Author's note: I thought after the movie I needed to continue it so I did. I hope you like my version of events after the big battle. It's not done yet and sorry for the cliffy at the end just couldn't write any more last night.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers I just like to write about them.

Returning home after his adventure Samuel James Witwicky was tired. Bone tired. Everything hurt. He couldn't believe that saving the world could be so painful, the movies never made it look like it hurt this badly. However, for all of what happened he couldn't help but smile. He had a best friend who turned out to be his car, giant robot, and guardian. Not a bad thing there. And his girl friend, the hottest thing in the school, now had only eyes for him. And he had cool parents that after a brief explanation from the Secretary of Defense about where he had been and what had happened to him was designated top secret and that he now had an official job with the government was all the information they were going to get. He preferred they remained blissfully ignorant. Their lives had been turned upside down enough the last week, and he knew they didn't need any more. His parents thought it best for him to return to school the next day to keep up appearances that everything was normal. And he had tried to argue with them so he could rest for a week or so because of his injuries (which he couldn't tell them about) but his mother was dead set on her decision and he conceded not have an excuse for them. He was just too tired to fight with them anyhow. So, at 10 o' clock that night he managed to drag himself up to his room and fall into his bed and almost literally passed out.

Outside Bumblebee had heard the conversations between Sam and his parents. He continually kept Sam on his scanners throughout the night as Ratchet had instructed. The internal bruising on Sam had caused Ratchet worry, however possible unknown affects that the All Spark could have had on his systems during its destruction made him paranoid. Ratchet had done his best to patch up Mikaela and Sam after the battle. He was a skilled medic and was now just as good with humans as well as the mech's. Mikaela had been sent home under Ratchet's watch because Sam had Bumblebee. As he scanned Sam he thought worriedly about the strain tomorrow would have on his healing body and hoped that since it was Thursday and the weekend was so close he would be able to make it the next two days and then rest all weekend. Sam's breathing was still a bit labored from the pain he was in. His two cracked ribs from the fall off the building during the battle made it uncomfortable to breath deeply, however he was so exhausted that not even the pain kept him up now. Ratchet had made sure he had painkillers to take home with him as well as sleep aides to help with any trauma-induced stress or sleep disturbances. This was a wise move since it only took 2 hours for them to start.

It started with a cold sweat that Bumblebee noticed through his slightly increasing heartbeat. The nightmare dropped him right in the middle of the battle in Mission City. Sam could hear the guns firing and smell the smoke after Starscream's missiles had blown up the world around them. He felt himself roll on the ground and then find Mikaela's hand as they stood. His pulse went up a bit more as he found Bumblebee crawling towards him with the Allspark held out to him. His dream then shifted quickly to the run for his life from Megatron as he scaled the stairs of the large vacant building to try and get the Allspark to the military. But as he made it to the roof his dream twisted the events of that day as Megatron caught a hold of him and held him in his clawed hands. Megatron slowly looked him over and told him "I will now let you be my pet." Megatron held fast to him in his dream. His breathing was ragged and sweat dampened his sheets. His breathing began to become painful as the painkillers from earlier had worn off and the fear in his dream made his breaths come in shorts gasps. In his dream it felt as though Megatron was squeezing him and in real life he was feeling real pain from his injured ribs and bruised bones. Sam let out a pitiful whine that seemed to beg for help.

