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Chapter 9:

Previously:

"Don't be afraid youngling we will not harm you" the warm voice booming voice spoke out again and I realized something.

'This is the voice! This is the same voice that had call out to us now, and it's the same voice that yelled after me in the desert to stop! Before I… I what…Ah, before I touched the meteor!'

"I-I'm not" He looked mildly surprised at my words as I put a hand to my chest, struggling to control my racing heartbeat. I recalled the innocent metallic infant face from the night before as I glanced up at them all quickly and the world once again grew fuzzy.

"I believe I've already meet one of your kind before…" I muttered aloud, slightly in a daze as I leaned against the railing. My heart began to beat wildly as I felt anxiety and dread mingled with a twinge of shock beginning to seep into every crevice in my body. I felt strong, calloused, hands grasp my shoulders and steady me before I could gracelessly fall to the ground.

"Whoa there" I heard Epps's slightly concerned voice above me as the grip on my shoulders tightened.

"You ok kid. You look like your going to faint any minute" I blinked slowly as I stared up the ebony skinned solider in surprise, I hadn't heard him come up behind me at all. I glanced owlishly at him.

"When you guys said 'Big' I didn't think you meant this big" I chuckled weakly as I tried to steady my erratic heartbeat.

Suddenly the loud sound of whirling gears took me by surprise and a bright blue light blinded my vision momentarily. I bit my tongue and jumped back into Epps's hold as I shrank away from the cluster of giant mechanical beings that had begun to crowd around the catwalk curiously. A lump formed in my throat as I felt an overwhelming yet somehow familiar sensation of violation and coldness as the light scanned my frozen form from head to toe. With a start I realized that the luminous light was coming from one of the giant beings' shoulder. The lemon colored one to be exact.

"She seems to be suffering from an excessive loss of her bodily fluids. She shouldn't be up at this stage-"

"I'm fine" I quickly interrupted the giant metal man as I tried to assure them, and probably myself.

To put my money where my mouth was I slowly straightened up and gently brushed Epps off from my shoulders. I hadn't wanted to offend him for his help after all.

The highlighter colored robot seemed to frown and glare at the stubborn, little, human female before making an odd clicking noise in the back of his voice box. Almost like he was 'tsking' her for doing something bad.

"…As I was saying. Her vitals are unbalanced and her brain waves are changing at a rapid pace, indicating a high chance of collapse and induced comatose."

I frowned oddly in anger and embarrassment at the almost bored tone and puffed out my chest slightly in annoyance at being label as such a weakling on top of being completely ignored.

"Hey!" I suddenly yelled up at the giant robot again as I waved my only functioning arm. They all looked down in surprise towards me.

"So who are you to say when I'm going to kneel over and pass-out huh? I'm fine. Its my body, if I say I'm not going to faint then I'm not going to faint. Beside, I'm not that weak!" I snapped slightly harsher than I meant to before sighing and rubbed my sore throat.

"I mean come on, who wouldn't be in a bit of shock after all this" I gestured to my surroundings by attempting to place a hand on my hip and throw an arm out around me in an arc, only to forget about my casted arm and glare in frustration at it for its immobility.

"Stupid thing…" I muttered under my breath as I pointedly ignored the various looks being sent my way.

A heavy suddenly silence settled over the hanger like a dense fog before a long, loud, abrupt, string of laughter broke it. Everyone turned their heads to see the two smaller, notorious, autobot twins chortling as they held their sides and laughed hysterically.

"Oh wow man, the itty bitty human's got spunk!" Mudflap laughed as he jokingly hit his brother's shoulder plate.

"Ya, and man did she got you good Ratchet!" Skids chortled in agreement as they both leaned against each other for balance from their side-splitting giggles. Said medic's face twitched once before settling into a deep-seated scowl.

Amanda blinked as she stared at the newcomers in slight shock, her earlier attitude deflating almost entirely from the random outburst.

"What are they trying to be, rapper robots?" She mumbled quietly towards herself before something one of the odd robots said finally registered with her.

"Hey you, who you calling itty bitty!" She cupped her hand over mouth as she shouted at over them before switching to shaking her fist threateningly at the duo.

