There are only 4/5 episodes left of the third and last season of Transformers Prime. So some major plans are going to start showing!
TFPLover: Thank you! I thought it was cute as well.
Ultra Magnus walked up behind Ratchet, looking over his shoulder at the computer screen. He then looked to see Anna reading the formula, looking deep in thought. "Doctor, Ms. Anna, Doctor, what is the current status of your synthetic Energon experiments?"
Ratchet looked back at him, letting Anna continue thinking in peace. "Doing the best we can, Commander, given the lack of functional equipment at my disposal and Anna's newly improved gift."
Ultra Magnus frowned slightly, "You do realize that an alternative energy source may be essential to our survival?"
Ratchet narrowed his optics before looking back to the screen. "Believe me, Ultra Magnus, no one is more acutely aware of the stakes than I am."
Anna's concentration broke and she turned back to them. "We understand the urgency, sir. We're trying our best here. We just need time."
Ultra Magnus nodded, looking a little bit worried about how angry Ratchet looked before. "Of course..." He turned and walked over to the others. "Beast Hunters, May I ask why you are not currently scouting grid 305 for Predacon bones?"
Smokescreen stopped typing on the control panel, turning around with the others to look up at Ultra Magnus. Arcee looked up at him, narrowing her optics a tiny bit. "Because we just returned from surveying grids 301 to 304."
Bulkhead cleared his voice box, "To log our field reports, per your protocol, Commander Magnus, sir."
Ultra Magnus looked over because he heard someone walking inside the base. Wheeljack was walking in, wiping something off of his armor. "Soldier, I don't recall giving you permission to leave the base."
Wheeljack stopped in front of him, wiping more of the green gook off of himself. "Because you didn't, sir."
Ultra Magnus raised an optic ridge, "Why are your hands smeared with coolant?"
Wheeljack continued wringing his hands and trying to get it off. "I re-calibrated your ship's engines. You can expect a ten percent increase in vector thrust."
Everyone turned when they heard a loud engine over the base. They relaxed when Optimus lowered himself down in front of the hanger doors. He hid his wings, walking into the base. Immediately everyone walked over to him, welcoming him back.
Anna was picked up, being placed on Ratchet's shoulder as he walked over as well. "Welcome back, Optimus!"
Optimus looked down at his team, "Decepticon activity is at a lull. I fear that Megatron may have collected the specimens he requires to clone his army."
Anna looked down at Ratchet's expression, frowning darkly. If the Decepticons formed a Predacon army... The Autobots wouldn't stand a chance.
"Anna!"
Anna turned around, nearly falling off Ratchet's shoulder at Fowler's yell. "Wha?"
Bumblebee ran and slid along the ground, catching her in his hands. {Anna?}
Anna sat up, rubbing her head. "I'm fine, thank you." She looked up to see the amused expressions everyone had, even Fowler. "What?"
Bumblebee gently kissed her head before setting her down on the platform. {Be more careful, sweetspark.}
Anna blushed and gently pushed his hand away, walking into Fowler's office. "What is it, Agent Fowler?"
Fowler walked over to his desk, picking up a folder and holding it out to her. "This."
Anna sat down, looking through the papers. She was silent for a few minutes before looking up at him. "This is an application for a Special Agent Intelligence Analyst."
Fowler nodded, sitting down at his desk. "Yes it is. I need you to fill it out and give it back to me soon."
Anna gaped at him. "I'm only a senior."
Fowler nodded, "Yes, that's true. However, I know your skills. I already have approval. Once you graduate you will be fast-tracked into the program. After your training you'll be the Intelligence Analyst for Unit:E, the unit I'm a part of."
Anna stared at him for a few moments before grinning. "You're serious?"
Fowler chuckled softly, "Yes. I'm serious. Now fill out the paperwork ASAP so I can get everything ready."
Anna grinned, nodding before leaving his office with the folder in her arm. When she walked out onto the platform she saw Bumblebee talking with the others. Optimus and Ultra Magnus were talking in a corner of the room. Anna walked over to the desk she shared with Raf, sitting down and began filling out the paperwork.
That was until an alarm went off on the screens. Ratchet turned to Optimus, "Optimus, our scanners have detected exposed Energon." Everyone turned to Optimus, waiting for their orders.
Optimus thought about it, "With our reserves at a critical low, we cannot afford not to investigate." He then activated his battle guard. "Let's roll out!"
Anna quickly moved over, activating the ground bridge for the team. "Good luck!" Bumblebee winked at her before he ran through the ground bridge. Anna groaned and rubbed her face, deactivating the ground bridge when everyone was through. Anna looked up when she noticed Ratchet was staring at her. "What?"
