It is close to midnight. Everyone in the Witwicky home is fast asleep and everything in the neighborhood is silent. That is... until an engine loudly starts.
Sam gets startled awake and wonders what he is hearing. He realizes the sound is his car. Sam throws his blankets off and runs to a door leading to the top-floor balcony, "Oh, God. No no no no no no no no no no! Hey, that's my car! Hoh- No!" Sam makes it to the balcony just as his car starts to drive off, "No no no no no no."
Sam sprints back out and runs to his cousin's door, "(Y/N)! (Y/N)! Get up, my car is being stolen!" Sam screams at them.
"What? What's going on?" (Y/N) asks half asleep.
"Come on! Just get your ass up and come help me!" Sam yells as he sprints downstairs to leave. (Y/N) jumps out of bed and runs after Sam, they rush to put on shoes and a jacket. They make it outside as Sam picks up his bike.
"Dad, call the cops!" Sam screams as he starts to leave.
"Sam! Wait up!" (Y/N) looks around and finds their uncle Ron's bike and takes it, they jump onto the seat and start to follow Sam.
"Where you going with my car, buddy? Where you going?" Sam and (Y/N) are riding on the sidewalk and are not far behind the car. Sam pulled out his phone and called 911, "Hello? 911 emergency! My car has been stolen!" Sam moves from the sidewalk and into the road behind his car, (Y/N) following, "I'm in pursuit! Right? I need all units, the whole, the whole squadron. Bring everyone! No, don't ask me questions, all right? My father's the head of the neighborhood watch!"
"Sam, they ask questions for a reason. Stop yelling at the operator and just answer them!" (Y/N) yells from behind Sam.
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Sam and (Y/N) continue to follow the car as it slows down in front of a closed-off gate with papers and signs all over it. They can hear a train horn going off, guessing that it will go past behind the gate.
'Ok, the train should go by soon so the thief has to stop,' (Y/N) thinks to themself. But at the end of their thought, they watch the car hit the gas and bash through the gate and past the tracks just before the train carts reach it. Sam ditches his bike before running to the gates, opening them more. (Y/N) follows and drops the bike next to Sam's. They wait for the few train carts to go by before continuing their path.
They end up in a junkyard and start to search around for Sam's car and the thief. But as they are looking around they hear a strange sound in the distance. It almost sounds like metal and gears shifting and grinding. The two hide next to a pile of discarded tires and trash. They look over the tires to see the most unbelievable thing.
"Oh my God," Sam whispers in disbelief.
"What the fuck?!" (Y/N) questions.
They see a giant robot with yellow and black paint walk onto a supported platform, it looks up to the sky before turning on a bright spotlight that it points to the sky. At the end of the spotlight is the same symbol from Sam's steering wheel.
Sam and (Y/N) stand, frozen in shock till the light moves and flashes in their eyes. They quickly kneel, out of sight. Sam pulls out his flip phone and starts recording, "My name- is Sam Witwicky. Whoever finds this, my car is alive, okay?" Sam raises his phone trying to capture the giant robot before bringing it back down, "You saw that? Since these are my last words on Earth, I just wanna say, Mom, Dad, I love you, and if you find Busty Beauties under my bed, it wasn't mine. I'm holding it for Miles... No, no, wait, that- Okay, that's not true. It's mine and Uncle Charles gave it to me. I'm sorry. Mojo, I love you." Sam closes his phone and looks at his cousin. They have a look of confusion.
"Out of anything... you want THAT to be your last words?" (Y/N) wonders.
"What? I would have felt bad if they found them without knowing," Sam tries to justify. (Y/N) just shakes their head at Sam and mutters a 'whatever' under their breath.
"Come on. I uh... don't think we're getting your car back," (Y/N) says while slowly standing up. Sam does the same and they carefully walk back to their bikes but before they could get close they see a "Beware of Dogs" sign to their right. And farther back they can see two big dogs chained to a deteriorating brick wall.
"Sam, stay calm and move slowly," (Y/N) whispers, trying not to alert the dogs. Sam doesn't listen and jumps when he sees them stand up. Because of this sign of fear, the dogs come charging at the two.
"Oh shit! Run Sam run!" (Y/N) screams.
"No! No! No! No! My God," Sam yells. As they run (Y/N) turns their head to see the chains holding the dogs back easily break from the wall as they continue to chase. Sam and (Y/N) run and make their way into an abandoned building.
"No, you're a good dog! Good dog! Good dog!" Sam yells.
