This fic' is based heavily off of the Vocalod song 'Dark Woods Circus'. After you read this you gotta' listen to it. It's friggin' awesome! Note, this story takes place before, not after, Prowl and Blurr die, after Sari gets her upgrade, and after they all meet the jet-twins Jetfire and Jetstorm. Don't ask how that's possible, my story, my rules. Anyways, I don't own the song or the show yadda yadda yadda. On with the story!
The big Elite Guard ship made contact with Earth's ground in front of the earth-bound autobot's base. Ultra Magnus came out followed by Jazz, Sentinel Prime, Blurr, and Ironhide. The earth-bound autobots came out to greet theit leaders along with their little techno-organic friend Sari. Sentinel looked at they greeted each other with the formal Cybertronian greeting and then Ironhide walked forward and pulled Bumblebee into a tight headlock.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the little Bumbler. Blown anything up lately?" He asked as he proceeded to give the smaller 'bot a noogie as Bumblebee struggled.
"Ironhide, would you please stop harrassing Optimus' crew." Ultra Magnus asked patiently.
"Yes Sir!" Ironhide saluted as he dropped bumblebee to the floor.
"Hey, where are the jet-twins?" Bumblebee questioned from his place on the floor.
"That's actually why we're here. The twins have gone missing and we thought this would be the first place we'd look." Sentinel said from behind the autobot leader.
"We haven't seen 'em around here" Sari said on the ground next to Bumblebee. Ironhide made a jump back and landed girlishly on one foot.
"Yikes! You keep that, that, that, thing away from me!" he yelled as he jumped away from Sari.
"Relax Ironhide. The organics on this planet are quite peaceful, this one especially won't harm you." Ultra Magnus said as he regarded Sari.
"Oh, uhh, I knew that sir. I was just testing you. Uhhmmm, yeah, heh heh" he said nervously as Ratchet shook his head,
"In the meantime, we will be staying here until we are assured that the twins are not here. Also, the prisoner Wasp has also disappeared from the autobot stockades. We're here to see if he might be hiding here." Blurr said in his usual fast-paced speech.
"You know come to think of it, we haven't seen anything of Blackarachnia, Starscream or his clones, Blitzwing, or the Dinobots" Prowl commented from the sidelines.
"I think there's something pretty funky going on around here, dig?" Jazz asked from the side.
"I don't know what we should do now but get some recharge. It's getting pretty late." Ratchet said, pointing to the dark night sky.
"Very good point Ratchet. We will turn in for the night, then begin our search tomorrow." Optimus said before turning around and heading back into the plant.
"Very wall, good night all" Ultra magnus said before following suit back into the Elite Guard ship.
They all said their goodnights before heading to their own rooms. Bumblebee laid down on his berth and immediately fell into a deep recharge. During his slumber he heard voices. They were sayig things like, 'Do you think he'll be a good one?', 'I think I know what he could do', and 'Oh yes,yes. I think he''ll be a perfect addition after all'. He tossed and turned on his berth while he dreamed of things like mechs that ate the limbs of their own kind and deformed songstresses with enchanting voices. He dreamt of wild beasts that were pitted up against each other for their own survival, and demented two-headed creatures and three-faced creatures that murmured pure madness. All of them with rusted and dissappating armor and circutry. He awoke with a start, dripping coolant sweat as he tried to shake the dream from his conciousness. He looked up and didn't have time to form a scream as a dark shadow enveloped his shaking frame.
The autobots awoke the next morning to the sound of frantic scuffling and yelling. They ran into Bumblebee's room where Sari was running around frantically and looking everywhere in the big room. Her eyes were wide and panicked. Ratchet picked her up by the back of her dress and put her in his hand. "Sari! What has gotten into you! What's going on!" He yelled.
She seemed to be stifling a sob as she said "It's Bumblebee, he's gone missing too!"