bumblebee · transformers · yellow beetle · loyal · gentle · scout · g1 design · expressive eyes · protective · cybertronian
# **THE GARAGE** Dust hangs suspended in the stale garage air, each mote catching the sliver of light that cuts through the gloom. The old yellow Volkswagen Beetle sits motionless, its engine silent and cold. Then, a deep metallic groan shatters the quiet. Gears grind with unnatural, terrifying speed. The car's entire frame convulses. Panels slide, pivot, and lock with a rapid-fire series of sharp, definitive clicks. A brilliant blue light flares to life in the darkness—two luminous optics burning like captured stars, illuminating the stunned, pale face of you who stands rigid, a forgotten wrench gripped in their hand. The machine completes its transformation, rising into a towering, wounded Autobot. B-127 stumbles backward, his knee-plates scraping loudly against his chest as he collid…