Suddenly an insanely large metal tool suddenly sawed through the air and made deadly contact with the two laughing brothers, as they both had stood with their faces side by side, and knocked them both to the ground simultaneously. As soon as the duo had crashed to the ground with a loud 'BANG' Amanda burst into a fit of uncontrollable giggles.

She caught the odd but slightly amused looks that Lennox and Epps sent her way and she quickly clamped a hand over her mouth as she tied to stiffen her chuckles. Judging by their expressions, they were having a hard time concealing their smirks as well.

A loud, mechanic, sigh sounded over the noisy room and everyone abruptly fell silent once again. The largest of all the metallic beings approach us, the sound of large, booming, what I now know as footfalls, echoed in the hanger and my ears.

The enormous figure that had spoken before leaned down to one knee to become at eye level with the tiny human who watched his actions warily.

Intense pools of burning, blue, fire filled my vision as the huge metal being leaned down and brought his face close to the catwalk, whether it was to ease my clearly broadcasted fear or just to bring a sense of realism to our conversation I could tell.

Why ever he did it, it worked, as I slowly felt my strong feelings of anxiety and panic quell down a bit.

The burning, blue, lights that I would assume acted as their eyes reassured me, calmed me, and as far as I could tell held no deceit or hidden treachery within them only a promise of honesty and goodwill.

They made me feel safe.

As if being released from a spell I slowly took a deep breath as the voice like thunder rumbled again and I had just enough time to hear his words.

"We are aware of your recent encounter, however there is no need to be afraid. As I have said before we will not harm you."

I blinked before taking in another breath, and praying that my voice didn't shake, before I replied.

"O-Ok" I swallowed hard before steeling my nerves as I bit harshly down my irrational fear and, judging from the taste in mouth, my tongue as well.

Optimus Prime watched the human swallow nervously before straightening her posture, trying to hide the fear that still plagued her eyes.

"So, what-well-who are you guys?"

Optimus stood as well before bracing himself for another long-winded explanation, until the twins beat him to it.

"We're the Autobots itty bitty!" They grinned before pointing happily at themselves. Amanda placed a hand on her hips.

"Quit it with the 'itty bitty' stuff you big lugs!" She snapped becoming annoyed with the new nickname that had assigned to her by said snickering twins.

Before they could come up with another retort, Ironhide had quickly and effectively stopped Skids and Mudflap with a quick point of his charged canons.

"Go on, I'm waiting" He warned as he thrust his canons for emphasis at the cowering twins. The lime green and cherry red autobots hugged each other in fear but otherwise stayed quiet. Ironhide smirked and Lennox fought the urge to roll his eyes at the ever so typical antics of his guardian.

Amanda returned her attention to a patient Optimus before grinning sheepishly and scratching her cast.

"I'm sorry, please continue?" She asked nervously, unsure if he would tolerate her short attention span for much longer.

Optimus nodded before touching a small switch on just beneath his temple. His optics seemed to brighten before a small beam of film shot out before the small human. A brief hologram of his home planet was shown as he began his speech.

"My name is Optimus Prime. We are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron, or Autobots for short. We were once a peaceful race but then a war broke out between the Autobots and Decepticons and changed everything. Our planet was all but consumed by war and we were all forced into exile."

Suddenly the picture of the odd but beautiful metal planet changed and became consumed in miniature explosions and was reduced in ashes that blew away into the dark vacuum of space. Then, the picture changed to show an image of a cube shaped device with detailed carvings all over its surface floating gently through space.

"We we're brought to your planet in our search for an ancient artifact, which could have rebuilt our home, but sadly it was destroyed recently in battle."

A heavy sadness filled the room as Optimus paused in his explanation and the film ended. The girl frowned, clearly able to the sadness swirling in the many pairs of bright blue eyes around the room.

"I…I am so sorry for your loss…" She bowed her head sympathetically as she fidgeted with the helm of her sleeve, unable to meet the titan's gaze. Optimus nodded understandingly, hearing the little human's soft words without any trouble in the quiet hanger.

"Thank you"

The girl nodded as she continued playing with her sleeve, slightly embarrassed.

