Note: Another chapter is posted. In the freezing cold, no less. The things I do for you all. And I don't even get paid because I OWN NOTHING. I hope you like this one though.

About the where is this going to take place guessing game. No one got it, which isn't saying much because I only got one review. I'm going to tell you it is though. It would ruin the chapter.

Reviews:

17: Not the Hall of Records, but good guess. The story you told me cracked me up! Sorry if the reply is short. It must be 30 degrees where I am now.

Bon appetit!


"Good morning, sleepy helm. How was last night?" a feminine voice giggled next to him.

Megatron groaned as he pulled Scythe in for a wake up kiss. "It was wonderful, dear."

"Hey! That's my line!' she said with fake annoyance.

"Oh, what time is it?"

"Well, if we were back home, we'd have missed our morning energon."

"I'm not hungry anyway. I had a lot to eat last night," he purred into her audials.

Scythe revved her engine to dispel the sudden heat in her systems and rolled off of the berth. As she placed her armor back on, she said, "Well, we ought to get going. Bumblebee must miss us a lot."

Motivated by the though of his ward, Megatron joined his lover in cleaning up and they left the hotel for the Hall of Records. They noted the decorations hanging from the street lights and wondered what was going on.

Before they could wonder any longer, they had already stepped into the Hall and were making their way towards Alpha Trion's office. Ninth floor, exit right, first left, second left, fifth door on the right, and they were there. Scythe lightly rapped on the door. It only took a few moments for it to open.

"Is Bumblebee alright?" Scythe asked before Alpha Trion could say anything.

Alpha Trion smiled and held Bumblebee out to them. "He's the smartest and most well-behaved sparkling I've ever had the pleasure of watching," the elder said.

"Well, thank you for watching him for us," Scythe said.

"Meggy! Scythe! Alpha Trion has real puzzles! They're so much fun!" Bee exclaimed as the couple said their goodbyes.

As they traveled through the growing crowd, Bee's topic switched from "Alpha Trion's cool beard" to the "sparkly dangly thingies" hanging from the street lights to the "fuzzy plushies" being sold from the stands lining the streets. Since he still had some credits left, Megatron bought him a purple petro-rabbit toy. Bee squealed in delight and hugged it tightly to his chassis while snuggling into his caretaker some more.

As they passed the Energon Fountains, they saw a familiar face walking by with a certain femme hanging to his arm.

"Orion!" Megatron called him. "I see you've joined the the courting group."

The data clerk just smiled sheepishly as he walked over with his femme. "I didn't know you'd still be here. This is Ariel. Ariel-"

"I know. Megatron, the gladiator turned revolutionary from Kaon. I watch your species over the air sometimes," the pink femme said, holding out her servo.

Megatron shook it and said, "Pleasure to meet you. I guess the librarian finally had the ball-bearings to ask you out." Bee and the femmes giggled at this while Orion blushed further.

Megatron felt a light tug on his shoulder. He looked down at Bee. "Can I look at the pretty fountains? I want to take pictures to show everyone back home."

"Okay, Bumblebee. Just keep an optic out for any trouble and holler if you need us," Megatron said, lowering the excited sparkling to the ground. Purple petro-rabbit dangling out of his supspace pocket, Bee raced off to find the best fountains. "And secure your subspace items!" he called after him.

"If you're not busy with Orion we can leave the mechs to be mechs while we femmes discuss the real happenings," Scythe said to Ariel.

"You have to tell me what you two did. I need to know how to be good to my Orion," she replied, smiling at said mech. The red and blue mech smiled. It turned into a dating smirk when he took Ariel's servo in his own and leaned to kiss it, causing her to blush madly.

"Have a good talk, Ariel. I mean... er..."

Ariel giggled and pecked his cheek. "Don't worry. I live long enough to try all your cooking," she said, 2aving to him as she walked off with Scythe.

"You've got a good one, librarian," Megatron told him.

Orion sighed. "I just hope I can be good enough for her."

"The struggle of our life cycles."

"So, how goes the revolution? I hear the rogue attacks are bringing down your popularity."

x x x x x

Bumblebee squinted through his digits as he tried to look for the right angle to take a picture. He tilted his head and servos until he found the position he liked. Mimicking it with his datapad, he snapped a few photos to sort through on the shuttle home. He jumped from fountain rim to fountain rim as he traversed the crowded plaza. He nearly over balanced on the rim of the energon well in the center, but held onto the support beam holding up the roof.

"Be careful!" Megatron hollered over the din of the crowd.

"I know, Meggy. Ravage taught me all his balancing tricks. I'll be okay!" Bee yelled back. Megatron nodded before asking Orion about speaking to the High Council.

Bee got on his knees and servos to carefully peek over the rim of the wishing well. The engraved plaque on the side said that old-fashioned energon wells like this one were once commonplace. Now, Cybertron mined and produced the Energon they needed. They didn't have to dig through Cybertron's crust to find energon lakes or rivers.

A faint ringing sound came from his left. Bumblebee saw a shiny coin just a few meters away. There were no support beams there, but he had excellent balance. He got up and walked over to the shiny circle of metal, bending down to pick it up once he was there.

Suddenly, a chain wrapped around his throat and secured itself via the bucket attached to it. Bucket? From the well! But why would anyone-

He was pushed over the edge. Bee gasped in shock and scrabbled to hang onto the ledge. If he fell, there was no catching himself; it was longer than he was tall. And a fall from this height would kill him.

A servo slammed itself into his face to try and push him off, but Bee could still see his attacker through his digits. He may have been using electronic paint, but Bee knew. He knew it in his spark, mostly because the bad tingly was beginning to ache.

It was the red demon.

With a final shove, Bee lost his grip and began to fall. Everything seemed to move both in slow motion and faster than he could process. But when he finally had time to think, he could only think of one word.

"SIRE!!!"

x x x x x

"SIRE!!!"

Megatron snapped his helm around to the energon well in the center. It was Bee's voice, but why would he call for his glitched sire? And why was the pulley moving so quickly?

No.

"No!" Megatron yelled aloud. "Bumblebee!"

x x x x x

Bumblebee had no time to waste. He unsubspaced the knife Dagger gave him for his sparkorn and reached up to try and cut at the chain. His plan was foiled as a dilapidation stone jutting out from the walls knocked it out of his servo.

Okay, plan B. His digits fumbled.over the chain as he tried to unwrap it from his throat. If he died, he wanted his helm to be attached to his body. Unfortunately, it seemed the red demon knew some good knots. There was no way he could figure out how to untie the intricate bundle in time.

With no other options, the sparkling held onto the chain and pulled. Maybe he could pull down enough to grab on and slow his descent. Wait, that was a plan. Plan C! Woo for optimism in the face of dying! Ha...

Bumblebee yanked on the chain and managed to pull a whole meter towards him. He was gripping the chain tightly when it went taut. His arms were pulled out of their sockets and the length wrapped around his neck tightened until he couldn't feel anything. Energon circulation cut off from his head, his thoughts seemed.to go in circles.

I can't feel anything. Where is my body? I can't move. Help me. I can feel anything. I can't move. I can't talk. Help me. Where is my body? Am I dead? Help me.

Help me.

Help me!

HELP ME!


Note: It's a cliffhanger, I know. It's also too cold for proper goodbyes. So just leave a review and I'll get back to you. Till next time!