"Can we see the sparkling?, At the base now lets move!" A recording from laser beak played.
"Oh so Optimus has found the last sparkling alright then" Megatron hissed after the recording finished.
"Soundwave I want you to send laserbeak to the Autobot base I want to see just how close Optimus is to this Sparkling…." Megatron growled.
Soundwave nodded and set laserbeak free and watched him fly away.
"It's been two weeks since Bumblebee came online and he is very observant" Optimus proudly told Prowl as they walked down the hall.
"Yes Optimus that is wonderful… now about the maintenance…." Prowl sighed wanting to get on with work.
"Oh and he also kinda waves his servos and clicks to bots he wants like he's trying to point to them and call them its so…"
"OPTIMUS! Please focus we need to get some work done!" Prowl hopped in front of Optimus grabbing hold of the primes shoulders stopping him in the middle of the hallway.
"Everything ok here?" Elita asked as she peeked her head out of her room.
"Yeah everything is fine I'm just overly happy that's all" Optimus chuckled as Prowl let go.
"Overly happy bout what" Elita giggled as she walked towards the two.
"Bumblebee he's very smart" Optimus smiled.
"That cause he's got a smart caretaker" Elita told Optimus as she walked past them to the shooting range.
"ok alright you're right Prowl I do need to focus now" Optimus told Prowl.
"Good…." Prowl sighed.
In the rec room
"Here sit him on the couch and let him lean on the back of the couch" Jazz told Sideswipe as he placed Bumblebee where Jazz told him to.
"ok there" Sideswipe smiled at the clicking Bumblebee.
"Aw look at him lookin around with those big watery optics" Jazz cooed.
"Yeah I could stare at those optics all day" Arcee sighed.
"What are you guys all cooing about?" Air raid asked walking beside the couch not noticing the tiny sparkling sitting in the corner by the couch arm where he placed his servo.
Bumblebee clicked curiously at it and tried to reach for it but ended up sliding onto his side, Bumblebee started to let out small whimpers as he was stuck on his side and didn't know what to do.
"It's ok Bee there see back on your little butt" Sunstreaker placed Bumblebee back in a sitting position.
"Aw sparkling!" Air raid cooed getting in front of the couch to get a better look at Bumblebee.
"Yeah didn't you hear?" Mirage asked Air raid as the aerial bot got on his knees and rested his helm on his arms in front of Bumblebee.
"No I was out when they must have announced it" Air raid smiled at the curious sparkling.
"Geez he's so tiny I almost missed him who's is he?" Air raid asked the group of bots.
"Optimus's" They all said at once.
"No way this tiny thing? Nah…" Air raid raised an optic ridge.
"Well he found him and now he's raising him" Arcee explained.
"Ooooh ok good for him so the kids name is Bumblebee huh?" Air raid looked Bumblebee up and down.
"Yup that's his name" Jazz laughed as Bee reached for Air raids helm only managing to land on his stomach in front of Air raid's face.
"Determined little guy aren't you" Air raid giggled.
"Hey his got big wings on his back you gonna be a flyer?" Air raid cooed as he picked Bee up by his wings placing him in the sitting position again.
"Ratchet said they aren't aerial wings there most likely doorwings" Arcee told Air raid as he stood back up.
"Cool well I gotta jet I'll see you later" Air raid said his good byes and walked out the room.
Bumblebee started to get fidgety he kept slipping onto his sides and wiggling around getting to know his movement and body functions better, Bumblebee started to chirp and gurgle happily as he drooled all over himself.
"Ew Bumblebee…" Sunstreaker said as he watched Bumblebee drool.
"that's gross…" Mirage complained.
"Yummeh" Sideswipe laughed.
"Yummy? Seriously dude?" Jazz shook his helm at Sideswipe.
"Oh you guys are so immature" Arcee hissed and rolled her optics as she grabbed Bee and wiped the drool off Bumblebee's tiny frame.
"There no more drool" Arcee sighed as Bumblebee squirmed in discomfort and started to cry.
"Arcee what'd you do!" Sideswipe, Jazz, and Sunstreaker teased.
