Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers Prime. I only own the OC George Edwards/Bladewolf Prime.
I once again found myself in a very familiar area that I come to when I go into recharge sometimes. However, I didn't have to walk long distances this time, as the Primes had already been waiting for me when I appeared right now.
Before I could even say a word, I was pulled into Solus' embrace. "I'm proud of you, sweetspark." She said with a proud, motherly smile.
"We both are." Megatronus walked over, a smirk on his face. "We knew you were worthy ever since you started to show leadership before the Unicron crisis began. You just had to realize it yourself."
"It's not exactly easy." I pointed it.
"No, it's not." Prima chuckled. "But now, you have received your birthright."
"Welcome to the line of Primes." Vector Prime smiled.
"Thank you." I nodded. "It's just... this is overwhelming. I mean, I wasn't expecting the big guy himself to grant it to me."
"Primus was eventually going to meet you." Alpha Trion said. "He watched you from day 1 in this universe as you already know. He is just as proud of you as we all are."
"And I am very proud... that you confessed to Arcee." Megatronus said with a large grin.
"Oh for the love of..." I groaned.
"It's about time. I was meant to tell you this before the whole Unicron thing but... that required serious attention." Megatronus went on as I sighed and shook my helm before looking at my amused Carrier pleadingly. "So when can Solus and I expect grandchildren?"
"DAD! Not cool!" I shouted with a loud groan as the Primes chuckled. "You guys are embarrassing sometimes."
"That's what parents do, sweetie." Solus said with a chuckle.
I spent some more time with the Primes before I eventually started to wake up from recharge.
I opened my eyes to see I was in my quarters, in human form. Sleeping beside me with her head on my chest was Arcee's holoform. I watched her sleep and smiled.
'Yeah, I'm lucky I have her as the love of my life.'
It's been a few Mega-Cycles since we got Optimus back from the Decepticons, and in those weeks Christmas as well as New Year's have passed. Hard to believe it's close to a year since I arrived here. Right now, I was in the main ops center with everyone else after Optimus, Ratchet and Bumblebee returned from a mission... which had Bumblebee snatch the Spark Extracter from Megatron's very servo.
Right now, the Autobot scout was recounting exactly how he did that to us all.
"You got some brass bearing, Bumblebee." Bulkhead congratulated the young scout, who had his head held high in pride as he handed a toy car to raf after recounting the tale.
"Optimus." Ratchet said, catching Optimus' attention as they scanned the Spark Extracter. "Here. The source of the ancient frequency we detected."
"An Iacon homing beacon." Optimus stated.
"What's an Iacon homing beacon doing on that?" Jazz asked confusedly.
"The Class A Decepticon weapons confiscated during the war were sealed in the vaults of Iacon." Optimus answered.
"Where you worked as an Archivist." Bulkhead added.
"Iacon was both a cultural center and a stronghold, which Megatron raided when Autobot troops were at their nadir. It stands to reason that in anticipation of Iacon being overrun by enemy forces, these weapons were jettisoned off world to keep them far from Decepticon reach," Optimus explained.
"And the beacons were placed on them to alert any Autobot in the vicinity and/or on the right frequency wavelength in case of the relics being unearthed," I added in realization.
"But they were mostly used to alert any Autobot if the artifacts were unearthed by the undesired party," Ratchet corrected.
"Well, thanks to our hot shot stud driver, this one's going in our vault!" Bulkhead decreed, gesturing to Bumblebee.
"Is this the only intel you supplied to Megatron?" Elita asked Optimus in which he sighed not knowing the answer himself.
"Elita, you have the right to ask. And I'm afraid I do not know." He said defeated.
"Optimus, Megatron clearly took advantage of your amnesia. But for all we know, the spark extractor is only the extent of it!" Ratchet cut in. "Have you stopped to consider that he might've suggested otherwise merely to plague your thoughts?"
Optimus remained silent as he didn't have the answer to that.
I was in my room, changing into a new set of clothing since my previous set needed some serious washing. I felt my Sparkmate near, and soon enough her holoform materialized under the door and came into view. "You know there's this new thing called knocking." I said with a smirk on my face.
