During an attack on the Autobot base, a Decepticon finds and threatens Sunstreaker, Sideswipe and Bumblebee, the three young bots are surprised to see who their savior is. In Earth years, twins are about the age of an eight year old child and Bumblebee is about a year old*
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"Sunny, I dunno 'bout this. If Ironhide or Ratchet find out 'bout this, we could be in real big trouble." Sideswipe whispered to his twin as both younglings walked down the hall to the rec room, where Bumblebee sat. The sparkling had only been with the Autobots for a decacycle and had already stolen the hearts of even the toughest bots.
"Sides, don't worry about it. We're not gonna scare him, we're just gonna give him a little jump." Sunstreaker said as they approached Bumblebee, who was playing with the many toys that Wheeljack had gifted him.
Ironhide sat a few yards away from the sparkling, reading over a hologram about his newly designed weapons. "Hey, Bee! Whatcha doin'?" The red bot crouched down as Bumblebee looked up at him, smiling.
"Play!" The sparkling squealed as Sideswipe twiddled with his servos. "Sunny wanna play?" Ironhide looked up from the hologram and saw Sunstreaker sit next to the sparkling.
"Ironhide, I've got some new weapons for ya to try." Wheeljack said over the bots comm as he stood up, eyeing the twins.
"I'm gonna send Jazz to watch over you troublemakers. I've got to meet Wheeljack in the hanger." Ironhide said to the twins as Sunstreaker mischiefly smiled.
"We can play with him, right Sides?" Sunstreaker turned to his twin, eyeing him and the small sparkling. Sideswipe numbly nodded as Ironhide smiled before walking out of the rec room.
"I still think this is a bad idea. If the Ironhide or Optimus finds out, we'll be one with the AllSpark!" Sideswipe whispered as Sunstreaker rolled his blue optics, annoyed by his brother.
"Sunny, relax! Bumblebee will be completely fine!" The sparkling looked up at the twins with wonder in his baby blue optics, holding his servos up.
"Up!" Bumblebee cried happily as Sunstreaker lifted the sparkling into his arms, holding him the best he could.
"Okay, hear me out." Sunstreaker said as he held Bumblebee, who was slipping through his arms. "Obviously Ironhide is gonna send Jazz to watch us, cause we're highly dangerous, almost as dangerous as a 'Con! Anyways, we play what humans call "hide-and-go-seek", but we hide somewhere here on the base and let Bee roam around." Sideswipe looked at his brother with worried optics.
"Sunny, that's a terrible idea! What if Bee gets hurt? He's not even a vorn old, he could get trampled by Grimlock!" Bumblebee slipped out of Sunstreaker's arms and fell on his bottom with a thump, clutching onto his toy.
"What's up, troublemakers?" Sunstreaker and Sideswipe looked up and saw Optimus' first lieutenant come up to them and kneel down, picking up Bumblebee. "How ya doin' Bee?" Bumblebee squealed as he pressed his cheekplate against Jazz's chest, clicking in contentment.
"Do you know what he says when he does that?" Sunstreaker asked as Jazz placed Bumblebee on his shoulder.
"I dunno, only Optimus and his creators do...and y'know, they're offline." The steel Autobot said as both twins looked up at him, Sunstreaker having a mischievous smile.
"Can we play a game? We're super duper bored!" Sunstreaker cried out as Sideswipe sighed heavily, placing his servos on his head.
"Depends. What type of game?" Jazz asked, sitting on one of the many chairs that sat in the room. Bumblebee squirmed out of his neck and onto the floor, crawling over to Sideswipe.
"A human game. Where we hide and you have to come find us." The yellow youngling said as the older Autobot thought thoroughly for a moment. "C'mon, Jazz! It'll be fun!" Sunstreaker insisted as Sideswipe lifted Bumblebee into his arms, holding onto the younger bot.
"Oh, why not. As long as you don't hide in the most absurd place, okay? If Optimus finds out, we'll all be scrap!" Jazz said as Sunstreaker pumped his servo, smiling as he watched Jazz stand up. "Alright, I'll count for one astrocycle, and you guys go hide. But in a reasonable place!" he said as Bumblebee looked up at Sideswipe, who groaned. "Alright, double trouble, go hide." Jazz said as he turned around. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe ran out of the room and down the hall, searching for a spot to hide.