Ratchet smirked. "Nothing." He held up his hands before turning to his screen, "Want to work more on the Synthetic Energon formula?"
Anna looked down at her mostly finished application. "Sure." She slid the folder into her backpack before crossing over to his control panel. She was picked up and placed on his shoulder, reading over Ratchet's latest progress. "Well, I think we need to change this line here, it's conflicting with the rest of the coding."
Ratchet hummed before nodding. "I see what you mean." He quickly fixed their error, replacing the line with a better form.
{X}
Anna looked over when they got a request for a ground bridge. Anna hopped over and opened up the ground bridge, waiting. A second later Arcee and Bumblebee each pushed in two carts of energon crystals. "Did you take out the 'cons?"
Arcee pushed the carts to the side, letting Ratchet examine them. "We took out the Vehicons. The others are investigating the mine."
Bumblebee pushed his carts to the side, turning to his girlfriend. {I think there's still more there.}
Anna closed the ground bridge, looking over at the blue crystals. "Well I'm glad you found some. You really needed it..." She frowned as she remembered the feeling of regular energon flowing through her veins, battling against the dark energon. They were low on energon at that time too. Bumblebee even had to donate some of his own energon.
Ratchet walked over to them, "Yes, we really did. I'll start the filtration process."
Arcee nodded, pushing two carts for him. "I'll check with the others."
Bumblebee watched them before walking closer to Anna, tilting her head up gently. {What was that look for?}
Anna looked up at him, gently rubbing his hand. "Just thinking.."
Bumblebee leaned closer, brushing her hair back gently. {That could be dangerous.}
Anna rolled her eyes, laughing softly. "Not as dangerous as when you do."
Bumblebee laughed loudly, then moving to kiss her softly. {I love you, darlin'.}
Anna kissed him back softly, reaching up to gently caress his cheek. "I love you too."
Bumblebee gently picked her up, holding her against his chest and right over his spark. {Anna.. I need to talk to you about something..} He didn't hear her respond and looked down, venting softly. Anna was asleep, curled up in the crook of his arm and armor. {Oh Anna...} He walked to their new room, laying her down on the bed.
Anna stirred slightly, turning towards his when he let go. "ngh.."
Bumblebee kneeled down, gently rubbing her back. {Go to sleep, Anna. I'm right here, darlin'.}
Anna relaxed again, smiling softly as she went back to asleep again. "Love you Bee.."
Bumblebee smiled, feeling his spark melting in his chassis. {I love you too, Anna. Rest well.} He stood up when he heard Bulkhead ask for more assistance with the energon transportation. He glanced at his love one more time before jogging back to the main room.
{X}
Anna walked back into the main room when she heard a lot of commotion, frowning softly. She peeked around the corner to see that Ultra Magnus was laying on a table, staring at his hand. The others were standing back, talking to themselves while they watched the other three.
Anna frowned as she looked back over, watching as Ultra Magnus continued looking at what used to be his hand. She could hear fragments of what happened, something about destroying the Decepticon lab and Predaking. She turned to see Miko peeking out with her, also in her pajamas. "Miko?.."
Miko looked at her, then back at the ' bots. "What happened?"
Anna gently pulled her back, walking back towards their rooms. "Predaking crushed and destroyed Ultra Magnus' hand."
Miko narrowed her eyes, pausing outside her door. "He's hurt someone else again. He needs to be stopped."
Anna hugged herself, nodding. "Yeah.." She waved goodbye to Miko as she went back to sleep. Anna hesitated on doing the same for herself. She remembered the nightmare that woke her up, shivering.
"Anna!"
Anna screamed and dropped to the ground, both hands over her head. "No!"
Smokescreen stepped back quickly, looking back to Bulkhead who was beside him. "What?"
Bulkhead tried to step closer to her, holding out his hands to Raf and Miko who peeked out of their own rooms. "It's okay. Anna, it's just me.."
Bumblebee ran down the hallway, {Anna!?}
Anna turned and looked at everyone staring at her, panting. She heard heavy footsteps approaching her and backed up, keeping her back to the wall. "No.." Optimus and Ratchet were running next, having heard all the commotion as well. This made it seem even worse.
Instead of hearing Smokescreen, she heard Megatron snarling her name. Instead of hearing familiar foot patterns, she heard Megatron's loud footsteps approaching her. When the 'bots tried to get close, all she saw was Megatron reaching out for her. She couldn't shake him out of her mind.
All of this reacted with stress, exhaustion, past fears. This caused her to feel light-headed and dizzy before she fainted, falling to the floor.
