bumblebee's journey (book 1)

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optimuses pov:

I got a comm from highfire one of the guards at the autobot refuge camp. "Optimus B-127 has gone rogue a shoot hase been fired" he said from the comm. B-127 was one of the neutrals that had been staying at the refuge camp. but it was more like us holding him there because of his wounds. for some reason he wanted to leave the safety of the camp. I had been curious as to why he had so I did some research. he told me that he needed to get back to his town that his only hope was back their. I had assumed at the time it was his family until I looked into it more. their were reports from rescue bots that they had found his family murdered on sight and his 'as he stated it' best friend ripped sparkless for being a autobot. I soon got the news that the town he was trying to get back to was hit with a missile. I pulled at my spark to hear of this all of it happening to such a young bot. 

I rushed to the camp entrance when three more shots were fired off. "no" I say and sprint to the camp entrance"don't shoot" I heard ratchet say as they aimed at B-127. I run into the camp to see ratchet being held at gun point. "please don't do this" I hear him beg. "stand down solder" I say in a commanding voice. he turned shocked to see me. his optics were red I had only ever seen orange optics but red was only on decepticons I new this was bad. I took a step closer he raised his gun to me. I was only a couple of steps from him. one step - two three. he flinched as I came closer. I reached out his guns hot end pressing painfully into my chest. he didn't fire but he kept his optics locked onto mine. I could see the fear in all the hatred the fear of me. the fear of what I might do to him once this was all over and it was for good reasons. 

I leaned forward making him flinch. I slowly placed my servor on the back of his helm. the fear in his optics increased until they soften and became big and blue again. I let my servor off the back and his mask flipped back up and off. their was so much sorrow in his gaze his gun transformed back into a servor and dropped to his side. I quickly pulled him into a hug to the little bots surprise. at first he resisted then slowly hugged me back. "you won't be alone anymore B-127" I say and let him out. he looked around then back at me then his servors. "what have I done" he said letting them drop to his sides and looking at the ground. My spark felt like it was about to ripe itself out at seeing the bot in so much pain. He looked back around again and then turned to the gait. He slowly walked to it was he trying to escape no. I followed him we were outside the gait entrance he suddenly let himself drop down on the outer walls.      "W-what have I done" 

He said it in a voice that sounded utterly defeat. I knelt Dow beside him and placed my servor on his shoulder making him pull away to face me pulling his arm up to protect himself. He obviously didn't realize I was there. I put my servors up to show I was no threat. "Don't worry B-127 I won't hurt you" his optics hold much more emotions than I thought they ever could. Rage, sadness, fear, he looked so tired. "I-I'm so sorry" he said pulling his knees up to his chest and placing his helm on them and covering it with his arms. I didn't know what to say even primus himself couldn't have been. "Why don't you tell me about your family" i say hoping it will help. "It wasn't much just carrier, sire, sister and me" he said sad was all I could feel. "What about friends" I say knowing about his best friend. "Their was one he was my best friend his name was stormchaser" he seemed to like to talk a little bit more about stormchaser. "Tell me about him" I press the question. "we did everything together even with the, then it happened. . . " 

His face turned into a mixture of sadness for his friend and happiness as if he remembered something they did together. "you can tell me how he died if you would like" he nodded and continued I could tell he had never told anyone this. We sat there in the cold night the wind was crisp and dry and the stars shown brightly over our planet. "he was a autobot a fun one we pulled pranks on everyone, once I even help him pull one on ultra Magnus and got away with it" his expression lightened as he laughed I smiled maybe I could get thought. "But one day the decepticons stormed the town and he was called to help. I figured it would just be a small battle our town never got much action so he asked me to tag along see if I wanted to become a autobot" his face returned to a cold almost lifeless stat no I was losing him. "Then we met Megatron on the field and he ripped his spark clean out and made me watch. He only let me go to pass on the message and because I wasn't a autobot" 

I saw the colent star to swell up in his optics. He quickly wiped them away. "but that's in the past and I'm over it" he said I knew he was lying. "B-127 that is not the hole truth" I say I was trying to get him to talk. "Yes it is just drop it" he says and walks away. "don't worry I'm not trying to escape" and with that he walks back into camp where I can hear the gasps of the bots that came outside and a almost angry ratchet telling him to go to the med tent for his wound. I had noticed that he tore it open somehow. Highfire walked out to come and talk to me.