A New Friend

Scrapyard

If it wasn’t for the giant picture of their selfie that Danny had given him, Bumblebee would have almost forgotten about him after everything had finally been over and done with. 

In fact, Bee forgot about the picture until it fell out of one of the compartments that he had on his body. 

He hadn’t noticed it falling out of the compartment, and he wasn’t aware that he would have lost it if Strongarm hadn’t called for him while picking it up. 

Bee froze when he realized what his teammate was holding and grimaced. 

He completely forgot that amid everything, he didn’t tell anyone about the existence of Danny. And that tidbit of information never came out until now. 

“Lieutenant,” Strongarms voice was quiet as she said,” who is that boy?”

There was no getting out of it now, but nonetheless, Bumblebee gingerly took the photo out of Strongarms servos and held it in front of the both of them. The sight of the teenager made him smile,” This is Danny,” Even through the picture, the aura had covered most of Danny's face, only leaving the bottom of his jaw grinning widely,” He was a teenager I met back in Jasper. He was on the run from the government.”

As he thought, Strongarm was curious about the relationship,” Oh. He was one of those kids you met?”

Bumblebee hummed thoughtfully before answering,” No. I never introduced Danny to the others. We met hiding out in the same alleyway. We had agreed to never mention the existence of each other. Danny…Danny was special,” Bumblebee couldn’t help the smile that spread across his face,” He never explained them to me, but his powers gave him the ability to understand and speak any language. So, when I answered him in binary…”

Bumblebee could see the pieces clicking together in Strongarms helm,” He was able to understand you?”

He hummed in confirmation,” And he was able to speak it too. Danny had visited me in my room before he left Jasper.”

He could tell Strongarm disapproved of his secrecy with the human. Especially since Bumblebee made it a point of being honest with each other to prevent confusion in the team.  

“What of him now?”

Bee deflated and sighed heavily,” I don’t know,” he put the picture back into the compartment,” He had to leave Jasper because the government agents were getting close to picking up his trail. I haven’t heard from him since.”

Strongarm hummed thoughtfully,” He didn’t give you any means of communications?”

Bumblebee snorted,” No. But he did tell me that if I was lonely, I just had to do a little dance,” he started to move his servos around like he's seen the children do in a joking manner,” Say Danny, and he would appear.” He put his servos down with a grin,” But I'm pretty sure he was just being silly.”

Strongarm chuckled at his answer and waited for Bumblebee to go ahead and start their slight journey back to the command center. Bumblebee grinned and started to approach her. 

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Bumblebee didn’t think he would ever see Danny again. 

It had been at least 130 earth years since he had seen the teenager, he reluctantly accepted the sad truth that his friend has most likely passed away decades before his arrival. 

He had mourned the loss of his friend. Although they were not together for a long time, it had been enough for Bee to consider Danny a close friend of his. 

But after a short talk with Denny, he eventually moved past the death of Danny. 

Until he realized that there had never been a death to mourn.