A Small Situation

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One day later...

Arcee's pov

"Dear Primus, somebody make him shut up!" I hear Ratchet yelling. It is currently 5am and Bee is crying like crazy.

"I'm trying!" I snap back. Ratchet and I told Optimus he's not allowed to help with this kind of stuff, that way we don't raise any suspicion from the others. I pick him up out of the little berth he was in and start to rock him back and forth.

"Shh.... Come on Bee, don't be upset... ugh, how do I make you stop crying?" I ask him, but of course, he can't answer me. Okay, think Arcee, think... if you were the parent of a sparkling who wouldn't stop crying, what would you do? What might Optimus do? I look around the room for a moment and get an idea. I get up from where I'm sitting and carry him out of the room. I walk over to the elevator and take it up to the roof. Maybe fresh air will help him fall back asleep... I sit down on the ledge and just silently cradle him. Slowly he begins to calm down.

"There... see, now that wasn't so hard." I smile slightly. He looks up at me with his bright little optics and reaches for my faceplate. As hard as he tries though, he can't quite reach. My smile grows a little bigger.

"Oh Bee... do you ever put yourself before others? When was the last time you did that?" I ask him and his optics just do that thing where they zoom in and out. As I quietly talk to him I start rubbing his helm and he begins to purr. I just lightly shake my helm and look at the view from the top of the base. The sun is just starting to rise and the sky is a beautiful pink and orange colour. I look back down to Bumblebee who'd stopped purring and found that he'd finally fallen back asleep. I stand back up and start back towards the elevator. Hopefully there won't be too much con activity today, I need more recharge. Once we're back inside I notice that Bee feels a bit heavier than he was before but I shrug it off. I'm just tired. I put him back in his berth and close the door. I then proceed to return to my room. Maybe I can get another half hour or so of recharge.

Smokescreen's pov

It's been pretty quiet today. A little too quiet... no Decepticon activity whatsoever and it's almost 3pm. And let's face it, with Bumblebee in sparkling mode you'd think they'd take advantage over our decrease in numbers, even if it's just one bot. Oh well, at least that means I can be lazy today. As I walk around the base looking for something to do, I pass by Bee's room. Uh, last I checked Arcee closed his door and no ones been in there all day. I cautiously walk into the room and what I find is a little unnerving. Nobody is here. I run into the main room, panicking slightly.

"Uh guys, has anybody been in Bee's room today?" I ask. Everyone looks at me, confusion written all over their faceplates. One by one, each shake their helms no.

"Why?" Optimus speaks up. I look over to him and for the first time in my life, I'm actually a little nervous to answer him and I'm not sure why.

"Well, I was bored so I was walking around the base. I was passing the rooms and happened to notice that Bee's door was open. I decided to look inside and he wasn't there. He's not in his room but if no one's been in his room since this morning..." I trail off. Optimus's optics widen in concern and him and Ratchet exchange a look.

"The Decepticons don't know our location so he must be somewhere in the base. Everyone split up and search for him. We don't need his condition to worsen at this point." Optimus orders and everyone does what they're told. I start walking down the hall where the berthrooms are. He's a tiny sparkling, he couldn't have gotten far... could he? As I walk down the hallway, with no sign of Bee, I start to worry. He's like a brother to me, I'd hate to lose him because of... well, this.

Five minutes of searching become ten and still no sign of Bee, from anyone. What if he got out of the base?

"Bumblebee!" I start calling. "Bee! Where are you? Ugh, please come out, you could-" I'm cut off by a strange noise from behind me. I turn around and spot a shadow coming from the other hallway. As I approach the hallway, the bot making the shadow jumps out at me.

"Boo!" He cries. It's Bumblebee...

"What...." is all I can say as I slowly approach him.

"Bee?" I ask once I'm crouching down in front of him. He smiles hearing his designation and waves furiously.

"Hi Smosween!" He happily greets and I nearly pass out. I slowly put my digit to my comm.

"Guys, you might want to come see this..." I say. This is definitely not good...

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Hey, so it's a bit shorter than my chapters usually are but I hope you enjoy! What's happening to Bee? 😱

*cue suspicious music*