Where Art Thou, Little Bee?
Chapter 9: Whole Again
When he had first awoken Bumblebee's memory had been rather fuzzy; images in the wrong places, voices and faceplates not matching…However, it had all come back to him…eventually that is. He had pieced everything together, one clue at a time, leading up to when Blitzwing had shot him. He had no idea what had happened between then and when he had awoke; he knew that time had passed, three months by his reckoning. Why he wasn't allowed to leave the woods he didn't know but the first time he had tried to, pain, excruciating pain, had forced him to his knee joints. He hadn't attempted to leave since then, preferring the quiet sanctuary of the woods. He didn't know why he had been so sure that his friends would return and free him from the forest but something inside of him had known that they would return…
"So tell us what happened after that," Jazz begged, leaning eagerly across the table.
"Well," Bumblebee began. "After Blitzwing shot me everything sort of went black…"
When Bumblebee un-shuttered his optics the light was so bright that he was forced to shield them. After he had adjusted to the light he lowered his servo and looked around. He could see…nothing; nothing at all except for a bright light which encompassed everything.
"Hello," Bumblebee called hesitantly. "Is anyone here?"
"Ah there you are," a voice said then a bot emerged from the light which seemed to glow ever brighter, making him appear to be nothing more than a shadow. "It's so nice to finally meet you, Bumblebee," he continued.
"Excuse me but do I know you?" Bumblebee asked suspiciously.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry," he apologized. "How terribly rude of me! I have many names but I believe you know me best as Primus."
Two years ago Bumblebee would have been shocked into silence but considering he had spent the past year or so transparent nothing could shock him. So he nodded and merely asked, "Am I dead?"
"Yes," Primus answered after a brief hesitation.
"How long have I been dead?"
"About two minutes."
Bumblebee frowned in confusion. "But…" he started to say.
"You're wondering what happened to you two years ago," Primus interrupted, sounding like he was smiling.
"Yeah."
"Well," Primus said, "There was an All Spark fragment in the tree that you hit. You see when Blitzwing shot you the first time he didn't kill you. The fragment fell out of the tree and somehow your spark essence was pulled out of your frame and transferred into the atmosphere. It took a while for all of your energy to be gathered which would account for why you lost three months. And when Blitzwing shot you the second time he shattered the fragment which caused you to really die."
Bumblebee nodded. "Why couldn't I leave the woods?"
"You could only go a certain distance from your frame," Primus explained.
"So what happens to me now?" Bumblebee wondered.
"Well you could go the Well of All Sparks or you could return to Earth and re-join your friends where you would be restored to your frame."
It took Bumblebee less than half a second to make his decision. "I want to return to Earth," he said without any hesitation.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes," there was no doubt in either his voice or his processor.
Primus suddenly smiled, the light softening ever so slightly. "Then it shall be done." He stepped back and the light grew brighter and brighter until Bumblebee could no longer see anything…
"So what be next?" Jetfire asked excitedly.
"Brother I be wanting to know," Jetstorm said, nodding eagerly.
"Okay," Optimus sighed. "Just calm down and I'll tell you."
"We be calm," Jetfire cried.
Optimus eyed the Jet twins disbelievingly but picked up where Bumblebee had left off. "Blitzwing had just shot Bumblebee…"
"No!"
The Autobots watched in horror as Bumblebee absorbed the blast. Surprisingly enough the fire didn't pass through him but instead consumed him. Optics wide, they stared at the spot where, seconds before, Bumblebee had been. Now all that remained was gold dust floating in the air.
Finally Starscream broke the silence and said, "I've never seen anything like that happen before."
"Me neither," Lugnut agree.
Before they had a chance to resume their fight Bumblebee's frame suddenly jerked. The Transformers moved back a step and watched as the gold dust floated over to the frame and disappeared inside it. A bright gold light shone from the area where his spark chamber was located. His armor turned form gray to yellow, black stripes appearing where they had been. Slowly his optics un-shuttered, revealing a beautiful baby blue. He rose to his pedes, swaying from side to side ever to slightly.
Neither the Autobots or the Decepticons moved but stood there, gaping at the bot in front of them.
"Don't hurt me please," Blitzwing begged. "I swear, it vas nothing personal. Ve vere just doing our job."
"Perhaps you should consider a new line of work," Prowl suggested.
"That's a very good idea," Icy said thoughtfully. "Ve just might do that."
"The Decepticons were so shocked by what happened that they didn't give us any trouble when we locked them back in the brig. Then we arrived here on Cybertron and you bots know everything that happened after that," Optimus finished.
"I gotta admit it's good to be back on Cybertron," Bumblebee said. "Of course getting some new upgrades wasn't that bad either."
"So what are you bots going to do now?" Jazz asked.
The five friends looked at each other and smiled. "Whatever happens next," Optimus replied, speaking for all of them.
Bumblebee, Bumblebee, where art thou, little Bee?
With wings of gold and stripes of black
Where dost thou hide when thou art so bright?
A sting from thee is quite deadly no matter thy size
With a flick of thy wing thou art gone
Where can you hide when thou art so loud?
So full of life we never noticed thy tears
For one so bold to cower 'tis a shame indeed
Never hearing thy cries for help we left thee behind
We wish to see thee so that we might say sorry
Where are you?
Where did you go, little Bumblebee?
A/N: 10 reviews before I will post the next story.
A/N/N: I apologize if anything in this story was weak or not mentioned enough. One day I will write a story that fills in all of the gaps in this one.
A/N/N/N: Thanks to Zea T who kindly pointed out to me any errors that I made.
The first chapter of 'Mixed-Up 2' should be up Tuesday.
Hope you guys enjoyed it and anyone who wishes to do fan art is more than welcome to.