Chapter 14- Found
Mikaela slowly followed Simmons and the other agent, whom they'd learned was named Banachek, into a large underground chamber, along with the soldiers and the officials. One of the soldiers asked Simmons why they were there, and Simmons had replied in his usual tone of voice it was because they'd all had contact with the NBE's; "Non biological extra terrestrial. Try and keep up with the acronyms". The tallest of the soldiers instantly gained Mikaela's respect as she heard him mutter to the other soldiers, "I'd like to shove those damn acronyms up his lily-white ass". Sam also heard the comment and sniggered behind his hand, before winking at Mikaela, "Yeah some of us have had closer contact than others, haven't we?". Mikaela blushed and slapped Sam hard on the arm, which just increased Sam's giggles all the more. However his giggles died off abruptly as they finally entered a large underground chamber, and they were faced with a giant mechanical being bigger than any they had seen before, encased in a thick blue layer of ice and which was being held in place with large metal clamps and being sprayed with more of the cooling substance. Nearly all the group had identical looks of surprise on their face, Sam and Mikaela however only registered surprise at the size of the giant. The official finally broke the silence, "My God. What is this?".
"We think when he made his approach over the North Pole, our gravitational fields screwed up his telemetry and he crashed in the ice probably a few thousand years ago". Sam and Mikaela shared a look with each other, remembering what Optimus had told them the previous night, before they both whispered in unison, "Megatron". Banachek continued, unaware that the two teens had already heard the story he was telling, "We had him shipped here to this facility in nineteen thirty-four". Simmons then spoke up, "We call him NBE One".
"Sir I don't mean to correct you on what you think you know". Mikaela smiled at the tone of Sam's voice, which indicated he most certainly did mean to interrupt, as he continued, "But that's Megatron. Leader of the Decepticons" Simmons looked at Sam with an annoyed expression, before Banachek began to speak again, "He's been in cryo-stasis since nineteen thirty-five. Your great, great grandfather made one of the great discoveries in the history of mankind". Mikaela leant over Sam's shoulder to whisper in his ear, "Not so crazy now hey", as they both thought back to Sam's family history project. Simmons then continued, pacing round like he was delivering a class lecture, "He is the source of the modern age. Microchip, laser, space flight, cars; all of this engineered because of studying him". Simmons then got up close to Sam's face, "NBE One, that's what we call him". Sam just shrugged, refusing to let Simmons wind him up, "Your call".
The official looking guy in the suit then crossed over to Banachek, and as he began berating the agent about not being told about the security risks; Mikaela belatedly realised that he was the Secretary of Defence, and as Banachek tried to explain no one had been told as there was no credible risk to security, Mikaela and Maggie both shared a smile as Keller snapped out, "Well there is now", and Mikaela was pleased to see both Simmons and Banachek both looked suitably chastened. The dark-haired soldier looked up at Megatron with troubled eyes, before asking the question all except Sam and Mikaela were thinking, "Why here. Why earth?".
"It's the All-Spark". Keller looked over at Mikaela who had spoken out loud, "All-Spark. What is that?". Mikaela froze under the penetrating gaze of Keller, and Sam spoke up for her, "It's some kind of cube looking thing, it's what they came here looking for. Anyway Mr NBE One here; aka Megatron, that's what they call him, is pretty much the harbinger of death. He wants the cube so he can transform human technology into an army to take over the universe, that kind of thing". Simmons looked at Sam, his expression bordering on respect, "Are you sure?". Sam nodded, and Mikaela noticed the look the two agents shared, before asking "You know where it is don't you?".
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A short time later, the party were looking at the massive cube through a large glass window. Mikaela found herself staring at it with a sense of wonder as she realised it was the energy from this that had created Bumblebees home planet, and what had brought Bee to earth as well. A sad smile crossed her face as she thought of Bee, and wondered just where he was. Sam nudged her, just in time for her to hear that the dam had been built around the cube to hide its energy signal. Maggie looked out of the window, a confused look on her face, "Wait back up. You said the dam was built to hide the cube's energy. What kind exactly?".
Banachek looked at Maggie, and ushered the group through to a small room. As they all squeezed in, they heard the door shut with a resounding clang; causing everyone to share a worried look which only increased when the soldier who had cursed at Simmons earlier looked up at the wall, and exclaimed in a worried voice, "Who did they have in here? Freddie Krueger?". Glen looked over at the wall, and exclaimed in an excited voice, "That's not Freddie Krueger, that's Wolverine". Everyone shared a stunned look, Maggie shaking her head in disbelief, and Mikaela shared a grin with Sam, as she whispered, "Finally found someone who can out geek you". Simmons ignored the teens, "Does anyone have a mechanical device?. Blackberry, key alarms, cell phone?". As everyone searched their pockets, Glen found his phone first, and threw it at Simmons, who placed it into the box, "Oooh Nokia. Nokia's are nasty, gotta respect the Japanese. They know the way of the Samurai". As he closed the door of the box, handing protective glasses to everyone, Maggie whispered to no one in particular, "Aren't Nokia's from Finland?".
