A/N: Again, thank you wonderful Beta. Without your glorious comments, this chapter wouldn't be as great as it is. ::evillaughter::

Forewarning, I use part of a song... It's not by me, it's by Nickleback. ((Listen to them. ZOMG.)) And the song is titled Animals. ((Great song btw.))

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Sam popped an oatmeal cookie into his mouth when a sharp knock came from the door. His father looked over his morning paper and glanced at Sam before his quizzical gaze fell onto his wife, who returned the look.

Ron stood up grumbling, "Who the hell would be knocking on the door at ten in the morning…" His gaze flickered over to Sam and Sam knew that it would be his head if it was a government agent again. They occasionally popped in to visit. Especially that ex-sector seven guy, Simmons showed up with presents and beer, looking drunk off his ass, wanting to play cards with Sam and some 'Robots'. Sam always let him in, feeling sort of bad that he lost his job because of him. However, last time he heard from Simmons he grumbled something about applying to a police department before passing out drunk on Sam's floor.

Pulling open the door, Ron glanced up in surprise when he saw a tall middle-aged man standing at the door gazing back at his police vehicle.

"Um… can I help you officer?" Ron asked, standing up straight, "Is everything all right?" The police officer turned sharply at the sound of Ron's voice and glanced down at the short balding man. Flashing him a smile and his badge he looked around inside, "Officer Cade. I'm here to question a Samuel James Witwicky about unpaid tickets. He owes quite a hefty sum. And a small questioning about a few other mishaps, nothing more."

Ron looked slightly upset as his gaze narrowed, "Unpaid tickets? Do you have a record of how many?" A file was shoved in his face with a warrant pinned on top, and he stepped aside looking at it in complete surprise at the sum, allowing the officer inside the house.

The cookie in Sam's mouth dampened with drool as he did a double take on the officer, he was just glad he wasn't a girl. If he had been, he would have been throwing himself at the officer. When Sam saw police officers, they always looked a bit out of shape and tired, but this one was rather hot. Sam quickly slapped himself mentally for thinking a guy was hot.

But, the policed officer was too good looking for his own good. He stood a bit over six feet tall, his jet black hair graying back on the sides in streaks of white. His tan skin held a few scars, and the police uniform clung to his muscles, everything about him was orderly and neat. His uniform was an black and sleek, tucked in on the belt around his slim waist. A gun hung on the leather belt at his side. The patch on the shirt's sleeve was obstructed from Sam's view by the angle the officer was standing at. And there was a tattoo on the officer's neck, with numbers that Sam didn't have time to catch as the officer turned to his mother.

Quickly flashing a smile at Judy he turned to gaze directly at Sam.

The cookie fell out of Sam's mouth when he saw the man's eyes. They were red. RED. And the last time Sam checked, humans normally didn't have red eyes. A chill ran down the back of his spine as a small burst of fear coursed through his veins, he had seen those eyes before, and he wanted so badly to flee out into the garage and hide inside Bumblebee, but he bit back the fear and crossed his arms, "Tickets? I only got one for speeding." Sweat trickled down his brow as an image of a Decepticon flashed through his mind. If the man standing before him was a Decepticon, he had to play it cool. He didn't want to make a scene, nor did he want to give a hint that he had a small feeling that the cop was evil.

"One for speeding, four parking tickets, five violations of traffic, one warning, another for almost hitting a pedestrian, oh, and that one for driving on the sidewalk." The officer informed him after snatching the papers from his father, "I'd like to talk to you about your total, outside. I believe your parents need to discuss things among themselves."

"Whoa whoa whoa. Sam, what is this about all these tickets?!" Ron asked loudly, walking over to his son.

"I don't know…" Sam avoided his father's gaze. He drove safely with Bee, so it was either these tickets were a brilliant plan to get him in the clutches of this cop, or Bee was having secret joyrides.

After checking his watch, Officer Cade cleared his throat, "As much as I'd love to stay and discuss this more with you, I have to be somewhere." Without waiting for an answer, he briskly turned on his heel and walked outside after checking his watch. Taking Sam's arm, he dragged him towards the door roughly.

Sam jerked his arm out of the officer's hold, "Give me a minute!" He snapped loudly catching Officer Cade's attention. Sam glanced at his parents who went from shocked to pissed.

"Very well, I'll wait outside." Officer Cade calmly stated as he left the house, slightly slamming the door behind him.

"FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS? FIVE THOUSAND?! That's going to cost you your car and then some young man!" Ron roared loudly as he pointed towards the door, "You go out there and see if you can talk him into small payments! Five… Five thousand… where in the hell…. How… GO!"

