Bumblebee held Cassie close as to not let Megatron touch her. Ultra Magnus stood starring at Megatron and Megatron back at him. "Megatron I will give you one more warning and one last warning only. Leave and fight another day or stay, be defeated, and brought to the stockade with the rest of your kind," Ultra Magnus warned with scorn in his voice. Megatron just laughed and activated his weapons.
"Foolish Autobot. You dare give me a warning? You will soon regret that decision," Megatron stated stoically and started shooting recklessly into the room. Bumblebee hid in the closet holding Cassie and shut the closet door.
"Cassie please wake up...you need to use your programmy thingy to help Ultra Magnus!" Bumblebee was upset and practically shouting. He wasn't getting anywhere with this. He had been with her for at least a year and a half. They were both...actually...the same age. Could he really be...no...he couldn't be...could he? He pushed the thought out of his mind and heard a loud crash of glass breaking. He peaked out the door to see Megatron fall out the window. He came out with Cassie and walked over to Ultra Magnus. "Sir are you okay?"
"Yes I'm fine," he answered handing him a letter. "Give this to Optimus Prime. It will let you be apart of his crew. His ship leaves today to search for more energon. Take her with you and leave Cybertron so Megatron won't find her. Make sure to protect her. Only come back when I send a message saying that we have taken back the palace," he exclaimed. Bumblebee nodded. Ultra Magnus took Cassie and looked at her sadly hugging her one last time before handing her back to Bumblebee. Bumblebee rushed to the ship quickly hiding Cassie behind a corner. He handed the note to Optimus Prime.
"Hmm...if it is from Ultra Magnus I guess you can come," he answered skeptically handing the note back and walking away.
Bumblebee grabbed Cassie and walked onto the ship hiding her under his bed placing an extra pillow he found lying around under her head. He let the sheets fall off the edge of the bed to hide her. This was a mission that he couldn't mess up. If he did he would let Cybertron fall into Decepticon hands, fail Ultra Magnus, and let his best friend basically get a death sentence. He just couldn't do that to her because she is too kind and important now, and not just because she is the Allspark but because she is his best friend. He knew that if anyone in the Decepticon cause found her, they would use her and when they were done kill her along with him as well. If he wanted to live he would have to save her too. Not that he wanted her to die. Megatron had seen his face today and now knew that he was protecting her. They were no longer safe on Cybertron now. He felt the ship jerk to life and watched out the window as Cybertron flew out of view. The most terrifying site he saw, was the capital being bombarded by thousands of Decepticons. He felt safe but that feeling was fleeting for there was not really a safe place for him. He made sure no one could see Cassie and walked to the bridge of the ship, manning his supposed station. As they flew he couldn't get the image of Megatron's face out of his mind. He sighed and saw Bulkhead at the station beside him.
"Are you tired or something Bee," he asked.
"Nah...just a long day," Bumblebee replied.
"What happened at the palace this time. Did Cassie do something wrong again?"
"Megatron happened. It wasn't pretty. If it's okay with you I don't wanna talk about it."
"Alright," Bulkhead answered reluctantly going back to work. He couldn't stop thinking about what Bumblebee meant by Megatron. He shook his head and looked out into space as millions of stars passed by. It was beautiful and he still loved it every time he left Cybertron.
Prowl and Ratchet were tending to a part of the ship that had an oxygen leak. Cassie sensed it and reverted to her robot form since she didn't have to breath in it. They shouldn't have left with the leak.