"Hey do mind keeping bug away from us we're trying to clear this place up a bit" Fowler complained as Bumblebee crawled through his legs and into the room.
"Bumblebee come here get out of…. Hey this will make a good storage closet" Ratchet said as he picked Bumblebee off the ground.
"Chirp click chirp!" Bumblebee giggled and hugged Ratchet's face.
"Yeah you know your in trouble..… am I the only one that changes him!" Ratchet yelled down the hall as he changed the sparkling.
"Get the PRIME YOUR KID IS IN HERE AGAIN!" Fowler yelled from the hall.
"Bumblebee stop getting into trouble" Optimus sighed holding the squirmy sparkling.
"I don't think that's ever going to happen" Arcee laughed.
"Arcee can you take Bee for a while take him for a walk outside maybe he'll find a butterfly or something, we're just trying to help the humans" Optimus handed the tiny sparkling to Arcee.
"Uh… yeah sure" Arcee took Bumblebee.
"Hey don't roll in the dirt….we don't have a bath for you…. Not that you would mind you hate baths…" Arcee sighed as Bumblebee giggled madly rolling in the dirt.
"This is a pretty big canyon huh Bee?" Arcee said looking around.
"Bee?…. Dammit get back here!, turn my back for two seconds and he's crawling off to primus knows where!" Arcee chased after the crawling Bee.
"Gotcha! Don't run off like that you little…." Arcee plucked the escaping Bumblebee off the ground and looked up to see cons mining energon.
"Chirp!" Bumblebee chirped at the cons.
"No Shh!" Arcee shushed the sparkling but it was to late.
"Scrap!" Arcee breathed and drew her gun out.
"The one they call Arcee" Knockout growled walking over to the femme holding the sparkling in one arm.
"What! The sparkling still lives!" Starscream stepped out from behind some miners.
"That's impossible!" Starscream growled.
"Oh well may as well finish the job get them!" Starscream ordered the cons.
"No….No no not now!" Arcee growled backing away and running down the canyon firing back every now and then.
Bumblebee cried as explosions rang through his audio receptors, he whimpered in discomfort as Arcee jumped and dodged countless shots and explosions he wasn't enjoying being jerked around.
"Optimus cons attacking need back up trace my call I'm in a canyon not to far from base!" Arcee yelled over the COM.
"What's going on prime?" Fowler asked.
"Arcee is under attack and we need to get to her now she has Bumblebee" Optimus explained transforming and heading out the door with Ratchet and Bulkhead.
"Scrap!" Arcee cursed as she stopped at the dead end.
"No where to run Autobot time for yours and the sparklings termination!" Starscream growled as he Breakdown and Knockout closed in on her.
"Chirp chirp click!" Bumblebee cried and hid in Arcee's chest.
"I'm sorry Optimus…." Arcee whispered as she fired at the cons closing in.
"Starscream stand down!" A voice growled as Optimus, Ratchet, and Bulkhead dropped down from the side of the cliff.
"Optimus again!" Starscream growled backing anyway slightly.
"These are the creeps that attacked our base!" Agent fowler shouted from the helicopter.
"Argh their to heavily armed we will get our chance next time" Starscream growled and retreated with the drones.
"Click click!" Bumblebee cried reaching for Optimus.
"Here..." Arcee handed the crying sparkling to her leader.
"Stand still" Ratchet told Arcee as he repaired her wounds.
"Arcee what happened?" Optimus asked turning to the femme.
"I put Bee down for a second and he crawled off to where cons were minning energon" Arcee explained.
"Arcee you know better than that, don't put him down if you can't keep an optic on him" Ratchet growled as he finished fixing the femme.
"I made a mistake I got him out alive didn't I!" Arcee snapped.
"No more arguing we're glad you and Bumblebee are safe now lets get back to the base before the cons attack again" Optimus told the arguing bots.
Next week
"The place is really starting to look good now we will leave you bots alone but we will check up on you every now and then" Agent fowler told the team as he left the base.
"Kzzzzk!" Bumlebee coughed as he tried to use his voice.
