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Author's Note: Okay now the drama is unfolding even more! The group is closing in but so are the Decepticons. Now, I believe after the next chapter will bring the whole thing about Bee's nightmare into full circle. So everything from chapter 2 til now has been a kind of prequel of what led up to it.
I hope I dind't confuse anyone ^^ My original idea was to have this story separate from the first chapter but it kinda ran away from me and merged. So here it is!
I wanted to give everyone a heads up about the poll, too! Apparently, you need to log into FF to vote (which bites) so for those of you who want to vote but can't, tell me in a review and I'll add it with the others. These are the results so far:
Optimus Prime: 2
Prowl: 4
Starscream: 3
Other: 1
Wow… You know, part of me is not surprised to see Prowl in the lead so far. Not sure, couldn't really see them together though they kinda remind me of the odd couple but Starscream is slowly catching up (ignores ranting from said seeker). It might change later on but thnxs so far everyone! Please continue to vote though!
Oh yeah! I recently created an account on AO3 where I'm known as BelovedShadow2217 which means, you can read it in its entirety with explicit material! Though, I wouldn't mind having some reviews here as well ^^
"Nightmare"
Written by: Beloved Shadow
Inspiration by: JazzTheTiger
When Optimus Prime heard that Sari and Bulkhead had found the signature of an AllSpark fragment, he immediately headed for their location. He heard Ultra magnus following after him but didn't bother to slow down and quickly relayed the information to everybot else. Bumblebee was part of his team, he had to make sure he as alright, that he was back with those who cared about him.
'I've lost too many bots in this war, I refuse to lose another one!' he thought to himself, forcing his engines to the max.
As the Autobots and Elite Guard members pushed themselves, bulkhead was watching as the tiny human female was darting back and forth, looking down at her still glowing key. It seemed like it couldn't decide where to go but it didn't stop her from darting in one direction then another, pausing now and then to stomp her foot.
"Tell me where my best friend is!" she yelled at the glowing item, telling herself she would not cry no matter how much she wanted to. It stopped glowing and she silently fell to her knees; now she did cry, curling her hand around it. Part of her wanted to throw it away, to scream that because of it she had lost everything she ever cared about.
Bulkhead sighed, rubbing his helm but the place was pretty big. He was tempted to check all the building as well or start shouting his little buddy's designation but stopped himself. What if Starscream heard him? What if this was a trap? What if Bee was off-line—permanently?
He quickly shook his helm. No! he absolutely refused to believe that! He was a scrappy little bot, there was no way he was gone! Moving carefully he leaned down and carefully picked up the tiny human in his clawed servos.
"We'll find him, Sari. I know it," he tried to soothe her.
"B-But the key," she sobbed, rubbing at her eyes. The tears refused to stop no matter how much she rubbed at them.
"The key led us here, so he's gotta be here somewhere." He didn't want to admit that the key was more than likely tracking Starscream but if that seeker was here, then so was Bumblebee. Receiving a transmission he vented softly, smiling down at he human. "Optimus and the others are on their way. We should wait until they get here."
"O-O-Okay." The tears were finally slowing down but she gave the green wrecker a weak smile and pressed herself against his chassis, closing her eyes as she felt the warmth of the metal and a gentle hum deep within. "Thanks, Bulkhead." The large bot just smiled and hugged her as carefully as he could.
Blitzwing and Lugnut, having stopped their arguing before they could give away their position, were watching the display with distain. The bomber saw no use for the pitiful organic creatures as they were not worth any amount of attention that wasn't devoted to their glorious leader (had he any to spare) but the triple changer was curious.
"Strange. Ze tiny organic is alvays seen vith ze Autobots," Icy pointed out. "It vould appear, that ze key can locate ze other fragments as vell."
"We should take it now! We will bring honor to the Decepticons and our mighty leader, Megatron himself!" Lugnut declared loudly, failing to notice as Hothead took over hit him in the back of his helm.
"Shut joor mouthplates! Ve're suppose to vait until Starscream reveals himself!" Hothead snapped at him angrily.
"I told you, kick me again and I'll turn you inside out!" he growled at him angrily, optics glowing dangerously.
"I punched joo, Dummkopf!" A whirling sound before the blackened face of Random appeared. "But I can put a 'kick me' sign as a reminder!"
"That's enough!" He would be doing his glorious leader a favor getting rid of such an annoying bot, he didn't need any help in getting the fragments and one puny autobot! Grabbing the con in one servo, he brought the other back and was rewarded with a satisfying sound of his clenched servo smashing into his faceplates. The triple changer went flying back, but before he went flying off the roof the twin guns over his shoulders came down and fired at the bulky bot, causing him to go flying off the roof and into the street below.
