Chapter 7: Happy Returns

"Man, I should've known Shockwave wouldn't be afraid to stay in the same place. Well...we should get going." Bumblebee insisted.

"Whoa whoa hold up...what do you say we hit the town real quick? I could go for some high grade." Bombshell insisted.

"Okay sure...thank you Barricade and Jazz for helping us out. I believe all of this stress is going away!" Bee said standing up.

"Hey Bee, you're not sticking around?" Jazz asked.

"Nah, I like to travel, see the sights, you know!" Bee shrugged. "But you'll see me again."

"Stay out of trouble and try not to get killed." Barricade warned.

"I know, you tell me all the time! Jeez! You'll be okay Jazz?" Bee asked.

"Yeah, I'll heal after a while." Jazz assured.

Bombshell got up and looked at Barricade who walked around the table.

"Hey look Barricade I didn't mean to..."

"I know...you had every right to yell at me. I shouldn't have opposed insecticons. You guys are cybertronians just like the rest of us..." Barricade smiled.

Bombshell nodded and he and Bumblebee left the police station and headed towards the Iacon bar that was a few blocks down. When they walked in, they spotted Wheeljack already there drinking some high grade.

"Hey guys...you've been busy!" Wheeljack smirked as they took a seat beside him at the counter.

"Yeah...we know where they are now...but we decided to get a drink before we go. This city is nice!" Bombshell said as Bumblebee ordered them drinks.

Wheeljack observed the crowd and could tell that mechs were looking forward to causing trouble. At one table, one mech was seemingly talking about another mech at a table next to him. Of course most of the mechs there were getting drunk so anything could happen.

"Hey guys...I think there's going to be a fight." Wheeljack whispered.

"I bet...hey wait a minute...is that Warpath?" Bumblebee said alarmed seeing Warpath talking to some others.

"How many people in this town do you know Bee?" Bombshell asked.

"A lot...okay only a few. Mainly him and the people at the police station.

Suddenly Bumblebee is forced to duck when a chair is thrown past him. Two mechs walked up to him and Bombshell but they were more focused on Bombshell.

"You, insecticon, what do you think you're doing in here?" One of them snarled.

Bombshell growled at the question.

"Drinking, why?" Bombshell snarled.

"We hate insecticons! You bugs need to stay in alleys where you belong!" The other snarled.

This made Bombshell stand up and the two mechs noticed how big Bombshell was but they weren't scared.

"Why don't you say that to my face?" Bombshell snarled.

One of them turned to Bumblebee who's optics twitched.

"And you Bumblebee...haven't seen you around these parts for awhile. Thought you'd been arrested for something." The mech growled.

"Arrested? As if!" Bee snarled.

"Look are you guys trying to start something with us?" Bomshell growled actually hoping they said yes.

"Mabye we are insecticon, what are you going to do, bug us to death?" One of them teased.

"I'LL EAT YOUR HEAD!" Bombshell snarled getting ready to lunge.

"GO AHEAD AND TRY!" The mech growled back.

But before Bombshell could make a move he was shoved into the counter nearly hitting the bartender. As a response, Bumblebee stood up to face them himself.

"Get out of my way Bumblebee before I scrap you!" The mech threatened.

Bumblebee said nothing and instead pulled out two guns from his arms making the mechs jump back. Wheeljack and Bombshell were shocked since they never knew Bumblebee had guns.

"Bumblebee...when did you get those?" Wheeljack asked.

"Born with them...meaning I can use them however I like. Now then...get away from my friend before I decide to start a killing spree." Bee threatened.

"You wouldn't dare shoot us!" The other mech said taking a step forward.

"Wanna bet?" Bee asked and shot both mechs into the back of the bar crashing into tables and chairs.

Energon splashed on them as they hit the wall hard. The mechs recovered and were nervous now. Bombshell, Bumblebee and Wheeljack looked at each other before heading towards the mechs growling. The mechs found themselves trapped by Warpath and his friends who were all at one table. Bombshell walked up first and stood over the mechs menacingly.

"You want me to bug ya, I'll bug ya till you DIE!" Bombshell snarled before punching both mechs in the face so hard it felt like a chair had broken against their face.

Then, he brought out two cerebro shells and held them out threateningly. He smirked as best as he could to the others and even Warpath could tell this was going to be interesting. He placed them onto the troublemaker's necks.

"Hey Bumblebee, these guys gave you trouble...you tell me what the command shall be!" Bomshell said.

Bumblebee thought for a moment and whipsered into Bombshell's audios and his red optics widened with interest.

"Yes, excellent...I order you two...to kill each other and whoever is remaining, eat the dead mech, then yourselves!" Bombshell commanded.

The cerebro shell did their job...and the mechs began to fight each other to death. Energon splattered everywhere, body parts were being ripped up. Warpath had to wince as an arm was thrown clear across the building.

"YES...FIGHT...FIGHT...FIGHT...FEED...FEED...FEED!" Bombshell sneered with delight.

He and Bumblebee broke into evil laughter as Wheeljack and some others ordered more drinks to watch the death match. Bumblebee began to notice Bombshell was looking hungry.

