Chapter 4: A Weiss on the Line! Bumblebee vs The Grimm! (Part 4 of 6)
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or The Transformers franchise, RWBY belongs to the late Monty Oum and RoosterTeeth, and Transformers belongs to Hasbro... but if I DID own them, I would buy a huge mansion in California and have a gigantic pool filled with Dr. Pepper soda...
"Do it with style, or don't bother doing it at all!"
- Autobot Jazz, Late Lieutenant and Honored Cybertronian War Hero/Veteran-
The three remaining soldiers of Stinger Squad walked beneath the shade of the trees with the light of the sun peeking through the small openings. Three birds chirped happily while flying through the air, not caring for what harm comes their way. The forest was silent, deftly silent; if one were to drop a bullet or a ring, then there would be a resounding 'ping' echoing through the forest...
Two pairs of eyes, one pair Amber and almost cat-like and the other a light lavender, peered through the forest and at the three Autobot soldiers. The Amber cat-like eyes narrowed in on the three boys, specifically their weapons and style of clothing.
"Hmm..." hummed the voice the eyes belonged to.
The lavender eyes looked over at the other pair, a teenage girls voice spoke and said quietly, "What do you think we should do?"
It was silent for a few seconds before another teenage voice, also a female, spoke out in a stoic and calm manner.
"Follow them, be silent though..."
The amber eyes nodded in compliance, and in a blink (A.N: HAYO!) disappeared and continued following the unknowing Autobots...
Evac was at the rear of the group silently humming a small tune, smiling as he looked at the forest. He was happy, he never saw such beauty before this forest. The young Autobot sniper was amazed at how a forest like this was so lush with flora of different kinds. The gentle, sweet, and peaceful sounds of the forest animals and beautiful scenery was the icing on this amazing cake. As a matter of fact, it was so calm and peaceful, that it filled the young sniper with something he hadn't felt since before the Great War for Cybertron took place.
He felt at peace.
'This forest... This PLACE, it's so peaceful and beautiful... I haven't felt this calm for a long time,' he took a deep breath and exhaled, 'and it feels SO nice...'
Cliffjumper was at the center of the line, his metal hands were placed behind his head. The young Autobot Brute, whom, unlike Evac, wasn't enjoying the quiet and serine feel of the forest. He wasn't a bot who liked peace, he was a soldier who LOVED fighting. His face scrunched up and his eyes shut. He remembered back to when his twin told the three of them to go on recon and find help, he was not pleased. He scoffed at the thought and frowned. 'Damn-it Bumblebee! I was made to fight! I can withstand heavy energy blasts to the spark chamber and survive a MASSIVE Energon explosion that would normally KILL most other Autobots!'
The young brutes frown turned into a scowl and his left eyebrow started twitching, 'And yet you insist on fighting a GIANT ASS BIRD by your-self AND save the hot chick!? UGH! When I get my hands on you Bumblebee, your gunna wish that Galvatron had finished you off!'
ShootingStar was at the front of the line, quietly contemplating over a few strategies and possible-enemy outcomes and battle tactics. So far everything he came up with seemed to have a two common factors, 1) The Dark presence that resided in the forest was limitless, it felt like it was coming from all directions. And he wasn't sure why, but the dark aura seemed to be directed at the him and his two allies. 2) Something was watching them, following them through the unknown forest... He couldn't tell whether they were friend or foe, but he would find out soon...
ShootingStar smirked as he came up with a plan to draw out whoever, or whatever, was following him and his two companions/Brothers-in-Arms...
'Hm... This should be fun... A classic tale of the hunters becoming the HUNTED...'
/-(Time-Skip, 30 minutes)-/
Cliffjumper, Evac, and ShootingStar were resting under the shade of a large Oak Tree. Each were to their own devices, enjoying the beautiful and serine peace that the forest had to offer. Cliffjumper had his back against the tree along with his left foot firmly planted on the bark, his metal hands were placed inside his denim-jackets pocket (which were somehow able to fit...) while his gaze was focused towards the blue beyond that was the sky above, gazing through the trees and staring at the clouds, thinking...
'Gazing at the clouds, big puffs of white air soaring in the sky... Great, thanks Bumblebee, you've reduced my Kick-Ass awesomeness to a mere zero... And who in there right mind would actually enjoy this!? You'd have to be the LAZIEST, most un-interesting guy in the WHOLE Universe- no- the whole MULTI-VERSE- to find this entertaining or interesting in the least!'
Evac was fiddling with his sniper rifle, adjusting the sights and cleaning the barrel of the gun with a small blue cloth. The young Autobot Sniper reassembled the gun and gently put it up against the tree with the nozzle facing upwards. Evac took in a deep breath, exhaled and relaxed his back against the tree while gazing at the clouds.