Bulkhead immediately used his great bulk to make sure Sari was protected, holding her close as a large cloud of dirt and some debris washed over them. His battle protocols were coming online but he also had to be careful with the human. He could hear yelling that was soon followed by fighting and gun fire so he wisely began to back up as he lifted a servo to his audio receiver.
"Um, bots? I think we've got a situation here."
"We'll be there soon, Bulkhead. Don't move from your location."
"Yeah, that's gonna be kinda a problem here." He nearly jumped out of his frame when something went whizzing by, smashing into the building and causing half of it to collapse down.
"All glory to the fearsome Decepticons!" Lugnut bellowed proudly as he stepped out of the ruined remains of the building. "Megatron will no doubt reward me for getting rid an annoying bot like you!"
Blitzwing pulled himself out, faceplates whirling but he didn't waste anytime as he transformed into a tank and began opening fire. "I'll turn joo into scrapmetal!"
Needless to say, Bulkhead immediately ran from the area while clutching Sari close. "Hurry up, everybot! I've got Blitzwing and Lugnut trying to blow their processors off!" he shouted over the comm link, hoping the two wouldn't turn their attention on him.
Optimus nearly went off the road but his engine was overheating, not able to handle the strain of going so fast for so long. "We're on our way! Prowl, go on ahead and assist Bulkhead!" the Prime ordered.
"Jazz, proceed with caution as well," Ultra Magnus instructed the ninja bot who had been partnered with him, receiving an confirmation. "Jetstorm and Jetfire, go provide aerial cover fire for them. We cannot let Starscream escape this time."
"Sir, yes, sir!" the twin jets responded, thrusters kicking into high as they cut through the air, heading for the location of the distressed wrecker. The autobots were racing as fast as they could, hoping that they would not be too late.
Starscream wanted to pounce, tp pin him down and frag him until he crashed but there was a persistent buzzing sound that was quickly getting on his sensors and not in a good way. Growling he stilled the moaning speedster on his lap and glared at the security monitors he had set up.
On the screens Lugnut and Blitzwing were tearing through the abandoned factories, not trying in the least to be silent but he could make out the frames of the autobots as they tried to deal with the two idiots. They were clearly out numbers and seemed more intent on blasting each other instead but it also meant his current hideout would no longer be a secret if this continued.
"Time to move to our new home," he mused. He groaned lowly as the yellow bot shifted in his lap, trying to get him to move. His overload was close, eager to fill his tank with his coding, to make him beg for more until he crashed but that would take time and he was not going to be a prisoner to either fraction. Instead he pulled the bot off his spike (both moaning at the loss), sat him on the berth and stood, cleaning himself up quickly.
Bee was confused, his fans still working on high as a light sheen of condensation covered his frame. He didn't need to look down to see his valve was still leaking, his cod piece straining rather painfully. Had he done something wrong? Was the seeker not pleased with his ministrations? He wanted to tell him he would do better, he would do whatever he wanted when he faced him only to wrap the chain around his servos tightly. He never fought him or protested, even as he was pulled to his peds but he whimpered softly as his digits traced his valve, teasing him and causing his hips to buck into them eagerly.
"We'll have to continue this later, my pet," he murmured to him, his own frame growing hot at the sight of his sexy berth slave riding his servo. The urge to frag him tried to take over but he pushed it back and forced his panel close. There was a whimper of want as soft blue optics met glowing crimson, a look of longing begging to be taken. He wanted to reach out and console him, to kiss him and hold him close, but instead he growled and began walking out of the room, roughly pulling the chain and yelling at his prisoner when he stumbled behind him.
The Autobots had an advantage with their vast numbers, but the two Decepticons were not only strong, they were just a tad unstable. Lugnut alternated in beating Bulkhead, Optimus, and Sentinel, all the while proclaiming his undying loyalty to Megatron. Blitzwing had his servos full dealing with the two Cyber ninjas, and Blurr. Ratchet was trying to get the jettwins online as they had taken a beating from the large purple wrecker one by one, nearly crushing their frames. But he also did not hesitate to blast at Lugnut as well.
"Stop shooting at me, you glitch!" he shouted, tossing Sentinel aside when he used the unsuspecting bot as a shield.
"Stop getting in my vay, joo copper-clad klutz!" Hothead snapped angrily, transforming into a jet as Icy took over. "Ve must deal vith them quickly."