However her question went unanswered as suddenly a bright light filled the box and concentrated on the phone. Simmons spoke up from the back of the room, "We're able to take the cube radiation and funnel it into that box". The phone shook briefly, before transforming into a crazed mechanism that bounced around the box aimlessly. Mikaela and Sam shared a glance as they both recalled the crazed machine that had attacked them in the warehouse yard, especially when Simmons referred to it as 'an itty bitty Energizer Bunny from hell', before nailing it before it tried to escape from the box. Before Simmons could explain any further, everyone felt the floor shake as the lights flickered. As everyone shared a concerned glance, Keller turned and looked at the two agents, and stated in a firm tone of voice, "Gentlemen, they know the cube is here". The soldiers turned and looked at Banachek, "We need to get to the arms room, now".
Everyone hurried out of the room towards the arms room, and as they heard the sirens wailing, indicating the power was out, Mikaela and Sam knew they had to get to Bumblebee wherever he was. A loud bang sounded from above them, and Sam raced over to Simmons, "You've got to take me to my car, he'll know what to do with the cube". Simmons sneered at Sam, "Its confiscated"
"So unconfiscate him then".
"We don't know what will happen if we let it near the cube". Mikaela had finally had enough of hearing her Bee referred to as an 'it'. Pushing past Sam, she shoved Simmons against the wall, "What you just want to see if Megatron is gonna say 'Thanks for the deep freeze, may I please have my cube back'. I don't think so somehow, he is going to be royally pissed, and having seen what one of these bad guys can do, I'm not overly keen on repeating the experience. So we want to see Bumblebee now, and I mean now". Simmons struggled for breath, but still managed to croak out an excuse. Mikaela then felt more than saw the soldier with the dark hair appear at her shoulder, aiming his weapon at Simmons, "Take them to the car". Mikaela turned her head, and smiled at the soldier who, reading his name badge, was called Lennox, "Thanks for the help, but I'd prefer to just punch him than shoot him. More satisfying". Lennox smiled at Mikaela, "Sounds good", before he turned his attention to Simmons, who glared at Mikaela who just tightened her grip on his collar. Simmons then looked up at Lennox, "There's an alien war going on here and you're going to shoot me?". Lennox looked at Simmons, "We didn't ask to be here, and just so you know, I'm not gonna shoot you. I'm gonna let her punch you". Mikaela grinned at Lennox, before smiling sweetly at Simmons, "Oh I am going to enjoy this". However before she got the chance to do what she'd been wanting to do since she first met Simmons, Keller shouted across at them, "Simmons I'd take them to the car if I was you, losing doesn't look like it's an option for any of them". Simmons looked sideways at Keller before glaring at both Mikaela and Lennox, "Okay fine. You wanna lay the fate of the world on the kids Camaro, go ahead. That's cool". Mikaela instantly let go of Simmons and looked over at Sam, sharing his beam of pleasure as she realised she'd soon be reunited with her Bee.
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Bumblebee tried to fight against the restraints that held him in place, but as another burst of electric current sent his circuits haywire, causing him to chirp out loudly in pain, Bee couldn't help but wish that his spark would just give up the fight, at least then it wouldn't hurt anymore. He'd tried not struggling to see if that lessened the electric sparks that were being fired at him, but that had only seemed to increase them, and had also increased the cooling spray that was still being fired all over his body, and that too was causing its own aches, and Bee was tiring rapidly. However each time his spark flickered dangerously close to off-lining, a vision of Mikaela's beautiful blue eyes brought him back from the edge as he knew he couldn't leave her without saying goodbye; as however much the constant pain the electric currents being passed through him was causing, it was nothing to the pain he felt deep in his tired spark at the fear of not being able to see his girl again. Closing his optics as a sharp pain shot through him, another chirp of pain coming from deep within him, Bee found himself thinking back to the moment when Mikaela has confessed her feelings for him. Despite the pain he was in, as Bee replayed her smiling face and the sensation of her warm lips on his fingertip through his mind, he found the pain lessened just a little. Bee then replayed every other moment he'd had with Mikaela since he'd first seen her, and somehow it kept the worst of the pain that was being inflicted on him away. It didn't however help the ache in his spark that had been there since his Mikaela had been dragged away from him last night, as replaying the memories just made it hurt more, and not for the first time since he'd been captured, Bee found himself wondering if he'd ever see his beautiful girl again.