'I wonder how far away home is?'
ShootingStar mirrored Cliffjumpers pose with his arms crossed, his head held down and his dark-blue orbs closed. At first glance you'd think that the young Autobot was asleep, when in reality he was focusing on the surrounding area in a meditative-like state.
'Ok... Where are you two hiding?...'
The first few moments produced no fruit. The young Autobot Lieutenant scrunched his closed eyes focused on the forest harder, hoping to find whatever it was that's following the three. Again, he felt nothing, but he wasn't giving up that easily. He enhanced his sensory vision ten-fold and searched the whole forest through the field of sight that was his mind... That's when he felt it, two energy signatures right above the three Autobots, one was a bright and energetic yellow while the other was a calming Midnight-black. He smirked, 'Time to initiate phase two...'
ShootingStar moved away from the tree and faced his two companions, both eyes opened and his face toned with a serious look. He snapped his fingers gaining the others attention.
"Come on guys, it's time to move out..."
Cliffjumper let out a sigh of relief and happily complied with his friend, "Finally! Thank you!"
Evac nodded to his ally in compliance and stood up from his relaxed pose. He grabbed his sniper rifle and slung it over his back, ready to go on and continue their mission...
/-0000000-/
Two figures stood above the trees, watching the three strange boys continue their little mission through the Emerald Forest. The first figure, a 17 year old teenage girl with pale skin, raven black hair and wearing a black bow on her head, narrowed her amber eyes on the boy with the giant sword strapped to his back.
'He's planning something... but what?'
The figure next to her, another teenage girl the same age as her with long golden hair and a...*cough*...moderately sized bust, looked over to her partner with a questioning gaze.
"Blake?" asked the blonde.
The girl wearing the bow, now named Blake, looked over to her partner with one brow arched. The blonde continued, "Should we still follow them?"
Blake nodded, "Yes, Yang."
The blonde, now named Yang, smirked mischievously and chuckled. "Well, let's go then!"
Both Blake and Yang quickly vanished from the tree-tops, continuing there silent pursuit of the three boys...
Meanwhile...
Bumblebee sat crossed legged on the ground next to Ruby, both had a bored expression on their faces with their chins resting in the palms of their hands. Both were listening to Weiss ramble on andoing on about how she was right and what way they needed to go. The young heiress turned on her heel each time she changed her mind.
"It's this way... no... it's this way," Weiss then turned towards the two bored teens and glared, "You know you could be helping me!"
Ruby's bored expression quickly flipped over to a look of frustration. Her right brow twitched and she glared back at the young Schnee Heiress.
"Well you said that you didn't want my help!" She shot back
"I never said that!"
As the two young females countered their statements, Bumblebee decided to be useful and quite this squabbling between the two young females. He stood up from his spot and stretched his tight limbs, letting out a sigh of relief. The young Autobot leader lifted his right arm up, a small compartment opened up and a blue holographic map of the forestrees popped up. He scrolled through the map and marked all of the known temple ruins.
'alright, where are you...?'
Bumblebee looked over his shoulder and looked back at the two young teens. He let out an annoyed sigh and thought, 'Primus Almighty do they ever stop arguing?'
Bumblebee was nearing his wits end with the two teens behind him. When he first rescued them from that giant bird they seemed like perfectly happy teens... not to mention that this 'Weiss' girl was kinda cute...
Bumblebee blushed at the thought of calling Weiss cute. Sure he just met the girl and her red wearing companion not but a few hours ago, but he couldn't deny that the young Schnee was gorgeous...
His blush intensified into a deep scarlet red, he quickly shook his head and cleared his mind of the thoughts. Right now, he was on duty. He was going to find this 'temple' so that he, along with his beloved family, would find this headmaster Ozpin and get things sorted out...
That's when he remembered the events that transpired after meeting with the two young girls...
(Flashback)
Bumblebee was strolling along with his hands behind his head, infront of him were the two girls he met not to long ago... Ruby, and Weiss was it? At least I think those are their names...
PRIMUS STOP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!
Ok! Ok! I'll stop, (ahem) now where were we... ah yes, Bumblebee looked at the two girls with a thoughtful look...
'These girls seem trustworthy enough... since I agreed, maybe they can lead me out of the forest. Wait, no, that won't work. They said that their in the middle of some sort of 'Initiation'... scrap! Gunna have to put my faith in these two to lead the way...'
Back to the present...
Bumblebee quickly returned his thoughts to his map, quickly reassuring that he was leading the small group in the right direction...
"You got us lost!" shouted Weiss
"No I didn't! Bumblebee and I were following YOU!"
