Chapter 3: Shit Hits the Fan

Beedrill was wrong. He was horribly wrong. The next day was a complete waste. He wasn't getting a second chance (yet) and he wasn't even released into the courtyard for recreation. He wasn't even sure there was a courtyard in this place. The worst part was the fact that the next day was exactly the same. He just sat in his cell and was occasionally fed honey.

One day, while listening to a few Combee outside of his cell, he learned that they have yet to find another drone.

"They fear our Queen, as she is 'forceful and assertive.' Can you believe it?" one Combee said to another , unseen one.

"Yeah, I can."

"I'm telling The Queen on you."

"Fuck." The voices quickly faded.

"Well, well well!" Beedrill said to himself "Looks like I'm all she has! She's bound to send for me any minute now!" And so he waited. Minutes passed, and eventually hours. Apparently, she never sent for him. And so the days went by. If he weren't a bee, he would have grown a beard.

"You know what?" Beedrill asked the wall.

"No. What?" a Combee in the wall replied.

"I don't need this. I don't need any of this!"

"Cool story bro."

"I'm breaking out!"

"That's what they all say. Sit the fuck down."

Beedrill preformed a poison jab on the wall. After a moment, a huge section collapsed into pile of tired Combee. Beedrill stepped out, into the hangar. As it turns, he was the only one in captivity.

"Sweet! I'm free!" just as he said this, there was a great crash from deep within the hive. Combee came screaming from where the sound was heard.

"..." Beedrill went right back into his broken cell.

"And look who came crawling back." the Combee on the was had a face more smug then Mega Camerupt. Beedrill popped him out of the wall and he fell out of the hive. Another crash could be heard. Another wave of terrified Combee. This time, a few stopped at Beedrill's cell.

"What the hell are you still doing here?" asked one.

"Fly for your life, you asshat!" shouted another.

"Or better yet, help us!"

"What the hell is even happening?" Beedrill asked.

"A lounge of Charizard and their spawn!"

"Nope. None of that shit for me."

"We beg of you!" The Combee were pleading.

"What's in it for me?"

"We don't fuck you up for being a shitbag!"

"Well, if you insist." Beedrill shrugged and went to the origins of the crashes. He quickly reached an area where half the wall was gone. In the rubble, Charizard, Charmelon, and Charmander on their Mother's backs. They were quite clearly looking for honey. Upon seeing this, he decided he was just going to leave, but a Combee approaching him.

"Drone!" he called "Our Queen! She's in danger!"

"Can't the Queen do everything you can and better? I doubt she's in trouble."

"She doesn't need to defend herself if we can for her!"

"On any other day, I'd find a hundred arguments against what you just said, but I understand that these are troubling times."

Beedrill flew to the place where he had past seen, and been slapped by, Vespiquen. She was not there. He searched frantically, but she seemed to be gone. He would have asked the Combee making up the room, but they seemed to have died in their place as permanent honeycomb bricks. Beedrill decided to give up and join the fight, but she came to him, much to his surprise.

"I would have expected you to have fled like a coward by now." She said, confused. "What could you possibly still want from us?"

"Easy! You." Without another word, he picked her up with a Fire Ant's carry. Then he flew as fast as his wings would let him.

He was not EV trained for speed, but his current state was fast enough to get the job done. Vespiquen resisted heavily, and that really slowed him down, but he explained that this is what her subjects wanted. After that, she was still, and he could travel faster.

They made it out remarkable quickly, as the hive was only about the size of a house. It seemed larger from within. But Beedrill didn't stop outside. He kept flying until his wings gave out. Then, both Beedrill and Vespiquen tumbled to the ground and landed in a heap.

Vespiquen looked in dismay as the hive she spent her whole life in, as a Combee, and the Queen and mother of the hive, collapse. She lie where she was and covered her face in grief. The fire starters surely wouldn't let any Combee live. They would teach their young how to be merciless, and do whatever it takes to survive.

Beedrill wanted to do something to comfort her, but he didn't know how, and decided it was best he didn't. He sat watchful and loyal. Slowly, the sun set. Fires in distance were nothing but smoke.

"Thank you." Vespiquen said quietly after some time had passed. Beedrill silently nodded. Even more time had come to pass, until Vespiquen spoke again.

"You don't have to stay, you know. There is nothing more for you here. I don't think there ever was."

Beedrill also took his time thinking of a response.

"I wouldn't abandon my queen." he finally said. This comment unnerved Vespiquen. Was he mocking her? Even after what had happened? After she lost everything? Beedrill seemed to know what she was thinking. "You are now my queen. I will forever stay by your side." Vespiquen still didn't know how she felt about this, but she decided to give it a rest for now.

"You know, so that we might repopulate later." Beedrill said.

And with that, she slapped him.