Finally another chapter complete! Sorry for the delay but had a major project due in for uni and it took forever, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!

Optimus gathered the rest of his teammates in the rec room; he had to tell them the fate of their youngest member.

Everyone could sense the sadness emanating from their leader and they feared the worst about Bumblebee's condition. They all cared about Bumblebee like a little brother; he brought a smile to all of the Autobots he met. Even the most toughened mechs felt the little bundle of joy that Bee brought to the cause.

Optimus looked to his crew and he could tell that they were all anxious to hear any news about Bee.

"My friends I'm afraid I have some terrible news"

Jazz was the first to speak from the team. "Is Bee alright?" He was part of the team that found lil'Bee when he was a mere sparkling and was part of the team that raised him. Well the whole team raised him but he was especially close as he was his trainer in espionage; to become a scout and a special ops mech.

Optimus looked to Bumblebee's main guardians that took care of him as he grew up. "Fear not my friends Bumblebee is alive and as well as can be expected from what he suffered, however..."

"However, what Optimus?" Ironhide knew something had to be wrong; he was there when they found him.

"However, there was one injury that Ratchet was unable to repair...Bumblebee's voice modulator"

It took a few moments for the information to sink in. Bumblebee's voice modulator...

Prowl, a tall but slender gold and black mech that was the head of security vocalised the thought that all of the over mechs were processing. "Bumblebee is mute"

The saddened leader of the Autobot nodded. "Yes I'm afraid so"

A silence fell over the Autobots as they all processed the major fact that they had been told. They all knew that Bumblebee could talk for Cybertron. Bumblebee would talk to everyone and bring a happy atmosphere to the room from his laugh alone.

They wouldn't be hearing that again for a long time.

Ironhide stood up and looked to Optimus. "How did he take it?"

"Not well, he's resting right now" He answered. "Ratchet wants him to rest some more until he deems him fit enough to leave the med lab."

Everyone remained silent for a moment; each Autobot knew that they would be upset but to imagine Bee's reaction. He was the youngest transformer in existence; the last born of their kind and to go from an out spoken mech to a mute was rough.

"When he gets out of the med lab I want all of you to act as normal as possible but be cautious. We still do not fully know what happened to him whilst he was captured"

They all knew the possibilities were endless when it comes to the torture methods of the Decepticons. Ratchet had not realised all the details to Optimus yet about anything that could indicate what happened to him whilst in captivity.

"We need to keep a close optic on him; we'll all need to pull together to help our youngest friend"

They all knew that they needed to stay strong for Bumblebee; he was the youngest mech in existence as far as they know. He had a spark that compelled him to help those in need and to just be a good friend.

Jazz looked to his fellow comrades "We'll do all we can for our little Bee; he took on a dangerous mission to ensure that the All-spark remained out of enemy hands"

The other Autobots nodded in agreement. "Yeah we owe him a lot"

Optimus was proud of his comrades; he knew they would do everything to help little Bumblebee.

So what you think? I know its a little short but the next one will be longer I swear. The next one will be Bumblebee being released from the med bay and his reactions to his friends. Please review!