'On second thought, looks like I'm gunna have to lead the way...'
Bumblebee sweat-dropped at the two... he had a strong urge to walk up to the two, grab them by the heads and knock them together... seriously! These two teens were acting like Skids and Mudflap! And just when the young Autobot couldn't think things could get worse...
"Well at least I'm actually doing something! You and Bumblebee are just sitting around doing nothing!"
'That's it! I'm knocking some sense into those two brats!'
Bumblebee deactivated his holo-map, walked up to Weiss and Ruby with an annoyed look on his face, grabbed Ruby and Weiss' heads and slammed them together. The two girls yelped and fell to the ground in pain, both girls held their heads in pain...
The two girls were about to question Bumbelebee about why he knocked their heads together, but both kept their mouths shut when they saw Bumblebee fuming with anger.
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT IT?! I'm the ONLY one who's actually doing ANYTHING! Ruby, leave Weiss be, and Weiss... WISEN UP OR ELSE!"
The two girls kept their mouths shut tight, it was almost like Super-Glue was applied to their lips. The two girls were completly shell-shocked as the young Autobot-turned-boy yelled at them... none more so then Weiss... She quickly regained barings and her thoughts, though her head throbbed in pain, and quickly skampered to her feet. The young 'Ice Queen' quickly cast an angry glare at the boy, clearly enraged by the young Autobots outburst.
The young soldier returned her glare with his own stare, one filled with annoyance. Ice blue meet Metallic Azure. Neither backed down.
"How dare you! I can't believe your telling me to 'wisen' up! I'm a Schnee, I've studied hard to get where I am today," she said, "I've spent countless years of training and progressing from one level to another, gaining more experience in fighting and combat. I'm able to defend my own ground without anyone's help!"
Bumblebee grew more and more irritated by Weiss's rant. He almost lost it when she said the last sentence. His brow twitched, signaling that he was annoyed beyond comprehension. He took a deep breath to calm himself, he didn't want to do anything drastic...
"Weiss, I want you to listen to me very carefully."
The young Schnee turned around so her back faced Bumblebee, she crossed her arms underneath her small bust. She let out a "Hmph!" as the only acknowledgment that she either listened or heard what the young Autobot said.
"Skill isn't just achieved through training and combat, it's achieved through the bonds you fordge with your friends and partners. Weiss, there is no doubt in my mind that your totally capable of holding your own, but you can't blame your allies for everything that happens in the world." Bumblebee said with conviction
Weiss turned her head slightly to see Bumblebee, her brow raised as a sign of confusion.
"What are you talking about?"
Bumblebee crossed his metallic gauntlets/arms in front of his body, making him look slightly more older than he appeared.
"What I'm saying is if you push everyone away, then who will have your back in your darkest hour? Who will be there to fight alongside you when all Hell breaks loose?"
Weiss's confusion melted away as Bumblebee spoke his statement. It was true, Weiss has always been strong, she could hold her own in a fight...
Yet...
She didn't have any friends to ACTUALLY help her when she was in trouble. The closest thing to it was her older sister, Winter...
Weiss had some thinking to do...
"Wow..." said Ruby with an amazed tone of voice.
Bumblebee and Weiss both dropped their arms and gazed at Ruby.
"That was deep..."
Bumblebee shook his head and chuckled at the young Rose, it was obvious that the young teen was moved by the boy's words...
His words didn't only touch Weiss's cold heart, but it appeared that Ruby was influenced by his advise. He smiled widely... these two were destined for great things...
"Well, anyways, let's get going you two!" said Bumblebee happily.
Weiss looked at the young Autobot confused, how were they supposed to find the ruins if they were lost?
"Um... we don't really know where we're going..." said Ruby dumbly.
Bumblebee gave the two teens a fox grin and a wink, followed by a 'Nice Guy' thumbs up.
"Don't worry, while you two were arguing I managed to pin-point all the known Temple Ruins within this forest."
Ruby and Weiss looked at the boy with even more confusion.
"How? I thought we were lost?"
Bumblebee dropped his nice-guy pose and smirked, "By using my Navigation Relay/Sonar Scanner."
Bumblebee pulled up his left arm. A small metal 'click' was heard and a small projection device popped out of the Gauntlet. In a flicker, a small holo-map of the Emerlad Forest appeared in a blue hue. Bumblebee raised his right hand and zoomed out, showing a larger view of the Emerlad Forest. It showed one point where multiple Heat Signatures were originating from, aboveboard it was a weird symbol that looked like some sort of face.