Sam hesitated, his little voice in the back of his head screaming, 'Run to Bee! Run to Bee!' But he found his feet moving towards the door as his mother physically shoved him outside. Stumbling clumsily, he knocked into the officer who tensed visibly and raised an eyebrow. The door slammed shut and his parents raised voices were muffled. The officer smiled toothily down at Sam as he laid the paperwork on the roof of his squad car, "Are you Ladiesman217?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow as a gleam twinkled in his bright red orbs, and a smirk played slightly across his lips.

Sam felt weak at the knees as his wide gaze flickered down to the cop car, he couldn't read the words on the side, but it didn't stop him from taking a step back at the advancing officer, "What? Ladiesman what? I don't know what you're talking about. What does this have to do with those tickets that don't exist." Sam crossed his arms trying to keep a determined look on his face. However, inside he was shaking. This wasn't a human. This was something else all together. His gaze flickered to the squad car and his heart sunk into his stomach when he caught sight of the Decepticon mark on the side. It was the same exact squad car-no, Decepticon that had almost killed him. If it hadn't of been for Bumblebee, he would have been… well, he really didn't want to think what that giant robot would have done to him. Or what he will do to him if he didn't plan this right. He had to get out of there NOW and get to Bumblebee.

Officer Cade smirked and his features darkened, the car in the driveway gunned to life and side door flung open, "Are you Ladiesman217?" He drew out the numbers and his watch started beeping causing his gaze to flicker down at it. Sam took the opportunity to hurry towards his front door. Muttering a curse under his breath, the officer nodded quickly and stepped into his vehicle, "I'll be back later Mr. Witwicky, and with a court order to detain your son unless he agrees to cooperate." He growled loudly as Sam's Dad opened to door for his son.

Ron slammed the door after Sam hurried inside, and turned to his son, "Where do you think you are going?" His father looked pissed. Sam knew he was in trouble now, but that didn't matter. Even though inside, he was slightly afraid of his upset father, he was more afraid of the Decepticon twenty feet away from him. And the only thing standing in his way was the front door, which could easily be smashed down by a squad car… or giant robot.

Sam ignored his father's question and rushed through the kitchen and laundry room. After hurling himself into the garage, he slammed the door behind him and bolted it shut with a chair. Turning around, he hurried over to Bumblebee and fell onto his hood, panting as he clutched to the car for dear life.

Bumblebee, being slightly startled from his recharge mode, quickly switched on his headlights in the dark garage. Immediately seeing it was Sam on his hood, and noticing the slight elevation in blood pressure and breathing, he quickly opened the driver's door in invitation. Sam got a hold of himself long enough to rush around Bee and climb inside to sit on the warm seat. The door shut and Sam croaked a quick request for the doors to be locked, and Bee complied quickly.

"Sam… what happened? Did your parents threaten to take me away? I hope you understand that they can not separate me from you unless you yourself wanted me gone. So I highly doubt it would be that. Care to share what is bothering you? You seem very… frightened?" Bee asked sounding slightly confused as he felt Sam's heart rate quicken. Sam clutched his hair as he gazed up at the roof, chanting curse words under his breath. Before Bee could ask another question, he quickly let go of his hands and let them fall beside him loudly, "Shit Bee, I was… no am scared. I just saw Barricade… I just know it was him, but-"

"What?!"Bee's speakers turned up a notch, loudening his voice that held surprise and anger. Sam glanced down at the radio when he heard the slight sound of gears grinding in irritation.

"Yeah, he knocked on my front door, and spun all these lies, and now my parents want to take you away. But that's not important, he… he was human. Bee, he was human!" Sam informed him quickly, throwing his arms around him as if it would help to explain it better.

"You know we can project drivers Sam-" Bee cut himself off, he couldn't recall explaining it to Sam before, "…Yes, we can project driver's Sam."

"Project… drivers? …wait-No! He was human! He was walking around, flesh and everything, and he had this watch… his eyes were the same… and… He was human Bee! I know it was him!" Sam felt so frustrated with both himself and Bee. Why wasn't he getting it that he wasn't in the car when he saw him. "He knew I was Ladiesman217!"

Bee was silent for a couple of minutes as he did a quick search on the internet, "…A watch you say? As in a device used to tell earth time? Worn on the wrist, correct?"

Sam nodded.

Bee's glove compartment opened and a watch identical to the one Barricade had been wearing rest inside, "Like this?"

