Hey guys! Back with another Transformers fanfiction! This time about Riders in Disguise! Now honestly, I agree with you all when you say that this is probably the worst Transformers show ever. I would say that I probably watched 3 episodes in all. But not all of it was bad! Unpopular opinion: Bumblebee's design is really cool! Anyway this is a popular scene from S3, E5. I remade it into my own. I hope you like it! I took me several hours and I have a headache lol! To those that stick with me, thank you! And to new fans, I hope you enjoy! A Protector and his Charge will be updated as soon as My writer's block for the fandom fades away! Thank you all!
Starscream had ordered the Decepticons to restrain the Autobots. Rather than just capturing Bumblebee like originally planned, Starscream instead elected to capture Sideswipe and Strongarm as well, along with their human friends, after Bumblebee's failed escape attempt.
The Cons held the bots by their arms, and the two humans were unceremoniously thrown into a small cage, eliciting small grunts of pain from the boy and his father.
Bumblebee had been unconscious from his recent escape attempt and was starting to awaken. His optics started to open, and the first thing that he saw was the new face of Starscream.
"Comfortable?''
Bumblebee's senses start to come back as he stared directly at Starscream, and then around him at the rest of the Decepticons, and his fellow captured comrades.
Starscream stood back up to his full height, "I want to be sure you all have good seats in which to observe my ultimate triumph," his voice was cocky.
Bumblebee gave a scowl at the remark, "Oh is going back to your old body style supposed to make a difference this time?", this remark earned him a hard kick from the insecticon beside him.
Strongarm gazed up at Starscream's new form, seemingly confused, "Wait… Am I missing something? Who is this guy?"
Starscream gave a slight chuckle at her comment, "Oh, so you truly don't recognize me? Well, I guess I shouldn't really be surprised. I did look a lot different back then, but just to recoup your memory, perhaps Starscream is a name you might remember?"
Everyone but Bumblebee and the two humans gave gasps.
Strongarm looked up at him shocked, "Starscream? As in… Megatron's former second lieutenant Starscream?"
Sideswipe, just as shocked, spoke up, "But… you're supposed to be…"
"Dead?", Starscream laughed at that, "Well, I'm afraid Cybertron's historians and archivists were sorely mistaken. Perhaps it was unwise to assume that someone by the likes of me could perish in such a manner?"
"But how were you able to survive the predacons? And what's so important about the scavenger's minocons?", Bumblebee asked, confused.
"Two great questions, Bumblebee. Very well. I will answer both. I have been waiting to recount this incredible tale."
Starscream went on to tell the tale of how he escaped from the Predacons after being "abandoned" by Megatron at Darkmount. He explained how he lured the Predacons deeper into the fortress where there were weapons abandoned by Megatron that could destroy nearly anything. Of course, this was his own version of the story.
Bumblebee didn't believe this story in the slightest. He knew Starscream was always a manipulative, psychopathic bastard. The others, not being there, believed his exaggerated and biased story.
"With the Predacons vanquished, I wondered what else I might find in Darkmount. Perhaps something with which to exact my revenge upon my former master, for his many crimes against me"
A flashback came back to Bumblebee from several years ago after the battle with Galvatron. How Megatronus returned decided that the Decepticons should be no more. This notion was evidently short lived and wrong, as there they all were at the mercy of them.
"Inside of a lab, I found several bizarre minicons, unlike any I had ever seen before, all in experimentation tubes. Megatron's records said that they had been captured in their youth, and genetically modifed. These minicons could converge with both Autobots and Decepticons, providing a powersurge to their new host. However, they were capable of controlling their host's motor functions. But, Megatron had a theory, that if all seven Minicons all converged with a host, they would give a massive powersurge, giving the host more power than that of a Prime."
Strongarm struggled with the decepticons holding her tightly, "What could you possibly need all of that power for?"
Starscream walked over and bent down in front of her, looking at her and holding her chin up, "I'm glad you ask, young femme," he stood back up, "With such power, I could destroy Megatron once and for all, for what he did to me, and succeed where he didn't, and claim the galaxy as my own!"
The Autobots gave scowls at him, struggling with their cuffs and the decepticons restraining them.
Russell stood up inside of the cage, a sudden confidence entering his body, "If Megatron couldn't do it, what makes you think you can?!" Denny grabbed his shoulders pulling him back from the bars.
The massive mech turned around towards the cage, looking down at the two humans, "I find your ignorance funny, boy. However, from now on, I would consider watching your mouth."
Sideswipe gave a loud growl and struggled, "If you touch him, you'll meet a fate worse than death!"