"The one where your most likely going to find the relics is just North of here, straight ahead by 14 cliques." said Bumblebee happily. He took in the two girls expressions when they saw his Holo-Map, Ruby was amazed by the map while Weiss looked somewhat baffled by the projection.
She knew what holograms were, it was a well known and common thing on Remnant. But for a projection of a map such as this was mind boggling!
Ruby, being the energetic bundle of Sweetness she is, disappeared from her spot next to Weiss and immediately re-appeared next to Bumblebee in a flurry of red Rose Petals.
"Sooooo Cooool!" Ruby squealed happily.
Bumblebee chuckled at the girls antics.
"Yep, anyways we better head North. The sooner you two find this 'Relic Thingy' the sooner I can radio my team and get a progress report on how their mission is fairing."
Weiss nodded in agreement and Ruby happily squealed with delight. Not becuase that they knew where to go, but because Bumblebee managed to install a Nav. computer into his weapons! She had to ask where he got the designs for his weapon later on, and possibly ask Yang if she could improve her Ember-Cilicas.
"Alright. Ruby, Weiss, lets Rev up and-"
A low growl was heard from the foliage of the forest, which originated right behind Bumblebee. The young Autobot quickly spun around and scanned the foliage behind him.
"What was that?" Weiss asked confusedly. Her head went left and right, her ice-blue orbs scanning cautiously for the origin of the growling. She reached for her Multi-Dust Rapier, Myrtenister, and unsheathed it... something was coming...
Ruby recognized the growl instantly and readied her Crescent Rose. This... was gunna get messy...
'Oh boy...'
"Don't know... But we aren't alone..." said Bumblebee in a low voice.
He looked left and right, he peered through the thick foliage, that's when his eyes widened in shock... He knew ShootingStars theory was correct, because know he felt a huge wave of dark emotions eminate from the foliage of the forest... and it was aimed directly at him and his two compatriots.
The growling intensified, and soon enough a huge blur of black and white shot out of the darkness... and a pair of bone white claws pinned Bumblebee to the ground... Bumblebee looked up and his eyes shrunk but not from fear, but rather from what he was gazing at.
"W-What the Hell!?"
There, on top of him, was some form a wolf-like monster with menacingly red eyes and black-as-midnight fur. This beast, in Bumblebees eyes, reminded him of a Decepticon. Really, it did, from the black-coat of fur to the weird white and red demonic mask, all the way to its threatening red eyes. Yet, unlike a Decepticon, it seemed to be nothing more than a killing machine. A mindless beast that only desires to kill and devour it's dead prey...
It's mouth was a-Jared, showing all of its sharp canines, it was obvious this beast was ready to tear into Bumblebee. It snarled, saliva stuck to its teeth and dripped out of its mouth...
It was hungry, and apperantly Bumblebee was on the menu... great...
"Bumblebee!" shouted Ruby and Weiss.
Weiss and Ruby were about to jump in and save Bumblebee from the Creature of Grimm, but their plans were put to a halt when two more smaller beasts of the same wolf monster burst out of the forest.
Those two were soon followed by two more wolf-monsters... then two more came, then another pair, then another... soon enough their was a whole pack of them, in total there were at least 20 to 25 Wolf-Beasts. The group of monsters circled the two girls.
Bumblebee quickly turned his head and looked towards Ruby and Weiss, he saw both girls were Back-To-Back, their weapon of choice held out and ready for action. The monsters started circling them, trying to intimidate them... although, the ones that circled the two girls didn't look as menacing as the one on top of Bumblebee... this meant Bumblebee was dealing with the ALPHA of the pack...
Bumblebee saw the fight between the 20 Wolf-Beasts and the two teens, at first they've were doing great. They worked together and easily cut the Beasts numbers in half, Ruby killed 5, two were cut in half while the other three were shot right between the eyes. Weiss used her rapier and swiftly beheaded three Wolf-Beasts, and killed a fourth Beast by making some glyph-type attack that encased the beast's legs in Ice, the Heiress took the advantage and stabbed her sword straight into the beasts chest.
But while Weiss was so busy fighting and killing the captured monster, she became careless and forgot about the two monsters that were behind her. They raised their claws high in the air and...
-SLASH-x2
Weiss went wide eyed, her back stung... and blood fell to the ground... Her knees started to buckle underneath her, her grip on the Multi-Dust Rapier was lost and it fell to the ground... Weiss fell to the ground like a limp-doll, lifeless and unable to move... She was now at the monsters mercy... on her back we're two, three clawed slashes, that crossed the bottem of her back in an 'X' pattern...
Ruby saw what happened out of the corner of her eye... she lost her balance, and focus, and was quickly knocked flat on her butt. Her grip on the Multi-Scyth was lost... and she sucked at hand-to-hand combat...