At this Bumblebee had heard enough. His scans had kept up on his increasing heart rate and shallow breathing and hormone levels and he knew that Sam was going to hurt himself at this point. He had just come out of battle and his body needed rest but his mind seemed dead set on making that impossible. Bumblebee was looking in through the window already after he had changed from his car form to his robot mode. He watched Sam twist and turn painfully on his bed and Bumblebee allowed his solid hologram form to come into Sam's room and walk over to him. He debated on the best way to wake him without letting him hurt himself. Bumblebee decided on a more gentle approach as he knelt by his bedside and took a clenched hand and forced it to open slightly to slip his fingers into his friend's clenched fist. He then put a hand on Sam's forehead and stroked it much like a parent would soothe a frightened child. In a low calm voice that Sam had just begun to get used to as his friend's, he began to speak to him in low comforting tones. "It's ok Sam…s'okay….it's done…. We won….your home…It's Bee…Sam…" he continued for several minutes and slowly, painfully slowly to a very worried Bee, his heart rate and breathing began to even out and he started to relax again. As he did his eyes fluttered open to see a young blond man in his early 20's looking at him. He stared for a minute in quiet contemplation sleep and pain making his brain slow. All the sudden it hit him and he almost jerked up but a split second before the young man stood up quickly and put both hands on his shoulders. "Sam I know this is new but it's Bee…" he said. Sam took another minute to register the new information.

"Bee?" he asked raspily trying to find the energy to talk. Everything hurt. IT felt like he had been run over by Optimus in his vehicle mode. The blonde man nodded and smiled a little.

"You had me scared a little you were really in the middle of a bad…." he was searching for the word, "nightmare." Sam nodded softly and turned to see two arctic blue optics looking at him through the window. He looked then to the man's face to see the same color eyes. He smiled just a little but it was quickly gone as he closed his eyes and groaned. "You're in pain," it was a statement not a question. Sam nodded again. "I will get you your pain and sleep medicine that Ratchet sent." Sam groaned.

"Bee…no not that, I don't think it will stay down." Bumblebee turned to him with a concerned look on his face but was quiet a second. Sam figured he was thinking on what to do next. Bumblebee was actually contacting Ratchet on what to do now that his pain had made him nauseated and he couldn't take his medicine to help him recuperate.

Bumblebee to Ratchet he radioed with a bit of urgency.

Ratchet here. Is Sam ok?

Sam has had a nightmare and I woke him up gently but he is in a lot of pain and is unable to take the medicines you gave him because the pain is affecting his other systems. He does not think his stomach will accept the medication because of his nausea.

Slag! Ratchet had hoped he would set an alarm and take the pills on time but of course not, why would humans be any more responsible about their health than the mechs he treated? Bumblebee, I gave you those injections of the medication incase of such a problem arising. I suggest you give him both the sedative and analgesic. They will allow his body to rest. Ratchet's tone booked no argument.

I do not think he will take kindly to the method of transmission….Bumblebee said unsure.

Then hold him down and make it happen soldier!

Yes sir! he replied. Ratchet…..They are forcing him to resume his educational pursuits tomorrow in the early a.m.

I told him he shouldn't be out of bed for a week!

It was an impossible task, his parental units would not allow him to recuperate because he could not tell them what had happened. Ratchet let out a sigh.

Watch him closely tomorrow. if he even looks like it's going to be bad take him home, I don't care! Optimus will fix the problem if there is one.

YES SIR he said feeling better about the situation since he now had permission to turn on his wheels and run with Sam if he got ill tomorrow. Bumblebee walked over to the window, to his robot form, and in the robot's hand was held 2 very small vials that the hologram took with care and walked over to Sam. HE sat on the bed.

"Sam," he said carefully looking at him up and down to asses his condition again. "Ratchet gave me your medicine in another from…." he informed him quietly. Sam opened his eyes to look at him.

"In what form…" he asked hesitantly.

"Sam he told me to give these to you now. He gave me them in an injectable form incase you were unable to take them by mouth." Bumblebee saw Sam pale and sighed. "Sam it won't be that bad I promise…" Sam didn't have the strength to move away and truth be told it even hurt to breathe. Bumblebee took all this in and patted his arm. "Sam close your eyes I will be quick." Sam did so not fighting the exhaustion. He waited a moment and felt Bee rub his shoulder a moment before he suddenly felt two quick pricks in his skin that made his body jerk slightly at the intrusion. Bumblebee grimaced for his human as he watched him. "I'm sorry Sam…" he said feeling guilty but knew he had no choice. The pain was a quick pinch and it was over far quicker than he had thought.

