Summary: [PostMovie2007 Snow has begun to fall. What joys will the season of winter bring?

Rating: K+

Pairings: Open for interpretation. Although, it does hint at BarricadexFrenzy a bit in this chapter.

Warnings: Same as before. I'm still fairly new to Transformers, so don't hate me if things are a little off.

Disclaimer: I forgot to put a disclaimer in the first chapter! I own nothing!

Thanks for the amazing reviews!! I was worried about ruining characters, but I guess I'm doing okay.

I would also like to thank Jillian Jiggs for giving me an idea for certain events that happen in this chapter. –cough-snowballs-cough-

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Words. Cybertronian

Chapter 2

After the defeat of Megatron, the Autobots remained on Earth. The military had constructed a base for them and NASA agreed to build and launch a satellite specifically designed to detect any Cybertronian life forms. The readings from said satellite were transmitted to the new Autobot base. Not only would it alert Optimus Prime of any approaching Cybertronians, it also kept tabs on the ones currently on Earth.

Optimus Prime sat in his office monitoring the Autobot satellite's readings with slight boredom. The large screens before him continuously remained blank as they always did. This did not surprise the old warrior in the least. Though he did send a message out, he did not expect a response. Chances of any surviving Autobots being out in the far reaches of space were slim to none.

Air blew from his vents with a sigh as Optimus switched the satellite's view to Earth. His optics scanned the screens for Bumblebee's energy signal. Optimus always kept an optic on the young scout. Though the Decepticons were no longer a threat to them, there were still a number of things the Autobot leader worried, especially when it came to Bumblebee.

Bumblebee had always been an excellent spy and a superb fighter, but he was still very young compared to the rest of the Autobots. He'd cared for him when he was merely a Sparkling and almost viewed Bumblebee as his own. Bumblebee had grown up with the dream of being just like Optimus, starting his military training at an early age and rapidly climbing through the ranks.

Sending him on the mission to Tyger Pax had been Optimus' idea, knowing that Bumblebee could handle it. The mission was successful and Megatron failed to retrieve the All Spark, but resulted in the loss of Bumblebee's vocal processors. He was reluctant to send the eager bot out on yet another mission without even being fully repaired, but Bumblebee's clicking pleas had a way of getting the better of Optimus and he let him go. So, down to Earth Bumblebee went, on his own. That was one of the most difficult decisions the Autobot leader had to make.

The satellite located and zoomed in on the yellow Autobot and Optimus let out a rather uncharacteristic snort of laughter at the sight displayed before him.

There was his most loyal lieutenant on the screen, slipping and sliding around on the ice like a Sparkling still developing his servos circuits. He flailed his arms around pathetically as he tried to move on the ice in the same manner as Sam. Soon, the inevitable happened and Bumblebee crashed to the ice on his aft. Several curses in Cybertronian sounded from the monitors loudly.

Optimus laughed to himself, when he was interrupted by several crashes heard from outside the base. His hand went to his face and fingers squeezed the bridge of his noseplate. 'What are those two up to now?' he thought, standing up from his seat before the monitors and walking out of his office.

As Optimus walked down the hall that lead outside, curses and threats streamed into his audio sensors.

"You slagger!" came Ratchet's voice. "Throw another one and I swear I'll reformat your cannons to shoot out marshmallows!"

"I'd like to see you try!" Ironhide's amused voice responded. There was a strange sound of something pelting metal afterwards.

Optimus exited the base through the automated door to see what all the fuss was about. He wasn't expecting to get a faceplate full of snow. Just as he'd stepped outside, Ratchet had ducked into the base behind their leader, drawing Ironhide's aim towards Optimus as he hurled large balls of snow at the medic.

Quickly noticing that his target had vanished, Ironhide ceased fire and shouted from his safe spot across the yard of the base, "Sorry about that Optimus!"

Reaching up and brushing the cold substance from his faceplate, the Autobot leader asked, "What in the name of Primus are you two doing?"

Ironhide approached his now annoyed leader with slight embarrassment. The excitement over the snow had gotten the better of him as he had done a few internet searches about it. At first, his reasons for researching snow were purely out of worry about what it could do to his systems, but then he soon discovered that humans had found many ways to entertain themselves in the snow. Snowball fights caught his attention immediately.

The medic joined his comrade's side with the same awkward appearance. He quickly took the defensive and said, "I was doing some quick checks on the security systems that Captain Lennox had installed on the outside of the base. Then, out of no where, this glitching slagger starts launching 'snowballs' at me." Ratchet pointed an accusing finger at the weapon's specialist. "I did what I had to to defend myself from his assault."

