A/N: here is the next chapter! Hopefully you all enjoy reading these as much as I enjoy writing them! BTW just a little smidgen of info about this AU is that Bee is 15 in this story...just an FYI! :3
Starscream was never one to stop just because someone ordered him to, He was not going to risk his somewhat good standing with Megatron just because the Prime had ordered him to stop following the brat. That was why Starscream was now standing out in the middle of some desolate canyon, the collar that the hybrid was wearing sent out a signal last night, Shockwave had made it so every time the yellow bot would try and remove the collar it would shock him and send out a signal, just in case something like this ever happened.
Starscream stepped closer to a pile of boulders before checking the device Shockwave had given him, it would triangulate the position of the collar. The gray seeker sighed in annoyance as the device pointed to the boulder pile once again. Starscream had unbeknownst to himself, started to pace in his annoyed state. Making loud clangs as he stepped down on the hot cracking ground.
When Bumblebee awoke he was in a blind panic, he had heard footsteps outside his temporary resting place and had jolted awake. The youngling slowly and silently crept to the small opening of the cave and looked out, what he saw made him panic even more. Starscream was right outside pacing whilst looking at a strange beeping device. Bumblebee quickly snapped back inside, his doorwings uncomfortably pinned up against the back wall, his optics were spiraled wide in fear and anxiety. He had no escape as of now, Starscream would see him if he tried to sneak out and the cave had no other entrances as far as he had seen.
Bumblebee decided that it was now or never, so the young bot quickly dashed out of his hiding place and down the canyon away from Starscream who,by the sounds of it, had just noticed him running and was now chasing him. Bumblebee was starting to lose speed due to not eating in at least three or four days. Finally when Bumblebee felt that there was enough room to transform, he changed into his alt-mode and continued to race down the long stretch of hot, sand covered ground.
Starscream was getting more and more aggrieved by the second, why couldn't the freak just stay still? The seeker finally changed his right arm into his blaster and shot the yellow and black car's bumper, making said car flip and land on it's roof before it quickly transformed into the smaller form of Bumblebee.
The blast made the youngling feel nauseous and dizzy but he had to keep going if he was going to escape. Bumblebee took off again in a fast run despite his churning tanks and spinning head. Suddenly the small bot was hit by another blast, this time right on the sensory panel located between his two doorwings, making his let out a cry of pain as he fell forward onto the sandy ground creating a cloud of dust.
Starscream slowed his pace and stalked over to the fallen mech, digging his heel into the small wound that his blaster had created. He smirked when Bumblebee cried out in pain and dug his heel in deeper, he then stepped back and looked at the now steadily bleeding wound.
"Are you ready to return to your cell now freak?" Starscream sneered watching as Bumblebee started to push himself up.
"I. Am. Never. Going. Back!" Bumblebee whirred loudly, Starscream simply kicked him back down and rolled the smaller Cybertronian over and got close to his face
"Oh, yes you are!" The S.I.C snarled as he went to pin the youngling down. Bumblebee anticipated this and brought his legs up and kicked the Decepticon off of him, Getting up he didn't look back as he transformed and sped off.
Hours later somewhere in the Nevada dessert as the sun was dipping behind the earth to reveal sunset...
Bumblebee transformed back into his robot form swaying slightly, it would seem the blast to his back had done more damage then he had originally thought. The youngling winced as his doorwings perked up in surprise, he had heard something, almost like a...Groundbridge!
"Oh no...oh no! No no no no no" He beeped out in a panic "I thought I lost him! Oh I must be leaving a Energon trail! Or something!" He started looking around frantically for the bright blue substance or any sign of the Groundbridge, he finally spotted the green glow of the portal and didn't think twice before starting to run in the other direction. Unfortunately he managed to slip and fell painfully on his back, intensifying the bleeding rate of his torn back.
Within seconds vehicons were surrounding him followed closely by a stern Shockwave, two vehicons grabbed him and held his arms behind him so he wouldn't be able to escape them and run off again. Shockwave came closer and Bumblebee began to thrash around more, not wanting the scientist to hurt him any more then he already had.
