Transformers Bumblebee: The Junior Novel
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Charlie smiled. “That’s nice.”
Memo smiled back. “My mom got it from Weight Watchers.”
As the Beetle drove on along the country road, Charlie began to worry about Bumblebee. She still had many questions about him, his origins, and his connection with the hologram in the woods. And what about the Decepticons? Were they a threat to humans? More than anything, she worried about her ability to take care of Bumblebee. She could only imagine what the future would bring, but she vowed to stick close to Bumblebee no matter what.
Epilogue
In a secret underground base, Agent Burns watched the two large, menacing robots named Shatter and Dropkick as they studied a computer screen that displayed a map of North America’s southwest coast. The screen also displayed data gathered from a makeshift information network. Now that more Cybertronians had come to Earth, Burns had made a reluctant alliance, desperate to find the robot he had failed to capture.
Shatter noticed a tiny area of the map go dark, and then a utility company’s report appeared in a separate window on the screen. Shatter studied the data. “Brighton Falls power company just reported a back surge at 437.6 megahertz.”
“We found him!” Dropkick said. “We found B-127!”
Dropkick and Shatter turned to face Agent Burns. Burns’s eyes narrowed on the map as he plotted the route for Brighton Falls. “We’re coming for you, B-127,” Burns said, “and we’re coming right now.” The robots exchanged a glance—their plan was finally coming to fruition.
Burns gave orders to the soldiers under his command, and they boarded their fleet of armed and armored vehicles. As Shatter and Dropkick exited the underground base with the fleet, their body parts began to slide and reconfigure until both robots had changed into a pair of souped-up Baja racers. They roared off, leaving a high trail of dust.
They were very eager to see B-127 again.
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Charlie Watson is in luck when she finds an old VW Beetle at Uncle Hank’s junkyard. It’s going to take a lot of work to fix it up…
… but she does it! Charlie is the proud owner of her very own car, and she drives it off the lot.
As Charlie starts to fix up the car, she notices that something’s not quite right. It has parts in places no car Charlie’s ever worked on before has had parts. A mysterious arm-shaped… thing… falls off while she is poking around.
Charlie investigates, shining a bright light in search of the mystery part.
Suddenly, instead of a car, Charlie is face-to-face with a twelve-foot-tall robot!
But the robot huddles in the corner, unsure of how he got into a strange garage.
The robot’s name is Bumblebee.
Charlie and her friend Memo look on as Bumblebee leaps into action.
Trouble is on the horizon. Agent Burns and a government organization are hunting down Bumblebee.
Shatter and Dropkick, Decepticon Rangers, are also hunting Bumblebee. They race through the desert in hot pursuit.
Bumblebee is on the run.
Bumblebee and Charlie bond. He wants to help Charlie the best he can.
And that means protecting her when his pursuers catch wind of him.
Together, Charlie and Bumblebee make a plan. They’re in for the adventure of their lives!