Yellow Butterfly

AN: One of the voted top three Enjoy it while you can. Also this fraggin' bunny is on hold as well... Damn you Bunnies Damn you!

It was barely a year ever since after the event. Prowl had died to save them and they had finally captured Megatron and his men and peace had finally returned to Cybertron again, but sadly there was a price.

Ultra Magnus is in his near death bed and Prowl wasn't here to celebrate the victory, and there were some confusion of who the Magnus was supposed to be.

Optimus said that Seninel is still a Magnus and should bear the title but surprisingly Sentinel said that Optimus deserved to be a Magnus, by leading his team to victory, no other bot can think of anything. Soon both Sentinel and Optimus went into a shouting match fight until Optimus surrendered and agreed to become Magnus, but only for a while until Ultra Magnus is out of his medical berth. The agreement was made and Optimus soon became a Magnus for a time being for Ultra Magnus until he got better.

It was days after the celebration and everything was fine, Ratchet had made a new medical building where he'll teach some new medics, Jazz took over the dojo where Yoketron had written a will that Prowl can take over but was to passed over to Jazz as a second choice, Sari went with Perceptor and Wheeljack along with Bulkhead with his Space Bridge knowledge, and Bumblebee...

Bumblebee, Optimus realized, was silent through the whole thing. A state in shock Ratchet would say but it seemed different, Bumblebee had too many burden on his shoulders that seemed to have weighted the small yellow mini-bot ten times more.

Optimus searched for him after his paperwork and found Bumblebee standing in the memorial building where he was standing between the two mechs that had been offlined. Bumblebee wasn't moving from his spot, he didn't even flinch when Optimus walked close to him and laid his servo on the scout's shoulder.

"Hey." Was all Optimus would say but Bumblebee didn't say anything as his blue optics that was filled with emotions was now blank, as if-he had no clue what to feel anymore, "How are you holding up?"

"Like slag." was all Bumblebee spoke, as he looked back at the offlined body of the friend they had made for years. Prowl laid there, all grey and broken and not...alive, "Can't even think straight for a while..." Optimus knew exactly what Bumblebee meant and he can understand how Bumblebee felt as he too went through the same thing back in the Academy days where he had lost everything, only to build everything up again with the small family he had made himself into.

He hugged Bumblebee. Like a Creator would do to his child to make him feel comfort-making him to feel that everything's okay-that it's alright to let it all of his emotions out. Bumblebee shook, not even holding back his whimper anymore as he hugged Optimus tightly, wailing his agony and pain out from the memorial building that shook every core of bot's spark.

-.-

It was Megacycles ever since that Bumblebee broke down and Optimus tried to level his work to comfort his friend who was now in medical room, forced stay in a watchful optic of Ratchet since Bumblebee hadn't consumed Energon or oil for how many Decacycles. Optimus knew that Bumblebee wasn't himself, in denial that Prowl is dead but he knew that Bumblebee will cope the loss as he too, missed Prowl as much as Bumblebee does.

But that's the problem.

Everyone had something to do to make themselves busy, not wanting to remember their loss of friend, he had his Magnus job to cope the loss, Ratchet with his medical training to younglings, Sari and Bulkhead working science with Perceptor and Wheeljack. Others with their own mission and works.

But not Bumblebee.

Bumblebee was just a scout, and scouts have good programing that was called Photographic Replay Memory (much to surprise to everyone) that can replay any parts of their lives, reciting to any bots of whom they're in contact with. Bumblebee seemed to be closed about it and as Optimus knew, Bumblebee never used that programing to help according to Ratchet. He was closing in, not even trusting anyone with his programing he thought as he would.

That means the repeat of Prowl's death, repeat of Wasp's sudden disappearance, the body swap with Wasp, shocking news of Shockwave being Longarm, anything that held bad memories had caused Bumblebee to be much insecure. Optimus wanted to help Bumblebee but he knew that if he's going to take the memories, emotions will follow, more sadness and self-loath of what had happened and maybe some personal feelings from Bumblebee that he didn't want to share.

He had to make Bumblebee talk somehow, he knew that Bumblebee will break in that state if he doesn't talk of his problems, like what Ratchet did at earth where he had problems to face his fears with the Bounty Hunter.

But it just happened that day.

Bumblebee disappeared.

Gone. Nothing. Not even a chip of his frame was here.

It started out as a panic hence Bumblebee disappearance. But there was no note from him, no letter, not even a comm. from him that made things better.

It's as if he was never in Cybertron in their life, like he never existed. Just a small figment of imagination in their processor.