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Operation: Family Chapter 6

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Operation: Family

A Transformers: Prime Fanfiction

Chapter 6


Dreadwing had a mixture of confusion and frustration plastered across his face as he looked at Bumblebee. This couldn't be the same scout, could it? If it was, he was trapped. Honor was something that was important to Dreadwing, and he had far too much of it to kill a sparkling. He bent down to get a better look and pried the tiny yellow sparkling off of the human's leg. The sparkling's optics widened and immediately reached back out to the human, clearly wanting to get as far away from Dreadwing as possible. Dreadwing ignored his feeble attempts and stood back up. He caught a quick glance at Prime and the other two Autobots. They were all frozen in place, looking at the sparkling in Dreadwing's grip in alarm. After a moment, Optimus took a step towards him.

"Dreadwing, I ask that you please put Bumblebee down. He is a defenseless sparkling and has no recollection of what happened with Skyquake."

"I will not harm a sparkling," Dreadwing stated as he handed Bumblebee out to Optimus.

It was hard for the Decepticon to miss the immense relief on the Autobot leader's face as he stepped closer and took the sparkling from him. Immediately Bumblebee buried his head in Optimus' chest and pushed himself as close to the leader as possible. Optimus in return placed a hand over his body, effectively shielding him from Dreadwing's gaze. The Seeker watched the protective actions with a slight interest, especially when Optimus gazed reassuringly down at the sparkling.

"How did that happen to him?"

"Why do you want to know 'Con?" Arcee asked walking over, followed by Bulkhead.

"Shouldn't you already know?" Bulkhead added.

"So that's what it does," Dreadwing mused to himself realizing that this must had been a result of the newly acquired relic. "I meant what I said Prime. I will not harm your scout while he is a sparkling, but I will get my revenge once he is back to normal."

The three Autobots watched as Dreadwing transformed and flew away. Only a few seconds later did Jack, Miko, and Raf come out of their hiding spot and rush over to Optimus, Arcee, and Bulkhead.

"Are you okay?" Arcee asked bending down to get a better look at them.

"We're fine," Jack assured. "How's 'Bee?"

Optimus uncovered Bumblebee to let the others see him. The sparkling still had his head buried and both of his hands were clutching to the panels of Optimus' chest. His small form was trembling and Optimus could practically feel how fast his spark was pulsing. The Autobot leader gently rubbed his back, trying to give him some comfort. Silently Optimus made a decision that once Bumblebee was turned back into a youngling, he wouldn't be leaving the base by himself. He didn't want Dreadwing to have a chance at harming him.

"It's alright 'Bee, Dreadwing's gone," Arcee soothed placing a hand on the back of the sparkling's head. "You're safe."

Bumblebee let out a small whimper, but turned his head to look at Arcee who gave him a reassuring smile. Hesitantly Bumblebee reached out one hand to her, while the other kept a tight grip on Optimus. Gently she held his hand while using her other hand to rub tiny circles on the back of the sparkling's head. Slowly Bumblebee began to dim his optics – the closeness to his guardian's spark and Arcee's rubbing on his head was making him drowsy. Once he had fallen into a light recharge, Arcee stepped away.

"Do you think Dreadwing will tell Megatron about this?" Arcee asked Optimus.

"I do not know. Dreadwing has said that he will not harm Bumblebee in his current state and I believe that he is telling the truth about that. We can only hope that by extension he will not tell Megatron or any of the other Decepticons," Optimus answered before contacting Ratchet for a GroundBridge.

Once they were all inside the base, Optimus informed Ratchet on what had happened.

"He should be a lot calmer once he wakes up," Ratchet noted. "Once he sees that he's back here, he may not be as frightened. And may I suggest that he remains inside the base at all times while he is a sparkling?"

"I agree with your suggestion old friend. Taking Bumblebee out may become too much of a risk," Optimus gazed back down at the recharging sparkling in his arms. "And putting his life at risk is something that I will not allow."

Optimus turned away and headed towards his room. Once inside, he gently placed Bumblebee down on the berth – prying his hand away – and covered him with his blanket. Almost immediately did the sparkling wake and start whimpering, reaching back up for his guardian. Optimus sat down next to him and gently placed one of the sparkling's tiny hands in his own.

"It is alright Bumblebee, I am here. Now you need to go back to recharge," he soothed.

Instinctively Bumblebee tried to curl close to Optimus for more comfort. He hadn't understood what had happened earlier. All he knew was that there had been a big bot that didn't like him and it scared him. Optimus knew what the sparkling wanted and picked him back up and held him close again. Bumblebee let out a happy chirp and affectionately nuzzled Optimus' chest. Optimus gave a slight smile to the sparkling, half way wondering if Bumblebee would have recollection of this when he was returned to his youngling state.

"It is very hard to say no to you little one," Optimus lifted the sparkling up a little higher. Bumblebee let out a series of happy clicks in response and hugged the face of his guardian.

Optimus ended up letting out a small chuckle as he pried the sparkling off, "Now it is time for you to recharge Bumblebee."

He lowered the sparkling and started to rub circles on the back of his head like Arcee had done earlier. It wasn't long until Bumblebee was back in recharge and Optimus was able to lay him back down again. Once he was sure that he wouldn't wake the moment he left the room, Optimus left to rejoin the others. It wasn't long after he walked into the main room of the base that an alarm went off, alerting him and the others to Decepticon activity. The fact that there was activity so soon after Dreadwing had found out about Bumblebee made Optimus a bit wary. But there was a great chance that it had nothing to do with the sparkling at all.

"Ratchet, Bumblebee is recharging in my room. Hopefully I will be back before he wakes again."

Ratchet sighed as he opened the GroundBridge for Optimus, Arcee, and Bulkhead. He certainly hoped that Optimus would be back by the time Bumblebee decided to wake from recharge as the sparkling still didn't trust him. At least the humans were still there, they possibly would be able to keep him calm until Optimus returned.

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Sure enough Ratchet picked up the sound of a small cry before Optimus returned. Dreading what was ahead of him, he headed towards Optimus' room to see what was wrong with the sparkling. Naturally the moment he walked into the room and Bumblebee caught a glimpse of him, the sparkling started to move away.

"Bumblebee, I'm not going to hurt you," the medic said in exasperation. "Optimus will be back soon, until then I'm watching you."

Bumblebee let out a small whimper, but slowly crawled closer to Ratchet. Finally the medic was able to pick him and carry him back to his med-bay. Ratchet decided that he would take the opportunity to do some more scans to see if he could think of any other way to turn him back to normal. As it was, the medic was fairly certain that there was nothing he could do unless they were able to get the relic from the Decepticons. And that, he feared, would be no easy task. After all it wasn't like the Decepticons were just going to hand it over. They would most likely have to wait for them to bring it to another battle before they would have an opportunity to grab it.

A small chirp brought Ratchet's attention back to Bumblebee. He ran a few quick scans over the sparkling's body, before the sparkling let out a series of annoyed chirps. Ratchet glanced back down at Bumblebee and noticed that he was reaching his arms out for one of his bottles.

"Hungry again? Alright," the medic smiled at the sparkling and began to fix the bottles while the three human teens watched.

Miko turned and looked at Jack and Raf.

"Ratchet's being nice. Weird."

"He has to be nice, otherwise Bumblebee wouldn't trust him," Raf spoke up.

"Yeah. I just can't wait until he gets turned back to normal and finds out that he was scared of all of us at first. It'll be awesome!" Miko laughed.
Rating: PG
Pairings: None

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