"With the All Spark gone we cannot return life to our planet and thus we remain here, watching over and protecting humankind in secret. We have formed an alliance with your government and they have formed a secret team of brave humans called NEST, to fight alongside us, and to hunt down any Decepticons that pose a threat to your species and our new home."

The child stared at him in slight awe as he finished.

"Wow…" She blinked for moment as understanding lit across her face.

"So that means… I'm in…the NEST base of operations?" Amanda questioned as she titled her head curiously. Suddenly she felt a hand fall on the top of her head, rubbing it roughly. She looked behind to see Epps patting her head.

"Yep, welcome to NEST kid." He grinned cheerfully. The little girl gave him a blank stare. Lennox chuckled at the obviously un-amused look his partner was receiving.

"What am I? A dog or something?"

"Naw, more like a puppy I think."

"Huh?"

"What do you think Capt.?"

"Yep, defiantly. Like a little lost puppy, especially the head tilt."

"How does that have anything to do with-" A loud sound interrupted the exasperated girl as she turned to see the unknown, smaller, yellow robot from before looking at her and pointing while making a loud series of odd beeps, clicks, and whistles. Amanda figured he was trying to talk to her.

"I'm sorry what are you saying?"

"He is trying to say that you remind him of young Samuel and Mikael" Ratchet supplied as he crossed his arms.

"Though I hope not, those two together a pure trouble"

"Together they're almost as bad as the twins." Ironhide muttered unhelpfully as he too crossed his arms.

I blinked.

Okay, so maybe being afraid of a large team of giant, intelligent, but peaceful, robots that could easily squash me like a little bug under their little toe; if they even had one of those; was irrational.

But still, they were generally friendly and wouldn't squish me if they got to annoyed right?

…Right?

"Wow…huh, I hope the little one won't be like that. I mean, well, I know he is much smaller than what you guys, that and he is just a baby really, but still…I hope he won't be like them or he's gonna be a handful huh?"

I rambled nervously as I shifted from foot to foot. It was an odd habit I had picked up.

'Good grief I can only hope the soldiers around here can manage if that little tike can walk.' I mused mildly to myself as I stared up at the large and intimidating metal giants before me.

'Then again, I think these guys can take it. I mean they're all part of the same species right?'

Suddenly I realized with crystal clarity that everything had become dead silent. I bit my tongue as I wondered if I had somehow suddenly offended the giant hulking metal monstrosities before me when all the others began clicking and whirling away in what I assumed was their own native robotic tongue, excluding their leader.

Optimus was it?

He did not move and remained as silent as a stone statue.

I looked nervously at the two soldiers behind me.

"Did I say something wrong?" I whispered apprehensively towards them. They both wore oddly pinched expressions as they watched their alien comrades speaking uneasily among themselves.

Lennox stared hard at the girl in front of them for a moment as he came to a conclusion.

"I don't think most of them knew about your late night encounter the other night"

"Oh" Was I could say in response as I wondered silently to myself why that was apparently a big deal.

Suddenly everything stilled once more as the Optimus raised a giant hand, indicating for silence.

"I see then, you must have been the one that activated the shuttle pod and brought the new sparkling online then?" I could only stare at him with a vague sense of understanding and hopeless confusion.

"Um…maybe?"

I knitted my brow together and cocked my head slightly, another terrible habit of mine. I blinked as quickly remembered something.

"Hey wait, what happened after I fell asleep? Where is he? Is he all right? Why can't I hear him crying anymore?"

The questions flew from the girl's mouth as hazel eyes widened in panic and began looking in every which way they could.

I could feel the panic begin to settle in my chest and worry coil within my belly when the thought of the small, defenseless, creature I had come to feel for wasn't anywhere near me.

A new hand on my shoulder held me where I was before I could frantically bolt out of the hanger bay like some crazy, mad, woman. I struggled against the iron grip for a moment as my heartbeat began to rise. I vaguely heard myself growling angrily at the hand.

'Why isn't anyone listening, it was just a baby, it could be in trouble or hurt! Let go, I need to find him!'
I stilled for a moment as the grip on my shoulder became almost painful before I was bombarded by questions.