Sam's brows frowned together in confusion, "Where did you get that. That's just like the watch he was wearing."

Bee sighed over the radio, "And this human reminded you of Barricade…"

"Yes." Sam sat up and reached for the watch, only to have a hand clamp over his wrist stopping him short. Sam's gaze slowly slid up the hand to the wrist, arm, shoulder, neck, face, and then rested on the electric blue eyes. "Interesting… It seems I didn't damage him that much during the battle, or he has learned to fix himself quickly." The twenty-year old looking man spoke. His shaggy hair a brilliant golden yellow with two black stripes as bangs. He was sporting a short yellow jacket with white fluffy edges, covering a yellow shirt that loosely hung over tight black pants that hugged his long thin legs. The shirt was baggy, but it was fitting enough that Sam could see that this man was toned and had muscles underneath that shirt.

Sam's gaze flickered back up into the man's eyes and he slowly drew his hand back, reaching for the door instinctively.

"Aw Sam… you don't like this form? You rather I talk to you from the radio? I mean, it saves up a lot of power… this type of hologram takes a lot of energy to maintain, especially outside the car. Not so much inside…" Bumblebee scratched his chin and hopped into the passenger seat, from the backseat, with ease, which was an amazing feat considering he was taller looking then Sam, and Sam himself had trouble moving around inside the car.

"…….so you're…" Sam's finger pointed from the radio, to the man.

Bumblebee rolled his eyes before returning his gaze to the occupant in the driver's seat, "Sam."

"Bee?"

"Yes." Bee rolled his eyes, "I suggest we send for Ironhide and leave. If Barricade was here, this is the last place I want you to be. I don't know what his business is with you, but my best guess, judging by the fact that Decepticons enjoy revenge, is to get at me… through you..." Bee said the last part under his breath so Sam had to strain to hear the Hologram speak.

Sam thought he looked troubled, but the fact that Barricade had been inside his house, "….but he knows where I live! My parents. Bee, what if he hurts them?!" Sam asked loudly, he couldn't even imagine what Barricade would do if he got them.

Bumblebee scratched his chin again and gazed intently at Sam, "Good point." Leaning back in the seat, the radio turned on and the volume cranked up playing the rock song loudly, filling the cabin with the guitar solo. Sam jumped slightly and glanced at the radio and then at the hologram causing the hologram to open one eye and gaze at him before the volume decreased significantly.

"Sorry. I shouldn't have done that… I calculated a few options. One option that I think you will agree to is, we could stay here. But you have to stay right here." Bee paused to point down, gesturing at the seat he was staying in, "That way, I can protect you completely from Barricade. He can't walk into here." His voice held a sharp tone that sent a slight chill up Sam's spine.

Bee waited a few seconds before continuing, "Also, I think your parents deserve to know about me. I wouldn't want to be responsible for giving your parents heart attacks if they saw me transform to protect you from Barricade."

Sam blinked at Bumblebee, "I can't just waltz inside and announce to them that you're… a car, a robot and a hologram human. Shit Bee…" Sam rubbed his sweaty forehead with the palms of his hands. He sighed heavily when the bass cranked up and the seat vibrated beneath him soothingly flowing through his body in powerful pulsating booms of Pop filled the cabin of the Camaro.

Bee gently removed Sam's hands from his face and held them in his warm hands, he had read up online that male humans were easily soothed by gentle gestures, and tender touches, "Sam."

Sam slowly gazed up at Bee, and gazed at his guardian in shock when he pressed his lips against his palm gently. It felt so real, it shocked him. And then when Bee breathed onto his skin, shivers shot up and down his spine and his stomach flipped over. Right now he was seriously questioning his sexuality. Why was he reacting in such a manner with Bumblebee, when he had a sexy, beautiful, wonderful, girlfriend. He was into girls! Girls! Cleavage, curves, busty beauties!! The wonderful collage on his wall proved his love of the woman physic. As such, this was making him very confused. He only felt this way when Mikaela kissed him.

"Don't worry. I'll take care of everything." No sooner had those words left his mouth then the garage door opened and both Sam and Bee turned their gazes towards the opening. Ron and Judy stood there, looking pissed. Of course, the next second they looked completely shocked at the sight of a model looking man kissing their son's palm. Bee slowly lowered Sam's hand and flashed them a brilliant smile before opening the door and stepping out. He shut the door behind them and before Sam could reach for the handle, he was locked inside. And just his luck too, Bumblebee had child-locks

Sam turned and watched in horror as Bee approached his parents and held out his hand for a handshake. Judy slowly took the hand of the stranger as she quietly admired his muscles. Sam banged his head against the seat and the radio turned off instantly, making it easier for Sam to hear.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my locked garage with my son?!" Ron glared up at Bumblebee who smiled down at him. He didn't like how the kid looked, nor was he okay with his wife hanging all over him, not to mention the way he kissed his son's hand like a lover would.

