~Little Witch~ { A TFP Fanfic }

Chapter 15

Time: 10:40 P.M

Location: Autobot Base , Jasper Nevada

Moment: During Rouge being let out to ' Explore. '

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Together, The Autobots jumped into a swirling green and cyan portal just before the spacebridge exploded with Megatron still inside the danger zone. First who came out of the portal was Optimus, then Bulkhead, and finally, Bumblebee, who was still carrying Arcee after she was injured during the space ordeal. As the team gathered their wits, they all flinched once they heard one thing:

"What?"

"Look Ratch, all we know is that a purple and black con with a visor for a face took him!" Miko said, trying to describe the con that took who she likes to think is her friend.

"Well, there is something we do know other than the description of the con." Jack murmured loud enough to hear, he took a small breath. "It looked almost as if he was in the room prior to when we came in, like he was trying to talk to the decepticon who took him! Not to mention the fact that he took a step back from me bumping into the con which is when it grabbed him and took him and flew away!"

"You forgot to mention the part where the con took a picture of us." Raf said as Miko showed Optimus the picture of the "new" con, Optimus's face switched from his normal calm face to one darkened with anger, to another worried expression in a millisecond.

"Soundwave, The Decepticons Communications Officer. If they didn't know of your involvement with us, they do now. Adding on to the fact that they now know what you three look like." Optimus added, optic's darkening with each word.

Raf had globs of tears forming in his eyes. "This is all my fault, if only I was better at hacking or if I had just gone alone this wouldn't have happened. My plan didn't work anyway If only I kept my mouth shut." He whispered to himself, tightening his hands into balls.

Letting a few tears fall. The brunette closed his eyes tightly, not noticing the change in time until it was too late.

"Raf!"

Raf looked up upon hearing his name being yelled, "Bumblebee had been waiting to take you home for the past thirty minutes, are you okay?" Ratchet asked, the boy froze up before sending a thumbs-up in response.

He used his arm to wipe away his tears before anyone else would notice, "That's good, now go home, kid." Ratchet grunted while pointing to Bee. (who was silently falling asleep in his alt-mode with the door wide open).

The hacker silently trudged down the stairs and hopped into Bee, startling him before he started driving. Ratchet watches the pair leave, turning around to see Arcee enter after Bee leaves.

Ratchet sighed, and instinctively moved towards his computer, typing codes here-and-there.

"What's up with you?" Arcee interrogated after transforming into her 'bipedal form' once more.

"Nothing, Arcee, don't you have something better to do then talk with me?" Ratchet shut-down without turning from the screen, "No I don't, are you mad Optimus went for a drive and didn't take you?" Arcee tilted her head with a knowing smile.

Her banter-opponent walked away from the computer to a table on the outskirts of the medbay, grabbing two data-pads before walking back.

"No?" Ratchet said anger prominent in his vocals, "Why would I be mad about something as small as that, Arcee? There are better things to be mad about right than something as small as that, it doesn't bother me."