Chapter 11- Caught.
"Sam what are you doing in there?".
"We can hear voices".
Sam shared a stressed look with Mikaela, before crossing back to the window where he was almost blinded by the bright light that Ratchet was shining into his room, "Okay. Okay, you need to tell him to switch it off". Sam then spun round as he heard his parents knocking on his bedroom door, and as he heard his dad begin to count, he shared one last pleading look with Optimus, before turning to Mikaela, "You need to hide too". Mikaela looked back at Sam, "Where?"
"I don't know but Dad's almost to three, and I only have til he gets to one". Mikaela heard the plea in Sam's voice, and quickly gave him a hug which he returned gratefully before hurrying across the room to hide half under his desk, hoping the darkness would keep her hidden. Sam threw her a grateful look, before crossing to his door and opening it, "Hey whats up, whats with all the shouting? And whats with the bat?"
"We heard you talking to someone". Sam looked at his dad, "I'm talking to you". Mikaela was unable to hear his fathers response, but she chuckled quietly as she heard his mom questioning him why he was so dirty and sweaty, 'You wouldn't believe him if he told you' she thought to herself.
She then heard the door bang open and as she heard Sams dad enter the room, she tried to push herself further under the desk. Breathing quietly, Mikaela listened as Sam tried desperately to get his parents back out of his room, and almost choked on her laughter as she heard Sam's horrified answer of no when his mom asked him if he'd been masturbating. Mikaela shook with her stifled laughter as she listened to Judy Witwicky, ignoring both the pleas of Sam and her husband to stop, carry on regardless, and she found herself thinking that it was quite clear where Sam got his scatty nature from. Mikaela then heard Sam's sharp intake of breath, and found herself doing the same as she watched the legs of Ron Witwicky walk towards the windows.
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Bumblebee heard Optimus's hurried order to move away from the windows when he'd sighted the senior earthling headed towards the window. Being the smallest, Bee was quickly able to hide himself under the roof that was by the front of the house, but as he looked over to the others, Bee smiled to himself as he saw they were finding it harder to hide. Optimus had to hide himself back against the house as a small flashlight beam almost shone into his eyes, however this caused the house to shake in protest once more. As Bee listened to the panicked shouts from inside the house, he found himself feeling a little sorry for Sam, and as he looked over at Ironhide, Bee definitely shared Sam's pain at the overbearing 'parent'. As Sam's dad actually leant out of the window, Bee chuckled as he watched Jazz duck down under the window just in time, and when Jazz heard Bee's chuckles, he just glared at Bee unable to voice his annoyance at Bee's amusement, however Jazz soon had cause to laugh at Bee as he almost got his doors tangled in the lights that hung down form the low roof.
As the Autobots listened to Sam's dad bemoaning the state of his yard, Ironhide's patience was finally wearing thin, "The parents are very irritating. Can I take them out?". As Optimus rebuked the weapons specialist, Bee also let out a stream of angry chirps, causing Ironhide to gaze over at the yellow bot with raised eyebrows, "Oh would you really youngling?". Bee chirped at Ironhide, the determination clear in his blue optics that yes he really would go through with his threat if as much as a hair was harmed on Sam's head. Ironhide gazed at Bee a second longer, and for once Bee refused to back down, and it was at that moment Ironhide realised that it wasn't only Sam that Bee was so willing to protect, the girl was just as important to his youngling. Retracting his cannons, Ironhide apologised to Optimus and also to Bumblebee who was still giving him a scorching look, "It's okay youngling, I was just getting impatient". As Bee chirped back at him, Ironhide chuckled, "Yeah, yeah. You aren't that brave yet".
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When they'd recovered from the 'aftershock', Ron and Judy soon returned to the questioning of their son. "But we heard voices". As Mikaela heard Sam's mom question him once more about the voices, she decided she couldn't let Sam take the flak alone any longer, and stood up from her hiding place, ignoring the look of panic on Sam's face as she did so, "Hi. Er, Sam was talking to me, school project and all'.
"Mikaela, well we haven't seen you since forever. Haven't you grown up to be a beauty?". Mikaela blushed embarrassedly, and the blush only intensified as she watched Ron awkwardly try to share a high five with Sam, before Judy poked him in the ribs, "She is gorgeous Sammy". Mikaela smiled as she heard Sam's mumble of "She's in the room Mom, she can hear you", before thanking Judy with a smile. Judy then gave an embarrassed laugh of her own, "Oh my goodness, I'm sorry you had to hear our little family discussion there..". Thinking it was almost like listening to Sam sometimes, Mikaela just laughed it off and was about to reply to Judy before Sam interrupted, "Mom have you seen my rucksack?".
Confused by Sam's sudden question, Judy looked at him puzzled, "You left it downstairs in the kitchen, why?". Without answering Sam rushed past her, finally seeing an end in sight to the glasses hunt. Mikaela however stayed a little longer, "It's okay he needed his rucksack for the school project we're working on. He's getting a little stressed over it". Judy shared a sympathetic look with Mikaela, "Sammy does tend to get a little stressy over things, I'm so glad he still has you to help him through". Mikaela smiled back at Judy, before flicking a quick sideways glance towards the window where she knew the Autobots were hiding, before answering, "Yeah he's got some great friends to look after him right now". Before Judy could grill Mikaela any further, Sam yelled from downstairs, "I've got them", and Mikaela sighed with relief as she headed towards the stairs, before sharing one last glance with Judy and a bemused Ron, "What can I say its a really important school project".
