I do not own anything in either of the Gundam or Transformers franchises, and thanks to those of you who have either viewed and/or reviewed chapter 1. You guys rock! Oh and in case anyone was wondering, the Transformers will primarily be that of the Transformers Prime continuity with a few differences such as additional Autobots and Decepticons so keep a lookout for that.

Chapter 2: His Name is Bumblebee

After making sure that Lacus was escorted back to her room and Flay was taken to the medical ward by Sai, Murrue headed for the hangar with Mu and Natarle for the same reason nearly the rest of the entire ship was headed there for: meeting their mysterious robotic guest who had just saved their lives from someone that was most likely one of his kind. The two commanding officers of the Archangel and the mobile armor pilot were all curious about this large metal titan that Kira had found in the Debris Belt, and they all had at least a mountain of questions to ask. What they found when they arrived in the hanger gave them one more question to add to the list.

The large yellow robot was sitting on the ground with his back against the wall, and Kira was near the large hole in the robot's chest trying to fix it. The strange thing was it seemed like the metal man was in pain, like someone who was suffering from a serious injury. "Easy big guy, I'll have you fixed up in no time," Kira told the large metal giant soothingly, like a doctor would to a patient.

"Kira what is going on here," Natarle asked. As soon as the robot heard her voice though, he let a low buzz that sounded like a growl as he moved a slight amount and raised his right arm as it changed into a blaster. All at once everyone was shouting for him to calm down as Murrue moved in front of Natarle, who backed up clearly frightened. Then large machine let out a series of beeps that seemed as though it were speaking, clearly upset about something involving the ensign, but no one was entirely sure what any of it meant. It was not until the large machine man started clutching the left side of his chest, once again seemingly in pain, that he finally lowered his weapon.

"It's okay," Kira told him. "No one is going to hurt you."

The robot looked at Kira with an angry look and trilled out another series of beeps that seemed to indicate he was annoyed, but this time he made a few movements with his arms and hands. He started by pointing to Natarle, then moved to show his arms in a position like they would be if he were wearing handcuffs, and swung his arm down as though saying something was not right.

Kira thought for a moment then asked, "Are you upset about what Ensign Badgiruel did when she used Lacus to get Z.A.F.T. to stop attacking us?"

The robot nodded with an affirmative beep, and Kira smiled at this and told him, "I know, I didn't like it either."

Murrue then stepped forward slowly as the robot lowered his weapon and changed it back into a hand, while Kira reassured him that he could do what he could to fix him up, and told him, "I'm Lieutenant Murrue Ramius, captain of the Archangel, the ship you are currently aboard. Would you mind if we ask you some questions?"

The robot shook his head no to say that he did not mind and gestured with his hand to say go ahead. Murrue nodded and then asked one of the most obvious questions. "Can you speak, or communicate in a way we can understand?"

The robot gave off a sad sounding beep as he shook his head no. He continued to beep as he gestured to his neck trying to get his message across. It did not seem to get much further beyond no until Kira asked, "Was your voice damaged in some way?"

The robot nodded in reply to that. Murrue apologized for her asking about it, but the robot simply beeped while shrugging it off as if to say that it was alright and she did not know. Murrue smiled at that when she saw that his eyes had adopted a gentle and understanding look, even though it was still somewhat sad. "What are you," she then asked.

Before he answered, the robot turned to Kira and trilled out something again, this time sounding like a question. Kira looked at the metal man and said, "Don't worry; I think you'll be alright. I've patched you up as best I could, but it might help if we find someone who can make sure you stay that way."

The large machine nodded in thanks at that and then stood up, but then gained a shocked expression as he turned to Kira again and trilled out another question. Kira just shrugged in response and then got the attention of everyone in the room. "Kira can you understand him," Mu finally asked.

"Yeah but I'm not sure how," Kira replied. "It's like I just know." Either way it seemed to give the large robot a great relief as he let out a beep that sounded like a sigh of relief. Even so, he continued with what he was doing before and changed himself into the same futuristic muscle car as before and then back again, and then trilled out an answer for Kira to translate in case he did not get his message across.

"He says he's a Transformer, from the planet Cybertron," Kira told them.

"So you're an alien," Mu asked. The robot nodded in reply as he made a gesture to say exactly.

"Why are you here? What happened just now," Murrue asked.

Kira felt that there was a more important thing that they needed to say and ask. He turned to the large machine and asked, "Who are you? What's your name?"