"Now you're not leavin' the party early, are ya?" Jazz grinned as both he and Prowl moved as one, striking the fighter jet with such swift attacks he nearly crashed into the ground. Instead he transformed into a tank once more and began firing everywhere and anywhere.
"I'll destroy joo all!" he fumed angrily. Everyone had no choice but to take cover as the repeated blasts tore through the buildings that were still remaining.
Sari was scared—no, she was terrified! At this rate there wasn't going to be anything left of the area! Luckily they were no where close to the city so no innocent citizens could get hurt, but what if the Decepticons moved the fighting closer? What if her friends got badly hurt and she couldn't save them with her Key? Shaking her head she pushed the terrifying thoughts back and turned to help Ratchet but blinked when the key began glowing and pulled her gently in another direction.
"Huh? But I gotta help Ratchet," she argued, trying to pull back but the key kept pulling her along. She looked up and saw a building that had yet to be destroyed and her eyes widen as realization hit her. 'Bumblebee!'
"Fraggin' Decepticons, giving me more work to deal with," the medic grumbled as he tried to get Jetfire online. Jetstorm was already up, giving his systems a nanoklik to run through a quick run through and making sure that the medbot and his twin weren't suddenly ambushed. "okay kid, let's use that key and-Sari? Kid?" There was no sign of the human female and he felt his spark just drop. "Sari!"
The small girl was following the key as it kept tugging her along, moving behind the buildings that had yet to be torn down, stopping and hiding when debris came close to either hitting her or when a ped came a bit too close for comfort. She vaguely heard the surly medic shouting her name but the key was no doubt leading her to her friend! She had to find him!
She finally stopped in front of a processing plant that had certainly seen better days, but the key seemed to be glowing erratically, as though the power behind it was dying out. She frowned, shaking it but looked at the building. She and bulkhead hadn't been able to check the building this far out, so what were the odds he was here?
'Only one way to find out,' she thought and entered.
The plant was empty, empty save for a few dozen spider webs and trash everywhere. It was also dark but she pushed on, thinking to start carrying a flashlight when she accidentally stubbed her foot against a piece of broken machinery.
"Ouch! Stupid thing!" Huffing she kicked it only to regret it as pain raced up her leg, making her gall back on her rear end as she held her throbbing foot in her hands. "Owowow! Stupid—thing!" she hissed, glaring at the item in question. At least no one was here to see her embarrass herself. "Where are you Bee?" she sighed softly, trying not to let her tears take over.
A loud rumble was heard, the rattling of a chain, then harsh whispering. Sari froze, trying to be as quiet as a mouse but it didn't take her long to realize the rumble sounded a great deal like footsteps, the kind that came from giant, walking/talking robots from outer space. Ignoring her still sore foot she moved to her hands and knees and began crawling, making sure to be quiet and to make sure she didn't run into any more machinery. She froze when she heard what sounded like something heavy hitting the ground, a sound she recognized easily enough, followed by cursing as well as a whimper of pain.
"Get up!" the voice hissed angrily, a chain rattling once more followed by another pained whimper. "Start moving or I will drag you out by your leash!"
"S-s-sor-ry…" came another voice, this one even more hushed but also familiar. It was followed by a painful sounding whimper that caused Sari to get to her feet, peering over an old conveyor belt. What she saw made her eyes widen. Bumblebee looked unsteady on his peds, a chain binding his servos together, his normally bright yellow armor dented and covered in what looked like dust and cobwebs, but holding the chain tightly was Starscream, pulling it tightly and tightening his other servo around his neck, squeezing tightly and making the smaller bot let out a painful sound. From the angle she couldn't tell what he was doing as he leaned over him, wings blocking most of Bee's frame from her sight but she knew was he was hurting her best friend. Not caring about her own safety, she scrambled onto the belt and shouted at the seeker as loud as she could.
"Let go of my best friend, you psycho glitch!" Two sets of different color optics shot over to her direction, one in surprise and the other in anger. She didn't focus on the red optics, but part of her wondered why did the blue optics show a look of disbelief. Did he really think she wouldn't come looking for him? She shouted his name when he was thrown to the ground, clearly low on fuel as he struggled to catch himself with his bound servos, but before she could even think of going towards him she jumped off the belt, landing roughly on her hands and knees as a sudden blast blew up the machine, nearly taking her out with it. Her eyes widen as she watched the seeker now pointing his gun at her, an insane look on his face.
"Annoying little pest! But thanks to your key, I can find all the fragments I need and recreate the AllSpark myself!" he sneered, letting the power warm up his null rifle.