"S'okay…" was all he managed. Bee looked at him worriedly again. Sam's eyes were half lidded as he looked at Bee. The swell of protectiveness that Bee felt at that moment looking at Sam almost threw his holoform to the floor. He slowly massaged his friend's shoulder as the medicine was absorbed by his body quickly. Suddenly Sam's body was a wash of a soft warm sensation that left him in a painless daze. "Woah…" Sam muttered suddenly his eyes sliding shut. Bumblebee took the opportunity to smile a little.

"Yeah. Woah to you too" he smiled. "Get some sleep Sam. I'll stay for the rest of the night to make sure you stay safe and asleep. You will need your rest for tomorrow." Bumblebee didn't know if he had heard him or not since his breathing was deep and even finally and his body was completely relaxed. "Rest well Sam," he said. Sam just laid quietly in response, soaking in the healing sleep that took him for the rest of the night. Slowly, toward dawn, Bumblebee gave a silent thanks to Ratchet who knew enough to think ahead with these types of things and who had the best meds on the planet. Bee softly brushed a hand across Sam's forehead as if it were the most natural thing to do in the world. With one last look he disappeared back into his car form that was now in the driveway.

It was 7:00 o'clock when Sam's alarm clock went off for him to get ready for school. But the battered, bruised and exhausted teen blissfully slept through the alarm. Bumblebee was glad that the annoying device didn't awaken his human he wanted him to just be able to stay in bed today. However his mother walked into his room at 7:15 and literally shook him awake. He groaned softly but didn't move quickly, he really didn't want to aggravate his injuries. When he didn't respond fast enough to her voice and she put her hands on her hips and gave him a good stare and said, "I don't care what you have been doing this whole last week! You are going to school before they throw you out for truancy!" she yelled. Still groggy he moved to sit up slowly moving his body carefully as he looked up at his mother still in his clothes from the night before, "Ok mom, ok. I'm up," he told her quietly conceding to what she wanted. He really didn't have the energy to fight with her. The 7 hours sleep he had gotten between Bumblebee's visit and now did not even make a dent in his weariness. His mother chocked it up to gallivanting around with the government agents the last week and left the room in a slight huff. It miffed her she didn't know the details of her son's "secret" association with the government or how he managed to get them to trade his old Camero in for an unreleased concept Camero that was already gathering the whole neighborhood's attention too.

Sam moved slowly that morning as he moved into a warm shower that helped ease his aches and pains slightly. He then felt slightly human again without a layer of grime and sweat on him and took a pain pill that was laid out carefully as a reminder to him. He smiled slightly. "Bee…" he thought out loud and smiled toward the window and the waiting yellow car outside. If Bee had noticed what he said, he didn't make any indication of it, however he knew he heard. Sam pulled on his clothes very gingerly as he decided on a loose cotton button down shirt that he didn't have to put over his head. The pants were not that fun to put on but he somehow managed with several groans of pain and decided that slip on shoes with no socks would be the least painful way to go. He slowly made his way down stairs to get to the kitchen and eat something before school started. Unfortunately for him his mother was waiting with a sack lunch and a banana ushering him out the door so he would not be late. She turned to hug him but he had managed to slip out the back door before she could. He walked over to Bumblebee and put his hand on the top of the car. He stopped before he got in however just running his hand over the top of it as if to make sure it was all real. The sudden sharp pain as he reached for the door handle however brought it all back into perspective. With a sharp intake of breath he pulled his hand back a little and Bumblebee popped the door open for him. Sam gave out a sigh and let Bee open the door wider for him as he sank into the bucket seat in front of Bee's steering wheel. Sam just leaned against the headrest quietly willing the medication to kick in and his body to relax. Bumblebee had not stopped scanning him all night and morning. He was worried about his charge. He didn't want him to be in pain. "Sam?" Bee asked.

"Yeah?" he sighed.

