Title: Things Change

Summary: The Elites came back to earth, only to drag Optimus's team back forcefully back to Cybertron, taking everybody but Bumblebee. Now on his own, Bumblebee team up with Sumdac Corp along with some of the remaining bots, Wreckgar, Blackarchnia, the Dinobots, and some bots that will landed on earth later to form the Defenders of the Earth. 20 years later, Optimus and the others return to earth only to see that things has change, Bumblebee included. While the others try to figure out what happened and fight against a evil group of bots named D.O.O.M, can they gain both Bumblebee's and Sari's forgivness and trust back? Animated

Rating: K+

Inspired By Stitchar's "Behind".

Chapter 4:

Help

It's been a month since the Incident and during that time Bumblebee had been force into a stasis lock. The professor and Blackarachnia had done thier best to repair him but it wasn't enough. Bee's processor was damage beyond their knowledge of repair so they couldn't repair it properly without making it worse. Everyone was affected by Bumblebee's condition, even Grimlock. The large Dino-bot even say it himself: "Grimlock will destroy bot who hurt small yellow bot!"

Sari was the one who took the news the hardest. She had a tough time eating, let alone sleeping. The last thing she excepted was seeing someone who was suffering almost as much as she was. Right now, she was outside of the base, thinking about her best friend, hoping that he'll be okay. The last thing she expected was someone checking on her.

"You okay?"

Sari jumped and got in a defensive stance, ready for an attack. She was surprise to see who it was.

"Barricade?" she said, her guard was still up. "What are you doing here?"

The black and white mech came a bit more into the light to be seen. A force smiled appeared on his face.

"What? Can't a bot come out and check on someone?"

"He can. If he was a friend, not a decepticon."

"Well, call me a special friend." He sat down on the floor.

It took a while but eventually Sari sat down next to him. For the next few minutes, either of them spoke a word. It wasn't until Barricade spoke.

"So...I'm guessing Bumblebee's injuries are pretty serious, aren't they?" He didn't have to be a genius to know that. He haven't seen Bumblebee on partrol for a month since...He didn't want to think about it.

"Yes,...it is." said Sari, sadly. "And the main problem is that we don't know anyone who can fix him right." Tears started forming in her eyes. "The damage is too severe. No one on the team is skilled enough for this kind of damage." Sari couldn't stop the tears that where running down her face. "He's my best friend. I want to help him but...I don't know how."

Barricade remain silent as Sari started to crying again. Even though he wouldn't admit out loud, he did cared about Bumblebee and he wanted to see him again, happy and well. As gentle as he be, he place a hand around Sari as a show of comfort.

"Don't worry, Sari. Everything will be alright." If Bumblebee needed a medic, then by Primus he'll get him a medic. "What if I can get a medic, one that can help Bumblebee?"

Sari look up at him will teary eyes. "Would you?"

Barricade nodded. "I can get one of the medic back at base. I'm sure one of them can help. Knockout and Hook were skilled medics. They should be able to fix Bee." Okay, maybe Knockout was out of the question. He'll just threaten him about the whole thing and Megatron was already questioning him. Hook was the best option. Even for a decepticon he'll help any bot, Decepticon, Autobot, and maybe a Defender.

Sari thought it over. She wipe the tears away before looking back at him, serious. "Why are you helping us? You're a Decepticon."

Barricade took a moment to think about it. Why was he helping them? He was a decepticon, thier enermy. But anytime he thought of that yellow bot, any time he thought about Bumblebee, something in his spark just makes him feel very...warm. He didn't know why and it scared him at first, but eventually he grew to like it. And see that Bumblebee was the cause of it all, he had no choice but to care about him or the feeling will go away.

Barricade look back at Sari, who was wanting for an answer.

"Because..." he started "because I... kind of... grew attach to him... in someway... and I...kind of... grew to care about him is all."

Sari was silent then a small smile appear on her face. "You like him, don't you?"

"I...uh, do you want help or not!"

"Okay, okay. Where should we meet you?"

Barricade told her the place and the time they'll meet up before leaving. Sari return back to base to tell the rest of the team the news. They weren't too thrill about getting help from the Decepticons but eventually they went with Sari's plan just with some extra cautions.

The night rolled over pretty slow until it was time for Sari to meet up with Barricade. Blackarachnia and Wreck-Gar were coming along. Not only to carry stasis Bumblebee, but just in case it was a trap. They were the first ones to arrive at the meeting point. They didn't have to wait long for Barricade to arrive with the medic, Hook. Hook didn't waste anytime repairing Bumblebee. It took a few hours but he was able successfully repair Bumblebee. But there were some problems.

"So what's the prognosis, doc?" asked Barricade.

Hook stood up. "Well, the good news is he'll recover within a week or so."

The bots let out a sign of relief. Happy that their friend was going to make it.

"However..." he continue. Bad news. "the time he'll make a full recovery remains unknown."

"What do mean?" asked Sari.

Hook signed heavily. "I'm afraid that there's nothing I can do. I'm not really sure what device hit him but what ever it was, it scrambled up his memory core. I did all I can do but in the end it will have to come back to him on his own."

He locked optices with Sari. She could tell he was not happy about telling them this like he could tell that she was not going to be happy at what he had to say next.

"I'm sorry, but when he wakes up he may not remember you."

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