She had faced against him before, against the other Decepticons, but even all the times she had been in danger the Autobots were always there to save her. Bumblebee, was always there for her. She tried to get her body to move, to shout, to do something but she was frozen like a deer staring into a pair of really bright headlights.
The scout watched with large optics, trying to wrap his processor around the fact that Sari was here, that she came looking for him. But, she had said she wished she had never meet him?
"Hi, I'm Bumblebee!"
"I'm Sari."
"Oh, don't be, I like my name."
"S-Sari…"
"Say good-bye, annoying pest!"
"Bumblebee!"
"SARI!" He ignored all his pain and pleasure receptors flooding his system, scrambling to his peds he charged at the seeker. He was low on everything, his weapons were still disabled, but it didn't stop him from trying. Primus must have been smiling down at him as he took the seeker completely off-guard, sending him flying forward and crashing onto his front with a loud yelp. His null ray gun went off but it missed the tiny human completely, blasting through old machinery and out a wall.
Starscream was less than pleased and he tried to get up but the autobot purposely sat on his back strut, knee joints digging into his wings and trying to keep him pinned. "You'll pay for this!" he seethed, trying to get his gyro-sensors to settle but it crashed when he felt clenched servos strike him in the back of his helm. Oh he was going to make him pay for that as well!
Sari watched with wide eyes, scrambling to her feet but the yellow transformer looked at her and shouted at her to run. She hesitated, wanting to help him, but the seeker managed to get his peds underneath him and activated his thrusters, sending the both of them high into the air where Bee was slammed into the support beams that held the roof up. Any other bot would have fallen off, but the scout wordlessly wrapped his stabilizers around his waist, arms around his neck and covered his optics with his servos, purposely blinding him while holding on for dear life. "Bee-"
"I said run!" he shouted at her. Any pleasure he felt was gone, it disappeared the moment he realized the Decepticon was going to hurt the human girl, his best friend. He ignored the way his servos gripped him, trying to pull him off, curses muffled but he refused to let go as he tried flying around in an unsteady gait in an effort to knock him loose. No bot was going to hurt his friend!
Her feet pounded the ground as she ran for the newly made opening. She could already feel herself panting heavily for air, not used to running this hard. Nearly tripping as she rounded a building, she saw Optimus on the ground, struggling to get up. So focused solely on him as she ran towards him, shouting as she tried to get his attention. "OPTIMUS!"
The red and blue Prime could barely hear her over the fighting but turning he watched as she tried running towards him. "S-Sari! Get somewhere safe-"
"Bumblebee needs help!" she shouted as loud as she could once she realized she had his attention. "H-He's fighting Starscream!"
"What!?" She wordlessly pointed behind her even as he scrambling to his own peds. His equilibrium was still off-line but he forced himself to stand and even run when in the direction she had pointed. In his processor he was shouting the scout's designation, feeling his spark clench tightly in his chassis.
A lithe frame went flying through the air, slamming into a piece of old machinery and leaving a sizeable dent in it. The supports welded and anchored to the concrete floor kept it from tipping over but the slight give of the metal was only slightly better than the unyielding concrete flooring. Bumblebee groaned lowly, resetting his optics he glared at the seeker as he stood a bit away, wings slightly dented from earlier and one of his optics cracked.
"How dare you stop me from destroying that little pest!" he hissed angrily. Battle protocols demanded he off-line the scout before him but he was barely holding back.
"… I'm not, g-gonna let anyb-bot hurt… S-S-Sari," he forced out. His auto repair would fix his stuttering but he did force himself out of the machinery cradling him, holding onto it when he felt his stabilizers ready to give way under his mass.
"You named that organic vermin?" he scoffed but realization dawned on him, allowing a cruel smirk to grace his lip plates. "Ah yes, I remember it… one of your "so-called friends", but didn't she say she hated you and wished to have never meet you?"
Bee couldn't help but flinch but ignored the video files his processor tried to bring up. "If s-she meant that, then why-why is she he-ere?" he snapped back at him, watching the smirk fall from his faceplates. During the scuffle the chain holding his servos had broken off, and while his protoflesh was bruised he ignored the sting of pain. He was critically low on energy, his battle protocols were at war with his sensors, even his spark was fighting his logic circuitry to submit to the dominant seeker but he could not forgive him for trying to hurt the little human. "Gon-na-na stop you-u."
"Is that so? Looks like I'll just have to teach you some manners when we get to your new home, my little Bee," he said lowly, pointing his gun at him. He wasn't going to off-line him, just enough to put him into stasis. His guns hummed, energy crackling as he took careful aim with his one good optic. He never realized he was alone until he felt a searing pain as the energy axe embedded itself deep into his back strut, creating quite a deep slash that nearly tore a wing off.