Bumblebee turned the corner just in time to see her fall. Smokescreen luckily dove in time to catch her in his hand. Bumblebee gently picked her up, cradling her in his hand. {Anna? Anna, darlin'?}
Raf ran out of his room, looking terrified. "Anna!?"
Ratchet walked up to the others, looking at everyone's worried expressions. "What happened?"
Optimus walked over to Bee, placing a calming hand on Bee's shoulder. He was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. "Bumblebee, you can not help Anna if you stay this wound up. Focus on her breathing." He gently picked Rafael up, calming him down as well. "Anna is going to be alright, Raf. She just needs some rest and time." He sat him down, "You and the others should get some rest."
Bumblebee nodded at Raf, gently ushering him into his room. {Goodnight, Raf. I'll look after Anna for you..} Bumblebee looked down at her and slowly began to relax. He calmed down when he saw that Anna was breathing normally. At least physically she was fine. {What happened?}
Smokescreen frowned as he looked to Bulkhead. "I was just going to talk to Anna, ask why she was out of bed this late. Just being friendly. We've talked before..."
Bulkhead frowned, "When he called her name, she reacted like it was Megatron himself, come to kill her."
Ratchet paused, turning to Bee. "She has been having very bad nightmares.."
Bumblebee's shoulders drooped as he held her up, looking her over. She had bags under her eyes and was paler than normal. {I thought they were happening less and less..}
Arcee spoke up, having arrived just then. "Well, we have been very busy lately trying to cover ground. You haven't been around every night."
Smokescreen groaned, rubbing his arm. "I didn't mean to cause a panic attack.. I'm so sorry, Bee! She's really nice and I like her."
Bumblebee vented softly, looking at him. {It's not your fault, Smokescreen... Anything could have triggered it.} He looked at Ratchet, {What do I do now?}
Ratchet shooed the others away, saying Anna would be fine but needs quiet. Once they left, after Smokescreen apologized again, he answered Bee. "She needs a good rest. Once she wakes up she needs to speak to someone about what she's going through. Most likely she will go to you. If that is the case, just help her the best you can Bee. You know her the best, I know you can handle it."
Optimus looked down at Anna's face, nodding. "Yes. I think that is best. Keep her close by your side tonight, and we will try our best to help her in the morning."
Ratchet rubbed Bee's shoulder. "She'll be okay, Bee."
Bumblebee vented as he walked into their room. He eyed Anna's bed before deciding against it. She slept better when in contact with him anyways. He picked up her blanket and pillow though. He laid down on his own berth, placing the pillow on his chest first. He laid Anna down, trying to make her comfortable. He laid the blanket over her back, cupping his hand around her.
He vented softly, watching Anna quietly for a few minutes. He began to notice that she was relaxing, even though she hadn't heard him talk in long time, if she could hear him. She probably recognized the feel and sound of his spark. Bumblebee smiled softly, rubbing her back gently. He always heard and felt hers too, especially like this. It was quieter due to the mini proportions, but it was there. And it was strong.
{Oh darlin'... I'm so sorry I haven't been there for you more..} He looked down at her beautiful face, frowning. {I'm going to try harder, I promise.. for you. I love you so much, sweetspark..} He vented softly before relaxing. He focused on feeling Anna's spark against his armor. He let his optics close, slipping into recharge himself.
{X}
Anna slowly opened her eyes, frowning when she felt warm metal under her hands. She then recognized the spark thrumming underneath her chest. She relaxed, gently moving her hand over his chest armor. She slept on Bee's chest?
The last thing she remembered was... Oh. She fainted on everyone. Smokescreen probably felt so bad, the poor mech. It wasn't his fault. She was still shaken up from her nightmare.. She looked up at Bumblebee's face. His optics were closed and he looking peaceful, he looked so handsome.
She didn't have any nightmares though, she didn't even dream. Bumblebee always made her feel safe, comfortable and protected when he was near. After becoming so close and staying with him all that time while the team was apart.. It was hard to sleep on her own. Especially when she didn't know where Bee was, or if he was hurt. She couldn't do anything and it killed her.
{It's too early for such a troubled expression, sweetspark.}
Anna jolted before smiling sheepishly at her boyfriend. "Sorry.. Just thinking. You didn't have to hold me all night."
Bumblebee cradled her as he sat up, sitting with his legs crossed. {I enjoyed it. So it's fine.} He gently kissed the top of her head, smiling. {You slept well.}
Anna raised an eyebrow at him. "You had your scanners running on me all night?"
Bumblebee smiled and kissed her on the lips softly. {No. I ran one when you woke me up. I was worried.}
Anna kissed him back before frowning softly. "I'm sorry, Bee... I didn't mean to scare everyone, especially Smokescreen. I woke up from a really bad nightmare and went to check on everyone. I saw that you guys needed some privacy and when I walked back Smokescreen caught up to me. And the way he yelled my name..."
