The Worth of Life

by edward18

When Bumblebee undergoes some changes it's up to Sari to help him adapt to society and for her to learn some things as well. Meanwhile, some odd things are happening out near Cybertron that threaten the fate of the entire universe.

6. A Day at the Movies

Chapter 6: A Day at the Movies

"Autobots!" Professor Sumdac called over the communication system to the factory. Currently Prime had been monitoring the large collage of computers while Ratchet (reluctantly) and Jazz were busy watching Bulkhead and Bumblebee beat each other up in a game Sari had lent to them called Mortal Combat. "I honestly don't see the need for such...graphical violence, that's not even realistic," Ratchet commented with his arms folded over his chest plate. "We read you Professor," Optimus Prime responded, "what's the matter?" "You need to come here now!"

"Roger," Prime responded and ended the transmission, "Autobots, we gotta head over to Sumdac tower, stop playing that game and transform and-" "Finally, I forget to see what I'd be like if I transformed as a human!" Bumblebee exclaimed and stood up on the table he'd be sitting on. After a few seconds of everyone looking at him he looked down at himself. "Um...why am I not transformed?" "We don't have time for this," Prime muttered putting a hand to his forehead, "Bumblebee, get in Bulkhead, you can try to transform once we get to the tower." "You better be safe to ride in..." Bumblebee said under his breath as his large friend transformed and he got in. "Now roll out!" Optimus ordered after everyone had finished transforming.

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"Nothing was out there," Alpha Trion told a furious Sentinel Prime over the monitor, "Nothing but space. The space bridge itself is just fine, they're just having major technical difficulties." "Really?" Sentinel Prime responded tapping his foot irritably, "cause that Hot Shot guy sure seemed like nothing was ok..." "As we said," Alpha Trio told him sternly, "It's under control. You know only what you need to know." "Or what you want me to know," he said too quietly for the council member to hear.

Just then Cliffjumper appeared on the screen below Alpha Trion. "Red alert! All of cybertron! Red alert! There has been a breach in the Metroplex, Megatron and his forces have been released! I repeat! Megatron and forces have been released! Red alert!" "As if this day couldn't get any worse!" Sentinel Prime shouted, "I'll be down there in a few minutes Cliffjumper!" "What about taking the flying boys with you? Where are they?" Alpha Trion suggested. Sentinel Prime glared at him, "You know only what you need to know."

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"What seems to be the problem Professor Sumdac?" Optimus asked as they walked up to the entrance of the building; all the while Bumblebee was trying to transform. "Maybe you should give it a rest," Bulkhead suggested as Prime and Sumdac conversed with each other. "No way! I'm so close! But nothing works man! I've even tried that stupid chechchachuchoo sound we make when we transform to get the process jump started, but nothing!" "Maybe she can help," Bulkhead said pointing to Sari who had accompanied her father out of the building. She waved to Bumblebee with a big smile on her face and he waved back just as happily.

"Your face-plates are heating up again dude." "What?" Bumblebee said feeling his cheeks and turning around, "It's called blushing!" "What's a blush?" "Nevermind..." he mumbled as Optimus turned around to face the Autobots. "Have any of you messed with the Space Bridge since we've been back on earth?" he asked all of them. One by one all of the Autobots, including Bumblebee, shook their heads. "Well actually..." Ratchet mumbled nervously, "I sorta did try to get a space bridge open to cybertron about a week ago to see I could slip in to talk to Omega Supreme..." "We're talking about it being used yesterday," Optimus informed only to get the same reply he got the first time he asked the question.

"Alright then, we got something to check out up there," Optimus told them turning back to Issac Sumdac, "come on team." As the group made their way to the lift for heavy machinery towards the side of the building someone yanked Bumblebee away. "Where are we going Sari?" the boy asked as the girl lead him through the main entrance of the building. "My room of course," she said smiling, "I said now I can really get you educated on humanity." "Sari, I've seen in your room before," he told her as the cool air of the main entrance breezed past them, "I fail to see how it will help me all that much in getting to be better at being human." "If you already knew how it'd help I wouldn't be dragging you up there now would I?" she asked with a big grin on her face as she pulled him into an elevator.