"The name is B.M. Lee. Professional stunt double driver. I've been training your son and I've supplied him with a newer car with better steering. While the older model was still an excellent car, I believe that this one is much safer to drive..." He held out his hand towards Ron, and received no shake or smile. So he ran the hair through his hair roughly, "Sam wanted to be a professional driver stunt double, but he didn't think you'd approve. I promise to cover all the costs of those fines that officer was bothering you about. Your son really is an excellent driver. He would make a hundred times that amount of those fines, if he stayed on course and kept his head on straight…" Bee glanced back at Sam and smiled slightly.

"Professional driver stunt double? Sounds like a load of crap." Ron glared at Bee, who continued to smile at him happily.

"Sounds exciting! Oh, you have to give us a sample! Please?" Judy pleaded with a small smile, even though she saw this B. M. Lee guy kissing her son's hand, she didn't mind. As long as Sam was happy, she didn't care who he was with. Although she hoped Mikaela would still come over occasionally just to hang out. Mikaela was a wonderful girl.

Bee's gaze flickered down at Sam's mother in amusement, his arm around her shoulder in a warm gesture, "If it is all right with your husband…"

"Of course it isn't!" Ron growled.

"Of course it is!" Judy replied in unison with her husband, she stomped on Ron's foot roughly before smiling back up at Bee, "I'm Judy, and that's my husband Ron… so could we get a ride? I want to see!"

Bee smiled and nodded before walking over to the car and holding open the door for Sam's parents, who climbed in after a silent conversation with one another using only their eyes. Judy won, as usual. Ron was the loud husband who barked at everyone, but the one who always got the last word was Sam's mother. The only way for them to get into the vehicle was for one of the front seats to slide forward, since the doors were only in the front. The backseat was a little tight, but the seats were nice.

Sam had crawled reluctantly into the passenger's seat after his parents were inside the car, allowing Bee to get into the driver's seat. Bee turned to glance at Sam, who looked a little frustrated and nervous, before turning his gaze to Sam's parents. He knew they were buckled up because he could feel it. But he had to make it seem as if he were human. Starting up the car, he flashed them a smile before smoothly pulling out of the garage and out of the driveway. A frown formed on his lips when he spotted Barricade sitting across the street. Shifting out of reverse, he pulled away from the house, noticing Barricade starting up his car and following slowly. They were in trouble. Reaching forward, he flicked on the radio and sent out a message to Optimus that Barricade was following him and he had the parents in the backseat that knew nothing about giant robots, in their language via different pitches, clicks, and beeps.

"Are you gay Sam?" Ron asked loudly and received a smack from Judy.

"It's okay if you are son, it's just-" Judy was cut off by her husband.

"Your girlfriend is really hot?!" Ron frowned at Sam, ignoring Bee completely as he drove. "You do remember Mikaela don't you?" Ron's gaze finally flickered onto Bee, he wasn't much one for Queers, but as long as they didn't make a show out of it, he could care less. But still, he always thought Sam was into girls.

Sam buried his face in his hands and glanced back to see Barricade following, "Look, Mom. Dad. Bee is a really really good friend. And we're really close. And-"

Ironhide's voice came over the radio, cutting Sam off, "Meet you on the interstate Bee."

"So what about him kissing your hand huh?" Ron asked ignoring that voice coming out of the radio as he frowned at his son.

"Bee? Interstate?" Judy asked from the backseat, curious about that said voice that came from the radio.

"Yeah, that's his name, Beu… It's French." Sam smiled slightly back at his mother, "His parents were French so-"

"I thought it was Lee. And I didn't know French people had bright blonde hair." Ron glared at them from the backseat.

"It is. But it's Bee too… and its called hair dye Dad. Miles bleached his hair, a lot of people do it." Sam glanced up to see Barricade was still following him.

"Bee M. Lee. Sounds like a druggy name." Ron replied quickly as he sat up a little bit straighter and looked over the said driver as he ignored them. His arms were covered, so he couldn't see if there were any injection scars, and from the mirrors, the only thing he could tell about his eyes were they were unusually bright blue… almost electric. He didn't know French people had bright blue eyes either, he always thought they were brown.

