Reunion [an Earthspark story]

Chapter 1: Old friend

Bumblebee watched as the kids were messing around with the sparklings by playing hide and seek. Robby and Mo hid behind some haystack as Thrash and Twitch looked around for them. "Do you see them?" "It's easier if you turn into a drone Twitch." "But it won't be fair." The kids quickly ran to another haystack to hide from the others. Bumblebee smiled to himself, seeing the kids having fun and messing around with each other. It almost reminded him of-

.......

Bumblebee sighed heavily to himself as Thrash yelped when Robby scared him from behind. "Where did you come from!?" The others laughed as they all huddled together for another game. Bumblebee decides to go for a walk, wanting to clear his mind off a bit. "Hey Bee!" Bumblebee looks over his shoulder, seeing StarScream and Hashtag coming towards them. "Kids giving you trouble?" Bumblebee chuckles as Hashtag runs off to join the others. "|How's being leader of the Decepticons been for you?|" StarScream chuckles as he watches the kids playing tag. "So how you been?" "|Pretty well, been bored tho.|" They both watch silently as the kids try tagging each other. "|.....do you think about her?|" StarScream looks at Bee and back at the kids. "Almost every day...." Twitch sneaks up behind them, tagging Bee before flying away. Bumblebee smirks before tagging StarScream and running off quickly. "Hey!" StarScream runs after him, now being 'it'.

After a while of playing, Twitch sits down, tired of running. She suddenly hears a twig snap behind her, causing her to look behind her quickly. She sees someone, red optics looking straight at her. The figure eventually moves away quickly, leaving a petrified Twitch on the ground. ".....wait!" Twitch goes after them, not letting anyone know where she went. She followed behind the figure quietly, seeing how they swiftly and quietly roamed through the woods. Twitch follows behind her until she falls. "Eep!" She faceplants to the ground, alarming the figure in front of her. Twitch rubs her face before looking up, seeing a cannon raised against her helm. "...." She held her breath, feeling her spark beginning to beat rapidly. The figure had her cannon pointed at her before her cannon began to deattach from her arm and turn into a small bot. Twitch looks at the smaller bot, a red visor looking at her. "[State your business]" The tiny bot demanded. "Oh! Um- I just want to know why you both were watching me and my family." The small bot looks back at the figure before getting on her arm and transforms back into a cannon. "《....it does not concern you. Now go back to your... family》" The figure turns to her side, both a decepticon and Autobot symbol on her arm, both seeming worn out and scratched across. The figure leaves, leaving Twitch confused and with more questions. "ok...."

Twitch sits in the barn as the others are still playing around. "Hey!" Hashtag sits next to her, seeming worried. "Hey, Hashtag..." "You seem troubled. What's wrong?" Twitch didn't know if she should tell that she saw an Autobot, no a Decepticon, well at least someone watching them earlier. "Just tired..." Hashtag knew she was lying but decided not to ask anymore questions. "Well, we're about to play Marco Polo. Don't know how it works, but do you want to join us?" Twitch smiles as she stands up. "Sure, let's go!" They both ran out of the barn, not knowing a small cassette listened in on their conversation.

Later, Mo and Robby were getting ready for bed. Mo was looking outside her window, looking at the stars. "Mo! Lights out!" "OK mom!" She looks out the window one more time before turning off the lights, not seeing two red lights looking at her house before one of them disappears.

The next day, Bee is doing his morning stretching before noticing a note near the entrance if the barn. "|weird....|" Bee picks up the note, opening it. "|look behind the barn?|" Bumblebee walks behind the barn, wondering if it was a prank. He drops the note, his optics widening. On the back of the barn, a message was clawed out on the back of the barn. He quickly calls StarScream, running off to see if the Terrans are OK.

"Creepy...." StarScream stated as Megatron touched the wall as Bumblebee nervously looked at Optimus. "|it wasn't here yesterday....|" Bumblebee looks back at the wall, the words 'War will wage again' seeming to haunt him. "Did the Decepticons found this place?" Optimus asks. Starscream shakes his head, being the only one that knows the terrans and Bee were here. "I would never reveal where you guys are! I don't want any of the Decepticons thinking of hurting you." StarScream said. Twitch and Thrash were listening to the conversation, seeming worried. "Think we won't have training today?" Thrash asks. Twitch thought back when she met the figure. What if she wrote the message? She walks over to Bumblebee, tapping his shoulder. "|Twitch, I thought I-|" "Someone was here yesterday and wrote the message." The others look towards Twitch, now confused. "|Why didn't you tell me earlier?|" Twitch looks down, ashamed. "Look, that doesn't matter. What of she thought it was one of the other autobots?" StarScream stated in defense. "But-" "|Well, they should of alerted me they were coming over or something!|" Bumblebee yelled. "But she-" "What if it was a decepticon and threatened her!?" Megatron yelled at Bumblebee. "SHE WAS BOTH!!!" Twitch yelled. Everyone stares at her, now more concerned. "What do you mean both?" Megatron asked. "When I followed her-" "|YOU FOLLOWED HER!!!|" "BEE SHUSH!" Twitch cleared her throat. "I followed her and when she left, she had both symbols on her arms but were scratched out." They all look at each other, their optics widen. "|...you don't think-|" "It has to be her!" Twitch seemed more confused now, worried if something was wrong." Optimus kneels down, seeming worried about her. "You weren't hurt by her, right?" "No, why would I be hurt?" Megatron kneeled down next to her. "You met someone dangerous. Her name is Illusion..."

"She's my sister..."