Aqua-star: Transformers Prime

Operation Bumblebee: Part 1

Aqua-star's POV

I hate being stuck at base again. Everyone else went out on a mission when we picked up an ancient signal. Even Ratchet got to go, while I was stuck at base. It's been only a few days since Optimus and I returned to base. And according Ratchet's most recent scans of me suggest I may be sparked between one to two Earth years. But it'll still be another month until he knows for sure. But both the sparkling and I are healthy, thank Primus.

"Aqua-star bridge us back" Optimus orders. I open a ground bridge and he comes through with Ratchet, Bulkhead and Arcee. Bumblebee speeds through last with the spark extractor. I closed the bridge and he hands the spark extractor to Optimus. I gather around Bee with the others as he tells us how he stole the spark extractor from Megatron, demonstrating with Raf's toy car.

"Loop-de-loop, huh?" Arcee asks him as he returns Raf's toy car to him.

"You have some brass bearings, Bumblebee" Bulkhead states.

"You have to teach me that trick" I tell him.

"I'll text your sparkling too" he beeps happily and I giggle. Everyone is excited about the sparkling. Even though he or she will be part decepticon. We hear something about a homing beacon and head over to Ratchet and Optimus. I stand behind the others not wanting to be near the spark extractor.

"What's an autobot locator doing on that?" Arcee asks confused.

"Because it was stored at Iacon during the war" I state.

"Aqua-star is correct. The Class-A Decepticon weapons confiscated during the w*r were sealed within the vaults below Iacon" Optimus explains.

"Where you once worked as an archivist?" Bulkhead asks.

"And I was his assistant" I add.

"Iacon was both a cultural center and a stronghold which Megatron raided when autobot troops were at their nadir. It stands to reason that in anticipation of Iacon being overrun by enemy forces, these weapons were jettisoned off-world to keep them far from decepticon reach" Optimus explains.

"The beacon must have been a safety measure, encase cons un-earthed the relics first" I state.

"I conquer" Optimus says.

"Do you think this is the only intel you supplied to Megatron?" Arcee asks him.

"It wasn't" I say before he can answer and they all look at me. "There were two other sets of coordinates you decoded for Megatron. I thought I had taken a photo of them, but the device on my back must of prevented me from doing so" I explain to them. "We can't afford to let our guard down" I add.

"Bulkhead, Bumblebee go scout the area where the spark extractor was located. Arcee take the extractor to our vault" Optimus orders.

"What bout you?" I ask.

"I'm going to scout for energon and I believe it is time for your next appointment" he states and I groan. Ratchet wants to give me daily check ups, even though there is hardly any changes from day to day. Ratchet called me over once the others left the room.

"Must we do this every day?" I ask him as I sit on the medical berth.

"This is the first sparkling since you were created. And there was very few records saved about being sparked. Even though we have your carrier's records, everyone sparks differently. Best we keep an accurate record of your health and your sparkling's" he states.

"I understand, but can't we make it weekly?" I ask him hopeful.

"I'll think about it" he states. He gives me the check up. "Spark pulse rate steady, energon levels normal and it's grown another couple centimeters" he tells me. As Arcee mentors communications and Optimus returns. The kids are in the human area playing a game.