"I don't think you should go to school today. Your body systems are registering abnormally. You are not healed yet." Sam sighed again.

"I wish it was that easy, buddy. I would give anything to just stay home today…." he said. "But Mom has spoken therefore I go." Bumblebee still had reservations about him going to school however he started up the engine and put on some light music and leaned the seat back so that Sam would be more comfortable on the way to school. The school was only 10 blocks from his house. SO when they pulled up towards the school his pain medicine had seemed to kick in along with his brain function. "Bee lets park in the back parking lot today? I think I will be able to avoid more questions about you that way." Bumblebee was happy to do anything that might make his day go easier so he roared his engine just a little in agreement and pulled into the back parking lot furthest away from the school. Sam looked across the PE yard and football stadium toward the classrooms that seemed a half-mile away. He sighed and Bumblebee picked up on it.

"Sam….isn't this a really long walk for you with all your books and everything?" he asked not wanting Sam to do anything more strenuous then he had to.

"Yeah… except I'm not as concerned about the physical problems right now, just getting through the day without any upsets. And if I have to walk a little farther, then that's ok with me, I'll survive." Bumblebee fell quiet. "Ok buddy, I'll see ya in a while. Bye." He got out and Bumblebee didn't have a chance to say anything back because the door was open and he didn't want any of the gathering children walking toward the school to hear him. But he did manage to flash his lights at him. Sam waved and walked slowly toward the school buildings.

His first period was uneventful as his English class was practicing writing a 5-paragraph essay that most of the children were on their final draft with. He looked around and sought out Mikaela's seat and found her missing. He wasn't surprised. If he could have he would have skipped out on today too. However, he got the topic from his teacher as she told him she was glad to have him back and healthy. He smiled a little but it didn't reach his eyes. He was still very tired and he missed Bumblebee and Mikaela. He began his brainstorming for the topic but couldn't seem to get together the brainpower to start a paragraph. His spider web brainstorming took all period and his teacher told him on the way out to work on it over the weekend. He waved at her and then groaned as he plodded to his next class thinking about his homework pile this weekend.

Second period went much like the first as his next teacher was a few chapters into a novel the whole class had barely started when he went that fateful day to buy a car. There was a packet due yesterday on chapters 1-5 that he hadn't even received so the teacher, like that last one, gave it to him to work on over the weekend so that he could get caught up. Taking the paperback novel and the packet he pushed them into his backpack and walked out of the class wondering toward his History class that was third period. All the sudden he felt something attach to his arm. The action made him jump since he was lost in thought. IT was Mikaela! He was very surprised but happy to see her.

"Hey there hero," she said quietly.

"Hey there yourself," he smiled whispering back to her. "What are you doing here? I thought for sure you would be resting! How did you ever manage to get Ratchet to let you come??" She smiled and kisses his cheek.

"I feel better especially since I slept in passed 1st and 2nd period. Not all caught up but feeling a bit better." She had had minor scrapes and abrasions, the worst injury she had acquired in the fight was a sprained wrist and a minor thump on the head that Ratchet swore was a slight concussion. Sam put his arm around her and stroked her hair softly as she leaned into him just a little bit, not putting any weight on him. "I heard you parents wouldn't let you rest Sam…I'm sorry….You look like crap."

"Oh gee thanks!" he responded huffily.

"You know what I mean you look like your exhausted which I know you are and I wanted to come be with you today especially since you might run into…" Oh crap, it was too late because out of the boys bathroom came Trent and there they were in all their splendor hanging on each other like they were Siamese twins. "Shit…" she said under her breath while untangling herself from his side. Sam looked at the other teen with distain mixed with a healthy fear, not of Trent under normal circumstances, but fear of his healing body not being able to save himself. He had no energy to argue with him. He had no desire to fight him unless something happened and he threatened Mikaela or himself. But unfortunately Sam knew he would not get out of this situation without some kind of confrontation.