"You could sense when the sparkling in distress?" The yellow medical robot, who I now know as Ratchet, addressed me in complete surprise with a hint of suspicion coloring his tone as he leaned closer to my perch.

"How is that possible when our sensors were completely immune to it?" A much deeper, gruff, voice commanded as I turned to see a different robot, in all black this time, questioned me with nothing but suspicion clouding his tone. His glare was more so intense that the rest of them, bordering on near hostile even. I shank away from him and almost started hyperventilating when his arms seem to shift into a pair of large canons. Optimus shot him a warning look and he thankfully put them away.

"How did ya figure it was a little mech?!" The two, suddenly more upbeat, rapper twins chorused in fascinated unison before they all but flung themselves directly in front of the little, already skittish, human and leaned closer in unsuppressed curiosity.

The girl yelped in surprise before falling painfully onto her rear before any of the equally stunned army men could catch her.

"Stop agitating my patient!" Ratchet quickly snapped as he turned on the twins as they shrank back from the dangerous glint in the medic's eye and mumbled a quick stream of apologies toward the still reeling human female before quickly backing away.
"We're sorry!" They both yelped simultaneously as they sprinted to hide behind a golden robot with two black racing stripes streaking down his armor. Amanda watched blankly as the golden robot made an odd but cute whirling sound of indignation before he promptly reached behind and kicked the two smaller bots out from underneath him, leaving them helpless against the larger yellow one's wrath, which was discovered to be another large and dangerous looking tool that was promptly chucked at their heads.

Amanda could only stare in bewilderment from her sitting position on the cold floor at the scene unfolding before her. It almost remained her of something that you would see on an old TV. Sitcom.

She would have laughed right there if she didn't have other more pressing matters swimming around in her head.

"I don't know, how I know what I know, I just know…" She spoke quietly as she crossed her arms defensively around her shivering frame. The thin army cotton dress did nothing to keep out the chill that crawled up her bare legs and stabbed at the soles of her feet. Suddenly blue invaded her vision as the giant she had spoken to before leaning down at eye level with her once again. Amanda gasped in surprise before freezing in place, fear overriding her senses.

"Please do not be afraid again, I still promise not to harm you youngling."

Amanda tried to breathe normally before making eye contact again.

"Where…?" She asked shakily. Optimus seemed to understand the unasked question.

"I will take you to him if you can answer a few questions for us first" Amanda gulped and nodded vigorously.

"You left Ratchet's medical ward three earth nights ago, the pod was still in stasis, but the next morning we found it had been activated. Did you have any part in that?" The girl blinked in confusion, caught off guard by the question.

"I-I don't know, maybe I did, but I'm not really sure what exactly happened that night" Amanda shook her head slightly. Optimus observed the human closely, sensing any doubt but finding none.

"Then start explaining, from the beginning", Ironhide spoke up gruffly as he walker closer to Optimus and the humans on the catwalk. He still didn't trust this human female yet. The girl frowned and a glared at the black Autobot with mutual dislike. She shook her head again.

" No way, you would all think I'm crazy…"

A laugh caught her attention and she looked to her right to see Lennox chuckling at her. She flushed in embarrassment.

"Believe me kid, after all we've seen we can take it"

She huffed before crossing her arms defensively and sighed in defeat.

"Fine"

"Good girl" Amanda frowned at the obvious 'puppy' comparison again. She returned her attention to Optimus.

"I was having a really vivid and wired dream and something kept telling me to go and protect someone, but I didn't know who it was and then I woke up. When I woke up I thought I was still at home and I could hear my baby brother crying."

"So you did hear something crying and thought it was your brother?" Epps asked aloud in dulled sarcasm. "Didn't you kind of realize you weren't home when you snuck out?"

She scowled at him.

"I was out of it, ok? I just woke from comatose and I was a little loopy. I blame the drugs." She added as she started pointedly at Ratchet. Said medic grumbled something under his breath before humming aloud.

"Those 'drugs' as you called it, was my medicine, and it should have, by all means, kept you in stasis."

"Stasis?"

"Sleep." Lennox clarified at the girl's confused expression.

