Kenny: MY TURN MY TURN!

Me: You think you can solve this situation?

Kenny: *Flexes claws* Just watch the pro at work.

Bloodbath: Pro?

Kenny: *Glares*

Chapter 6: Igniting A Flame

Upon arriving inside the warehouse, Wingclip screamed for her parents and the Insecticons to help her as she sat Burnmark down on the couch. The Insecticons scrambled out of the kitchen falling over each other in the process. Bumblebee and Ser-ket ran down the stairs horrified by the condition of their son.

"OH MY PRIMUS! Ser-ket yelled.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Bumblebee snarled.

"SHOCKWAVE BEAT HIM UP! THAT GLITCH!" Wingclip growled.

The others were stunned. Shockwave actually did it. But they didn't even know everything about what happened. Bumblebee and Ser-ket's faces changed from horror...to rage. Ser-ket let out a evil hiss and bared her fangs. Bumblebee knew this was partially his fault...what happened next surprised everyone. Ser-ket turned and punched Bumblebee hard in the face into a wall.

"WHOA!" Kickback cringed.

Bumblebee was having a hard time figuring out what just happened as he felt his face burning. He saw Ser-ket clenching her claws into tight fists and looking at him with an enraged look.

"Why did you hit me?" Bee asked.

"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHY! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP AN OPTIC ON SHOCKWAVE! IF YOU HAD, NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Ser-ket roared in Bee's face.

Wingclip and the Insecticons never thought they'd ever see Ser-ket this mad...and at Bumblebee. Hardshell poked Wingclip with a claw.

"Honey, it would be best for you to go outside and check on Breakaway. You don't want to see this." Hardshell whispered moving her towards the door.

Wingclip agreed and ran out to the back while Kickback and Sharpshot went to get the medical kit. Hardshell knew he should never get into other people's business like this. But these were his friends.

"I'M SORRY!" Bee yelped before getting a punch to the chest.

"SAYING SORRY ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT BEE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD JUST LET THIS HAPPEN! TO OUR OWN SON DAMN IT!" Ser-ket yelled some more.

"I TRIED TO STOP HIM BUT I COULDN'T FIND HIM! HE KEPT ESCAPING MY SIGHT! I CAN'T BABYSIT HIM SER-KET! I WARNED HIM NOT TO GO ANYWHERE!" Bumblebee argued with her.

Hardshell tried to step in but ended up getting a look from Ser-ket that meant "Come any closer, and I'll tear that grill off!". Hardshell backed away fearing that this may get very ugly quickly. And Bumblebee may not survive.

"HE'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY! NOT MINE! HE ONLY LIVES HERE BECAUSE YOU LET HIM! AND THANKS TO YOU, HE'S HURT OUR SON! WHY WAS HE OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE?"

"HE ASKED ME AND BREAKAWAY IF HE COULD GO OUT AND RACE AWHILE. WHY IS THAT SO WRONG?" Bumblebee sneered.

"IT WAS LATE YOU SLAGGER! YOU SHOULD'VE KEPT HIM INSIDE!" Ser-ket bared her sharp teeth and fangs.

In a flash, Ser-ket slashes her claws deep into Bee's face making the others jump. Bumblebee yelped at the pain and nearly went down. He looked to Hardshell who shrugged lost at what to do. Kickback and Sharpshot were now tending to Burnmark by fixing up his dents and cleaning up any dried energon on his body. He was nowhere near dying, he was just severely injured. Bumblebee made the mistake by shoving Ser-ket back to escape. Ser-ket retaliated by pinning Bee to the wall and punching him square in the mouthguard breaking it off and it fell to the floor revealing his mouth. Ser-ket punched him in the mouth again, energon spitting out of his mouth. She wasn't just mad at Bumblebee, she was mad at the whole situation and didn't care who was watching this. Bumblebee could tell that this wasn't the Ser-ket he knew and loved. Thanks to growing up with Predacons, Bumblebee knew that if a Predacon got mad enough, they would lose control of their emotions and go insane.

"Ser-ket please stop. I'm sorry!" Bumblebee wheezed.

"Yeah I bet you are!" Ser-ket grabbed Bumblebee by his neck.

Bumblebee gasped when Ser-ket extended her claws ready to strike again. Hardshell knew this was going too far.

"SER-KET STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!" Hardshell demanded taking a step forward.

Ser-ket turned around, let go of Bumblebee, and faced the large Insecticon. Bumblebee fell to the floor rubbing his neck cables.

"I TOLD YOU TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS BUG!" Ser-ket growled.

That shocked everybody. Ser-ket never insulted Hardshell and his brothers by calling them just bugs. Hardshell took offense to this but had to remember Ser-ket didn't really mean it deep in her spark. But it still made Hardshell's left optic twitch.

"Say that again." Hardshell challenged flexing his claws.

