A/N: Thank you for the posts and the fav setting you gave me for this story. It took me a couple days to get through writing this one. (Kind of hard) Hope you still enjoy. Please review.
Bumblebee on lined at 5am. His optics searched for someone, anyone, with some answers. Ratchet was on his right side checking vitals. "She is with Sideswipe and Sunstreaker," he answered before Bee had even asked. "She was with Sideswipe when they brought you in and she stayed with him the whole time. I sent her with them because she could not sleep here. She was perfectly fine and she will be in as soon as she wakes up. I am hoping that is not until 9am so relax, Bee. You did great kid."
Bumblebee relaxed and was back in recharge in no time.
Dani woke up later than she normally would have and she found herself in a strange bed. She looked around trying to figure out where she was. "Bee?" she called out. But Bumblebee did not answer her instead she heard Sunstreaker called from the wash area, "Dani your awake. Sides went to get something to eat. Hurry up and get dressed so we can go see Bee."
Dani remembered what had happened then and she jumped from the bed quickly grabbing her clothes. Sideswipe came in then and she quickly got dressed and after 3 bites of her breakfast she hopped off the chair. "Let's go."
"Whoa little lady, what about the rest of your breakfast? If you don't eat good Ratchet will be upset at us. You don't want him to yell us do you?" Sides said with a little pout in his voice.
"I am full. I promise. Ratchet can't yell at you if I am full and I am. Now lets go." The real truth of it was that she could hardly eat because she was too anxious to go see Bumblebee. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were not quite ready yet though and this made Dani angry. So angry she stomped her foot hard and yelled, "I want to go now!!"
With that she palmed the door, but because this was not her room she was not recognized and the door would not open. This sent her into a tantrum. She screamed at the door and at Sunny and Sides and just screamed. Sunny picked her up and in his hand and put his finger over mouth. He looked angry with her and said darkly. "Now look here little girl there is no need for that. It is not going to help you or Bee at the moment and what would he say to you acting like that. Now you can go sit on the bed until you are better."
Sides almost burst out laughing though he did not let Sunny see as he put Danielle down on the bed. When Sunstreaker sat back down he gave Sideswipe a dark look and whispered, "Don't think I did not hear your laughter, you slagger."
"Maybe you should take your own advice next time you want to rip someone's arm off. Oh wait you do have to take that advise but it usually comes from Prowler though."
"If she was not in this room right now Sides I would knock that smug look off your face permanently." Sunstreaker whispered menacingly.
Sides back up from Sunny but he could not stop the smile from playing on his face. Danielle sat pouting on the bed, but she waited for the brothers to be done. (Which was not really that long) She reached for Sideswipe to pick her up and they were off to Med Bay.
"Sides, do you think he will be awake?" she asked quietly a little worried at what she would see when she got there.
"I am sure he is wake and waiting to see your pretty face."
They entered Med Bay and Danielle scrambled toward the edge of Sideswipes hand so she could see between his fingers. "Careful there little girl I wouldn't want you falling off now." Sides said adding his other hand around her.
They turned toward where Bumblebee should be laying but he was not lying on the berth he was sitting up while Ratchet was running some scans. "Bee" Danielle squealed cheerfully. She was excited jumping up and down on Sides hand but that stopped the minute Sides gently wrapped his hand around her to keep her from falling.
"Hey little girl you better calm down or Ratchet here will be fixing you up." Sideswipe said as he moved closer to Bumblebee and set her down right beside him. She immediately grabbed for his arm and snuggled up as close as she could get without being in Ratchets way. She did not want him to yell at her.
Ratchet looked at her and smiled. "I am almost done Danielle and then you guys can go home."
Danielle Smiled up at him and watched as he finished his job. When he was done, she was picked up by Bumblebee and pulled up to his chest. As she snuggled up to his chest, she heard his spark whirling as it should and suddenly she burst into tears. Bumblebee held her but he could not figure out why she was crying.
"I .. was ..just ..so scared .. Bee." She said between hiccups. "What if..you left… me…. like daddy and mommy?"
Bumblebee just stroked her back with the tip of his finger and said, "But I did not go anywhere. I am right here with you."
