Log; Complete

[concept-camaro.livejournal.com]

When; August 13, early morning
Rating; PG
Characters; Open
Summary; Bumblebee arrives in the City with a bang. Intro post.
Log;

The City looked like it might still be sleeping, a little - or at least thinking about dozing off. The morning had just made up its mind to get going, and the air was still very quiet, light just barely illuminating the endless circling of the carousel. Within another moment, though, the carousel was lit by the fiery ball that plunged to the earth next to it, throwing up chunks of pavement and splinters of the rock beneath. The crater was surprisingly small when you considered that the metallic ball inside it must have dropped from orbit. It was a perfect shell for its unlikely meteorite, which furtively unrolled itself and looked around frantically. Making that much noise was never a good thing, it was aware - attracting attention was the last thing it wanted to do.

A moment later, hopefully before anyone would have thought to look out or investigate, a sleek and suspiciously unblemished car that some would know to call a Camaro sat next to the wreckage of the street. It was trying to radiate innocence as it got its bearings. It was failing.

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Bumblebee stopped resignedly and waited for Lloyd to make a positive identification of the road.

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"Um..." Huh. There were only two directions to go from here, and Lloyd was pretty sure his odds were just as good whichever way he picked. "I think it's the other way," he said.

Fifty-fifty wasn't all that bad!

[concept-camaro.livejournal.com]

Almost amused, Bumblebee screeched into a U-turn and zoomed at top speed the other way. This considerate citizen act was getting monotonous.

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Lloyd's pretty confident now -- this way looks more familiar. "Is this as fast as you can go?" he asks.

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Such a question can only be answered by a dramatic increase in speed, Bumblebee felt. So accelerate he did.

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Lloyd laughed. Riding in Bumblebee wasn't quite as fun as the rheairds, but it was pretty close. "This is awesome," he said, forgetting for a second that they actually had a destination they were trying to get to.

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♪Yeah, what I really need is an open road
And a whole lot of speed-♪

This was pretty fun. He could see the warehouse off to their right now, though, so he had the opportunity to change directions at a truly irresponsible pace. Remembering that he hadn't told Lloyd to buckle up, he snapped the seatbelt into place over the human himself before skidding into the turn.

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Lloyd jumped as the seatbelt snapped over him; he didn't even know what that thing was, but in a second he was grateful for it. Without the restraint he'd probably have tumbled into the driver's seat.

"Yeah," he said. "It's right up..." And then he trailed off, because it was pretty obvious Bumblebee knew where he was going. So he sat back and just enjoyed the ride.

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Bumblebee streaked his way confidently to the warehouse, making a couple more turns, and then stopped with a dramatic scream of rubber, a little guiltily pleased with himself.

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Lloyd laughed as the car screeched to a stop, not minding getting jerked around at all. "That's great!" he said. "You're pretty good at stuff like that, you know."

He turned to the window. "And... that's it. Are you sure you want to stay there?"

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Bumblebee preened. Just a little. Then he unbuckled Lloyd's seat belt and opened the door politely. The building looked like it would be quite serviceable for a night or two, anyway.

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Lloyd stepped out of the car, scratching the back of his head. "If you're sure, then good luck. If you need any favors you can ask me, and I'll definitely help!"

[concept-camaro.livejournal.com]

Bumblebee nudged Lloyd's knee affectionately, careful to be gentle. Humans were so fragile.

♪'ll be there for you
'Cause you're there for me too~♪

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Lloyd grinned. "Thanks, Bumblebee. I'll let you know if I need anything, too."

[concept-camaro.livejournal.com]

Bumblebee purred his engine at Lloyd for a moment, then turned carefully and drove into the warehouse.