Ironhide crossed his massive arms across his chest defiantly, "Sure you did. Returned snowball fire ten times more than what I'd originally thrown." He said. "Even after I called for a truce, this scrap heap…"

"Enough!" Optimus' voice boomed, causing the two Autobots to flinch and silence their vocal processors. "You're both acting like juvenile younglings. This behavior is not very becoming of a solider." He scolded. What was happening to them? Had their time on Earth affected them so much?

"Sorry sir." They both said in unison, optics cast towards the ground.

Without saying another word, Optimus turned to go back inside.

SMACK!

An especially large snowball collided with the back of Optimus' head and knocked him to the ground. Ironhide's deep laughter rang out loudly from his now retreating vocal processors. Ratchet snickered and followed, completely overtaken by the overall ridiculousness of the circumstance. Optimus groaned and sat up.

'Did he really just throw a snowball at me?' he thought. His blue optics narrowed. "You're going to pay for that!" Optimus shouted, getting up with lightning speed and sprinting after his friends.

…

I heard voices-voices. Frenzy informed his friend. Aut-oautobot. The yellow one and the hu-human.

Yes…that youngling and his boy. Barricade said, remembering his last encounter with the protective yellow Autobot. I'd rather not get mixed up with Autoslag for the duration of my spark, thanks. He added. Though, it did pique his interest a bit. Why would the Autobot be so far from the human's home?

Frenzy jerked forward and tightly grasped Barricade's steering wheel, earning a surprised hiss from the police car. Come on Barricad-ecade. Frenzy insisted, sliding down to the gas pedal and pressing it with his own foot. Just a quick look? What harm-harm could it do?

Barricade was overcome by a deep shudder at the feel of Frenzy's claws on his steering wheel. Frenzy…no. He commanded, pressing his brake down and forcing his gas pedal up. Let go of my wheel. What part of your claws are cold don't you understand?

I can't ever-ever do anything fun! Frenzy whined, letting go of the wheel and sitting back down in the seat. He looked out the window and zoomed his optics in on them. The silver Decepticon jumped up and down excitedly in Barricade's cab. They're right-right out in the open! He chirped as he grasped onto the steering wheel again.

The police car rumbled.So? He asked, shuddering again at the sensation of the little Decepticon's metallic claws tapping about on his seats. Must you constantly move? Stop moving or I'll eject you from my cab. Barricade demanded as he was growing tired of the unintentional torment his partner was giving him.

Frenzy rolled his pale blue optics in a very human-like fashion and slumped down in the driver's seat. He knew very well that they couldn't afford to get mixed up with the Autobots again. Not without back up, and Primus knows that they had none. Starscream, being the slagging piece of scrapmetal that he was, had fled from the final battle and hasn't been seen since. With all that knowledge, the little hacker only wanted to see what the Autobot and his human charge were up to. Just a little-little peek? He clicked carefully, not wanting to anger his partner anymore than he already had.

Barricade shifted on his suspension in exasperation. No. There is no point in just looking. If we are spotted, that youngling will most likely go on the offensive. We do not have the resources to get repairs anymore.

Frenzy sat up and held the steering wheel for the third time, a bit lighter this time. Let's go see-see! He insisted, his tone a little more demanding and quiet.

Barricade was about to respond with 'no' again, but was stopped short by a sudden scrape along the inside of the steering wheel. He made a light chirp sound similar to the sounds Frenzy makes to himself and then defensively spun his wheel to get the offending claws away.

Don't be so-so difficult! Frenzy said, pleased that his assumptions about the placement of certain sensors had been correct. He held the spinning wheel tightly and added, Just go-go and see what they're doing. It shouldn't take th-that long. Slowly as he spoke, he'd been trailing his teasing claws along the steering wheel, detecting every miniscule shiver that the larger Decepticon had been trying to hold back. There was very little that Barricade could hide from him. Frenzy smirked as he felt the cab heat up considerably and slowed his movements, clicking and giggling all the while.

It was clear to Barricade that Frenzy's touches had been intentional, and was clearly not going to stop unless Barricade did what was requested. But Barricade had no desire to allow the little hacker to get his way, no matter what the little claws made him feel. His engine roared and he drove backwards, knocking Frenzy into the steering wheel. Then, pulling forward and whipped into a sharp turn causing Frenzy to fly across the cab with a screech and shoot out the hastily opened side door.

Tumbling in the snow, Frenzy shouted, I was-was joking! Only jo-joking! He realized that he'd pushed his partner a little far and could potentially be left in the snow.

