Title: Transformers – Ghosts of the Past

Author: LJ

Summery: Bumblebee tells Sam and Mikeala about what happened on Tyger Pax, as well as his family. But ghosts of Bumblebee's past keep him from doing his job and now that the All Spark has been destroyed, he's determined to find his brother, be he dead, or alive.

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: Violence, swearing and mild romance.

Pairings: Sam/Mikeala

Disclaimer: I own Jack Knife, and you may not have him. He's my little guy. growl but everything else is owned by HASBRO. And please don't sue? I'm broke.

Author's Note: I came up with Jack Knife years ago and now after seeing the Live Action Movie, I think he deserves a little attention again. Please enjoy this story:-D

Chapter One: Black Memories

Bumblebee sat on the hill looking over Tranquility. Sam and Mikeala were off seeing a movie and told Bumblebee that he could relax for a while and not worry about picking them up. So he went up onto the hill overlooking Tranquility and transformed. It had been two months after the All Spark's destruction, and some new Autobots had slowly found their way to Earth.

Jazz had been brought back with a shard of the All Spark that Optimus had found that wasn't destroyed. Bumblebee had been elated to see his fellow spy back. Ratchet had worked for days to repair him, barely taking a minute for himself. As soon as Jazz was back online, and out of shock from being alive again, Ratchet chewed him out for being an idiot. Jazz took it all in stride and was soon out enjoying Earth in his own style. Unfortunately, the stress of waiting for Jazz to come back, took its toll on the yellow Camero. Nightmares kept him from getting full recharge, and memories of Tyger Pax haunted his days. He hid it though, not wanting to worry anyone, especially Sam and Mikeala.

Now relaxing on his own away from the eyes of his fellow Autobots and his friends, Bumblebee let everything out. He pulled his legs up close to his chest and wrapped his arms around them looking out over the town. He pulled up a song to listen to before sighing and burying his head in his knees.

"Why couldn't it have been me…?" he whispered. "Why?"

"Why what, Bee?" Bumblebee jumped and quickly turned off the music looking over seeing Sam and Mikeala walking up the hill.

"Geeze, you guys scared me." Bumblebee smiled a bit and relaxed. "How was your movie?" Sam grinned and went over leaning up against the tree.

"Awesome, love 'Die Hard'. Maybe we could go see it in a drive in, you'd like it." Bumblebee smiled at the offer.

"Cool, I'd love too. So…" Bumblebee smirked and leaned down. "Get any good make out sessions?"

"BEE!!" Sam glared at the giant robot who laughed.

"Sorry couldn't help it!" Mikeala laughed.

"No, I was too busy watching the special effects," she said heading over and sitting down. "Besides, I doubt Sam could have gotten me to look away from the screen." Sam sulked and nodded slowly.

"Yeah, I get a girl who's more interested in watching movies than making out."

"Next time, take me to a chick flick, you'll have my attention then," Mikeala laughed. Bumblebee laughed at the two.

"Not at a drive in, I can't stand chick flicks. You'll have to suffer on your own." Sam rolled his eyes at Bumblebee.

"Whatever. So what were you talking about when we got here?" Bumblebee shrugged and leaned back.

"Just…thinking is all," he said lamely. Mikeala looked up at him with a suspicious look.

"About what? You seemed kind of upset." Bumblebee shrugged and pulled his one leg up closer.

"About Tyger Pax is all," he said absently rubbing the front of his neck.

"That's where you lost your voice right…?" Sam asked. Bumblebee nodded and sighed.

"Yeah, it's been so quiet now; I can't help but think of how it all started because of me." Mikeala looked at Bumblebee's round helmet and bright blue optics.

"What do you mean?" she asked looking up at him. Bumblebee smiled weakly.

"Guess you guys don't really know the whole story." The giant metal head looked up into the vast sky as the sun began to set and the stars began to shine to the visible spectrum. "It was a long time ago, even to us…

I had been sent out on a scouting mission with my partner. There had been strange signals coming from Tyger Pax, and Optimus had his suspicions that it was actually the All Spark calling out. Me and my partner landed and began to investigate the area where the signals were coming from. We didn't notice any one else there, we thought we were the first to find out. As we came up over a ridge on Tyger Pax, we saw the All Spark. It was mammoth. We could barely believe what we were seeing. We could finally bring Cybertron back to life. We would have a home again!

But we were ambushed. Megatron had already found his way to the All Spark and nearly killed us both in one swoop, I thought we were lucky we weren't. It was two against one, we could take him, or so we thought. He wasn't alone. Ravage took out my partner. I only had a split second to choose; the All Spark or my partner. I took one look at him and he yelled for me to get the All Spark. We couldn't let Megatron get it. So I left him there fighting Ravage, while I ran after Megatron to stop him. We fought and I was damaged pretty badly. Megatron was too much for me and he was just in reach of the All Spark. I did the only thing I could and blasted the All Spark off the planet with my last rocket. I charged it up so much it went flying off into space. Megatron was thrown back by the blast. He came back around after a few seconds and came after me. I was out of energy and ammo, and to tell the truth, I was terrified.