One of the monsters raised a clawed hand into the air, ready to strike the 15 year old girl down...
Rubys eyes shrunk in fear... She was about to die, and she didn't want to die...
Bumblebees widened eyes displayed an array of emotions. Anger, sadness... Killing intent...
"NOOO!" shouted Bumblebee.
Bumblebee turned his gaze back to the beast with narrowed eyes, he looked directly into the eyes of the Beast, showing that he wasn't afraid...
"Get-"
Bumblebee used all his strength to move his arms, he started lifting and the beasts grip loosened.
"-Off-"
He quickly swiped his right arm away when the chance was present.
"-OF-"
Bumblebee quickly grabbed the Beasts other arm, the Young Autobot tightened his grip on the beasts appendage, making sure that the monster would feel an excruciating amount of pain. Though the Beast didn't waver, it still held its ground painfully... Bumblebee narrowed his sights on the beast once more... this time, his eyes started glowing bright blue, Bumblebee could feel the Energon surge in his body, the power it granted was awesome!
It was like a machine coming to life...
The Wolf-Beast growled out in disgust and fear of the energy it felt coming from the boy, it was threatning to its own being... it was something the beast could not counteract with even its own mighty power...
It was pure energy...
Gears grinded in his right arm, his arm guard split open, and yellow metal parts morphed around the changing appendage. His metal hand started splitting apart and disappeared into the morphing arm. Now in place of his hand was the barrel of a huge cannon; energy hummed and surged through the cannon barrel emitting an orangish-red glow.
(Primary Weapon: Plasma Blaster Cannon aka 'Yellow Fire': Activated)
Bumblebee may be human on the outside...
(Cha-Chink CLICK)
"ME!"
... but he'll always remain a true Cybertronian on the inside...
!KA-BOOM!
The Beasts red eyes widened in shock, now in the place of its missing right arm was a useless stump of bone and flesh...
Bumblebee took advantage of the Beast's unawarenes and quickly rolled out from under the Beast.
Bumblebee hopped to his feet, and in a blur of yellow he swiftly delivered a dangerous left hooked punch to the Beasts ribs which was fallowed by a swift and painful right hooked-cannon punch to the Beasts lower jaw. Bumblebee finished his signature combo-breaker move with a back flip-Axe kick that sent the Beast flying back a bit... Bumblebee narrowed his eyes on the Air-Born beast...
It was time to finish the monster off once and for all...
Bumblebees left arm started morphing and changing form, just like how his other arm changed. Instead of another cannon, out popped a blue and vibrant, glowing battle axe. It surged with Energon causing the glow to become brighter with a whitish-blue hue surrounding the outside of the Melee-Weapon.
(Melee Weapon: Cross-Cut Energon Axe aka 'Thunders Fury': Activated)
When the beast was approaching ground level, Bumblebee darted forward in a blur of yellow, jumped, and swiftly landed on the beasts back. He reared his blue axe back, and with a loud scream, he slammed it into the frontal lob of its head. The beast howled in agony...
The creatures howl was silenced when a burst of energy shot threw its neck. The Alpha Beo-Wolfs head came clean off; the spine coming out along with the head. The Beasts body fell to the ground like a limp rag-doll.
He killed the Alpha...
Bumblebee was stronger than one of the Ancient Grimm...
The young Autobot looked over to his right and in a flash he was gone, only to reappear seconds later in front of Ruby. His back was turned to her, and with a mighty heave that was quick as lightning he slashed the monsters reared-back arm clean off. The monster howled in pain; it's cry was silenced when Bumblebee sliced the creature in half with another clean cut down the middle.
All of the other beasts took a step back... not out of caution, but out of fear...
They feared Bumblebee.
"Leave..." Bumblebee said in a dark tone.
When the Beasts didn't understand, he tried a different approach. He aimed his cannon at the Beast to his left and fired off a plasma burst that carved a hole into the unsuspecting Grimms chest...
"now..." he finished in his dark tone.
The remaining Grimm whimpered, as in ACTUALLY whimpered in fear, and ran away from the source of their would-be-demise, with their tails in between their legs...
Bumblebee deactivated his weapons in sync, reactivated his metallic hands, and turned around to face Ruby. His glowing eyes 'Powered Down' with the sound of the pure Energy reseeding back to Bumblebees cybernetic core... his heart...
"You ok Ruby?"
Ruby nodded, "Yeah... but..."
Her gaze shifted over to Weiss, who was badly injured and needed medical attention quickly...
