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Bee headed for home. He couldn't believe what Mirage had revealed. He wanted to see if it was really true. And so, the first place that Bee headed for was home. He wanted to talk to Jumper. Without realizing it, Bee reached his quarters much faster than he thought. He went inside, so much on his mind. Jumper was there but there little ones were with Prowl and Jazz who had asked to help out. "Something wrong, my love?" Jumper asked, seeing that Bee looked distressed.
"I went to talk to Mirage about what I had told Optimus" Bee started out saying.
"I can't believe that Mirage would be angry at you" Jumper replied, bit concerned.
"No… no he wasn't angry. He was very understanding. He revealed some truth that I wasn't prepared to take and I also want to verify their veracity" Bee quickly replied, not wanting Jumper to be upset at Mirage, as mirage had not hurt Bee in any way, or so bee felt.
"What truth was this?" Jumper asked, not sure where this was going. He had a bit of a sinking feeling about all of this.
"He told me that he intervened and prevented you from being done in by his parents for a mistake you made, as Mirage put it" Bee revealed.
Jumper closed his optics and sighed. He had hoped he would never have to share that, but since Mirage already had shared a bit about it, Jumper had no choice. "Bee, I admired you so much for so long. You were the only minibot I had ever heard of that had entered into service with the royalty of Cybertron and I wanted that. I figured if you could, then I could too. So I practiced hard, trying to learn things that royals attendants would need to know. I thought I got pretty good at it, but then one day, I didn't realize that Queen Quartz was right behind me and not only did I not bow respectfully to her, I also ran into her and accidentally put a dent in her metal. She had me hauled off. I was so scared. I thought that was the end. I sat in the brig for I don't know how long before one day being released. I never saw her again, but Mirage was there with you. I knew nothing more, all I knew was that somehow, my life had been spared" Jumper revealed.
Bee was shocked. Mirage wasn't lying, not that Bee thought that Mirage was, it was just that Bee felt like he needed more proof. Bee felt awful for not seeing this all before. "I… I'm sorry" Bee uttered softly.
"You have nothing to be sorry for bee. I chose to be seen and not heard for so long so that Queen Quartz would have no reason to destroy me. Now that I am sure she is no more, I can finally speak freely" Jumper replied, hugging his mate. Bee smiled. Mirage had been helping behind the scenes for far longer than anyone realized. It made both bee and Jumper wonder just how much had Mirage done and what else didn't they know about. But for now, seeing that they were both tired, they would rest.