Beta read by Casting Moonlight

Chapter 2

Sentinel cringed away as the Vampire Lord glared him down with blazing red optics and bared sharpened fangs.

"I want you to bring me all those that have been bred for sacrifices to my castle immediately. You have two hours to do so. If you do not bring me them then you will be my next sacrifice. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" Megatron hollered.

Sentinel yelped and jumped back from Megatron, shaken and nodding his head. "Yes... sir, right... right away." He stuttered before he turned and ran, his men hot on his heels.

Megatron let out a growl at the thought of the Autobots being bred for only one reason and that was to be his sacrifice. He turned his gaze back to his current offering that was shivering with fear.

Megatron's facial expression turned soft and his optics glowed softly to try and show he meant no harm to the minibot. He frowned deeply when the youngling continued to tremble and shake from him.

Megatron took the youngling into his arms and rocked him back and forth like his femme carrier did when he was young. The vampire lord couldn't blame the minibot for being scared. He was alone and had been taught lies about what would happen to him. Soon, however, the youngling wouldn't be alone as he would have friends.

Bumblebee was too frightened to even move or speak in protest as the vampire held him. Yet he soon started to relax into Megatron's hold and allowed Megatron to comfort him.

"Hush youngling. Nothing is going to happen to you." Megatron whispered into Bumblebee's audio. That seemed to calm the minibot down. "Now perhaps you could tell me about some of your friends that you have." Megatron asked with a toothy smile.

Bee flinched from the grin but soon calmed back down when he noticed Megatron hadn't meant to frighten him. He whimpered softly before he replied in a hushed tone. "I...I don't have many friends… only a few. But most of them... have already been sent here."

"Who are your friends, little one. Tell me about them for they will be joining us soon if they are a part of what you were forced to be a part of." Megatron gently asked as he shifted Bumblebee into a more comfortable position in his arms.

Bumblebe stayed silent for a bit, deep in thought before he replied. "Blurr, Longarm, Optimus, who have all been sacrificed, and... Perceptor."

Megatron looked at the young minibot in his arms. So many of his friends had been forced to be sacrificed by the very faction that they had been born into. Megatron remembered Optimus. He was a blue and red mech that had sacrificed himself for an younger bot. Optimus was also still in his care. Megatron sent a telepathic command to one of his to bring Optimys to him so he could comfort his newest companion.

Bumblebee closed his eyes when Megatron reached up and gently stroked his helm, lightly brushing his fingers against his small horns which made Bumblebee purr into the touch.

Megatron let a smile come to his face as he watch the minibot curl up in his arms. He was still shaking but not as bad. He hoped that his servant would hurry up and bring Optimus to the throne room.

As if on cue one of his servants came walking in being followed by a red and blue mech.

As soon as the red and blue mech saw the Autobot that was in his Master's arms he immediately forgot all manners he was taught and ran towards the two mechs.

"Bumblebee?" He gasped once he was close enough to see the young mech.

Bumblebee wiggled out of the Vampire Lord's hold when he heard the familiar voice of his father. His father was alive and from what he saw, doing well.

"Dad!" Bumblebe cried as he threw himself into Optimus' arms and clung to him like Megatron might rip them from each other.

"Bumblebee! What are you doing here?" Optimus asked as he held his son whom he last saw as a sparkling before he was given to Lord Megatron as a gift.

Bumblebee whimpered and buried his face into his father's chest. "It... it was my turn... to be sacrificed."

Optimus clutched his son closer to his chest as if he never wanted to let him go. Unknown to Bumblebee, Optimus' optics went dark and filled with anger. Bumblebee was never supposed to be a sacrifice. Elita and he had been promised, making sure of that very fact when they volunteered to be sacrificed instead of Bumblebee.

Optimus looked at Megatron. "Who brought Bumblebee here?" He snarled.

"Sentinel." Was the only word that came out of Megatron's mouth and that one name made Optimus very pissed.

"What?" Optimus hissed.

Megatron took a step back at the sheer volume of his favorite yelling so loud. Never had Optimus so much as raised his voice to him for anything; but then again Megatron thought that Optimus' anger was directed towards Sentinel.

Optimus' optics flashed and he release Bumblebee from his arms so he didn't accidentally hurt him. "Where is he?" Optimus snarled as he balled his hands up into fists.

"I sent him to get the other Autobots that were being bred for sacrifices. He should be back in a few hours." Megatron told the angry red and blue mech in front of him. Then something hit him. If Optimus was the yellow minibot's creator then the femme that came with Optimus must be his

Carrier.

Megatron then got an idea. "Optimus, why don't you call for your mate." He suggested.

Optimus looked at Megatron and nodded his head. He then sent a private message to Elita, who was recharging in their quarters, for her to come the throne room.

Elita didn't argue, other than she didn't like having her recharge interrupted, and said she'd be there in a moment.

As soon as Elita arrived in the throne room she saw what made Optimus wake her up. Her son was curled up in a sound recharge in her mate's arms. She immediately ran over and gently took her son into her arms and hugged him.

"Oh my sweet sparkling. I've missed you so much." She cried as sheheld and rocked him in her arms. "What is he doing here? She asked, confusion and fear clear in her optics..

"Sentinel chose him to be the current sacrifice." Optimus told his mate as he hugged her and his son. It had been so long since they had been together as a family.

"What?" She gasped and looked down at her poor sparkling and held him closer.

"I swear when I see Sentinel I'm going to make him regret ever going back on his promise." Optimus growled as he clenched his hand into a fist.

Find out what happened in a few days.