Bumblebee mentally kicked himself and cursed silently, during his little 'Macho' escapade, he completely forgot about Weiss. She needed help immediately! Bumblebee knelt down to Weiss, gently rolled her over, and saw an unconscious Weiss. Her skin was paler than it should be... Definant sign of Bloodloss...
"Crap, I forgot about Weiss!" Bumblebee said silently
He checked her pulse, and he almost pales. It was there, but growing weaker by the minute...
She was dying...
Bumblebee looked over at Ruby with a look of seriousness.
"Ok Ruby, Weiss isn't able to complete the initiation with the condition she's in, so it's up to you to collect the relic for her than meet back here..."
Ruby nodded, since she knew where the Temple Ruins were, she could easily pick up the relic and rush back with any help... So she did just that, she dashed off into the woods in a flurry of Rose Petals, which left Weiss in the care of Bumblebee...
The young Autobot looked down at the young teen girl, he held her steady to keep from damaging her any further... to the world, it looked like she was sleeping, and in the arms of Bumblebee, it looked like he was the Prince Charming who would wake her up with a kiss...
Bumblebee was worried, he didn't want someone so young to die so soon, she has her whole life ahead of her, Damnit!
"Weiss... please be ok..." said Bumblebee to himself
Silence permeated over the two teens, the wind gently blew against Bumblebee's jacket and Weiss' hair...
"Gh-"
Bumblebee looked directly at Weiss, eyes wide and full of relief...
Weiss face twitched in pain, she opened her eyes weakly into a half-open gaze, half open Ice-Blue orbs met fully awake and alert blue eyes. She weakly smiled at the first thing she saw, not caring if her cheeks were dusted a light shade of red.
"Bu-Bumblebee."
Wiess was in serious pain, she started coughing up blood, which worried Bumblebee.
"Weiss, please, don't talk... just rest... everything's gunna be alright..."
Bumblebee started stroking Weiss' white hair in an effort to ease her mind... needless to say it was working... and Weiss didn't really mind it either... that's what happened the two teens did for the last two minutes in silence. Bumblebee comforted Weiss, helping her through the pain... and while her mind stopped thinking about the pain in her back, she thought back to earlier, about Bumblebees words...
"Skill isn't just achieved through training and combat, it's achieved through the bonds you fordge with your friends and partners..."
"B-Bumblebee...?" Weiss asked in a pained voice.
"Yes?" Bumblebee returned the question silently.
"I... I think... I know what makes you... so strong..."
Bumblebee raised a brow in confusion, he couldn't help but chuckle a little at the question.
"Is that so, eh? Well, Miss Weiss Schnee, tell me. What is it that makes me strong?"
Weiss looked at Bumblebee, and, for the first time in a long time, she actually smiled. It wasn't fake, not forced, it was a genuine warm smile.
"It... It's the bonds you made with... with your friends... your family... their strength... is your strength..." Weiss said tiredly.
Bumblebees eyes became wide with surprise, but slowly, his surprise faded into a happy smile.
"Yeah Weiss, your right. My friends give me the strength I need to push forward... and I'm happy to have such strong bonds with my friends, no, my family... I'm happy to have my brothers... they keep me going when I'm pushed against the wall..."
Silence once again filled the air around the two teens, Weiss' breathing slowly returned to normal, and Bumblebee felt a HUGE wave of relief wash over him... for some reason... He couldn't exactly know why, don't get him wrong, he was happy Weiss was ok... but it seemed, different in a way, and he wasn't sure why...
Must be a side affect of becoming human... who knows?
"Bumblebee?"
"Yeah Weiss?"
"Do you..." Weiss took a deep breath, her voice hurt, but she needed to ask this question...
"Do I what?" asked Bumblebee confused.
"Do you think... a person like... like me... can have those bonds?"
Bumblebee smiled at the white-haired Schnee, she finally got the meaning of his words...
"Of course... I mean, you got Ruby. You might not see it, but she seems like a nice person to have a round..."
If Weiss could snort at the comment, she would, but due to her condition, she was unable to do so at the moment.
"And you got me..."
Weiss looked at Bumblebee in shock, well, the best she could manage without hurting herself. But she was still shocked none-the-less...
"But... we just met... how can you make... make a bond... with a... a complete stranger... when they don't even... know you?"
Bumblebee smirked at Weiss, "It's because I already consider you my friend Weiss."
Weiss' shock was amplified, this boy, Bumblebee, whom she just met today a few hours ago, who she had no idea about and vice-versa, already considered her a... a friend?
"R-Really?"
Bumblebee nodded... and what happened next shocked him...
Weiss started crying... it wasn't a full on sob-fest, but it was still streaming down her still red cheeks...
"Th-thank you Bumblebee..." whispered Weiss.
"Your Welcome..."
