RID- Adventures In Bumblebee-Sitting
Heres another installment for your enjoyment, but if you hate it then pretend you like it for the sake of my feelings. ( INSERT SENSITIVITY). Ok, continue onward!
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We've fought some pretty strange Decepticons since we've been here, but this one is definetely an odd one. His name is Quillfire and he fires these quills from his back. I'm not sure what would happen if you were hit by one, but I'd rather not find out.
It started out as a relaxing morning until Fixit detected his signal in the command center. Bee was reluctant to let me go with them; with the whole being kidnapped by a Con thing. However, I assured him that I was fine to leave the scrapyard. It has been a few days afterall. I've had time to get over it. I wore him down after assuring him I was fine.
We are currently chasing Quillfire through a parking lot. He fires some quills at Grimlock, but thankfully he uses a car to shield himself with. The rest of us drive past Grimlock to continue our pursuit.
All of the sudden Bee slams to a stop, then Strongarm, the me, and then Sideswipe. Then Grimlock smashes into us. "My bad." He apologizes.
Quillfire transforms and drives away.
"Split up." Bee orders.
We do just that and take off after Quillfire, while taking different routes. Strongarm intercepts him first, making him transform. Then the rest of us arrive while trapping him in a circle. "Just come along quietly." Bee orders.
"Heros of the revolution never come along quietly." Quillfire states before turning and launching his quills at Bee.
Quillfire then launches some at Strongarm when she starts firing her weapon at him. Thankfully the only thing it does is knock the gun out of her hands. When some are shot at me I do a few backflips to avoid them and take cover behind a crate, where Sideswipe is. "Not bad babe. Very impressive." He says.
"Well, I had a good teacher." I reply.
"Aww. You say the nicest things." He says.
Quillfire then turns his attention to the only Bot that isn't behind cover; Grimlock. He shoots them at him, but he won't be fast enough to dodge them.
"Grimlock, no!" Bee exclaims as he runs towards him. At the last second he jumps into the air and launches himself at Grimlock, knocking him to the side.
We all rush over to Bee and Grim to check on them, forgeting about Quillfire. This gives him the chance to get away. When Bee stands up he immediately gets wobbly. "Autobots, roll and roll-" He just ends up falling onto his face.
"That was Bumblebees worst battlecry yet." Grimlock comments.
I squat down next to Bee and try shaking him. "Bee? Bee are you okay?"
"We should get him back to base." Strongarm states.
"Grimlock, would you mind?" I ask him.
"Nope. I got this." He replies before picking up Bee with no effort at all.
Once we get there Fixit immedately starts working on Bee with Denny helping him. "Lasor scalpal." He says as he works, although he has the tools attached.
"Sonic light...rotating blade...thank you. Your welcome." He continues.
"Is Bumblebee gonna be okay?" Russell asks.
"The lieutenant will be fine. It's just a scratch, right Fixit?" Strongarm asks.
"We need to remove that quill from his posterior. Strongarm, please assist." Fixit says. He transforms his arms into tiny clamps to remove it. "This is a very de-de-de-de-de-delicate procedure. Everybot remain still."
"You better remain still." Strongarm tells Fixit and lowers him to the quill.
Fixit grabs it and then not too gently pulls it out. "Phew, one inch to the left and Bumblebee might not have- I mean the operation was a success. Fixit takes the quill over to a scanner while bringing up Quillfires profile. "Our fugitive is an anarchist; an agent of chaos. He believes there should be no such thing as authority."
"What did your computer say about the quill...thingys?" Russell asks.
"Quillfires quills contain powerful toxins that affect the nervous systems of those struck, but each target is affected , we can't predict how Bumblebee will respond." Fixit replies.
"Guess all we can do is wait." Sideswipe states.
"I hate waiting." I mutter.
Sideswipe hugs me to him. "Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be fine."
"Hey! I just realized while Bumblebee is incapactitated I'm in charge." Strongarm says.
The rest of us glare at her for that. "Did we decide that?" Grimlock asks.
"No we did not." I reply.
"I'm supposed to take orders from you? Maybe Quillfire has the right idea about authority." Sideswipe replies. "And anyway why would you be in charge and not Hope?"
"Because I am obviously the best choice given that I have the most knowledge about the code, rules, and regulations." Strongarm replies.
