Chapter 11: Meeting with Bumblebee

As soon as Serenity left the med bay the next day, Megatron punished her. She was to be in her quarters before the sun set every night for a whole week and her training would begin earlier than usual (Starscream was not impressed by this fact). However, he never said she wasn't allowed to let her friends in. So, her punishment became a joke to them.

"You think he would have told you no friends allowed in?" Barricade laughed, leaning down on her bed, his hands behind his head.

"I don't think he thought about that when he punished me." Serenity replied. "And why am I sitting on the floor? Get your aft down here! I'm sitting on my bed!" She laughed, pushing Barricade off her bed.

Frenzy laughed at Barricade landed on his aft. He glared at Serenity, but shrugged it off. It was her bed after all.

"So, one more day of your "punishment" and its back to hangin' out in Barricade's quarters?" Bonecrusher asked.

"I guess. Wonder if Megatron even knows you guys are in here with me?" Serenity asked.

Barricade went to go answer when there was a loud knock on the door. Frenzy let out a squeak. Serenity slammed her hand over his mouth. Serenity walked over to the door and opened it. Starscream stood there.

"Starscream what are you doing here?" Serenity asked, a mock kind of surprise in her voice. She was warning the mech behind her of his presence.

"Megatron came told me to tell you that your punishment is over and that Barricade, Frenzy and Bonecrusher can go back to their quarters." Starscream stated.

"Oh…he said that?" Serenity asked, curious.

"Yes. Don't ask me how he knew that those three are in your room…and they had better not be trying anything." Starscream said, glaring over her head, through the little crack in the door and at Frenzy hiding under the covers.

Serenity could almost see Frenzy giving Starscream that cheesy, innocent smile of his. She tried not to laugh at the image. Starscream stared down at her and smiled.

"Only you would invite mechs into your room and not worry about the outcome. You like to live dangerously." He laughed.

"Well, I'm with the Decepticons aren't I?" She laughed.

"True. And Barricade, Bonecrusher and Frenzy had better be back in their quarters within the hour." Starscream called into the room.

"We heard you!" Barricade, Bonecrusher and Frenzy called back.

Starscream gave her a look that held a warning. Then he turned and walked back down the hall. Closing the door, Serenity turned to walk back to her bed, when Frenzy leapt at her.

"Frenzy! What is you fragging problem!" She cried as Frenzy scrambled up her left arm.

"Frenzy p-p-protect Serenity from B-Barricade." He stated.

"What do you mean protect?" Serenity demanded. She glared at Barricade who was still sitting on the floor.

"Don't look at me like that! I haven't got a clue as to what he's talking about!" Barricade cried out, waving his hands in front of him.

"Well, I had better be leaving before Megatron decides to remove us personally." Bonecrusher stated. As he walked past Serenity, he brushed his arm against hers. She turned and kicked him in the back of his leg. He tumbled to the floor.

"Don't do that! You know that tickles!" Serenity laughed.

"Well did you have to kick me?" Bonecrusher mumbled, getting up and rubbing his face.

"Bonecrusher f-f-fall on his f-f-face!" Frenzy laughed.

"Seriously, can you even speak properly?" Serenity asked.

"C-c-could, but not w-w-want to." Was the reply.

"Well, see ya tomorrow." Barricade said, picking Frenzy off of Serenity's shoulder and walking out the door. Bonecrusher followed suit.

Serenity shook her head. Those three could drive a femme insane! But what were friends for? She laughed as she crawled into her bed. Megatron had pulled her punishment off early. She grinned, an idea played in her mind.

Wonder how far I could push it?

She slipped out the door to her room. Walking along the hallway, she headed to the entrance of the base. If her punishment was over that meant she was allowed to go outside of the base. She planned on having some fun on her own for once. She didn't mind Barricade, Bonecrusher or Frenzy around when they were having fun. But sometimes a femme needed time to herself to have fun.

She was just about at the entrance when something grabbed her from behind and lifted her easily into the air. She gasped and tried to wiggle out of her capture's grip.

"And where do you think your going?" Blackout's voice asked.

"Put me down Blackout! I'm not being punished anymore so I figured I'd go walk around for a little bit outside." She laughed.

"Oh really? Did Megatron agree to this?" Blackout asked as he flipped her onto her back in his arms and began to tickle her.

"Stop it! Blackout, that's not fair!" She laughed, trying to squirm out of Blackout's grasp.

"Did you ok your decision with Megatron?" He asked again, tickling her all the harder.

"No, I didn't! Please, Blackout, stop!" She answered, trying to breath.

"Hmmm. I don't think he would want you running around outside without someone there to protect you." Blackout stated, his fingers still held just above her stomach.

"I'll walk then." Serenity managed to say.

"Smart aft." Blackout said, tickling her again.

Serenity laughed, squirming around in Blackout's arms as she tried to escape his fingers. That was the thing with Serenity. Even the cruelest of the Decepticons acted very different around her. Megatron smiled often when she was around and not in a cruel way. Starscream wasn't his usual back-stabbing self; he actually got along with people. Blackout lost all of his cruelty and actually treated her with care like she was the most precious thing in the world. Brawl was the exception to the rule though. For some reason, he hated Serenity. He went out of his way to try to make her life miserably. However, with so many Decepticons that liked her, he only ever ended up getting his aft kicked.

Blackout finally stopped tickling Serenity and put her on the ground. She stood there trying to catch her breath, throwing Blackout dirty looks. Blackout only chuckled.

"Don't stay out to long. Megatron might just decide to assign someone to watch you constantly." He stated, smiling as Serenity smiled her spark-melting smile.

