Guest: Haha! I can't wait for that either. I love those two!

JJ: I know! I'm trying a bit rougher approach to the Decepticons in this show, I hope that doesn't throw anyone off too much. I'm sure the Steeljaw encounter will be very interesting when it happens!

It's not weird! I'm slowly building on that but this chapter will have some fluff for you guys.

Adby1: Thank you! I love it as well. You're fine, really.

FirelotusPrime: That would be very cute but sadly not this time!

Sideswipe commed the others to tell them what happened, listening in to the sparkmates behind him.

Anna vented before nodding her helm. "Okay..." She opened a ground bridge to the hangar, feeling a bit nauseous as she did. "Sideswipe, hurry up."

Sideswipe turned, running through the ground bridge after Bumblebee ran through. "Sorry!"

Anna dropped it as soon as they were through, groaning. "Get a trash can…"

Sideswipe looked it up before finding a large enough version, holding it out. He then turned his helm away as Anna emptied her tanks of Energon. "Oh, gross."

Bumblebee rolled his optics at Sideswipe before gently shushing Anna. "It's okay, Anna..."

"Anna!"

"Anna?"

Fowler was walking quickly out of his office and to the platform. Ratchet walked out of the backroom, gaping when he saw not only Anna but two other 'bots. He recognized one of the terror twins, not having time to complain about that. "Bumblebee, place Anna on the berth, now!"

Bumblebee quickly laid Anna down, stepping behind her helm. "She thinks she has a concussion."

Fowler frowned at the new 'bot who was looking around in awe. "Who are you?"

Sideswipe turned to him frowning, "Who are you?"

Anna groaned as Ratchet ran a scan over her. "Fowler, leader of Unit E. Sideswipe."

Fowler looked him over before following the platform to where Anna was. "What happened, kiddo?"

Bumblebee looked up at him, feeling very nostalgic being here. "A Decepticon knocked her around pretty well." He turned to Sideswipe, frowning softly. "You should return to base and check in on Grimlock. Tell them Anna is going to be okay, Ratchet is an amazing medic."

Ratchet motioned Bumblebee to shut up. "Yip, yip!" He turned to his computer, activating a ground bridge for Sideswipe. Once he was through he focused back on Anna. "You do have some damage to your processor. Your body is already starting to heal itself. You're just going to need lots of rest. No missions for at least two days."

Bumblebee looked up at them in shock. "Only two days?"

Fowler smirked at him. "If you had been here you would know."

Ratchet set up an Energon line for Anna, "Her body is exceptional. It heals itself at a fast rate." He looked up at Bumblebee. "But that doesn't mean that's an excuse to make her do missions."

Bumblebee shook his helm, looking down at Anna's tired expression. "I won't, I promise…" He leaned down, kissing the top of her helm. "I love you. I just want you to feel better."

Anna smiled tiredly before turning to Ratchet and Fowler. "I'm sorry about worrying you two…"

Fowler sighed, shaking his head. "I always worry about you. I'm just glad you're okay." He then smiled, turning and walking back to his office. "I'll talk to you more tomorrow. Get some rest. I won't let Miko know until then either."

Anna vented in relief, "Thank you, sir."

Ratchet looked between her and Bumblebee before venting. "I'm glad you two found each other again."

Bumblebee slowly moved closer to Ratchet, "I'm sorry I didn't check in, Ratchet… Nothing I can say will make it okay."

Ratchet crossed his arms. "I know." He then motioned to Anna. "But you're making it up to her now. As long as she's happy, I'm okay." He then moved to Anna, forcing her into stasis. "I suggest you go back to base. I'll let you know when I wake her from stasis."

Bumblebee turned to Anna, kissing her helm again as she closed her optics. "Rest well, Anna." He turned to Ratchet, nodding his helm. "I'll be back in the morning… Good night, Ratchet."

Ratchet watched him leave through the ground bridge, venting sadly. "Good night, Bumblebee."

{X}

As soon as Bumblebee walked through the ground bridge, everyone was gathered around him asking questions about Anna.

Grimlock was the most insistent, pushing around the others. "Is Anna alright?"

Denny had a hand on Russell who looked very upset. Strongarm was frowning lightly. Sideswipe looked worried and guilty because he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if Anna was seriously hurt. Fixit was worriedly watching Bumblebee and Grimlock both.

Bumblebee patted Grimlock on the arm, "Anna's going to be fine. She's resting tonight and won't be up until morning. I'll go back then and check on her. Ratchet said she'll be fine within two days so we're lucky."