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"What do you think Snarly?" the constructicon muttered looking at the piece of paper that he'd received in the middle of the night, "I mean you really weren't all that badly hurt after all, they did just pin you down there..." Snarl grunted and rubbed his horn against Scrapper affectionately before looking up at him. Scrapper let out a sigh and shook his head. "I just don't know what I'd do without you though man, you're like the brother I never had....well I guess technically Mix's my brother but still, you stick with me through thick and thin boy. I don't want you getting hurt."

The dinobot just stared up Scrapper and wagged his tail about. After a few more minutes of thinking Scrapper finally got up, crumpled the piece of paper into a ball, and tossed it down the street. "Why should we help anyone eh Snarl?" he said joyfully patting the robotic dinosaur on its head, "We got each other. Now then, let's go get a drink of oil eh? I found a pretty good place where humans are practically throwing drums of it away!" With that the constructicon hopped onto the dinobot and they rode off through the ruined remains of the constrcution site.

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"Stop!" Cliffjumper cried as the gigantic Lugnut held him a good thiry feet above the ground, "Decepticon! Put me down!" "If only to make way for the great and glorious leader Megatron!" Lugnut agreed tossing the Autobot painfully through a wall as the tall grey commander of the Decepticons stepped forth through the door he had blown open. "Thank you Lugnut," Megatron complimented while Shockwave slipped quietly forth from behind Megatron. "My liege," he began looking over the ruined remains of what was once a prison-filled hallway, "May I suggest we get off this planet? It was always our final goal but we have nothing now that we've been prison-"

"You shall not speak to the glorious Megatron unless first spoken to!" Lugnut demanded lifting Shockwave up as he had the red Autobot moments before. "Set him down Lugnut," Megatron commanded with Lugnut reluctantly doing as he was told, "Shockwave brings up an excellent point. Yes, we should retreat and regroup as soon as we get out of the Metroplex. I would like to know something though. How did we get free?" "It was some stealthy Cybertronian that breezed by our cells in a matter of seconds sir sir," Shockwave informed, "Whoever he is we should thank him once we find him, he even left our weapons right outside our doors for us." "Indeed," the leader agreed and started walking through the corpse-filled hall, "But first to get out of this wretched prison."

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"Can you get the history of the Space Bridge's use since we've been back?" Optimus asked Bulkhead as he worked away at the console at the top of Sumdac Tower. "Yeah, I can bring it up, but it'll take some time to sort through everything," he replied. Ratchet had decided he would probably be best put to use helping Bulkhead at the controls since he had been the one that had had to go up there and try to decipher the big guy's handwriting when he and Fanzone made their trip to Cybertron. Jazz meanwhile was standing right beneath where the portal the Space Bridge would make was supposed to appear and staring up into the nice blue sky.

"So I never really got this man," Jazz said to no one in particular as he stared up at nothing, "With these you can warp anywhere right?" "Wrong," Bulkhead replied from the controls in an exasperated tone, "That's only what happens unless you get a specified co-ordinate from a set space bridge at another end of the universe in some point in time that you're specifically directed to. Of course if you seemed to be missing a few tacion parts that might ultimately alternate where on the set space bridge network you might end up, possibly also causing the culprit in question to not be seen again if they take such an-"

"I really never expected someone of his voice-tone to be that tech-savvy dawg," Jazz commented to Optimus as the leader just shook his head. "Once you get him going like this it's a bit hard to shut him up," Prime replied looking at the large Autobot with Ratchet sighing, "Though with Ratchet with him he may not be talking all that long..." "Bet you five energon cubes that it won't last more than a minute," Jazz whispered. "I bet ya ten it'll last at least 6 minutes," Prime responded with a grin.