"Stay away from him, Starscream!"
"B-B-Boss bot-t?" He was here? Were the others here? Did… did they actually care about him, after all? Was everything he'd seen, was it really a lie that the seeker created? He tried taking a step forward and felt his stabilizer give way, causing him to crash down on his knee joints and servos. Once more warnings moved across his display, telling him he was critically low and if he didn't recharge soon he was going to go into forced stasis. His optics flickered, causing him to try and reset them especially when he heard his designation being called. Onlining his optics he blinked when he saw Sari standing before him, looking at him with concern. "S-Sari-ri?" Well, he wasn't stuttering as much.
"Bee, you're gonna be alright. We're here to rescue you," she smiled and stepped up, prepared to use the key to heal him but she cried out as he quickly grabbed her and rolled to the side just as Optimus was blasted back into the machine that had caught him earlier. This time, the supports broke under his greater mass, hitting the ground with a sound of metal straining.
"This is the last time you autobots interfere in my plans!" the seeker screeched, trying to stay a loft in the air but with one wing badly damaged he couldn't keep steady.
Outside, Lugnut was realizing that he was losing the battle but he refused to go down without a grand finale. Frowning he decided to do the one thing he had been warned before NOT to do.
"For the glory and honor of Lord Megatron and Decepticons everywhere!" he bellowed as loud as he could, transforming from bomber plane into root form, clenched servo cocked back.
"No, vait, you Dummkopf-!"
Too late. The pressure-sensitive pad hit the ground and in a explosive show of power, created a crater that not only buried a grounded Blitzwing, the shockwave was strong enough to thrown all the unsuspecting Autobots back, including Ultra Magnus. The shockwave also struck the surrounding factories, causing them to crumble from the intense pressure—including the carbon processing plant. It was such a mess, debris as far as the eye could see, broken machinery here and there, and the groaning forms of the Autobots as they tried to reset their systems repeatedly. Lugnut looked around and realized what he had done, and it just dawned on him that perhaps this had not been a very thought out idea. He turned as he heard rumble behind him stir and the angry red-face of Hothead stood, glaring at him angrily. "…"
"Lugnut… I've told joo once, I've told joo a thousand times… Give me some warning before joo use ze punch!" he was so angry he punched the large Con in the faceplate as hard as he could. "Dummkopf!" His Icy persona took over when he realized the Autobots were slowly getting to their peds and there was no sign of Starscream or the yellow autobot. "Ze Autobots outnumber us five-to-one. Ve should leave now while ve are still able to move."
"Never! I will not run and hide! We are Decepticons! We are proud warriors who serve our Lord Megatron faithfully! It is them who will coward before us!"
"Oh, for spark's sake... return to base at once!" Both 'Cons couldn't help but flinch, their audio receivers emitting a high-pitch shriek as the voice of their short-tempered leader order them back, both transforming and taking off into the air a bit shakily but by the time the Autobots were able to stand on their own the two were long gone.
"Oh mech… did someone get the number of that punch?" Bulkhead groaned as he slowly stood though he managed to catch himself before falling onto his aft. Sentinel was muttering to himself about how much filth the organic planet had and how he would need a complete diagnostic scan to make sure he did contract anything. Ratchet ignored him but used his EMP generator to lift some of the heavier debris off everyone.
"That coulda gone better," he muttered as he helped Ultra Magnus to his peds but continued looking around. Slag it, where'd that kid get to?" before the Supreme Commander could ask what he meant Prowl, Jazz, and Blurr were trying to dig at a rather large pile of debris that used to be a processing plant. The Autobots hurried over and began to help in removing more of the heavy debris when they realized they could pick up the signal of both Optimus and Bumblebee. It took a few breems but when they had lifted enough the battered Prime slowly stood, pushing back a large portion of a wall that had fallen atop of him.
"Prime! What the frag happened to ya?" Ratchet demanded but he wordlessly looked down. "Oh kid…!"
Bumblebee was curled up on the ground, off-lined into forced stasis but with his servos held protective to his chassis they could hear Sari crying for him to wake up. Optimus and Ratchet both carefully moved the speedster onto his backplates as Prowl gently pulled his servos down. Sari looked up at them with teary eyes, this not not bothering to wipe them away before turning her attention the yellow bot.