The large robot let out a series of beeps and trills in response to which Kira gave a confused look before asking if he had heard the metal man right. When the giant nodded in response, Kira turned to the others and said, "He says that he's a member of the Autobot unit known as Team Prime, and he's known as the Autobot scout, Bumblebee."

Everyone looked at him in disbelief, before Mu had tried and failed to suppress a laugh that came out as a snigger as he commented, "Seriously?"

This seemed to get Bumblebee a little mad as he lowered himself with a fist clenched and trilled out something that sounded like "You got a problem with my name?" Mu just raised his hands in surrender and apologized saying that he meant no offense. Bumblebee then looked to Kira and trilled out a question to him. Kira rubbed the back of his neck and replied, "Oh my name's Kira, K-Kira Yamato."

Bumblebee then trilled out something again to which Kira smiled and replied that it was nice to meet him too. Murrue smiled for a moment as well before repeating her previous two questions to Bumblebee. Bumblebee then adopted a somber look and let out a sad sounding serious of beeps. Kira then told her that Bumblebee said he would rather not talk about anything that would be an answer to the first question. Natarle was not okay with this, but before she could say anything Mu put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head saying not to press the issue right now.

Bumblebee then let out another series of beeps in answer to the second question. Kira nodded and then translated saying, "He said that we were just attacked by the Decepticon warrior Dreadwing. He was after Bumblebee because he is angry with the Autobots for killing his twin brother Skyquake in battle."

"So he and these Autobots are soldiers," Natarle asked. Bumblebee nodded in response.

"And I'm guessing these Decepticons are an enemy military force," Mu then commented. Bumblebee simply nodded in response with a sad sounding beep of confirmation.

Murrue then turned to Bumblebee and told him, "I know we can't thank you enough for saving our lives just now, but all the same thank you Bumblebee. I know you will probably want to rest, but can I ask you to help defend our ship, at least until we rendezvous with the Eighth fleet?"

Bumblebee seemed to pause for a moment before nodding and giving a response that Kira translated to mean that he would help, but only if Dreadwing or another Decepticon were to attack. Everyone seemed to accept that, with the exception of Natarle of course, and started to disperse. Once everyone had left, Bumblebee sat down again and looked to see Kira was still there, but he had a sad look on his face. Wondering what would have his new friend upset, the scout trilled out the obvious question of what was wrong before Kira looked up and answered Bumblebee, telling him about the war between Z.A.F.T. and Earth, and why everyone on Earth's side seemed to hate the coordinators.

Bumblebee sat quietly and listened to Kira's explanation about his world's current history and state of affairs with their war, and did not say anything until Kira mentioned that he was a Coordinator and the only reason he was fighting right now against his own kind was because he was from the neutral nation of Orb and had to pilot the Strike because he was the only one who could now and he wanted to protect his friends who were aboard the ship. Bumblebee looked down at Kira and told Kira in his usual series of beeps, "There's nothing wrong with that Kira. Fighting just because you can is bad yes, but fighting for a reason is always a good thing, especially if that reason is because you want to protect someone."

"But I failed to keep my promise to Flay," Kira said sadly. "I couldn't save her father, and not only that but I'm having to fight against my childhood friend Athrun Zala. He was the pilot of the Aegis, the red mobile suit. We were friends before the war but had to go our separate ways when he had to move. I don't know why he joined Z.A.F.T. aside from the fact his mother had died on Junius Seven. But I don't want to fight against my friend."

Though Kira could not see his face completely, Bumblebee was giving the young Coordinator a gentle smile as he told him, "You know you remind me a lot of my commander, and the leader of all the Autobots, Optimus Prime." Kira gave the Autobot scout a look that indicated he did not understand so Bumblebee clarified, "Before he was a Prime, Optimus was a simple data archivist, or librarian as you humans would say, and he and the Decepticon leader Megatron were like brothers to each other. However, Optimus soon learned that their ideals were not the same and the two became enemies. Despite that, Optimus still does not enjoy fighting someone he once called brother, and still holds out hope for Megatron to see the error of his ways one day."

Kira smiled at the knowledge that Bumblebee thought he was a lot like someone that the scout clearly looked up to and thought of in high regard. He then said goodbye to the scout for the moment and went to check on Flay and the others while Bumblebee took a small stasis nap.

During this time, Z.A.F.T. was making a new friend as well. The Decepticon Dreadwing was meeting with Rau Le Creuset and Athrun Zala in the hangar of the Vesalius. The large gold face plated Decepticon regarded the humans with a slight scowl for a moment before adopting a more neutral expression and asking, "Whatever you want humans, make it quick."