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"Please no, oh PRIMUS NO!" Bumblebee begged as his eyes came to rest on the bane of Sari's childhood existance, "Not the tutorbot!!!" "Relax Bumblebee," Sari sighed rolling her eyes and leading him past it through the hall, "If I was going to put you through that nightmare I'd have popcorn and drinks ready. We're not at my room yet." The boy sighed in relief as the walked further on down the hall. "I still have no idea what you have planned to teach me with-" "Bumblebee, you don't have to be so formal now ya know," Sari told him turning her eyes to the ceiling, "Think of this as a learning experience and as a fun time."

"Party!" he cheered thrusting his arms into the air happily. "Maybe later," she laughed wrapping her arm around his neck and stopping in front of a metal door, "Now you remember how I said we'd have a history lesson over movies?" The boy nodded looking at the door while Sari punched a few buttons in. "Well we're going to get to do that now, and I guess you might also be able to call it a date..." she added with her cheeks turning lightly red. "I thought dates were supposed to be fun," he said, "not learning experiences." "You can learn things anywhere Bumblebee," she replied punching in the last few keys. "That's an annoying thought."

The talking stopped though as the doors slid open causing Bumblebee's eyes to go wide as dinner plates. Sari's room still had it's normal parts like the pink coloring, elaborate bed, and old-style jukebox. Now however, near the window was installed a gigantic wide-screen all surround-sound theatre system with quite a couch in front of it and a slushie machine in the opposite corner of the room. "Um...wow," Bumblebee said in shock. "Yeah, my dad had a few adjustments made to try and make up for not telling me I was part robot," Sari told him as they walked in and the door shut behind them.

"Want a slushie?" she asked as Bumblebee plopped down on the couch ready to view the entertainment videos. "What's a slushie?" he asked. Sari rolled her eyes and smiled pointing to the machine in the corner, "just pick any of the colors you think you'll like." Bumblebee put a finger to his chin in thought for a few minutes as Sari got hers. "Well?" "Yellow!" "How unpredictable," she sighed and got another cup. "I can't help it if I have trouble deciding which of me or my friends might be the most delicious looking," he said turning back to the television. "...that sounded so wrong on so many levels," Sari responded pausing before getting the slushie.

"I don't know what you mean by that but I don't care!" Bumblebee exclaimed grabbing the drink from Sari's hand as she sat down, "...how are you supposed to consume this thing with this kind of top?" "Like this," she said holding out a straw to him. Instantly the boy was sucking down the delicious cold liquid. "And right about...now!" Sari said with a big grin as Bumblebee clutched his eye and began shaking. "Ah! What is this piercing pain in my optics?!" he howled banging his head on the back of the couch with Sari laughing hysterically all the while. "Bumblebee, welcome to your first brain freeze," she responded as she got up and grabbed a movie to watch.

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"Stop right there Megatron!" Sentinel Prime ordered holding out his lance with his shield in his other hand, "You're going straight back to your prison cell you I suggest you just turn around with your friends and march right back Decepticon!" "Puhlease..." the tall leader sighed and snapped his fingers. Immediately Lugnut slammed his body straight through the shield's force field and threw the smaller figure through the ceiling. "That was pitiful," Megatron commented and lead his two men further through the complex, "You used to work here Shockwave, are you sure we're taking the most efficient way out?" "Of course Megatron," the pincer-fingered Decepticon responded, "This will take us right to the ship dock on the surface. After that all we'll need to do is hijack an Autobot carrier and make our way into the depths of space."

"That better be all we need to do," Megatron said grimly. Just then he felt something sharp jab him in the back causing him to turn around. "What are you doing Autobot?" he muttered looking at Sentinel Prime who had made his way back down to their floor, "Do you really have that much of a death wish?" "If it means putting you creeps back in prison then yeah," he responded growling as he swung at Megatron. The Decepticon leader easily moved out of the way and a laser sliced straight through the Autobot's lance-wielding hand. "Ahhh!" Sentinel cried as he collapsed to the ground. "Good shot Shockwave," Megatron complimented and turned back around, "Now about that way out..."

