Outside, Looking In(Fic)
It's a subtle, subtle slash, but I think I did pretty good anyway. Two short parts so far. I should hopefully get some Sam/Bee/Mikaela action soon.
First TF fic, a newbie to the fandom, never watched the tv series, be gentle with me!
Also: I have this thing about Ironhide(not as big as the thing for BeeXSam) so he'll be around a lot! This is written mostly from Will Lennox and Ironhide's POV.
Disclaimer: I own nothing
:::Outside, Looking In:::
"Humaniod speaking"
[Autobot vehicle voice]
:::Part the First:::
Captain Will Lennox of the Army Rangers cocked his head to the side. There was a 2008 blue Topkick pick up with an eight inch lift in his driveway. He'd never owned a truck like that. And it had been almost three months since the whole 'Autobots and Allspark adventure' as he liked to put it.
But he still remembered everyone. The occasional email from Sam didn't hurt.
"Ironhide?"
[Optimus Prime told me to get you.]
"What's wrong?" Even as he was talking, Will was getting into Ironhide and slamming the door shut. He knew that Prime wouldn't send anyone to get him unless there was a real problem. Prime understood boundaries... unlike Ironhide or Bumblebee.
[Sam is in a medical facility. Humans hurt him.] Ironhide roared out of the driveway, his voice low and taunt, as though about to go into a homicidal rage at any time.
"Shit! What happened?" Will wanted to grab the wheel and speed off to the hospital, but knew that Ironhide would get him there as fast a possible. Besides, Will didn't know which hospital to go to.
[Bumblebee called out to us that he found Sam just outside of the football field. He believes Sam was badly beaten.]
"God damn it." Will cursed and shook his head. "How's Bumblebee taking this?"
[Bumblebee is very angry. As am I.] Ironhide revved his engine, his anger very evident. By the time that Ironhide reached the hospital, Will had all the information anyone had about Sam's condition. Ironhide's disdain for the wireless hospital security was clearly evident.
"I'll come back and tell you everything." The Captain jumped from the drivers seat, while Ironhide was in the middle of stopping and raced into the hospital. "Ma'am, where's Sam Witwicky's room?"
"Room 214. Up the stairs..." But Will was already gone, not waiting for the elevator, running up the stairs.
Mikaela was standing outside one of the rooms, looking in through the rectangle of glass.
"Mikaela?"
Turning and throwing herself into his arms Will made sure to catch her securely as she burst into tears. "They beat him up! Because I was going out with him instead of one of the team!"
Ah fuck. Will tucked her head into his neck and shuffled them over so that he could look in on his friend. "Damn it."
Sam's face was black and blue, he had an IV and an oxygen mask, several stitches visible on one of his arms where Will could tell he'd try to defend himself and a cast on the other.
"I..." Mikaela let go of Will and took two steps away. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.."
"Mikaela, it's alright. I'm here for Sam and for you."
The beautiful young woman nodded, "God, I have to tell Bee that he'll be okay... Could you, would you tell the others? That Sam's going to be okay? Bee is freaking right out."
"Yeah, I can do that Mikaela. Go make sure Bumblebee doesn't come around and scare everyone, okay?" Will knew that Bumblebee was a soldier. He didn't always think before he acted. That was one of the things that made sentients good soldiers. In the back of his mind he wondered when he'd started to classify humans and Autobots under 'sentient' instead of 'human' and 'alien'. He ignored that though. There were more important things going on at the moment.
Mikaela hugged him again, kissed his cheek and shot off down the corridor. Will smiled faintly. She knew as well as he did that Bumblebee wasn't just going to sit around and wait for news on Sam.
"Uh, Mr Witwicky?" The doctor frowned and Will smirked. No wonder the doc was confused, Will didn't look old enough to have Sam as a son.
"No, I'm Captain William Lennox. I haven't see Sam's parents yet." He frowned at the sudden thought. He hadn't seen Mr or Mrs Witwicky yet. They should have been the first ones contacted about Sam.
"Ah, well. Captain Lennox, I really can't tell you anything without the Witwicky's permission, but you can wait for them if you'd like."
"May I go inside? Talk to Sam?"
