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Transformers Animated (C) Hasabro
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Chapter 6
"And what have you decided?" Ratchet prompted. Echo sighed. She knew, even if it was for the best, she'd hate herself forever for it.
"Deactivate him," she said, not meeting his optics, "Dad needs this to end, I need it to end, I can't watch him like that Ratchet. He never, ever wanted to be looked after. He told me he'd want to be deactivated the day he couldn't look after himself, and I have to respect that." She felt a gentle servo on her shoulder and she looked up to see Ratchet's sympathetic and understanding gaze.
"Its Okay Echo," he said, "This will be hard for everyone, really hard. But you know best, you're his daughter after all, and no bot knows him better." No sane bot anyway, Ratchet added in his head. Echo nodded and looked over at her mother, hoping to get one last look at him online, but she was surprised to see him covered in one of Ratchet's tarps.
"Why did you cover him in that?" she asked and Ratchet flashed her a look of confusion before follow her gaze.
"I didn't," he said in confusion, "I never saw that on him." Ratchet moved over to the berth and took the tarp off Bumblebee. Only, it wasn't Bumblebee under that tarp. It was a pile of Ratchet's tools, made into the shape of Bumblebee, a small note on the top. Echo picked it up, recognizing her father's handwriting at once.
'I won't let you offline him, ever' Was written on it and Echo sighed.
"Who did this?" Ratchet asked his optics wide.
"Dad did," Echo groaned, "How in Pit he knew I have no idea, I swear he's getting as bad as Jazz for that."
"But…but he must have been in here to do this before dawn," Ratchet stammered in shock before he composed himself, "Echo we have to find him. If Bee's been away that long he could be in danger of offlining without any help. He needs that machine to keep him online!"
"I know," Echo said, "I'll get him back, don't worry. I know exactly where Dad took him."
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Prowl clutched Bumblebee to his chassis, rocking him gently as he watched the sun move across the sky. No one, and he meant no one, was going to offline Bumblebee. How could Ratchet even suggest it to Echo?
"Traitor," Prowl growled to no one in particular. Of course he'd token Bee to the first place he could think of. Dinobot Island. Sure it wasn't a great hideout, but from here he could see anyone coming a mile away.
"Its Okay Bee," Prowl said to the small bot in his arms, "I know your in there, and I'll wait for you. I promise, I won't let anything happen to you."
"You know you're the one hurting him right now don't you though?" an oh to familiar voice came and Prowl jumped, holding Bee closer to him, glaring at the femme.
"I won't let you take him," he growled at his daughter, "I won't. He's coming back, I heard him."
"Dad," Echo said softly, leaping down from the tree she'd been hiding in, "He can't come back. Please understand that."
"NO!" Prowl snarled, "He will come back, he will. And I won't let you, or Ratchet offline him."
"But Dad if you keep him here, without Ratchet's care, he will die," Echo said, moving closer, "Please, let's take him back and talk about it. I promise I won't let Ratchet do anything to him until I've spoken to you."
"No," Prowl spat, taking out his shurikens and standing protectively over Bumblebee, "You'll talk, and offline him anyway. I'll fight to keep him, don't you think I won't."
"Your going to attack me?" she asked in a small voice that made Prowl freeze, and she as she hoped, think about what he was doing. I…I can't…Prowl thought, This is Echo…I can't hurt her…No! Prowl dropped his shurikens and fell to his knees.
"No…I…I can't…" Prowl said, looking down, "Primus what have I done…?" Her father sounded so hopeless, so distraught, it stung Echo's spark. Never, had she heard such an upset sound from her father, not ever.
"Its Okay Dad," she said moving forward, "It'll all be-" But she was cut off when she felt a servo's grab her from behind, one around the neck, the other arm secured around her waist.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Starscream cackled, making Prowl look up as he took off into the air, hovering above Prowl, "Looks like that Autobot finally offlined. How about another test subject to be sure hmm?" Prowl snarled. Blurr stand aside, he loathed this bot with his entire spark. He'd done this to them, and he was going to pay.
"You!" Prowl half snarled, half spat, his visor flashing dangerously, "I'm going to rip your wings off and shove them right up your aft, while dismantling that black spark of yours, piece by piece. Get your filthy servo's of my DAUGHTER!" Prowl leapt at Starscream, but he was weaker now, and Starscream kicked him away easily, leaving a burn mark on his chassis as he was flung into a tree, landing in a dazed heap.
"NO DAD!" Echo cried, squirming in the Decepticons grasp, "Let me g-" But Echo froze, as did Starscream, as a shuriken flew through the air, lodging itself in Starstream's helm. But Dad hasn't gotten back up yet, Echo thought, so who…? But she got her answer almost immediately.
