Klik- under a second
Breem- 8.3 minutes
Joor- 6 hours
Orn- 2 weeks
Vorn- 83 years
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Animated.
Sorry about the last ridiculously short chapter. Here's a long one for you guys. Implies Ratchet/Arcee, and Bumblebee/Sari if you squint.
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{WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! Major spoilers in this chapter, so if you haven't watched the whole series yet, TURN BACK NOW!}
{WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! Major spoilers in this chapter, so if you haven't watched the whole series yet, TURN BACK NOW!}
{WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! Major spoilers in this chapter, so if you haven't watched the whole series yet, TURN BACK NOW!}
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The rec-room, or living room, in the base had boxes stacked on one other, holding belongings of the team. Now that the war was finally over, it was at last safe to return to Cybertron. Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Bulkhead stood in what little space the rec-room allowed, saying their farewells, since everybody was going their separate ways. Well, almost everybody.
Shortly after placing Megatron in the stockades for the rest of his life, Cliffjumper had informed Cybertorians that Ultra Magnus was still online at the moment after the surprise ambush, but unfortunately the worst news followed: Ultra Magnus had suffered major wounds and was dying. He had only about an orn left to live. However, Ultra Magnus had granted Optimus Prime the title 'Magnus.' Prime was waiting for Jazz and the Jettwins to come and take him to his coronation on Cybertron (they were also picking up Ratchet and Bulkhead too), in which Jazz had stated that they'd be there in about a joor. Optimus was indeed grateful to be getting into a higher rank, but he would definitely miss being a Prime and leading his current team.
Ratchet was going back to Cybertron too, but to just be a plain medic. The only difference, as Ratchet stated, was that he'd be a medic not on some distant organic planet. Also, Ratchet admitted that he planned to spend more time with Arcee as well. Ratchet was a bit too stubborn to admit that he had certain feelings for her and only entrusted Optimus with the secret.
Bulkhead was offered a rank filled with other space-bridge technicians, and him as the Elite Guard had found Bulkhead's skills very useful, and other Autobot space-bridge experts agreed. Bulkhead accepted eagerly, Bumblebee urging him to go and fulfill his long-term dreams.
Bumblebee planned to stay on Earth, to support Sari. The two have gotten very close after Prowl's death. Sari decided that she wanted to start going to High School, to meet other people. That, and Bumblebee was a horrible teacher, and she was just sick of the teacher-like robot her father built when she was still only a child. Bumblebee said that he'd stay with her, and if she ever needed any comforting, he'd be there for her, as he always was.
Optimus smiled, thinking back to all the good memories the team shared on Earth; meeting Sari, the humans praising their first heroic deed, beating Megatron for the first time, learning Sari was actually tehno-organic . . . but then the bad memories came flooding back as well; the Decepticons destroying half of Detroit, Prowl's sacrifice, Sari going out of control and hurting them . . . then Blacknarachia, and learning who she really was: Elita One. Optimus shivered, remembering the dark memories, and attempted to push the thoughts from his processor, and with little luck.
"ey- hey!" Bumblebee's muffled voice rung in Optimus's head. Elita One's horrified expression came back into slight focus.
"-YO BOSS 'BOT!" Bumblebee shouted. Optimus's train of thought was interrupted by Bumblebee's sudden outburst. Optimus hadn't realized he had been so deep in thought, and that Bumblebee and Sari had come into the room, covered in multiple colors of paint.
"Oh, sorry Bumblebee. I was . . . thinking . . . " Optimus muttered. Bumblebee didn't acknowledge it and continued.
"Yeah, anyways, Sari and I made you three a gift!" Bumblebee cheered, smiling widely. Optimus lifted an optic ridge and looked to Ratchet and Bulkhead, both shrugged.
Sari and Bumblebee grinned as they revealed a large card with random colors of paint splattered onto it, and unfolded it. It had a large red heart, and said in large black colors:
SEE YOU GUYS! WE'LL MISS U!
Optimus chuckled slightly and Ratchet scoffed. Bulkhead started laughing as he grabbed both Bumblebee and Sari in one swoop, hugging them tightly.
"OH YOU GUYS!" Bulkhead stated, warm-kindheartedly. Sari giggled.
"You're welcome. Bulky!" Sari laughed.
"No problem, big guy!" Bumblebee smirked, embarrassingly. Bumblebee's never really been a huge fan of 'hugging.' Claustrophobia probably, Optimus always thought.
"It's . . . creative. Nice job, you two." Ratchet stated, unamused, but then shot a caring smile at the two teens. Once Bumblebee and Sari got loose from Bulkhead's grip, then gave each other a high-five.
"What do you think of it, Optimus?" Sari asked sweetly. Optimus looked at the card, then back at the two 'kids.' He chuckled. Bumblebee and Sari were the youngest and smallest of the team, making them the kids of the team.
"It's great, thank you." Optimus stated. Bumblebee and Sari's optics lit up happily. Sari chuckled and looked to Bumblebee.
"And you said they wouldn't like it!" Sari teased. Bumblebee folded his servos.
"Well, what can I say? It's not like I'm the artist like Bulkhead or anything. So it's okay for me to be paranoid about my crappy work." Bumblebee defended himself. Bulkhead chuckled hearing Bumblebee refer to him as 'the artist.' The team had a good laugh, and Optimus reflected back on his previous pleasant thoughts;
Primus, he was going to miss his teammates horribly.
Sentinel Prime and Rodimus Prime both walked as guards in the Autobot stockade, monitoring the captured Decepticons. They passed Swindle, who kept kissing up to the Autobots, begging them to let him free and offering to be a salesman or something. As they past Blitzwing, Sentinel stopped for a second, observing the Decepticon. Blitzwing looked up, and his face switched from Icy to Hothead in barely a klik.
