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The shorter of the two battling bots had lunged himself toward the Saleen to gain leverage during combat. There was a pulsing quake when the two had hit the ground and the yellow mech had the upper hand- er servo at that moment.
I don't know why I was still standing there or what compelled me to keep my place but it was like as if my feet were glued to the ground and there was no way in hell they were letting go. So I stood there silently as the former police vehicle took blow after blow to the head before grabbing one of the incoming fists and quickly jerking it to the side sending the smaller bot hurdling left.
The ground once again thundered and I was almost forced to my knees from the impact. Yellow, which was his name until further notice, quickly regained his composure and armed himself with whirring canons that emitted a blue light. The police cruiser was mid-tackle when a shot ripped through the air and blew right through the attacking force's shoulder. A thick blue liquid poured from the now battered area and the Saleen transformed down back into the cruiser and broke out of the scene.
Something wet and warm trickled down my face and I instinctively licked at the liquid. Only the taste was metallic and had a faint trace of motor oil. Bringing a shaken hand up to run over my head I checked for any signs a bleeding but what I saw stunned me. The same blue matter from the cruiser must have splatted from the blast onto my form.
When I tuned back toward the field it was silent, almost too silent. I looked toward the wreckage but my view was cut off by Yellow standing directly in my line of sight.
I took a couple of steps back letting out a strangled cry that sounded like metal grating against itself. Where the hell did that sound even come from? I was brought out of my thoughts by being grabbed around the waist abruptly and being cradled near a familiar chassis. There was a soft rumbling engine that I presumed was supposed to simulate a purring affect. I wasn't a child that needed tending to. I was a frightened 19 year old woman that needed to be told as of right now just what the hell was going on.
Pushing away from the chassis Yellow seemed to get the idea and set me down gently on my own two feet. I gazed up at the being and gained the courage to barrel him with a question that had been running rampantly through my brain since I got here.
"What are you? And why did that thing just kidnap me?!" I hadn't meant to yell but I was too overwhelmed to calm myself at the moment and try to see reason. As a matter of fact there was no reason to this. There was a giant fucking robot standing not three feet away.
Yellow made a motion with his hands signalling me to calm down. "Gimme a sec would ya?" Was that the radio talking?
"That guy was nothing but trouble...it's not safe out here...I'm gonna need to ask you to come with me." I got the gist of what he was saying but I wasn't just gonna willingly go with him until I had a good enough motivation.
However, if he actually wanted to hurt me I had a feeling he would have done so by now. "You have to do better than that." I quipped defiantly.
"Bell...You gotta work with me here." What came out sounded like a very stressed man with- wait, how did he know my name?
I slowly took a few steps backward while pointing at the robot, "H-how do you even know my name? Were you stalking me? Are you some kind of stalker robot here to take me to your commander who's probably the chief in stalkery!?"
Yellow shook his helm before transforming down into that beat-up Camaro that had given chase to the Saleen when I was first kidnapped.
Before I could question any further the driver side door snapped open and out stepped none other than...Ben?
"Ben? What the hell are you doing here?! Were you in that giant alien this whole time!" My breath was starting to grow short and my breathing was erratic. I didn't know what to think or who to believe at the moment. I was quite surprised that I hadn't already fainted by now.
"Belle, please calm down. You gotta trust me okay? I know I'm asking for a lot right now but you have to get in the Camaro and-" I cut him off by embracing him quickly and sobbing softly. I probably looked like such a mess right now but I was just happy to see another human being.
"Shh, you're alright. Nothings gonna happen to you I swear." Ben emitted a soft purring sound while stroking my black mass of hair.
I seemed to believe his words when I quickly swiped away the tears and looked up at the male. "Wait, you were in the car the whole time? How were you crushed when it turned into that...that thing?" I asked in a way that made me seed hysterical.
"If I show you, you have to promise not to freak out or faint on me alright? I'll try to explain as best as I can on the way back to your housing unit." He said it almost as if he were begging me to not have a major meltdown before he showed me anything. I only nodded solemnly waiting for this all to be a hoax and the hidden cameras would be revealed.