In the back parking lot a rescue hummer had pulled in and parked near an unreleased Camero. Ratchet! You let Mikaela come to school?!?! there was surprise in his voice over their internal com link.

Mikaela all but demanded I bring her once she woke up this morning when I informed her Sam's parents made him go to school. She was afraid for his safety.

WHAT?!?!? Why didn't you tell me this?

I just learned about this about 45 minutes ago after she woke up and demanded to go to school.

You could have radioed me!!

And have you go stomping through the school to collect your charge to save him from harm when we are trying to stay undercover? NO not a good idea Bumblebee grumbled to himself. There wasn't much he could say to that since he was about to now. Be still! That's why Mikaela came to get him.

Do you think she will just bring him back here?

No I think she intends to help him finish out the day

Will that keep…..Uh oh his pulse rate just increased Ratchet scanned and caught his pulse over 100.

Do you think he is doing what they call Physical Education?

He better not be, I called in to them posing as his father and told them he was not to do PE today

Very wise Bumblebee, I am glad you took the liberty. It would be VERY bad for his body to do exercises right now.

Ratchet his adrenaline levels just spiked..!!! Bumblebee messaged in a panic.

Slag! She must not have been able to keep that boy away from him! I knew I should have just kept them in Optimus's cab for the week and kept made them rest! Two engines started as they were debating on what to do…

"So…Wickicky…You're hangin out with MY GIRL now huh?" Trent taunted as he walked up to Sam. Sam sighed and moved Mikaela behind him with one arm. She started to protest however, pushing in front of Sam. She wanted desperately to protect him from any further damage to his barely healing body.

"Oh look the little boy needs to be protected by a girl!" He laughed and the group of jocks that followed him laughed too.

"What do you want Trent?" she asked steadily and calmly.

"I came to see my little bunny and come to find out your hanging on this dip shit!" The name he called Sam irked Mikaela however she didn't let it show, she wanted to just get away from him and to their friends waiting outside.

"Trent I am not your little bunny, Sam and I are seeing each other. Now we need to get to class, excuse us." She told him this as she put her arm in Sam's again and tried to pull him around the Jock and his friends. Trent however was not that easily appeased. He reached out and grabbed Mikaela's free arm and yanked her back to where she had been standing in front of him. This pulled Sam painfully with her. He had a sharp intake of breath that only she heard and she already felt bad. Trent still hadn't let go of her arm, so she tried to yank it out of his hand unsuccessfully. "LET GO! That hurts!" Now Sam had had enough. HE had just stared down and defeated a massive alien robot that was more powerful then all jocks put together in the whole school and he was done watching this. He gathered up all his reserves and pulled Mikaela away from him. It hurt to do so however he stopped caring. Sam then pulled her into his side tightly with his arm around her.

"Don't hurt her!" he told him his voice deadly cold.

"And what if I do…." He asked tauntingly as he went to slap her cheek lightly. Sam pulled Mikaela behind him and caught his hand. The confidence Sam exuded was amazing. She knew he was scared but at the same time taking a stand. She understood in the back of her brain now was not the time to do this either so she began pulling at Sam to walk the other way away from Trent. Sam just let Trent's hand go with a hard look and turned his attention to Mikaela as she pulled him by his arm down the hall. Trent looked on. "Do you really think you can touch me and live WITWICKY!!!?" With that Trent charged. Sam calculated his chances of reaching Bee before he tackled him at the current speed he was going, and at what speed he was able to run now, feeling like every place in his body was on fire from the pulling and shoving that had happened. Instead he braced himself with both feet and watched Trent run towards him. Balling his fist up he waited till the last second and put everything he had into one punch that combined with the momentum of the running teen and hit the attacker like a ton of bricks. Unfortunately, the blow was not hard enough to knock the other boy out but enough to send him sprawling to the floor in surprise and pain. The shock of hitting Trent's body with his fist sent shockwaves through his battered body and the pain was almost severe enough to make him pass out. However Mikaela was there to pull him quickly out of the hallway toward the open parking lot in the front of the school. Sheer will power kept him on his feet. Every step was excruciating. He made it to the grass that lined the front of the school and blacked out 15 feet from the front door of the school. Trent had come to his senses quickly and started pursing them with his pack right behind him. Bumblebee and Ratchet, with sirens blaring, came screeching around the corner in time to see Sam fall limply into the grass taking Mikaela with him. She tried to pull him up but it was no use. She took a stance between him and the oncoming threat getting ready to fight.

