~AN~ (Author's Note)

So, this is my very first fanfic! I don't know how good of a writer I am, but I'll do my best to make this enjoyable for all who read it! Now, without further adu... my story!

(P. S. I'm keeping the beginning of the movie the same and starting this story off where Blackout is hacking into the Quatar Base's network.)

"Speech"

"Over phone or video"

"Cybertronian Speech"

"Joint Speech"

'Thought'

[Comm.]

/Text/

TF View- Transformer's Point of View

H View- Human Point of View

I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS!

Transformers AU: Earth

Chapter 1

Qatar

TF View

Blackout was so close to getting the location of the human group Sector Seven, and hence Lord Megatron's, location when suddenly the network connection was cut off. Enraged, he searched for the cause and quickly sighted a human male, standing next to the severed hardline connection with an ax.

"You will pay for that, you organic insect!" Blackout screeched at him in Cybertronian, not caring that the human couldn't understand him. He activated his arm cannons and aimed for the fleshy, preparing to blow both him and the pathetic building he was it to bits. However, just as the Decepticon was about to fire, he heard the sound of a human vehicle headed towards him, fast. Normally, Blackout would ignore such a non-existent threat except for one important fact: the vehicle had an Autobot signal coming from it!

Snarling, the Con swirled around to get a visual on the inbound enemy. It wasn't hard, considering all the (surviving) vehicles here were military and the car the signal was coming from was a bright yellow Camaro with two black racing stripes down the middle. Only one Autobot had a paint job like that: the scout Bumblebee. Before he had a chance to aim at the car, however, he was suddenly bombarded with human gunfire coming from his left. In him momentary distraction, Bumblebee began transforming while still in motion, using the momentum to tackle Blackout and throw him into a pile of rubble, several hundred yards from any humans. Bee could only hope that the humans would have the sense to stay away from the 26 foot tall Decepticon. He had only been on Earth for less than two weeks, but he already knew that the tiny organics had a bad habit of running towards danger, rather than from it. How their species had survived this long with those destructive tendencies, Bumblebee would never know. His thoughts were interrupted by Blackout, who was regaining his pedes.

"So, the Autoscum are sending sparklings to do a mech work now, huh? It will be a pleasure to present your helm to Barricade as my trophy!" The Con spat out derisively, before reaching behind him to remove his chopper blades from his back. As the blades began spinning in his servo, he sneered at Bumblebee and charged towards him, holding his now deadly weapon in front of him. Bee waited till the last second, then dove sideways out of the way. Quickly standing up behind his attacker, Bee landed a powerful spinning kick to his back, using the mech's momentum against him. As Blackout fell face-first into a bunch of destroyed tanks, Bee transformed his servos into cannons and fired at the still-downed Con. Roaring in rage and pain, the mech jumped to his pedes and once again started to charge at the Autobot, only to be shot several more times in the chassis. Quickly realizing he was fighting a losing battle, especially since the humans had wised up and where aiming for his face, Blackout transformed into his alt mode and flew from the base as quickly as possible, all the while dodging fire from both Bumblebee and the humans. As he retreated out of range, the Decepticon knew that Starscream was not going to be happy about this failure. The bright side was that since Megatron was still gone, he wouldn't be offlined for it. Not yet, anyways.

As Bumblebee watched the injured Con fly away, he became aware that the small group of human soldiers that had survived the initial attack and had been smart enough (and brave enough) to aim for the Decepticon's face were starting to inch closer to him, holding their weapons at the ready. Deciding that the best course of action was to show them he meant them no harm, Bee changed his cannons back into his servos and slowly knelt down on one knee to be closer to their level. While the humans vitals showed that they were all shocked and close to terrified, they held their ground, relaxing slightly when they saw he wasn't attacking. One of them, this squad's leader Bee was guessing, hesitantly walked a few steps closer, then began to speak.

"What the heck are you?!" The man said, in a surprisingly steady, commanding voice. Bee's respect for the human instantly went up. It took a lot of courage to stand up to something that was capable of killing you with a flick of it's finger. However, Bee was now in a dilema: how was he going to speak to them? His vocal processors had been damaged in a fight and he was only capable of saying a few words here and there. Then he had an idea: the humans used radios in their vehicles to listen to music. He could use sound clips from his radio to communicate, albeit with some difficulty. However, it was better than nothing. Quickly scrolling through the channels, he found some clips that would work.

"Message from Starfleet, Captain... throughout the inanimate vastness of space... angels will rain down like visitors from heaven, hallelujah!"

"Visitors from heaven? Like, aliens or somethin'?" Asked the dark-skinned one. Bee clapped his servos together and pointed at the man, nodding affirmative while playing an applause clip.

"What's with the radio?" Asked one with glasses. Before Bee could try to answer, he heard the sound of a child calling for help. Apparently he wasn't the only one, as the four soldiers suddenly started to call out the child's name.

"Mahfouz! Where are you?!"

"Here! I'm here, Lennox!" Came the call from underneath a crushed Humvee. The leader, whom was apparently named Lennox, immediately ran towards it, calling his men to come help him. Knowing that the humans would be unable to lift the vehicle, Bumblebee went to lend assistance.

~AN~

So, how was it? For anyone who isn't more familiar with Transformers, here are definitions:

•Servo- hand

•Pedes- feet

•Helm- head

•Chassis- chest

•Mech- adult male Cybertronian

•Sparkling- baby Cybertronian

•Alt mode- alternate form, usually some kind of vehicle.

For future reference:

•Femme- adult female Cybertronian

•Youngling- teenage Cybertronian

•Processor- brain

•Glossa- tongue

•Detna- teeth

•Aft- rear end

•Audios- ears

•Optics- eyes

•Tanks- stomach

•Spark- heart and soul

•Vocal Processors- vocal cords

•Bipedal mode- robot form

•Doorwings- sensory panels on the back, only found on Praxians.

•Subspace- a storage space for Cybertronians.

•Data-pack- informational reports sent to and from Cybertronians

•Energon- acts as fuel and blood for Cybertronians, glowing blue in appearance.

If I use any that aren't on here in future chapters, I will edit this chapter to add it in. If you have any questions, leave a comment and I will try to answer it at the end of the next chapter. Thanks!