The Decepticon Within ch 10

The Decepticon Within

Chapter 10: Born as Decepticon, Live as Autobot

Bumblebee fell in the water. He looked up as he sink in the water. ‘Prime…’ he thought. ‘Why ?’

Bumblebee sighed and used his wings like a ray, to swim back to main land. When he gotten there, he climbed out of the waters with the help of the ladders, that were on the walls.

“I need to get out of here.” Mumbled Bumblebee as transformed into his vehicle mode.

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“Bumblebee !!” yelled Prime as he wanted to go after his team mate.

“Prime , No !” yelled Prowl as he the heavy Sentinel with him.

Prime looked worried at Prowl. “I’ve attacked him…” he mumbled.

“No, he wanted to attack you and you went into self defense.” Sighed Prowl. “He’ll survive. You know Bumblebee.”

Suddenly, Prime’s comm. Link came to life. “Ratchet to Prime.” Said Ratchet. “We have spotted Bumblebee. He looks like he was beaten up like hell. We are going to follow him.”

“Okay, we’ll join you as soon as possible.” Said Prime.

“Hurry, looks like he’s heading to the woods.” Said Ratchet as he cut the comm. Link between him and Optimus.

“You’ve heard him, let’s go !” said Prime as he flew to main land. The others followed.

Sentinel was wiggling in Prowls arms. “Faster, faster !” he yelled as he saw Prime was almost out of his sight.

“I could if you would stop wiggling !” bite Prowl.

“Let us take him, Prowl, sir.” Said Jetfire.

Prowl immediately agreed and gave Sentinel to Jetfire and Jetstorm.

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Bumblebee drove like a nutcase on the streets. He was already out of Detroit and heading now to the woods.

“Bumblebee !!” yelled a voice.

Bumblebee looked in his mirrors to see Ratchet, Jazz and Bulkhead driving after him. Bumblebee started to drive harder. “Leave me alone !!” he yelled.

“But, we just want to talk !” yelled Bulkhead to his buddy.µ

‘Don’t listen to him ! They want you to put in jail ! You’re a Decepticon ! And Decepticons won’t surrender ! Shoot them ! Shoot before they’ll get to you !’

Bumblebee transformed and turned to his friends, while he was driving on his wheels on heels. ‘Please, forgive me.’ Bumblebee thought as he use his stingers to shoot at his friends.

“Whoa !!” yelled Jazz as he avoid the shots.

Optimus could see everything happened and took immediately action. He flew behind Bumblebee and grabbed him, taking him up in the air.

“Hey !!” yelled Bumblebee as he started to move in Optimus’s hands. “Let me go !!”

“Not until you calm down !” said Optimus as he had a hard time to hold Bumblebee still.

“You never get me to jail !” yelled Bumblebee. By moving harder as a sparkling who didn’t want to be pick up, Optimus lost his grip and had to lose Bumblebee.

Bumblebee fell again, but this time he landed on his feet. It was a bad move, because as Bumblebee stood right up again, he felt pain shooting up in his right leg. Bumblebee swear in Cybertronian as he limped further in the woods.

The others had transformed and ran after Bumblebee. Sari was sitting on Bulkhead’s shoulder.

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Bumblebee kept running as he came to a death end. ‘Fight fight ! you can take them down !’

“No !!” yelled Bumblebee.

‘What are you a Autobot ?! You must fight them ! You are Decepticon !!’

“Shut up !!!” yelled Bumblebee as he held his head.

Optimus landed and walked to Bumblebee. “Bumblebebee….” He said as he saw from the corner of his optics, that the others have join him. “Please…Calm down.”

“Leave me alone Prime !!” yelled Bumblebee as he held his head. “Just leave me alone !! I don’t want to go to jail !”

“Bumblebee…” Prime said as he came closer to Bumblebee. “You’re not a Decepticon. You don’t have to go to jail.”

“Liar !!!” yelled Bumblebee as he look with red optics to Prime. “Look at me !! . !!”

“No you’re not!”

“Yes, I am ! I’ve been born as one !!”

“But you’re not raised as one !!”

“SHUT UP, SHUT UP !!!” yelled Bumblebee as oil tears run out his optics.

“Prime !” yelled Ratchet. “He’s overheating !”

Prime looked worried at Ratchet and then at Bumblebee as he came closer.

“Stay back !” yelled Bumblebee as he held up his stingers.

“You wouldn’t hurt me, ha Bumblebee ?” asked Prime. “You wouldn’t hurt a friend, do you ?”

“I…I…” stuttered Bumblebee. Memories of him and Optimus ran through his processor. Memories of Sari, Bulkhead, Prowl, Ratchet….

“You may be born as Decepticon, Bumblebee.” Said Prime as he stood in front of Bumblebee. “But you are a Autobot in your spark.”

“I….I….I…” stuttered Bumblebee as he looked blank at Prime. “I don’t know, I just don’t know….”

Those were the last words Bumblebee said, before he fell in Optimus’s arms. “Ratchet !” yelled Optimus.

Ratchet ran to Optimus and scanned Bumblebee. He sighed. “He’s overheated, but cooling down now.” He said. “But we need to get him back to base, so that I can fix him up.”

“He’s going nowhere !!” yelled Sentinel as the Jet twins landed their commander on the ground. “But to the ship so that I can put him into jail !!”