Le Creuset nodded with a smile as he asked, "First off, who and what exactly are you?"

"I am called Dreadwing. I am a proud Decepticon warrior, loyal to my lord and master Megatron."

"Oh," Le Creuset queried in response. "And I take it you are an alien warrior?"

"Yes," Dreadwing confirmed. "I am from the planet Cybertron."

"Then why are you here," Athrun blurted out. He realized he probably spoke out of line and quickly said, "I'm sorry I did not mean to speak out of turn."

"It is alright. I understand your frustration," Dreadwing told him. "Tell me though you are the one who piloted that," he asked as he indicated the Aegis. Athrun nodded in reply. "You are a skilled warrior then. What is your name?"

Athrun looked to Le Creuset who nodded as if to say it was alright, and then answered, "Athrun Zala."

Dreadwing nodded in response and continued with his explanation. "If you are wondering why I am here it is because I was separated from my unit aboard the Decepticon warship the Nemesis like the Autobot scout who is now aboard your enemy's ship. My mission is to regroup with my fellow Decepticons and Lord Megatron so that we may end our long war against the Autobots once and for all."

Le Creuset smiled at that and told him, "Well perhaps we can help you with that. Our orders are to pursue and destroy the legged ship, the enemy ship that your Autobot scout came from, and perhaps we can give you a place to rest here aboard our ship, perhaps even ally ourselves with your Decepticons."

Dreadwing scoffed at that. "What can you humans offer the Decepticons or Lord Megatron?"

"We can give you a way to counter the human element that the Autobots no doubt now have, and our mobile suit technology allows us to be able to fight on par with others of your kind. I'm sure that your Lord Megatron can understand the need for additional soldiers in war."

Dreadwing looked down in thought before looking back up at Athrun and Le Creuset and saying, "I shall accept your aid for now, however any alliance formed between our two forces can only be decided and finalized by Lord Megatron."

Le Creuset nodded in understanding at that and then moved to leave. Athrun lingered for a moment regarding Dreadwing, as the large Decepticon did the same with him. The two gazed at each other for a long time before Dreadwing decided to ask Athrun about his world's history to which Athrun decided to answer by giving him everything from his point of view.

Sometime later, Bumblebee was awakened from his stasis nap by the sound of hushed voices. He looked around and saw Kira and another boy and two girls, one of which was in a space suit like Kira was, sneaking in. He then moved as quietly as he could and moved to where the four were. When he was close enough he let off a series of beeps asking, "Kira what's going on? What're you doing?"

"Shh, Bumblebee keep quiet," Kira hushed the scout. The other three people were staring at him in awe, while the girl in the pink suit, through the helmet of which Bumblebee could see pink hair and bright blue eyes, seemed slightly frightened of the scout.

Bumblebee did not move back to where he was, Kira sighed and told the scout, "Bumblebee, this is Lacus Clyne. I'm taking her back to the Z.A.F.T. ship. She's just a civilian and I did not rescue her so she could be used as a hostage."

Bumblebee stared at Kira and the pink haired girl for a moment before he nodded in understanding and said, "Well then why are we waiting around here? Let's get her home."

Kira looked on in surprise at Bumblebee and nodded with a smile and thanked Bumblebee. He then turned to the others and said, "It's okay. Bumblebee said he's going to help."

The girl in the space suit smiled and then looked at the scout and said, "Hello Mister Bumblebee. My name is Lacus Clyne. Thank you for your help." Bumblebee nodded and then walked away so he could move onto the catapult deck after Kira and the Strike had launched.

A few moments later everyone was now becoming aware of what Kira and Bumblebee were up to, but it was too late to stop them as Kira had already launched with Bumblebee racing off not too far behind in his vehicle mode, transforming into robot mode to use the debris to follow after Kira. Kira then contacted the Vesalius to tell them that he had Lacus and he would hand her over to Athrun. They waited for a moment, until finally the familiar red mobile suit that is the Aegis appeared.

Bumblebee watched from his position nearby hidden by some nearby debris as the Strike raised its rifle and communicated with the Aegis. He could not hear what they were saying at first, but being one of the Autobots' finest scouts he did not need to in order to know. He saw the cockpits of the two machines open up and saw the exchange take place. He noticed that the Aegis pilot was not making any further attempts to leave, when his auditory receptors, which heard things much better than human ears, heard the Aegis pilot, whom he assumed was Athrun, shout out, "Kira, you come with us too! There's no reason for you to remain with the Earth Forces ship!"