"Project: Hybridia ,your fleeing was useless, you should know by now that we will always find you" Shockwave sated in his normal cold tone. Bumblebee looked up at him and glared.
"I will escape! And you will ever touch me again!" The younger mech beeped sharply continuing his efforts to get free.
"Perhaps I should have foreseen this, your blocked memories are creating false hope for you. I should have tried harder to off your sire so these delusions of safety and comfort would be completely demolished" Shockwave continued his thoughts until a loud growl broke his train of thought and brought his attention back to his captive.
Bumblebee's usually bright blue optics were now completely amber, and narrowed in hate. Unexpectedly the hybrid broke free of his captors and ran at Shockwave, plowing him down. Bumblebee then continued to throw and lash out at any and all vehicons that came near him until all the Decepticons around him were down, groaning in exhaustion he fell to his hands and knees clutching his head, his optics slowly changing back to their normal icy blue hue. Bumblebee shook his head as to clear his head of the strange fog that had been filling it, he wearily looked around himself, Optics widening when he saw the many unconscious bodies around him.
The yellow youngling shook his head again, this time in denial. Denial of the fact that he had caused so much damage and pain. He simply refused to believe that he had done this. He slowly pushed himself back up and began stumbling backwards, his stumbling turning into a slow run as he got further away.
Back in the area that the battle had taken place, a new Groundbridge opened and three Autobots stepped out.
Arcee looked at the vehicons around her in shock before her optics landed on Shockwave and narrowed in hate.
"Look, Shockwaves here" she stated lowly, pointing at said Decepticon scientist. Optimus and Ratchet both turned towards the Con with hateful glares. Optimus slowly strode over to Shockwave and stepped on his arm, As to trap him from running, Shockwave glared back at him, at least that's what Optimus assumed, the Con only did have one eye after all.
"Where . Is. Bumblebee?" The Prime growled as he applied slightly more pressure to the scientists arm earning a almost unnoticeable groan from the purple bot beneath his foot.
"It would not be logical to release that information to the enemy" Was the emotionless reply. Optimus growled louder and was about to press harder when Ratchet's surprised shout made him snap his head towards the orange and white bot.
"Look Optimus! I think that's him!" Ratchet had shouted pointing to the west. Optimus followed his line of sight towards a yellow and black form seemed to be limping away, headed towards the shadows of a nearby cliff face. Before Arcee or Ratchet could stop him, the blue and red Prime had taken off in a sprint to catch up to the black and yellow youth.
Bumblebee could hear the fast approaching footsteps even in his Energon deprived state, the wound had not helped the situation. He wasn't sure who was chasing him, but he tried to speed up non the less, he couldn't bare to look back, afraid of what he might see and that it would slow him down.
Optimus was gaining on Bumblebee quickly, he was gradually slowing down due to him using up most of his stamina in the initial race to get closer to his lost son, but every time his body started to slow down he pushed himself to go longer. Eventually he got close enough to grab the smaller Cybertronian's shoulder joint, causing Bumblebee to stumble and slow down. But the youngling quickly got back into the move of things, starting to run again.
Time seemed to slow down as Optimus made one last attempt to grab the escaping bot, his servo missed and grabbed hold of the inhibitor collar instead of the shoulder, the Prime quickly tightened his grip on the back of the collar and pulled as hard as he could, making Bumblebee's feet slip from under him and fall back. Optimus heard the sound of wires snapping and bindings breaking as he pulled until finally the collar came clean off, ripping down the middle.
Bumblebee laid there on the ground for a moment, Optimus looked down at him in visible concern, quickly kneeling down Optimus shook Bumblebee's arm lightly, letting out a breath he hadn't known he was holding when Bumblebee's Optics rotated back and forth as if thinking.
Suddenly as if a wall had been broken, all his memories came flooding back to him, his Carrier and sire, his childhood with the Autobots, everything he had been missing for those six years after he had been taken at the age of nine. All of it was back. Bumblebee slowly turned his head towards Optimus, who was still gaze at him in worry. The youngling seemed to scan the Prime's features for a moment, before hesitantly he spoke in a scratchy, almost never used, hoarse, voice.
"Sire?"