"Prowl... Do you think theres a chance of us ever bonding?" Bumblebee asked Prowl, the two had snuck out of the ship and were staring at the stars. Elm was right, Bumblebee did want to be bonded with Prowl. Very Badly. But bumblebee didn't know if Prowl would want to be bonded. He wasn't even sure if they reached that part of their relationship, since they still haven't interfaced yet though they did talk about it a couple of times, the most they ever got to was just making out. Bumblebee didn't have a problem with it of course, just he wanted to be sure that he would be with Prowl forever, and he knew that he loved the older mech, just would Prowl want to be with him forever. Bumblebee was afraid the answer would be a 'No'. He could be annoying and stubborn, heck if Bumblebee had a choice he wouldn't even be with himself forever. Bumblebee hoped he was just worrying too much, he did overreact sometimes.
"Of course there is, Bee. I love you." Prow said snapping Bumblebee out of his thoughts. Bumblebee let a smile reach his faceplate, he was just worrying for nothing.
"I love you too." Bumblebee said, leaning forward and kissing Prowl. As the kiss deepened Prowl's servo trailed down Bumblebee's side earning a gasp from Bumblebee.
"P-Prowl w-wha-" Bumblebee started to say but was cut off by the black and gold mech.
"Bumblebee I love you, so much. I think it's about time we take the next step." Prowl whispered into Bumblebee's audio receptor. At first Bumblebee didn't know how to respond, but after a few momments he knew his answer. Bumblebee slowly leaned in and gave Prowl a quick kiss.
"Let's continue this in your room." Bumblebee said, turning into his alt mode and eagerly heading to the ship. Prowl let out a small chuckle before he turned into his alt mode and followed after Bumblebee.
Optimus went to the door where Rachet, Bulkhead, Elm, and Sari were waiting. They were going to check an abandoned base for a police drone that malfunctioned. When Optimus opened the door to the ship Bumblebee quickly ran in.
"Hi boss-bot. Bye boss-bot." Bumblebee said as he ran down the hallway. Not long after Prowl came running in going down the hallway after Bumblebee.
"Wonder what happened." Sari said looking back at the hallway where the two mechs were a couple momments before.
"Bumblebee probably played another prank on Prowl..." Optimus said, he didn't pay too much attention to the two mechs, he knew that the two would eventually try to rip eachother's heads off. Optimus turned back to the door, deciding it was time to leave.
"Come on lets go." Optimus said.
It didn't take to long to get to the abandoned base, only about 15 minutes. Once they arrived they transformed out of alt mode, everyone was waiting for Optimus' orders.
"Ok, there are three main wings. Sari and Elm you take the right wing. Bulkhead and Rachet you take the left. I will check the main wing." Optimus said. With that everyone split up.
There had been a weird energy signal coming from the police drone, there was a chance it was an All Spark fragment. That would explain many things like why the drone malfunctioned. The leader had no doubt that they would find the drone, there wasn't that many places to hide in the base.
Optimus opened a closet to be hit with a powerful force. When Optimus looked down he saw energon spilling out of some wounds, as he faced upward he came face to face with the police drone.
"Guys I found the drone." Optimus said over comm link.
The drone shot again at Optimus, but the blue and red mech missed it just barely. Optimus quickly took out his axe and started to attack. Sadly it was a little difficult trying to get a hit in when he was dodging a bullet every 3 seconds. Finally Optimus got close enough to hit the drone, and with one swift swing he cut off the left wing of the drone. With that the drone was practically defensless, and with one more swing of the axe it was defeated. There was a blast of metal and bolts, pushing Optimus down to the floor.
Pain surged through Optimus, when he looked down he saw why, he was pierced by a piece of metal in his chassis. Optimus was half panicked, as he turned his head he saw Rachet, Bulkhead, Sari, and Elm running towards him, then everything went black.
"Bulkhead load him up, I need to get him back to the ship as soon as possible." Rachet said, transforming into his alt mode. Bulkhead loaded into the back of Rachet's trunk, before they left Elm picked something up off the ground.
