A/N : Sorry for the long update,I finally got into college and my freetime are getting smaller and smaller. I made this capter a little bit longer tho. Enjoy.
=The Imperial=
"I'm sorry sir but I had never seen anything like this before".Fixit said.
Hornet are groaning in pain on top of the med berth. His optics are shut and his servos are clenched thightly indicating how much pain he's in right now."Wh-What should we do Bee?".Nightstorm asked worriedly.
"We need to ask someone with more experience on medical procedures then I am,sir".Fixit informed both of the bots in front of him.
Nightstorm flinched."But the only medic with that kind of experience is-"
"Ratchet".Bumblebee finished."This will be a trouble".
Flashback from a few hours ago...
Bumblebee are running to the living quarters faster than the time he got a decepticon on his tail. Nightstorm just recently informed him that Hornet suddenly yelling in pain while in the middle of recharge. Getting close to the quartes,he heard Hornet's groans of pain which made him picked up even more speed. Arrived at the quarters,he finds Hornet on his berth with Nightstorm on his side,holding the sparkling's quivering servo.
"Hornet! Hornet,whats wrong?".Bumblebee asked but no response from Hornet."Nightstorm,what happened to Hornet?".He turned his gaze to Nightstorm.
"I don't know,he were recharging quietly then he just..."
Bumblebee lifted Hornet and then carried him."Nightstorm,contact Fixit immediately. Tell him to come to the med bay,stat".
End of flashback
"But there's no way we can get Ratchet to come. While he might help us,the others might get suspicious".Nightstorm sounded worried.
Bumblebee looks around for a while,rubbing his digits on his chin thinking for a plan."There's a way to get Ratchet here on the Imperial to help us".
=Energon Mine=
Bulkhead are supervising the Vehicons (A/N : Vehicons joined the autobots after Megatron disbanded the Decepticon cause) that were mining. Putting one of his digit near his audio receptors,he activated his commlink."Bulkhead,reporting in"
"Go ahead Bulkhead".Optimus replied the incoming commlink from the base.
"I'm just reporting that the bots are mining quite a haul today,sir. I'll report the progress again in one hour"
"Very well Bulkhead,continue the good work"
Bulkhead disconnected the commlink and gets back to supervising the mining activities. Everything is going well until a blue wave of energy made impact near the mine entrance. The explosion are quite strong that enough to send every bot except Bulkhead flying backwards. The place are covered in dirt and smoke after the impact. After the smoke starting to clear up,one very familiar bot stands in front of the mine."Bumblebee!".Bulkhead said in shock.
The only respond he got is another energy wave attack from Bumblebee. This time,knocking him backwards."Sorry Bulkhead,don't take it personally. Theres something i needed right now and attacking this place is the only way to get it".Bumblebee finally spoke but with a very serious and cold tone.
Theres no way...Bumblebee,his best friend are attacking the Autobots?.Bulkhead observed Bumblebee. He hasn't changed much from the last time he saw him. What shocked him to a lesser extent is that Bumblebee are using the Star Saber. What shocked him to the bigger extent is that Bumblebee no longer had his Autobot insignia.'No,it can't be. If Bumblebee threw away his insignia then that means he really did ditched the Autobots. Then it means the event at the M.E.C.H base are no accident nor misunderstanding'.He thought.'No,best case of scenario he's under some kind of mind control'
"Whoever you are controlling Bee stop it right now. C'mon Bee snap out of it!".Bulkhead yelled at his 'friend'.
"I can tell you this Bulkhead,to avoid confusion".Bumblebee said."I'm not under any kind of mind control"
Bulkhead's optics widened. He's no longer the Bumblebee he had known."Then why do you attack us Bee? If you needed energon,surely there is more energon mine than just here".Bulkhead just assumed that since he's attacking the mine that means he needed energon supplies.
Bumblebee just grinned."Oh,I never told you didn't I?".Bumblebee's grin gets wider."I just enjoyed attacking you Autobots thats all".He continued with a very cold and evil tone with a small chuckle to complete it.'This should make me sound and look evil enough,isn't it?'.Bumblebee asked himself.'Ugh,just keep going. Remember,this is for Hornet'.He thought.
The vehicons and recruits are starting to attack Bumblebee while Bulkhead just froze like someone had hit him so hard in the head that knocked him senseless. Bumblebee just shrugged the attacks from their cannons like they are nothing and swung his sword effortlessly to any bot who charged close enough to him. He thanked Fixit for making him a full body force field that could reduce damage of projectile weapons.
Bulkhead finally got back to his senses and opened his commlink."Bulkhead to the base,come in base"
Optimus picked up his signal and are a bit worried that theres sound of battle on the background."This is Optimus. Bulkhead what's happening?"
"Bumblebee-".Another sound of explosion."Bumblebee are attacking the mine".Bulkhead finally able to finish."We need backup,Bee had gotten a lot of upgrades since we last see him".Bulkhead continued before his commlink abruptly cut off.
