Man and Machine

(We cut to a car dealership sometime in the morning. A salesman is showing 17-year-old Sam Witwicky a yellow-black car from the 1970s. It looks like he just put him on sale already!)

Salesman: Well, bless my stars! This beaut here is a hot new addition to the family! I heard thant cars from the 70s...have feelings of their own.

Sam: Charmed.

Salesman: A bond between man and machine is more magical than you think.

Sam: You mean the driver doesn't pick the car, the car picks their driver?

Salesman: In a way, yeah. If these groovy hepcats have souls, so do they at this time.

(Sam hops into the yellow-black car. After getting a feel of it, he seems to enjoy it.)

Sam: Feels good. (An Autobot logo is revealed on the sterring wheel; could it be...Bumblebee...?) How much?

Salesman: Slick wheels and custom paint job that lasted for who knows how long...(turns to Sam) Do you...have a specific car fund?

Sam: Yeah. $4000. My dad gave some to me for my birthday today.

Salesman: Well, shucks! Boy, today is gonna be ya lucky day!

(Just a moment later, Sam has bought the car and is running free to his delight.)

Sam: Wooo! Yeah!

(He was driving nearby the same spot the Decepticon ship crashed. Inside, Thundercracker was seen walking on foot to get there. He is hurt from the previous episode.)

Thundercracker: Ow, my bunyons are killin' me!

(After walking inside, he sits down so he can rest and repair himself.)

Thundercracker: Hopefully Shockwave won't mind when I'm up and running.

(But he accidentally turns on the computer that activates a satellite-like drone device that goes around the world and scans select machines. A laser tank and a buggy with cannons at a science fair, a satellite from a museum, dump truck, helicopter, fighter jet, police car, dune buggy, muscle car, tank, anti-aircraft vehicle, indy race car, and motorcycle were chosen. The Decepticons were repaired, and unexpectedly so was Thundercracker. He is surprised.)

Thundercracker: I did nothin'!

(The rest of the Decepticons woke up and transformed to their robot modes.)

Starscream: Where...are we...?

Thundercracker: I didn't do nothin'! I swear!

Shockwave (glaring at the panicky Decepticon): And where were you?

Thundercracker: I haven't been---

Shockwave: Never mind that! Let's observe!

(The Decepticons walked out of the ship to check their new surroundings.)

Shockwave: We are on a new planet, and strangely enough: much time has passed. Despite that, our mission stays the same. We must find Megatron at all costs! (points at Barricade) Barricade! Can you find any clues to the Allspark's location? This is the key to bringing our leader back!

Barricade: At once, Shockwave! (transforms to police car mode and drives off)

Starscream: What if Megatron is no more? To be fair, I've always dreamt of succeding him in the future!

Shockwave: You? You can't be serious! Don't sell yourself short, Starscream! You can't even lead a parade, let alone making some music with it!

(Meawhile, at night, Sam is sitting on Bumblebee's hood with his laptop.)

Sam: Great! Now I got the car, I need the girl! And college tuition too! I wonder how the glasses are doing.

(He's on an eBay-like site to check on the progress of a familiar pair of glasses...<Those are the old glasses of Captain Archibald Witwicky!> So far, it comes out as 0 Bids.)

Sam: Zero bids. Great, doomed. (talking to the car) Don't you agree?

(Just then, Barricade is zooming on the road. Using a laptop, Frenzy just ran into the SAME page Sam was on.

Frenzy: (gibberish) Barricade! Look at these glasses! Those symbols look familiar!

Barricade: Of course! Those glasses that guy, Captain Archibald Witwicky, has our language!

Frenzy: (gibberish) And that red beacon on the left lense; it may be the location of the Allspark!

Barricade: But, where's that "Ladiesman217?"

Frenzy: (gibberish) One way to find out!

(Frenzy then hacks the laptop to find Sam's IP address. He does so and his eyes light up, picking up his location.)

Frenzy: (gibberish) I found him! He is only a few miles ahead! He shouldn't be that far!

Barricade: Then let's floor it! There's no time to lose!

(Later, after Barricade is speeding up, Sam is pondering.)