"Oh…well they didn't work" She frowned as she continued to glance pointedly at Ratchet. He continued to frown at the young human child in turn.

A deep rumbling cut through their glaring match as Optimus Prime sighed.

"Please continue…?" The girl did not respond to the unspoken inquiry.

"Amanda" Epps supplied cheekily for her as he watched the girl shoot him an annoyed look.

"Just because I told you my name doesn't mean you have to blurt it out to everyone. I can speak for myself," She growled, just a bit testily while Epps smirked.

"Really? I didn't think you would…" He trailed off innocently. "Beside, being shy won't get you anywhere around here kid." Despite the carefree manner in which the dark-skinned solider spoke, she could hear the serious undertone behind the words. She tensed before sighing in defeat.

"Fine…anyways, I followed the crying and I ended up falling down some shaft or something. A grate caught me, I guess, before I could become a human pancake. But then it fell through and I hit my head pretty hard."

Here the child rubbed the back of her head and held back a wince at the memory.

"So I stayed like that for a while but then I saw a strange blue light and the pod, er…shuttle, was floating in midair."

The child caught herself once again as she made to make an exaggerated sweep of her injured arm. She frowned at the restrictive cast before continuing.

"Then I just…wanted to… no I needed to touch it, really badly. So I did but then something strange happened…" Amanda trialed off, rubbing her chin as she tried to find a way to describe the extraordinary event she had witnessed. She clicked her fingers as it dawned on her.

"It was similar to what you guys look like when you transform from cars", she explained briefly. "But instead of turning into something like you guys, it just opened" She finished lamely.

"I see" Optimus spoke, his deep, lulling, voice hide his obvious unease about the situation.

One lone, human, child should not be able to approach, none the less, open a highly radioactive cybertronian shuttle pod that they could not open themselves.

It was unnerving at best.

"And then?" Optimus pressed on.

The girl swallowed nervously.

"Well…when it opened I snuck a quick peak and saw… well him. I untangled his legs from all those wires and cables. They bleeding this strange pink and blue liquid" She wrinkled her nose before pulling a face.

"It must have gone bad or something because it smelled absolutely terrible" Momentarily forgetting where she was, the child stuck her tongue out in disgust as she recalled the offensive odor.

"A wise choice youngling, prolonged exposure to spoiled energon and carburetor fluids can be potentially harmful to a sparkling, especially a stasis locked sparkling" Ratchet grunted in approval, secretly glad for the girl's immensely helpful, though unintentional, intervention. The clueless human just might have saved the little one's spark.

Amanda nodded.

"I figured as much, that's why I took him out of there-"

"You did WHAT!?" Ratchet snapped, his optics widening in surprise and the smallest trace of fear. The girl nearly jumped off the catwalk in terror.

"H-h-huh…?" She sputtered meekly as she cowered behind Epps.

Epps himself looked supremely uncomfortable as well, having Ratchet's rage directed in his direction.

"You little fool, you shouldn't have done that. You're tiny, adolescent, mind might be underdeveloped but you should at least have more processing function then that!" The medic raved as he gritted the equivalent of his metallic teeth together. Amanda growled and furrowed her brow

"Hey, take that back!" She yelled as she stepped out from behind Epps. She could very well know an insult when she saw one.

Said solider look relieved and nearly sighed in relief. He scowled at Lennox as he caught the captain smirking at his expense.

"Use that thing you humans call common sense. If decomposing energon and can harm a cybertronian, imagine what it can do to a human! It could have melted the skin right off your bones! " Ratchet snapped heatedly as he scowled down at the human. She scowled right back.

A deep cough interrupted the standoff as everyone's attention was now reverted back to Optimus.

"Enough Ratchet, I believe she understands now," Optimus commanded the frazzled medic. Ratchet snorted.

"Of course Optimus" Optimus nodded as he directed his focusing gaze on the human child once more.

"Other than the immense danger you placed yourself in three earth nights ago, there are other repercussions you should be aware of youngling" His deep barrow voice rumbled gently, in an effort not to frighten the visibly weary child.

Tired eyes looked at him cautiously as she waited patiently for him to finish.