"Are you saying that I would be incompetent at leading?" I ask.
"Well you did allow youself to get captured by Decepticons." She retorts smartly.
I immediately get angry at that. "Listen here code thumper. I did-
Sideswipe holds me back as he says, "Babe, calm down. She's not worth it." He then turns to Strongarm. "And for your information she didn't let herself get caught. She was knocked out in a cheap shot."
The tension is interrupted by Bee stirring and getting up, but just slumps against Sideswipe. "Strongarm's not really in charge is she?" Sides asks him.
"I'm up to the task sir. Of course I'd prefer if you were 100%." Strongarm adds.
"It's-its-its a three winged sparkled armoured slopticon!" Bee exclaims while pointing into the sky.
We look at where hes pointing and see nothing. "Where?" Grimlock asks.
Bee suddenly starts laughing while stammering out. "I made ya look! I made-I made-I made him look!" He then gets up, transforms, and drives off.
This leaves the rest of us standing here very confused. "Perhaps Quillfires quill impacted Bumblebees brain chemistry and affected the lieutenants maturity levels." Fixit suggests.
"Ya think?" Russell states.
"Ok everyone, speaking as temporary leader bringing Quillfire should be priority one, but Bumblebee taught me not to leave a loose string untied and the lieutenant could hurt himself. So, let's secure Bumblebee and then go after Quillfire." Strongarm states.
"Genius." Sideswipe replies sarcastically.
Strongarm nods then walks off.
"Why are you letting her be in charge? You'd be much better than her?" Sides asks.
"Because she would pitch a fit and I would never hear the end of it. Best if I just let her do what she wants." I reply.
"I really wish you would stand up for yourself more." He adds.
"When it comes to Strongarm I've learned to just ignore it." I reply. "Besides, I'm more worried about Bee. Let's split up and look for him."
We go our seperate ways and look for the now younger Bee. "Bee? Uncle Bee? Where are you?" I call out. As I walk I don't notice the thin string at my feet before its too late and I walk into it. This causes a big bucket that was attached to spill its contents on me, which just so happen to be soapy water.
"Got ya! You fell for it!" Bee laughs as he runs off.
"That wasn't funny!" I yell after him. After trying to find him again and failing I go back to the command center, dripping water and soap. When I get there Sides is walking up with screws and nuts falling off him. "Bee get you too?" I ask.
"Sure did, and I gotta say that this Bee is an evil genius." He replies.
"I'll have to disagree. All I got was a bath." I reply jokingly.
"At least that's all you got." Strongarm says while walking up.
She is covered from head to ped in white foam. Sides and I let out a laugh. "It's fire extinguisher foam...this isn't covered in any manuals I've read." She then turns to Fixit. "Please tell me you have a way to fix lieutenant Bumblebee."
"Unfortunately, according to our studies, Bumblebee will remain altered so long as Quillfires toxin stays active in his body." Fixit states.
"It's kinda like when a human eats a lot of sugar." Russell adds.
"So all we can do is wait for it to run its course?" I ask.
"Yep, which means we're all gonna have to babysit." Russell replies.
"Sit on a child?! And this will help how?" Strongarm asks.
"No, babysit means to watch over someone who can't watch over themselves. Don't worry, I've experienced a few sugar jolts in my day. This will be easy." Russell replies.
"I'm the king of the clothes dryers!" We hear Bee yell.
We look behind us and see that Bee has stacked all of Dennys dryers into one pile and has climbed on top of them. "All hail the- WOAH!" He suddenly falls off it. He just ends up laughing and running off with one of them on his head.
Sides lets out a laugh. "I have to say; this new Bumblebee is pretty awesome." He then goes running off in his direction.
"Uh, easy may have been a wee bit optismistic." Russell comments.
"Ya think? We are definetely gonna have our hands full." I add.
By the time the sun goes down we are still searching for Bee. Sides, Grimlock, and I are waiting for Strongarm to meet up with us and when she does she has a bathtub attached to her ped by rubber cement. I can't help but let out a laugh at that one.
"Somethings wrong with your foot." Grimlock comments.
"Help me get this washtub off!" Strongarm says.
Grimlock grabs the tub and starts pulling.
"Rubber cement..classic!" Sides says through his laughter.
"Maybe theres something good about this new Bee after all." I state.