"Get your filthy slimy no good servo's of my daughter you son of a glitch!" came an achingly familiar voice and Echo watched, stunned, as a blur of yellow leapt off the ground and spun kicked Starscream straight in the jaw, causing him to drop Echo. Echo landed in a crouch, straightening up in shock almost at once, as did her father.
"Mum!" Echo yelled in surprise as Bumblebee landed next to her. Bumblebee turned and grinned at his daughter.
"Come on," he said, "You didn't think I was gonna miss this party did ya?" Bumblebee turned back to Starscream, snarling, "I've been waiting months for this." He brought out his stingers and aimed them at the seeker.
"You know what happens when you coop me up for too long?" Bumblebee said with a smirk, "I get a lot of stored energy. Which right now, is a big problem for you fly boy." Electricity sparked around his stingers and he shot a blast, hitting Starscream on the chassis. Normally Bumblebee's blast wouldn't bother the seeker, but he'd been storing energy for months, and the result…Starscream screamed in pain and fell to the floor. Bumblebee run over and stood over him.
"And you can thank my bond mate for this trick," Bumblebee growled and he grabbed Starscream's helm with his pedes, doing a flip, he flung the Decepticon across to where Prowl was standing, staring in shock. But he broke out of it when Starscream landed at his pedes. Prowl growled and glared down at him.
"Now Autobot please," Starscream half whined, half begged, "Have mercy." Prowl picked the seeker up by the throat and pinned him against a tree.
"You didn't show us any mercy," Prowl snarled, "You'll pay for what you did." With that, Prowl grabbed his arms, and kicked the seeker right in the chassis, sending him flying to Echo's pedes, his arms ripped off. Starscream cried in pain. Echo growled and picked him up.
"Never mess with my Mum or my Dad," she growled, punching him in the face. Prowl smirked and threw his arms over into the forest.
"Fetch," Prowl growled, "Echo if you'll do the honours."
"With pleasure," Echo said smirking. She threw Starscream, now armless, into the air, and when he came down she used the side kick her father had taught her to send the seeker flying after his arms, and into the forest.
"Now that, felt good," Bumblebee said, walking over, "Good to watch to. Nice hit Echo."
"Mum!" Echo squeaked and she threw her arms around him, "You're online! You're Okay!"
"Of course I am sweetspark," he said softly, hugging his daughter back, "You didn't think I was gonna let you get away that easy did you?" Echo giggled and stepped back, turning to watch her Dad. Prowl moved forward as though he was in a dream.
"Bee?" he asked uncertainly. He was sure he was going to wake up any second and Bee would still be in second lock stasis. Primus if this is a dream, don't bother waking me up, Prowl thought.
"I'm here Prowl," Bumblebee said softly, holding out his hand for Prowl to take. Feeling like a sparkling, Prowl took the offered servo and Bumblebee pulled him in closer.
"Is…Is this real?" Prowl asked, his optics searching the smaller bot.
"Do you think you have the imagination to dream up this perfection?" Bumblebee asked, optic ridge raised as he laid a servo on Prowl's cheek affectionately. Prowl put his servo over Bumblebee's, as though he was trying to see if he was no more than a ghost. But he could already feel the cracks in his spark healing, the heart break, the grief, it fixed, now he was back, now he was whole again. Prowl quickly pulled the smaller bot into a hug, startling the younger for a moment, until he relaxed and hugged his ninja-bot back.
"It's really you," Prowl said softly, between clicks, the oil tears falling, "Your really back."
"Of course I am silly, do you think I'd leave you when I promised I wouldn't?" Bumblebee said softly. Prowl smiled and drew back enough to put his helm on top of Bumblebee's, his arms still around him.
"I missed you, so much," Prowl said softly, then he pressed his lips gently to his, enjoying the first loving contact he'd had with his little bonded in months. Bumblebee's engine hummed in content, pressing deeper into the kiss. Echo rolled her optics. Would her parents ever change? Then she grinned, knowing they wouldn't. They would love each other until the end of time. Her own spark hummed longingly, and she knew what it wanted, what she wanted. She wanted arms around her, to hug her lovingly, to share a bond deeper than anything, just like the one her parents had. And she knew which bot she wanted. As Echo watched her parents, she imagined Blurr in place of her own father, and her spark boiled with jealousy, making her blush and look down. She shouldn't feel jealous of her mother and Blurr; after all, there was nothing between them. Blurr had told her he himself knew there was no way he would ever win her mother's spark now, and he did want to waste time trying. Echo thought to herself with a grin, now it's my turn.