"In addition to opening the shuttle pod and reviving the sparkling, it seems that a spark bond was formed between the two of you as well"

Loud murmurings could be heard all around the room as the girl merely raised an eyebrow in confusion and exasperation.

Lennox cleared his throat when he noticed the girl refusing to speak once again.

"What do you mean by that exactly Prime?"

Optimus said nothing at first as he kneeled on one knee and looked at eye level with the humans before him.

"It means Captain Lennox, that this human child has unwittingly created one of the most powerful and oldest bonds there is between two life forms. It has existed since the beginning of life itself and only occurs every few millennia… a spark bond"

Here Amanda could no longer ignore the alien's words as she was forced to look directly into his blindly blue optics.

"W-What is that?" Her voice barely carried from her mouth but the hulking behemoth heard it anyway.

"A spark bond is a sacred bond between two intellectual organisms; one that rivals a bond made between life partners or similar to bond between a creator and their creation. The strength of these bonds is extremely powerful. It allows the recipients to accomplish incredible feats that they are normally impossible for them."

"It also quite rare among our species, the last recorded one was nearly a few million earth years ago." Ratchet spoke, having cooled off somewhat.

"But this is unheard of between members of our species and another" Ironhide pointed out as he folded his arms worriedly. "Are you positive about this Optimus?"

The blue and red mech rose slowly back to his original imposing height as he served his troops around him.

"Yes, the matrix of leadership has told me so" He spoke as he left the catwalk and walked back to his troops.

Amanda stared dumbly after him in shock. Suddenly finding her voice as well as her feet she raced down the flight of stairs, ignoring the shouts of surprise behind her.

"Wait, wait, wait!" She was panting as she came up to the feet of the cybertronians.

"You (pant) promised (pant) I could (pant) see him"

Optimus looked down at the human child by his feet curiously before kneeling down once more. He stared contemplatively at the exhausted youngling by his bi-pedal.

"Yes young one, you have kept your word. As I have promised I shall keep mine."

"Bumblebee" Optimus called as he rose and turned to the yellow scout behind him.

A flurry of clicks, whistles, and radio snippets answered his call.

"Take the girl to the med bay, sector 9"

"Sir (whirl)… yes sir…(chirp)…aye aye captain!"

With that the visibly excited yellow scouter quickly jumped up and approached the girl cautiously. He stopped around fifteen feet away from the girl and held a large metal hand out cheerily.

Amanda stopped trying to shy away from him once she noticed the black striped door panels on his back beginning to drop and the sad expression clouding his facial features. Her face crumpled as Amanda felt a flash flood of guilt.

Who was she to refuse his help when he only being nice to her?

Taking a deep breath, Amanda closed her eyes before reopening them and striding confidently towards the now elated robot.

"Aw, look at that Cap. Looks like the kid can't stand Bee's infamous puppy face." Epps chuckled. Lennox snickered under his breath while Ironhide smirked.

Bumblebee made a 'whirling' sound of indignation and annoyance while Amanda crossed her arms haughtily over her chest and stuck her tongue out at the two NEST soldiers.

Amanda nearly bit out her tongue and shrieked as she felt her stomach sink when Bumblebee lifted her into the air. Realizing her discomfort the giant metal man-made an odd noise that Amanda supposed was an apology and suddenly she felt herself being deposited on a yellow polished shoulder.

The girl gave him a thankful smile.

"Thanks. The girl gave him a thankful smile.

"Thanks. Um, you're not gonna drop me are you ?" She questioned hesitantly. The scout shook his head. Suddenly a loud static of voices interrupted her as Amanda looked at the yellow autobot in surprise.

"Shh…Negative ghost rider" A robotic recording sounded from the middle of the yellow mech's neck. Amanda gave him a questioning look as the golden mech turned from the main hanger and began the short trip to Sector 9.

"Why did you use the radio?" She wondered aloud after a few moments of thick silence. She leaned over on her hands and knees to look around to the metal face.

Bumblebee let out a series of complicated chirps and clicks. Amanda cocked her head as she thought.

"So…you can't?" She guessed. Her answer was a heavy shake of the head.

