As usual, I own nothing, transformers belong to Hasbro

/Bla/ Bee speak

"Bla" everyone else speak

(Bla) Thought

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They didn't expect the status of the other Bumblebee, their Bumblebee, when he stepped from the bridge, the scars and the older optics. "Why it's take so long?"

"Bee, it was just 37 days"

"On this side, maybe, there was 37 years for me."

All Arcee wants is hug Bumblebee and never lets him go... But she understands that now she can just scared him more, so she just waits... Bee was there when she grieved for Cliffjumper, she will be there when he will grieves for himself.

Smokescreens is too impulsive to analyse the situation, the only thing in his processor is how he miss his friend. He just jumps in and hugs the yellow mech.

When Smokscreen touches him, Bee's mind ends up again in the dungeon under Iacon City, and he cannot restrains the cry /no, please, stop, not again... No, no, please, please, no/

That isn't the first soldier with PTSD he'd ever seen, so Ratchet is ready and injects Bee with a light sedative

When finally Bee gets his bearings, he looks apologetic and dejected.

/ Smokey, I know that wasn't you but him, but you looks like him and I'm sorry, I cannot let you come closer, I'm sorry.../

"What the other me did to you?"

/You don't wanna know/

"Bumblebee..."

/Optimus, please leave, I understand you were doing your best, but you left me in that dimension YEARS when you had promised me that it was going to take only a month... And you was with the other me, and he got your love, and you always said that we cannot be lovers because of the war, and Megatron and my age and now you accept HIS love, so maybe the problem was me, my paint job, my voicebox, and I should hate you for abandon me, for love him, but I still love you, and for this I hate myself and.../

"Hush, my little scout, breath... Yes, this way, in ... And out... shh, everything will be fine, you are at home now... I'm sorry, Bumblebee, so sorry for leave you behind"

Ratchet watch Optimus hugs Bee, their little yellow Bee. Ratchet's spark cringes, he can see the scars on the scout's plates, he recognise those as tortures signs.

They couldn't save Bee in Tyger Pax, and they just fail him again, how they can aspire to his forgiveness?