Transformers Prime belongs to Hasbro. I don't own anything from TFP. :( Sequel to "The Dead End".
When Humans Attack Pt. 1
Autobot Bumblebee woke up from recharge that Saturday morning feeling completely energized. He was ready to take on another scouting mission, patrol, anything that Optimus Prime would assign him to do that day. But when he left his quarters and approached his leader, he was surprised when Prime had nothing to assign him.
"You mean there's nothing you want to me do?" he beeped to his leader.
Optimus sighed at the youngling. "Not right now, Bumblebee. Maybe later on, alright? Right now, our Energon levels are getting low so I need to unload this new supply of Energon cubes Bulkhead just brought back."
"Oh," Bee quietly responded. "Well...do you want me to help you unload the cubes and put them in the storage closet?"
"Oh it's okay, Bumblebee. I can handle this by myself, but thank you for asking," Prime said, stacking some cubes.
"Okay then. Um...Optimus? After your done, can we...can we maybe go for a drive around the canyon? We haven't done that in a long time."
"Perhaps some other time, Bumblebee. I am very busy at the moment." Optimus didn't even look behind him when he responded to Bumblebee. He just resumed his work.
Bumblebee let out a small sigh, drooping his door wings. This was the third time Optimus said that this week. He was really hoping he could spend time with Prime since he knew how stressed he was lately. He thought that a simple drive through the canyon would make Optimus feel better, and maybe he would even enjoy being with his youngling.
He turned around, and walked towards the main hangar. On his way, he passed Smokescreen in the training hall. The second young Autobot was in the middle of a training session by himself. He stopped when he saw Bumblebee standing by the doorway, curiously watching him.
"Hey, Bee. Whatcha need?"
"Oh, nothing really. I was just...heading out for a drive. Wanna come?"
"I can't right now, Bee. I have to work on my stealth skills. You know, so I don't screw up when I'm out on the field again. Remember what happened last time?" Bee nodded. "Well I am not going to make the same slip up again. But I'd love to go for a drive with you some other time. Just...not right now, okay?"
"Okay...I understand," Bee quietly responded.
"Thanks, Bee."
Bumblebee walked to the main hangar, trying to hide the sadness in his optics. "Hey, Ratchet." He forced a smile through his optics. "Anything you want me to do? Scouting mission? Patrol? Polish your favorite wrench?"
"Not at the moment, Bumblebee. I'm very busy here, if you haven't noticed," he said, not taking his optics from the monitor's keyboard. "But later on, I'd like to do a checkup on your vocal processors." The young scout tried to stifle a groan, but he let it out anyway.
"Don't start, Bumblebee. I know you always hate it when I examine your voice box, but I have to do it. Right now, I actually have something for you to do."
Bumblebee perked up. "Really? What is it?"
"I need you to pick up the kids. Last week, Rafael said something about them being able to spend the afternoon here again, so I need you to pick them up from school right now."
Bumblebee nodded and transformed as soon as Ratchet opened the ground bridge. While driving, the youngling was saddened again as he remembered everyone's responses to him that morning. All he wanted to do was spend some time with any of the Autobots, but they were too busy for him, busier than usual. Any chance he asked them if they had some time to spare, they always said they couldn't. Maybe Raf and the kids will have some time to hang out, he thought to himself.
When the kids arrived at the base, Bumblebee was so distracted by the events earlier that he didn't realize Miko was talking to him.
"Bumblebee? Bumblebee!"
"AH! What?" Bee snapped out of his thoughts.
"Are you okay? I asked you the same thing like two times already. I said, would you rather lose your abilities or lose your memories?"
"Oh...right. Um...memories. I'd rather lose my memories. I've already lost my ability to transform once, and I am not gonna go through that again."
When Raf translated for his guardian, Miko said, "Oh yeah! I remember when you lost your T-cog thingy and couldn't transform for like a day and a half. Man, that must've been a living nightmare, right?"
"Ugh, don't remind me."
"Are you okay, Bee?" Raf asked. "You seem quieter than usual."
"Nothing's wrong, it's just...everyone seems really busy lately, and no one wants to hang out with me anymore."