Suddenly their was a loud scream, followed by a folly of Rose Petals and the sound of Tires screeching to a sudden Stop... It was Ruby, but she was panicking for some reason... and she looked ridiculous as she flailed her arms up and down.
"Got the Relic! It's a horse! But we gotta move! Like NOW!"
"Woah, woah, Little Red calm down! You look like you just saw a giant monster." Bumblebee joked...
"THATS BECAUSE I DID! And it's headed this way!"
"R-Ruby... is that you?" Weiss said through calm, yet tired breaths.
Bumblebee looked down at Weiss, who had decided to close her eyes and get some rest until she could be properly treated.
"Yeah, it's Red Riding Hood... says she saw a monster and that it's headed this way..."
Weiss opened her tired eyes and eyed Ruby, though it wasn't a full stare, it was still a cold gaze...
"What did you do..."
Before the young teen could respond, three voices started shouting through the forest... followed by the sound of metal punching against armor, gun ammo being fired off and rikashaing, and the sound of Metal cutting against more armor.
This sounded all to familiar to Bumblebee...
"SLAG! MAN THIS WAS THE DUMBEST IDEA YOU'VE EVER HAD!" Shouted an identical, yet somewhat gruff, voice to Bumblebee
"DON'T BLAME ME! YOUR the one that wanted to loose the people pursuing us!" Shouted another panicked voice laced with annoyance.
"SO YOU CHOOSE A FRAGGING CAVE!?"
"YES!"
"YOUR SUCH AN IDIOT! DONT YOU EVER WATCH MOVIES!? YOU NEVER, EVER GO IN A DARK AND SPOOKY CAVE TO HIDE! LIKE, EVER!"
"WILL YOU SHUT-UP CLIFFJUMPER AND JUST RUN!?"
"BITE ME!"
"GUYS! ITS GAINING ON US!" shouted a younger male voice that cracked on 'Gaining'
"WHAT!?" shouted the gruff voice.
"WHERE'S BUMBLEBEE WHEN YOU NEED HIM!?" shouted the second voice.
"OH SHIT! OH SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!" shouted the Gruff and identical voice of Bumblebee.
Bumblebee cpuld tell that the voices were panicking, and judging from the way they spoke it seemed like they were running for their lives, like some sort of creature straight out of Hell was chasing them. Could it really be his two comrades and Twin Brother running? Nah, he thought, his squad was the best-of-the-best! They took on missions that no other Bot would take!
So, as if Primus knew what Bumblebee thought and wanted to make a fool out of Bumblebee, out of the forest came Bumblebees two comrades and his twin brother in a comical running manner, firing their rounds at some unknown enemy...
"Hey guys! What's going on!?" Shouted Bumblebee
ShootingStar shot past Bumblebee first, shouting ,"DARK CAVE, GLOWING BALL, GIANT SCORPION!"
Evac shot past them next in a blur of blue, "CLIFFJUMPER PISSED IT OFF!"
And finally, the one who caused the problem ran past the small group of three, "NOT MY FAULT!"
All three teens gave one last word of advice to Bumblebee... "RUUUUUUUuuuuunnn!"
Bumblebee raised an Eyebrow at his team... what the slag were they talking about? Before he could even come up with an answer, 6 teens shot out of the forest. Four females and two males.
The first was a blond girl with long curly hair that reminded Bumblebee of Goldie-Locks, and the second blond, actually kinda looked like him, only with a more male like structure. It was clear in the blondes blue eyes that he was scarred shitless... mainly because he was shouting one thing.
"RUNRUNRUNRUNRUNRUUUUUUNNN!"
The next two that followed were the other male and another female, the male had long black hair and a pink magenta strip running down the front, while the female had orange short hair.
And finally, the last two females of the group passed. Bumblebee noticed the Black-as-midnight hair... but his attention was more directed towards the girl with red hair. He saw that the girl wore some REALLY old school gold Spartan armor.
When the teens were out of sight, Bumblebee looked towards the forest with a curious look on his face...
They had to be joking... right?
Sure enough, a sharp hiss was heard from behind the trees, the sound of wood cracking was a clear signboard that something BIG was coming...
Bumblebee groaned in annoyance. Of course Primus would do this to him...
Suddenly, a HUGE-as-life black and white-armored Scorpion crash through the woods... and it looked ancient. Bumblebee saw moss growing on the pincers. What really caught his attention was the fact that this creature, despite being really old, was also the SAME species as those Wolf-Monsters... great, more dark creatures to kill... Its like this world was going through some Bloody Evolution or something...
"Weiss?"
Weiss slightly opened one of her eyes, "Hmm?"