"Thanks Blackout!" She cried, throwing her arms around his leg. Blackout was a little taken back. Serenity barely hugged anyone other than Megatron, and even that was in private.

Serenity pulled away and was out the door before Blackout could decide to change his mind. She raced along the ground, easily jumping over upheavals. She laughed. It had been a while since she had just run for the fun of it and not because her life depended on it. She was going so fast she didn't see another Transformer suddenly walk out in front of her. When she finally saw the Transformer it was too late. She plowed into the other bot, knocking them both off their feet.

"Why don't you watch were you're going!" Bumblebee's voice snarled angrily.

"Bumblebee?" Serenity asked surprised.

"Serenity? Is that you?" Bumblebee asked, flipping himself over to stare face to face with Serenity.

There was a momentary pause before both of them were on their feet talking a million miles a minute.

"What are you doing here Bumblebee?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing!"

"I've been cooped up in the base for the past week!"

"I just came out here for some peace and quiet. Ironhide's going on and on about how you're nothing but a traitor."

"Sorry for plowing into you like that."

"You always did that! Honestly, it's like my only role in life is to get my aft kicked by you!"

At that comment they both laughed. Bumblebee shot a glance at Serenity and for the first time in years felt his spark quicken with excitement. Serenity was gorgeous to his optics. Her indigo body was beginning to form the usual feminine curves of a mature femme and she was about a head or so shorter than him. There was still time for her to grow though, since it would take about another 100 or so years before she reached proper maturity. He noted that the antennas on her head looked a lot like Optimus Prime's, although the tips of hers were lower somewhat. Her fingers ended in knife-like nails, sending shivers down his spine, though he wasn't sure if it was from fear or something else. He also noticed that her optics had never lost their baby blue hue. He wondered why, since as a Transformer got older and closer to maturity, the colour of their optics darkens.

Serenity was also looking Bumblebee over. She had to admit he was getting handsome. His armor was still the same yellow colour, but now there were some hints of gold in it. His mouth was an odd shape, a circular piece of metal that moved down as he spoke rather than his entire jaw moving down. His optics had darkened to the more identifiable Autobot color of blue. She couldn't help but smile. As she did she noticed that his knees knocked together.

"Don't kill me for what I'm about to do ok?" Bumblebee stated.

"What?" Serenity asked.

Bumblebee moved closer to her, his optics never leaving her face. She could hear his spark whirling quickly behind his armor and his breathing get heavy. She took a nervous half-step backwards. He came closer still. He placed his hand under her jaw, bring her head up a little bit.

"Don't kill me." He said.

He placed his mouth against hers and kissed her. She optics widened in surprise. She really hadn't been expecting this from Bumblebee. He had always been so shy, never doing anything he was afraid would hurt her. This was a new experience for the both of them. Serenity wasn't sure if she should kiss him back or push him away. Bumblebee wasn't sure if he should stop or continue to kiss her.

Serenity kissed him back, then pulled away. Bumblebee backed up. They were both blushing now, knowing that they had just committed an unthinkable crime. Autobots and Decepticons were not supposed to be friends, let alone kiss each other. If Megatron or Optimus Prime found out…it could spell trouble for the both of them.

"Bumblebee…why did you do that?" Serenity asked.

"I don't know. I just got this urge that said to kiss you. I couldn't seem to fight it." He answered.

"I think you had better learn to ignore it. We can't have you suddenly kissing me in the middle of a battle field! Do you realize how easy a target we would be?!" Serenity stated. Her head was still spinning from the incident.

"I know…sorry. I just couldn't fight it." Bumblebee stated. His blush deepened as he said, "You know you're really beautiful when the moonlight hits your armor like that. You look like an angel."

Serenity blushed harder. She never had anyone tell her she was beautiful to her face. Some of the older Decepticons said that she was cute and she had called them perverts. Never had anyone her age said to her face that she was beautiful.

"You mean that?" She asked.

"Yah, I mean, you're beautiful outside of the moonlight too, but the moonlight makes your armor, I don't know, shine? It looks really mystical, like it's too good to be true." Bumblebee stuttered. His blush was so bad now his whole face was a deep shade of red.

"Bumblebee that's not something you should say to me. I'm beyond flattered but, I mean, you're an Autobot, I'm a Decepticon. I don't think anything will happen between us other than friendship. I'm sorry." Serenity said, feeling hopeless.

"Well, then. That will be my way of saying "Ha! You're a Decepticon and I am an Autobot and I still managed to be the first person to kiss you"!" He laughed.

Serenity laughed too. "I think I should be getting back, you know, before Megatron sends a search party after me." She said.

"Yah me too. Only Optimus would send a rescue party instead of a search party." He laughed, walking in the opposite direction. He waved over his shoulder as he disappeared from sight.

Serenity turned and ran back towards the base. She entered the base, said a brief "Hi." to Starscream as he passed her in the hall, and entered her quarters. She smiled as she crawled into bed.

Bumblebee, quiet, shy Bumblebee had kissed her. Out of all the femmes he had to choose from on the Autobots side, he kissed her. She snuggled happily under her covers. As weird as it was, she was ecstatic that he had kissed her. It let her know that she was loved outside of Megatron and Starscream.

Little did she know, Megatron had witnessed the whole incident of Bumblebee kissing her. He was not going to let her know, but he would hold it against the Autobot youth next time they met on the battle field.

Aww, Bumblebee loves Serenity too! Does anyone else sense trouble brewing? Who will Serenity choose? Will she stick to the Decepticons or will she go for the Autobot? Who knows! Find out way later.