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"Dear Primus!" Bumblebee gasped with Sari watching the movie eagerly, "I have never seen so many organic insides in my life!" "It's so awesome!" Sari added with a huge grin on her face. Finally the movie ended and Bumblebee slumped back into the couch at a loss of words. "What...what was this one called again?" he mumbled a bit stunned. "It's called The Thing," Sari answered happily, "apparently one of the best sci-fi horrors ever according to my dad." "Well, it's definitely sciency enough..." Bumblebee said blinking. "Hey Bumblebee..." Sari said as she took out the DVD. "Yeah?" "I've been wondering for quite some time now, what exactly is a Primus?..."

"Primus?" Bumblebee repeated looking at her with a slight smile, "He's the father of all Transformers is what some say." "So, he's like...god?" "What's a god?" Bumblebee asked. "It's this all-seeing, all-knowing diety that supposedly watches over all human lives." "Yeah," he replied, "I guess Primus sort of is like that, but he had a brother also as legend goes." "Who was that?" she asked sitting back down and folding her arms around her legs in interest. "His name was Unicron," Bumblebee replied, "the evil diety of Cybertronian lore. He'd go around the cosmos causing chaos," the boy continued and leapt onto Sari with his hands in the shape of large jaws with sharp teeth, "And eat planets with pretty little girls like you on them!"

Sari laughed as he wrestled her on the couch trying to "eat" her with Unicron's "jaws". "Bumblebee stop it, Primus is gonna beat you down if you keep that up," she warned wagging her finger in front of the boy before he finally fell all the way down on top of her. "That's the thing though," he said in a muffled voice, "Primus never really defeated him in the old fairy tales, not for good at least." "Bumblebee," Sari said poking the boy's head, "Can you get your face outta my breasts?" "But they're so comfy," he said causing Sari to roll her eyes, "And Unicron hasn't finished eating you yet." Sari just shook her head with a light smile and pushed Bumblebee off her onto the other side of the couch. "So much for those boy girl lessons," he mumbled crossing his arms over his chest as Sari popped in another movie. "How's about this?" she replied and laid down in front of where he was slouched over. Bumblebee wrapped his arms around her tummy as she snuggled up against him. "Guess Unicron's got me now," she giggled and they smiled at each other as the movie started up.

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"Ugh..." Sentinel moaned grabbing his damaged hand, "Slaggin' Deceptions..." "Looks like they've already been through here..." a voice said as its owner walked through the wall that Megatron had blasted open to enter the hallway. Sentinel was about to say something when he realized something, the transformer had a Decepticon insignia branded beneath his transparent chest-plate. "Guess I should start making my escape," the purple lean Cybertronian said to himself as he walked through the rubble, "now to get back to earth."

"I've never seen a Decepticon like that before..." Sentinel muttered quietly as the transformer turned into a two wheeled machine and began to speed off, "Come to think of it, I've never even seen a Cybertronian like that before. And what business would that guy have on that filthy organic-infested planet?" After looking around to see if there was anyone else with the strange character, Sentinel Prime tried as best as he could to transform into his vehicle mode despite what had happened to his hand. "Can't worry about broken servos now," he muttered to himself painfully as he folded up into his vehicle mode and began to take chase after the two wheeled Decepticon, "This deserves some investigation."

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"So when can I get those energon cubes," Jazz asked with a grin on his face. "Hey, does anyone know where Bumblebee is?" Optimus asked trying to change the subject and now looking around now for the human Autobot. "I saw him being dragged away from us when we were going to the lift," a rather cautious Bulkhead said quietly from behind an annoyed Ratchet. "He wasn't attacked was he?" Prime asked walking towards them. "No no, nothing like that Prime, it was just Sari." "Wonder where they went." "Probably to her room," Professor Sumdac answered as he came forth from a human door off to the right, "Sari kept telling me had she had this whole little party thing set up in her room for them all last night."

"Well as long as they aren't getting into any trouble," Prime responded shrugging and looked out over the city, "It really is a nice view up here Issac, what exactly made you want this as the location for your home?" "I just wanted a place where I could see all the city and easily spot where things might go wrong is all," Sumdac replied going over to the edge of the roof to join the Cybertronian, "I've only ever wanted to help others and I figured that if any trouble broke out in the city I could see it all right from here. Plus, it's simply, as you said, a nice view. I used to take Sari up her at night to see everything when she was little." "So about those cubes..." Jazz muttered sitting down on the other side of Optimus.