A hard punch to his helm from the insecticon was the response, and he found himself looking back down.
Starscream watched with a smirk and continued, "Now, as I was saying… I freed the minicons, but they escaped. Clever little toasters."
"So you hired bounty hunters to track the minicons to earth?" Bumblebee rhetorically asked, understanding.
Starscream gave a low growl, "How I hate this place. However, upon arriving here, I did find the Dark Star Saber. Though it fights me. Evidently it doesn't feel that I am worthy."
The yellow and black mech chuckled, "How shocking."
He ignored the remark and continued, "But with all of you off the board, I will be able to continue to search for the minicons, and perhaps gain the sword's trust."
Bumblebee gave a chuckle, "How is it even possible for YOU to not have the worthiness to wield an evil sword? You must be one hell of a failure."
The multicolored mech gave a small smirk, "It seems that you all still haven't learned a lesson on shutting your mouths. Perhaps I should teach you all a lesson."
Bumblebee looked up at him confidently, "We're not afraid of you Starscream. Do whatever you want with us."
He received a wide smile, "Oh please, I don't intend to harm any of you, Bumblebee." He put a twill on his name.
Starscream eerily and quietly walked over to the cage containing the humans, causing all of the mechs to struggle as hard as they could to break free, and causing the two small humans to back up against the back of the cage.
Without warning, he ripped the top off of the cage, grabbing both humans and squeezing them both in his iron fists.
Rage filled inside all of them, and Sideswipe screamed, "What the hell are you doing?! They're civilians, not your enemies! They didn't do anything to you!"
The mech laughed, "Who said that I care if they are enemies or not? Perhaps I just like watching them SQUIRM," He squeezed them tighter.
Screams of utter pain left their throats as the pressure of Starscream's fists surrounded them.
All three of the Autobots struggled even more and almost broke free, before all were pinned to the floor.
Bumblebee was hit with a seething anger, "Let them go you bastard!"
"And why would I do that? After all, I need to show these humans just how powerful their future leader truly is."
Strongarm punched the ground, "Go to hell!"
Starscream slightly lowered the force of his grips, looking at the two small beings in his hands. He gave a smirk.
"And what way to start my reign as supreme leader is better than a sacrifice?"
The two humans' skin paled, a chill going down their spine as the hearts filled with terror.
The former scout screamed, "Don't you dare hurt them! I will kill you!"
Denny, realizing that there was no way out of this, spoke up, "Don't hurt my son! Kill me instead! Please!"
Russell looked over at his father in anguish, "D-Dad! No!"
Sideswipe looked over at the older human, "Denny, no! We'll get you out of here! W-We promise!"
Starscream laughed, "And just how do you plan to do that, young mech?"
The red mech fought more violently, "Fuck you!"
The psychopathic mech looked down at Denny, "Very well. I will meet your request. However…", he looked at Russell, "the boy must watch!"
Bumblebee yelled in rage, "I am going to make you suffer!"
Starscream looked down at the humans, "Now then…"
Suddenly, Starscream slammed Denny against the metal wall, eliciting a blood-curdling scream out of his throat.
"DAD!"
Bumblebee's eyes began to blink an orange hue, "NO!"
Starscream looked directly into Denny's eyes, "Take pride in this, human, for you are the first sacrifice of the future king of the galaxy!"
Starscream drew his claws, and thrusted them forward, causing the whole ship to go eerily silent.
One claw impaled Denny straight through the gut, creating a gaping whole where his stomach used to be.
Russell stared at his father's lifeless corpse, tears falling down his cheeks.
The Autobots stared at the corpse of their friend in shock, heads and optic lids twitching.
The body fell to the floor as blood spread all the way down the wall, and Starscream stared at his claw that was covered in blood. He looked towards the boy in his other servo with a wicked smile, "Well, now that that puny human is gone, perhaps now I don't have to follow his requests."
Russell's face paled once more as he looked up at the terrifying face of Starscream.
"And this time, perhaps I should make it more… painful…"
Sideswipe's struggle began to shake the decepticons on top of him, "Starscream, don't you dare! He is only a child! If you go through with this, we will make sure you suffer for the rest of eternity!"
"Hm," Starscream looked at the boy in his hands, "We'll see about that."
Starscream dropped Russell.
The second the boy hit the ground, a thud and crack could be heard throughout the ship, followed by an absolutely blood-curdling scream.
Normally blue eyes began to flicker red as Bumblebee began to fill with fury, "You…. you… you monster…"
Starscream laughed, "At last, now I am not being treated like an ignoramus! Back then I was not taken seriously… well… ARE YOU TAKING ME SERIOUSLY NOW BUMBLEBEE?!"
