A/N: I'm back from my holidays! And so I am writing again! Yay me! I shall not waste your time with my rambling, forward, to Victory!
While the Autobots were getting used to the new member of they're family, up on the Nemesis things were far more heated.
Megatron slowly walked over to a trembling Starscream and glared at him, hoping for the seekers sake he hadn't just said what he thought he had said.
"Please repeat that Starscream, for a second I thought you said that you lost project: Hybridia" Megatron sneered baring his fang like teeth. Starscream backed up in fear as the warlord got closer to him.
"I...I...I am afraid you didn't hear wrong master" Starscream trembled as Megatron growled at him.
"You continue to fail me Starscream! Tell me one reason no to extinguish your spark right now!" Megatrons voice boomed through out the hallways, including the lab, making Knock out and even Shockwave look up from they're previous conversation.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the berth this morning hmm?" Knock Out pondered commented aloud. Shockwave glanced at him for a moment before his optic went back to the doorway.
"More likely is that Starscream has failed at retrieving Project: Hybridia" Shockwave turned and he stated typing some codes into the console that had been behind him, Knock Out just looked at him for a moment.
"You know the kid had a name" The Aston Martin stated, making Shockwave turn to him.
"I am indeed aware, I simply do not care to use it fore he is a experiment, not a normal Cybertronian anymore" with that Shockwave turned back to his console. Knock Out just glanced at him one more time before he left the room and headed for the bridge, he was going to see what all the commotion was about.
On his way to the bridge Knockout began to think about project: Hybridi- no Bumblebee, his name was Bumblebee. The red medic never really agreed with Shockwave's brutal way of experimenting, and on a youngling nonetheless. Knock out had tried to wane the scientist off of physical torment, but Shockwave had said it was not up for discussion. Knock out remembered a time when Bumblebee had darted out of his dank cell when Shockwave had opened it, he kid had ran at an incredible speed, going down hallways trying to get away from the vehicons chasing him. The small yellow youngling had ran into the med bay, and had dove behind a slightly flustered Knock out.
The medic sighed to himself as he reached the bridge, Starscream was no doubt going to be in his bay later, if all the banging was anything to go by. As he had suspected the sight that met him was that of a beat up Starscream and a not to pleased Megatron.
"Perhaps next time you will think before failing me again!" Megatron barked, Starscream nodded pathetically.
" Yes Master! I'm sorry Master!" Starscream rasped, pleading in his voice.
Knock out just sighed an looked around the bridge, spotting Soundwave at his console, the sports car continued his previous train of thought, The kid was treated horridly by Starscream, Shockwave and Megatron particularity. But some of the Cons felt what the three were doing was wrong, two Cons to be specific. Knock out and Soundwave had been appalled by the fact that Shockwave was torturing a child, they might have been Decepticons but that was taking it to far. Once or twice without anyone else knowing it Soundwave had tried to remove Bumblebee's collar, but was unsuccessful.
Smiling to himself Knock out left the room and made his way back to his med bay, He was glad the kid had escaped, not that he would tell anyone that, or that it was him that made sure the Groundbridge controls were left unguarded and unmanned.
-Back with the Autobots-
Bumblebee looked around the hallway he was currently occupying, he was so used to the dark, depressing gray and purple corridors of the Nemesis that this light gray color seemed out of place, Not that he missed that Primus forsaken place. The youngling was also slightly unnerved by the silent demeanor of the base, it was warm, silent and welcoming, none of which he was used to. Nothing was right, but everything was right at the same time. There was no yelling, no hum of machines, no distant footsteps, there was nothing but a soft silence that seemed to blanket the whole base.
Bumblebee looked up and noticed that there were rafters and vents that lead to the main room, could be useful.
"Bumblebee? Are you okay?" Came the deep baritone of his father from behind, making the hybrid jump and cling to one of the rafters above. Bumblebee let out a sigh of relief as he realized it was only his sire. The youngling silently dropped down from the roof and gave the prime a embarrassed look.
"Sorry, you startled me..." Bumblebee said shyly, looking up when Optimus chuckled softly.
"I can see that" The prime looked up at the rafters then back down to his son. "And may I say, you can jump very high" he concluded. Bumblebee let out a small laugh.
"I'm strange that way, always finding out new things I couldn't before" Bumblebee added. Optimus looked down at his youngling for a moment, seemingly thinking of weather or not to ask him something, finally the primes mind seemed to be made up.
"I have been meaning to ask you something" Optimus started cautiously, Bumblebee nodded for him to continue.
"How, exactly, did you escape the Decepticons?" The prime finally managed to ask. Bumblebee looked down in thought, a distant look in his optics as he remembered.
"I...well Soundwave had come up to my cell and was playing around with the lock..."
-Flashback -
Soundwave stood outside the young hybrid's cell. He could not believe he was doing this. Disobeying Megatron for the sake of a youngling, and yet here he was trying to unlock the bots cell. Finally the lock dropped to the ground and the cell door flung open, but much to Soundwave's surprise, the small yellow bot made no immediate move, he actually seemed to tense up. Bumblebee became even more stiff when the Decepticon surveillance chief took a step forward. Soundwave sighed internally and tried to make himself seem less intimidating.
"I...Am not going to...hurt...you...small...one" Soundwave patched together using clips from round the ships audio recorders.
"Knock out...Is waiting- for you" he knew the mixed tones and voices may seem weird and hard to deceiver but he had to try. Bumblebee slowly inched forwards, tilting his head in confusion.
"w...why would knock out be waiting for...me?" Bumblebee whirred meekly.
"We are getting...you...out of...here...small...one" Soundwave explained "But we...must be...quick about it!"
Bumblebee seemed to understand, as he stood up and nodded to the black and purple Con. Soundwave lead the way out to the hallway but quickly snapped back around the corner he was about to turn, when he heard vehicons coming his way. How was he supposed to explain this? "Oh yeah, I wanted to take the hybrid out for some air, that cold cell we locked him up in has no air circulation, can you believe that?" he knew that wouldn't pass as a valid excuse. Soundwave sent Bumblebee a message explaining his plan a second before he put it to action.
"All Decepticons report to the flight deck for a briefing on our next attack!" Megatrons gravely voice boomed over the intercom speakers, all the vehicons glanced at each other before they all took off at a run to the flight deck. Little did they know it was just a recording Soundwave had played to distract them.
The two mutes ran for the Groundbridge controls, where Knock out was waiting for them. As soon as he saw the two running towards him he opened the Groundbridge to random coordinates in the Nevada dessert .Bumblebee looked at the two for a moment and sent them thankful looks before he dashed through the glowing portal. Soundwave and Knock out seemed to understand his look and smiled to themselves.
-End Flashback -
Optimus stood there processing for a moment, not sure how he felt about the whole thing. For one: Knock out and Soundwave, two of the most infamous Decepticons around, had rescued and helped his son. Two: the two had done so from their sparks, they hadn't had threatening or prodding at all.
Bumblebee would have laughed at the primes puzzled face if it weren't for the fact that he as still just as confused about the two Con's sudden change of spark towards him, not that he wasn't grateful or extremely happy that they had, had these changes of attitude. No he was very happy about that.
Optimus suddenly remembered something someone very special to him had said once, it seemed to fit the situation.
"Bots and Cons can change Optimus, always give them a chance too, no matter how strange it seems"