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Sari Sumdac looked up at Bumblebee with her eyes dreary. She must have fallen asleep while the movie was going. After letting out a big yawn she snuggled deeper against the boy's body smiling to herself. She really did love the touch of the Autobot. She loved the way that his chest was moving up and down against her body, causing her to rise and lower with him. He seemed to be asleep just as she had been. "Wait a second..." Sari mumbled and squirmed about until she was facing him, "his chest is rising and lowering isn't it?..." The girl looked at her friend once again. He definitely seemed sound asleep.

As slowly as possible the girl slid her face down to Bumblebee's chest and pressed her ear against it. He had a heartbeat. Sari blinked a few times and just rested there listening to it rythmically. He was a human, but what about all that Spark stuff he was going on about? Did he no longer have one since he was now organic? Did she have one at all? Did Bumblebee just make up all that sappy "power of your heart" stuff on the spot? More than likely he did for that last question racing through the girl's mind, but the others she was confused about. Either way though, he and she were the misfits of the group now, and they stuck together through everything, despite what they were.

"I love you Bumblebee," she said quietly into his chest as she hugged him. "I love you too Sari," he muttered back with his eyes still closed and a smile on his face. The girl instantly jolted up to his eye level blushing. "You didn't think I was actually asleep did you?" he laughed as his eyes slid open. "Bumblebee," she mumbled rolling her eyes, "Of course I didn't think you were asleep silly. I was just...testing ya!" "Some test, though I am a bit tired" he replied yawning and wrapped his arms about her hips, "Wouldn't be able to get some good sleep without my bed buddy though." Sari blushed and hugged Bumblebee back kissing him.

As usual, Bumblebee's emotions swirled about inside him, but not as badly this time. He seemed to be getting used to the girl's continuous romantic assaults. "I really don't mind being human now, as long as I get to interact with you, though I do wish I could figure out how to transform into a robot mode," he commented as their lips parted. "Did you try making that chechoochachuchoo sound with your mouth?" Sari suggested rubbing her cheek against his. "You have no idea," he replied rolling his eyes as he continued to hug her, "I'd never let Unicron lay a servo on you."

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"Aha!" Bulkhead exclaimed catching everyone's attention, "It was over six minutes that I was talking before Ratchet beat me over the head with a pipe! The computer says so!" Sumdac and Ratchet just rolled their eyes as Prime gave a sly smile to Jazz who now had his arms folded over his chest in annoyance. "That's great and all Bulkhead," Ratchet responded putting his arms out to the sides, "But have you found anything out about what we're trying to figure out?!" "Oh yeah, stellarcycles ago," he replied waving his hand causing all them to just stare at him in disbelief, "Early this morning someone apparently used the Space Bridge to warp to Cybertron."

"Who?" Prime asked getting up and walking towards the Space Bridge technician. "No idea," Bulkhead replied, "The data scans didn't match up with anything from Cybertron or earth." The group continued to just stare at Bulkhead partly in disbelief over how long he might have known the information, and partly in confusion. "Well that got us absolutely nowhere," Ratchet side putting his hands on his hips and walking towards the edge of the roof to join Sumdac and Jazz in looking out over the city. "Who would want to warp to Cybertron?" Optimus asked himself as he stroked his chin in thought.

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The two wheeled purple Cybertronian rounded another corner as he zoomed swiftly through the old passageways beneath Cybertron. "What way was it again? It's always so confusing whenever I get to a new version for the first time," the dark voice muttered, "I think I came from the right when I got here so...it must be left!" Sentinel waited till the vehicle was down the next corridor so as not to be noticed before speeding after the supposed Decepticon. "Just who on Cybertron is this guy?" the Elite Guard member wondered aloud to himself, "And where is he headed...how could I be so slaggin stupid?! He's going to the Citadel! That's the only direct way to that useless planet!"