"Sari, are you-"
"I-I'm fine. Bee… Bee, saved me." Moving to the side she watched as part of his helm slid open to reveal the slot for her key. She didn't waste anytime in climbing up and inserted the AllSpark Key, turning it. There was a hum of power and light and everyone watched as his injuries were healed, dents popping out. He was still filthy but as the glow died down everyone seemed to be holding their breathe. Sari was about to turn the key when a low whine was heard and pale blue optics opened, onlining faintly. They looked confused at he sight of the Autobots looking down at him before focusing on the crying human.
"S-Sari… 'ou-okay…?" he asked quietly. She could only nod, smiling weakly as she smudged dirt and tears over her cheek in response. He smiled weakly, coming up to gently hugged her to his frame with one servo but he looked at his teammates with a confused look on his faceplates. 'You mechs… came?"
"'Course we did, little buddy! You're our friend," Bulkhead said with a gentle smile.
"… are we?" More than one bot was taken back by that. What did he mean by that? Before they could ask his optics dimmed then closed, his entire frame going limp. The last thing he saw was a red display warning him of a forced stasis, audios picking up the frantic cries of Sari. He wanted to reassure her that he was fine but he was just too slagging tired... he heard Ratchet say something then he felt himself being lifted against a broad chassis. Part of him wanted to flinch, another part wanted to lean into it, but he quietly let the rest of his system fall into stasis with nary a sound. This time, his processor was silent as he was taken back to what he once thought of as home.
Ratchet had seen many times during his time as a medbot, most of it learned while on the battlefields, others experiences he had lived through. So when Bumblebee woke up a few mega-cycles later he knew something was immediately wrong.
The scout was quiet, withdrawn, refusing to look anybot in the faceplates much less the optics. He would tense when someone came near him, and he flinched when he touched him but no matter how much he tried to suppress it he could tell. He even flinched when the small human came to his side before picking her up and cradling her carefully. He didn't want to admit it, but he missed his loud, annoying, somewhat obnoxious personality right now. He also refused to allowed him to run a thorough diagnostic scan in case the AllSpark missed something and snapped when Optimus tried to push the issue. That had taken everyone back by surprise.
"For the last time, I said no! I don't need a fragging diagnostic! I've never needed one before, Sari's key took care of my damage, okay!?" His normally sky blue optics were darker, filled with anger and something else no one could explain.
"But, we just want to help," the large green wrecker said quietly only to get yelled at as well, making him freeze in place.
"Stop treating me like I'm a sparkling! I can take care of myself, unless you think I'm gonna show-off and end up running over Sari!" he spat out bitterly.
"I-I never said that."
"Bumblebee, calm down-"
"Shut it, Prowl! You think you're so much better than me, than all of us!" he said as he glared at the black and gold ninja, setting Sari on the berth as he slid off it to advance on him. "I never asked you to be my mentor so back the slag off!" Prowl was frozen and even as Ratchet tried to calm the minibot down he angrily slapped his servo away from him. "Don't fragging touch me!"
"Bumblebee, stop this nonsense at once!" Optimus said with a bit of frustration as he stepped forward and grabbed him by the shoulder joints, missing the panicked look of fear in his optics. "What's gotten into you?"
"Let me go!" he didn't mean for it to happen, he didn't know that when Sari had used the key that his entire system rebooted, everything that Starscream had disabled was back online so when he sent the command to activate his stingers, her servos transformed and he nailed the larger Prime in the chassis as hard as he could. He watched with wide optics as Optimus stumbled back, dropping to his knee joints as he clutched as his chassis. Part of it was burned and everyone was looking at the yellow bot with uncertainty. He, he hadn't meant to hit him, he just… just… Feeling the wheels drop down to the back of his peds, he stormed out of the medbay, ignoring the shocked looks from the Elite Guard in the hall and sped straight into his room. Once inside he slammed the door shut and locked it.
He didn't know what to believe anymore, his processor was getting so many mixed signals, threatening to crash, instead he forced everything into separate files, not having the energy to go through them right now. His system warned him of low fuel and a slight sting in his arm he looked down to see a drop of energon oozing out. He touched it and realized that ratchet must have hooked a drip line into him while he was in stasis.
'But why bother if he thinks I'm a worthless glitch? Why did any of them pretend to care?' Sari was the only one who cared, she was crying over his safety! He moaned lowly as he felt a powerful ache in his processor but he forced himself to move, climbing onto his berth and laying down, off-lined his optics as they closed. 'I-I'll just take a short recharge… that's all I need…' he set up his chronometer to wake him up in a mega-cycle and then he was out. Unfortunately, his recharge was not without defrags of the dark colored seeker and the sensual torment he suffered at his servos. Thankfully he kept his door locked and after his yelling at his team everybot gave his room a wide berth but still he muffled his moans into his pillow, his cooling fans switching to high as servos grabbed at his frame, a deep purr telling him to open up and take his spike. Just as he was about to accept him his alarm went off and he jerked out of his defrag with a low cry.
