The unfamiliar weight of the Matrix laid uncomfortably in his chest plating. One he was sure wouldn't ease anytime soon,

Optimus Prime. He was now a Prime, Such a title felt undeserved for the likes of him,

The state of Cybertron worsened while he was in custody for all those cycles. Optimus felt useless despite his hard work to stop this all before it got any more worse then it already has but as each cycle pasted it looked darker and darker soon he feared the worse will come and Cybertron-

Little frustrated servos reached for his faceplates wanting the mask to disappear. "Hello Bumblebee" he laughed rounding a large servo over the fussy sparkling's back, he most likely awoken sensing the unease in his caretaker's spark,

Bumblebee in many ways was his light on the darkest days,

Optimus stood drawing back the mask and holding Bumblebee tight and close. "Are you hungry little spark?" he asked with a laugh walking them out of the main room,

Big blue optics stared at him as little servos patted his face happily. "Op!" Bumblebee cooed and clicked in joy, Optimus had a hunch who he picked that up from, it's better then him shouting scrap at least,

Grabbing an energon cube Optimus took mental note on how low they're supply is getting, rations have been getting lower all over Cybertron…shaking away those thoughts for the time being he busied himself preparing his sparkling's energon,

Which Bumblebee took after a moment of staring at in awe. Eating without a care while Optimus walked them back into the main room of their living unit,

Suddenly a siren rung out with a flicker of the lights. His sparkling jumping in his hold,

Bumblebee buzzed looking around with wide scared optics at the sudden loud noise. "It's okay little one",

Optimus frowned to himself with a deep vent. The war already has it's effect on the yellow sparkling barely old enough to understand what was happening, loud sounds made Bumblebee panic crying as he held onto his caretaker with the strength of a grown bot,

He walked around with his sparkling close to his spark chamber hoping it would calm and ease the little mech till the sirens stopped,

The sirens have become more consistent over the cycles. Signs that the high council was in a panic over the current climate of the attacks and their lack of control over Cybertron in the war,

Bumblebee's shaking started to ease a bit "Op, Op, Loud" He mumbled with little balled servos staring up at him with around optics holding back tears, Optimus rubbed the back of his helm,

"I'll keep you safe Bumblebee"

"Sa…saf op?" the sparkling struggled with the word. Bumblebee's vocabulary was still limited to that of a sparkling his age after all,

"Safe" he echoed smiling. "Always with me you're safe",

Bumblebee smiled weakly but happy nonetheless pressing himself closer to the spark which has been easing him through his panic state,

Megatron was getting more violent. And Optimus didn't know what to do,

But whatever happens he will keep his sparkling safe,

Note: I'll post more shorts later in the week. but i wanted to post this part sooner then the others cause it's more linked? i guess together with the first chapter idk i am bad at writing lol