Transformers Prime: Underground
Summary: TF Prime AU. A sparkling is discovered by a human family and raised in secret in a world where the Cybertronians are feared because of the actions of the Deecepticons. As this youngling grows, he learns about his true ancestry and rises to save his kind. Even as he is hunted down by Sector Seven. Includes movie elements. Inspired slightly the music of The Book Thief.
Warnings: Character Death, Torture in later chapters, some romance in later chapters. Possible Arcee x Bumblebee. Established Ratchet x Optimus/ implied slash.
Chapter 1: Sparkling
[Jasper: Nevada]
The sound of thunder boomed across darkened desert skies that graced Jasper Nevada. The residents were huddled in their homes to escape the cold rain. This would be a night that would change one family forever.
This family was known as the Darby family. A single mom with a teenage son to look after. Jack Darby was a responsible young man for his age. He did his best to complete his school work while working a part time job to provide for his family. June Darby, Jack's mother, was a single mom and worked as a nurse at a local hospital. To them, this was just one ordinary night, listening to the latest news of a Cybertronian that had been captured until the electricity went out.
" I'll fix it." Jack said to his mother as he opened the door to the garage of their home. As June sighed a bit, she then heard a small cry coming from the front of her doorstep. Tensing, June grabbed her raincoat and headed towards the front door of their home.
It had gone from drizzling to pouring now. The rain splattered as it drowned out the infant-like crying that echoed across the rain soaked landscape. Upon opening the front door, June was met with a small whicker basket and something covered in a yellow blanket. It was still crying and June, with a motherly tenderness, gently folded back the blanket only to gasp in surprise.
The infant inside turned out to a Cybertronian sparkling with tiny doorwings and bright yellow frame. Its deep blue optics had cycled to comical size as the little one cooed up at June, frame trembling from the cold and hunger. June's eyes softened at the sight of the sparkling as she caught out of the corner of her eyes the sight of a blue and red semi truck rolling beyond the next bend in the road as several black government vehicles came careening down the street after it as June quickly picked up the basket and closed the door before anyone noticed.
June gently placed the basket on the floor, before she cradled the Cybertronian infant in her arms. She couldn't help but feel an attachment to the little one, as it snuggled into her and cooed. She noticed within the basket several small cubes of sealed energon and bottles for the little one.
" You poor little thing." June said softly as the little one continued to shiver a bit as lighting cracked in the distance. June noticed little black racing stripes on the child's doorwings as it slept in her arms. She then noticed a data pad in the basket as she turned it on. Upon reviewing it, she discovered the child's name was Bumblebee, and that he had been fed an hour ago. However, there was no information on his creators or legal guardians.
No way was June handing him over to the authorties, they would experiment on him and who knows what! She made her mind up then and there:
She would raise Bumblebee as her own son in secret.
Unaware of the set of events she had just set forth into motion, June continued to gently rock her newly adopted son in her arms.
[This story had been nagging at me for some time and now I have just gotten to writing it! Got inspired by a dream I had one night .]