Ser-ket instead went to strike him but Hardshell grabbed her arm, raised his other arm, and balled his clawed hand into a fist.

"You don't want to do this Ser-ket. I've never hit a femme, but I will if I have to!" Hardshell warned.

Ser-ket and Hardshell both stared down each other waiting for the other to make a move. Suddenly the massive tension was halted when they heard a familiar voice.

"Mom?"

Ser-ket's optics widened after she blinked snapping back to reality. What just happened? Last thing she remembered was yelling at Bee, now she was about to be punched by Hardshell. The voice called out again.

"Mom...please stop fighting."

Hardshell lowered Ser-ket arm and backed off so Ser-ket could see Burnmark awake and crying. Kickback and Sharpshot were next to him comforting him. Burnmark had seen the whole thing. Hardshell turned to his brothers worried and they returned the look. Ser-ket felt horrible, she didn't mean to hurt Bumblebee so badly...she just snapped. She look at her mate who was sitting on the ground looked up at her tearing up.

"What...have I done..." Ser-ket cried.

"Ser-ket..." Bumblebee called out.

Ser-ket just stared at him. Bumblebee returned the stare.

"No...I can't believe I...but...how did..." Ser-ket was lost.

"Mom, please...it's not your fault." Burnmark said struggling to stay upright.

"No...it is...I'm a monster!" Ser-ket cried before flying upstairs and into her and Bumblebee's room, slamming the door.

It was completely silent in the warehouse for a minute before Hardshell broke the silence.

"Burnmark are you alright?" Hardshell asked.

"Yeah...but this is all my fault. Not dad, not mom...not even Shockwave." Burnmark said.

"But he beat you into scrap metal." Kickback said.

"Not fully, he hired some of his friends to beat me up. Afterwards I got mad and wanted to get revenge on Shockwave. He got mad when I hit him twice, and then he just started to pound me out of anger. But I started this whole mess by teasing Shockwave all year. He's not to blame." Burnmark explained.

"Then just tell us...why do you hurt Shockwave?" Bumblebee asked after getting picked up by Hardshell.

Before Burnmark could, Breakaway and Wingclip return with a damaged Shockwave. Breakaway roughly shoved Shockwave into the warehouse and Wingclip ran to Burnmark and sat beside him and hugged him.

"Burnmark you're awake. I was so worried." Wingclip said.

"I'm okay sis, I think it's about time I speak up about how this all began." Burnmark said.

"Wait...where's Ser-ket?" Breakaway asked.

Before anyone can answer, Breakaway and Wingclip turn to Bumblebee. They gasped.

"OH MY PRIMUS WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Breakaway ran to Bee's aid and picked up his mouthguard.

"Me and Ser-ket had a little fight." Bee said.

"Little, more like massive." Wingclip said.

"Is she okay?" Breakaway asked.

"Yeah she's upstairs ashamed of what she did. Look, I wasn't watching Shockwave like I was supposed to so she got angry."

"Oh scrap!" Shockwave face-palmed.

"Well, even though she isn't here to hear this...I would like to finally reveal everything." Burnmark announced.

Everyone gathered around as Burnmark began to explain about the crazy dreams he had after he and Wingclip turned 18. Secretly, Ser-ket listened from the bedroom. They were all shocked about the thought of Shockwave betraying everyone and torturing them all. Burnmark started to feel better after telling them everything. Burnmark then explained in detail how he wanted Wingclip to keep it a secret and what had happened tonight. Afterwards, everyone looked at Shockwave.

"Burnmark, I would never betray anyone here. That's not who I am. I've been given a great 20 years here all together. You just hurt my feelings when you would constantly bully me. So I started to feel that...if you were going to treat me badly, then I was going to treat you badly. I'm sorry for hiring those guys to beat you up, I just felt that...there had to be a consequence, I felt Bumblebee and Ser-ket punishing you wasn't good enough...you had to feel the external pain that I felt whenever you tripped me down the stairs, punched me or threw an energon cube at me. I snapped...and I'm sorry!" Shockwave explained.

Burnmark nodded before walking over to Shockwave and hugging him. Finally...their rivalry was over. From upstairs, Ser-ket finally understood everything and now felt sorry for Shockwave.

"I'm going to go talk to mom." Burnmark said.

"Okay...just be careful." Shockwave said.

Burnmark quickly turned to Bumblebee who smiled.

"Thank you for telling us son."

"Just glad to get it off my chest!" Burnmark smiled back.

"Want me to come with you?" Wingclip offered.

"Sure." Burnmark said knowing he couldn't walk well right now.

To be continued...

Kenny: I...AM...AMAZING!

Antasma: YOU...ARE...INSANE! LIKE KINGSTRIKER!

Me: I don't call myself Kingstriker the Insane Vehicon for nothing.

Bloodbath: True.

Soundwave: I'm so glad I am not apart of this.

Me: You're lying aren't you?

Soundwave: Yep.