A/N HardyGal: Yay! Big thanks to Jules Cardy, Sidekicks-anonymous, Calliope-Beautiful Voiced, and SamN5 for reviewing! I don't say this enough: I love you guys and you guys keep me going!
To Calliope-Beautiful Voiced, welcome back! :3
And it is time for another round of 'Guess Which Drabble of the Week was Written by Neon'! Take a stab at it. It may be harder than you think :P
10.04.17
Excitement
Bumblebee pumped his fists, buzzing excitedly.
"Hey, 'Bee," Cliffjumper called. "What you so excited about?"
Bumblebee calmed down enough to say, *You know that show I really like?*
Cliffjumper chuckled. "Which one?"
*That one that I thought was finished! Apparently it's not, and a new season is coming out!* Bumblebee said all this with a lot of enthusiastic arm waving.
"Really? So maybe now you'll stop ranting about how the last season ended?"
*Hey, it-!*
"I'm kidding," Cliffjumper laughed. "Actually, all your talk's been making me consider getting into this show of yours."
Bumblebee lit up. *Really?*
"Sure, why not?"
11.04.17
Eyyyy
Sideswipe was young. Bumblebee knew this, of course. Young and very quick to pick up human gestures, especially those from 'memes' and 'vines' and other trend-setting media.
Bumblebee thought himself a patient guy. But when Sideswipe started going around, punctuating all his quips (and everyone else's) with a drawn out 'eyyyyyyy' accompanied by finger-guns, Bumblebee found his initial amusement turning to annoyance.
"We're gonna recon those Decepticons!" Sideswipe declared during some mission. He promptly laughed. "Ha ha! Eyyyyy!"
"Let's put that cat back in the bag," Bumblebee said once.
"Eyyyyy!" Sideswipe shot finger-guns.
Funny, yeah, but still annoying.
12.04.17
Monsters Among Us
"The monster stretched out its claws, and Stumblebee's spark came floating from his broken mouth. He was dead before he could see the monster consume his spark like an energon treat."
"It ate his spark?" Bumblebee whispered, wide opticed.
Sideswipe nodded seriously. "Yup. And there are a ton of monsters just like that one. They wander the dark corners of ships and buildings, searching for fresh sparks."
At that moment, Sunstreaker grabbed Bumblebee from behind, drawing a high-pitched scream from the tense sparkling.
Bumblebee couldn't sleep for weeks following the incident, and the Twins were forced to avoid Ironhide at all costs.
13.04.17
All My Fault
The sparkeater nightmares from his sparklinghood were still fresh. The events of Tyger Pax and the subsequent nightmares weren't easily forgotten either. Recently, a new wave of nightmares had been coming for him. He supposed these particular nightmares were an inevitable part of becoming a leader, but they hit a little too close to home.
He would be with his team, and things would quickly descend into madness. One by one, his entire team would fall despite his best efforts to protect them, until he was left alone with the knowledge that it's all his fault, all his fault, all his fault...
14.04.17
Nervous
"Bumblebee, you scout ahead and see what we're up against."
"You got it."
"Recon only, all right? And be careful!"
"Relax, I'll be fine!"
Bumblebee was starting to reconsider that stance as he wandered about the very abandoned looking building. Under any other circumstance, Bumblebee would've felt secure enough to essentially throw stealth to the wind. But there was something about the dead silence and utter darkness that had him keeping to the walls.
"Don't be so paranoid," Bumblebee muttered, turning a corner. "Keep it-"
His headlights illuminated several Decepticon corpses, strewn about the hallway, grey and lifeless.
"Oh... good..."
15.04.17
Better to be Happy
Today, Ratchet had suggested some form of speech therapy to help him get used to the new voice box. Bumblebee only nodded, and left to aimlessly wander the halls once again.
Later, a nervous Sideswipe asked 'Bee if maybe he wanted to play capture-the-flag later. Bumblebee wanted to refuse with some cutting remark. He also wanted to accept with an enthusiastic exclamation. He could not muster enough emotion to care about doing either of those. Ultimately, Bumblebee forced a smile and nodded.
Sideswipe lit up. "Great! See you soon!"
As soon as he turned away, Bumblebee's smile disappeared.
16.04.17
Can We Keep it?
Grimlock, Strongarm, and Sideswipe had been absent for quite some time now. Bumblebee was starting to get a little suspicious/concerned, when the three of them finally entered the command area, shoving each other and muttering amongst themselves.
"There you are," Bumblebee exclaimed. "Where have you guys been?"
Grimlock glanced at Sideswipe and Strongarm. They nodded, and Grimlock held out his servos, in which a dirty puppy sat comfortably.
'Oh, no...' Bumblebee tried to act ignorant. "What's this?"
"We found him outside the scrapyard," Strongarm said.
"All alone," Sideswipe emphasized.
"Can we keep him?" Grimlock shouted eagerly.
There was the dreaded question.
10.14.17: Set pre-Darkness Rising.
12.04.17: More sparkling!Bumblebee!
14.04.17: Set pre-Tyger Pax.
15.04.17: Set post-Tyger Pax.