"YOU AUTOBOTS VON'T KEEP ME IN HERE FOREVER! I VILL GET ZE FRAG OUT OF HERE SOON ENOUGH!" Blitzwing screamed. Rodimus sighed and Sentinel smirked.
"Yeah . . . and I'm going to shake servos with Primus himself, sharing energon cubes with him. So shut up, three-face." Sentinel barked sarcastically. Blitzwing's face switched to Random as he started laughing hysterically.
"OOOH! I VANT TO SHAKE HANDS VITH PRIMUS AND HAVE ENERGON CUBES! VILL ZHERE BE BALLOONS?" Random cackled. Sentinel growled. Blitzwing then changed his face back to Icy. Icy shot a death-glare at Sentinel.
" . . . Autobot filth." He whispered.
"Decepticon trash." Sentinel remarked. Rodimus nudged Sentinel.
"Stop playing with the Decepticon, Sentinel. That's just what they want." Rodimus stated calmly. Sentinel backed away from the Decepticon triple-charger and followed Rodimus.
Then, they passed the cage of Lugnut. Lugnut was muttering something over and over to himself. Sentinel stared at him, confused. Lugnut looked up, his single optic burning with rage.
"Megatron . . . will return . . . Megatron . . . will return . . . Megatron . . . will return . . ." He repeated. Sentinel shivered and kept walking. Rodimus rolled his optics.
Then, they passed a heavily-armed prison cage. Both Primes were aware of the prisoner who lurked in there. They opened up a window to see Megatron sitting in a corner, smirking darkly. Rodimus and Sentinel were slightly concerned by the fact. After watching Megatron for a few more kliks, they closed the window back up. Megatron looked up and chuckled darkly.
"Soon, Autobots . . . Optimus Prime . . . you will regret ever causing me the embarrassment of sitting in this filthy Autobot prison.
As Jazz landed the large ship, Optimus, Ratchet, and Bulkhead stood closely, waiting to return to Cybertron. The people of Detroit gathered as they watched their heroes leave. The mayor, his secretary, Captain Fanzone, Issac Sumdac, Sari, and Bumblebee were closest. Optimus looked back to the organics, and Sari and Bumblebee. He closely observed Bumblebee though. Optimus felt slightly guilty about leaving Bumblebee alone to watch over Detroit. Sure, he had Sari, but still. Bumblebee was like the son Optimus never had. Son. The term hit his spark hard. He quickly abandoned the thought.
Ratchet waved only once to the organics with a fake smile as he entered the ship and sighed. He looked over to see the Jettwins grinning mischievously. Ratchet groaned.
"Primus, why?" He complained. The Jettwins laughed in unison. Next, Bulkhead entered the ship.
"I can't wait to see my new team!" Bulkhead stated eccentrically. Ratchet chuckled.
"I still can't believe you're gonna have your own team." Ratchet joked. Bulkhead slightly laughed, bending a servo behind his helmet, embarrassed.
"Yeah, neither can I." Bulkhead grinned. Ratchet shook his head, smirking.
Optimus was about to step into the ship when suddenly, he was stopped by a shout. He looked back to see Bumblebee running toward him.
"Bumblebee?" Optimus started. Once Bumblebee stopped panting, he looked up to Optimus, blue optics meeting each other directly.
"Just wanted to say, it's been an honor serving with you, boss 'bot." Bumblebee smiled. Optimus smiled back, holding out his hand, intending or a hand shake, but instead, Bumblebee did the unexpected: he hugged Optimus. Optimus was slightly taken aback to the action, and slowly dropped his arms to hug him back. Bumblebee was so small compared to Optimus. Optimus remembered seeing an organic man, about 40 Earth years old hugging a small male organic child, about 7 Earth years old. Optimus optics slowly became glassy as he dove in deep into his thoughts . . .
Father and son . . . Creator and sparkling . . . Optimus Prime and Sparkfire . . . Optimus Prime . . . and . . . Bumblebee . . . Sparkfire . . . Sparkfire . . .
"Um . . . uh . . . Prime?" Bumblebee said in a questioning tone. Optimus quickly snapped back into reality. Bumblebee had let go of Optimus, but Optimus had only held him closer with every klik passing. He immediately let go of Bumblebee and cleared his throat.
"S-sorry, Bumblebee. I- uh . . ." Optimus stammered. Bumblebee smirked.
"It's cool, Prime." He replied. Bumblebee walked back over to Sari, who looked at him playfully.
"What was that all about, Bee?" Sari teased. Bumblebee shrugged.
"Well, I just hugged to be nice and when he hugged back, he started muttering something." Bumblebee explained.
"And what he say?" Sari asked.
"He kept saying Sparkfire." Bumblebee responded. The two shrugged.
Optimus regretted letting himself go so deep into his thoughts and mortifying himself. He walked into the ship and the doors closed behind him.
The organics watched as the ship rose into the sky, and eventually higher than the Earth's atmosphere, until they were fully out of sight. Issac cleared his throat, and Sari and Bumblebee looked over to him.
"Oh, and before I forget to say; Sari you start High School next Wednesday." He stated. Sari and Bumblebee looked at each other, excited.
"AWESOME!" Sari cheered.
"Suh-weet!" Bumblebee shouted.
Optimus stood, re-thinking about his decision to become Magnus. But if Ultra Magnus was trully offlining, then he'd better step in. After all, he did defeat MEgatron once and for all . . . didn't he?
