Robots in Disguise drabble. Sometime earlyish season one. Hope I did alright. Enjoy!
"Well, well, well, if it isn't just the autobot I wanted to see."
Bumblebee skidded to a stop, the others behind stopping as well at the sight of a red Cybertronian casually leaning against a pile of cars.
Bee transformed, and the others followed suit, except for Grimlock, who growled at the stranger. Strongarm aimed her gun at him.
"Identify yourself!" Strongarm ordered. The red bot ignored her.
"Bumblebee." The red bot smirked.
"Knockout." Bee returned.
Their staring contest was broken when the two of them started laughing, all tension immediately gone.
"Sir-?"
Bee laughed. "At ease, Strongarm. Knockout is an old friend." He reached out and pulled the former decepticon into a hug, the red bot returning it easily. "What are you doing here?"
Knockout shrugged. "Heard through the wire there was trouble, involving you, decided to come see." He looked at the rest of the team. "Didn't know you had sparklings, or a dinobot." Grimlock was given a wary look.
"Hey! We're not kids!" Sideswipe protested.
Knockout laughed. "Right."
"We're not!"
"Compared to me, you are. And compared to Bee here." Knockout threw an arm around the yellow and black autobot. "And why is it always Earth? I haven't been here in forever. Thought we'd never see the place again after we left."
Bumblebee shrugged. "Maybe it's because of Unicron."
"Hm."
"Guys! You're back! How was-who is that?"
Knockout looked down to see a human sparkling, staring up at up with those big, wet, eyes the human species had. He blinked. He looked to Bee, then back to the kid a few times before sighing.
Carefully crouching down, Knockout extended a hand to Rusty. "I'm Knockout, a friend of Bumblebee's."
Rusty carefully grabbed the end of his pointer finger. "I'm Rusty."
"Sideswipe, Strongarm, Grimlock, why don't you go tell Rusty about what happened."
Rather reluctantly, the others moved off, leaving Bee and Knockout alone. Once they were gone, Knockout reached over and smacked Bumblebee on the helm.
"Ow!"
"What were you thinking?! Attacking museum security?! Hijacking a space bridge?! Have you lost it?!"
Bumblebee rubbed his helm, frowning. "I needed to get to Earth."
"Why?"
"An old, decepticon prison ship crashed here. There's old 'cons loose on Earth, causing havoc."
"How did you even know that?"
Bumblebee ducked his helm. "I..ah..had a vision of Optimus. Telling me to go to Earth."
Knockout stared.
"Are you telling me you hijacked a space bridge to come back to this backwater, organic, mudball because you had a vision of Optimus Prime?!"
Bumblebee winced. "When you put it that way…"
"Unicron's blood, Bumblebee, don't you have any sense?!"
"Knockout, I had to come! If I hadn't-"
"Bumblebee, why didn't you just ask to use the space bridge."
Bumblebee stopped. "I…didn't think about that. I mean…"
Knockout swore again. "Bee, you're a hero of the Great War! The Slayer of Megatron! If you had just asked to use the space bridge, or even just to check on Earth, you would have been allowed! You would actually be authorized to be here, and there wouldn't be a warrant out for your arrest!"
"It was in the heat of the moment, okay?! All I knew was that I had to get to Earth, so I got to Earth!"
"And now you're wanted for theft, assault, use of a restricted bridge, and kidnapping!"
"Well-wait, kidnapping?!"
"What, you didn't think anyone to notice those kids going missing?"
Bumblebee groaned. "They weren't supposed to be here! I told Strongarm to leave, but she followed me through!"
Knockout sighed, putting his helm in a hand. "Bee." He groaned. "You are an idiot."
Bumblebee sighed as well. "I know."
They were silent for a minute.
"What's with the kid?"
"Rusty? He found us our first day here. He and his dad offered us use of their junkyard."
"Always gotta have at least one human hanging around, don't you?"
"Wha-no! It was an accident!"
"Relax, Bee. I know." Knockout smiled tiredly at him. Bumblebee regarded his former enemy for a moment.
"Knockout, did you really come all the way to Earth just to see if it was actually me who had hijacked the space bridge?"
Knockout shrugged. "Cybertron's a bit boring anyway. Besides, if you're fighting 'cons, you'll need a medic. We've already established you're an idiot, honestly, I'd be surprised if someone here wasn't injured."
"I always knew you cared."
"I do not, and I'm offended you would think I actually care for an idiot such as you."
Bee grinned. "You do care. I'm touched."
"Touched in the head, maybe." Knockout sniffed. He looked around the junkyard. "This is your base?"
Bee shrugged. "It's all we have."
Knockout 'hmphed'. "Well, I brought actual medical supplies, so if you or the precious sparklings or the dinobot are injured, I can assist."
"I'm glad you came, Knockout." Bee said sincerely.
Knockout stiffened slightly before relaxing. "Well, I couldn't let you have all the fun, now could I?"
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