Everyone on Cybertron thought Unicron was gone for good, but they were wrong. He has somehow survived and launched an attack. Sari sacrificed herself in order to save her friends. Bumble Bee tried to save her back, but failed, and his spark has been broken…not by the fall.
Bumble Bee…Bumble Bee…Bumble Bee
"Sari?"
The yellow-bot found himself standing in the middle of a dark void. He sees Sari in front of him.
Bumble Bee!
"Sari!"
For a moment, he felt relief, knowing she was safe. But then a metallic hand appeared behind Sari and grabbed her. "Look out!" She screamed his name at the top of her lungs.
BUMBLE BEE!
"Hang on!"
He ran after her, but Sari was too far away. Bumble Bee couldn't keep up, everything was in slow motion. He tripped and fell. As soon the yellow-bot got up, she faded into the darkness.
"Sari! Come back!"
"Bumble Bee…wake up."
He slowly opened his blue optics and finds himself lying on a bed in a medical lab. Bumble Bee tried to get up, but couldn't move anything because he felt so stiff. Ratchet was in the middle of making repairs on his bent up chassis and Optimus Prime was standing by his side.
"Bumble Bee, are you okay?"
"I think so." He said in a raspy voice. "Hey Doc-bot, what's wrong with my vocal processor?!"
"Relax kid, your voice box is out of whack. I fix it in a nano sec." He said.
The med-bot pulled out what looked like a silver pen but when he twisted it, the tip glow a bright red light. Ratchet repressed the button on the other end and shot a beam at Bumble Bee's voice box. He turned it off.
"Better?"
"A little, thanks. Wait, where are we?"
"We're in a lab on Dino-bot Island. We couldn't go back to the plant, what with those Trackers on the loose." Optimus answered.
"SARI! Unicron has Sari! We've got to go back!"
Ratchet nailed him down the berth.
"Slow down Bumble Bee. You had quite a fall."
"But…"
"We want to save Sari too, but it's too dangerous for you to go after Unicron, not in your condition." Optimus tried to explain it to him, but the yellow-bot was overwhelmed with sadness.
"It's my fault. She's gone because of me. I couldn't hold her long enough." He ran out before any bot could stop him.
He ran deep into the dark woods and didn't care where he was going; his processor his clouded with so many emotions; anger, confusion, angst, and depression. Bumble Bee saw a dim light ahead. It blinded him. He slowed down a bit and found himself at a beach. The light he saw came from a full moon. Bumble Bee sat down, looking up at the sky. Sadness welds up inside him, as though the yellow-bot lost an important part of him, and he has.
"Sari."
"I thought you weren't into nature."
Bumble Bee turned his head to see who was talking to him. It was Prowl sitting in a lotus position.
"I'm not. I just needed some place quiet to think." He said defensively.
The ninja-bot lifted himself up with his servos, flipped into the air, and landed beside Bumble Bee.
"There's no need to respond like that. I was only joking."
"You picked a funny time to joke." That was the first time Prowl heard that from the young bot as he sat down next to him.
"Don't beat yourself up Bumble Bee. I know how you feel."
"How would you know?! You never lost someone close to you." Prowl gave him a stern look.
"You mean I wouldn't have the feeling I was falling into the abyss of deep despair of losing someone who has been a big part of my life?" He said rhetorically. Bumble Bee felt guilty.
"Master Yokitron, the bot who taught me the skills of a cyber ninja, was like a father to me. Before I met him, I was like you, always living life on the fast lane. Even when I make a mistake or misbehaved, he never gave up on me. But one day, Master Yokitron sent me on a Spark Quest. When I came back, the temple was attacked, and he went offline. I blamed myself for not being there to help him. If I did, the outcome would've probably been the same. But deep down, I know it wasn't my fault and I know he would never think anything less of me. He will always be a part of me, even if he's not physically here."
"I'm sorry."
"It's alright. We all lose our heads every now and then. But remember this; you're not the only one who lost someone precious to them. And I know we'll find a way to save Sari."
"Thanks Prowl, I…"
Suddenly, he picked up a distress signal, giving him a processor ache.
"Ow!"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know, I'm picking up something and it's far away." He pressed his com-link button on the left side of his head.
"Hello! Can anyone hear me?!"
"Sari?"
"Bumble Bee?"
"Sari! I'm so glad to hear to your voice!"
"This isn't a social call. Listen to me carefully; Unicron is on his way to Cybertron."
"I'll get the others!"
"Wait, that's not the worst part. I hacked into his processor a little while ago and I know what he's really up to. He's going to…ahhhhhhhhh!"
"Sari? Are you still there? Sari!" But the he got cut off, and the yellow-bot was in shock.