"O-okay. I promise, no freaking out." He deciphered my words before adding, "No screaming either, I don't know how much my audio receptors can take of that."
Audio receptors? "Yes yes fine. No freaking out or screaming. Got it. Now show me."
He regarded me for a minute before he fizzled out of existence. Ben was gone. Vanished. Dissipated.
Not a second later and blue sparks occurred that once again formed the image of Ben. "What that hell was that?" No screaming. No freaking out.
"That was my holoform. It's a solid projection that allows our race to move in more comfortably within the society. It's still in early testing so I can't have it out for vast amounts of time." He explained as if it were the most naturalist thing to ever happen.
"So, you're just a projection and not an actual living breathing person?" I asked hesitantly while he just nodded softly. "Ben isn't your real name is it?" It seemed too weird to just have a first name and no last one.
"Nope, my designation is Bumblebee, or just Bee for short, and I'm an autonomous sentient robot or Autobot for short. Belle, we have to get out of here in the next 3 kliks before Barricade comes back for round two." Kilcks. What the hell was a klik?!
"Alright, I guess I can't really be frightened as much anymore because if you actually did want to harm me in anyway you probably would have made an attempt by now." I gave into his pleas and climbed into the passenger side of the Camaro when the hologram once again vanished.
I was still heavily freaking out at the fact that I was sitting inside of a ro- er Autobot and being driven back to my home with a hologram as the driver.
"So Bee." He hummed in acknowledgement, "What did you actually need directions for?" It seemed a little strange to just stop and ask a human for directions to meet...friends. My eyes widened in realization. These friends were probably just more of his kind coming to earth.
The man let out a soft sigh before answering, "When I crash landed on your planet my tracker was disabled due to impact. My mission is to locate a human boy named Samuel Witwicky and retrieve the glasses with the coordinates to the hidden place of The Cube. Without it our planet and it's species will cease to exist. However, I was lucky enough to stumble upon you in your backyard, sorry for the mess. I tried fixing it as best I could though."
"So it was you who turned my backyard into a war zone." I chuckled softly and sighed, "What are you going to do now?" Was he still going to retrieve the boy and find The Cube, or will this all have been for nothing.
"Now that the Decepticons are notified of your presence you are no longer safe all on your own. That being said you and I are going on a road trip." Bee then added, "We'll have to make a stop at your home in order for you to grab all of the necessities that you require."
"This is all very bizarre and happening at an extremely fast pace." I murmured to myself and jumped in surprise when Bee's hand grabbed my own.
"I'm sorry you were dragged into this Belle. Believe me that this is the last thing I wanted for you." He gazed at me with genuine sincerity and rubbed his thumb across my pale knuckles. "I swear on my honor as an Autobot that I will let no harm come your way."
I was silent for a minute before replying, "Thanks Bee." I felt my wariness of him melt away when I looked into the dazzling blue eyes.
Before anything else was said he pulled his hand back and stopped in front of my awaiting house, "Please make it quick. Barricade is probably self repairing as we speak and I don't want to risk having him come back while we're still here."
I nodded quickly and opened the passenger side door barreling out of the Camaro. I shoved my house key into it's lock and forced the door open, climbed the steps and prepared a to-go bag for away trips.
Shoving shirts and pants into the bag, I quickly grabbed my phone and charger while getting anything else I thought was necessary. I should travel light being that I may have to carry the bag half the time and I certainly did not need any excess weight on my shoulders. Literally.
Once completed I bounded down the steps while being sure to cut all the lights off in the house. Just because I would be gone didn't mean I wanted to raise the roof on my light bill. Once the house was completely dark I headed out toward the Camaro after gazing at the house once more. I would miss it, but this was for the best.
I climbed into the Camaro and tossed by bag in the backseat. "That should be it." I pocketed some extra cash before I left with enough money to last me for a significant amount of time. Four days at most if I spent it wisely.
"You ready." Bee asked with a smirk the tugged at his lips.
"Yea, let's get this show on the road." With that the engine roared before we pulled out of the scene and made our way toward Tranquility Nevada.
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