"You mean when everyone's so busy that they don't have time to spend with you?" Miko asked after Raf translated. Bee nodded. "I know that that feels."
"Yeah...It just seems so boring now in the base. I wish everyone could spend some time with me like it used to be...especially Optimus."
"You know what, Bee? I think I know a way how to do just that," said Miko with a bright smile.
"How?"
"Well first, c'mere. All of you." She motioned for Jack and Raf to come closer. When they were all huddled up, Miko whispered her idea. Immediately, everyone gasped and recoiled from her.
"WHAT?!"
"No way!"
"Forget it! I'm not doing that again!"
"Aw c'mon!" Miko whined. "Why not? Give me one good reason why we shouldn't do it."
"I can give you a thousand reasons why that's a bad idea," Jack said, crossing his arms.
"Geez, I only asked for one."
"First off, we nearly died the last time we did that. And second, we all promised we wouldn't do that again. He told us to never attack him in a childish manner again, and I'm not crossing that line!"
"Yeah!" Raf chimed in. "I don't wanna go through that torture again!"
"Me neither!" Bumblebee beeped nervously. "And I know from experience, okay? It might seem fun at first, but I swear once he puts that battle mask on, game over. He turns into a freakin' monster after that!"
"Pleeeease?" Miko begged. "Just one more time, okay? Tell you what, how 'bout this time...we go after all the Autobots?"
"That's even worse!" exclaimed Jack. "And I'll bet you anything Optimus is just gonna turn the whole team against us! No way. I'm out. I want to live, okay?"
"C'mon, what's the worst thing that could happen? We're just having a little fun. Bee's right; things really do get boring around here. And it's about time we do something about it. And besides, Bee just wants to spend some fun time with Optimus Prime and the Autobots, right?"
Bumblebee sighed to himself. "I have got to stop saying things like that out loud."
"Just one more time?" Miko asked sweetly. "And I promise, we'll never, ever do it again. I won't make us do it again, I swear."
Jack pointed at her. "Swear on your own life?"
"I swear on my life and on my precious guitar!" said Miko.
"Alright then. I'm in for one last round. What about you, Raf?"
Rafael thought about it for a moment, and then sighed. "Oh alright. Just hurry up before I change my mind."
"It's three against one. Looks like you gotta participate too, Bee." Miko pointed at the yellow bot.
Bee buzzed angrily. "Aw scrap...fine! I'll do it. Let's just get this over with."
One hour later...
The kids and Bumblebee stealthily snuck to the training hall, where Smokescreen was still doing his training excercise. They already planned their first sneak attack on the young Wrecker, and couldn't wait to put their plan in to action. They waited until Smokescreen had his back turned and then...
"Attack!"
Smokescreen didn't even have time to turn around because he was already shoved face first to the ground. He tried getting up, but he felt someone sit on his back. He turned around, and saw Bumblebee there with a mischievous smile through his optics.
"What the—?! Bee, get off me! You're crushing my door wings!" He squirmed underneath Bumblebee, but his shoulders were pinned down.
"Alright guys, let him have it!"
"What?" Not even a few seconds later, Smokescreen jolted as he felt tiny fingers wiggle up and down his sides. He tended up before suddenly laughing out in surprise.
"AH! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! S-Stop! Wha-ha-ha-hat are you guys doing?!"
"Long story short: we were all bored, and Bee said he wanted to spend more time with you guys since you were all busy, and that's exactly what we're doing!" said Miko, scratching harder at his armor.
"Wha-ha-ha-ha-hat?!" Smokescreen turned around again to look at Bumblebee. "Y-You mean you're in thi-hi-hi-hi-his with them?!"
"Yup. But you have to admit, this is fun, right?"
"No-ho-ho-ho-ho! No it's no-ho-hot!"
"Well, too bad. Like Miko said, I wanted to spend time with you earlier but you didn't want to. And now, I got my wish!"
"I only ha-ha-ha-ha I only said that because I was ha-ha-ha-ha-ha busy at tha-ha-hat time!" Smokescreen managed to say through his laughs. He jolted and laughed even harder when he felt Bee's digits dig underneath his arms.