"I like it, Probably makes a hell of a signature eh?" Judy smiled as she bounced in the backseat. Bee frowned slightly and clutched the steering wheel.

"Mom… no bouncing in my car please. It's going to wear out the shocks." Sam quickly shot back at her, making her stop and roll her eyes.

"Who was that on the radio?" Judy asked as she picked at the seatbelt, as if she needed something to do with her hands… so what if she had a little of whisky in her coffee this morning.

"Mom! Stop that! My car! Not yours! It's another stunt double… looks like you guys are going to see some action for an upcoming film, eh Bee?" Asked Sam, looking worried as he glanced at the hologram. He didn't know if his parents were going to buy this whole lie. And it didn't help that they were being tailed by a squad car.

Bee glanced up to see Barricade closing in and he smirked and punched up the speed, zipping them towards the highway. Judy and Ron were thrown backwards in their seat, squawking in surprise, while Sam clutched onto the armrests, his head pushed against the seat.

"You're pushing ninety in a forty zone!" Ron winced as they ran a red light. His head turned to see the police car in hot pursuit, lights blaring, "H-Hey, you should pull over."

"All part of the shoot Mr. Witwicky, would you mind turning around? I can't concentrate with you turning back there…" Bee ordered over the siren, "Anyone like music?" He asked as he swung around a corner.

"Oooh I'm liking him Ron. A hot speed pursuit with booming music?! Yes!" Judy smiled and Sam sighed heavily as they came to the off ramp. Bee flew onto the freeway and hit the breaks, spinning them around out of the way of Barricade who had tried to ram them into the center divider. Quickly pulling the car into reverse, Bee drove backwards with a frown before spinning again and tearing down the freeway. Barricade, pulled out from their blind spot to match their speed, driving right beside them. Ron watched warily as Bee swerved away from the Police car that tried to ram into them. Glancing around, he looked for the helicopter that would be shooting the film. This couldn't be a practice run, it was too dangerous, too real.

"Hey, isn't that that cute officer that showed up at our house hun?" Judy asked Ron who nodded, pale in the face.

"Mom, that officer was not cute, and Dad, you get sick in MY car, I'll never forgive you." Sam turned and glared at his father.

"Sam, I do believe that's the third time you've said, 'My car'." Bee smiled down at Sam as Ironhide came into view.

"Well, I… It is." Sam felt a blush crawl up his face as he glanced back at Barricade who sped up ahead of them. The squad car's doors flew open and folded as his outer casing followed. The mechanizations and wiring spun and folded as he transformed into his robotic form.

"WHOA! IS that a ROBOT Ron?! Wow, this is some movie you guys are shooting. Look at that detail!" Judy exclaimed loudly as Barricade waited for them to drive towards him.

"Shit." Sam whispered as Barricade jumped towards Bumblebee as the world slowed down. This was going to be one nasty crash. The hologram flickered as the car hit the breaks and spun out of his reach, causing Barricade to miss him by inches.

The hologram Bee disappeared and Sam watched as the wheel spun itself around, as the bracelet fell onto the seat. His hand snatched out and grabbed it, sticking it back into the glove compartment as the car spun out from under the falling Decepticon. A blast hit Barricade in the chest knocking him back and over the center divider. Sam noted the size of the blast was the same as that of Ironhide.

Ironhide lowered his cannon as Bee flew past him and he quickly transformed, opening his door for Mikaela, who quickly hopped in. Ironhide quickly barreled after Bumblebee, Barricade on their bumpers.

"Sam? Where's Bee?!" Sam's mother asked loudly as she clutched onto Ron and the oh shit bar that was attached to the side of the vehicle's roof.

"Who in the hell is driving the car?!" Ron bellowed as he quickly unbuckled and made for the wheel, the car picked up speed, smashing him backwards into the seat and Sam carefully climbed into the seat.

"I guess I have to tell them now Bee. Shit…" Sam glanced in the rearview mirror watching Ironhide tail them as Barricade tried to swerve around the larger Autobot.

"Well, it was fun while it lasted." Bee replied via the radio. Ron and Judy quickly looked around for Bee, but couldn't find him.

"Mom. Dad. My car is a super cool, kick ass, giant robot from space… who can turn into a car… and a human that drives it." Sam informed them quickly as he turned to see Barricade finally break past Ironhide and speed towards them.

Judy and Ron gazed at one another before turning back to Sam and then the radio.