"Now, where are we hiding, genius?" Sideswipe asked, annoyance clear in his voice. Bumblebee held onto his shoulder plates as Sunstreaker looked around, spotting the youth area where they spent most of their time.
"Jazz'll never think to look here." Sunstreaker said as both twins walked into the empty room. "Let's hide in the closet, wait a few klicks, and then let Bee go." The yellow youngling said as he walked into a storage closet with his twin and the sparkling and closed the door.
"I have a bad feeling about this, Sunny." Sideswipe whispered as Bumblebee clicked against his chest. "I feel like something bad is gonna happen," Sunstreaker looked at his twin before grabbing Bumblebee and gently placed him on the ground.
"Hey, Bee, where're Optimus?" Sunstreaker asked, completely ignoring his twin.
"Op!" The sparkling squealed as Sunstreaker smirked. Bumblebee shakily stood up, but soon fell on his small bottom, giggling as he looked up at Sunstreaker
"Go find him! Go on!" Bumblebee crawled around the room, searching for a way out before a loud alarm bursted throughout the air, alerting the three bots.
"Oh, scrap! 'Cons are attacking!" Sideswipe cried, worry entering his mind. "I told you something bad would happen, but nooo! No one ever listens to Sideswipe!"
Bumblebee let out a cry in fear as he sat up, covering his receptors. Sunstreaker let out a worried sigh as he looked around the room, desperately looking for something.
"Look, Bee hasn't left yet, so we're not in total trouble! We can just engage the shields on the room! Wheeljack made it so we would be totally safe." Sunstreaker said as Bumblebee crawled over to the twins, hiding behind Sideswipe.
"Well engage them! Or we'll be offline in a matter of klicks!" The red twin cried anxiously as Sunstreaker ran to the door, pulling up a hologram. More alarms sounded and rang throughout the air as Sideswipe grabbed a toy in the shape of an axe and held it, keeping himself in front of Bumblebee.
"I-I don't remember which button it is!" Sunstreaker cried out as Sideswipe looked around, searching for a weapon to defend themselves.
"It doesn't matter anymore! We have to hide before the 'Cons get in here!" Sideswipe said as he shakily grabbed the toy in his hands. Sunstreaker made panic noises as he desperately searched the room, looking for something to barricade the door with.
"All aerial units to the air! I repeat, all aerial units to the air!" A voice said over the intercom as Bumblebee whimpered. A sudden loud banging caused all three young bots to yelp in
surprise.
"Maybe it's Optimus?" Sunstreaker said nervously as the door exploded open, a wave of smoke causing the three bots to cover their faceplates. Sunstreaker opened his optics and saw a dark purple Decepticon, glaring down at the young bots.
"Or maybe not!" Sideswipe yelled as red optics glared down at them, pulling a blaster in front of their faces.
"Well, I've just found three younglings to kill. Now, which is first?" The Decepticon said in a deep voice as Sunstreaker backed up, hiding Bumblebee.
"Oh, scrap." Sideswipe whispered as the dark bot took a step forward, powering up his blaster.
"Step away from the younglings, or you will be met with force!" A voice boomed as the Decepticon turned around, seeing one of the more famous Autobots.
"Grimlock!" Sunstreaker praised as the Autobot pulled his blaster out, aiming for the dark bot.
"Step away from them!" Grimlock yelled as the Decepticon smirked and reached down, roughly grabbing Bumblebee out of the closet.
"So, this was the sparkling that Barricade and Starscream were searching for." The evil bot said as he held the shaking sparkling in his hand. "Megatron will indeed want him as a pet." Bumblebee let out cries of fear as the Decepticon wrapped his claws around the yellow bot's chest plate, squeezing tightly, making Bumblebee cry harder.
And that set off Grimlock.
He slammed his servos on the ground and transformed into his dinobot mode, roaring as he flicked the Decepticon with his tail, sending him across the room. He crashed into toys as Bumblebee flew from his grasp, landing hard on the ground.
"Bee!" Sunstreaker yelled as the youngling ran to the sparkling, gathering the crying bot into his arms. The Decepticon groaned as he stood up, seeing Grimlock charge at him. He acted quickly and grabbed Sunstreaker and Bumblebee, holding both bots in front of them.
"Shoot, I dare you!" The 'Con said as Grimlock stopped in his tracks, transforming back into his regular form.
"Not so tough now, Dinobot." he said against gritted dental plates as Sunstreaker held Bumblebee close to his spark, watching as Sideswipe looked around.
