Chapter 6: Predacons And Bugs

It has been about an hour since they have been flying in Wheeljack's Jackhammer. It was still a little bit early in the morning but Bombshell and Wheeljack were wide awake. For some reason, Bumblebee hadn't spoken a word since they left. Bombshell would occasionaly check on him but Bee would be asleep. Bombshell was starting to get worried for the kid.

"Kid's been asleep for the past hour!" Bombshell said. "Hope he's alright!"

"The kid's probably dreaming about his girlfriend. She's a Predacon right?" Wheeljack asked.

"Yeah...and judging by the pictures he showed me, he picked a nice femme!" Bombshell chuckled.

"I mean no offense to Bumblebee, but why a Predacon? I mean what are the chances?" Wheeljack wondered.

"Well it's certainly interesting. But hey, they get along don't they?" Bombshell admitted.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee was indeed dreaming back to a time when he and Ser-ket were playing around in a warehouse where they usually stayed during the day some point before Ser-ket was taken.

In Bumblebee's flashback dream...

They were busy deciding on what to do that night. Ser-ket sat in a chair with a list while Bumblebee sat across from her.

"Let's see, we broke some windows, we pulled pranks...I guess next we could...hmm." Ser-ket knew this was a hard decesion.

Bumblebee began to think, he kept looking at Ser-ket's body and really wanted to ask if she loved him. At the same time Ser-ket was wondering the same thing. Since they secretly loved each other, they usually ended up in awkward moments of silence when thinking.

"You okay Ser-ket?"

"Yeah, I was just thinking about something."

"About what?"

"Uh...it's kinda personal Bee!" Ser-ket lied.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, trust me, it's nothing you need to know." Ser-ket said rather sadly.

"I understand, hey...can I show you something?" Bee asked walking towards the front door.

"Sure, what is it?" Ser-ket asked as she followed him outside up towards a tall hill. Once at the top, Bumblebee stopped to stare at the sky. Ser-ket flew her way up to the top and looked at him curiously.

"What is it?"

"I just wanted to ask if mabye we can watch the stars tonight. Just us." Bee offered.

Ser-ket was amazed. She never thought he would ask that. The sky was pretty clear and many stars were out. Bumblebee offered her a spot beside him as he layed down on his back. Ser-ket eagerly lied down beside him making sure her big wings didn't cover his face. Her tail wrapped around Bumblebee and she laid an arm on Bee's chest.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Bee asked.

"Yeah...and nice weather." Ser-ket agreed.

"I'm glad your my friend! My best friend!" Bumblebee said.

"I'm glad too. We have so much in common, we love to play games, wrestle, pranks, and mabye even a bit of destruction." Ser-ket smirked.

"Mabye it's too early to ask but...would we, you know, work out?" Bee asked hoping it wouldn't anger her.

Ser-ket may have been surprised by the question, but she just sighed. She gently clawed Bee's chest.

"I think we would. It wouldn't be that bad!" Ser-ket shrugged.

"I see...so...you getting cold yet?"

"Well, mabye a little." Ser-ket said before rolling onto her side to hug Bumblebee who blushed. "You're so warm."

"I know...it's pretty nice." Bee chuckled.

Ser-ket suddenly got on top of him and let out a purr. Bumblebee's spark was heating up dramatically.

"So Bumblebee...tell me, have you ever kissed a femme...it's okay if you did!" Ser-ket asked.

"No...I've never kissed anyone. I could never picture my first kiss." Bee said. "Like it will ever happen."

"Well you know...are you scared to kiss me?" Ser-ket smirked expecting Bee to shutter.

"No...but...you want me to?"

"Come on bug, you know you want to! Just one time...do it for me." Ser-ket suggested rubbing Bee's face with her blue razor sharp claws.

"But I don't have a regular mouth." Bee said. "You'll just be kissing this little plate right here."

"You know that reminds me, is that just a piece of your head?" Ser-ket tapped the piece of Bumblebee's head that covered where a mouth usually was.

"Honestly I've never messed with it. Now that you mention it, it is kinda strange why it's there." Bumblebee said curious himself.

Ser-ket proceeded to try and pull it off. But instead of snapping off, it simply lowered down like the back door of a truck revealing a small mouth. Bumblebee and Ser-ket gasped. Bumblebee in fact did have a mouth that was covered completely by the armor. It was just how he was created. Ser-ket purred again.

"Well, well, looks like someone's been trying to hide something from me!" Ser-ket purred.

"Man...why was I created like that?" Bee asked.

"Don't know...so Bee...you ready?" Ser-ket asked. "Just a few seconds that's it."