"AHA! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! STOP IT! STA-HA-HA-HA-HAP! HA-HA-HA-HA! I'M SERIOUS, STO-HO-HO-HOP!"
Instinctively, Smokescreen started to shift violently underneath Bee. Somehow, he managed to throw Bumblebee and the kids off of him, and curled inward as he still felt the ticklish shivers through his circuitry.
The others let him catch his breath before Bumblebee held him down by his shoulders again. This time, he pinned him on his back, and Smokescreen struggled to break free.
"Bee! I swear, if you don't get off of me right now, I will personally run you over in my vehicle mode!" He braced his hands against Bumblebee's chest and tried to push him away, but he couldn't because the mischievous scout slipped his fingers under his arms again. Right away, Smokescreen pressed his arms against his sides, and tried to hold in his growing giggles.
"Not so fast, Smokey," Bee clicked playfully. "If you make one wrong move, then you're really going to get it!" To emphasize his point, he moved his fingers rapidly under Smokescreen's trapped arms.
Smokescreen squealed and pressed his arms tighter against himself. "AAAAAH! Okay, okay!! I get it!! Just stop, plea-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hease!!"
He jolted again with a loud laugh when many pairs of small fingers tickled across his stomach plating. He opened his tear blurred optics to see the three kids on his belly, tickling him there with big smiles on their faces. It felt worse when Bee joined in, tickling under his arm joints.
"AHA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! AW C'MO-HO-HO-HO-HON! STA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAP! I CAN'T TA-HA-HA-HA-HAKE IT ANYMO-HO-HO-HORE!"
Poor Smokescreen couldn't move around much because Bumblebee was holding him down securely. And now, he was starting to become limp from laughing so hard, letting a couple tears slide down his face plate.
Seeing that Smokescreen laughed himself to tears, Bumblebee clicked to Raf that they should stop.
"Bee says we should stop now," Raf said to Miko and Jack. The two young teens nodded and slid off the Autobot's stomach, making his flinch and giggle. Bumblebee tried to free his hands that were still trapped under Smokescreen's arms, but the second he moved his hands, Smokescreen burst out laughing again.
"AH! Bee, stop i-hi-hi-hi-hi-hit!"
"Ow! Smokey, you're crushing my hands!" Bumblebee tried wriggling his hands free, but that just tickled Smokescreen even more.
"Well sto-ho-ho-hop moving your ha-ha-ha-hands! T-That tickles!"
"Well you should stop pressing your arms tightly! That hurts!"
"I-I ca-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-han't!"
Bumblebee rolled his optics. With one swift move, he yanked his hands free from Smokescreen's underarm joints.
"Ow...you could have at least been a little more gentle," Smokescreen said after he caught his breath.
"Yeah, but I didn't."
Miko clapped her hands. "That was hilarious! Who woulda thought that this new, tough Autobot would be so ticklish!"
Smokescreen blushed a little before he narrowed his optics threateningly at Bumblebee. "You are so dead when I get my servos in you!"
"Yeah right. What are you gonna do? Murder me with that look?"
Smokescreen lunged at the young scout, but he quickly ducked out of the way. Bee grabbed the three kids and bolted out of the training hall.
"That was close! Maybe I shouldn't say things like that to the victim or else I'm going to be the victim!"
"So who are we going after next?" Raf asked.
Miko grinned. "Let's do Ratchet. We've only heard him laugh once, and I wanna see him do it again!"
"Ratchet laughing?" said Jack with a light scoff. "Sounds like a pipe dream to me."
"Well, the reaction could be really funny. What do you think, Bee?" Raf asked his guardian.
"Ratchet? I don't know...I don't think I want to get close to find out."
"Just this once, Bee? We'll even back you up."
"Alright. Let's do this."
*
Smokescreen sighed to himself as he sat down on the floor of the training hall. "I can't believe Bee and the kids actually had the nerve to come at me like that. I swear, once I get my servos on those kids I'll give them something to really laugh about! Especially Bumblebee! But if I'm gonna get them back, I'll need some backup..."
To be continued...