"Sam over here!" (Y/N) runs into a dome building, Sam not far behind. They jump onto barrels in the center of the room to get out of the dogs' reach.
"Oh, my God. Whoa! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Whoa! All right! Oh! No! No!" Sam panics. They kick toward the dogs every time they try to jump up and bite them. They hear an engine rev and see Sam's car drive through a blocked-off hole in the wall. It scares off the dogs before circling the two.
"Okay. Please, please don't kill us! I'm sorry! Take the keys! I don't want them! Car's yours!" Sam chucks his keys at the car. He grabs his cousin's wrist and sprints out of the dome building. As they run out a cop car stops in front of them.
"Whoa whoa whoa. Listen, listen, listen. Good, you're here," Sam says as he lets go of (Y/N). The two officers exit their car and point their guns.
"Let me see your hands!" The officer from the passenger seat yells. (Y/N) complies, staying calm. Sam... not so much.
"No, no, no, no! It's not me! It- It's not us!" Sam yells as he raises his hands.
"Let me see your hands." The officer yells again, getting closer to Sam, ignoring (Y/N).
"The guy's inside!"
"Shut up! Walk towards the car." Sam puts his hands behind his head and walks toward the hood, "Put your head on the hood." He lays his head on the hood with a thud.
The driver of the cop car walks over to (Y/N) as they slowly lower their arms. "Sorry about all this, we'll take care of him. You have a good night." The officer gives a small nod and walks off to the car. Once the two officers and Sam were in the car they started to drive off and left (Y/N) behind. They followed behind the cop car until they reached the abandoned bikes and watched as the car left for the police station. (Y/N) picks up both bikes before starting their journey back home. The whole walk home they were replaying the moment of seeing the giant robot.
(Y/N) finally reaches the house and leaves the bikes near the bushes in front of the house. They quietly make their way inside and then upstairs. They walk past their aunt and uncle's room questioning if they should wake them up. They decide against it knowing the police will call them sooner or later and head to bed.
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In the morning Ron and (Y/N) went to the police station for Sam. Sam is sitting in a chair while he talks to the deputy, two other officers are sitting around, Ron is leaning against one of the desks, and (Y/N) is leaning against filing cabinets that stand behind Sam.
"Look, I can't be any clearer than how crystal clear I am being. It just stood up," Sam tries to explain what happened last night. (Y/N) shakes their head, they know what Sam is saying is true but the officer thinks he's crazy.
"It just stood up. Wow. It's really neat. Okay, chiefy. Time to fill her up. And no drippy-drippy." The deputy hands Sam a cup and a tissue. Sam takes it from him with a face of utter disbelief. "What are you rolling? Whippets? Goofballs? A little wowie sauce with the boys?" The deputy questions.
"No, I'm not on any drugs," Sam defends himself, "They were with me, they can back me up." Sam gestures back at (Y/N). But the deputy ignores his comment as one of the officers throws a prescription bottle at him.
"What's these?" he shakes the bottle, "Found it in your pocket. Mo-jo. Is that what the kids are doing now? Little bit of Mo-jo?" (Y/N) lets out a faint laugh at the deputy's thought process.
"Those are my dog's pain pills," Sam answers in a quiet voice. The deputy looks over to Ron as he speaks up.
"You know, a chihuahua. A little..." Ron makes a yapping motion with his hand. The deputy rubs his head in frustration. His movement causes his jacket to move and reveal his gun, which is holstered on his side.
"What was that?" he says as he notices Sam staring at the gun with fear.
"Huh?" Sam looks back and forth between the man and his weapon.
"You eyeballing my piece, Fifty Cent?" the deputy walks closer to Sam and gets into his face, "You wanna go? Make something happen. Do it. 'Cause I promise you. I will bust you up."
"Sir, you do know that threatening a witness or suspect with a weapon can lead to a misdemeanor or even a felony charge on your end." (Y/N) looks at the deputy with a 'don't test me' look, "Right?" The deputy gets out of Sam's face and looks at (Y/N).
And how would you know?" He tries to say in a condescending tone, thinking he is going to win.
"Well as a First Lieutenant in the US Air Force, I can confidently say I know a thing or two about the law, Deputy," they say the man's title while matching his tone. The deputy opened his mouth to speak again but noticed the dog tags they were wearing. He closes his mouth and clears his throat.
Sam glances between his cousin and the man. Before speaking, "Are you on drugs?" Sam whispers back to him.
The deputy looks at Sam with a small glare.