"Why do that when I can sneak under your door?" She smirked back while sitting on the bed and resting her head on my shoulder. "What are you thinking?"
"Just... how much of a lucky guy I am to have a gorgeous girl like you." I said as I wrapped an arm around her. "Bet you had a lot of Mechs vying for your attention before the war."
Arcee chuckled. "You'd be right there. My sisters and I... let's just say we were the center of any Mech's attention when we walked by. Though they backed off when Elita got together with Optimus, and Chromia with Ironhide. As for me? I made it clear I was not interested at the time."
"Considering the way your hips sway as you walk, I don't blame them for looking." I grinned, getting elbowed in the stomach lightly.
"Down boy. I know you like to look." Arcee said with amusement.
"Among other things." I said huskily before kissing her. We fell back on the bed, just making out for several minutes before breaking the kiss. "I love you."
"I know." She smirked as I laughed. "Shouldn't have made me watch Empire Strikes Back repeatedly."
"One of the best Star Wars films, plus that scene was romantic... despite the fact Han Solo was frozen afterwards." I said.
"And, when we watched Return of the Jedi, I'm sure you said I'd look much hotter in that outfit Leia wears while being a slave to Jabba." Arcee said with a grin.
I blushed. "Hey, I'm a guy. I like to imagine my girl looking sexy."
"And I don't in robot form?" Arcee raised an eyebrow.
I gave her a look. "You REALLY want me to answer that? Trust me, you look hot in robot form and are damn near sexy when angry."
"Keep flattering me, lover boy." Arcee chuckled. We just laid there, enjoying each other's comfort and embrace.
Everyone was now in the main hub, watching Bumblebee, who had been hurt in the field. Bulkhead explained that Bumblebee... couldn't transform at all.
"You can fix Bumblebee, can't you?" Raf asked worriedly.
"Bumblebee was hit pretty hard. The stun blast may have fried his T-Cog," Ratchet answered.
"Is that like a T-Bone?" Miko asked.
"Not exactly. It's the organ that allows us to scan vehicles and transform," Arcee corrected.
"Without the ability to transform or fly, Cybertronians are pretty much vulnerable on the battlefield," I piped in.
"Bumblebee's T-Cog isn't damaged, it's missing!" Ratchet said stunning everyone.
"Alright, who was the punk who did this?" Hound said slamming his fist into his palm with ager present. If there's one thing about Hound you should know, just don't mess with him. Simple as that. You'll live longer.
"The ones who cannibalized Breakdown." Bulkhead said in realization.
"And tried to gut me." Arcee added with a glare.
"MECH." I growled, angry at how they almost tried to kill Arcee and have harmed my family once more by taking Bumblebee's T-Cog.
"And it would appear their knowledge of Cybertronian biotech has grown more sophisticated." Ratchet added.
"But why would they take Bumblebee's part?" Raf asked aloud.
"Raf, Silas wants to make human-made Transformers for their own sinister gain. They needed something to make a robot transform and found out that the T-Cog was the needed piece." I explained. Bumblebee stood up but was forced back down by Ratchet.
"Bumblebee please, you're not presently equipped to handle this." Optimus said to his youngest soldier, well aside from me.
"What? Optimus, please, you don't know what it's like to lose a part of yourself!" Bumblebee said.
"You are mistaken, my friend. I do know what it's like to lose a vital part of one's self. And as a result, I know the value of putting your faith in the strength of those around you." Optimus said. "We vow to do everything in our power to make you whole again."
"And if not, Ratchet can make you a new cog thing, right?" Miko asked, hoping that it would make the situation better.
"Bad choice of words." I muttered with a helm shake as Bee groaned and slumped back down on the birth.
"What did I say?!" Miko demanded.
"Miko, a T-Cog is a bio mechanism. Not a scrap yard find. If it were that easy, don't you think I would have replaced Bumblebee's voice box by now?!" Ratchet snapped.
"You just HAD to bring that up! I can't talk! I can't transform! I'm useless!" Bumblebee groaned.