=Autobot Base=
"Optimus,we got a problem...".Ratched informed his leader."Someone had hacked into our systems and attacked our ground bridge contol. We can't use it right now".
The Autobots are all over the area,all of them are seperated quite far from each other. Optimus opened his commlink."To all Autobots,backup Bulkhead at the energon mine. He needs assistance of fending off from Bumblebee"
"Wait,did you said Bumblebee?".Smokescreen asked through the commlink.
"Bee were attacking the mine?".This time its Arcee.
"Yes,and Bulkhead are in need of help".Optimus replied as he transforms and zoom out of the base,leaving only Ratchet on the base.
Just then,a transmission came in. Ratchet went to recieve the transmission and are surprised to see who did it."Nightstorm,is that you?".Ratchet had known Nightstorm for sometime because he is the medic that helped her giving birth to her sparkling.
"Yes Ratchet".She answered."And I really need your help"
"But,how did you know how to contact us?".He asked,a bit curious.
"Bumblebee told me".She answered earning a shocked expression from Ratchet."I'll explain it later,right now I need your help. My sparkling..."
"What happened to Hornet?".Ratchet took care of Hornet the first few days after his birth and everytime he carried him,he gets a strange feeling of déjà vu. He got to admit Hornet looked a lot like a mech he know but he can't put the point on it.
"Hornet are sick and our medic couldn't determine what's causing it or how to cure it. He told me that i need to find a medic with better experience and you're the first one to come in mind".She explained.
"But,where are you exactly?"
"Don't worry,I'll send you a groundbridge".As Nightstorm say this,a portal opened just a few meters away from Ratchet. He stepped into the portal without hesitation.
=The Imperials=
"Okay,where's the patient".Ratchet asked as he stepped out of the green portal.
Nightstorm led him to the med bay and show him where Hornet is. He scanned Hornet and let out a rather relieved sigh."Do not worry,Hornet is only experiencing a side effect of recovering from near-offline situation".Then it strikes again,the feeling of déjà vu but he just shrug it off."I'll give him some special painkillers and he should go to recharge without any more pain disturbing him".He saw Nightstorm sighed in relief."Nightstorm,what exactly happened to Hornet? And how did you know Bumblebee?"
She let out a silent sigh."Well,first off Bumblebee is my sparkmate".
Ratchet's optics widen in shock."S-So that means,Hornet is..."
"Bumblebee's sparkling,yes".
That confirms it,all the feeling of déjà vu happened because he took care of Bumblebee when Bumblebee are still a sparkling and Hornet's sickness also happened before to Bumblebee. When Optimus brought him in,Bumblebee are very low on energon so he also got into the same condition."But,what about what happened to Hornet?"
She starts explaining starts from the M.E.C.H incident to the plan they currently doing.
Flashback on the Imperial,a few minutes ago...
"Here's the plan".Bumblebee said."Im going to attack the mine to create distraction while Nightstorm contact Ratchet and tell him about the situation,he should help us once he knew what's going on,also tell him to keep this a secret so the other Autobots wont be hunting all of you. Fixit,I'm going to need you to hack into their systems to disable their ground bridge and only enable it when I tell you to do it".
While Fixit just nodded,Nightstorm looked concerned.
Bumblebee noticed it."This plan is the best shot we got".Bumblebee said.
"But Bee,if you do this it will only hurt your relationship with the Autobots even more and what if you got caught or oflined".Nightstorm protested.
Bumblebee walked close to Nightstorm and put each of his servos on her shoulders."This is for Hornet and you know i will do anything for him".He said reassuring his sparkmate.
"Okay"
"Fixit,open the groundbridge".He walked over to pick up the Star Saber and then proceed to the open portal. He stopped his steps and took something from his belt. His Autobot insignia. He looked at it before he thrown it aside and walked into the portal.
End of flashback
After hearing the story,Ratchet just nodded. He finally found the last piece of puzzle of why are Bumblebee acting so diffrently the last few years and it explains why he turned against the Autobotsin the first place."I think it is time for me to get back to the base".Nightstorm nodded in response. They went to the control room and Nightstorm opened a portal that goes straight to the Autobot base. She watched Ratchet walked into the portal,she didn't told him to keep the story a secret but Ratchet know better. Even if he told Optimus the story,he still won't forgive Bumblebee for killing humans. It'll backfire instead if he told him. Stepping off the portal,he's now back at the base.
=Energon Mine=
Bumblebee are still fighting,being careful not to kill anyone.
"Bee,the mission succeed,I'll send a groundbridge now".Nightstorm informed him through the commlink. He's very relieved when he got the message because Optimus are now close to the mine. A portal opened behind Bumblebee. He walked backward to the portal still on guard position. Once he got in,the portal disappeared and the vehicons and recruits steps out of their hiding.
How is it?
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