Mikaela didn't need to follow through, Bumblebee came skidding up the curb across the grass and skidded to a stop right in between them and the approaching horde of boys. They were all shocked of course since in the excitement Bee had not activated his holoform. And Ratchet, who did not have one yet, so two cars with no drivers came roaring up toward Mikaela and Sam with no drivers. This gave the boys pause for a moment before Trent tried to move around the Camero. "I don't know how you did this but your gonna pay!" he threatened, but just as he came around the front of Bee, the car pulled forward taking him down by knocking his legs out from under him with just enough force to make him trip. Trent was now rethinking his current actions. A voice from inside the bright yellow rescue hummer ambulance suddenly could be heard.

"Mikaela quickly! Put him in the back. He's in bad shape." The boys that had been following Trent were now retreating into the school where things seemed to make more sense and cars didn't talk. Trent on the other hand stayed very still because his legs were inches from the yellow Camero's front passenger wheel. Ratchet opened both of the back doors for her and seemed to lower himself on his shocks so that she could half carry, half drag Sam into the back and onto the waiting stretcher. Once she was in with Sam, he closed the doors behind them. Ratchet radioed to Bumblebee to leave the offending human and follow him. It took a long minute for Bumblebee to comply as he debated just finishing running him over cuz he had harmed his charge, his best friend. However Bumblebee did back up and take off like the hounds of hell were on his bumper toward the direction he detected Ratchet.

Inside Ratchets cab he talked Mikaela through what she needed to do for Sam while they were on their way to somewhere he could work on Sam, himself. "Mikaela Sam's body is going into shock. You need to raise his feet and wrap him up in a blanket from the compartment on the top left. Use the second blanket to prop up his feet. We are heading to Captain Lennox's house since we do not have a designated base yet. I think that would be the safest place to go." He had already informed Bee by radio of his plan. Sam started to cough a minute then as Mikaela put his head to the side as Ratchet instructed, he coughed up a small amount of blood onto her jeans as she sat by his head. She screamed. "WHAT IS IT?!?!?" Mikaela was barely holding it together.

"Ratchet HE'S COUGHING UP BLOOD!!!" A more thorough scan of Sam revealed one of his cracked ribs had finished its break and was starting to work its sharp edge into his tender lungs.

"OH SLAG! Bumblebee change of plan, to the hospital NOW or he will be dead before we get to Lennox's home". Bumblebee was panicking of the comlink. "BUMBLEBEE!! He is curable but not if it's delayed, the damage looks minimal so far however any longer and he could die!" They quickly changed course and went to the nearest hospital, Tranquility General Hospital. They radioed Optimus Prime and Ironhide to update them on their current situation and for Ironhide to bring Lennox to the hospital. Optimus Prime informed the Secretary of Defense of their current situation also asking if there was a way to move Sam to a secure medical facility where he could be moved once out of immediate danger so he could be under the care of Ratchet. While en route to the hospital the Secretary of Defense began to set up a secured location at an army base close to Tranquility where they would convert one of their airplane hangers into a medical bay for Ratchet. He assumed once they got there it would be as good a place as any for the Autobots to stay so he decided to convert that particular base into the base of operations for the Autobots and any comrades of theirs that might be coming to earth. The preparations began immediately. Meanwhile Ironhide had tapped into Lennox's cell phone and called him where he worked and told him what had happened to Sam and that they needed to leave immediately. Lennox almost tripped out of the building as he ran to Ironside's open side door and both of them raced off the injured boy's side.