that he was confused on how.
"Transform, you don't have to worry Jeeves and Emily won't see you and the trees will get in the way for everyone else if you do it quickly" suggested Sam
"Okay then" came a reply
Sam opened her window wide. Bumblebee transformed in to a robot and held out his hand to Sam, she tried to climb on but with one arm in a cast it was pretty hard then, Once saw was on she lowered the window so she could get back in later when she heard a knock on the door.
"Miss Samantha, would you like a snack" asked Emily
Sam need to say something so neither of the two would come up to her room while she wasn't there.
"No thanks Emily, I…..I'm just …going to do my homework and study until the ceremony" Sam replied
"Okay I'll come up with some cookies in an hour, you need something before you go"
With that said bee transformed with Sam in his hand and drove off towards the base.
"How was your busy schedule?" bee asked
Sam smiled and said "It was fine I made Jeeves go to the other side of town and mum left me a message saying she would visit me soon"
Bee just gave a confused noise. He didn't know anything about his human friend's parents so he started to wonder why she was so excited about her mum visiting.
They arrived at the base and bee walked in to the control room with Sam in his hands.
"Hey Sam, you managed to come then" said scattershot
Bee put Sam in the medal bay on the bed while Scattershot called Red Alert to the med bay. Bumblebee went to refill his energon so Sam was stuck with Scattershot for a bit.
"Where is everyone Scattershot?"
Scattershot came in to the med bay and stood next to the bed where Sam sat.
"Optimus went out on patrol, hot shot, Red Alert and Wing Saber have been preparing the room you will practice your powers in"
Sam now looked confused, how much damage do they think she will make. Scattershot saw this and explained it more.
"The All spark has a lot of energy inside of it and a small thing like you might not be able to control it as much as we thought, meaning you could damage everything around you may be even yourself"
Sam looked at Scattershot with dim face. She understood everything but didn't like what he said about being small. Just then Red Alert came in.
"Hey Sam, how you doing?" he asked
He raised his arm and scanned Sam making sure everything was fine.
"Okay everything looks good arm is healing, All Spark is fine"
Sam was happy her arm would be fixed soon and she would be able to use her powers.
"Great, but I did have some difficulty last night and this morning with the all spark" explained Sam
Sam didn't stop to answer questions she just continued telling her story.
"The projection you saw was showing you where people were as you said it showed an orange dot in your room where Emily was" said Scattershot
Red Alert and Sam just nodded
"The glowing from this morning must be the All Spark getting used to having a host body"
By the time everyone understood what was going on they were in the practicing room. Sam saw everything from crash mats to platforms to decepticon cut outs with targets on them. Sam smiled at the sight of everyone wanting her to be safe.
"Sam can you show us the holographic projection, we want to test it and your ability to navigate" asked Red Alert
Just then Bumblebee entered the room.
"Bee, Hot shot and wing saber go hide somewhere in the base and Sam will try and find you" ordered Red Alert
They all nodded and ran off.
"Kids games I thought we were protecting Sam not playing with her" laughed Wing saber
After 2 minutes Red Alert allowed Sam to start seeking the three missing bots. The projection came up and showed three blue dots spaced put around the base, Sam saw the nearest one and left the room in search.
Red Alert followed behind her scanning her once every so often to keep an eye on the all spark and how it uses Sam. Scattershot went to get energon for Sam and himself. So Sam was shown were the energon was kept so she knew who she was looking for.
After lots of left and right turns and down never ending corridors Sam came close to one of them. The showed a Cybertronian life form at the next right, but when Sam was there she came across a big door. Sam didn't know what to do but her eyes suddenly turned red as she placed her hand on the door. After a couple of seconds the door opened and inside was bumblebee.
"Found you bee" shouted Sam
"Your powers are growing" he said before walking off
Looking back at the projection the blue dot that was bee moved away from her but as she watched it stop in the control room she saw that is said 'bee' on it. Red Alert saw this but edged Sam to move on.
It only took a matter of seconds before Sam found Hotshot in what looked like a broom cupboard. But again Sam saw his dot move off and when it stopped she read his name on it. After 5 minutes Sam was closing in on Wing Sabers blue dot, it was just up ahead. Running towards it Sam felt something on her feet. It felt weird like gravity was no more but she wasn't paying attention.