What a wonderful world! [Book 2]

{7} - This again?

-Autobot base-

"Put me down!" Cascade cried, kicking at Bumblebee as he was carried into the Autobot base.

::I got the sparkling!:: Bumblebee exclaimed, holding up Cascade so Ratchet could see.

"What about Knockout and Breakdown?" Ratchet asked, glancing up from his work and raising an optic ridge at the scout.

::Still in the cave. Optimus and Arcee are taking care of them right now.:: Bumblebee replied, holding Cascade gently but with a firm grip so he couldn't escape. ::Do you think this is going to work?::

"I'm not sure. Last time I checked, Megatron didn't care much for sparklings." Ratchet grumbled, gesturing for Bumblebee to come over to him. "Let me hold him. He'll calm down once he realizes that he's safe."

Bumblebee nodded, handing Cascade to Ratchet and flicking his doorwings.

Cascade whined, kicking at Ratchet's arm and pouting. "Let me go! Where's Carrier?" He huffed, his different colored optics narrowing in annoyance.

"Your carrier is busy at the moment, so we're taking care of you." Ratchet mumbled, keeping Cascade close to his chassis.

"But I wanna go back! I want my sire!" Cascade whined again, kicking Ratchet's chassis and crying.

::Still seems to be the same from when we last saw him.:: Bumblebee chuckled, earning a glare from Ratchet. He shrunk back under the medic's intense gaze, shrugging like he did nothing wrong.

"He's still young, Bumblebee. Of course he's going to act like this." Ratchet replied, trying to calm Cascade down while looking at something on the computer.

"Aw, not this again!" Bulkhead groaned, lumbering into the room and looking at Cascade. "You guys seriously went through with that plan? Breakdown's gonna kick my aft..."

"We needed to do it, Bulkhead. If we can negotiate a deal with Megatron and the Decepticons, then we could possibly get the energon we need." Ratchet huffed, pulling his head back when Cascade swatted at him.

::Plus, sparklings are fun! We aren't gonna hurt him or anything!:: Bumblebee buzzed, glancing at Bulkhead before looking back at Cascade. ::Hey Ratch, maybe he's hungry. That could be why he's in a bad mood.::

"And because you took him from his parents again..." Bulkhead grumbled, but was shushed by Ratchet.

Ratchet looked down at Cascade, loosening his grip on him. "Are you hungry? Wait... we don't even know your name. What's your name?" He asked, tilting his head slightly.

"My name is Cascade. And yeah, I'm hungry.." Cascade grumbled, crossing his arms across his chassis. "Can you put me down?"

"If you promise you won't run off somewhere." Ratchet sighed, glancing up when he saw a request from Optimus to open the groundbridge. He walked over to the controls, pulling the lever and opening the portal.

"I won't." Cascade huffed, though he was going to. He didn't like this medic one bit. His attention was grabbed when the groundbridge portal opened and Optimus walked through along with Arcee. He hated them as well. They took him from Knockout and Breakdown!

"Alright. I'm trusting you." Ratchet said, gently setting Cascade down on the ground near his pede. He looked back up at Optimus and Arcee, groaning when he saw them all scraped up. "Bumblebee, take Cascade and get him some energon. I'm going to patch these two up..."

::Got it! Come on little.... guy?:: Bumblebee glanced around in confusion, wondering where Cascade went. ::Uh... where'd he go?::