Prisoners of the Mind: What If?
Prologue: Kidnapped
Question: How many of you have seen 'Inception' and/or 'Source Code'? How many of you liked them? How many of you UNDERSTOOD them? If you answered no to any of the above then I suggest that you read another story. This story will be extremely strange and some parts of it will never be fully understood. Please keep that warning in mind as you are reading this. Thank you and enjoy.
It was, Optimus Prime decided, very quiet around the base without Bumblebee there to provide some form of noise. Without background noise every day sounds were much louder than normal. Optimus had never realized before just how much noise one minibot could make. Of course he had also never realized just how fond they all were of Bumblebee. Ever since they had learned of Bumblebee's capture at the servos of the Decepticons they had pretty much ignored Optimus; not saying a word but letting their optics do the talking for them. After two days of trying to ignore the incriminating glances he had barricaded himself in his office and refused to come out until the Elite Guard arrived. He felt bad enough about Bumblebee getting captured that he didn't need any help. He had been with the minibot at the time of the capture and he been unfortunate enough not to suffer any injuries. He would have preferred to at least broken an arm or something. It had been very hard to explain to his crew how he had returned with no injuries but Bumblebee was taken. So he took refuge in his office and pondered over to say. How could he tell them that the Decepticons had only wanted Bumblebee? That the minibot himself had immobilized Optimus with his stingers before speeding away, the Decepticons in hot pursuit? How was he supposed to tell them that Bumblebee had sacrificed himself to save Optimus? How was he supposed to live with that knowledge if they never found their yellow-and-black friend? He only prayed that the Elite Guard got there in time to save Bumblebee.
"No," Sentinel Prime said calmly.
"Why not?" Optimus was practically yelling.
"We don't have the time, energy, or the resources to waste looking for one minibot," Sentinel snapped.
"That minibot was captured by the Decepticons," Optimus retorted.
"You don't know that for a facet. All you know is that the Decepticons were chasing him," Sentinel pointed out.
"Okay," Prowl conceded. "We don't know if the Decepticons captured him or not. But what we do know is the he is missing and been for the past four days. That alone should be reason enough to go searching for him."
"Yeah," Ratchet grunted. "Kinda dangerous leavin the kid by himself for too long."
"He could be hurt or something," Bulkhead chimed in.
There was no mistaking the look of annoyance on Sentinel's faceplate as he said, "We are not going to look for him and if I catch you doing just that you will regret it for the rest of your lives!" He turned and walked out of the base, slamming the door behind.
The four looked at each other then headed for the back entrance, intent on searching for their missing friend. When they opened the door, however, it was see Sentinel standing there, arms crossed. "Did you really think I was stupid enough to leave you bots along? I figured you would try something like this. Come on, back inside," he ordered.
Reluctantly they turned around and headed back to the living room. They sat down on the couch, except for Bulkhead who used his shoulder guards and Optimus who remained standing. "Why can't we go look for Bumblebee, Sentinel? Please, we just want to know."
Sentinel looked down at the floor then straight at Optimus and said, "Because Bumblebee's not real; none of this is."
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