With a few more tugs the tub is pulled off Strongarms foot.
Sides keep laughing, hard.
"Babe. Breath." I reply playfully.
Strongarm is not amused by his laughter.
"Still wanna be a leader?" Sides sarcastically ask.
"Urg, I can't take Bee's insanity one more second. Sideswipe, see that the lieutenant doesn't hurt himself." She suggest.
"No problem. We'll compare notes on advanced pranking." Sides replies.
"I'll track down Quillfire alone. Come on Grimlock." Strongarm replies.
"Um, how can you be alone when you are with me?" Grimlock ask in confusion.
"You have no idea how many times I have asked myself that question." She replies while they walk off.
"All right mr giggles lets go find the Bee of pranks." I state while tugging on his arm.
"Or we can let him do his thing and me and you can go do our thing? We can go for a drive, watch a movie-"
"As sweet as that sounds, no. We do have a job to do." I reply with a smile.
"Fine, but when Bee's back to normal you owe me a date." He states.
"Tell you what; I'll give you three dates." I reply.
"Sounds good to me." He leans down to give me a kiss when we hear a childish voice say, "Sides and Hope sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
We look and see Bee pointing at us and making kissing faces. He then runs off while continuing to laugh.
"Yeah, real mature." I mutter dryly.
"Oh babe, come on. It's okay." Sideswipe replies.
We make our way back to the command center with Sides trailing a little behind. "Hey guys. Any luck?" Russell asks.
"Nope. He sure likes to run off." I reply.
"I gotta say; young Bee is my kinda bot." Sides adds. He almost steps into a mud puddle but catches himself.
Suddenly Bee drives up and he naturally drives right over the mud puddle making it splash on Sides, getting him dirty. He then goes over it again, soaking him more. He wipes off some mud from his face and says, "We need to get that bot to sit still and be quiet."
"That will be difficult. Lieutenant Bumblebee currently has the energy and attitude of an Earth child even younger than Russell." Fixit replies.
"Okay. So, how did my babysitters get me to sit still?" Russell ponders to himself.
"Duck tape?" Sides suggest.
"I've got it; a movie! It was the perfect way to get me to sit still for a while." Russell states.
"Perfect! We'll get one going and he'll come right over." I say.
"I'll go get one started." Russell says before running off.
I turn to Sides and say, "You've got a little something on you."
"Ha ha." He replies dryly.
"Aww, poor baby. Here." I give him a soft cloth I keep in subspace to wipe himself off with.
"Thanks babe." He replies while wipping himself off. When he's done he tries to give it back. "Want it?"
"Eww, no! I don't want your filth." I reply playfully.
"But I'm your mechfriend." He says just as playfully.
"Sorry Sides. I draw the line at mud." I reply.
"I guess I can understand." He says dramatically.
"Hey guys! I got the movie going!" Russell annoucnes.
"Let's go manipulate a Bee." I say.
We sit in front of the small tv thats in the diner and watch the movie. "Boy, this movie is fantastic!" Russell says loudly so Bee can hear.
"I can not stop watching it." Sides adds.
We all stare at the tv as if its the most interesting thing in the universe. Amazingly, Bee comes right over and becomes glued to the tv. Sides bends down to Russells level and whispers, "It worked."
"Boo-ya!. Russell out." He states.
We continue to watch for about a half hour and then I hear Russells stomach growl. "I need popcorn." He then walks off.
I look to Sides next to me and notice something falling down his face. "Are you okay?"
He immediately perks up and turns his face away. "Yeah. Just-just peachy."
I grab his face and turn it back towards me and I see that tears are falling down his face. "Are-are you crying?" I ask in shock.
"No! I just- I just got something in my optic." He argues.
"You are. Your seriously crying at the movie aren't you?" I ask with a smile.
"Well, its just-its just so sad. Their ship is sinking and now that human male froze in the ocean, and now she's saying she won't let go...its so moving!" Sides says.
"Awww." I say before leaning in and giving him a kiss on the lips.
"Wh-what was that for?" He asks.
"You are such a sweetspark. I didn't realize I had such a deep and sensitive mechfriend." I say as I wipe off the tears.
"You aren't turned off by it?" He asks.
"You kidding me. I find a sensitive mech to be very very attractive." I reply before kissing his cheek.
"I'm glad you think so. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go wipe my face." He says as he stands up.