"No your modulator not your voice" Ratchet explained trying to get Bumblebee to speek through buzzes and beeps.
"Kzzzk"
"No no no you're just frying your throat... here I'll offline it so you'll just use your modulator" Ratchet sighed, as Optimus smiled watching the medic struggle with the sparkling.
"There now try" Ratchet finished with the tiny sparklings voice box.
"Gaga!" Bumblebee let out a squeaky buzz.
"There we go" Ratchet smiled.
"Dank youw" Bumblebee buzzed happily to the medic.
"Bee you can speak" Bulkhead walked up hearing the sparkling buzz.
"Ga!" Bumblebee chirped and played with some blocks.
"Well sort of" Bulkhead chuckled at the giberish that came from the tiny bot.
"Hello Bumblebee" Optimus coeed as he kneeled down infront of the chattery sparkling.
"Hi hi!" Bumblebee chirped eagerly crawling over to the giant mech.
"You pway to?" Bumblebee stood up holding onto the primes leg for balance.
"Ok what are playing with?" Optimus chuckled as Bumblebee gurgled out a happy shriek patting Optimus's leg.
"Bwokes" Bumblebee let out a squeaky buzz and pointed to the pile of blocks on the floor.
"Ok do you think you can walk there?" Optimus cooed holding a giant servo out as Bumblebee clung to it for balance.
"Yeah me do" Bumblebee gave an uneasy buzz and let go of the supporting servo flailing his arms as he tried to gain his own balance.
"Oof!" Bumblebee fell onto his face letting out a small whimper Optimus quickly placed him back on his feet.
"Try again" Optimus encouraged.
Bumblebee let out a small click and slowly took steps slowly toddling over to the blocks.
"See me do!" Bumblebee tripped over his own foot falling infront of the blocks.
"We can work on it" Optimus chuckled as Bumblebe crawled over giving him some blocks.
"hewre go" Bumblebee chirped putting the blocks in the giant servo.
"Now what" Optimus asked as Bumblebee finished bringing the blocks over.
"We make big towwah!" Bumblebee clicked happily as he started to make a tower of blocks.
"Careful little one" Optimus cooed noticing their tower of blocks was getting dangerously high.
"Rawr rawr!" Bumblebee growled knocking the tower down onto Optimus.
"Ouch ow! hey hey!" Optimus shielded himself as he was pelleted by blocks.
"Bumblebee..." Optimus playfully growled at the sparkling that giggled madly.
"Wove youw" Bumblebee inoscently squeaked at Optimus.
"Love you to little one" Optimus cooed to the adorable tiny yellow sparkling
Bumblebee gave a slight whimper as looked up at the prime.
"What's the matter sparkling?" Optimus asked noticing the quick mood swing.
"Chirp click click" Bumblebee continued to whimper.
"Hmmm come here you" Optimus cooed picking up the sparkling.
"Well you don't need to be changed, what's the matter little one?" Optimus asked the tiny whimpering bot.
Bumblebee didn't know many words and he certainly didn't know how to put words to gather.
"He's hungry Optimus" Arcee said handing the prime a warm bottle.
"Oh thank you Arcee" Optimus smiled thanking the femme.
"Ga!" Bumblebee chirped wrapping his tiny fingers around the primes large ones, eagerly drinking the warm fluid letting it flow into his fuel tank.
"There you go little one" Optimus cooed placing the bottle down on a crate, Optimus watched as Bumblebee softy hiccuped himself into a light recharge.
"Aw he's so sweet" Arcee cooed looking at the tiny yellow sparkling in the leaders arms.
"Yes he is" Optimus let out a happy sigh taking a gentle finger and massaging the tiny yellow and black bots helm geting quiet purrs from the sparkling.
Hour later
"Have you seen Bumblebee?" Opimus asked looking behind a crate.
"You got to be kiding me you lost him" Ratchet snapped at the prime.
"Nooooo... he was playing in the little play area and I turned for a sec..." Optimus remarked giving the medic a cheesy smile.