"Stop playing around Sam…" Judy laughed, Ron remained silent. Ron had been reading the newspapers and watching the news more then usual lately and had been following the story of Mission City. It was starting to connect inside his mind now. What if there were aliens. What if they were giant robots. What if his son hung out with them?! He couldn't really concentrate due to the fact that that robot squad car that had almost taken his son away earlier was about to crash into them again.

Sam ran a hand down his face and sighed, "Bee, talk through the radio until we get off the freeway, you're going to have to kick Barricade's ass."

"Very well Sam." Bee's voice smiled as he zipped across the highway towards the exit, and away from Barricade, missing yet another collision.

"What in the blazes are you doing?!" Ironhide asked over the radio.

"We're going to… kick Barricade's ass Ironhide." Bee replied, copying Sam's use of human slang.

Silence rung throughout the cabin before Ironhide growled, "About time I get to use my cannons again."

Sam chuckled as the radio whizzed and Nickleback's song 'Animals' started playing loudly making Sam blush and groan loudly. Did Bee have to pick such a suggestive song to play when his parents were in the car?!!

"I, I'm driving black on black. Just got my license back. I got this feeling in my veins this train is coming off the track. I'll ask polite if the devil needs a ride. Because the angel on my right ain't hanging out with me tonight. I'm driving past your house while you were sneaking out I got the car door opened up so you can jump in on the run. Your mom don't know that you were missing. She'd be pissed if she could see the parts of you that I've been kissing.

Screamin. No, we're never gonna quit. Ain't nothing wrong with it. Just acting like we're animals. No, no matter where we go. 'Cause everybody knows. We're just a couple of animals. So come on baby, get in. Get in, just get in. Check out the trouble we're in.

You're beside me on the seat. Got your hand between my knees. And you control how fast we go by just how hard you wanna squeeze. It's hard to steer when you're breathing in my ear. But I got both hands on the wheel while you got both hands on my gears. By now, no doubt that we were heading south. I guess nobody ever taught her not to speak with a full mouth. 'Cause this was it, like flicking on a switch. It felt so good I almost drove into the ditch. I'm screamin..."

"Oooh Sam, is this a song about you and your car?" Sam's mother asked, as the song continued, making Sam turn pink and bang his head repeatedly on the steering wheel. Bee's laughter was heard behind the song before he cranked it up even more. Sam banged his fist against the dashboard in irritation. He knew he couldn't hurt Bee even if he took a chair to his hood and hit him as hard as he possibly could, but it sounded really great right now. Bee was being embarrassing. Especially when Sam paid attention to the words. It was actually possible to do the things in the song with Bumblebee. And it was ruining his mind just thinking of rubbing Bee. He began to wonder if he could excite Bee by just touching certain spots. He decided to test it by nipping the leather on the steering wheel and the car punched forward faster making Sam smile. Sam couldn't do much with his parents in the backseat, but he swore he'd make Bee pay for this.

Judy tried to pay attention to the song, and could tell Bee was trying his best to make them comfortable by the way he let up on the tension of the seatbelts. Every time he swerved out from an attempt of an attack from Barricade, he would tighten his hold on them, but… Judy felt safe. She never enjoyed car rides, so she usually stayed in the house and did little crafts and chores, or played with Mojo. Glancing over at Ron, she tried to read how he was handling. He enjoyed cars, but he looked a little uneasy, she couldn't tell if it was from the fact that they were inside a robot, or if they were being hunted by a robot that meant them harm.

Ironhide turned a corner causing Bee to take the next one and they drove towards the desert, Barricade closing in again. Ironhide spun around and Mikaela quickly jumped out as he shifted and fired three successive rounds past Bumblebee who swung to a stop and opened his doors folding up the passenger seat quickly letting them out. Once he made sure they were out, he quickly transformed and raced forward leaving Sam and his stunned parents behind. Lowering his face shield, he collided with Barricade knocking him down onto the ground causing the ground to shake violently.

Mikaela hurried over to Sam and gazed down at his parents, "You… You BROUGHT them!?"

"Hi Mikaela." Judy smiled up at the breathless girl who waved and turned to see Bumblebee take a hit to the chest knocking him back. Barricade quickly raced towards Ironhide, blades spinning at his sides. Ironhide shot at Barricade and knocked him back, sending him flying into Bumblebee who dropped quickly knocking him backwards to land hard on the ground again.

Ron grabbed his wife's arm tugging her back away from the robots wrestling not too far away from them. He couldn't speak, he was in too much shock. To think that giant yellow robot had been inside his garage with his son. This would explain why Sam was never home. He was out playing with robots all day.