"Oh yeah...I forgot you eat mechs...you're hungry aren't ya?" Bee chuckled.

Bombshell in response grabbed an optic and a few crunched gears and shoved them through the slits in his grill mouth. Bumblebee and Wheeljack look away not really wanting to see that. Bee decided to talk to Warpath to past the time.

"Hey Bee when did you get back?" Warpath asked.

"Oh I'm not back, I just needed take care of something with my friend Bombshell. We're heading to Tyger Pax next." Bee explained.

"I see...well, we'll still keep in touch right?"

"Abso-freakin-lutely." Bee said.

About an hour later...the two mechs were killed and the trio were on their way as they got back in the Jackhammer.

"Well this has been interesting." Bumblebee chuckled.

"How are you feeling Bombshell?" Wheeljack asked.

"Good, so much energon...so many body parts!" Bombshell said as they took off.

Hey Wheeljack...how far are we from Tyger Pax?" Bee asked.

"We should be there by nightime." Wheeljack said.

"Wow...okay that's fine! Hey Bee, sorry you had to see that back there." Bombshell apolagized.

"It's okay...you were hungry!"

When nightime hit...the town of Tyger Pax was coming up fast. Bombshell and Bumblebee had fallen back to sleep but Wheeljack was still wide awake.

"Hey guys wake up...we're here!" Wheeljack announced.

Bumblebee looked out the window and watched as millions of lights and mechs could be seen below. It was beautiful, just as Bee remembered it.

"I can't believe it...I haven't been here for years. I miss this place. Can you believe it Bombshell? You're going to see your brothers again!"

"It's just...so..." Bombshell couldn't finish as he began to cry making Bee comfort him.

Wheeljack smiled. These two were developing a friendship like no one had seen before. A tear was coming to one of his optics but he shook his head and put in some coordinates on his GPS system. The GPS showed the location of the warehouses and three energy signitures.

"Guys...I'm detecting energy signitures, all clear."

"Wheeljack, it would be safer to land somewhere where Shockwave couldn't find us." Bee warned.

The Jackhammer landed beside an old factory that was no longer in use. Outside, the wind blew and it was foggy again. The warehouses nearbye could slightly be seen through the fog and Bumblebee tried to identify the one he and Ser-ket used. They marked it with "S+B" in red paint. Bumblebee could never forget that. Bombshell was secretly scared and stayed behind Bee while Wheeljack checked around using an energy reading locator. One signal seemed to be coming closer to them.

"Guys...someone's coming. Be ready...it could be Shockwave." Wheeljack warned bringing out the swords from his back and placing his battle mask over his mouth.

"WHO GOES THERE?" Came a femme's voice.

It sounded familiar and it echoed through the fog. Bumblebee was surprised once he found out who it belonged to.

Yellow optics suddenly appeared nearbye in between two warehouses. The fog seemed to suddenly vanish once they were spotted.

"Um...excuse me...are you...Ser-ket?" Bumblebee asked and he bravely stepped closer to the figure.

The femme's optics seem to widen at the question and she slowly stepped out. The femme was blue, gold and green with huge wings and a long tail with a siphone claw weapon attached to the end. Her fangs and blue razor sharp claws twinkled at the ends. Her feet also had claws on them unlike a normal cybertronian giving her the appearance of a predacon. She smirked when she saw who it was and the horns on her head twitched.

"Bumblebee...it's been awhile." She said resting a hand on her hip.

Bumblebee thought he was going to faint. It was Ser-ket.

"SER-KET! IT'S REALLY YOU OH MY PRIMUS!" Bee screamed running at her and tackling the femme.

The two laughed off the sudden pain and got up.

"Ser-ket, I knew you would be alive! I just can't believe it's you!" Bumblebee said excitedly.

"It's good to see your sexy aft again!" Ser-ket smirked.

But as soon as she spotted Bombshell and Wheeljack she bared her fangs and clenched her fists with a hiss. Bumblebee stopped her.

"Whoa, whoa Ser-ket. These are my friends!" Bee said trying to hold her back.

"Oh...I'm sorry!" Ser-ket said sadly.

"It's okay, I'm Bombshell and this is Wheeljack!" Bombshell greeted.

"S'up!" Wheeljack greeted putting his swords away.

"BOMBSHELL, BOMBSHELL!" Came two voices with one of them repeating.

Bombshell thought Cybertron had frozen when in front of him appeared Shrapnel and Kickback. Bombshell just stared at them for a moment while they stared back. He thought he was dreaming. He shook his head, rubbed his optics and pinched himself. They were really there. He charged them with tears running down his face. As soon as he came close enough, the other two wrapped him into a tight hug as they cried as well. The others watch with joy.

"It's been...so long!" Bombshell cried. "I miss you guys!"

"We miss you too dude, we're glad you're safe." Kickback said.

"We got a lot of catching up to do, do!" Shrapnel said.

"So Bumblebee...the place is just like it was a long time ago..." Ser-ket assured. "Come on in...there some energon waiting."

