"No trace or sign of Starscream Optimus" Smokescreen and Bulkhead reported.
"Yeah the creep is no where in sight, where is the freak hidding..." Arcee growled.
"No idea but we will find that idiot" Ratchet said as he looked at multiple scans of areas Starscream could be hidding.
"So what do we do now?" Smokescreen asked.
"Take a break it's late, I have already contacted agent fowler he said he'll be on red alert" Optimus sighed working on a monitor.
"Ok, hey did the entire team roll out and look for screamer?" Smokscreen asked looking around the main room.
"No Ratchet and Bumblebee stayed at the base today" Optimus told the wondering mech.
"Alright... so where is the little guy?" Smokescreen asked in concern after peeking into Bumblebee's room.
"What do you mean?" Arcee asked in slight panick.
"I mean the kids not in his room or primes" Smokescreen answered the concerned femme.
"What he didn't leave the base did he!?" Bulkhead panicked.
"No he did not, Optimus knows where he is" Ratchet said pointing down the hallway where Optimus was standing at the storage closet door.
"Oh...hmmm..." Arcee raised an optic ridge and walked over to the closet past the prime into the closet.
"Hey Bee, what are you doing in here buddy?" Arcee cooed sitting beside the depressed scout.
"Nothing..." Bumblebee silently whirred turning his face away from Arcee.
"Obviously something is Bee"
"..."
"Obviously means... clearly" Arcee tried to put the definition in simple terms.
"Opt..."
"What's wrong Bee?, did Optimus forget to do something?" Arcee asked nicely.
"Kinda..." Bumblebee clicked sadly.
"Kinda what do you mean?" Arcee asked rubbing Bumblebee's helm.
"Opt said he would train me, he forgets, then he says no when I ask" Bumblebee let a few tears escape his optics.
"Bee I'll be right back sweetie" Arcee gasped and got up and left the closet.
"You over there now!" Arcee snapped pointing Optimus into her room.
Optimus dudn't question the angry femme and did what he was told.
"Ha ha femmes got attitude" Smokescreen chuckled seeing the scene from the main room as Arcee slammed her door shut.
"Alright, why the hell are you doing this to Bee!?" Arcee growled making Optimus sit down on her berth and listen.
"Do what what's the matter?" Optimus asked camly.
"Bumblebee!" Arcee snapped holding her helm.
"You promised that little sparkling that you would train him!" Arcee yelled pointing at the door.
"I..."
"No let me finish, you told me that you would make the. time for him no excuses were need, but like I said all he will hear are the excuses, and geuss what all of that is true, I'm telling you this much, you're breaking that bond of trust between you and him, he dosen't think much of you at the moment, what's going on Optimus your patrol shifts can easily be taken over by one of us!, what's going on Optimus why are lying to Bumblebee about the training" Arcee went on.
"...Bumblebee is my..."
"Is what Optimus why are you carrying all this stress?"
"He will be trained, I'm going to go do that now" Optimus said getting up and leaving.
"Optimus what exactly is Bumblebee to you?, because I swear you avoid him sometimes"
"That is something I will explain to everyone, when Bumblebee is recharging" Optimus said leaving Arcee's room.
"Alright little one, how bout we go train" Optimus excitedly cooed reaching for the small scout.
"No..." Bumblebee cried camly moving further away from the prime.
"What?, don't you want to?" Optimus asked concerned.
"You say yes then you say no" Bumblebee bleeped at Optimus.
"No little not this time, I am sorry for all the excuses little one, I was wrong" Optimus apologized.
"...We can go?..." Bumblebee took a moment before chirpping an answer.
"Yes little one" Optimus chuckled taking Bumblebee out of the storage room.
"Ratchet I am taking Bumblebee out for some training, we will be back shortly" Optimus announced leaving the base with the scout.
"You certainly had a good chat with Optimus" Ratchet chuckled at Arcee.
"We sure did and he still has a lot to explain" Arcee growled.
"Whoa!"
"Bumblebee careful" Optimus said, chatching Bumblebee before he fell backwards off a bolder.
"I still dodged the shot!" Bumblebee chirped and giggled as Optimus placed him down on his feet.
"You sure did little one" Optimus cooed patting Bumblebee's helm.
"What now Opt?!" Bumblebee excitedly chirped.
"How about sneak attacks"
"You mean when I get to turn off my spark signature" Bumblebee bleeped.
"Yes, now I will turn this way and I will let you go then I will look for you and you find a way to get me, quietly and unnoticed" Optimus explained.
"Okedokey!" Bumblebee chirped waiting for Optimus to turn and let him leave.
After a minute or two Optimus went searching for Bumblebee down the canyon, Optimus found the scout had turned off his spark signature, Optimus continued to search past bolders ledges, and tiny caves he never dreamed of fitting in, Optimus couldn't help but follow the warmth of a tiny spark pulling at his own spark.
"Found you!" Optimus announced.
"Awe!, how'd you find me?" Bumblebee giggled jumping off the small ledge he was going to jump off and sneak attack Optimus.
"I have ways" Optimus sighed and smiled at the yawning scout.
"Well lets go back to the base and rest" Optimus cooed taking Bumblebee under his arm and escorting him back to base.
Back at the base
After a few minutes of talking and stories Bumblebee fell into recharge in the primes arms, Optimus carefuly placed the slumbering scout down onto the berth and quietly left the room to leaving the sparklling in a peacful recharge.
"Ok Bee's recharging what's going on!?" Arcee growled waisting no time as Optimus took a step into the main room where everyone was.
"Primus you don't wait around, cut straight to the chase" Smokescreen said to Arcee.
"I want answeres what's going on in that big Optimus prime head of yours!" Arcee continued.
"I know one of you already know this... about Bumblebee" Optimus started.