Chapter summary: With no other way off the asteroid, Prowl had no choice but to go with Optimus and the other Autobots.
"Hello" Normal talk.
"Hello" Talking through the bond.
"Hello" Com-link/Private Com-link.
"Hello" Thoughts.
"Are we there yet?" Bumblebee whined.
Ome tried her best not to get annoyed, tried to bear in mind that Bumblebee was younger than her, but after hearing the same question for the umpteenth time, she finally snapped "Will you just shut up?!" she growled.
"Yeesh, what's crawled up your tailpipe and died?" Bumblebee retorted.
Ome growled, normally she was friendly with others once she got to know them, but maybe it was Bumblebee's immaturity that had been grating on her nerves so much "Oh when I'm through with you it won't be me that has something shoved up their tailpipe" she growled and was about to fly off her seat to do just that.
But then a panel in one of Omega's walls opened revealing a silver manipulator arm, it gently grabbed Ome to hold her in place "I'll have no fighting, thank you very much" came Omega's stern voice.
Ome looked to the console like her Sire had lost the plot "But-!"
"No buts, we do not attack needlessly, is that clear?" Omega replied in his no nonsense tone, which booked no room for arguements or protests, and as a subtle warning for his daughter to not push her luck any further.
Ome grumbled a little under her breath but did relax back in her seat.
Bumblebee snickered a little at the fact Ome got told off by Omega, then he yelped when Ratchet swatted his helm "Hey! What was that for?" he complained.
"For being annoying, now stop complaining, maybe make yourself useful for once in your life and sort out the energon cubes in the storage area" Ratchet replied.
"Me? Why me? Some of those cubes are huge!" Bumblebee protested.
"The big ones are for Omega, he can move those on his own, I'm talking about the smaller ones, now get outta here!" Ratchet replied, waving a tool threateningly.
"Ehehe…no problem doc" Bumblebee replied nervously and got up, he then walked out.
Optimus gave a sigh and shook his helm "Ome you can't go attacking Bumblebee when he annoys you" he said.
Ome rolled her good optic, which earned her a stern nudge through the bond by her Sire, she sighed a little "It's not that, he kept asking the same question over and over again, I tried to ignore it but it just wore on my nerves" she explained.
"I understand that, but Bumblebee is still young, so he is going to be like this, plus the fact he hasn't seen war like most of us here have save for Bulkhead" Optimus replied as he nodded briefly to Bulkhead "no offense Bulkhead"
Bulkhead waved a hand "Ah none taken Boss Bot, Bee's a good lil guy once you get to know him, he's had my back since training and I've had his" he explained and looked to Ome with a smile "give him a chance"
Ome did not look very optimistic about the suggestion "I'll…try" she replied.
"That's all I can ask of from you Ome" Optimus replied before he looked to the console "Omega bring up the map onto the main screen"
A holographic map appeared on the main screen, the blue dot indicated Omega's location, and the white dot indicated the location of the next space-bridge "It will take another half hour to reach the space-bridge" Omega said "if you want me too I could boost my engines"
"No it's alright Omega" Optimus assured "half hour is fine, keep yourself at cruising speed"
"As you wish" came Omega's response.
Half an hour later
The space-bridge was in sight "Finally! I can't wait to get off this ship" Bumblebee said before he suddenly looked sheepish, having forgotten for a moment who the ship was "ehehe, no offense Omega" he said.
"None taken" was Omega's response.
Bumblebee breathed a sigh of relief since the last thing he wanted to do was offend a Guardian, even he knew how much respect a Guardian received, although neither Omega or Sigma were ones for formalities, especially Sigma, he wouldn't admit that Omega scared him a little despite the older Guardian having done nothing to make the yellow 'Bot feel that way.
"Prepare for landing" Omega said as he descended towards the large asteroid.
"Easy does it old friend" Ratchet replied "we don't want the landing to be too rough should it twinge your injuries"
"I know Ratchet, I got this" Omega assured, Guardians had always been skilled flyers to the point where it almost put a Seeker to shame, but Seekers were the most skilled at flying.
Ome smiled as she looked out the window.
There was a soft bump as Omega landed on the asteroid and he powered down his engines.
Optimus got up from his seat "Alright team, let's head out" he said "Omega keep your sensors alert in case of any suspicious signals"
"I will" Omega replied.
"Rest for now old friend" Ratchet said and patted a nearby console "you've earned it"
"Thank you" was Omega's response.
Ome smiled and flew up out of her seat, she followed the others to the airlock.
Omega opened the airlock for the others.
Bumblebee whooped as he jumped out.