“For what ?! Because he’s a slagging Decepticon ?!” yelled Ratchet angry. He had enough of the crap that Sentinel was telling. “He maybe be a Decepticon, but he didn’t have to do anything with the war ! Slag, he even helped us defeating Megatron and this is how the slagging you want to thank him ?! by throwing him into jail ?! You don’t deserve to be a slagging Magnus !!!! Besides if the kid doesn’t get repairs soon, you don’t even have to put him into jail !!”

Sentinel looked pissed at Ratchet. “Fine, repair the glitch !”

Ratchet gave Sentinel one last angry gladder before he transformed and demanded to put Bumblebee on him.

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Ratchet worked hard and long to repair Bumblebee. After a few hours, he came out of the medic bay. He sighed and looked in the hallway to see a sleeping Bulkhead and Sari on the ground. The twins where sleeping too. They where hugging each other in their sleep.

Jazz and Prowl where no were to be seen. Sentinel Magnus was still in the main room, mocking about what Ratchet had said to him.

Optimus was the only one who was wide awake and looked into Ratchet optics. “How is he ?” asked Optimus.

Ratchet smiled. “Okay.” He said. “I’ve repaired him and I’ve removed the Decepticon virus that he had gotten from the marks. His optics are turning blue again. But it’s going to take a while, before the marks will go away.”

Optimus nodded. “Can I see him ?”

Ratchet nodded. “Yes, but he’s in recharge. It will take a while before he wakes up again.” Said Ratchet. “I’m going to recharge and hopefully will get some piece around here.”

Optimus nodded and passed Ratchet and looked at Bumblebee. Bumblebee was attached to all sort of wires. Optimus sat down next to Bumblebee and looked at him. “I’m sorry.” Optimus started. “I’m sorry I attacked you with my axe and that I’ve dropped you. But you had to be stopped. I know that you wanted to tell me what you where yesterday, but because Sentinel had called and told me what you where, made you scared. I can understand you.”

Optimus sighed and looked away. “I know how you feel, because I’m scared too sometimes.” Said Optimus as he looked back at Bumblebee. “I’m scared because I don’t want to lose my team mates and I’d thought I almost you, ‘Bee. You know you can talk to me about anything. So if there’s a problem ever again, please tell me.”

Optimus stood up and walked to the door. “Goodnight Bumblebee.” Optimus said as he went outside the medbay to go to his own room to recharge.

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Optimus had been woke up by a terrified scream. “Bumblebee!” he said to himself as he ran to the medic bay.

“What is going on here ?!” asked Optimus as he saw Sentinel and Ratchet standing next to Bumblebee’s berth.

“bad dream.” Said Ratchet as he faced Optimus. Sari, Bulkhead, Jazz, Prowl and the twins came into to see what was going on.

“Bad dream ?!” said Bumblebee as he looked at Ratchet. “You mean a living nightmare !!! You should wake up with having to face that bot so close to you !!!” Bumblebee nodded to Sentinel, who threw tantrums to Bumblebee.

“He’s back.” Giggled Sari to Bulkhead. Bulkhead had some trouble of not laughing.

“What are you doing here anyway ?” asked Optimus to Sentinel Magnus.

“Checking if the glitch is ready to go to jail !” said Sentinel crossing his arms.

“What ?!” yelled Bumblebee. “But I didn’t do anything !!!!”

Optimus sighed. “Sentinel, I think we made ourselves clear that Bumblebee will stay here with us.”

Sentinel looked at Optimus. It was a long discussion about that Glitch. That Bumblebee was born as a Decepticon, but raised as a Autobot and that there was no way, he ever would join the Decepticons.

Sentinel sighed. “Fine,” he said. “But he still has to come back to Cybertron.”

“Why ?!” asked Sari. She didn’t want her friend leave this planet.

“Because he’s staying here illegal.” Sentinel said as he narrowed his optics. “He even doesn’t exist in the birth records of the Autobots !”

“How could that be ?!” asked Bumblebee. “I was guarded by Blackbird !”

“Well looks like this Blackbird, forgot to sign the papers !” said Sentinel. “And you can’t sign them at all !”

“I’ll be his guardian then.” Said Optimus.

Everyone looked at Optimus. “You would do that ?” asked Bumblebee.

“You want to be this glitch his guardian ?!” yelled Sentinel. “Are you nuts ?! He’s a freaking Decepticon !!”

“He’s a Autobot.” Snapped Optimus as he looked at Bumblebee.. “And yes I will be his guardian, even when he can be trouble.”

Bumblebee smiled shyly at Optimus, recalling what for trouble he brought for Optimus with his actions and his big mouth.

“Fine, “ said Sentinel. “But if one thing goes wrong and I hear about it, he will be kicked back to Cybertron.”

Optimus nodded.

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A few weeks later, everything was back to normal. Optimus has signed the papers that he was the guardian of Bumblebee. Bumblebee was in his old habits again, he played video games, play some pranks on Prowl and Ratchet. But he still has it hard when it came to the word Decepticon or when Sari had ask him to fly with her around the city.

Ratchet had told Prime only time will heal the wounds of Bumblebee.

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Meanwhile in the darkest place of Bumblebee. The voice that was in Bumblebee’s head waited. ‘Enjoy your Autobot life as long you can, Autobot. My time will come soon !’ the voice said. Two red optics glowed in the darkness.

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