My Badass Bot -Bumblebee-

Chapter 4

When we got back to base, Jack and I carried Fowler out of Bumblebee's backseat and onto a gurney. Raf and Miko walked over as I put a white sheet over him. I looked away to see Optimus putting some sort of cast looking thing on Ratchet's arm.

"What happened to you guys anyway?" Miko asked softly.

"We engaged an army of undead Cybertronian warriors." Ratchet said. Maybe it's the way he says the words, or just his voice, but he seems to make everything sound grave.

"Zombies? You fought zombies and I missed it?" Miko said, irritated.

"Bulkhead. You exercised extremely poor judgement in allowing the humans to accompany you." Optimus said.

Bulkhead stood up. "It won't happen again, Optimus. I promise." He said.

"But it wasn't Bulkhead's fault." Miko spoke up.

"Miko, please!" Bulkhead tried to shush her, but she ignored him.

"And check it out. Recon." She pulled her phone out. Optimus leaned forward to see.

"Ratchet, take a look." He said. "It could be of importance to Megatron."

"Whoa, Megatrons back? That's really bad news, right?" Jack stepped forward.

Ratchet leaned to look at Miko's phone. "I..don't understand." He said.

Miko looked at the screen. "Oops." She said. "That's the Con that tried to blow Raf and Bella away. At least, that's what he looked like before Bulkhead rearranged his grill." Miko punched the air. Raf took a step closer to me and I gave him a one armed hug.

"Miko, Raf and Bella were almost killed. This isn't a game, when are you gonna get that through your thick skull?" Jack said angrily.

"We were all almost killed today, Jack. You, me, Raf, and Bella. Even them." She pointed to the bots. Oh god here we go again.

"Would you two stop fighting and just kiss and makeup already?" I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

They both looked at me, and I smiled innocently. But then Jack picked up the conversation.

"If this is just an average day with the Autobots, then I don't want to be apart of it. Not anymore." He said.

"Jack, putting you in harms way was never our intent. It is no longer the safety of you four that is at risk, but the safety of all human kind. We will respect your decision if you wish to leave." Optimus said.

The ground bridge burst to life and we looked to see Ratchet at the handle that activates it. "No point in long goodbyes. Here's the door." He said.

Jack turned to me. "Come on Bella, Raf."

My lips parted as I sucked in a slow gasp. I let my eyes travel to the faces of Ratchet, Bulkhead, Optimus, Arcee, and finally landing on Bumblebee. I held his gaze for a few seconds longer, before looking down at Raf. He looked up at me and I knew we had the same thoughts. I walked to Jack.

"We'll be fine here, Jack." I said, and he pulled me into a hug. When he pulled back he turned to Raf and gave him a wave. He waved back.

"See you in school." Raf said.

"Sure thing." Jack replied.

With that he walked down the stairs toward the ground bridge. When Arcee stepped forword, she and Jack shared a few seconds of eye contact.

"I know. You don't exist." He said, and kept walking.

"Don't make me hunt you down." She said as Jack walked through the ground bridge and with a flash he was gone.

I sighed and sat down cross legged. Raf sat next to me and poked my leg. I stuck my tongue out at him with a smile.

"Are you okay, Mini Man?" I asked.

"Yeah. Are you?" He added.

"I've felt worse." I said as I rubbed a spot on my side that was burning. I think I got a little singed when I almost got hit.

"Hey guys." Bumblebee walked up.

"Hey." Raf and I said in unison.

"Watcha doin?" He asked.

"Talking to a giant yellow robot from outer space. What are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm just talking to tiny flesh covered things on a distant planet." He answered.

I smiled when Raf laughed at our conversation. "What's so funny?" I asked, pretending to be confused as I tilted my head to the side.

"You two." He said.

"Well I do have the best sense of humor." Bumblebee said. "See?" He said, pointing to me as I laughed after he said that.

"Hey Bella?" Raf said.

"No." I said.

"But you don't even know what I was gonna say." Raf whined.

"You were either going to ask for food or you were going to ask me to sing." I said, crossing my arms over my chest with a smirk. His mouth dropped and he turned to Bumblebee. "She's scary. She can read minds!" He mock gasped.

"Nope. I just know you. I've been taking care of you since you were born, I know how your mind works." I said, still smirking.

"Do you have any food?" Raf asked. I nodded and swung my backpack off my back. I pulled out a bag of jalepeño Cheetos and handed it to him.

"Your awesome Isabella." He said, opening the bag with a pop.

"I thought your name was Bella?" Bumblebee said.

"It's short for Isabella. My full name is Isabella Roselia Sophia Juliette Esquivel."

"But we like to say Bella Rose. Because it means Beautiful Rose." Raf said smugly. He knows I blush when people say that! *pouty face* I groaned and covered my face with my hands and ducked my head.

"What's wrong with her?" Bumblebee asked.

"She hates it when I say that. It always makes her blush." Raf snickered playfully.

"Why?"

"Because she doesn't think she deserves that title."

"What?"

I groaned again and fell back on my back. "Come on, my cheeks are trying to light a fire! Stop!"

Raf laughed and I bet he felt pretty smug about himself.

"Can we not talk about this?" My voice was high in embarrassment.

Bumblebee and Raf laughed in unison and I grumbled.