"He's unconscious right now, we have him on some pretty powerful painkillers, but if you want, go ahead. "
"Thanks Doc." Will entered the room with a cordial nod to the doctor as he slipped past him. He took his time cataloguing the injuries that he saw. Split lip, black eyes, a couple of butterfly bandages over his left eyebrow. There were the stitches on his arm and the cast. "They worked you over good Kid." Will sat on the hard green plastic chair, "I'm gonna wait here with you until your parents come, and then I'm gonna go talk to the Autobots. Prime was worried. He made Ironhide come and get me. Apparently Bumblebee was pretty panicky when he found you."
Sam just slept.
:::TBC:::
***
:::Part the Second:::
Will leaned against Ironhide as he sighed, "Sam's going to be fine you guys." He was still a little intimidated by the three twenty foot or taller Autobots towering over him but didn't let it show, "He's got a broken arm and some stitches. He did need surgery to stop the internal bleeding in his abdomen, but he'll be okay."
The largest of the Autobots knelt in the grass by him and held his hand out, "You are sure?"
"Yeah Prime, Sam'll be okay. He just needs a little time to heal." Will stepped onto the offered hand and felt the air move around him as he was lifted to chest level with the Autobots. He only glanced down once.
Damn. It was a long way down.
"I am worried about him Will."
"I know you are Prime, but he'll be okay. I promise you." Will shrugged, "When he gets out of the hospital, you're all going to have to be very careful with him, but he'll be back to normal soon."
Ratchet spoke up, "I am worried about Bumblebee. He reacts as Mikaela about this. Should either of them have a mind too, they could find and punish the perpetrators."
"They must be punished," Ironhide growled and Will held up his hands.
"Whoa, stop right there Ironhide. Everyone here knows that whoever did this must be punished, however, I am not going to let any one of us become vigilantes. Mikaela and Bumblebee will restrain themselves and so will you." He stared hard at the weapons specialist until the autobot nodded to him, "Good. The cops will take the case. They'll find out who did this."
"And if they decide that this matter is not important enough to warrant their full attention..." Ironhide crossed his arms as best he could and Will smirked at him with grim humor.
"If that happens, the Mayor, the police commissioner and the station Lieutenant will all get a phone call or two from the Air Force, the SecDef and possibly even the President, should he be told that the kid who saved the world isn't getting any help."
"As it should be." Prime let Will climb up onto his shoulder, "I believe that we should do anything we can for Bumblebee and Mikaela."
"Good plan Prime." Will agreed absently as he looked around at the view he had from where he was. This was the first time that he'd been this high up, the first time that he'd been held up this high by one of the Autobots. It was exciting. He could see for miles. "Oh, hey, you know that call that you sent out to the other Autobots?" Prime turned his head to look at Will and the AirForce officer was surprised at how expressive the bio-mech's face was this close up.
"Yes."
"Well, you are going to introduce us when they get here, right?"
"Yes." Prime smiled and Will had to smile back. This was totally ridiculous, his standing on the shoulder of a twenty-five foot robot, who was smiling at him.
"Sounds good." The rumbling of an Autobot pretending to be a 2008 Camaro made Will stare down to the dirt road. "Bumblebee!"
"Captain!" Mikaela exited from the drivers seat and Bumblebee transformed into his standing form.
"Captain." The soldier bowed his head to Prime and Will then picked Mikaela up in his hand "Mikaela told me that Sam will recover."
Absolutely bowled over that Bumblebee was speaking with his voice synthesizer instead of the radio, Will blinked, "Uh, yeah. He's recovering and should be out and about in a couple of days." Will watched Mikaela almost cuddle into Bumblebee's palm.
"Good." The yellow-ish Autobot turned and walked to the side of the cliff, sitting down and dangling his legs over the edge. Mikaela slid from his hand to his thigh and rested there, seemingly perfectly content with Bumblebee.
The only thing missing was Sam. Will felt a wave on sympathy for Mikaela, knowing how it felt to be separated from his loved ones. "Hey, guys? Lets give them some time alone, alright?" He barely whispered the request, but the others agreed silently and moved away. Prime set Will down and they all transformed into their chosen vehicle form.
[Ironhide, take Will, Ratchet will go to the hospital and I will watch over our friends.] Prime drove off to the side, far enough away from the two at the cliff as to not bother them, but close enough to offer support.
[Come on Cap. Where do you want to go?] Ironhide's drivers door swung open and Will hauled himself up into the seat.
"I'd like to go home. See Sarah and Angie." Before closing the door, Will leaned out, "I'll see you later Ratchet."
