This could be seen as a sequel to Welcome My Half.

The truth

Bumblebee strolled down the hallway of the old warehouse, his systems still buzzing from his recent experience with his brother. The youngling movements were sluggish and a large smile was plastered on his grey face. He felt amazing and all the pent up energy was finally released. It was a large change to his usual annoying demeanor. However, as soon as he was about to pass Prowl's door he felt someone grab him and then pull him into the room. Bumblebee's short peace erupted rather quickly and he quickly turned his helm to look at his comrade.

The golden and black ninja 'bot had a rather serious expression but this one spelled more of unnerving and that he knew something going on. Bumblebee stood stiffly and he stared at his older companion. Prowl visors stopped the mini-bot from seeing any emotion from his optics and the facial ones won't help much in this situation.

"Care to explain where you got the scratches from?" it was a rhetorical question and the mini-bot knew it by the way Prowl said it. Bumblebee gave a thoughtful look; he could lie and get away long enough but the ninja 'bot would watch him a lot closer than comfort and if he told the truth then he is going to be in serious trouble. He could avoid the subject all together and lay low long enough for Prowl to lose interest in the subject or prove the other's paranoia false. Bumblebee opened his mouth to give the third option a try but the ninja 'bot covered his mouth with a servo and pushed him up a tree which created more scratches on his already decrypted armor.

"I saw you with a rather disturbing guess Bumblebee so don't lie or avoid this subject." Prowl growled out and left the threat unspoken as Bumblebee's optic's grew in shock that he felt his own spark pulsing in fear. "Now then; tell me everything." Bumblebee cycled some air; he can't say anything about Barricade but Prowl is relentless as well as the other 'bots on Team Prime and the worst part is that the Elite Guard is here so whatever he does from here on out will land someone in the Stockade. Prowl slowly lifted his servo off of Bumblebee's mouth and the mini-bot swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat.

"Okay but you can't tell any 'bot!" Bumblebee hissed out and Prowl brow lifted in response.

"Of it affects all of our safety than I have to tell Optimus and Sentinal." Bumblebee groaned and hit the back of his helm against the large tree that took root in Prowl's room.

"Fine!" Bumblebee mumbled; he was screwed regardless what he did. Prowl eased off on him to allow him some room to talk but kept close enough to prevent the youngling from running away. "I guess I'll start with the fact that I was created in the slums of Kaon." Bumblebee said. "Barricade is my older brother and he was the one that practically raised me since our creator was arrested by the Elite Guard for deactivating a lot of mechs that abused their spark-mates and our carrier deactivated from an attack on the cargo ship she was posted on at the time. Both of them haven't really been in our life cycles for so long since they constantly moved around in order to bring currency in order for us to survive but after they were completely out of the picture Barricade was left to take care of both of us until I was old enough to leave. So being in Kaon didn't leave much of financial opportunities for the two of us I ended up taking up with thefts that Barricade didn't approve of and he was always the one to bust me out."

"It gotten so bad that Barricade decided to join the gladiators in Kaon in order to win some money for us but every orn I worried that he wouldn't return from those high stakes battles but he does with serious scars. He managed to win enough to send me into education in order to get a better life and my grades were acceptable enough to get into the Elite Guard Academy. Barricade didn't like the idea but he allowed me to do it since I would be helping a lot of 'bots and be able to move away from Kaon and start from scratch."

"At the time I saw my brother in many lights; I saw him as a caretaker, family, a warrior, and even as a possible…lover." Bumblebee mumbled the last part. "So before I could enter the Academy said that I should get my seals popped to prevent any sort of scarring in case I get captured and rapped. So I went to Barricade and asked is he could be my first and reluctantly he agreed but soon enough it became a normal regular connection between us and well afterwards you know the rest." Bumblebee motioned for Prowl to respond.

"Your home city was Kaon? I thought the Elite Guard never allowed any 'bot in if there from there."