"Sam, we need to MOVE. We're going to get squished standing here. Mr. and Mrs. Witwicky… come on…" Mikaela quickly grabbed Judy's hand and rushed the awestruck woman off the road, "Ironhide called for backup, which should be showing up soon." She informed Sam as they ran from the fight, she limped slightly from landing hard on her ankle when she jumped out of the GMC Topkick Autobot.

Sam shook his head, "Which means Ratchet and Jazz are going to show up?!"

"No, just Optimus, Ratchet is in the middle of a long procedure on Jazz… they can't come." Mikaela turned and watched the fight, chewing on her lower lip when Bee took a hard hit from Barricade.

"Who's Optimus?" Ron asked loudly as Sam ran him away from the battle. For a broken Decepticon, Barricade was holding up rather well, "Sam, why the hell didn't you tell us about your robot friend? He's a friend right, we can trust him, right? He isn't going to smash us into pieces is he?"

"What? Dad, no! Bumblebee is a great robot. He's my best friend." Sam let go of his father's arm and glared at him, to point at Bumblebee who took a slam in the chest knocking him onto the ground once more, "That yellow robot who you don't trust, has saved my life a number of times. I owe him. And I won't take talk like that!" He barked at his father before sighing and shaking his head, "Just trust me when I say he's good. He's on our side. Which is why he's taking all these hits instead of letting him get to us. He's protecting us."

Ron glanced at the fight watching it quietly.

Sam and Mikaela glanced up to see Optimus blasting his horn and driving towards them from a ways back. Ironhide took the distraction to slug Barricade in the chest, shooting him backwards away from Bumblebee.

Barricade twisted and the blast flew off of him and hit Bumblebee in the arm that held his gun. Bumblebee fell to his knees in shock as his arm leaked oil on the dusty road and sparked. Sam quickly turned and made to head towards his Autobot friend but found Mikaela had his arm.

"You'll only get yourself killed Sam! Stop it!" Mikaela screamed at him, "He'll be fine! Bee's going to be fine!" No sooner had she said that then Barricade jumped on the shocked Autobot. Sam twisted out of Mikaela's grip and he ran towards Bumblebee, as Ironhide ran towards Barricade, ripping him off of his comrade and throwing him in the direction of Optimus, who quickly transformed and tackled Barricade, who was scrambled up quickly to get away from the giant Autobot. He didn't want to be scrap metal just yet. With a wail of his sirens, he flipped out of Optimus's grasp and in a flash, a banged up Police Vehicle was speeding away from the scene.

"Ironhide, Stop." Optimus ordered as Ironhide was already rushing after Barricade. Ironhide settled for firing his cannons at the Decepticon until he was out of range. With a stomp of his foot, he turned to see Sam sprinting towards Bumblebee. Optimus gazed across the small open field that the road lay beside to see Mikaela and two older humans, who he quickly identified as Sam's bothersome parents. Turning towards Bumblebee, he quickly scanned the area for any other humans. The highway wasn't too far away, but they were hidden behind a nice cluster of trees from the eyes of both the freeway and the housing area that was less then a mile away.

Bumblebee sighed and raised his face shield before carefully sitting back and readjusting his arm, "That was foolish Sam."

Sam was quiet.

"That. Was. Awesome. Ron, wasn't that awesome?!" Judy beamed as she turned to gaze at Ron, who was leaning over trying to get his stomach to settle. The thought of his son rushing off towards a giant robot death match had caused his heart to pause and his stomach to churn in worry, that wild car ride didn't help either. Mikaela rubbed his back with a frown, a bit frustrated that Sam hadn't listened to her.

Optimus Prime sighed and kneeled in front of Sam, holding out his hand, he waited for Sam to climb on before standing and placing the human on his shoulder, "You can't go rushing off into battle like that Sam… that was dangerous."

"Hey, I've been in the middle of those battles before. I'm quick on my feet you know! Besides, Bee was-"

"Do you have the experience to fix him? Can you reconfigure his wiring correctly and melt the metal back into place while dodging attacks? I can't even do that Sam…" Optimus sighed and rubbed his forehead, "I take it your parental units found out."

"We had to leave, but we couldn't leave them for Barricade to get… you think its okay?" Sam asked as he rubbed his sweaty palms down the sides of his shirt.

"They need to take a very long vacation, that's what I think." Mikaela spoke up, "I'm sure we can get them some tickets to Sydney or Hawaii… someplace far FAR away."

Sam nodded in unison with Bumblebee.