"I'll go with you. Bee's pretty occupied. I don't think he'll go anywhere." I suggest.
He links his arm with mine and we walk off to go get him a towel. Unfortunately when we get back Bee is no where in sight. Russell walks up as well and we all say the same thing. "Scrap."
We rush over to Fixit. "Fixit, contact Strongarm. Tell her Bee may have left the scrapyard." I say.
"Yes ma'am." He says before contacting Strongarm. "Cadet Strongarm, Cadet Hope wanted me to inform you that Lieutenant Bumblebee may have left the scrapyard."
"That's confirmed Fixit, and tell Hope nice try." She replies sarcastically.
I huff as I say, "It's not like she's miss perfect."
"No, thats your job." Sides replies.
I roll my optics at that one. "Smooth talker."
"B team. I've tracked Quillfires signal to your location." Fixit tells Strongarm.
"On it." She replies.
"Well its nice to know that Bee's with her. She can babysit him for a while." Sides states.
"I just hope Quillfire doesn't cause them any problems." I add.
"The only thing threatening about that guy is his quills, and I consider that cheating." Sides replies.
"He sounds like a whimp to me." Russell comments.
"Oh he is; the biggest one I've seen." Sides says.
After a few minutes of just waiting around to hear from the others we finally get a message from Strongarm. "We have Quillfire in custody and Bumblebee detained. We'll be staying out until the toxin has worn off now that we have him tied down."
"Alright. You guys just be careful and if anything comes up let us know." I reply.
"Will do. See you guys later." She says before cutting the comm.
"Sooo...since their alright how about you and me have that date?" Sides suggests with a hopeful look.
"How could I possible say no to that face? What'd you have in mind?" I ask.
"It's a surprise." He turns to Russell. "We'll be gone for a few hours but call us if you need anything. We won't be far."
"Ok. Dad should be back soon anyway." He replies. "Now don't be back late you two. Don't miss curfew." He says playfully.
"Yes dad." I joke.
Sides and I walk off as I ask, "So where exactly are we going?"
"I told you it was a surprise. Its just a short drive." He replies.
We transform and I follow Sides to wherever we're going. It takes a few mintues of driving through a path in the forest before we transform back when Sides stops. He then offers his arm and we walk throught the trees until we reach a cliffside over-looking a valley below with a full moon and starts lighting the sky. "Oh wow. Its beautiful." I can't help but gush at the sight.
"I thought you might like it. You seem like the lanscape kind of femme." He replies.
"You were right. Very good insight on your part." I comment.
"Thanks. So how about we just sit and relax for a while?" He suggests.
"Sounds perfect." I reply.
Sides sits against a tree close to the cliff while I lean next to him and snuggle into his chest and just look out at the scenery. After a few minutes of silence I say, "This is really nice. Very good way to spend a date."
"I'm glad you think so. I know theres not exactly much to do on Earth. If we were on Cybertron I could really take you out on a good date." He replies while rubbing my shoulder.
"Oh? And what do you consider a good date?" I ask curiously.
"Let's see. First I'd take you to Madam Moonlight's cafe at twilight right before sunset so we can sit outside where the soft lighting she puts up will illuminate your beautiful face in a soft glow. We'd have the best energon you've ever tasted, plus some of the best food. Then after that I would take you to the crystal gardens to walk around listening to the soothing sounds they make. Then we'd sit down on a bench and I'd hold you close while giving you every compliment I can think of. Then you'd look up and stare at the stars, but I'd be too busy looking at you and commenting on how beautiful you are. When it came time to take you home I'd walk you to your front door and pull you into my arms, not wanting a great night to end. Then I'd lean in and kiss your lips as softly as I can so you would know how much I like you. Then I'd walk away but I would keep looking back until you went inside and then wonder how such a wonderful femme would give me the time of day...I'd smile the whole way home." He explains.
I stare at him with wide eyes at his answer...not believing what I've just heard. Considering my impression of him when we first met I would not have thought he would think that way, but he keeps surprising me.
Noticing my look and silence he asks, "You okay? I didn't overstep my bounds did I?"
Without answering I lean up and place one of my servos on his cheek and kiss him on the lips. Its sweet, loving, and gentle. I lean back and see him with a dazed look on his face. "Not that I'm complaining, but what brought that on?"