All I remember was him lifting me up by my neck and digging his claws in. I started to pass out from the pain, but then I heard a shot go off and I was dropped, my throat ripped out. I looked over and saw my partner still alive, bleeding badly from the scars on his right optic. I tried to scream to warn him of Ravage coming up behind him, but nothing came out. The last I saw of him was of Ravage throwing his weight around him and biting down on his neck.

"Next thing I remember I was in Ratchet's med bay. I panicked when I woke up, and nearly ripped the place to shreds. But it wasn't because I couldn't talk, it was because I didn't see my partner in the berth next to me," Bumblebee hung his head down and sighed. "Ratchet told me that they didn't find him there, no trace at all. It was because of me that the All Spark was lost again. So I left to track it and Megatron. Just to try and make up for my mistakes." Sam and Mikeala looked up at the Autobot who was not only their guardian, but someone who they considered a good friend.

"Who was your partner?" Sam asked looking up at the robot who he had bought two months earlier in a run down used car lot.

"My brother. We weren't actually related, I was adopted into the family before he was created, but he was still my brother. All I can see is his face any more. It's my fault he's gone…it's my fault Jack Knife's dead." Bumblebee looked away from the two humans next to him and shut down his optics. The doors on his back slumped slightly, as did his entire posture. Sam and Mikeala exchanged looks before Mikeala put her small hand on his arm.

"Hey, it's not your fault. And he might still be alive out there somewhere. Maybe he fought off this Ravage guy and went after Megatron before you woke up." Bumblebee looked down at the adolescent girl and smiled a bit.

"Yeah, I guess so. Well I'm sure you guys wanna head home huh? Want a ride?" Bumblebee got up carefully and looked down at the two humans next to him.

"Sure, if you don't mind." Bumblebee chuckled at Sam.

"No problem. Keeps me busy." Bumblebee backed up and quickly transformed opening up his doors. "You can put your scooter in the trunk if you want, Mikeala." He said, popping his trunk open.

"Thanks, Bumblebee," Mikeala said with a smile carefully putting her scooter into the back of the Camero's trunk, before getting into the passenger seat. Sam smiled and slid easily into the driver's seat and relaxed, letting Bumblebee do all the work.

"Your welcome. What are friends for?" Revving his engine, Bumblebee began to drive down the dirt road back to the paved streets.

Having dropped Mikeala off back at her home and driving back to Sam's house, Bumblebee sat quietly in the driveway as the night dragged on. Finally once everyone was asleep, Bumblebee quietly drove off, heading towards the old junk yard just outside of town. Pulling into the old repair station that Jazz had renamed "Ratchet's Repair and Salvage", Bumblebee drove carefully onto the lift, as the door behind him closed. The repair lift and the floor beneath it jumped slightly and began to lower down into the secret base that the Autobots had set up with the help of the US Government.

Transforming and walking off the platform, Bumblebee headed towards the repair bay. He glanced in seeing Ratchet working on some files on one of the massive computers in his bay.

"Uh, hey Ratchet…" Bumblebee said entering the large bay. Ratchet blinked and turned around smiling a bit at the yellow robot.

"Hey, Bumblebee, anything I can do for you?" he asked, sounding more tired than he let on. Bumblebee chuckled and shrugged.

"Well maybe, but I don't want to keep you up, you sound exhausted." Ratchet gave Bumblebee a flat look and sighed.

"Sit. Whatever it is, it's bothering you, and if it's bothering you then it'll effect how you fight and so help me, I don't want to piece anyone else together on this planet." Bumblebee grinned nervously but quickly sat down on a berth folding his hands in his lap. Ratchet gave him a look and Bumblebee took a breath.

"I want to know everything that happened on Tyger Pax after the fight, everything you can remember." Ratchet frowned and sat back.

"Mind if I ask why?" Ratchet felt he already knew the answer, but wanted to hear it from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

"I want to know if there's any chance Jack Knife could be alive." Ratchet frowned and leaned back in his chair. Bumblebee looked up at him his large blue eyes pleading to the medical officer. Ratchet rubbed his face a bit to wake himself up and leaned forward.

"We don't know what happened immediately after, although we can piece together from what you remember and what we found there. From what we could tell, Jack Knife was attacked by Ravage. Megatron had already left you for dead to track the All Spark. Ravage and 'Knife fought it out, and from what we could tell, it was a bloody battle. Mech Fluid from both of them was found there in large pools, but it seems that Ravage dragged Jack Knife into a cave system, we lost track of them in there. There have been sightings of Ravage, so…" Ratchet paused, unsure of how to tell the yellow and black young mech the possibilities.

"That's all I need to know…" Bumblebee said sullenly. Ratchet looked up as he got off of the berth and started for the door.

"Bee? What are you going to do?" he asked quickly catching up with the smaller bot. Bumblebee looked up at him with the same determination in his optics that he had when he took off after Megatron and the All Spark.

"Going to find my brother, even if he's gone, I need to know what happened to him."