The planet of Cybertron was Bee's home, and all the people among it were its citizens. The atmosphere thankfully had something his caretaker's friend named Perceptor referred to as Oxygen which allowed his friend and playmate, Sari, to breathe on the planet. Unfortunately, the wide technological-based sphere wasn't exactly sparkling-friendly as its occupants were mainly adults ranging from two times little Bumblebee's height known as Minicons to another type of being nicknamed Supremes whom of which were the size of skyscrapers. Very easy for a baby to get lost and/or crushed underfoot by accident. Unfortunately to both Megatron and Ultra Magnus' horror, Bee, Sari, Bulkhead, and Wasp were indeed lost.
As the four younglings strolled through the surprisingly vacant paths, Sari walked on her hind legs in comparison to the sparklings beside her who found it much easier to crawl on all fours for better balance. Wasp growled whenever somebody passed by, obviously trying to be tough and protective though Sari was the only one who he seemed to want to guard out of all of them which was fair considering she wasn't native there. Bulkhead acted a bit shy and submissive whenever somebody walked by despite being the biggest of the four as well as technically the oldest.
Wasp and Bulkhead had joined up with the duo upon returning to Cybertron. The former didn't like Bumblebee too much but surprisingly warmed up to Sari quite quickly. Why he disliked Bee was more of a sibling rivalry more so than actual hate as they had the same carrier but different sire due to Wasp's "disappearing". Bee once overheard the word "killed" when his caretakers talked about Wasp's sire, but he didn't understand what they meant by that. Maybe it meant the sire left to hunt for food? As for Bulkhead, he became fond of both Bee and Sari on sight wishing to play albeit a bit rougher due to his larger size. Nonetheless, both returned the feelings and befriended the plump sparkling.
The four maneuvered around mech and femme legs while attempting to stay close together as best they could. Every once in a while, Bulkhead would whine and chortle at a sight like a distant but interestingly designed building, monument, or sometimes even other Cybertronians with appendages unlike anything they ever seen before. The colors of them caught all of their little optics too. Wasp seemed to be drawn to vivid purple and blue highlights while Bulkhead focused on the red and yellow ones. Bumblebee seemed to like the gold, silver, and bronze hues the most. Sari eyed mainly the oranges, reds, and yellows as some matched her outfit while also standing as her favorite colors in general.
They eventually came across a set of bridges that acted as the intersection of walkways to different directional areas. In the middle of the intersection was a mirror pedestal and on top of it sat a statue of a femme flier. Who it was none of them knew because none could read, especially not the words on its plaque at its base. Hesitantly, Bee waddled up to the mirror part and smiled at his reflection, pawing at it while recognizing that he was seeing himself. Bulkhead came up too with a confused look as he interrogated his image, both servos on the mirror observing every detail his replication held. Wasp didn't even both as he found no interest in it, but Sari placed herself beside Bee, turning to him with a smirk and a raised brow.
Suddenly Wasp let a cry out as the three other sparklings turned to see him being picked up by a green-eyed mech they couldn't identify. Bumblebee backed up against Bulkhead who leaned against the mirror in fright. Sari put herself between the two Cybertronian younglings defensively. The mech narrowed his eyes as he reached to grab the remaining children as Wasp attempted to bite his fingers. Unsettlingly, the mech gave a scary grin as he tried to clutch Sari who kicked the hand. Although it didn't do anything physically, it did surprise him that the human was putting on a fight.
Before he could reach the sparklings again, however, a fist came in contact with his faceplates. He instantly dropped the green Cybertronian baby who screeched as he fell but gave a tiny "oomph" as he landed in awaiting white servos. Peering up, Wasp squeaked as he saw the big blue caretaker, Ultra Magnus, bending the latter's helm down to cuddle with Wasp's own. He watched as Ultra also picked up the other three up off the metal platform. All four huddled together again as they looked back at their second caretaker, Megatron, pummeling the assailant.
Megatron stood his ground against the mech who growled back at the helicopter. The mech made another attempt to get around the ex-warlord to grab one of the children again but earned another punch to the gut before being rammed back even more. The mech huffed before running away, leaving a disgruntled but relieved Megatron behind.
Ultra was trying to keep the sparklings from crying in fear save for Sari who was petting Wasp to comfort him as the Magnus ran back to his quarters located on the grounded Steelhaven as he disliked his chambers in the Metroplex. As he reached his personal chambers, he placed all four sparklings onto his berth which had a pile of blankets balled up with a dip in the center almost like a basket as he preferred to have them sleep in this rather than the hard slab whenever he had them recharge with him. He sighed as they settled down and curled amongst each other, especially around Sari as they knew she could produce as much body heat as they could to keep warm.
Following their lead, Ultra rested his chin on the edge of the bundle of blankets just as Megatron appeared in his chamber's doorway. The latter looked a bit exhausted, probably because Ultra somewhat left him back in the middle of the intersection alone but it was justified as the babies came first before other Cybertronians regardless. Megatron didn't seem phased by that as he watched both the little ones and Ultra drift off into recharge. Smirking, the grey mech joined them, pressing close against the Magnus as he could despite having to lie on his front again just as Ultra was.
It was a hard day for everyone so a good rest was well needed and well deserved, no?
AN: I feel like an ass uploading this chapter considering I technically strayed from the "innocent adventures" part of my intended short stories. And once again, Ultra and Megatron gives cuddles to the babies because who can hate that?