"Nothing he's just I don't know!" Arcee started to panic.
"Here let me see him" Mirage said taking Bumblebee from Arcee and placing Bumblebee flat on his back on the couch and unlatching Bumblebee's back panels that covered his bum.
"His wastage tank is full no one changed it" Mirage explained to the three mechs and one femme.
"Ooooh…"
"Well someone change him" Mirage snapped.
"I'm out"
"Um I don't know how"
"Ew I'm not doing that it's degrading and will ruin my paint!"
"Gross.."
"You bots are pathetic…" Mirage growled in his heavy accent as Bumblebee cried in displeasure, Mirage carefully and gently removed the full tank of waste and disposed of it than rummaged around in a box of supplies for the sparkling that Ratchet gave them, finding a clean new tank Mirage ever so gently changed Bumblebee latching his back panels back up.
"There al changed" Mirage cooed holding Bumblebee up.
"It's good to know one of you will at least do that" Ratchet said as he walked up to the group as Mirage placed Bumblebee in the crook of his arm.
"Yeah next time it's your turn!" Mirage pointed to Jazz.
"Mine!" Jazz shrieked.
"You, Sunny, or Sides!" Mirage growled.
"Why isn't Arcee included!" Sunstreaker pointed out.
"it doesn't matter just do it next time" Mirage snapped.
Bumblebee clicked and eagerly reached for Ratchet wanting to escape the arguing mechs.
"Alright boys settle down your upsetting the sparkling" Ratchet barked taking Bumblebee from Mirage.
Bumblebee started to whimper, as Ratchet cradled him in his arms Bumblebee folded his doorwings to his back and snuggled closely to Ratchets chest where his spark produced warmth.
"I'll take Bee from here" Ratchet sighed and walked to his med bay seeing the group completely ignoring him.
"Alright you future little trouble maker I bet your hungry" Ratchet cooed as he wrapped Bumblebee in a soft blanket and placing him in the crook of his arm as he prepared Bumblebee's bottle.
"Ratchet Inferno is just wondering if…"
"Not now Preceptor I'm busy" Ratchet interrupted the scientist.
"Busy?" Preceptor asked curiously.
"Yes busy do I have to spell it out to you?" Ratchet snapped as he tested the warm bottle.
"Alright but this is quick he just wanted to know if he could use your energon enhanced drill?" Preceptor asked anyway.
"Whatever for?" Ratchet answered with a question.
"We are making some stuff for the sparkling like you told us to" Preceptor explained.
"Oh!" Ratchet answered as Bumblebee whimpered and reached for the warm blue fluid.
" oh! Yeah go ahead" Ratchet nodded his helm to where the drill was and fed the hungry sparkling.
"Thank you" Preceptor thanked and walked out of the med bay.
"whoa slow down there!" Ratchet quickly took the bottle out of Bumblebee's eager mouth watching the sparkling cough the warm fluid all over himself as he drank to quickly.
"See you gotta drink it slowly so you don't choke" Ratchet cooed as he wiped the fluid off Bumblebee who reached for the bottle again.
"You were hungry" Ratchet chuckled as Bumblebee quietly burped and let out a small whimper and squeak as Ratchet held Bee against his shoulder patting him gently on the back until the tiny sparkling spat up excess fluid, Bumblebee whimpered and clicked trying to get comfy as Ratchet cradled him back in his arms.
"That's it little sparkling shh recharge…" Ratchet whispered lulling the tiny yellow sparkling into recharge.
"Wow this is excellent work Autobots I and Bumblebee both appreciate it" Optimus thanked Preceptor, Ratchet, and inferno for the crib for Bumblebee and caring hold.
"It was no problem Optimus" Inferno smiled.
"No problem at all we are making the toys don't worry and we're are doing our best to make the base sparkling proof" Preceptor explained.
"I can't thank you guys enough" Optimus smiled.
"Yeah no need to Optimus oh Preceptor try and sparkling proof the rec room the most that's probably where Bee's going to spend most of his time" Ratchet explained as they placed the crib next to Optimus's berth.
"Ok Ratchet" Preceptor agreed to the CMO.
