Sparks Connected (On Hold)

Chapter 11 Truth Be Told

It had been a while since Arcee had ran out of the base, and she hadn't returned yet. Ratchet had been keeping tabs on her, but when he had seen two Decepticon signals approaching her and tried to warn her, he found that her com link was offline. When Optimus heard of what was happening he ordered Ratchet to bridge them to her immediately, but when they arrived, they found nothing.

They returned to base and the children run up to the railing. "Where is she? Is Arcee OK?" Jack was worried about her, obviously. He knew she could handle herself, but when he saw that she didn't come back with them, he became even more concerned.

None of the bots looked him in the eyes, least of all Bumblebee. He was the reason Arcee had run off, and he couldn't help but feel guilty. If he had only kept his mouth shut maybe the Decepticons wouldn't have taken her, maybe she would still be here right now. Now not only was she gone, but Elita was still missing too. And he couldn't help but feel like it was all his fault.

Optimus stepped forward. "Arcee has unfortunately been taken by the Decepticons." Optimus hated saying this to the young man, knowing his concern for his guardian would only grow. And he had every reason to be worried. "The cons have Arcee to now? Man, they really take picking up girls to a whole new level." Miko commented, and received a glare from Jack.

"Great. Now we're two bots short, and don't even know where to find them." Ratchet said rather annoyed. He would never admit it, but he was worried too. Elita was a good friend of his, and Arcee was a valued member of Team Prime, they needed them.

Optimus begun giving a little speech about not giving up and what not, and while they were distracted, Bumblebee snuck out of the room and started roaming the halls and making his way to his berth room. Rafael was the only one who noticed him leave, and decided to go after him. Bee seemed upset, and Raf wanted to make sure his friend was alright.

Bumblebee had realized that it was probably Caldarius who went after Arcee. That wouldn't surprise him, he shouldn't have been so foolish as to think Caldarius would be blind to his feelings for Arcee. How he figured it out so quickly though was beyond Bee.

Bumblebee was about to enter his room, when he heard the faint sound of footsteps heading towards him. He looked down to see none other than his charge, Raf. He smiled at the young boy who looked up at him.

"Bee, are you alright? You look at little down." The boy pushed his glasses up and wore a concerned expression on his face.

The yellow bot stared at Raf, unsure of what to say. He didn't want to lie or hide anything from him, he just didn't know if Raf would understand. But seeing the worry etched on the young boy's face made me feel that he should put him at ease.

When Raf guardian was silent and unresponsive he put a reassuring hand on his ped. "You can tell me anything Bee, I'll listen. I know I'm not the best comforting people, but I still want to help." Bumblebee definitely had to tell him, all Raf wanted was to make sure he was alright. The young boy was truly the greatest friend Bee could have ever asked for.

THE NEMESIS

Arcee groaned as she woke up, and found herself hanging from the ceiling. "Scrap." Arcee recalled what had happened and realized she was now a prisoner of the Decepticons.

"Yes... this truly is quite the predicament." Arcee hadn't noticed that she wasn't alone, and looked up to see none other than Elita One across from her.

"Elita..." Arcee was a bit surprised to see here, but it quickly faded as she saw the energon that was pouring from her multiple wounds. "What did cons do to you?" Arcee questioned the pink bot.

Elita chuckled a little bit and cringed slightly in pain as she did. "What else accept torture me? This is courtesy of Caldarius, of course. But my wounds are not of the biggest concerns right now. We need to figure out how to get out of here, and quickly." Arcee nodded once.