Through Ash and Dust (ROTB)

Chapter 21

Saphira was extremely curious as to what Bumblebee wanted to show her. The fact he had not told Mirage about it, did mean that it was quite a surprise. She tried to think on what exactly it could be. But she was having a lot of trouble imagining it, so she was definitely in for a surprise. She hoped that it would be good, because Bee's excitement made her feel excited. So she was definitely looking forward to it because of that. She was still trying to imagine what exactly it was that Bumblebee wanted to show her. It was a huge city, so there were many things that he could have found.

"So where exactly are you taking me, Bumblebee?" Saphira asked curiously as she looked out the window of the car. "Are you able to give me a hint? Or is it something that you genuinely want me to be surprised about? I am very curious."

Bumblebee chuckled before speaking through the radio. "If I gave a hint, it would be too much and you would know." She rolled her eyes in amusement. "All I can say it might be another place to hang out. I found it randomly while just rolling around in the city."

"I see..." Saphira guessed at least it was a building of some sort. And she wondered what kind of building. "That kind of gives me a hint already." Saphira glanced at the mirrors as she was half expecting to see Optimus following, but he was not. She sighed as her smile softened a little. "I must also admit that the more I learn about you guys, the more I feel sorry for you."

"Oh? Did the boss let in on some more secrets?" She nodded and moved her arm to rest it on the window as she stared out of it. "I see...well, we appreciate your sympathy for our situation. We have been through hell and more in the war, but we are still strong."

"I know. Life sucks..." Saphira stared out the window as she thought about it. "We have all been through our own form of hell. You've lost your world, and probably a lot of family, and you're stranded on an alien world." She let out a light chuckle and looked at the dash. "It's kind of weird to say that about my own world...but...it is true. And you also have met humans, and realized we aren't that good. Which is a good thing, since you aren't showing yourselves like they try to represent in some movies."

Bumblebee chuckled as he listened to her. "Yeah, life definitely sucks. But we have made a new friend! And I think that is still wonderful. He won't admit it, but you are growing on him." Saphira rolled her eyes at him as she did not believe him. "I'm serious!"

"Me? Growing on Optimus? That sounds ridiculous to me. Maybe to a point, I am, because he's been friendly with me for a while. And I have proven that I can be trusted. Of course, I still need to keep doing that. But...am I really?" Saphira did not know if she should believe that. "You guys know him better than me...so I guess...but that would still be a surprise."

Bumblebee was highly amused as he could fully understand why Saphira would think that way. "He practically raised me from when I was very young. So I know him very well." She raised an eyebrow as that made her curious. "And you are growing on him. He just isn't the type of person who would show that kind of feeling easily. You already know how stoic he is, so it is not completely unreasonable to think that he would hide that fact."

"Yeah, I got that. But that still seems to be strange to me." Saphira glanced out the window and as they drive by a street, she was looking down the street and she saw a bus driving by at the other end. She didn't think much of it, even though it would be a coincidence if it happened to be Transit. "Though...is it considered a good thing? I only ask because Optimus is apprehensive about humans, and now you are telling me that I have been growing on him, so I am not sure if that is considered good to you."

"To me it is, because it means he can learn that not all humans are bad. I had a friend. She helped me a lot, and made me learn that not all humans are bad. But I experienced good, Optimus has only just met a human who he can learn from. It is not bad at all. It is good." Saphira smiled as she thought that was sweet of Bumblebee to think that. "To be honest, you were growing on him weeks ago. He only admitted to trusting you recently, but it has been weeks. I can tell, because I have been around him longer than the others have."