"Look, the drone must've had an All Spark piece in it." Elm said, everyone looked over to see the glowing fragment in his hands.
"Take it with us we need to leave now!" Rachet said. Everyone transformed to their alt modes and rode back to the ship as quick as possible.
When they returned to the base Sari and Elm ran down the halls to get a med berth ready. Bumblebee and Prowl quickly left Prowl's room both looking very tired, Rachet was a little curious why the two were in the same room but right now was not the time to ask questions.
"What's going on?" Bumblebee asked, he even sounded beat, this made Rachet a little more curious to what the two mechs were doing in the room together but he shook off the thoughts, he needed to take care of Optimus.
"Optimus got shot by the police drone, it had an All Spark fragment in it which made it malfunction." Bulkhead replied standing with the other two mechs.
Rachet quickly brought Optimus to the med bay and locked the door so no one could get in. He looked down at the leader noticing he was covered in energon and dents.
"This is going to be a long night..." Rachet said to himself.
********************************************************** Everyone waited for Rachet to come in to tell them wether Optimus was okay or not. When they found him he was pretty beat up, almost offline. It somewhat frightened Bumblebee knowing that it could've been him or Prowl that almost went offline. Still at the same time he was afraid their leader would go offline.
Bulkhead sat in his own chair, somewhat seperate from everyone else. On one couch Elm sat with his arm around Sari, hoping to comfort her. Her face was partially red because she had been crying. Prowl and Bumblebee were on the other couch. Bumblebee was laying down his head resting in Prowl's lap, he was really beat. The interface he had with Prowl had made him tired, not to mention the fact that after they interfaced they ended up bonding. Bumblebee would probably be recharging in Prowl's room right now if they weren't woken up by everyone running frantically through the halls. Luckily no one questioned why Bumblebee was laying on Prowl, they just thought he was way too tired.
"Do you think he'll be ok?" Sari asked. She seemed the most worried out of everyone.
"This is Optimus we're talking about, he doesn't give up that easily." Prowl said, he sounded tired too.
"Maybe you two should go to sleep you both seem tired." Elm said. Bumblebee had a feeling he was trying to get everyone to go away so he could be alone with Sari, and at the same time though he did benefit from it.
"I don't want to get up." Bumblebee said drowsily. He had no energy to get up. Prowl on the other hand got up and to everyone's surprise he picked Bumblebee up.
"Then I'll carry you." He mumbled, loud enough for everyone to hear. Bumblebee couldn't help but blush a little, but after a few momments he relaxed in the older mechs arms.
Prowl walked down the hallway, smiling a little as Bumblebee nuzzled his head into Prowls neck. Prowl did have to admit, the younger mech did wear him out, in more ways than one. The black and gold cyberninja looked around to make sure no one was watching before he entered his room, their room now. The two had decided that Bumblebee would move his stuff in Prowl's room and the two would share the room, Bumblebee's room would just be a spare room.
When Prowl entered the room he gently put Bumblebee down on their berth, Prowl layed down and wrapped his arms around Bumblebee sending loving pulses through their bond. Prowl received some back from Bumblebee before the yellow mech fell into recharge, Prowl fell asleep not long after.
Prowl and Bumblebee were the easy ones to shoo away, as for Bulkhead he was a bit harder. It took at least an hour for him to go away, he decided he would wait in his room for news. This left Elm and Sari alone, just the was Elm liked it.
"Sari, you ok?" Elm asked, his hand still around her back.
"Yeah, I guess I'm just a little worried." Sari replied leaning on Elm.
"Don't be, Optimus is a strong mech. He'll be ok." Elm said, his voice soft and kind. He did make a progress with changing his character. Him and Bumblebee were now friends, they were finally like how brothers were supposed to be. He even stopped being a jerk to everyone. Now all he had to do was tell Sari his feelings for her. Unlike his brother he wasn't afraid, Sari wasn't the type of person to get angry or feel awkward when things like that happened. Now was the time to tell her.