The second he realized where the culprit was actually headed Sentinel rounded the next right corner and sped onwards. "Good thing that guy doesn't seem to know a thing about the layout of these passageways," he mumbled to himself as he sped onwards passing by various discarded tools and remains of old Transformers in the process. "Now just gotta keep going as fast as I can, and I should there in just a few minutes!" As the minutes wore on so did the scenery. "Man this is boring! Usually I have at least the two kids to talk...to...ugh! I can't let old memories distract me! Not when I have the person who freed Megatron to catch!"

Finally, Sentinel toppled out of the labyrinths of the planet and into the open air of Cybertron right above the floor of the Space Bridge Citadel. "Ugh," he moaned trying to push himself up, "Now all I gotta do is wait." "Don't worry, I won't keep you waiting for long," came the dark voice of the purple transformer as he leapt down from the same tunnel Sentinel had come out of, "It's surprising how dumb you are, honest. I had to wait ten minutes for you to get it through your thick processor that I was headed here and for you to lead me."

Sentinel's jaw dropped in shock as the Cybertronian paced about in front of him with his arms crossed over his chest-plate explaining how he had used him. "But I do thank you, without your guidance it would probably have taken even longer, and there was no way I was going out of that place above ground." "Either way," Sentinel yelled forcing himself to his feet, "There's no chance that I'm letting you get out of here!" "You can't really do anything to stop me I hope you realize," the purple transformer replied as he typed in a few co-ordinates into a control panel next to him, "Especially after, what's his name?...Shockwave, especially after what he did to your hand. Sorry, it's just that everyplace I go Megatron always has a different right-hand man it seems."

As Sentinel began to reply a Space Bridge lowered down to their level and a portal began to form in it. "And there's my ride," the transformer said saluting the one-handed Autobot, "Sorry, normally I'd love to stay and play around with my victims a bit more but I have things to do, places to be, you get the idea." "What could you possibly want with that useless planet you're heading to?!" "Well for one," the transformer said walking towards the portal, "It has Optimus on it, for two, it's earth. It's a key player in everything, everytime." "What are you talking about?!" Sentinel demanded getting his shield out.

"...you don't honestly expect to fight me do you?" the purple figure asked giving Sentinel a doubtful glance. "You're a Decepticon, I expect to fight you to the very last click of my processors!" The opponent blinked a few times before letting out a dark hysterical laugh. "Oh that is a good one!" he chuckled walking further towards the portal, "Contrary to what you may have come to believe I am not just some Decepticon, I'm much much more. I only freed Galva-Megatron at the request of my employer." "Who in the cosmos would want that murderer freed?!" Sentinel shouted and began to charge with his shield extended in front of him. "Someone you'd not believe," the ninja-like bot responded and shot Sentinel in the foot with his wrist cannon toppling him into a control console, "Now then, I gotta get going."

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"Well, sorry Professor Sumdac," Optimus said scratching the back of his head, "Maybe it was just a random bot brought to life by an Allspark fragment. Either way I'm sure it's nothing too consequential." "Maybe I just get worked up too easily," the human replied with a laugh, "I'm sorry to have had you lot come all the way out here for nothing." "Well most of us," Bulkhead interjected, "I'm sure Sari and Bumblebee are having a blast." "So are we gonna go home now?" Ratchet grumbled walking towards the machinery lift, "My circuits need a rest after dealing with Space Bridge boy." "Hey!" Bulkhead exclaimed. "What?" Ratchet said smiling and shrugging his soldiers, "you're a pain to listen to."

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Bulkhead responded and pointed up at the Space Bridge where a portal was beginning to form, "Someone's using our Space Bridge!" Immediately all the Autobots knelt into positions ready to strike whatever may be coming out. As the portal finished expanding a silhouette formed within it and fell out regaining its colored appearance in the light of the setting sun. The purple sleek transformer twirled a few times frontwards with his knees bent and his arms extended to either side of him before he hit the ground in a kneeling position.