Russell sighed happily, rubbing at his eyes tiredly. "I'm glad…"

Denny nodded his head, walking back to their home with his son. "Me too, good night everyone!"

Grimlock relaxed knowing his friend was okay. He then vented as Fixit turned to him. "I know. Rest." He transformed, going and laying down to enter recharge.

Bumblebee turned to Strongarm and Sideswipe, "You both should get some rest as well." He vented softly before walking off to where he did the same. As he laid there in his vehicle form he couldn't help but to think about Anna being sick before.

He felt the same levels of panic now as he did when Anna was dying from Dark Energon. She was far stronger now but he would still worry the same. He loved her so much he wondered how he ever managed to stay away from her for so long.

{X}

Anna opened her optics, frowning at what happened. She remembered Ratchet saying he was inducing stasis and then that was it. She vented as she sat up slowly, rubbing the back of her helm.

"Morning, sleeping beauty."

Anna's lips tilted up at the corners when she heard Miko calling up to her. "Good morning, Miko." She turned to see Miko sitting on the edge of her berth, by her feet. She was sipping on a glass of tea while going through a social networking site. "I assume you were filled in on what happened?"

Miko looked up, putting her phone in her pocket. "Yeah." She sat her drink down, motioning up at her. "Are you alright?"

Anna nodded her helm. "I'll be alright." She swung her legs over the side of the berth, slowly rising to her feet.

"Anna, what do you think you're doing?"

Anna looked up to see Ratchet frowning at her. Anna grinned softly, "Testing myself?"

Ratchet vented, rolling his optics. "You're so stubborn. I told you to rest."

Miko chuckled as she watched Anna take a tentative step forward. "This is Anna we're talking about here, Ratchet."

Ratchet chuckled as he ran a scan of Anna, keeping a hand on her arm just in case she stumbled. "True."

Anna just chuckled softly, walking around a little bit. She ended up stumbling, Ratchet helping steady her. "Well that's my limit so far." She slowly walked back to the berth, carefully lying down so she didn't hurt Miko.

Ratchet smirked down at her, "I told you to rest."

Anna rolled her optics, venting. "I know, I know."

"Ratchet? Is Anna awake yet?"

Miko stood up, placing a hand on her hip. "So, I finally get to see Bee again."

Anna listened as Ratchet talked to her mate before turning to Miko. "Please don't yell at him, Miko."

Miko frowned at her, climbing up to stand on her hand. She waited until Anna raised her up so they were eye level. "He asked you to be his sparkmate, essentially his wife, and then left you. He didn't contact you for five years! I don't think anything can make that okay." She crossed her arms, looking away from her. "Bulkhead's even contacted me… It's been a while but he talks to me."

Anna winced, looking down at the ground. "I know… It's horrible. He fucked up, badly." She looked up at Miko, smiling softly. "But I love him, Miko. And I don't want to stay so angry all the time. He's doing his best to make it up to me, Miko. So please don't yell at him too much." She then winked as she saw a ground bridge open. "But you can kick him."

"Hey!"

Bumblebee walked in just in time to hear Anna say it was okay to kick him. He walked over to them before noticing Miko was in Anna's hand. "Miko!" He grinned at her, "You look so much older and tougher, like a wrecker!"

Miko huffed at him, "Five years changes things."

Bumblebee made a noise similar to a human clearing their throat. "Yeah… about that…"

Miko waved him off before grinning, "I like the new upgrades, Bee. You look different too."

Anna grinned down at Miko, "You should see his vehicle form."

Miko looked up at her and then at Bee, squinting at him. "I don't know. Anna's is pretty damn hot."

Bumblebee winked at Anna. "I know."

Anna blushed, looking away from them both as they both laughed. "Oh jeez."

Ratchet walked up behind them, smacking Bee on the head with a wrench. "Don't make her spark rate increase! She needs to rest, not get all flustered by your flirting."

Bumblebee whined as he rubbed his helm, "Alright, alright."

Miko snickered before dodging as Ratchet threw the wrench at her, "Watch it Hatchet!"

Anna snickered as she watched them all, feeling content for once.

{X}

Anna was getting ready to fall into recharge when she got a com from Bumblebee.

Are you still awake, darling?

You caught me just in time, I was about to enter recharge.

I'm glad… I know you must be tired and need the rest… but could I come over and be with you?

Anna could pick up on the worry and sadness coming over their faint bond that was slowly trying to form.

Of course you can, Bee.

Anna opened a ground bridge to his location, watching as he walked through seconds later. She sat up, swinging her legs over the side to face him. "Is everyone okay?"