He placed a ped on top of one of the sobbing boy's leg, "And at last, Bumblebee… I finally get to see you suffer!"
He pushes his ped down on the boy's leg, a calculated force, completely shattering his leg, eliciting yet another scream and cry.
Bumblebee was eerily silent, small whispers left his mouth, "I'm gonna kill you… I'm gonna kill you…"
Sideswipe and Strongarm screamed in rage.
The screams increased in volume as Starscream placed his ped on top of Russell's other leg.
A loud crunch echoed throughout the ship.
Bumblebee's optic began to flicker more erratically in unadulterated rage, his hands closed in a fist tightly.
Starscream laughed, "I enjoy seeing you so filled with rage, and yet you can't do anything about it! Now you know how I felt!"
He took his ped and placed it completely on top of Russell, "Come on, I wanna hear you scream!" He forced his ped ever so slightly down on the boy, eliciting even more screams.
Bumblebee's body began to have tremors, rage starting to control his body. He had lost too many human friends. Charlie. Sam. Denny. Raf…
His now red optics stopped flickering.
Starscream was preoccupied, "Now, perhaps when I squash this measly bug, you will learn that I am the most powerful-"
A powerful energy blast hit him in the back.
He flew several yards back, shocked, "What?! Who dares?!" His voice was loud and full of fury.
His angry facial expression quickly turned to a shocked one as he looked at the red optics of Bumblebee, and the mangled corpses of decepticons behind him.
Bumblebee's next moves were faster than he could keep up with. He quickly took out the insecticon in a gladiator manner, by ripping his spark out.
Starscream began firing his cannons at him, but Bumblebee's moves were too fast. It seemed that Bumblebee was no longer the Bumblebee they knew.
The mech was able to quickly and swiftly take out the remaining Decepticons keeping Sideswipe and Strongarm restrained.
The two mechs looked up into the red optics of their leader, and Sideswipe looked concerned, "Bumblebee, are you okay?"
Strongarm looked up at him too, "Say something, sir!''
The mech looked down at them, words finally leaving his mouth, as he looked at Starscream, "Get him."
Starscream, outnumbered and probably not able to even take on Bumblebee by himself without the minicons, did what he did best.
Run.
He turned around and began to sprint away. His escape plan, however, was short lived, as he was quickly tackled down.
Starscream struggled against the three Autobots, "You think you've won?! This battle has just begun! I'll escape and be back with a fury you've never-"
He suddenly couldn't speak anymore.
Bumblebee tore his voice box out.
He tried to form words only to find that he physically couldn't anymore.
Bumblebee stared into his soul, "How sad. To be incapable of forming speech. Being able to communicate properly with others,'' Bumblebee punched him in his helm, "How very pathetic."
Starscream still fought against the other two mechs holding him down.
Bumblebee looked at the other two mechs, and then back to Starscream, with a cold stare, "Now…", he paused eerily, "Now it is your turn to suffer."
They began to mercilessly pound down on Starscream.
For several minutes, the three Autobots continuously struck Starscream.
Had he been able to scream, he would have been now. The immense pain of the nonstop strikes on his body made him want to scream.
Bumblebee savored every moment, wanting Starscream to suffer for what he'd done, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him from going any further.
"Bumblebee," he turned around, shocked to see Optimus Prime standing in front of him, "What are you doing?"
Strongarm and Sideswipe also turned around in awe, and Starscream was now unconscious.
"O-Optimus Prime sir! This monster deserves to be punished!"
The Prime looked at his friend and comrades in sympathy, "I understand your pain. All of you. Starscream will be brought to justice. However, now is not the proper time for that. After all, have you forgotten about the child?"
Bumblebee audibly gasped and looked behind him, seeing the small sobbing boy. He instantly snapped out of his trance, optics reverting back to blue, and he sprinted towards him.
He stopped in front of him and immediately saw his mangled legs and bloody shirt, and very gently picked up the boy in his large hands, "Oh, Primus! Russell, I'm so sorry. Shhhhhh… You're okay! I'm here! He won't touch you again!"
Sideswipe and Strongarm ran over in a panic, afraid that they lost their last human friend. Seeing that their friend was alive, albeit seriously injured, they let out a sigh of relief, before panicking again when they saw the extent of his injuries.
Sideswipe gasped, "Russell! No! We're so sorry!"
Optimus wasted no more time and commed to base, "Ratchet! We need a groundbridge now!"
The response was immediate, "Right away, Optimus!"