He sat in the middle of his berth, trembling slightly, condensation clinging to his frame but looking down as the sheets his trembling grew when he saw that his interface panel had opened up and there was a small pool of lubrication beneath him. He felt so embarrassed having been aroused by his defrag he quickly got off his berth, cleaning it up with a used cleaning cloth he needed to wash later but he couldn't go back to recharge. His system once more warned him of a much-needed recharge but what if his team was still awake? He really didn't want to talk to anybot.
'But its late, everyone should be recharging right now,' he thought and moving silently, peered out into the hall. The doors to the other rooms were closed and the TV was off in the main room. He moved quietly as he closed his door behind him, slowing down as he walked past Optimus' room. He could hear talking but ignored them as he headed for the energon dispenser. All was quiet as he stood there, sipping from the half filled cube. His tanks stopped rumbling, satisfied that he was finally getting fuel but he winced when his spark began hum loud enough to almost vibrate.
"What's with you?" he asked, gazing down at his chassis. He wasn't sure why, but he felt the strong urge to get out of the factory, to just drive away from here until the vibrations stopped. He tried to ignore it as he finished his cube, that perhaps he was just in desperate need for a recharge but as he set his empty cube down he silently slipped outside, transformed, and sped down the darken streets of Detroit, merging onto the highway and taking the route that led to the outskirts of the city.
The processing plants and factories were nothing but piles of rubble, those still standing were half gone but it looked like all it would take was a strong breeze to knock them over. So why was he here? Bee wasn't sure but he found himself walking past the piles of rubble, moving forward until he stopped at the plant he had been held captive in. Apparently Starscream had escaped, but he wasn't sure how. The last thing he remembered seeing of him was he had been pretty banged up. He frowned as he reached up to touch his chassis where his spark was humming softly.
'Why, do I feel relieved that he wasn't captured?' he thought to himself. It was confusing, the fragger tried to kill Sari, kidnapped him, raped him—wait, could he call it rape if he wanted it? He really didn't know and he tried to ignore the throbbing feeling in his valve. 'I should just head back.' He turned to leave, to go back to the factory and try to catch at least a mega-cycle of recharge but as he transformed he drove even farther away from the city, pulling off a dirt road and heading for a section of woods, his spark leading him there. He seemed like he was in a daze as he carefully took a dirt road, passing between twins before transforming where he couldn't drive any further. He kept moving further, the light of the moon guiding him until he stopped in a small clearing. Blinking rapidly he looked around but he was completely lost.
"Great. Now I go and get myself lost," he frowned, crossing his servos over his chassis, engine revving angrily. "Stupid spark, why am I out here anyway? I don't do nature!" he argued with himself, trying to remember what direction he had come from.
"I knew you would come."
Bumblebee whirled, holding his stingers together. His entire frame was tense, ready to move in case the seeker got it in his processor to attack him, but he just stood there, leaning back against one of the trees. He was smirking and Bee tried very hard not to see how cool he looked, confident, fragging hot—No! He did not think he was fragging hot! Nor was he going to think about how he made him feel, the way his spike took his valve-!
'Stop that! He's the enemy!' he told himself and let the charge build up in his stingers. "You're my prisoner now, Starscream!" he yelled at him.
"Is that so, little Bee?" He continued to smirk, watching the way his faceplates heated up. "Are you going to treat me the same way I treated you while you were my prisoner?"
"No! Yes! I-I mean—shut the frag up!" he snapped at him. His processor tried to replay all the memory clips while he had been held captive, the sensations he had gone through, the words said from both sides, the feeling in his spark. "I-I'm not the same bot you took advantage of!"
"If I recall, you gave yourself to me." Still smirking he straightened up and began walking towards him, watching the way his optics grew wide and how he began backing up, ped fall for ped fall. Even when he backed up into a tree he continued but stopped just as he pointed his stingers up at his faceplates. "You're still fighting me."
"O-Of course I am! You're a Decepticon!" It wouldn't take much to strike at him, to knock him out long enough to drag him back to the factory. He would be able to do the one thing Sentinel Prime couldn't do, he would show them all eh was worthy of being an Autobot material—maybe even an Elite Guard! But why wasn't he afraid? Why was his spark practically humming in his chassis? What was this wetness going down his-
Oh.
Oh!
Oh fragging Pitt no…!
