Transformers Prime: Underground
Chapter 2: Growing Up
Warnings: Sparkling cuteness!
"C'mon Bumblebee, come to Jackie!" Jack Darby cooed as little Bumblebee struggled to get to his peds. The little Cybertronian was a couple months old now, and was just learning to walk.
Bumblebee let out a squeak as he held onto the couch, fearful of falling down as his oversized doorwings flapped around. " Jack got up, and gently taking his little brother's hands into his, he slowly walked from one side of the living room to the other.
"That's it, one foot in front of the other." Jack said with a chesire grin as Bumblebee let go of his hands and Jack felt pride bloom within as Bee took his first steps on his own, unaided and unassisted.
" You did it Bee!" Jack said gleefully as he picked his brother up in his arms, causing the sparkling to squeal in delight. The fun stopped however, when Jack spotted a police car drive up towards the home, the police office in the passenger's side shining a search light into the homes.
Quickly, Jack held Bumblebee close as he hid behind the couch. His heart was pounding in his ears. He was ready to protect his little brother. He wasn't going to let Sector 7 take him away.
The air grew thick with tension, Bee trembling in his older brother's arms as the police car stalled for a moment in front of their home.
Jack didn't dare to breath.
When Jack heard the police car start up again, he and Bee let go of the collective breath they were holding in. " That was close Bee." Jack said as he looked down t his little brother, who nodded in agreement, just as the sparkling yawned and snuggled into Jack.
Jack chuckled a bit as he headed upstairs towards his mother's room. June had gone to the super market earlier to get supplies as well as get energon for Bee.
Jack opened up the attic door, which was right next to his mother's closet, Bee was already asleep as Jack placed him in the crib that situated in a corner away from the window.
Jack looked around for a moment before he spotted Bee's favorite blanket and stuffed animal: a plush Bumblebee toy. The sparkling held onto both items tightly in his hands as he drifted off to sleep.
" Sleep tight Bee." Jack said softly as he turned the light off and quietly closed the door silently.
[In an alleyway somewhere in Jasper Nevada]
June looked at her wristwatch as she fidgeted nervously. She knew getting the energon she needed for Bee was a risk every time she did it. There was always the chance of her and her supplier being captured by Sector 7.
She then heard the roar of a GMC Pickup's engine down the road, the large truck always looked intimidating due to it size. It then slid to a complete stop just in front of June. " How's the little tyke doing, June?" A gruff voice sounded from the truck's speakers, headlights lighting up with each word as a holographic projection was visible in the driver's seat of a gruff looking, tan skinned cowboy-like man wearing tattered blue jeans, a checkered red and black shirt with a brown cowboy hat covering intense blue eyes and black hair.
" Bumblebee is doing just fine Ironhide. In fact, he's learning how to walk already." June said with a smile as Ironhide's passenger door opened up, revealing a cardboard package labled fragile.
"That is excellent news June! Soon before you know it, you'll be on your toes trying to keep up with him!" Ironhide said with a small laugh as June cradled the package in her arms, hidden under he coat. " I'll be going now June, Jazz will be dropping off next week's rations of energon for Bumblebee." Ironhide rumbled as his engine roared to life as he drove off.
June quickly got into her car and began to head for home, unaware of a Mustang Police cruiser hiding behind another building with the words " To Punish and Enslave" written on both sides of the car…