"Sari, I have to tell you something." Elm said. Sari turned to face him, giving him a questionable look. She never expected to hear what he said next.
"I love you." Sari let out a small gasp. He loves me too! She thought to herself excitably.
"I love you too!" Sari said, hugging him. Elm smiled to himself. She loved him too. She felt the same. Elm seperated the hug and leaned in and kissed her. Sadly the kiss didn't last long, for Rachet entered the room.
When Rachet entered he was surprised to find the couple kissing. It was somewhat awkward for him seeing the two sucking on eachother's faceplates. Rachet cleared his throat to tell them that he was there. The two quickly seperated hearing the older mech.
"Hey Rachet." Elm said awkwardly.
"If you two are done sucking eachother's faceplates, I have news about Optimus." Rachet said, Sari's face quickly reddened.
"Optimus is fine. He'll be in the medbay for a couple of days though." Rachet said. Sari smiled at the news, their leader was going to be fine.
"You two should go to bed though it's getting late." Rachet said heading down the hallway. Elm got up and extended a hand to Sari, which she gladly took. The two walked hand in hand down the hallway till they reached Sari's room.
"Goodnight." Elm said, letting go of her hand.
"Night." Sari replied as she opened the door and entered her room. Sari didn't realize how tired she was till she collapsed down on her bed and fell into recharge.
********************************************************** Optimus woke up to find everyone watching him, he was curious to how long he was out for. All he remembered was being shot by the malfunctioning police drone. Had Rachet fixed him up? He still felt sore from everything, but he probably needed to rest a bit.
"Optimus you ok?" Bulkhead asked.
"Yeah just a little sore." Optimus replied. There were a bunch of questions going through his processor. He still was a bit curious to who Bumblebee was dating. He felt that he should know this, he didn't like things being hid from him. Especially not with the team, they were like one big family, they should tell eachother everything. Since Optimus had no other idea how to find the imformation he wanted he decided just to straight up ask him.
"Bumblebee can I talk to you alone for a few minutes?" Optimus asked. The yellow mech looked confused but nodded. Optimus motioned for everyone to leave the room. When the two were the only ones left he spoke up.
"Just a couple days ago, I heard a conversation between you and Elm, and heard you were dating someone... And well, you're like a son to me, and I don't like you hiding this. I thought we were like a family and shared everything." Optimus said. At first Bumblebee looked shocked that Optimus knew he was dating. Optimus gave Bumblebee a stern look, that told the yellow mech he wasn't going to get out of this without telling Optimus who he was dating. Bumblebee let out a long sigh before he answered.
"If I tell you, you can't tell anyone." Bumblebee said quietly.
"I won't, I promise." Optimus said. He would keep his word, he just wanted to know. He wanted to make sure that it was someone responsible, not someone that only wanted one thing from the small mech.
"It's Prowl..." Bumblebee said. Optimus' optics widened, he thought the two hated eachother. Never once would he think that they had a thing for eachother.
"YOUR TOGETHER!" Optimus yelled, barely noticing the door open to the med bay, and in walked Prowl.
"Who's together?" He asked. Bumblebee let out another sigh before turning to the older mech.
"We're together." Bumblebee said, he noticed the anger emitting from Prowl over their bond and had to save both his and Optimus' afts.
"He heard Elm and I talking. It was an accident. He would've figured it out sooner or later." Bumblebee said, Prowl's gaze softened as he looked at the younger mech, he couldn't stay angry with Bumblebee.
"Fine. You better not tell anyone." Prowl said, grabbing Bumblebee's hand and leaving the medbay.
Optimus chuckled a little to himself, he never expected to see the two act like that together, or to see Bumblebee let someone boss him around like that. He would have to get used to it soon. Hopefully the two would rub off on eachother, Prowl could have more fun and Bumblebee could be more responsible. This could be a good thing.