"Mommy did the same thing you did Bee." she said and stopped as more sobs choked her.
"What do you mean Dani?"
"She tried to save me from Starscream but he shot her. I felt the heat from his gun as she threw me away from her. Just like you did. I saw you fall down right over me and you did not move. I screamed for you but you didn't answer me. I was scared you'd be like mommy and daddy." Her sobs shook her whole body as she retold her feelings to her guardian. "When I was hurt last time and I woke up here with Ratchet. Not mommy, I just needed to find her. She was gone and daddy too. I called and called but they were gone. I never saw them again. Grandpa says daddy and mommy are in heaven just like Grandma, but I can't go see them there. I want to see mommy and daddy. Why did they have to go where I can't see them?" She asked pleadingly, but there was never any reason for the why as Bee knew all too well. He had no words to say because there were no words to make sense of something that makes no sense.
"You can't be like daddy and mommy. You can't leave me Bee, promise me," she begged.
Bumblebee just sat there holding her letting her feel that he was there for her. What could he say to that? He looked at Ratchet who slowly shook his head as if to say don't promise something you have no control over boy. Sunstreaker slammed through the Bay doors and stalked off. Danielle's words affected him way more than he really wanted to let anyone know. He just hid it behind his anger and left the base. Sideswipe sat next to Bee and Danielle. He put his arm around Bee because he knew Bumblebee still beat himself up over the fact that he was not around to save Sam and Mikaela. Bumblebee took the strength from Sides that he offered and it helped him be able to handle the sobbing girl in his hand.
Ratchet walked over to his office and sat heavily in his chair. He put his face hands and let the hurt wash over him. He would never tell anyone how bad it had hurt him to see Sam and Mikaela's lifeless bodies lying on his table those two days. He had cried the whole time he had washed them and got them ready for the burial. He could have sent them to the hospital and have them take care of the bodies but he had felt possessiveness about them. It was something he had wanted to do; he had to do. Mikaela had been his eager student. She never stopped asking questions and she had tried her best to make human life more understandable to him. Sam had totally loved her. There was no denying what they felt for each other. It had all spilled over into Dani, too. It had been 8 months and he still missed her cheerfulness when she reported for duty in the morning. He still found himself asking for her small hands to help him when the wires he was fixing were so delicate. Oh his hands are able to do it but it was so much easier with her help. Hearing Danielle talk about her hurt and fears really made the hurt come slamming into him causing his spark to constrict in pain. He would like to get away for a while just like Sunny.
Bumblebee and sideswipe stayed sitting on the table until Danielle had settled down. When Bumblebee checked on her he found she had fallen asleep snuggled up to his chest. He had been in his own thoughts about her and Sam and Mikaela that he had not noticed that she had curled up in hand and fallen asleep.
"Hey Sides, how was she last night? She is asleep already and she usually doesn't take naps."
"It doesn't surprise me much. We were here until midnight and she did not go to sleep almost the whole time we were waiting. She fell into a light recharge but woke up with a jump not long after and she never went back to sleep until Ratchet told us to go. We finally got her to recharge once we laid down together. She did not recharge well though because she woke 2 times screaming and once she woke us whimpering but she was not awake. It is a good thing our holo forms are so squishy because she was so tight against one of us all night we could hardly move. Kind of like she is doing to you right now." Sideswipe rubbed the tip of his finger over her arm. She was so helpless and vulnerable. Sparklings were equipped with defense capabilities from the moment they were sparked. It was very necessary in this war since so many sparklings loose their creators or they are forced to leave them and fight. Humans are not like this at though.
"I guess I should get her back to our room." Bee sighed feeling the need to recharge himself. Sideswipe heard the tiredness in his vocals and he decided to go along with them to their room.
Bumblebee got back to the room and handed Dani over to Sides as he pulled out his holo form and lay down on the berth. Sides laid Dani right next to him. She did not even wake up and bee quickly fell into recharge. Sideswipe stayed just in case Dani woke up before Bumblebee did, and when she did wake up he took her to the Rec Room so Bee could recharge until his systems were fully repaired.
A/N2: Just little info here. Sam and Mikaela died in August when Dani was just 5. So the month is now April and yes in Nevada you can swim in April.