3/3/12: Arachnophobia
The last thing Optimus Prime expected to happen was having a spark-to-spark conversation with Bumblebee. It started with a simple question from the youngling.
"Boss-bot, why are you afraid of spiders?" he asked, still in his yellow alt.-mode. Sari had teased the mech for a little while, telling him that he would be better off to see Ratchet instead of relying on the key. Optimus intervened, noticing that Bumblebee was in severe pain and everything just happened from there.
He told the youngling about Elita-1 and that forbidden planet and in return, he got the comfort he was looking for.
3/4/12: Purpose
They were going to die, all of them. So, why not give them the chance to live?
"Take me prisoner, kill me, or whatever…just let them go." What else could he do? Bumblebee could hear his friends cry out in protest, but they never understood. "I'm not a big loss, when are you going to figure that out?" he asked, addressing them.
"Bumblebee, you're still young," Optimus said, "You have a life to live."
"That's where you're wrong," Bee chuckled, "I don't have anything to go back to or any talent that could be useful. This is my only purpose."
3/5/12: Laughter
He loved laughter. In fact, he did it all the time. But when it was directed at him, it usually ate away at his already low self-esteem. Mechs laughed at him and he got used to it. It became a normal part of life. When Bulkhead actually wanted to be his friend, it shocked him to his very spark. When the large green mech found something funny, it was never about how much of a screw up he was. The weirdest thing had to be the respect Bulkhead gave him. In that instance, Bumblebee finally found someone to laugh with.
3/6/12: Fight of the Bumblebees
"Get out of my dimension!" Bumblebee shouted to his white counterpart. Both had taken heavy hits, leaking energon from various places.
"Why should I? I like it here," the other replied with a smirk. "Besides, you're not going to win this fight."
"What makes you so sure?" Bumblebee bit back, thrusting a stinger towards his doppelganger's faceplate. The other Bumblebee easily dodged.
"Because I've been holding back," he said, "And you just fell for my trap." Bumblebee heard someone screaming his name, but all he could focus on was the energon knife plunged through his chassis. "You've lost this fight."
3/7/12: Diversion
"Boss-bot, why am I always the bait?" The question was honest and slightly naïve. Bumblebee looked at him with hurt optics, no doubt having thousands of thoughts fly through his processor.
"Bumblebee, I hope you don't think that that's all your good for," Optimus said, concerned for the youngling.
"Just answer my question," was the curt response.
"You're the fastest out of all of us and easy to see." It was painful to say, especially after seeing Bumblebee's downcast expression. "I hate putting you in that position. If the Decepticons ever got their servos on you, I'd never forgive myself."
3/8/12: The Key
Despite what everyone initially thought, there were side-effects from using the key. Once during a key repair, Bumblebee had a virus. It was a common virus, easily purged from a Cybertronian system within the matter of a few solar cycles. It was of Cybertronian origin, allowing it to use the key's energy to grow and evolve. By the time Sari upgraded, it was only a matter of time until its effects became known.
Bumblebee knew something was wrong when he began leaking energon after a minor collision. He noticed the threat. But in the end, nobody knew he off-lined alone.
3/9/12: Short
For once, Bumblebee was incredibly proud of his height. Being the smallest of the team, he usually got stuck with the menial jobs and the diversion tactic. But now…
"Alright, I have to focus," Bumblebee whispered, "I need to get through this crevice and sneak that message from Ultra Magnus to Optimus. It's weird how I was the only one brave enough to go!" He ignored the little voice in the back of his processor telling him that he was the only one who could physically get through to the Magnus. Besides, there was so much to gloat about later.
3/3/12: No clue what I was thinking. *shrugs* This has been happening a lot lately.
3/4/12: Poor Bee, he really did have nothing to work off of. Seriously, Bulkhead's a space bridge genius, Prowl's got the ninja background, Optimus had training and Ratchet was in the Great War. Bumblebee has absolutely nothing.
3/6/12: You knew that joke was coming. Evil conniving SG Bee plays dirty.
3/7/12: He kept bringing up how much it bothered him, but never did a thing about it.
3/8/12: Maybe I should do a story with that concept. If the key was pure AllSpark energy, it would have some sort of effect on Cybertronian stuff…maybe?
3/9/12: I thank Fullmetal Alchemist for the idea! XD Well, I got a tiny bit of inspiration from Ed Elric. You know, when he was climbing through the ventilation and he's like "It's a good thing I'm so small…WHAT AM I SAYING?"