Hidden Genes
A/N: Pretend this is before they had the kids, I messed the time line up big time but hey, what is a writer to do when her muse needs a walk? Besides this is SO an AU. Actually came from a dream i had. I'm surprised I got it down, usually I get distracted with my music and my dog. But not today! Booyakasha!
The Autobots quickly slid into cover as they heard voices coming from the canyon just ahead of them. They had been investigating some Decepticon signals that had appeared on Ratchet's monitors,the Decepticons had been very silent as of late and Optimus had seemed to think that these Decepticons could be related to Megatron's bigger plan. They had been searching the area when the sound of a voice had cut through the air.
The Autobots watched from the shadows of the rock they hid behind as Starscream landed in front of a yellow and black mech, barley a youngling from the looks of him. The yellow youngling turned around startled and looked at Starscream, as soon as he saw who it was his bright blue optics spun into a glare. Starscream just smirked deviously and walked towards the youngling making him back up.
"You can't run from your destiny" Starscream yelled over at the yellow mech "You, are a Decepticon" He watched as the youngling's optics narrowed even more.
"I am not a Decepticon!" the smaller mech shouted, although it came out in a string of beeps instead of a voice, much to the shock of the Autobots.
"Oh don't be daft, It's genetic,You are part Decepticon!" Starscream replied, his already raspy voice even more edgy with annoyance. The other just glared harder.
"only a quarter, and It is a choice, A matter of the spark, of whats right and whats wrong!" The youngling beeped loudly, anger seeping into the tones and notes of the beeps and twitters.
"Oh? Right and wrong? And just how would you know whats right and whats wrong?" The seeker snarled " You are but a child playing grown up! Heck your not even a proper kid! Your a freak of science, I begged lord Megaton to let me kill you but he and Shockwave forbid it, that is until you ran away" The Decepticon second in command screeched
At that piece of information the Autobots all looked at each other in shock and confusion. Optimus silently messaged them all to stay quiet and listen, this could be useful information.
"Anyone can know whats right and whats wrong! It's a natural instinct, one of which you Decepticon's have ignored and smothered away!" The Autobots all turned there attention back to the squabble happening in front of them at the youngling's outburst.
Starscream growled and continued stepping towards the youngling until the yellow mech's doorwings were up against the rock wall of the canyon, making the young mech flinch at the discomfort. Starscream only smiled evilly and raised his long, sharp claw to the youngling's throat.
"You should have been offlined a long time ago, humph I told them genetic experimentation would lead to" Starscream paused and sneered at the mech in front of him "Failures"
The mute only stared long and hard back at him making Starscream feel uneasy, maybe it was the slight yellow tint to the inner part of the youngling's optics that made him squirm, Starscream wasn't sure.
Slowly the SIC lowered his claw and scowled "Unfortunately they still need you for...Tests" Starscream was about to grab the Yellow bot's shoulder to drag him back to the ship, when the youngling struggled past him and started sprinting away to the open end of the canyon. Starscream let out a yell of anger as he tried to chase the much faster, smaller mech. Slowly he got close enough to him tackle the yellow youngling.
The two fought on the ground for a moment before the younger bot managed to hop up into a standing position starting to gear up for another sprint.
"You are coming back with me!" Starscream snapped standing up and closing in on Bumblebee, who in turn looked at him in slight terror
"No! I'm not going back so they can...stick me full of tubes and cut me...just so they can see how much I can take!" Bumblebee replied in a sharp series of chirps and buzzes. With that Bumblebee sprinted away faster then before before transforming and driving off creating a trail of dust and sand behind him.
Just as Starscream was about to pursue him the Autobots jumped out and surrounded him, all blasters trained on him he gulped. Optimus Prime stood in front of the cowardly SIC with a stern expression resting on his features, his own blaster aimed at Starscream.
"P...Prime! I see you and your cronies were eavesdropping as usual" The silver seeker tried to act agitated instead of fearful as he replied. Optimus didn't seem to be in the mood for such acts as he narrowed his optics more.
"Who was that youngling you were trying to capture?" Optimus asked, his deep baritone voice echoing slightly in the open canyon. Starscream raised a brow before his scowl deepened.