"You wouldn't mind if I carried you to... Uh Ruby?"
"Yeah?"
Bumblebee smiled nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"You wouldn't happen to know where those guys were going, do you?"
Ruby looked in the direction the teens and the Remainder of Stinger Squad went, thought for a moment, then looked back at Bumblebee.
"Looks like they've headed to the Cliffs, back to Beacon Academy."
"Thanks Ruby," Bumblebee thanked the young girl before turning his attention back to Weiss, "So what'dya say Weiss? Mind if I carry ya there?"
Bumblebee grabbed Weiss' rapier off the ground and sheathed it on his right thigh, somehow he was able to sheath the sword into his metal armor piece.
Weiss weekly shook her head, saying that she didn't mind. So Bumblebee, being the gentle guy he is, scoooped Weiss into his arms, he payed born attention to the blood that stained his cloths, as long as Weiss was ok, he didn't care what happened to his cloths.
Plus, it wasn't like she had much choice...
Not that she minded, of course. You could tell because of the red on her cheeks and the smile that graced her lips... Nope, she didn't mind one bit...
Bumblebee looked at Weiss with a smirk.
"Might wanna hold on Weiss."
... ok maye now she minded being in Bumblebees arms... but at least she got to wrap her arms around Bumblebee, right?
Bumblebee looked over to Ruby, and the two shared a smile.
"Think you can keep up Mellow-Yellow?" Ruby taunted
Bumblebee saw the challenge, he smirked happily and scoffed in a taunting manner.
"Only if you aren't eating my dust, Little Red." Bumblebee said.
The young Autobots eyes glowed a neon-blue, and energy hummed into existence... now he was really revved and energized...
"Oh please, I'm not the one who'll be eating your Dust! Your gunna be eating my Rose Petals when YOU fall behind!"
Before Bumblebee could return the taunt, Ruby burst ahead in a red blur, her rose petals trailing behind...
"Lets Rev it!"
...Only Bumblebee was one step ahead in the speed catagory, so he easily caught up with Ruby. She was shocked, nobody was really able to keep up with her unless they had her semblance... this was gunna be fun...
Not far behind was the giant Death-Stalker quickly picking up its pace... This, this is the start of a new adventure for Bumblebee and his team of Autobots... because now that they are here, they'll take on Remnants forces of Darkness and take them on by storm...
"So let it be marked in the History books of Remnant, that today was the day the World of Revolution and Bloody Evolution, encountered an extremely different and powerful force... So, yes, Stories maybe legends lost to time, But legends never die... Especially when the four legends are more than meets the eyes... So look out Salem, you may have your army... you may have your Creatures of Grimm and your Demons, your followers of darkness and the puppets they control..." spoke a wise voice, one that held wisdom beyond anyone's years..
Now standing in front the dead Alphas corpse, was a figure that was thought lost to the void of Space. The Last Prime...
Optimus Prime...
"But take heed Salem, if you even think you or your forces of Darkness are strong enough to take on MY Autobots... Especially Bumblebee, then you are sorely wrong..."
And with those final words, Optimus vanished into the wind, his spirit residing back to the realm of the primes... when he is needed by Bumblebee, he will guide him and teach his young student once more...
"Good luck Bumblebee, ShootingStar, Cliffjumper, and Evac... You are this world last hope... you are the Guardians of Remnant... I will see you once more when the time is right..."
PHEW! Wow! This chapter took a while, sorry about making you guys wait for like two months... but hey, what can you do, right? I mean with Schoolwork and everything... Anyways, what'dya guys think about this chapter? I decided to do a little character development between Ruby, Weiss, and our favorite Yellow Metal-Head... now on to other stuff...
1) Why did I put in Optimus? Well, it's simple really... I'm not going into details, but at some point during this story, Bumblebees gunna be at his lowest point... so who's the one he needs to talk to? DING DING DING! Optimus Prime...
2) Now I saw a review in the comment section saying if there's going to be a Weiss/Bee pairing... you'll find out soon... it's a surprise! ...then again maybe it's not...
3) Bumblebees weapons... yeah, I kinda just thought of the names... they're still his same weapons from the Movie, I just gave his Plasma Cannon and his Energon Ax a name... so yeah...
So yeah, that's all I've got to say for the Authors Note! Leave a review and ask any questions you might have about the story and/or the characters that I'll be putting in. Or you can PM me and I'll answer your question...
Either way, questions will be answered.
Next Time: Weiss' recovery, the team ceremonies, The bots confrantation with Ozpin, an Explanation, Cinders discovery of the Autobots, and an announcement that will shock every student at Beacon Academy!
So till next time, SonicPrimus7986, signing off!
Ja-Ne!