Bumblebee nodded as he walked over to her, gently rubbing the smooth metal on the side of her helm. "Everyone's fine… except us."

Anna placed her servo over his, looking up into his beautiful optics that looked so sad. "I'm almost fully healed, Bee."

Bumblebee vented softly as he leaned in, kissing the top of her helm. "I know that… but I'm still worried… I should have been there for you like I always should have been."

Anna stood up, tilting Bee's helm up so he was looking into her optics. "I love you, Bumblebee. I've already forgiven you for what happened. I'm just so glad you're here with me now." She then smacked him on the shoulder. "What happened was no one's fault but my own. I'm still working on my combat skills in this body… But I'm learning as I make mistakes, Bee. I'm going to be more careful from now on."

Bumblebee smiled as he listened to her, "I keep forgetting this is all so new to you… Even if you've fought as a human, fighting against 'cons is harder."

Anna hugged him gently, laying her helm on his. "It's alright… We can talk about this later." She leaned back and smiled at him, "For now, do you want to recharge together?"

Bumblebee glanced at the back before back at her, "You kept our room?"

Anna vented softly, holding his servo before walking down the familiar hallway. "It was too painful to look at but I couldn't imagine touching it. It felt too final to say goodbye to…" Anna entered a new code, the door sliding open.

The room was clean but it looked unlived in. Anna's old bed and Bee's berth were both gone, however. A new, larger berth was in the corner of the room. It was big enough for them both, something Ratchet did on his own. Everything else was the same. There were Anna's drawings hung up on the walls, photos scattered on shelves. Anna's belongings were moved in as well, something Miko mentioned she planned on doing.

Bumblebee looked up at Anna, smiling softly. "You did say you wanted to cuddle."

Anna laughed softly, walking over to the berth. "I did, didn't I?" She laid down, turning the lights off in the room.

Bumblebee laid down beside her, laying on his side so he could face her. "You don't mind sharing a berth with me?"

Anna rolled over to face him, smiling softly. "I love you, Bumblebee. I've fallen asleep with you tons of times as a human. This isn't new, just different." She moved until her helm was laying on his chassis, down enough so her helm wasn't going to hurt him.

Bumblebee wrapped one arm around her, smiling down at her. "I missed this…"

Anna smiled, not opening her optics as she was beginning to fall asleep. "Me too… but this is better."

Bumblebee felt his spark flutter in his chassis, grinning down at Anna. "It is…" His grin got even bigger when he realized Anna was already in recharge. "Good night, Anna."

{X}

Bumblebee climbed up on the tall sign he found Strongarm sitting on. He stood on the top, peering down at the files the cadet was reading. "Those your old citation logs from Cybertron?" He read over some of them, chuckling softly. "Public rustiness, indecent transformation." He sat down next to her, looking over at the femme. "Feeling homesick, Cadet?"

Strongarm looked over at him, surprised he climbed up there with her. She vented as she looked back down at her datapad, dropping the projection. "Just studying procedure, Sir, continuing my education."

Bumblebee looked out at the sky, smiling softly while chuckling. "When I first came to Earth I missed Cybertron something awful." He mimicked scratching at the armor over his arm. "I got a case of alloy hives. It felt like I had tin flake under my armor." He looked back up at the sky, thinking about how it felt when he first arrived. "Cybertron was the only home I'd ever known. I knew how things worked these. I wasn't sure I'd ever feel comfortable here."

Strongarm looked over at him, frowning lightly. "How… How did you get past that?"

Bumblebee turned to her, smirking. "I decided to think of being on Earth as a game. A game with new rules to figure out. It took a while but it got easier, especially once I opened up to it." Bumblebee turned to her, smiling softly. "And then I saved Anna and her little brother from a run in with the Decepticons."

Strongarm raised an optic ridge at him, "She has a little brother? What happened? She seems so amazing, why did you need to save her?"

Bumblebee looked back at the sky, his shoulders slumping. "Anna was born on Earth twenty-three years ago, Raf a couple years after her. She was around seventeen when I rescued her. She was already so smart then that she could understand my code language. I had to use it because my voice box was destroyed."

Strongarm was gaping at him, not expecting all this information she was learning. "She was human?"

Bumblebee turned to her, smiling brightly. "The most beautiful, bravest, smartest and most amazing human that has ever lived. I'm lucky enough for her to be my Sparkmate."

{X}

Anna slowly walked around the room, one hand against the wall in case she got weak again. Ratchet was watching her every not and then before going back to work. Fowler was at home with June and Jack for once, having dinner. Miko was out on an assignment sadly. Bumblebee hadn't been there since that morning and hadn't contacted her either.