"Thank you so much" Optimus kept thanking the three.
"No problem goodnight" The three chuckled walking down the hallway out of the primes room.
"Look little one you have your own berth" Optimus cooed to Bumblebee showing him the new crib beside Optimus's berth.
Bumblebee clicked curiously at the crib, as they approached it Optimus grabbed Bumblebee's blanket and wrapped his tiny sparkling in the warmth of the blanket and gently placed him in the cushioned crib.
Optimus let out a relaxed sigh as Bumblebee snuggled in his new crib quickly falling into a quiet recharge.
Optimus lay on his berth staring at the recharging sparkling in the crib next to him.
"Good night little one" Optimus smiled and fell into a much needed recharge.
Middle of the night again!
"I'm coming Bumblebee…." Optimus tiredly got up and off his berth and picked the wailing sparkling up and out of the crib.
"What is it sparkling you hungry?" Optimus cooed as he made his way to the kitchen in the rec room.
"Ok ok just hang on a sec" Optimus continued to coo as he prepped Bumblebee's bottle.
"Ok here you go" Optimus yawned trying to place the tube at the top of the bottle in the tiny mouth that denied it.
"What you don't want it?" Optimus asked surprised as he put Bumblebee in his servo trying to give the bottle to him again only to receive loud crying.
"Optimus what the slag are you doing it's the middle of the night I can hear Bee screaming from my room" Ratchet yawned walking up to the prime holding the unpleased sparkling.
"I'm trying to feed Bee but he won't eat" Optimus explained in a panicky tone.
"First of all stop panicking they can smell fear, second of all if he doesn't eat that means he's not hungry, third of all there's many reasons sparklings wake up so hungry isn't going to be every time" Ratchet ranted as Bumblebee continued to wail.
"Than what's wrong with him?" Optimus asked a little calmer.
"I'll give you a hint…. The tank is full!" Ratchet snapped as wastage fluid leaked from Bumblebee's bottom onto Optimus's servo.
"EW!" Optimus shrieked and quickly took the wash cloth from Ratchet that face palmed and watched the prime wipe his servo off.
"Yeah you probably didn't figure that because I changed him the first few weeks" Ratchet sighed as he lay Bumblebee on the couch.
"Yeah…" Optimus sighed.
"Now I'm gonna teach you how ok I'll talk you through it" Ratchet told Optimus.
"Ok…" Optimus nodded.
"Ok unlatch the panel that covers his tiny butt" Ratchet gave Optimus the first step.
"Ok" Optimus unlatched the panel.
"Now carefully remove the wastage tank and dispose of it" Ratchet continued.
"Good now put in the new one"
"Great there you now changed your sparkling for the first time now take that bottle and feed him as you try and get him to recharge" Ratchet ordered Optimus as they left the rec room.
"Thanks for helping me yet again Ratchet next time I hope to not wake you" Optimus sighed as he fed Bumblebee.
"Yeah… Goodnight" Ratchet tiredly sighed walking into his room.
"Night" Optimus said.
Optimus placed a recharging Bumblebee back in his crib with his blanket Optimus sighed and went to his berth.
"Night little Bumblebee" Optimus whispered as fell into recharge.
"Man that lil sparklin has some good pipes woke me up last night" Jazz complained.
"Yeah no kidden I think he woke the entire base" Mirage added.
"Yeah ouch!" Sideswipe stretched his tired limbs.
"What's with you?" Jazz asked the silver twin.
"Oh Bee woke me and Sunny to so he blamed me for it and punched me" Sideswipe explained as sunny rolled his optics at him.
"It wasn't violence it was a love tap!" Sunstreaker defended.
"a love tap! Well here let me show you how much I love you!" Sideswipe challenged as him and his brother started to fight which turned into a brawl.
"Hey guys stop!" Jazz said grabbing Sideswipe.
"Yeah twin idiots stop" Mirage said as he grabbed Sunstreaker but the only managed to pull both him and Jazz in the brawl.
"Ok ok what is going on in here!" Prowl asked coming in the rec room to see three immature mechs brawling in front of where Bumblebee was sitting and squirming in his new playpen.