For a while Kira said nothing and began to worry that Kira was considering Athrun's offer until he heard Kira shout out, "Believe me, I want to go with you. I don't want to fight you, but there are people on that ship who need me. They are all really good people that I care about, and if I don't stay and protect them then there's a chance they will die, so I can't leave them. My friends are on that ship!"

Though he did not enjoy hearing Kira say that he could not go with his friend, Bumblebee was proud of Kira for wanting to stay and protect his friends. He then heard Athrun shout out, "Then I've got no choice Kira. The next time we meet I won't hesitate to shoot you!"

"Same goes for me," was the sad reply Kira gave as the two mobile suits close their cockpits again and moved away from each other. A moment later a Z.A.F.T. GINN appeared, this one seemed heavily customized, and not long after, Mu's Mobius Zero appeared.

Both Kira and Athrun were shocked at this, but neither one could argue the statements of either commanding officer. Bumblebee then noticed a familiar color scheme of a certain Decepticon nearby and quickly transformed his right arm into a blaster as he moved to a better firing position for the inevitable attack by the Con. Then he heard communication from the Aegis, but it was not from Athrun. "Commander Rau Le Creuset are you really planning on starting a battle in the presence of a memorial representative such as myself," Lacus questioned.

Both sides stopped their assault, as the two sides moved to return to their respective ships. There was only one exception, and his name was Dreadwing. "They may not wish to, but I have some unfinished business that involves that mobile suit," the Decepticon declared as he flew up and leveled his gun.

There were multiple cries from both sides for Dreadwing to stop his assault, but they fell on deaf ears or audio receptors in this case. But just before he could though, Dreadwing was hit with a couple of shots. He turned to the source and saw Bumblebee standing there with his blaster armed and charging up to fire another shot at the enemy unit, giving a clear warning that Dreadwing should retreat now unless he wanted to go another round with the Autobot scout right then. Dreadwing growled as he knew he could not risk a battle with the Autobot just then, and simply transformed and flew off after the Aegis and the GINN.

Bumblebee watched only for a moment, until he finally lowered his gun and changed it back into his hand. He then turned and waved to the Strike indicating he was ready to head back. Both the Coordinator and the Autobot watched as the opposing forces left to return to the Nazca-class vessel for different reason. One watched as his friend, who may no longer be his friend, returned with the girl he had gotten to know a little about fearing the day when they would meet again on opposing sides. The other watching as a member of his enemies flew off to assist Z.A.F.T. and do who knew what else in the near future whether it be on his own or with his fellow Decepticons.

Shortly after returning to the Vesalius, Athrun, Le Creuset, and Dreadwing were greeted by an unexpected sight. To Athrun and Le Creuset, it was merely a large silver robotic being much like Dreadwing except slightly larger and taller, with a large cannon mounted on his right arm, and glowing purple eyes that seemed to give off an intimidating and dark impression, but to Dreadwing this being was something else.

Quickly the Decepticon warrior assumed his bipedal mode and gave a short bow as he spoke, "My lord, it is good to see you are unharmed. I believe that perhaps I have found something that may allow us an advantage, if not a way to even the playing field against the Autobots sir."

The larger silver being simply looked at Dreadwing before regarding the two mobile suits beside him for a moment, and then turning back to the warrior bowing before him. He then spoke in a cold, cruel voice, "Rise Dreadwing my loyal warrior. I will see what these…Earthlings…have to offer us and our cause, but I have a message that all my forces should know full well. Decepticons, Megatron lives, and I have returned!"

AN: Dun dun dun! It's Megatron, and you know that's bad news! But don't worry, Bumblebee won't be the only Autobot fighting the Cons for much longer. That being said...

Megatron has now appeared before the PLANT Supreme Council, and a Z.A.F.T./Decepticon alliance seems inevitable. Meanwhile the Archangel has arrived on Earth, but unfortunately they were forced to land in Z.A.F.T. territory. As the Desert Tiger strikes with Z.A.F.T.'s new Decepticon allies, the combined forces of the two begins to take a toll on Kira and Bumblebee. When things seem to be at their darkest however, a person that Kira had only encountered once before returns, and shortly after a living legend from Cybertron who is also Bumblebee's greatest role model. Next time on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Prime...The Last Prime. Strike back alongside the universe's greatest champion of peace and freedom Gundam!

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