Bumblebee shut his optics for a moment then opened him again. He was starting to feel comfortable with Ser-ket on top of him like that. He smiled.

"Yeah...I'm ready."

Ser-ket's mouth moved closer to his and both shut their optics as their lips touched. The began to moan as their tongues began wrestling with each other. The kiss they have right before Shockwave came may have been their second kiss, but it was their first true love kiss. This one was just a little test. After 10 seconds they stopped and just stared at each other with amazement.

"Well...that wasn't so bad was it?" Ser-ket smirked.

"It was...actually cool!" Bee admitted.

Ser-ket let out a satisfied growl before placing a claw to Bumblebee's exposed mouth.

"Don't get any ideas bug." Ser-ket purred before slowly lifting the mouth piece back into place making a quiet hiss come from it.

The two began to watch the skies again and stayed close together for warmth. A while later Bumblebee fell asleep before Ser-ket secretly kissed him on the cheek before cuddling with him and recharging as well. They both knew admitting true love to each other and having their real first kiss could wait a lot longer as they considered each other still best friends only.

Back in reality...

Bumblebee was beginning to wake up and could see Wheeljack trying to find a more clearer view outside as it was getting cloudy. Suddenly as the clouds cleared, there was a huge rock formation right in front of him.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bombshell and Bumblebee screamed as Wheeljack shot the Jackhammer up and made it over the formation.

Wheeljack looked back at the other two who looked like they had just seen a ghost.

"Well I see you're awake!" Wheeljack chuckled to Bumblebee.

"That was close!" Bombshell said. "You okay Bee...you barely talked since we took off.

"I'm fine...just did some long thinking." Bumblebee rubbed his head. "And sleeping."

"Heads up you guys...we're getting ready to land in Iacon...now I just need to find somewhere to land." Wheeljack said looking around.

Once they found a good spot near the Iacon junkyard, they proceeded to look around, but Wheeljack stayed behind.

"You guys go on ahead, I need to take care of a few things." Wheeljack said going back inside the Jackhammer.

As they walked around town, Bumblebee was doing his best to remember where everything was at. Other mechs waved and they waved back. Many mechs in Iacon were nice and polite. Once they reached the middle of town they stopped.

"Okay...so we need to find the police station. That shouldn't be hard right?" Bee asked.

"Yeah, the faster we find that, the faster we find my brothers, Ser-ket and crush Shockwave's optic." Bombshell said and they agreed.

As Bumblebee escorted Bombshell to the police station, Jazz and Barricade were just arriving. The enforcers there were usually big and menacing. They loved to pick on Bumblebee and Jazz a lot but respected them since they were considered friends. When Barricade came in helping Jazz to a seat in the main room, the enforcers were horrified. Jazz was carefully sat down and given some energon.

"What happened?" One asked.

"Dude, who did that to ya?" Another asked.

"Shockwave..." Barricade sneered as the enforcers growled and clenched their fists.

"We're here if you need us Jazz!" Barricade assured rubbing Jazz's shoulder.

Jazz nodded as one of the enforcers looked out through the front door.

"Uh boss, there's a yellow and black mech and an insecticon coming up to the door." The enforcer announced.

"Bumblebee's back? With an insecticon?" Jazz wondered.

"Let them in!" Barricade said.

When the enforcer opened the doors, Bombshell and Bumblebee walked in rather quickly. The first thing Bumblebee notices is Jazz.

"HOLY PRIMUS JAZZ WHAT HAPPENED?" Bee yelled running over to him.

"Don't worry Bumblebee, I'm okay!" Jazz assured.

"Let me guess, Shockwave?" Bombshell sneered.

Jazz nodded making the others angry. Bombshell noticed he was getting curious and angry glares back which he returned. Bumblebee walked right up to Barricade.

"Barricade, we need to talk now. It's urgent and we don't have much time!" Bee said staring dead into Barricade's optics.

"Okay Bee just calm down." Barricade said alarming Bumblebee.

"CALM DOWN? CALM DOWN? I CAN'T CALM DOWN KNOWING THERE ARE PEOPLE MISSING AND A CRAZY SCIENTIST RUNNING AROUND DOING WHATEVER HE DOES! I REFUSE TO RELAX WHEN MY FRIEND AND HIS BROTHERS ARE POSSIBLY BEING TORTURED!" Bumblebee yelled shocking everyone.

Barricade felt taken back by Bee's outburst but knew he was right. Bumblebee sighed and pushed away his anger.

"I'm sorry Barricade, I didn't mean to yell at you like that. It's the pressure, too much is on our mind right now. We don't need distractions...we need help!" Bumblebee explained.

