Legends In The Making (TFP x OC)

Out Of His Head

"Follow the light." Ratchet told Optimus as he flicked on his flashlight.

Ava watched from Ratchet's shoulder as Optimus' optics followed the flashlight moving around on his face.

"Good." Ratchet said with a small smile. "I wouldn't advise anything strenuous, Optimus, but it appears that your systems have fully recovered from the Cybonic plague."

Ratchet clicked off the flashlight, allowing Optimus to get off from the med bay berth.

He faced his oldest friend with soft eyes a large smile on his face, "It is thanks to your medical expertise, old friend."

"It was your scout who braved unknown territory to locate the cure." Ratchet said and gestured to Bumblebee.

Bumblebee waved his hands around in a way to say it was all Ratchet's skill. He was humble as always.

"Lucky for us, Megatron was still alive." Arcee commented.

"Buzz bop boop?" (That's coming from you?).

"Yeah, I actually said that." Arcee replied, not believing herself what she had just said.

"What matters is that you are on the mend, Optimus." Ratchet stated. "While Megatron..."

"Beep bop boop buzz beep bop." (Megatron's long gone).

"He's right." Arcee agreed with the scout. "Did my best to finish Megatron's story. Just couldn't stick around long enough to see how it ended."

Bumblebee walked off, leaving the rest of them to chatter on their own. Ava, noticing his distance, climbed down from Ratchet's shoulder and followed her friend.

He was standing in the middle of the hallway, looking down at his hands in question. He didn't move an inch and it concerned Ava with how similar he acted when he was inside Megatron's mind.

She patted his leg to get his attention, "Bee?"

He turned to her with a beep and gave her a questioning look.

"You okay?" She asked. "You're not too spooked with what happened, are you?"

Bumblebee nodded his head. He wanted so desperately to get rid of his face plate and show her the smile hidden underneath.

He wanted to show her the happiness hidden, but he didn't want to give the little voice inside his head any ideas. He had already lost his voice, he didn't want to lose anything else.

Later in the day, Jack, Raf, and Miko had arrived at the base from their houses and decided to have fun. There were no missions, so Optimus allowed it.

"Basketball by ways of Cybertron." Miko stated as the temporary referee. "Let the games begin!"

Jack and Raf watched on the sidelines, cheering on each of the bots. Ava stood as a replacement medic while Ratchet was otherwise occupied.

Bumblebee spun the large metal ball in his hands then threw it to try and score. Bulkhead caught it and took his chance, he spun around and threw it into the goal.

Miko cheered at the extra point given to Bulkhead, "Go, Bulk!"

Bulkhead picked the ball back up and turned to Bumblebee, "Best two out of three?"

He threw it back to Bee who caught it and wasted no time to take his chance. He ran around Bulkhead and had the perfect opportunity to score.

"Bee, you're in the clear!" Raf exclaimed. "Dunk it, Bee!"

Suddenly, the Autobot stopped. The ball stayed in his hands but he made no move to shoot it.

"Bumblebee, quit hogging the ball!" Bulkhead complained.