"Bumblebee." I began, getting his attention. "If you can throw a punch, it means you're not useless. If you can't transform or use your guns you can still pound a con's face in with your bare hands."
That made Bumblebee look a little better, but I know he still wanted his T-Cog back.
"Alright, alright. I say that none of us transform until Bumblebee gets his cog back!" Bulkhead decreed.
"Your spark's in the right place, Bulkhead, but now's not the time to be limiting ourselves." Chromia pointed out.
"Not with Megatron potentially seeking out other doomsday devices. And I fear, not while M.E.C.H. uses Bumblebee's T-Cog for their own sinister use," Optimus almost snarled.
"Bumblebee, come with me." I said. Bumblebee hesitated but followed me.
"Where are we going?" 'Bee asked me as we walked in the direction of SAFE.
"To the SAFE. You need to let that anger out on some test dummies." I said, looking at him. "Trust me, I know full well what it's like to keep anger bottled up inside, saving it for the one that attacked you. But if you let it drive you, it'll make you lose focus and your enemy will use that to their advantage. So I want you to use your fists on several test dummies and smash away on them until you can't smash them into anymore pieces."
While everyone was out of the base searching for Bumblebee's T-cog, I was with Bulkhead and Bumblebee since we were the only ones here at the moment. The alarm went off in the base and we saw a location pop up on the monitor.
"This could be it; I'll alert the others." Bulkhead stated.
But 'Bee was quick to jump in. "We can handle it if we go now!"
"I know we can handle it, Bumblebee, but there's no reason to… Oh who am I trying to prove!? If we get into trouble because of this, I'm blaming you!" Bulkhead said pointing to the scout.
"When Bumblebee makes his mind it's impossible to change it, so don't try and drag me into the argument." I stated before leaping off the ledge and changing into robot form then crossing through the Groundbridge to where the coordinates were.
"I still can't believe you talked me into this, you're worse than Miko." Bulk stated.
"It's fine! There isn't gonna be a high speed pursuit or anything." Bumblebee replied.
"A word of advice, 'Bee? Don't say things like that." I warned. "The universe has a pretty sick sense of humor."
"Regardless, if Optimus finds out this was NOT, my idea." Bulkhead said.
"I won't tell if either of you don't." 'Bee promised which made Bulk sigh in defeat. The scanner in Bulkhead's hands started beeping faster getting our attention.
"Signal's coming from over there. And it's coming our way, fast!" He said as we then saw Knockout speed out of the cave and right past us.
"Catch me if you can!" The Decepticon medic taunted, driving off down the road.
"I'll get him!" Bulkhead announced… but wasn't going to be an option since Breakdown came from the cave. "Ok, you two get him!" He said as his mind did a complete 180. 'Bee and I ran after Knockout to a nearby backroad.
I transformed into my Lamborghini form, but Bumblebee tried to switch to his basters but due to his T-Cog removed he couldn't. "Oh c'mon! You gotta be kidding me!"
Knockout stopped in the middle of the road and saw Bee's problem. "You're not even gonna try and shoot out my tires?" The Con asked in disbelief. "Bumblebee, where's your famous horse power huh? Show me some speed!"
Okay, no one taunts someone that's like a brother to me.
"Bumblebee, get on." I growled. Bumblebee didn't argue as he crouched down on top of my vehicle mode. He wasn't heavy, I could take it. I then gunned it after Knockout who increased his speed since I was fast.
"What is with the rent-a-car?!" Knockout cackled in amusement.
"Try laughing at this!" I retorted as 2 rocket launchers deployed out the sides of my vehicle form and fired, trying to knock Knockout off the road but he managed to swerve and avoid being blasted. I then deployed 2 heavy machineguns out the front of my vehicle mode and fired along with the rocket launchers.
"Watch the paint!" I heard Knockout screeched. "It's custom!"
"I don't care!" I retorted.
When Knockout rounded the corner I tried to do so but due to Bumblebee being on me, I had the extra weight on me, we smashed through the barrier over the cliff.
I managed to transform but we both then plummeted down the edge and saw the ground below then everything went dark for the both of us...
