Chapter 6
"NO!! SARI!!!!" Bumblebee screamed at the top of his vocal processors. He frantically slid down the ledge and into the crater, where he tripped up and rolled down the rest of the way. He didn't hesitated to get up and run over to the motionless body of his best friend. His face retched at the sight of her. Her body was cut and gashed, with dents and scorched spots all over her arms, legs, and face. One of her pigtails was bent backwards and the other had been cut in half. Her right arm was smashed open as circuitry stuck out and oil and Energon leaked out through her arm and her left upper thigh, which had a huge split going from her waist to her knee. She was covered in dirt and her preset dress had holes and rips all over it while the blue slits that were her closed eyes unexpectedly faded to a monotonous gray. Her head suddenly went from robot form to human form.
Bumblebee was frozen for a moment, then tenderly put his servos under the dying robot girl's body and lifted her up. He could barely feel her spark pulsating anymore as he put her up to his own spark chamber. "C'mon, Sari, don't do this to me...you can't die!" he said. He felt hot liquid running down his face at he put a servo up to it. He felt the liquid and looked at his servo. Water.
"I'm...leaking? Why am I leaking?" But Bumblebee ignored his own question and looked back down at the dying robot in his arms. "Sari, please don't die! I can't live without you!!"
But there was no response from the girl. Instead, her yellow and light orange color began to fade. "NO! HOLD ON!!!" he cried before transforming and riding up the wall or the crater. He flew off the ground and landed square on his tires, which burst on impact. He went back to robotic form with Sari still lying immobile in his arms. He held her carefully as he looked around frantically. "Where's that Ratchet guy when you need him?!" Then he remembered Bulkhead saying not to worry as long as they had the key. with them.
"That's it!" he gasped. He carefully pulled the key off Sari's neck and put it in the opened hatch on her chest. He turned in, but nothing happened. He turned it over and over again, but it was useless. Bumblebee was fed up with this. He threw the key into the open warehouse door and screamed "SON OF A GLITCH!!"
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Optimus, Ratchet, Bulkhead, And Prowl were driving back to the base as the boss-bot messed with his comlink. "Bumblebee, come in Bumblebee. Hello? Why isn't he picking up his comlink?"
"I don't know," Ratchet responded unpleasantly. "I just hope something didn't happen to those two."
"We did pick up two Decepticon energy signals. You don't suppose they were headed for the base, do you?" Prowl coolly asked.
Bulkhead answered. "Maybe. Those Decepti-creeps will do anything for kicks."
"We can't take any chances," Optimus ordered. "We need to roll back home."
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It had been nearly one hour since Blitzwing and Lugnut had fled the scene. Bumblebee still had Sari's body wrapped up in his arms as he sat on the pavement, rocking back and forth while water continued to leak from his optics. He felt like he most useless pile of scrap metal in the world. His best friend in the whole universe, even before he had lost his memory, was dying and he couldn't help her in any way. He wasn't sure if there was anyway anyone could fix her injuries because they just seemed too severe. He just wanted to embrace her for the last moments she had.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you..." he avowed to Sari as her color faded even more. "Please don't die, Sari! I still don't remember anything; I want my life back...I want you back!"
But even as he spoke with a gravelly voice, the last of her color seemed to fade and her spark pulsated slower and slower as he heard the sound of four sirens approaching.
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OMG, I had some major writer's block on this chapter. And do not fret my readers, this isn't the last chapter. Do you seriously think I would kill off my favorite token child/robot and leave it like this?! You peoples is crazy if you thinks I'd do that! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?! Stay tuned!