"Who's this guy?" Bulkhead asked scratching his head as Optimus got his ax out. "No idea," the leader replied looking the intruder over, "But he's a Decepticon." As Optimus finished his sentence the figure's dark helmeted head glanced up and he swiveled around sending a blast from his wrist cannons into the Space Bridge's from shattering it. "My Space Bridge!" Bulkhead cried swinging his wrecking ball above his head, "This guy's going offline!" "What happened?!" Bumblebee exclaimed as he and Sari toppled through the door Professor Sumdac had come to the roof from and looked up, "We heard an explosion...and...uh..." As Bulkhead's wrecking-ball swooped at the new opponent the figure side somersaulted with ease over the flying projectile before sending his own strike from his cannon into the cord that connected the ball to the Autobot's arm.

"Hey!" Bulkhead exclaimed as the now disconnected wrecking-ball bounced across the roof, "That takes time to-" THWACK! Bulkhead was down in an instant from a swift kick to the face from the transformer. The attacker wasn't able to avoid the swing from Optimus's ax directly following his attack on Bulkhead though. "Ugh," the disgruntled opponent moaned as he was flung to the ground. Jazz now was running full speed at the transformer with his nun chucks swinging while the enemy shook his head in a daze and looked back up. Delicately the attacker got back to his feet and dodged every single swipe of the asian-like weapons and delivered one swift jab of his fingers into the joint connecting the elbow to the rest of the Elite Guard member's body stunning him.

"Stop!" Optimus ordered with his ax held out in front of him as everyone crowded about the intruder, "You are under arrest Decepticon. Stop fighting, there's nowhere to run." The supposed Decepticon let out a loud dark laugh and looked behind him. "Really Prime?" he asked and back-flipped into the air and off the roof of Sumdac Tower.

"WAIT!" Optimus exclaimed and ran over to the edge of the tower to see the figure disappear into the city below. "...so, who was that guy? What'd we miss?" Bumblebee asked after a moment of silence passed over the group. "No idea dawg," Jazz replied finally able to move again, "But he sure did have some sic ninja skills...what have you and the chic been up to all day?" "Nothing important," Sari replied putting a hand over Bumblebee's mouth before he could say anything.

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"Finally," Megatron muttered as he and his team walked through the blown open entrance to the Metroplex and into the night air of Cybertron, sirens wailing about them, "Oh how I've longed to be back on our homeworld, but not in this manner. Shockwave, get one of the ships up here under our control. I and Lugnut shall hold off any persisting forces." "That will not be necessary my liege," the logical-thinking Decepticon replied pointing to a ship with their insignia on it, "I believe our friend has left us one last gift to make our get-away a bit easier." "He really does deserve quite the reward if we ever run into him," Megatron commented walking towards the vessel, "Everyone on-board, let's make this quick."

The instant Lugnut locked the hatch shut behind them the trio was off into the stratosphere of the metallic homeworld. They were gone before any Autobots could man a chase after them and they hadn't slipped up at all. Megatron was amazed, it seemed so perfect. It seemed way too perfect. "Shockwave," he muttered from the seat at the top of the ship, "There isn't any bomb or anything located on this ship is there?" "I've run scans sir, we're the only things of importance in this vessel." "If you say so..." the rebel leader muttered. Suddenly clamps constricted about the arm-plates of the seated Decepticons and Shockwave lost control of the ship. "Sir!" he exclaimed trying to reach the controls, "We're on auto-pilot!" "I thought it was too easy," Megatron sighed.

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Everyone loves a good cliffhanger =) Where could the Decepticons be headed? Who was the purple ninja transformer? Will Bumblebee be as unknowning to the human race's common sense as ever? All that and more, except for the first question, will be answered in the next episode of Transformers Animated: The Worth of Life!

Also, this time I have a little contest (though it'll probably only last a day), whoever can guess who the purple transformer is I will draw a picture for on Deviant Art =) Hope ya enjoyed this chapter and this is what I will tell about the purple transformer:

1. He was never in Transformers Animated.

2. He has two "helpers".

3. He works for someone very high up.

If you so desire to give the answer you think is right include the description of what you want me to draw after the answer o.o