Bumblebee gently tilted her head up, frowning. {Do you want to talk about the nightmare?}
Anna stared at him for a few seconds before sighing. "No... but yes." She curled up in his hand, looking up at him. "This time it was like most of the others.. Only I knew Primus needed me to do something, something important. I had to find you, because something bad was going to happen. I saw you on a ledge, fighting against Megatron. When he saw me.."
Bumblebee stopped her, holding her against his chest, right over his spark. {You don't have to continue if you don't want to.. I can feel you becoming more distressed.}
Anna leaned against his armor, finding comfort in the strong thrumming that reache her ears. "I want to..." She sighed softly before continuing. "He calls my name, in a teasing manner. To make sure he has my attention. He then shoved his sword right through your spark. I could feel and see you dying, Bee... and then." She squeezed a groove in his armor, building up the courage to continue.
"He tossed you off the ledge, you falling limply with the life gone from your optics. Megatron then focused on me, stalking towards me. He grabbed me and showed me where your body fell, whispering to me how it was all my fault. How everything was my fault, and then he stabbed me in the heart. That's when I woke up."
Bumblebee held her up and nuzzled her gently, rubbing her back. {Oh, Anna.. I'm so sorry.} He pulled back and kissed the top of her head. {You know that won't ever happen, right? I won't let him ever hurt you again. Or Raf.}
Anna closed her eyes, trying not to cry. "I know... but you're not as powerful as Megatron. And I worry so much about you..."
Bumblebee gently caressed her cheek, {And I worry so much about you.}
Anna smiled softly and kissed his cheek. "Talking helped a lot though, Bee.. Thank you."
Bumblebee smiled happily and gently sat her down. {You're welcome. I'm going to get some energon. When you're ready come to the main room.}
Anna nodded, waving as Bumblebee exited their room. "Okay..."
{X}
Anna walked into the main room, spotting the 'bots talking to themselves in a corner of the room. Ultra Magnus was resting on the berth, Ratchet looking his hand over. Anna walked up onto the platform, walking over to where her friends were sat. "Good morning."
Jack looked up and smiled at her, handing over a chicken biscuit. "Good morning."
Miko continued eating her own breakfast, waving at her.
Raf turned to her, frowning softly. "Are you feeling okay?"
Anna sat beside her brother, rubbing his leg. "I'm fine, Raf. Just a really bad nightmare. I'm better now." She smiled when her brother smiled, eating her own sandwich.
"Anna?"
Anna wiped her hand on a napkin, turning to see Smokescreen peering down at her nervously. "What's up, Smokescreen?" She got up and walked over to him, noticing Bumblebee watching them closely.
Smokescreen rubbed his arm, frowning down at her. "I'm so sorry about last night. I didn't mean to scare ya, I promise."
Anna nodded, patting his arm. "It's alright, really. It's not your fault."
Smokescreen relaxed, smiling at her. "Okay. You look better today, I'm glad. Bee's been worried – OW!" Smokescreen ducked and moved out of the way as Bumblebee hit his side.
Bumblebee vented at him, motioning at him. {Dude!}
Anna laughed softly at the expressions both mechs had. She looked over and saw the others smiling at her, having heard her laugh. She smiled a bit more, realizing everyone had been worried about her. She then turned to see Ultra Magnus watching her and Bumblebee. She let the two mechs continue to argue, walking over to the injured warrior.
Ratchet helped her sit on the platform, beside Ultra Magnus' hip. "There you go." He then turned and looked back at his scans, trying to give them some form of privacy.
Ultra Magnus moved his hurt limb away from her, so she had more room. "What is it, young Anna?"
Anna watched the servo move, then back up at him. "I'm so sorry for what happened, Sir."
Ultra Magnus vented softly. "It is not your fault. Why are you sorry?"
Anna looked into his optics, smiling softly. "Because we're a giant family. And I care deeply for my family. That includes you, Sir."
Ultra Magnus shot a brief glance at Optimus, seeing the knowing expression on his face. He turned back to the young human, his mouth plates turning up at the corners. "I'm beginning to understand this… Thank you for your concern, young Anna."
Anna nodded her head to his statement before frowning. "I don't want to get your hopes up, but can I work with Ratchet to come up with alternatives for your servo?"
Ultra Magnus looked up at the doctor, then back at Anna. "If you wish, I do not want to burden you."
Anna shook her head, "It's okay. I really want to."
Ratchet gently picked her up, placing her on his shoulder. "Well, here's the scans I've took of his servo..." He motioned to the various parts of the scan, describing what was broken and what they could try to save.