"Okay come on, I'll take you to the back room! Follow me!" Barricade escorted Bee, Bombshell and Jazz to the back room where countless file cabinets and a computer were placed. Barricade sat on one end of a huge table while the others sat on the opposite side. Barricade started with Bumblebee first.

"Okay Bee, you first." Barricade said.

"Okay, a long time ago, my friend Ser-ket and I were busy talking with each other alone, but Shockwave apparently was following us and kid-napped Ser-ket and I could do nothing about it. Me and Shockwave were kinda like friends before he went insane and I used to help him pick up things for his lab, but I never saw it. I didn't go to the police because I thought he would find out and kill me. Besides, I know Ser-ket can hold her own so I hoped she would surivive whatever torture she went through and is still online. I just had to move on!" Bumblebee explained. "I miss her."

Barricade nodded while Bombshell patted Bee on the back.

"Now Bombshell, you're story?" Barricade suggested.

"Okay look, many years ago in an alley. Shockwave attacked me, Shrapnel and Kickback and tried to take us. I fought back with all my strength but it wasn't enough and he made off with my brothers. He was able to knock me out and Ironhide came to rescue me. He took me and Bumblebee in, took care of us, trained us to fight better. And from then on, I vowed to track down Shockwave and kill him. And I am still not going to let anyone stop me from achieving my goal. I don't care who it is. Even you...I heard about what you think about insecticons." Bombshell snarled.

Barricade was now embarrased and looked nervous as Bombshell stood up from his seat. Barricade nearly forgot how big Bombshell really was. Barricade and Bumblebee were at Bombshell's shoulder height while Jazz was shorter than all three of them. All three insecticons were actually 2 feet taller than Shockwave.

"What's wrong with insecticons? You think we're ugly? Weird? Creepy? Insane? Stupid? WELL YOU'RE WRONG! I honestly don't care what you guys think. We insecticons are proud cybertronians. We don't let insults and abuse stand in our way. We EAT mechs who dare look at us the wrong way. We are a lot stronger than we look and I'm not afraid to express how I feel or beat the shit out of anyone who insults us. I'd risk my spark for any of my friend's life, Bumblebee's Jazz's, Ser-ket's, Wheeljack's, Ironhide's and my brothers'. So mabye you should show some RESPECT to an insecticon that can easily eat your head...OFFICER!" Bombshell ended his speech leaving the others frozen. Bumblebee and Jazz had to back up and Barricade had sunk into his chair.

"Bombshell...I've never seen you this way." Bumblebee said.

Bombshell was angry but Barricade had to admit he was being honest. Barricade felt bad for thinking insecticons weren't so important. He noticed Bombshell had dug his claws into the table leaving marks. Bumblebee sat Bombshell down who was trying to stay calm. Barricade didn't know what to say at first.

"Uh...I'm...sorry..." Barricade knew just saying sorry wasn't going to cut it.

"You okay Bombshell?" Jazz asked.

"I'm fine...I just needed to get my anger out that's all. I'm not trying to get arrested." Bombshell said in a low voice. "I'm not getting arrested am I?"

"No...and I...understand." Barricade said nervously. "Look I'll uh...try to look up some info on Shockwave's captives and his location."

"No wait...I don't think you'll need to. I have a few answers!" Jazz cut in. "As it turns out...I know where they are!"

Bombshell and Bumblebee went wide-opticed as they turned to Jazz who nodded.

"On my way over here, I saw Ser-ket, Kickback and Shrapnel hiding in a warehouse, possibly the one Ser-ket and Bee used to hang around in. They were in fine condition and even asked what happened to me." Jazz explained alarming Bumblebee and bombshell.

"JAZZ YOU DID IT!" Bee yelled.

"YOU'VE FOUND THEM! WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT!" Bombshell yelled.

"But I can't tell you Shockwave's location!" Jazz said.

"Hey Bombshell, is it possible that your Cerebro Shells could short-circuit the device and take it off without alerting Shockwave?" Bumblebee wondered.

"It's possible, and it's worth a shot." Bombshell said taking one out.

Bombshell carefully placed the shell on top of the device and it destroyed the device. Jazz could feel the electrical surges through his circuits as the device snapped in half and fell onto the floor. Jazz was free.

"That's it, Jazz you're safe. Shockwave can't do anything now." Barricade said.

Jazz wanted to jump up and cheer but remembered the pain he was still dealing with. But now he could tell Shockwave's location.

To be continued...

I believe there are two more chapters left. Man this story is going away quicker than I thought. Please review!