"You know what... imma strap the kid to your face so you constantly keep an optic on him!" Ratchet growled at Optimus.
"So you can help look?" Optimus gave an oblivious look to the angered medic.
"YOU ARE SO..."
"What you guys yelling about?" Arcee asked walking in with Bumblebee in her arms.
"Optimus lost Bumblebee!" Ratchet shouted staring down the prime.
"I did not!" Optimus stared right back at Ratchet.
"Hey uuuh guys" Arcee waved a servo.
"If you didn't lose him then where is he smart guy!" Ratchet hissed.
"Yeah well..." Optimus started.
"Hellooo idiots!" Arcee waved Bumblebee in the air.
"You don't know!" Ratchet continued to shout.
"Well I... You don't know either!" Optimus shouted back.
"IDIOTIC MORONS GET A GRIP BEE'S RIGHT HERE!" Arcee screamed jumping up and down in between the arguing bots.
"Oooh" Ratchet and Optimus both looked down at the sparkling gurggling in the femmes arms.
"You two are reeally good listeners" Arcee rolled her optics and shoved Bumblebee into Optimus's arms.
"Oh I didn't look for him better panick!, idiots..." Arcee said in a mocking tone as she waved her arms and walked back into her room.
"Hi hi!" Bumblebee chirped smacking the primes giant battle worn chest.
"Hello little one no more running off like that" Optimus cooed petting the sparklings helm.
"Me no do" Bumblebee whimpered hugging the primes chest.
"I'm sure you didn't" Optimus chuckled placing Bumblebee on his shoulder.
"Good now let me work shoe!" Ratchet shoed the prime out.
"Can you say Bumblebee" Optimus cooed.
"Bubbwel!" Bumblebee let out a squeaky buzz.
"No Bumblebee... Bum... ble...bee..." Optimus tried pronouncing it to Bumblebee.
"Opt!" Bumblebee chirped.
"Aw" Optimus cooed giving Bumblebee a quick pat on the helm.
"Hey Optimus where do you want this?" Bulkhead asked holding a crate full of tools.
"Um I don't know ask Ratchet" Optimus looked at the box and shrugged.
"Alright" Bulkhead also shrugged and walked over to the medic.
"Ok... Bee?" Optimus turned to see the sparkling gone again.
"Scrap!" Optimus face palmed.
"Hey Ratch where can I put this?" Bulkhead asked.
"Um... you can just put it right..."
"What the?" Ratchet looked down to see a tiny yellow sparkling using his foot for balance.
"You!, what do you want?" Ratchet sighed looking at the bubbly sparkling.
"Up?" Bumblebee let outva small squeaky beep.
"...Oh ffffiiinnne..." Ratchet smiled he couldn't resist those bige icy blue watery optics.
"Watchet watchet watchet!" Bumblebee squealed patting Ratchet's chest plates.
"That's right and who's that?" Ratchet cooed pointing to Bulkhead.
"Buwkheah!" Bumblebee chirped bouncing up and down in the medics arms.
"Yeah and who's that?" Bulkhead pointed to Arcee.
"Cee!" Bumblebee squeaked clapping.
"What?" Arcee put a crate down and looked at the minibot.
"He's naming everyone" Ratchet explained.
"Oh yeah good job Bee and who's this?" Arcee cooed pointing to Optimus who was walking over to them.
"Opt!" Bumblebee chirped reaching for the prime.
"There you are!" Optimus took the sparkling that was handed to him.
"Great job and who are you?" Arcee poked Bumblebee's stomach.
"Sparkwing!" Bumblebee chirped.
"What's your name?" Ratchet asked.
"... Me no know?..." Bumblebee clicked giving a small shrug.
"...Yes you do..." Optimus gave a slight chuckle.
"No..." Bumblebee clicked shaking his helm.
"You are Bumblebee" Optimus said poking Bumblebee's stomach.
"Me are?" Bumblebee tilted his helm.
"Yes little one..." Optimus shot a worried look to the sparkling.
"No me sparkwing" Bumblebee shook his helm.
"You are..."