The police car didn't answer and moved threateningly towards the road leading around the lake. 'Oh…that little fragging hacker…' he thought, feeling his coolant systems kicking in. To aid them, he opened his windows a bit, letting steam out. 'I'm… I'm wasting energy doing this…' Barricade said, closing his windows and shifting back into a comfortable position on his suspension once more. Feeling the snowflakes fall onto his roof and hood was almost soothing to the heat he'd been feeling only moments earlier. Maybe they would go check out what the youngling and his human were up to. Maybe, after he cooled down and wasn't so angry.

Frenzy stood up and started to run towards his partner, hoping he would allow him to get back into the warmth of his cab. He made it to the passenger side and tapped the door. The only response given was the sudden smack of the door as it flew open for the sole purpose of smacking him. Back down into the snow he tumbled, knowing that he deserved it. Upon hearing the door shut and the locks click down, Frenzy knew he wasn't getting into the cab anytime soon.

…

Quickly running into the Autobot Base, Optimus entered the emergency lockdown code on the doors, shutting the two opposing Autobots outside. His whole frame was dripping wet from all the snow that had been pelting him, and his internal systems revved wildly. It had been centuries since he'd lost himself in an activity that had no real purpose other than entertainment like he had. His comrades had suddenly turned the three-sided war into two when they ganged up and nearly buried their leader with snow.

Clearly out matched, Optimus retreated to the base for safety, where he sat laughing harder than his memory circuits could recall. Ironhide and Ratchet were pounding on the door, demanding entrance, but the leader ignored them, know that they had an especially large snowball waiting for him on the other side of the door.

'They'll override the lockdown eventually.' He thought with a smirk. 'Ratchet won't let Ironhide blast the door down anyways…'

Returning to his office after drying off a bit, he took his seat before the screens and did a scan for any activity. Nothing. No surprise. He focused back on the ice where Bumblebee and Sam were still skating. A small smile of pride made its way across Optimus' faceplate as he realized that the young scout had begun to get the hang of maneuvering on the ice in a similar manner as his human companion.

However, his happiness was cut short when he noticed two very familiar and unfriendly energy signatures nearby the two on the ice.

…

Bumblebee had slowly been getting the hang of this ice skating thing. Sure, he'd fallen numerous times and had nearly crushed Sam in the process of those falls thirteen times, but he was finding it easier each time he got back up.

"Okay Bee, let's try it again." Sam said, skating a few feet behind his Autobot guardian. All they had been doing for the past hour and a half was simply skating from one end of the section of lake they were on to the other, but even that was proving to be an adventure.

Getting ready to go again, Bumblebee switched on his radio. 'Ice, ice, baby!' Then he pushed off the bank with one foot, gliding across the ice with ease.

Sam followed at a distance, taking Bumblebee's unsteady balance into mind with every move. Hearing the song Bumblebee was playing made Sam laugh. "Good one Bee!" he shouted.

Hearing Sam's praise made the Autobot turn up the volume. He began to do a little dance while he was skating along, raising his arms up and down as the singer sang 'Ice ice, baby!' and swaying with the beat without falling over.

Sam had to stop skating to sit down and laugh at the sight before him. "What are you doing?" he shouted as he laughed. But the Autobot was too preoccupied with his dancing to hear Sam. Sam shook his head and continued to laugh. "You're ridiculous sometimes Bee."

As Bumblebee shifted his weight to turn around and make his way back to Sam, a static hiss crackled through his audio processors, causing him to jolt back and nearly lose his balance.

This is Optimus Prime to Bumblebee. Bumblebee, respond. Came Optimus' commanding voice.

Bumblebee thrust his arms out before him for balance and spread his legs wide. Not only was it surprising to be getting a message from his leader, but in Cybertronian. Optimus hadn't used their native language since they'd landed on Earth. Something about fully embracing the new planet's culture or something, Bumblebee couldn't quite recall. Something must be happening if Optimus was using Cybertronian. He did sound rather frantic.

This is Bumblebee, responding. What's up? Bumblebee asked, hoping nothing too serious was going on. He glanced down at his human friend who'd skated over to listen to what was happening.

Bumblebee, our satellites have detected Barricade and Frenzy in the vicinity you and Sam are currently in. Optimus said.

Bumblebee's feet gave way beneath him and he crashed to the ice below, almost landing on Sam again. Thankfully Sam had seen Bumblebee's balance falter and managed to slide out of the way.

Author's Note: Did that turn out okay? Wow, that was kinda long. I hope I didn't butcher anyone's personality too badly! I'm seriously hesitant about putting the other Autobots in this fanfic…

I'm sorry I didn't update earlier! I was going to put up what I had earlier, but my muse suddenly shoved the snowball fight back into my mind and I absolutely had to write it. Thanks again Jillian Jiggs!

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