Bumblebee at Tyger-Pax

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Bee was finally allowed out of the med bay for the first time since his injury. He was now ablw to walk around freely but had to have another bot with him at all times, that bit was mostly Ironhide, since he refused to leave the little bot's side for more than 5 clicks.

Bee enjoyed the feeling of his peds on the ground, he still needed to lean on Ironhide, who had an arm around the much shorter bot, but was just happy to be out  of the boring med bay. Bee wobbled a bit but Ironhide reached his hand out and kept him from falling.

Thanks hide Bee texted

"What did you think I was gonna do? Let the mean old floor hurt you, Bee" Ironhide said with a hearty chuckle.

Bee started to laugh, but it caught in his throat and he ended up coughing. He decided it was better to just smile.

If there was one thing Ironhide hated Megatron more than anything form it was taking away Bee's laugh. Bee loved to laugh, he laughed at almost everything as a sparkling and had carried that trait into younglinghood. It made Hide sad to think that his charge would never be able to laugh again.

Bee looked up at Hide and widened his smile, trying to cheer up the back mech, who had slowed his pace and had distant and stormy look on his faceplates.

Ironhide snapped out of it and returned the smile to Bee, patting him on the shoulder as reassurance.

Bee knew how Hide felt, The whole time Bee had been in the med bay he had felt scared and sad and angry all at once and often tuned out what others were saying to him. But now that he was out of the med bay he felt better, like his life could move on from the traumatic experience. He saw the new day as a time to try and improve his sad state.

Of course he would still have ups and downs, and sometimes he would be sad but he had officially started on the road to recovery by taking the initiative to get better. At first he had just wanted to lock himself away for eternity and escaping the med bay now seemed like a much better alternative.

Hide and Bee reached their quarters with a bit of struggle on Bee's part but it hadn't taken them too long and now they were standing in front of their door.

Bee hadn't been in the room since before he had been injured, and was nervous of how it would feel to be in such a normal place after his life had been so disrupted. He was nervous about how he would react.

Ironhide could tell that Bee was nervous so he ventured to ask the youngling before opening the door, "You ready Bee?"

Bee looked up at his loving guardian, he wanted to say yes but he found it almost as hard to text that word as it would be to try and say it, so instead he decided to answer Ironhide's question by sitting down on the floor outside of the room and waiting until he got up enough courage to go in. Ironhide got the message and sat next to Bee wanting to wait until his charge was ready, there was no need to take the healing process back a step.

They sat there for hours both waiting for the right time. Just when it seemed that it would never come, Bee started to move and nodded at Ironhide.

Hide opened the door and the two slowly walked into the room. It was dark for a click before the lights automatically turned on and showed Bee the place he had been so apprehensive about entering.

It appeared just as he remembered, the mess he had left off all his things was still the same and it looked as though nothing had even been moved. Bee felt a bit dizzy but he eventually steadied himself and was able to walk around by himself. after staring at the room for a while he felt at ease and was able to relax.

The more he thought about it the more tired he was so he decided to go into recharge.

Ironhide didn't need a text to see the sleepy look in the scout's optics, and he had soon scooped up his charge and placed him on the berth, not bothering to ask if he wanted to sleep in the same berth, he knew Bee would need his presence for a while to be able to even enter recharge and sleep somewhat peacefully.

That night Bumblebee only woke once for comfort about a nightmare, an improvement from last night when he had at least three different nightmares. Ironhide hoped that it was a sign that Bee was getting back into a sense of normalcy and comfort.