[Good bye Will.]
:::TBC:::
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
First TF fic, a newbie to the fandom, never watched the tv series, be gentle with me!
Also: I have this thing about Ironhide(not as big as the thing for BeeXSam) so he'll be around a lot! This is written mostly from Will Lennox and Ironhide's POV.
Disclaimer: I own nothing
:::Outside, Looking In:::
"Humaniod speaking"
[Autobot vehicle voice]
:::Part the First:::
Captain Will Lennox of the Army Rangers cocked his head to the side. There was a 2008 blue Topkick pick up with an eight inch lift in his driveway. He'd never owned a truck like that. And it had been almost three months since the whole 'Autobots and Allspark adventure' as he liked to put it.
But he still remembered everyone. The occasional email from Sam didn't hurt.
"Ironhide?"
[Optimus Prime told me to get you.]
"What's wrong?" Even as he was talking, Will was getting into Ironhide and slamming the door shut. He knew that Prime wouldn't send anyone to get him unless there was a real problem. Prime understood boundaries... unlike Ironhide or Bumblebee.
[Sam is in a medical facility. Humans hurt him.] Ironhide roared out of the driveway, his voice low and taunt, as though about to go into a homicidal rage at any time.
"Shit! What happened?" Will wanted to grab the wheel and speed off to the hospital, but knew that Ironhide would get him there as fast a possible. Besides, Will didn't know which hospital to go to.
[Bumblebee called out to us that he found Sam just outside of the football field. He believes Sam was badly beaten.]
"God damn it." Will cursed and shook his head. "How's Bumblebee taking this?"
[Bumblebee is very angry. As am I.] Ironhide revved his engine, his anger very evident. By the time that Ironhide reached the hospital, Will had all the information anyone had about Sam's condition. Ironhide's disdain for the wireless hospital security was clearly evident.
"I'll come back and tell you everything." The Captain jumped from the drivers seat, while Ironhide was in the middle of stopping and raced into the hospital. "Ma'am, where's Sam Witwicky's room?"
"Room 214. Up the stairs..." But Will was already gone, not waiting for the elevator, running up the stairs.
Mikaela was standing outside one of the rooms, looking in through the rectangle of glass.
"Mikaela?"
Turning and throwing herself into his arms Will made sure to catch her securely as she burst into tears. "They beat him up! Because I was going out with him instead of one of the team!"
Ah fuck. Will tucked her head into his neck and shuffled them over so that he could look in on his friend. "Damn it."
Sam's face was black and blue, he had an IV and an oxygen mask, several stitches visible on one of his arms where Will could tell he'd try to defend himself and a cast on the other.
"I..." Mikaela let go of Will and took two steps away. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.."
"Mikaela, it's alright. I'm here for Sam and for you."
The beautiful young woman nodded, "God, I have to tell Bee that he'll be okay... Could you, would you tell the others? That Sam's going to be okay? Bee is freaking right out."
"Yeah, I can do that Mikaela. Go make sure Bumblebee doesn't come around and scare everyone, okay?" Will knew that Bumblebee was a soldier. He didn't always think before he acted. That was one of the things that made sentients good soldiers. In the back of his mind he wondered when he'd started to classify humans and Autobots under 'sentient' instead of 'human' and 'alien'. He ignored that though. There were more important things going on at the moment.
Mikaela hugged him again, kissed his cheek and shot off down the corridor. Will smiled faintly. She knew as well as he did that Bumblebee wasn't just going to sit around and wait for news on Sam.
"Uh, Mr Witwicky?" The doctor frowned and Will smirked. No wonder the doc was confused, Will didn't look old enough to have Sam as a son.
"No, I'm Captain William Lennox. I haven't see Sam's parents yet." He frowned at the sudden thought. He hadn't seen Mr or Mrs Witwicky yet. They should have been the first ones contacted about Sam.
"Ah, well. Captain Lennox, I really can't tell you anything without the Witwicky's permission, but you can wait for them if you'd like."
"May I go inside? Talk to Sam?"