Anna vented as she stretched out, arching her back. "Still nothing?"

Ratchet didn't turn around, continuing to work at his console. "Nothing."

Anna groaned and did a boxing move, getting bored and wanting something to do. "Can I just go ahead and go to base now, Ratchet?"

Ratchet groaned as he turned to her, looking her over before running another scan. He looked down at the readings, rolling his optics. "Yes. Just don't go too crazy."

Anna grinned and hugged Ratchet, kissing the side of his helm. "Thanks, Ratchet. I'll be fine." She opened a ground bridge, jogging through it. She walked through the junk yard, looking around for everyone. She stopped when she saw Grimlock peeking out behind a large shelf. "Grim?" Grim turned to her, his optics brightening when he saw who it was. He quickly motioned to his lips, meaning for her to be quiet.

Anna peered around the wall as well, narrowing her optics. There was a man sneaking around with a camera in his hands. He must have just jumped over the wall he was in front of. "We need to find Denny."

Grimlock followed her as she quietly snuck away, whispering, "Fixit and Russell are the only ones here."

Anna frowned before finding Russell. She walked up to him, looking around for the human. "Russell, we have a problem."

Russell looked up at her, a grin forming on his face. "You're back! I'm so glad."

Fixit grinned up at her as well, "I'm so flad, blad, glad!"

Anna smiled down at them, "I'm feeling much better. I'm glad to be back too." She then vented, "We do have a problem to take care of before we celebrate."

Grimlock frowned down at the little human, "Do customers usually come in over the walls if the gate's not open?"

Russell frowned up at them, "Only if they're shady."

Grimlock nodded, "Okay then. I think you have a shady customer."

Fixit pulled up the camera feed on his screen, showing Larry LaRue sneaking around the scrap yard.

Russel looked up at the others. "It's that TV guy. Maybe we should let him film here."

Fixit looked down at the boy, "I don't think your dad would behoove, remove, approve."

Anna crossed her arms, looking out into the scrap yard. "That's dangerous." She looked down at the boy, "My whole unit exists to keep confidential information from the public."

Fixit looked at Russell, "What if they see the Alchemor, Grimlock, Anna or me?" He then looked down at himself, "Because if someone is going to see me then I need to be detailed first."

Russell looked at the others, not grasping the severity of the situation. "Being on TV could mean more business for the scrapyard. Then maybe dad would sell some stuff and we could move out of here, and into Crown City!" He ran down from the ship, running to where he saw Larry. "Block off this area and stay out of sight. I'll handle Mr. LaRue!"

Grimlock punched his servos together. "All right, but if he tries anything Dino-Destructo Double Drop! Boom!"

Anna patted his arm, "We don't hurt humans, Grim, but I love the sentiment." She smiled at him before frowning, "Now? Where's the team?" She listened to Grimlock's story about Filch. That was until Grimlock paused.

"Say it again… slower." He then jumped back from a loud voice supposedly. He quickly transformed, turning to Anna. "Bumblebee needs our help."

Anna nodded before stopping Grimlock, "You can just run out of here, Grim." She focused on the pull she felt with Bee, using it to get some coordinates. She opened a ground bridge, walking through with Grimlock. She quickly stopped the mech from running forward, seeing a huge line of traffic stopped by the bridge. She could feel the bond pulling her closer to the bridge, knowing Bumblebee was there. "I'm going to open another ground bridge under the bridge."

Grimlock nodded his head before crying out as he fell through said ground bridge, his voice going very high pitched. "Anna!"

Anna snickered as she stepped into the portal, jumping back onto the ground to see the team trying to hold up the broken bridge. Grimlock was getting up from falling through, groaning. "Need some help?"

Bumblebee gaped at seeing her, "Anna? You should be resting!"

Anna rolled her optics at her mate, instead watching as Grimlock held up the bridge until it was realigned. "Do you need me to help, Grim?"

Grimlock grunted as he held it up, "I could do this all day."

Bumblebee dropped his arms, frowning at Anna. "You're sure you're alright?"

Anna nodded her head, patting Bee's shoulder. "I'm fine. I'll let you know if I feel bad."

Bumblebee nodded his helm, turning to his team. "We don't have all day, team, and neither does Denny."

Anna turned to Bumblebee quickly, "What happened to Denny?"

Bumblebee looked up at her, frowning. "Filch carried him away to her nest because I could stop her."

Anna frowned, "I should have been here, this is my fault…"

Strongarm shook her head, "This isn't your fault, Anna. It's no one's fault."