"You are the most sensitive, amazing, thoughtful mech a femme could ask for." I reply.
He smiles and takes ahold of my servo against his face and kisses it. "I take it you liked my idea of a date."
"I love it. Makes me wish we were on Cybertron to do it...you must have really given it a lot of thought if it was that detailed." I reply.
"Kinda. I know it sounds kind of cheezy, but when I think about a date with you I think about the perfect evening and spoiling you." He says.
"It's not cheezy at all. Its perfect." I reply while rubbing his chest.
He smiles and asks, "At the risk of sounding sappy; when I said I would give you every compliment I can think of, how about I tell you what those would be?"
"You don't have to." I assure him. "I don't think I couldn't possible think you as any sweeter."
"I want to. I want you to know exactly what I think of you." He replies sweetly.
"Then by all means; let's hear it." I say while snuggling into his chest.
"I'd tell you that your gorgeous and that when you smile my world stops. I love how you cuddle up next to me. I love your thoughtfullness and your sensitivity. I love how your voice sounds soft and angelic and how you hypnotize me every time you talk. I love your sweet laugh and how you try to hide it behind your servo and that you make me laugh. You have such a passion for everything you do. I love the softness of your lips against mine. I love how you make my spark skip a beat everytime you walk by. I love how you inspire me to be more than the punk I'm trying not to be. I love your strength of character, and I love spending my time with you." He states lovingly.
Once again I'm speechless. "...wow. How could I have ended up with such a great mech."
"Please, the greatest part about this relationship is you." He replies.
"Awww!" I exclaim as I hug him around the neck. "Your wonderful Sides."
He hugs me to him as he says, "Not as wonderful as you." He then leans in and kisses me. I can practically feel all the affection he has for me and if we weren't sitting I would go weak at the knees. When we pull back no words are needed and we go back to just looking at the scenery while snuggling into one another. We end up getting comfortable and accidentaly fall into recharge.
We are woken up by the sound of our comms going off with a frantic Bee on the other end. "Where are you two?! We've been looking for you two everywhere."
"He's back." We say.
"Sorry about that Bee. We're fine and we'll be right there." I reply. I turn to Sideswipe and say, "I think our few hours turned out to last longer than we thought."
"Technically it was only a few hours away from sunrise anyway, so we're good." He replies. He stands and then helps me to stand as well.
"By the way; thank you for a wonderful date. I loved it." I say.
"Your welcome. I just wish I could actually take you to do something." He replies.
"Hey, it was perfect. Plus, I learned a lot about you tonight. You can't exactly call that a failure." I reassure.
"Your awesome you know that?" He says while holding my servo.
I smile and say, "You may have mentioned it." We make our way back to the scrapyard and when we get there we are immediately hounded, but first by Russell. "Do you two have any idea what time it is? We sat here worried sick about you and did you even bother to drop a line and tell us you were alright; no! That's it, you two are grounded." He says playfully.
"Sorry dad. It won't happen again." I reply just as playfully.
"I've always wanted to do that." He adds.
Bee walks up to us and says, "Welcome back, although it would have been better if you two came back before the sun came up."
"Nice to see your back to normal Bee." I state.
"Good to be back, even if I don't remember being gone." He replies. "For future reference when you two go off somewhere please come back at a respectful time."
We nod. "Don't worry Bee. I'll have her back by curfew next time." Sides says sarcastically.
"So what exactly did you two do?" He asks.
"Nothing bad or dissapproving. All we did was gaze at scenery and talk." I reply. "So tone down the worry mode."
He sighs and says, "Can you blame me? Ever since you were nabbed by Steeljaw I worry."
"I get that, but I'll be okay." I reply. "Just trust me."
"I do trust you." He replies. "Oh and before I forget good job on all of ya'll working together while I was out of it."
"Piece of energon cake...sorta." Sides says.
"Just don't get stung by anymore quills for a while okay?" I ask playfully.
"I'll put that on my list." He replies.
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I know the ending probably seemed like it probably just cut off, but I couldn't find a good spot to stop lol. So forgive the ending. I changed the movie they were watching when they were trying to get Bee to calm down-did anyone catch the reference? I'm sure you did. Lol! And how about their date? Hopefully Sides doesn't seem to sappy, but hes a mech who likes a femme-it happens. So tell me what ya'll thought!