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"Optimus, we have a problem. I'm picking up several SUV's heading this way and I think the earthlings they contain mean trouble". Optimus shared a troubled look with Ratchet, who looked back at Optimus just as worriedly, "I think our arrival may have been noticed by more than just the boy". Optimus nodded slowly, "I was afraid of this. Autobots we need to fall back". Bumblebee spun round quickly to look at Optimus, a questioning chirp coming from his vocaliser as he heard the words 'fall back'. Optimus looked at his youngest soldier, "Bumblebee, we must leave. Our arrival has been noticed and it will not end well if we are found here". Bee looked at Optimus, his thoughts in turmoil at the thought of leaving Sam to whatever danger was heading towards them; however that was nothing compared to the jolt that went through his spark as he realised he would have to leave Mikaela too. Bumblebee looked at Optimus and sent a message through his comm-link to his leader, "Optimus I can't leave them. I'm supposed to be guarding Sam, how can I do that if I'm not here". Optimus looked at the young Autobot with sympathy, "I appreciate that Bumblebee, but we must go. We will follow Sam when the trail is clear of those who are looking for him". Optimus looked at Bumblebee carefully, and on seeing the pained look in his optics; Optimus realised that it was not only Sam that Bumblebee was concerned for, it seemed the girl had claimed a piece of Bumblebees spark too, "Mikaela will be safe with Sam. I have watched the two together and they will be okay, I am sure of it". Bumblebee looked at Optimus, and Optimus was surprised at the fierce glow of Bumblebees optics as he replied "They had better be" through the comm-link, before reluctantly changing back to his alt-mode. Quietly pulling away from the Witwicky household, the Autobots left to a safer spot, but as he followed the others, Bumblebee couldn't help feeling he still needed to be there protecting Sam, and more importantly his Mikaela.
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"Yes, got them". Sam held the glasses up at Mikaela triumphantly, and Mikaela grinned back at him, "Great, all we need to do now is go give them to the big guys outside". Mikaela was actually looking forward to getting back outside with Bee, and a small smile crossed her face as she thought back to the moment earlier when they'd touched hands; 'It was kinda cute', she thought to herself before she was nudged out of her thoughts by the doorbell ringing. She looked at Sam puzzledly, a random thought of Optimus ringing the doorbell making her smile to herself again, and when she saw the smile on Sam's face she knew he was thinking the same thing as they both watched Ron cross to the front door and open it.
"Ronald Wickity?".
Ron looked at the tall thin man that was stood grinning at him in a slightly maniacal way, and closed the door slightly before answering, "Its are you?". The man flashed a badge at Ron, "The name's Simmons. Sector Seven". As Ron had a badge flashed at him, he continued to look confused, especially when Simmons questioned him about Archibald Witwicky, before barging past him to begin looking round the house. From in the kitchen, Sam and Mikaela suddenly saw several men in white suits moving around the garden, as did Judy who proceeded to let them know she was unhappy of their treatment of her roses. Sam shared a panicked look with Mikaela which only increased when he saw the man questioning his dad, and when he heard the word's 'stolen car report', Sam's heart sank. Sharing a worried look with Mikaela they walked through to the lounge, just in time to see one of the now numerous men in black suits shining a light into Judy's eyes and asking her if she'd recently felt any "flu-like symptoms".
"What is this?". Simmons turned and faced Sam with the same slightly crazy smile he'd used earlier, "How you doing son?. Is your name Sam?". Sam nodded nervously, much to Mikaelas annoyance, 'First rule of official looking guys Sam, never give them your name', she thought to herself as she eyed the older man with a look of distrust. Simmons then advanced towards them, "Well I'm going to need you to come with us". At this Ron and Judy sprung into action, and stood protectively in front of both the teens, "You are not taking my son, or his friend anywhere. I'm gonna call the cops as there's something fishy going on here". Simmons lost the crazy friendly look and it was replaced by a much sterner look, "Well sir there is something fishy about you, your son, the girl and your little Taco Bell dog, this whole operation here, and its my job to get to the bottom of it". Ron looked at Simmons with confusion, "What operation?".
"That's what we're going to find out sir". As another agent moved over to stand beside Simmons, Mikaela felt a sense of foreboding when she saw the small cylindrical device in his hand, and heard him say something to Simmons about 'direct contact'. Passing the device to Simmons, she realised it was emitting a low humming noise which as Simmons waved it over her and Sam, raised to a loud frantic beeping. Simmons smiled at them with a sense of satisfaction, "Fourteen rad. Bingo. Tag 'm and bag em".
Seconds later, Sam and Mikaela found themselves being marched over to one of the waiting SUV's outside the house. As Mikaela heard Ron shout at them to 'not say a word', she quickly looked around for any sign of the Autobots, and more specifically Bumblebee. As she saw no sign of any of them, her heart sank, and as she looked out of the darkened windows she found herself fighting back the tears at the thought of anything happening to her Bee.
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A/N: Hope you like this one, it felt a bit awkward to write as there's so much to fit in. Mikaela's sub conscience has realised how she feels about Bee so not long now til the light bulb comes on for her ;)
My apologies for the late update as on holiday for our first wedding anniversary.. luckily the hotel has wi-fi ;)
Enjoy as always xx