Bulkhead walked out after his friend "You got the tools doc?" he asked Ratchet.
"Of course I have the tools" Ratchet replied, sounding quite indignant.
Ome giggled a little and landed on the ground, she stretched a little.
"Alright, Ratchet and Bulkhead you're with me" Optimus said "Ome, Bumblebee, keep an optic out for anything suspicious"
Ome almost groaned at the idea of partnering up with Bumblebee but didn't say anything.
"No worries Boss Bot, we got it covered, no problemo" Bumblebee replied with a grin.
Ome rolled her good optic before she walked away from him.
"Huh? Hey wait for me!" Bumblebee exclaimed and ran to catch up with the small femme.
Omega chuckled slightly as he watched them go, he kept his sensors on alert, but he allowed himself to have a doze until it was time to go to the next space-bridge.
With Ome and Bumblebee
Ome walked along the asteroid.
"Hey wait up!" Bumblebee called as he jogged up.
Ome gave a sigh and looked up at him.
"So uh…no hard feelings about before…? 'Cause honestly I don't wanna get thrown out of the airlock by your Sire" Bumblebee said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Ome blinked her good optic having not expected that "Uh, yeah I guess" she replied, she highly doubted her Sire would actually go to that kind of extent but didn't voice it.
Bumblebee breathed a sigh of relief "Good, 'cause he scares me" he admitted.
Ome almost wanted to laugh at that, her Sire scary? Then again her Sire did come off as quiet and a bit serious to those that didn't know him that well, but under that he was friendly and had a wit to him sometimes, and he did care a lot about her and Sigma "You just have to get to know him" she replied finally "he's really not as scary as you think he is"
"Eh, I guess so, just uh…don't tell him that I think he's scary" Bumblebee replied.
Ome wasn't too sure on that since she had always been open and honest with her Sire on things, she didn't like keeping anything from him, she came out of her thoughts when Bumblebee ran over to what looked like a large boulder "What're you doing?" she called.
"There's a faint signal in here" Bumblebee replied as he pointed to the large boulder.
Ome hadn't even noticed as she had been too lost in her thoughts, but now that she was focused she could detect it, so she jogged over.
Bumblebee knocked on the boulder "Hey! Anyone in here?" he said "hello!"
"Would you mind keeping your voice down? I am trying to meditate" came a muffled voice from inside the boulder, that's if it even was a boulder.
Ome startled slightly at hearing a response.
"Meditate? In a boulder? Are you in danger?" Bumblebee asked.
"No I am not, now please leave" was the reply.
Ome and Bumblebee shared a puzzled look "Think you can blast a hole?" Bumblebee asked "I'd use my stingers but they're not battle grade" he seemed to sound bitter at that fact.
Ome shrugged a little and brought out her blasters, she powered them up and fired them at the boulder, causing it to break apart.
The mech that had been meditating stood up, looking quite annoyed "Why did you do that? I was perfectly safe!" he said, his colours consisted of black and gold, his build would suggest that he was a ninja bot, and he had a blue visor on.
"Hey chill out!" Bumblebee replied.
"Now I have no way of leaving this Primus-forsaken asteroid!" the mech growled as he kicked the remains of the boulder, but then he straightened up and took a deep breath to calm himself "apologies"
"It's...ok" Bumblebee replied hesitantly.
Ome nodded a little and retracted her blasters.
"So uh...what's your name?" Bumblebee asked.
The mech turned to them "Prowl" he replied simply.
"Cool, mine's Bumblebee" Bumblebee replied as he pointed a thumb to his own chest "and the little femme is Ome" he gestured down to Ome.
Ome gave a wave but stayed quiet, which was the norm for her when around someone new.
Prowl regarded the two a moment "I see" he said.
"What's going on over here?" Optimus asked as he walked over, seeing the new mech "who's this?"
"This is Prowl, he was in that boulder" Bumblebee replied "he's stranded here"
"I would have been fine had it not been destroyed" Prowl retorted.
"I apologise about that Prowl" Optimus replied "if you do need a way off this asteroid, you can come along with us"
"You expect me to join a space-bridge repair crew?" Prowl asked, looking quite indignant about the idea.
"Most of us are Autobots, I'm not expecting you to like it, but when our assignment is done we can take you back to Cybertron" Optimus replied.
Prowl seemed to consider it, there were really no other options than to go with them "Very well" he replied finally.
Optimus nodded and smiled "Great, my name is Optimus Prime, I'm the Autobot leader" he said "let me introduce you to the rest of the team"
Prowl was probably going to regret this at a later date but followed the three.