"Sides, no!" The yellow youngling whispered as Sideswipe grabbed the toy axe and hurled it at the evil bot, hitting his optic. He growled and tightly held Sunstreaker and Bumblebee, both bots crying out. He fired his blaster at Grimlock, sending him flying past Sideswipe.
"Ready to join the AllSpark, kid?" The Decepticon growled as he pointed blaster at Sideswipe, who looked up at the towering 'Con with scared optics.
"Drop the younglings!" A deep voice boomed over as the dark bot looked ahead and was met with a blast to the chest. He fell to the ground, dropping the two younglings onto the ground. Sunstreaker looked up and saw a familiar red bot with his blaster aimed.
"Hide!" Sideswipe yelled as he ran over to the bot, holding onto his leg. "Thank Primus you're here!" Grimlock groaned as he sat up, shaking his head.
"You okay, Grim?" Ironhide asked as he helped him up to his feet.
"I've been through worse." Grimlock replied, seeing Sunstreaker stand up with a crying Bumblebee in his arms.
"Are you guys okay? You're not hurt, are you?" Both twins shook their hands as Ironhide ushered them behind his leg. "What about Bumblebee? The 'Con squeezed him pretty tight." Grimlock asked as he picked up the crying sparkling.
"You Autobots are so emotionally attached to one another. It sickens me." Grimlock and Ironhide looked up and saw the Decepticon shakily stand up. Ironhide rolled his optics as he pointed his blaster at the dark jet. "Megatron will have those younglings. To add to his powerful Decepticon army. Just wait and see, they will be all-"
Ironhide pulled the trigger and watched as a blast hit the 'Con right on his spark, watching as he hit the ground, completely limp.
"Not on our watch." Ironhide grumbled as he threw his blaster on the ground, looking at the damaged youngling room. "Great, so now where do we put double trouble?" The weapons specialist looked down at the twins, seeing their concerned faces. He looked to Grimlock's arms and saw Bumblebee still crying, flailing his arms above his small head.
"Ratchet will most likely want them in the medbay." Grimlock said as heavy footsteps began to approach. They saw Ratchet and Optimus walk up to the destroyed room, scratches all over their armor.
"Is everyone okay? No one's hurt, right?" Ratchet asked hurriedly as Optimus took Bumblebee out of Grimlock's arms and cradled him to his chest, close to his spark.
"Bee's got something on his chestplate. The 'Con had a pretty tight squeeze on him. But thankfully Sideswipe gave a pretty good distraction." Ironhide said as Ratchet gently scanned over Bumblebee, assessing his injuries.
"Nothing too bad. Just a few damaged circuits in his chest." Ratchet said as Bumblebee tightly grasped onto Optimus' neck, furrowing his face into his cheek.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Sunstreaker asked as Sideswipe stood next to him, staring up at the older bots.
"Bumblebee will be just fine. A little shaken after today's actions, but otherwise alright. Thanks to you, Sideswipe."
"Because of you, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Bumblebee are okay. Good reflexes, kid." Ironhide said as Sideswipe grinned, glancing at his twin.
"See? I saved your spark today!" Sideswipe said to his twin as the yellow youngling rolled his optics.
"So what? I saved your spark before we were rescued, what makes this so special?"Sunstreaker asked, folding his arms as Optimus snorted softly, seeing Bumblebee giggle at the arguing twins. His crying had ceased, and he looked down at the arguing twins glancing up at his large caretaker.
"Sides save!" Bumblebee squealed from Optimus' arms as Sideswipe smiled up at the sparkling. Bumblebee burst into a fit of giggles as Optimus patted his injured chest, affectionately rubbing over the damaged circuits.
"Thank you, Bee! See what happens when bots listen to Sideswipe? I save the day!" Sunstreaker yelled in frustration before jumping on his brother, the two younglings tearing each other's circuits out.
"Help us, Primus." Grimlock muttered as he leaned down and picked up the fighting brothers, taking them out of the damaged room. "You know, technically I saved you all, so I believe that I'm the savior." Grimlock said as Sideswipe glared up at him.
"Gimme my moment, Grimlock! I'm just a youngling!" Sideswipe yelled dramatically as Ratchet and Optimus glanced at each before walking down the hall, to the med bay with Bumblebee in hand. Sunstreaker snickered as the red bot kicked at him, the two twins still fighting with each other.
"You'll get lots of moments in the future, Sideswipe. Just you wait."