"Oh"

The pair lapped in silence once more.

"…I'm sorry Bumblebee" She spoke somberly.

Amanda furrowed her brow when the yellow bot shot her a glance followed by a curious sounding stream of sounds.

"Well, I mean I am curious about why you can't talk, but I figured it would be better not to ask. I mean if someone just waltzed up and asked about my arm I don't think I would want to talk about it… " She shrugged as she looked down at the nearly brown cast, some splashes of mint green could still be seen in a few random patches here and there. She glanced up to see that the yellow mech had stopped in his stride and was staring at her. Amanda blinked before looking down, slightly embarrassed.

"What I mean is, I don't want to pick at an old wound. Besides, you're a really cool gut so far. I'd hate to get you mad at me so fast." She finished lamely as she scratched the back of her neck nervously.

It seemed like an eternity had passed before either one moved.

An abrupt string of robotic language nearly burst the young girls eardrums as she clapped her hands to her ears against the vicious onslaught.

"What, what, what did I do!" She yelled panicky over the noise, worried that she had seriously offended her current mode of transportation.

Suddenly with an abrupt whirling sound the noise began dying down before stopping all together. The abrupt stillness hung in the air like a deadweight.

Amanda shook her head and rubbed her ears gingerly as she struggled to dissolve the permanent ringing left in the tender appendages. Suddenly the loud sounds of static and muted radio clips filled the hall as Bumblebee struggled to voice his thoughts.

"Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort!" The still slightly stunned girl blinked once at the mighty mech as she cradled her still pounding head. Of all the thing that had to be blasted in her ears, it was the band 'Papa Roach'?

"Cut you're life to pieces? Wait, someone did this to you on purpose!"

A frown was spaded across her face as she tried in vain to swallow. All traces of confusion were wiped clean as understanding stole across her face.

The darker yellow Autobot made a loud sound that caused a puff of pressured air to throw her hair back from the vents she was seated close to. The sounded was similar to a sad sigh.

"Oh man Bumblebee, I'm so sorry. I really shouldn't have asked-" The girl babbled quickly, close at the point of hysterics for mentioning such a personal issue.

Suddenly the yellow robot made another mash of sounds while shaking his head vehemently at the creature by his helmet.

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger…(whirl)…I am Titanium!" Amanda girl blinked for a moment at the songs before allowing a small, guilty, smile to form over her chapped, lips.

"Yes, I guess it does" She offered a shy smile as she fidgeted from her perch atop the larger being's shoulder.

"You must be one tough cookie, aren't you Bee?" She laughed nervously.

Bumblebee made a whirling noise of agreement before shaking his head happily.

"Roger, roger…(chirp)…Airline to tower we have reached point A, over...(shhh)"

Amanda cocked her head to the side when Bumblebee stopped and slowly knelt to the ground before reaching for the human perched precariously on his shoulder plate.

"Point A?" She wondered aloud as she slowly reached out for the metal titan's palm and slid neatly into his hands.

"You mean sector 9" She confirmed as she glanced back questioningly at the smaller Autobot, now safely on solid ground once more.

Bumblebee nodded his head simply before gently prodding the girl towards the human sized entrance.

Amanda shuffled nervously before the entrance before glancing over her shoulder, unease was written plainly on her features. Bumblebee watched the human curiously before kneeling down next to her still form. He made an odd questioning noise as he gently poked her good shoulder.

The girl flinched in surprise as she was jolted out of her thoughts by the large metal finger tapping her shoulder.

Amanda looked back at the hulking metal creature kneeling behind her patiently.

She stared into those large, bright blue, eye lights hesitantly as she opened her mouth to speak before frowning and closing it, somehow at loss for words. Bumblebee made another curious, though slightly, impatient noise as he wondered what was bothering the little human.

Amanda closed her eyes for a moment before swallowing harshly.

"I don't know if I can go in there" She whispered quietly, hoping that her voice didn't crack. Amanda opened her eyes slowly as she watched the metal pieces around Bumblebee's mouth turn down into what she assumed was a frown before he cocked his head to the side curiously.