The sight of silvery-pink fluid dripping down his shaking stabilizers was not lost on the seeker. Nor did he miss the way his weapons shook or the sound of his engine purring, trying to match the same frequency of his own. Still smirking he reached down, trailing his digits along his interface panel, listening to him keen at the light touch. The charge died down from his stingers, transforming into servos to grip his chassis as he pressed himself forward, rubbing harder at the thin metal.
"You really shouldn't lie to me, or yourself for that matter," he whispered into his receiver. A staticy whine escaped his vocalization but he was arching into his touch as more lubrication slipped free. His spike was pressurizing even more behind his cod piece, making it uncomfortable but the seeker held back. Lowering his helm he took his lip plates in a harsh kiss, swallowing his silent mew of pleasure, thrusting his glossia inside. His engine revved even louder as he felt the panel slide open, allowing his digits to move inside but when he felt his own digits rub at his cod piece he immediately pulled back and moving swiftly, grabbed his servos tightly in his own and slammed him into the ground. He took a klik to growl down at him, watching the way his optics grew wide but he was still highly aroused, frame trembling in response.
"I didn't say you could touch me," he rumbled deeply, leaning down to lick on the small sensory horn atop his helm, smirking as the minibot cried out in pleasure, arching into him then whimpering as he pulled back. "You deserve to be punished."
"P-Please… wan-nt you… ne-ned you…" he panted softly, cooling fans working on high once more but this time he wasn't lying this time. His defrag came back and he felt his cheek ridges heat up as his valve produced even more lubricant.
"You're not lying this time," he purred, licking his audio receiver he slowly sat up, pulling him up with him. He licked and nipped his neck cables, listening to him moan and enjoyed the feeling of his hips pressing into his own. He failed to notice him slipping a pair of stasis cuffs from his subspace, the same pair he had been forced to wear and moving swiftly, slipped them onto the autobot.
It took him a klik or two to realize he couldn't move his servos. He tried to ask Starscream what he had done when he wrapped something around his mouthplates, effectively gagging him before pushing him onto his back plates. He tried to sit up but his optics widen when he felt paralysis slowly moving up from his servos.
"Those are the same stasis cuffs those idiot Elite guards used on me. But it turns out, my AllSpark fragment made them worthless," he smirked down at his bound pet as he ran his servos along his sides, digits tracing over seams as he settled between his stabilizers. "I adjusted the settings so you won't go into full stasis lock, after all, this is your punishment for striking me earlier." Lowering his helm he licked at his neck cables, listening to his whimpering moans and felt his frame tremble in his servos. He even traced the autobot insignia on his chassis with his glossia, enjoying the rather embarrassing squeal the minibot let out. "So fragging sensitive… or, are you picturing my glossia somewhere else?"
* Due to the explicit portion of this chapter, I am complying with FF's NC17 ban and have removed this portion. If you are interested in reading the unedited version, please send me a PM or refer to my AO3 account. Thank you. *
Bumblebee felt weak, as though he hadn't been able to recharge very well but as his optics came online he looked around the small clearing. He was alone, the stasis cuffs were gone, and there was no evidence of interfacing on him but the ground was pretty tore up where he had been fragged into the ground. He didn't know why he felt disappointed as he slowly get up to his peds but he froze when he saw he had an unread message on his comm link from a frequency he did not recognize. Frowning he played it and was shocked to see it was Starscream.
"I think you learned your lesson about striking me back, but next time you want me to frag you hard enough to crash your processor, comm me," he smirked haughtily. "I don't have to tell you not to tell anyone, especially your so-called friends, but know this. You are mine, my sweet little Bee. No one will want you as much as I do."
He felt a mix of arousal and shame filling his processor but the seeker was right. He was the only mech who wanted him even if it was just for a good frag. He knew he should delete the message and block his frequency but he didn't as he headed out of the woods and transformed into vehicle mode. The sun was just starting to rise as he drove back into the city limits of Detroit, his spark humming in his chassis.
~ To be continued. ~
Author's Notes: Ever have a chapter where it ran away from you then you had to go back and fix it twice before it ended up close to what you originally intended? That's what happened here but I'm kinda pleased with it. Now just a quick note, I was gonna try to follow the series timeline but if I did that would kinda throw my story for a loop. It doesn't mean I won't be pulling references from the episodes but I'll try not to rewrite an entire episode, doesn't make any sense.
On that note, leave a review and in case you haven't voted yet, tell me who you want Bee to ultimately end up with! So far from first place to last is Prowl, Starscream, Optimus Prime, and Other. If you pick other, please let me know who you want! See you all laterz!