Optimus glanced up from watching Sam and Bumblebee to see Mikaela bringing Sam's parents over to them.

"Mom, Dad, I want you two to meet my good friend Optimus Prime." Sam smiled up at the Autobot leader. Soon, they were deep in explanation.

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Sam gazed at his bedroom with a heavy feeling sinking into his stomach. He would have to say goodbye to his house, and his parents were going to Sydney, Australia. Mojo would be going with them, and Sam would have to leave with the Autobots to their hidden base until Barricade was no longer a threat. It wasn't that he didn't want to go with his friends it was that he was just going to miss this familiar feeling of his home. He had managed to win over the argument with his parents, allowing him to stay with his friends, but they had made Bumblebee swear that nothing would happen to their Sam. His eyes fell on the wall pinup of busty beauty number seventeen. OH he would miss her. Quickly kissing his hand he placed it on the pinup gently before turning, a duffle-bag of his clothing and other treasures of sorts secured on his shoulder. He wondered if soldiers that were off to train for war felt the same way he was feeling right now. He was going to miss his home.

Earlier, he and Mikaela had said goodbye to his parents and dog at the airport before dropping Mikaela off at her home. Sam walked down the quiet stairway and out the front door. Spotting Bumblebee and Optimus Prime parked in the front he turned to glance at his house once more before closing and locking the door behind him and approaching the two Autobots.

"Any news?" He asked glancing up at the two of them. They were rather silent before Bumblebee opened his door. Something was up.

Sam quickly got into the driver's seat after tossing his bag into the backseat. The doors closed for him and they were quickly on the road before Bumblebee finally told him what was going on.

"A few minutes ago, we received a transmission Sam…" Bee spoke through his radio.

Sam frowned, "Good transmission or bad?" He asked, somehow knowing by the tone of Bee's voice that it was the later rather then the sooner.

"It was Starscream." Optimus informed him via radio.

Sam shook his head paling slightly. He remembered all too clearly how that Decepticon had attacked them from the skies. How that particular Decepticon had almost assured Bee was out of the battle for good, "So that piece of shit is coming back huh." He quietly asked, as he tried to suppress the memories of his wounded guardian.

"The scrap metal is coming back, with some reinforcements." Bee replied.

"Reinforcements?! More Decepticons?! OH man… That's not good… what are they planning?! I mean…" Sam sighed heavily as they drove towards Mikaela's house. Ironhide was parked on the street on look out in case he was needed, and his engine was rumbling in a low pitch indicating he wasn't happy.

Mikaela looked up to see Bee and Sam pull up behind Ironhide, and the passenger door open curtly.

Sam noted Mikaela's attire and raised his brow at it. Normally, one did not wear long baggy pants and jacket on a summer day this hot, especially with her wonderful body, it just didn't match up. Mikaela just shook her head as she crawled into the passenger side and tossed her backpack beside Sam's bag.

Ironhide quickly pulled away and Bee followed, Optimus right behind them.

"What's with all the extra security-I mean, I know Barricade is somewhere around but…" Mikaela's voice trailed off, Bee's vocal scanners indicated a strain in her voice that usually was associated with crying. Sam seemed to notice the hint in her voice as well because his hand slid into hers as he drove with his other free hand, the same hand that Bee's hologram had kissed yesterday. It replayed over in his head causing his hand to squeeze hers lightly.

"Starscream sent down a transmission. Turns out he's coming back with some help." Sam filled her in quickly as they turned onto the freeway. He had only been to the hideout once, and it was rather cool for an abandoned structure that the military had provided for them, but memories kept replaying in his head causing a frown to grace his features.

Mikaela quickly wiped her eyes with the corner of her sleeve before sarcastically saying, "Oh. Well that sucks… good thing Jazz is back huh?"

Sam laughed and replied in the same tone, "Oh yeah. Jazz is going to take them all down."

Mikaela rolled her eyes, and shook her head, "Hahaha. Who is he bringing?" Her gaze flickered onto the radio.

"He didn't say we interrupted the transmission that was meant for Barricade. You can thank Ironhide for that, he caught it when he was parked outside your house Mikaela." Optimus informed her, he had to give credit to humans for making light jokes out of a serious situation.

"Oh? Thank you Ironhide!" Mikaela spoke into the radio hoping Ironhide would get it. He honked up ahead making the two humans smile.

The remainder of the trip was in silence. Everyone wondering who Starscream would bring with him down to earth, when he would enter orbit, and where he would land. They all knew that with Starscream coming however, that meant another large battle. The peace had been fun while it lasted.

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