"Well yes but since I didn't look sketchy, had no track with bad history and well down right terrifying I was welcomed in but I was constantly watched and hated by the nearly every 'bot there. In fact some of the other primes that didn't openly hate me said my size and skills would be perfect for a spy but Sentinal being the giant fragger he is didn't allow me to take the classes and constantly tried to get me kicked out. In the end it worked until I was here and proving myself better every day."

"What happened to Barricade?" Prowl asked.

"Oh, uhmm…When we were in stasis Barricade was approached by Sentinal – the fragger – and was told that I was kicked out because of so many reason that Barricade knew were false before finding out I was deactivated. The fragger even brought guards with him to cuff Barricade in case he acted violently since he continued the gladiator route but he didn't. Instead he asked them to kindly leave after thanking them for the message and when they left he broke down and mourned for me. After awhile he walked up to one of the Decepticon recruiters and said he wanted to join since at the time he blamed the Autobot's for everything that happened and well became an assassin and hunted them down. Though he didn't trust Megatron but he made sure the Autobots he deactivated weren't younglings or femme's."

"He did it out of revenge." Prowl said and Bumblebee nodded. The ninja 'bot cycled a deep breath and studied the mini-bot carefully; what could he say to the youngling? That he can no longer see his brother? That their leader should know what is going on?

"I know what I'm doing Prowl…just please let me handle this and if it gets out of servo well I guess the secret is out then…" Prowl gave a hesitant nod but he well make sure that the mini-bot won't be taken advantage of. Silence took hold until Bumblebee cleared his throat and looked away from the ninja 'bot with a blush on his grey face-plate. "So…uh…how long have you been watching my older brother frag me anyways?" This time Prowl felt a large blush cover his face-plate.

O.O

Barricade typed away on the data-pad and his red optics kept track of every little detail that went into his report for all the supplies the army currently has. He walked around the cargo bay and making sure that everything is accounted for and that nothing is out of place; turning around he jumped a little when he saw Shockwave standing at the door way and Barricade cycled a breath and sneered at the lean mech.

"Don't do that!" he hissed and looked over the data-pad to ensure the calculation of how much energon is correct.

"It's not my fault you are incapable of keeping up with your surroundings." Shockwave said while rolling one optic and Barricade glared at him from the corner of his optic.

"Is there a reason why you're bothering me sir?" Barricade asked. Even though he felt even more relax than he had felt in vorns he felt incredibly tense around other Decepticons since majority of them (cough-Starscreams Fault-cough) are backstabbers that would gladly get rid of you in order to advance in the ranks.

"Well I had a little spider sow me something rather interesting…" Barricade froze. He has heard that Megatron have been using some devices in order to spy on the Autobots but he didn't think that they constantly record everything regardless of who was awake or in recharge (he shivered when he thinks of the other 'cons watching his little spark brother recharging). Shockwave strolled in and took the data-pad away; knowing full well that Barricade was done several Earth hours ago.

"Tell me Barricade; what would happen if Megatron found out that you were fraternizing with an Autobot of all things…" Barricade swallowed. Megatron would surely make him use his little brother to get the Allspark fragments and then assassinate any Autobot he deems is a threat. "I'm guessing by that expression is that you already know what would happen…" Shockwave gave him a sideways glance.

"What do you want?" This was Blackmail and Barricade has no idea how to get out of this.

"Well I could delete all the evidence if you do something for me." Barricade lift an optic ridge; Shockwave is a complete loyal nutcase when it comes to Megatron so for the mech to actually do this is abnormal – unless he can get something he wants that even he knows Megatron won't give him.

"What?" and for some strange reason he saw an evil glint in the single optic 'con and he felt very afraid.

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Sorry for such a late update; I'm afraid the year off didn't do much for me but I will try very hard to get your one-shots. Also for the next several chapters I won't be commenting on any reviews for Bumblebee 4 and I'll try to get my request in as soon as story idea's pop.