Sideswipe nodded his head, "You were injured, no one expected you to even show up today."

Bumblebee nodded, "They're right, it's only Filch's fault." He paused as he got a message from Fixit, "And I know where he is."

{X}

Anna looked up at the statue, able to zoom in and see Denny at the top. She was so glad to see he was okay, though very high up.

Bumblebee's voice carried over the team's com link. "There's Denny, just like Fixit said. Grimlock, how you holding up?"

The four of them drifted around a corner, racing up to the statue before transforming.

"Awesomely! I am literally holding up awesomely… Huh?" He gasped before grunting, "Slightly less awesomely now."

Bumblebee looked up before grinning, "Race you to the top!" He then began climbing, getting a head start.

Sideswipe smirked, "Write him up, Strongarm, Bee's cheating!" He then began climbing as well, laughing.

Strongarm scratched at her arm, "Both of you are violating section…" She trailed off, growling lowly.

Anna smiled at her, patting her arm, "You're not going to let the men beat us, are you?"

Strongarm smirked and shook her helm, climbing after the others quickly.

Anna used a shortcut, using a ground bridge to drop down on the nest. She smiled down at Denny, hearing the others groaning below them. "Need a lift?"

Denny grinned at her, "Yes, ma'am."

Anna's attention was grabbed by Filch who swooped in, attacking Bumblebee as she didn't spot Anna. "Oh hell no." Anna opened a ground bridge for Denny, letting him drop through to the ground. She then jumped off the statue, diving for Filch. When she was closer she extended her leg, kicking the bird in the face so hard she was sent tumbling across the concrete. "Don't touch him!"

She looked down at Bee, smiling. "I still beat you."

Bumblebee let her help him up, chuckling before turning to Filch who was getting up. "Now to beat the bird."

Filch glared at them before jumping up into the air, diving for them both. Anna and Bumblebee dove apart from each other to avoid getting hit. "Mine!"

Anna stood up, firing at Filch's back while Bumblebee blocked her attacks. "No, he's mine actually!"

Strongarm suddenly appeared, doing a move similar to Anna. She punched Filch in the face, sending her sprawling to the ground. "Watch the birdie!"

Anna gasped as Sideswipe called down to them, "Look out below!" He threw down the missing beam from the road, hitting Filch dead on with it. The blow was so strong that it knocked the bird right out. Anna winced as she looked down at the 'con, "That had to hurt."

Bumblebee looked up when Sideswipe, Denny and Strongarm stood in front of him. "You and Sideswipe take these two back to the scrapyard." He smiled at Anna, "We'll get this to Grimlock."

Anna smiled and walked over to Bee, kissing the side of his helm. "Oh, so now you want my help?"

Bumblebee pouted at her as he picked up the beam, letting her help. "I always want your help. I just prefer that you're a hundred percent fine when you do."

Anna chuckled as she opened another ground bridge, "I'm fine Bee."

Bee smirked at her, "But I'm yours?"

Anna blushed faintly before smacking his shoulder as she walked through, letting him carry the full weight of the beam. "Of course."

Bumblebee followed her through, placing the beam back in place for Grimlock, "So how's your day going?"

Grimlock slumped down, glad to be free of the weight. "Better now!"

{X}

Bumblebee sat down beside Strongarm, smirking down at her. "Amazing. You broke protocol today, cadet, and I don't see any hives."

Strongarm looked over at him, smiling brightly. "I realized that you and Grimlock and Fixit, even Sideswipe you're my ties to Cybertron. More than any rulebook. Anna, Denny and Russell are my new friends and my ties to Earth…"

Bumblebee smiled softly at her, "You're gonna be okay."

Strongarm smirked, pulling up her citation logs. "But that's not to say I won't be writing you all up."

Bumblebee chuckled, looking down to where Anna was talking to Denny below them. "That's fine with me, Cadet…"

{X}

Anna was sitting on a bunch of cars Sideswipe had turned into a chair. She was looking over a datapad of Raf's letters, venting softly. She closed the letters when she felt Bumblebee approaching her. "I'm feeling fine, Bee…"

Bumblebee smiled softly as he stopped in front of her, smiling up at her. "I know. I over reacted a bit. I'm sorry, I just worry about you."

Anna stood up, hugging him gently. "I know… It's alright." She looked down at him, smiling softly. "I love you."

Bumblebee smiled brightly up at her, "I love you too, Anna."

Anna leaned down, kissing him softly. "Good night, Bee."

Bumblebee blushed deeply as he watched Anna walking away from him. He brought his servos up to his lips, brushing over them. "Way better than I remembered…"