He looked back at Bumblebee, who was holding Russell, apologizing over and over and shushing him, before looking back at Denny's corpse.
He didn't have time to think before the groundbridge opened, and entering through were Ratchet, Jazz, Bulkhead, and Windblade, and seeing the scene laid out before them, their faces turned to shock.
"Primus…" Bulkhead softly spoke, "What the hell happened here?"
Sideswipe looked at him, "Starscream…" he said in anger.
They all stared at the unconscious, heavily beaten form of Starscream, before addressing the elephant in the room.
All optics laid upon Bumblebee with Russell in his hands. Ratchet, hearing the crying, immediately ran towards them to help.
"Bumblebee, you have to show me him. Now! I need to know the extent of his injuries.
Bumblebee turned around, "Please… help him," he gently uncovered Russell.
The second Rathet's optics saw his body, they widened and he gasped, "Primus… Give him to me! Gently!"
He as gently as possible placed the boy into the medic's outreached hands. Ratchet, having learned from his experiences with human injuries, especially from the incident with Dark Energon, committed to studying human anatomy and medicine. He scanned the boy thoroughly and didn't like what he was seeing, "His… His legs are completely destroyed. Multiple rib fractures, bruises, scratches, possible concussion, and of course the massive gash on his back!"
He looked at the crying boy in his hands with sorrow, "Russell. I need you to calm down, okay? I know it's hard and you're in a lot of pain, but you're going to hyperventilate, and you should not be passing out right now. I need you to try as hard as you can to not go to sleep, little one, alright?"
Russell looked up at the massive bot with tears falling down his eyes, but he managed a slight nod.
Ratchet turned and saw the corpse of Russell's father, and immediately turned away so as to not cause Russell another panic attack.
Optimus walked up to him, "Ratchet, take Russell and go. He needs to be tended to immediately. And take Bumblebee with you."
Ratchet nodded, "Alright. Bumblebee, let's go!" he called after him.
Bumblebee showed zero hesitation in following him into the groundbridge.
Ratchet and Bumblebee both sprinted through the groundbridge and ran straight to the medbay.
Since Russell hasn't fully undergone a concussion scan, Ratchet decided that was first before putting him under anesthesic.
He was gently placed on a gurney, and Ratchet immediately scanned him.
"Alright. Luckily, he managed to avoid a concussion, but Bumblebee, you might need to give him a finger to hold onto. I need to relocate some parts of his legs. Now Russell, this is probably going to cause you great pain for a few seconds. I need you to squeeze Bumblebee's finger, alright?"
He nodded through the tears as he held onto what he could of Bumblebee's pinky.
Ratchet counted down, "Ready? 3… 2…. 1…." he gently used a finger to poke his legs to put bones back into place.
Russell screamed loudly and squeezed Bumblebee's pinky as hard as he could. Pain like he'd never felt before shot up his spine.
The procedure lasted a few seconds before Ratchet pulled his hand away, "Great job, little one. That couldn't have been easy. Now, Bumblebee, could you gently lift him onto his side for a moment? I need to apply anesthetic. Alright. You're going to feel a slight prick for a split second, and then you'll feel nothing at all. Ready?"
The medic counted to three and injected it into his back by his spinal cord, and Russell was unconscious in mere seconds.
Ratchet scanned Russell's legs several more times, before coming to a terrible conclusion, "Bumblebee, you may not want to be in here for the next part."
"I am not leaving his side! Ever!"
He was met with Ratchet's head shaking, "Bumblebee, I have to amputate one of his legs."
Bumblebee's optics widened and he gasped, despair entering his voice, "Oh, Primus…"
"His other leg most likely will never regain proper function again, and his other leg must be amputated for several reasons, the two being that it would be impossible to even heal that leg even the slightest, and it would also be impossible to prevent an infection from occurring and spreading, which could kill him."
Bumblebee put his servos over his helm and began to panic, "I swear to Primus! Starscream is going to pay for this!"
He was grabbed by the shoulders but the medic, "Bumblebee, calm down!" they stared at each other, "Now is not the time to think about revenge! Right now I need to perform this procedure and make sure he survives, and then… then comes the hard part."
Bumblebee looked down in sadness, "I'm sorry Ratchet."
He sighed and looked back at Bumblebee, "It is alright, Bumblebee. But right now, you need to go rest. You probably have a lot on your mind, plus, you need to be there for Russell when he discovers his loss of mobility… and of course the loss of his father."
Had Bumblebee been able to cry, he would have been at that moment. He walked out of the med bay, thinking to himself, "Russell, I'm so sorry…"
