Hey, sorry for the long wait, but I am currently doing my best to update all my stories. It is a little short but I hope you like it.
"Sam." he greeted. I smiled widely.
"Bee." I was beyond happy. After twenty years, I finally get to speak to my guardian again. The reality of it all was catching me again. "You're back."
He nodded, but he looked hesitant about something. I hated to be brought down from the clouds, 'cause I'm flyin' high, but I could tell there was something going on.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"You haven't aged." It wasn't a question or a comment. He knew this before he'd seen me. I waited; he didn't say anything for a moment, then, "Do you know why?"
"No, of course not." I replied, shifting from where he held me. I leaned back slightly and relaxed in any way I hadn't already. "But I have a feeling you're about to tell me."
He nodded once more and I shifted in his hand. I leaned back and relaxed in any way I hadn't already. Somehow, this encouraged him and he continued.
"When we left, I knew I was going to miss you allot. The only thing I could think of was coming back when the government would have forgotten about us, but you would have been gone by that time. At that point, my mind was split. I tried to think rationally and maybe I could seek out a descendant, but I was also thinking of how to avoid it. I am sorry." he stopped there.
"Bee, whatever it is, it can't be that bad. Nothing can ruin my mood right now, not unless you guys had to leave again right now. So if it is bad, just say it now and I'm sure I won't see it as that bad." I tried to assure him. He smiled to me fondly before sitting down. This would be a long talk I'm guessing. I thought nothing of it. My mind was still flying at the fact something I thought would never happen was happening. I honestly don't care what we do, as long as he doesn't put me down, I'm fine. Literary nothing, except he already mentioned, can dampen my mood.
"Alright." he began again. Even though he was hesitant in telling me what ever this is, I could tell he was also overjoyed in being with me again. I didn't have to worry about my feet touching the ground. And I probably won't for the next few months.
"What I knew could help avoid you being gone if we returned after the government had surely forgotten us, is a link. It practically makes you immortal. Well, you don't age at the least, and you don't die until my spark goes off line. That would insure you're still here when I would return, because I vowed to return one way or another." He began to slow again, having gotten one bomb shell out, but another was coming. Or perhaps it's the same one, only getting harder.
"But, I wouldn't actually make it. I never would have on purpose, but it kind of happened on its own. I do admit, I wanted it, but I wouldn't have made it."
I suddenly got impatient. "Come on Bee. It really can't be that bad. Nothing is worse than either never seeing any of you guys again, or watching the Decepticons win." I phrased the last part in a way I wouldn't shudder at a mental image. I was suddenly reminded of the reason, or what I now believe is one of the reasons, they are here. Decepticons, again.
"I'll hold you to that." He muttered. "Well, you'll figure it out if I continue just telling you what there is to it, and its best if you figure it out if I tell you honestly and strait out." He stopped again, but I didn't comment. He seemed really serious in doubting my reaction, and he knows me well. Optimus seemed slightly upset about whatever this link was, so I was suddenly unsure if I would be fine with it.
But I couldn't help but remind myself Bee can get a bit irrational in logic when it comes to me, especially in safety. And Optimus wasn't perfect either. There are things he would be against no matter the reason and other things contributing to it. I went through my memory closely and made the conclusion he was more upset with the link itself than my future reaction. But I don't know if this is reliable or I'm just warping my memories to reassure myself.
But what is something that Optimus is so against? And something that would have Bee this worried over my reaction? I can only think of a few things Optimus believes so toughly he would feel this way on. Freedom, innocent life, and the Autobots as a whole. I don't see any one switching sides or being a traitor, and even if they were, how would that have anything to do with a link? Maybe Bee's leaked information to the Decepticons and this link is- I don't know. And Bee's the last, save for Optimus himself, that would commit treason. So it can't have anything to do with the Autobots as a whole.
Innocent life, again I don't see how this can tie into a link between Bee and I. The closest thing I can think of is he's caused them to bring the war back to Earth, and Optimus was relieved to get it off our innocent planet. But that still has nothing to do with a link. What is it?
Then there's freedom. One of his major things, the reason they left Earth in the first place. He had said that we had the right to choose for our planet and if we wanted them off, they would leave. But, what it comes down to is if the government wanted them off, they would leave. Everyone else didn't know about them and the government had had past arguments with the Autobots. I personally think their decision was more based off from pay back for not sharing their advancement in weaponry.
But I made myself remember that that isn't the only way freedom can be denied in this situation. It took me a moment, but I did reach my conclusion just as Bumblebee thought it best to continue.
"The link is called a pet link." I froze. I didn't stiffen, my eyes didn't widen, I just froze in place. I realized what this link was and why Optimus was upset about it. I realized why Bumblebee was so hesitant about it, but I can still see my resolve. They were back, and nothing could bring me down.
He hurried to explain everything else that went with this link, and I took them in. My free being given to him, selective emotion sharing, and of course the titles. I don't know if it's just my 'flying high' still in my mind, or if it's really true, but it didn't sound as bad as Bee had cautioned me. As I thought about all this, my mind still wondered back to the two words they had been earlier. 'They're back.' Sometimes, the words reeling me in were, 'He's back'. But it didn't matter which one it was. The concept was the same.
The question was, did I still concentrate on these words because my mind was still clouded from this, or because I just didn't care enough for my mind to stray from them?
I can answer honestly when I say, I didn't care. Now just if I can find myself again to relax and reassure Bee of this, for he has no idea what my reaction is, and he's finished explaining everything.
Honestly, the first thing that comes to my mind when I write this AN is how pretty much the same thing has just been brought up in one of my other stories. It is purely chance that it's revealed in both of them at the same time. In 'lies or just not the whole truth', it's been scheduled since 'the fallen scout' and in this one, I thought of it as the plot bunny started its savage attack on my brain. It is coincidence, I assure you.
So, here is yet another long awaited update, it took longer to write than I had anticipated. And with one of the others, I'm utterly stuck. I have no idea what else to do other than follow the story line with the small changes making it mine. I prefer to add a bit of character into it, but that's what I am missing. I'm sure it'll come to me when it's the only one I need to update and I force myself to sit in front of the screen and think until it comes to me.
Anywho, sorry for the long wait again. R&R