Sam: Y'know, maybe one of the sellers HAS to be an antiques dealer. I think we should sell it to him directly.

(But that'll have to wait when Barricade approaches.)

Sam: (mistaken) Huh? Oh, officer? What's up? I'm just minding my business and all---

(Barricade then converts to robot mode, ready to catch his prey.)

Sam: Oh no. (screams)

(Before he can get to the car, Barricade grabs him and pins him down on the road.)

Barricade: Are you Ladiesman217?

Sam: I don't know what you're talking about---

Barricade: ARE YOU LADIESMAN217?!

Sam: Yeah, but how do you know my---

Barricade: I ASK THE QUESTIONS HERE! YOU'RE SELLING THOSE OLD GLASSES ONLINE! IS THAT RIGHT?!

Sam: Yes.

Barricade: WELL, WHERE ARE THEY?! WHERE ARE THE GLASSES?!

(While Sam is panicking for his life, the car transforms into robot mode. This IS Bumblebee! But his voice box is still damaged, with beeps coming out for his speech.)

Sam: Huh?!

Barricade: Bumblebee?!

Bumblebee: (beeps)

Barricade: But Megatron destroyed you!

Bumblebee: (beeps)

Barricade: Very well. I'LL JUST FINISH THE JOB FOR HIM! (readies his weapon)

Sam: FYI, I don't have the glasses with me!

Barricade: Figures. Frenzy, bring that Earth rat to me! (ejects Frenzy out of his chest)

Frenzy: YEAH!

(Barricade swings his mace-like weapon at Bumblebee, who easily gets up and punches the Decepticon in the face. He then plants his foot on it, and kicks him across the street.0

Barricade: (gets up, frustrated) Enough of this skullduggery!

(Bumblebee then fires two shoulder cannons on Barricade, easily damaging and knocking him out. But Sam has to fight a foe too as he's fleeing for cover, Frenzy grabs him by the legs. After falling on his face, he spots a metal pipe and hits the Mini-Con on the head repeatedly.)

Sam: Get! Off! (knocks Frenzy's head off before getting up) Yeah. Well, you should've quit while you're ahead!

(He then picks up Frenzy's head, tosses it up in the air, and hits it with the pipe like a baseball bat. The head then flies in the air, and into a ditch. He then turns to Bumblebee.)

Sam: Thanks for saving my life. What brings you here?

(But it's hard to understand as Bumblebee's voice box is still on the fritz and he can say nothing but beeps. But Sam spots it and wants to fix it.)

Sam: Hey, you can't talk because your neck got fried? Hey, it's okay. I can repair it if you like.

(Sam does so, and now, good as new, Bumblebee can talk again.)

Bumblebee: Testing, one, two, three! Oh, man! I really missed hearing myself talk! Thank you from the bottom of my spark.

Sam: No prob. My name is Sam, Sam Witwicky. And you're?

Bumblebee: My friends call me Bumblebee.

Sam: What about that police car robot who wanted my old glasses?

Bumblebee: He is Barricade, who's working for the Decepticons. (Frenzy's head quickly ascends as it can) You had those "glasses" do you?

Sam: No, but I'll show you the image of it. There has to be a reason why he's so hot about them?

(Sam shows the image of Captain Witwicky's glasses on his laptop to Bumblebee. Even the symbols of the lenses were shown.)

Bumblebee: I get it now! The reason Barricade wants them...because those symbols...are the language of my people! These could be coordinates to the Allspark! If the Decepticons ever get it before we do, they'll use it to make an army and destroy your world! Do you know where your glasses are, right?

Sam: Yeah, at my house.

Bumblebee: (transforms to car mode) Then what are we waiting for? Take me to your humble abode for the glasses, and we need to find the rest of my friends! There could be more Decepticons lurking around somewhere! We'll need all the we can get!

Sam: Then let's do it! My home isn't far from here, I'll show you the way.

Bumblebee: It's a deal!

(As the two set out, Frenzy's head finally climbs up and quickly runs toward Bumblebee as he drives off. It then manages to latch on his trunk. The episode ends.)