"He's unconscious right now, we have him on some pretty powerful painkillers, but if you want, go ahead. "
"Thanks Doc." Will entered the room with a cordial nod to the doctor as he slipped past him. He took his time cataloguing the injuries that he saw. Split lip, black eyes, a couple of butterfly bandages over his left eyebrow. There were the stitches on his arm and the cast. "They worked you over good Kid." Will sat on the hard green plastic chair, "I'm gonna wait here with you until your parents come, and then I'm gonna go talk to the Autobots. Prime was worried. He made Ironhide come and get me. Apparently Bumblebee was pretty panicky when he found you."
Sam just slept.
:::TBC:::
***
:::Part the Second:::
Will leaned against Ironhide as he sighed, "Sam's going to be fine you guys." He was still a little intimidated by the three twenty foot or taller Autobots towering over him but didn't let it show, "He's got a broken arm and some stitches. He did need surgery to stop the internal bleeding in his abdomen, but he'll be okay."
The largest of the Autobots knelt in the grass by him and held his hand out, "You are sure?"
"Yeah Prime, Sam'll be okay. He just needs a little time to heal." Will stepped onto the offered hand and felt the air move around him as he was lifted to chest level with the Autobots. He only glanced down once.
Damn. It was a long way down.
"I am worried about him Will."
"I know you are Prime, but he'll be okay. I promise you." Will shrugged, "When he gets out of the hospital, you're all going to have to be very careful with him, but he'll be back to normal soon."
Ratchet spoke up, "I am worried about Bumblebee. He reacts as Mikaela about this. Should either of them have a mind too, they could find and punish the perpetrators."
"They must be punished," Ironhide growled and Will held up his hands.
"Whoa, stop right there Ironhide. Everyone here knows that whoever did this must be punished, however, I am not going to let any one of us become vigilantes. Mikaela and Bumblebee will restrain themselves and so will you." He stared hard at the weapons specialist until the autobot nodded to him, "Good. The cops will take the case. They'll find out who did this."
"And if they decide that this matter is not important enough to warrant their full attention..." Ironhide crossed his arms as best he could and Will smirked at him with grim humor.
"If that happens, the Mayor, the police commissioner and the station Lieutenant will all get a phone call or two from the Air Force, the SecDef and possibly even the President, should he be told that the kid who saved the world isn't getting any help."
"As it should be." Prime let Will climb up onto his shoulder, "I believe that we should do anything we can for Bumblebee and Mikaela."
"Good plan Prime." Will agreed absently as he looked around at the view he had from where he was. This was the first time that he'd been this high up, the first time that he'd been held up this high by one of the Autobots. It was exciting. He could see for miles. "Oh, hey, you know that call that you sent out to the other Autobots?" Prime turned his head to look at Will and the AirForce officer was surprised at how expressive the bio-mech's face was this close up.
"Yes."
"Well, you are going to introduce us when they get here, right?"
"Yes." Prime smiled and Will had to smile back. This was totally ridiculous, his standing on the shoulder of a twenty-five foot robot, who was smiling at him.
"Sounds good." The rumbling of an Autobot pretending to be a 2008 Camaro made Will stare down to the dirt road. "Bumblebee!"
"Captain!" Mikaela exited from the drivers seat and Bumblebee transformed into his standing form.
"Captain." The soldier bowed his head to Prime and Will then picked Mikaela up in his hand "Mikaela told me that Sam will recover."
Absolutely bowled over that Bumblebee was speaking with his voice synthesizer instead of the radio, Will blinked, "Uh, yeah. He's recovering and should be out and about in a couple of days." Will watched Mikaela almost cuddle into Bumblebee's palm.
"Good." The yellow-ish Autobot turned and walked to the side of the cliff, sitting down and dangling his legs over the edge. Mikaela slid from his hand to his thigh and rested there, seemingly perfectly content with Bumblebee.
The only thing missing was Sam. Will felt a wave on sympathy for Mikaela, knowing how it felt to be separated from his loved ones. "Hey, guys? Lets give them some time alone, alright?" He barely whispered the request, but the others agreed silently and moved away. Prime set Will down and they all transformed into their chosen vehicle form.
[Ironhide, take Will, Ratchet will go to the hospital and I will watch over our friends.] Prime drove off to the side, far enough away from the two at the cliff as to not bother them, but close enough to offer support.
[Come on Cap. Where do you want to go?] Ironhide's drivers door swung open and Will hauled himself up into the seat.
"I'd like to go home. See Sarah and Angie." Before closing the door, Will leaned out, "I'll see you later Ratchet."
[Good bye Will.]
:::TBC:::
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five