Inside, Bumblebee was amazed. The place was cleaned up nicely and it seemed to now have an actual living room, kitchen and bedrooms. The stairs that usually led to the bedrooms had been newly refurbished. Wheeljack, Kickback, Shrapnel and Bombshell sat on a couch to talk and Ser-ket and Bumblebee stood in a corner talking.

"Ser-ket has Shockwave hurt you in anyway?" Bee asked worried.

"Well, he's beaten me a few times. But I'm fine...I never complained and I did what I was told. And no he never raped me." Ser-ket said feeling a little bit uncomfortable.

"I'm so glad you're okay...when I see Shockwave...I'm going to beat him into a metal pulp." Bumblebee snarled clenching a fist. "Ser-ket I promise, I will do whatever I can to protect you."

"Thanks Bee, I really appreciate it. Look uh...do you still...you know..." Ser-ket was too embarrased to ask.

"Love you? Yes...I love you. You'll always be my girl no matter what! I've never given up on you!" Bee assured. "You still love me?"

"More than anything on this planet. Hey come here, I need to show you something." Ser-ket said escorting Bee to a back room that was used as a closet.

"What is it?" Bee asked cuirously.

Ser-ket lowered the flap on Bee's mouthplate and kissed him which Bee returned. They moaned as they began to rub each other's back. Ser-ket accidently rammed Bee into one of the walls but Bee didn't care as long as he was making out with Ser-ket. They had missed this dearly and wanted to do more. Ser-ket moved her hand down to Bee's aft and dug her claws in while Bumblebee began to lightly rub her wings which were very sensitive.

"I love you Ser-ket."

"I love you too Bumblebee."

After a few more minutes of making out...the two settled on an uneasy decesion.

"Hey uh...you think mabye...we can...uh...continue this...upstairs in my berth? I mean...we don't have to...it's just a suggestion." Ser-ket said feeling lubricant sweat slide down her face.

Bumblebee was surprised at the question. Should they? Dare they? He couldn't decide. He looked back at Ser-ket who looked nervous. Mabye spark-bonding would be a good idea...after all...then she would be truly his. He smiled.

"Yes Ser-ket...I would like that very much! Let's do it so I can teach you a lesson!" Bee smirked.

"Oh not before I knock some sense into ya!" Ser-ket purred.

The two were able to sneak past everyone and finding an excuse to go upstairs at the same time. But Kickback somehow knew them all too well. He once found Ser-ket's diary. One they were upstairs, the fun began...

"Bow chicka bow wow!" Kickback whispered to his brothers and Wheeljack who giggled.

"So anyways...how much did Shockwave experiment on you guys...you look great!" Bombshell asked.

"Well, most of them failed. He wanted us to act more violent and crazy to each other. We'd always refuse and he would beat us...rather harshly." Kickback said. "I'm glad to be alive."

"Yeah, Ser-ket was hating her life as well, she helped us escape through a groundbridge that teleported us here. Ever since then she took care of us and kept us out of trouble, trouble." Shrapnel explained.

"By the way Bombshell...I thought by now you would've switched your name to Hardshell. After all, it was your nickname, and at least to me it sounds better than Bombshell." Kickback suggested.

"I don't know...Ironhide thought the same thing. I mean, what about you guys?" Bombshell asked.

"I changed my name, it's Sharpshot now instead of Shrapnel, Shrapnel. Kickback didn't want to change his, his." Sharpshot said.

"Oh well, I guess it wouldn't hurt...alright, from now on, I go by Hardshell!" He said.

"That's good, I liked that name anyway!" Wheeljack said.

About an hour later...Bumblebee and Ser-ket returned downstairs talking and looking exhausted but satisfied.

"He-he...all right!" Kickback whispered again to the others.

Ser-ket went to get some energon while Hardshell took a tired Bumblebee to a corner.

"Well?" Hardshell said.

"Well what?" Bee asked hoping Bombshell hadn't figured it out.

"Come on Bumblebee...we all knew what was going on up there!" Hardshell smirked.

"Oh primus...I'm sorry..." Bee said.

"No need Bee, that was brave of you. I'm proud...so did you guys also spark bond?"

"Dude, I can't tell you all that! That's weird! Aw who am I kidding yes we did and we are happy we did!"

"Nice! I hope Shockwave isn't lurking around." Bombshell said.

"Yeah, we're still killing him right?"

"Yep!"

Wheeljack got up and proceeded to the door.

"Hey I'll be back I need to move my ship closer over here!"

"Hurry back!" Ser-ket said sipping on some energon.

Outside, Wheeljack proceeded over to the Jackhamer to start it up when a figure came up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Huh?"

"SURPRISE!" Shockwave yelled and knocked Wheeljack out. "That Bumblebee and insecticon are clever than I thought. Time to find out what this bot knows and lure those scrap-heaps out!"

To be continued...

OH NO! Wheeljack's been taken! Will the others find out soon? Will Hardshell and Bumblebee get their revenge? Will Kickback get his aft beat? Stay tuned! Please review! By the way, just a reminder, look up the TFP "Rage of the Dinobots" comics if you want to see what Ser-ket looks like. Or just look her up alone!