"That, was one of Shockwave's little genetic experiments" Starscream explained before a dark smirk slipped onto his face " What you don't recognize him? True it's been years but I thought you would" his evil smirk widened when Optimus furrowed his brows in confusion.
"What are you talking about?"The Prime asked after a moment of hesitation and thought, Starscream pretended to ponder his answer before he spoke again.
"I seem to remember a certain Prime had a certain someone taken away from him by force during a Decepticon siege" Starscream stated offhandedly making the Primes optics widen as he was thrown into a flashback
'Optimus ran down the hallway of the Autobot base that was currently under attack by Decepticons. He dragged along a yellow and black sparkling, who was desperately trying to keep up with his sire. The Prime glanced behind him at his son, he had to get him to safety, there was an exit two corridors away where he had ordered Ratchet and Ironhide to meet him. The youngling had tripped at least twice and was running to catch up with the Prime after recovering from yet another fall. Optimus sighed and grabbed his son's servo, lightly pulling him along before a explosion hit and the ceiling just ahead of the collapsed, creating smoke. Optimus pulled his son behind him before he looked up and saw a silhouette in the light smoke and begged to Primus it wasn't who he believed it to be. It seemed Primus was ignoring him, because a second later the smoke dissipated and Megatron stood where the silhouette was only a second before. Megatron smiled evilly at the two of them electing a small, soft whimper from the yellow youngling who was hiding behind Optimus's leg. Megatron grinned a wolfish grin and looked at the Prime with a malicious intent glowing in his red optics.
"So you have been with the runt this whole time" Megatron assumed, his tone filled with fake interest. Optimus growled gently and unconsciously his grip on his son's servo tightened as Megatron laughed before he made a signal with his right servo towards the small, yellow form behind Optimus.
"Grab the runt, I will deal with Prime" Megatron ordered four vehicons who Optimus had ceased to notice until now.
The Four vehicons rushed out and quicker then thought to be possible had snaked under the Prime's arm and snatched the youngling away, they quickly ran down the hallway away from the two leaders. As Optimus went to follow them he was halted by a large sword coming out in front of his face. The Prime snarled and kicked Megatron in the knee making the larger mech stumble for a moment before he swung at Optimus. Optimus was horrified, he could no longer see the four vehicons with his son.
"BUMBLEBEE!" The Prime yelled in anguish, an evil laugh cut him off and he sharply turned towards Megatron and growled.
"You took away my son Megatron, I will end you this day!" He growled and swung his, now unsheathed, blade at the Decepticon leader. The Silver war lord parried the swing and grinned.
"It is you who shall fall, Brother" Megatron purred the last part with sinister delight. With that the two began to battle.
Optimus was taken back to the present where Starscream was grinning madly at him, much like Megatron in his memory.
"Bumblebee..."The Prime whispered to himself, sadness and pain creeping into his hoarse whisper as he spoke a name he had not spoken in very many years. He had thought that they had killed Bumblebee, his sparkbond had been cut off and he had never seen his sparkling again.
"What did you do to him?" The Prime asked, his voice deadly and hard. Starscream only continued to grin, hoping it would cover up his terrified demeanor.
"Well, first we were just going to kill the runt, but Shockwave thought he would make an interesting test subject so we tried to make him forget about his past life, but the runt kept saying he would never turn and blah blah blah, so Shockwave forced a collar on him, shut off his voice box and his memories, after a while Shockwave became somewhat bored with normal tests and such, so he started to think bigger" Starscream told the Prime tapping the side of his helm with his claw.
"So Shockwave did some digging, both metaphorical and literal, until he found some Predacon CNA, intrigued he began trying to replicate the CNA's code and genetic makeup, until he realized it wouldn't work unless he had plain genes to work with, normal Cybertronian genes, so he used Bumblebee as a test subject, it really worked and now your once was youngling is half Predacon, funny how science works huh" Starscream finished, dark grin melting into a sinister smirk as everyone's optics widened considerably, especially Optimus's
That's all for now! see you next Chapter and please review (Can't make you If ya don't want but it'd be nice..) It inspires me to write MOAR! XD