"Optimus please..." Ratchet spoke quietly.
"Arcee Bulkhead why don't you show Bee around" Ratchet gestured for the prime to give the tiny bot in his arms to the femme.
"Sure... come on Bee lets go find some dust bunnies" Arcee cooed taking the sparkling.
"What's a dust bunny?" Bulkhead asked as they walked down the hallway.
"No idea I heard agent fowler say it" Arcee shrugged turning the corner with Bulkhead.
"Optimus look primus knows where Bumblebee has been for the last four years he's not going to know his name let alone bearly know us, right now he sees us as the bots that saved him from death and starvation" Ratchet explained after the two left.
"But..."
"Optimus I don't think this is a restart for Bumblebee he sees us as a team not quite sure if he sees us as the sister, brother, uncle, and father give him time, over the years he will probably get to that point" Ratchet gave Optims an explanation.
"You are probably right... time... yeah..." Optimus sighed.
"Optimus he's growing he will come around" Ratchet smiled at Optimus.
"Yeah..." Optimus gave a small smile.
"What's bothering you Optimus?" Ratchet asked noticing the pitch of worry in the primes voice.
"It's just... our team being so little he's going to be a soldier very very early in life, I just don't want to throw him into war" Optimus finally spoke.
"Optimus weather you want to or not he's going to be thrown into the war he already is, and we definitly need him in the battle field not saying I'd like him to be but there's really nothing we can do we can't hide the war from him I mean he already made a brave act he risked his spark and saved us and he's only a teeny tiny sparkling!" Ratchet toldthe prime.
"Ratchet you are right Bumblebee's spark is of a true soldier, but he's already fighting the war..." Optimus sighed.
"There's not much we can do"
2 years later
"Watchet can we play somethin?" Bumblebee buzzed resting his helm on the metal railings.
"Sparkling as you can see I am busy running tests the answer is no, there's a TV right there use it" Ratchet growled pointing at the small television on the platform.
"How does it work Watchet?" Bumblebee curiously looked at the screen.
"Turn it on than click the buttons" Ratchet sighed rolling his optics.
"Can't we just play watchet?" Bumblebee cliked.
"Bumblebee I am busy go play with your toys" Ratchet shook his helm in irritation.
"Okedokey!" Bumblebee chirped and jumped off the railing.
"Oof!" Bumblebee landed on his stomach hard he didn't know what to think.
"What the hell!, why'd you do that!" Ratchet gasped as he witnessed the fall.
"I didn't wanna take stairs" Bumblebee stuttered as pushed himself up into a sitting position.
"You... you... you didn't want to use the stairs so you'd rather risk injury than taking the stairs!" Ratchet snapped.
"I fell down stairs yesterday" Bumblebee inicently squeaked.
"..."
"Watchet?" Bumblebee tilted his helm noticing the medic getting silent.
"Go before I lose it!" Ratchet yelled at Bumblebee.
Bumblebee quickly scrambled to his feet and ran across the main room to the door Where Arcee, Bulkhead, and Optimus were comming in, tripping over his own feet a couple times Bumblebee quickly jumped behind Optimus's foot and peeked around it.
"Bee?" Optimus looked down at his foot.
"What happened" Arcee rolled her optics at the angry medic.
"Oh the little sparkling decided that jumping off the railing would be better than falling down the stairs" Ratchet growled pointing to the railing than pointing to the stairs.
"Bumblebee..." Optimus said in a very father like tone as he picked up the tiny sparkling up by his doorwings.
"Is that true?" Optimus asked the sparkling curling into a tiny ball.
"No..." Bumblebee shook his helm.
"Tell the truth..." Optimus raised an optic ridge.
"K k... me did..." Bumblebee clicked innocently.
"Bumblebee don't do it again, this the third time and your last warning, you do it again and you'll be sitting in your room with no toys for a while" Optimus scolded.
"K..." Bumblebee whimpered as he was placed back on the ground.
"You know he's going to do it again right" Bulkhead said to Optimus.
"Oh yeah" Optimus rolled his optics.