As they headed towards the chamber where Bumblebee was held, Mikaela heard the low chirps of pain coming from within the room. She shot a scorching glare at Simmons and Banachek before she set off at a run towards Bee, followed closely by Sam. As she entered the chamber Mikaela felt herself come to a halt as she saw Bumblebee strapped to the table, trying desperately to free himself as electric currents were fired at him, her eyes filling with tears as she saw what they were doing to her Bee. Sam charged at one of the workers, knocking the gun that was dispensing the cooling spray out of his hands, 'Stop it. Leave him alone". Mikaela took advantage of the break in the spraying to run at the slab where Bumblebee was held, and vaulted up onto it. Banachek yelled for the others to stop, and they quickly cut the electric, allowing Mikaela to climb up onto Bee's chest, her eyes filling with tears as she saw the scorch marks on his paintwork, and as she watched his usually bright blue optics dim with pain, before closing; she whispered sadly, "Oh Bee, what have they done to you".
Bumblebee closed his optics in relief as he realised the pain had stopped, "Either that or my spark has finally off-lined". Keeping his optics closed for a couple of seconds longer, Bee thought he heard Sam's voice, and then he heard a soft whisper that he instantly recognised as Mikaela. Bee slowly opened his optics and was rewarded with the sight of Mikaela looking back at him, and he chirped softly at her. Mikaela heard Bee's chirp, and for the first time since they'd been separated, Mikaela felt a sense of balance had been restored to her world. Sam also heard Bee's chirp, and ordered the workers to release Bumblebee; as they hesitated, both Sam and Mikaela yelled "NOW", causing Bee to smile to himself, 'I am so proud of my girl, and Sam too'.
As Bumblebee slowly sat up, Mikaela climbed into his outstretched hand, and as Bee lifted her up, she looked into Bee's blue optics, tracing her familiar patterns on his face, "You had me worried, big guy. I thought I'd lost you for good". Bumblebee looked at Mikaela, his radio quietly flaring to life so only Mikaela could hear it, "I was worried about you too beautiful, and I'm still here because of you". Mikaela couldn't hide her tears, and Bee placed his hand around her, and brought her closer to his chest, chirping softly to her, the rumbles of his chirps easing Mikaela's tears. From down on the ground Sam smiled up at Bee and Mikaela, glad his two best friends were finally back together, where they belonged. Coughing discreetly to gain their attention, Sam looked up at Bumblebee with concerned eyes, "You okay?". Bee looked at him through narrowed optics, thinking to himself "Yeah I feel great Sam, why wouldn't I?. I loved being used as a giant experiment'; and he chirped irritatedly at Sam. Mikaela however noticed Sam's expression fall as he heard Bee's irritation and quietly whispered, "He's been worried too, Bee. He thinks its his fault you got captured". Bee gazed back down at Sam, and as he looked closer he saw the sadness in Sam's eyes too, and Bee chirped apologetically. Sam grinned up at the big yellow 'bot that he'd been so worried about, not just for himself but for Mikaela too, "Its okay Bee, I'd be pissed too if I'd been used as a giant lab rat". At that point Bumblebee suddenly noticed the other members of the group gazing at him, and when he saw the two agents, his spark flared angrily as they had been the ones that had taken his Mikaela and Sam away from him. Quickly he placed Mikaela on his shoulder, before transforming his arm into his cannon, and dropping his battle shields down over his eyes, a stream of angry chirps issuing from his vocalised, which caused the group to flinch back. Sam looked at Mikaela, who couldn't help but grin at her 'bots protective side, before they both reassured Bumblebee that no one else was going to hurt him, and as he slowly transformed his arm back and lifted his shields; Bee smiled, chirping affectionately when he heard Mikaela whisper, "That's better, I can see those baby blues of yours better now". Bee lifted his hand and gently stroked Mikaela's head as she rested it against his, sighing softly as she felt the warmth had returned to his skin.
Sam looked at the rest of the group, and fought back his laughter as he watched the expressions on the others faces. Maggie and Glen were fighting back their own smiles as they watched Mikaela with her Bee, Maggie mouthing 'cute couple' as she saw Sam watching her. Sam grinned back at her, before he turned his gaze to Lennox, Epps and the other soldiers. They were all watching with confused looks, and Sam guessed they'd had a bad experience with a Decepticon, and Keller seemed to be sharing their confusion. The expression that gave Sam the most joy though was Simmons, who as he watched Mikaela with Bee, looked like a kid who'd had all his candy taken from him. However everyone was shaken from their thoughts as the building shook violently once again, and Sam suddenly remembered why they were here; "Bumblebee". Bee looked down at Sam and was puzzled by Sam's sudden concern, before his radio flared, 'Whats wrong Sam?'.
'Its the All-Spark, it's here". Bee's optics widened and he chirped questioningly at Sam, who nodded, "Yes it's here. However the bad news is, so is a rapidly defrosting Megatron".
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A/N: Yay Bee and Mikaela are back together :)
Sorry this chapter has taken a while but started back at work this week! Will get myself into a routine soon though, so you may need to be patient with me for a bit... Chapter 15 is started though :) And a huge thank you to Makkenna Witwicky for her shout out... love you lots... so please go read her stories ;) xx