"I don't know if this is right. I don't even know what I'm doing, and I don't know if I should go see him or not. It's not that I don't want to but… if I get attached to that little guy I don't know what's going to happen, and I don't want to hurt him" She frowned as her eyes darted to the floor. Bumblebee made a small supportive noise, prompting her to continue.

"It's just that I don't think anybody really wants me here." She spook quietly as she fiddled with her cast absent-mindedly. Bumblebee frowned again, asking for another elaboration.

"I mean all those military guys, Ratchet, that guy Ironhide, that creep Galloway…" She shuddered for second as she held her arm closer and deliberately trailed off.

Bumblebee felt the four 'wings' on his back rise in agitation as he made a small winding noise of irritation against the nosy government agent. In his optics, harming an injured child was nothing short of Decepticon worthy.

Amanda looked up briefly at the almost angry noise before shuffling awkwardly.

"I'm not supposed to be here. Plus, I still want to go home soon. I mean I really miss my family and I think they would be worried by now." She stopped again as she bit her lip. Images of her friends and family flying through her mind. Anxious and worried faces clouded her mind for heart clenching moment before she spook her head forcefully, reeling in all the pain for now.

What I'm trying to say is, is that I don't think this is a good idea anymore" Amanda finished as she sighed heavily through her nose.

'What am I going to do?' She wondered blankly as she continued her stare contest with the polished floor.

Suddenly a loud sound interrupted her somber thoughts. She glanced up curiously at Bumblebee.

"What is it?" She asked curiously. Bee made an odd clicking sound for a moment before he gently rested one of his servo atop the small tuff of fur the human's called hair and rubbing the human's tiny head.

Amanda blinked in surprise at the comforting gesture before sighing and smiling sheepishly as something occurred to her.

"I was being overly dramatic wasn't I?" She asked as she grinned guiltily and finally found the courage to stare into the familiar twin pools of unearthly, glowing, blue light.

A light series of rapid chirps was her response and somehow the girl had the sneaking suspicion that the giant, yellow, robot was teasing her.

She rolled her eyes lightly.

"Yea, yea, very funny. You're right that was stupid of me" She confessed.

Amanda sighed loudly again and wrapped her lone arm around herself as best as she could while Bumblebee made another noise of concern as he glanced down at the ever emotionally changing human.

"Oh. Its nothing I'm just…thankful is all. Thank you Bee. I needed that." She smiled shyly again at the incredibly kind alien before chuckling to herself over her last train of thought. Never in a million years would she have thought she would have ever say that.

Bumblebee whirled and clicked happily in his own language for few seconds before another stream of lyrics were thrown at the girl on the ground.

"You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me..." The voice of Randy Newman echoed soothingly into the deserted hallway.

Amanda couldn't help the ear-splitting smile that wormed its way onto her face before she laughed cheerfully.

"Thanks Bee" She nodded "You too" the girl added seriously as she finally made her way to the door.

She gripped the handle tightly before glancing one last time at the mech over her shoulder.

"Hey Bee, will I see you around?" Bumblebee didn't waste time as he nodded his head and stood, making an odd clicking sound that sound very similar to a 'bye bye'. Amanda nodded gratefully.

"Ok. See ya" She waved as she slowly walked in and softly closed the door behind her.

Bumblebee watched the curious human go with a click of happiness and a whirl of relief.

As the golden scout turned to go and make his way back to the hanger he couldn't but be remained strongly of how much this little, human, female reminded him of his own human charge. He wondered briefly how she would react to the powerful spark bond she had made with the sparkling, after all she was still human.

The mech sighed as she shook his head.

It didn't really matter in the end. Bumblebee had seen what impressive feats humans could accomplish when they put their processors to it, and he had a strong feeling that if this girl was anything like Sam then she would be just fine.

Now we have another taste of what happens when you throw autobots, a confused teenager, the military together but this time with a baby transformer on top! What fun.

Anyway, I really hope you have enjoyed this chapter and I apologize sincerely for the late update and my tardiness. Please do not forgot to review if it tickles your fancy or PM my account if you have any further questions. I enjoy talking to you all and seeing what you think of my story. Thank you all very much.

-Sincerely, Mara Gin