Bumblebee and Sari were driving around the city when she asks a question out of the blue. "Bumblebee, do Cybertronians have families?"
"I am not able to answer for the others, but I have four younger brothers and a young femme that take care of." Bee said, "Why do you ask?"
Sari looks out the side window and says, "Well, Optimus said you guys were like a family and none of you mention having parents or siblings, so I had thought that you didn't have families on Cybertron."
"Families are not normal for Cybertron ever since the All-spark was sent through the space bridge during the war. The All-spark was what allowed Cybertronians to create life and without it they had to resort to using Vector Sigma to create sparks and used protoforms as bodies. Before that they procreated in a similar fashion to you humans." Bumblebee said as they drove passed a park.
Sari had a thoughtful look on her face, "Optimus reacted funny when I told him how humans have babies."
Laughter came through the speakers, "I said similar not the same. You humans have a very, intimate isn't the right word, more like invasive, reproduction process in comparison to what Optimus and the younger generations of Cybertronians are used to. Previously, Cybertronians would create 'spark bonds' with each other, a form of marriage, and produce a sparkling through a 'spark merge' which is their version of reproduction."
Sari stared blankly at the dashboard before saying, "Oh, I guess humans do have a different way of making children than Cybertronians, but how did the All-spark affect them so much?"
Bumblebee scoffed, "Cybertronians had a long standing dependency to the All-spark's energy that caused them to not be able to reproduce effectively during the All-spark's absence. Other planets inhabited by our species do not have this problem because they are not dependent on the All-spark's energy. In fact many planets further away from Cybertron have transformers that are more varied in appearance, skill, and make. Take for instance the Jungle planet, very unimaginative name, but the transformers there have alternative modes that are like some animals here on Earth. Then there is Velocitron, the planet is a dirt ball, but it is home to speedsters and has the best raceways in the universe. There are more planets that are home to transformers, but Cybertron is the only one that is dependent on an outside source for reproduction."
"Wow, that is actually kind of sad. How do you know so much about this anyway?" Sari asks her friend.
Bumblebee shifts uneasily trying to think up an excuse, "Uh, I just randomly found a data pad with the information?"
Sari gave a disbelieving look to the dashboard. Bumblebee sighed, "Alright I looked it up for personal reasons that I will not get into and would prefer not to be asked about it."
"Okay, I get it, I wont ask you about it." Sari says. "Thank you."
"So, how is everything back at the base?" asked Sari.
"Oh, just the Elite Guard coming to visit. I left to avoid Sentinel and his annoying ego." Bumblebee said simply.
"I don't blame you, he is a big jerk." Sari said before doing an imitation of Sentinel, "Look at me, I'm Sentinel Prime. I'm a big chinned jerk face that's scared of organics."
They both burst out laughing and stopped when Bumblebee got a message from Optimus.
'Bumblebee, we have a situation here and we need your help.' Bumblebee gave a quick reply to Optimus, saying that he and Sari would be there shortly.
"I wonder what happened." said Sari. "Who knows, but Optimus sounded worried so we should hurry." said Bumblebee as he started to drive faster down the street.
Yay I updated!
The chapter way a bit boring but wait until the next one where the kids and the autobots have their first meeting.
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