Little Honeybee 🐝

Chapter 3

"I'm going to kick his sorry aft if he survives the wounds you gave him..." Bumblebee growled, though his gaze was still soft upon Knockout.

"You haven't changed a bit, I see." Knockout chuckled slightly, sitting up and wincing.

"Hey, easy there. I'll carry you to our base, it's not that far away from here." Bumblebee mumbled, slipping one arm under Knockout's knees and the other behind the medic's back. He carefully lifted him and held him bridal style, not caring if he got energon all over his armor.

"Thank you, Bee." Knockout mumbled, rubbing his optics and sighing heavily. He was exhausted after today's events and desperately wanted to recharge at the moment.

"It's no problem." Bumblebee replied, activating his comn link to contact Sideswipe and Strongarm.
-Both of you back to base. I'll be there soon.-

-What? But we aren't done searching ye— hey!- Strongarm responded first, growling when Sideswipe tried to intervene.

-Okay! We're heading back to base right.... now!- Sideswipe added, sounding like he was struggling on the other end.

Bumblebee sighed and ended the comn link, starting to walk off towards the junkyard. "I swear.... I can't deal with them sometimes.."

"Can't deal with who?" Knockout asked, folding his hands in his lap and tilting his head up to look at Bumblebee.

"These two young bots on my team, Sideswipe and Strongarm. They constantly fight over the smallest things and it annoys the hell out of me..." Bumblebee grumbled, glancing down at Knockout from time to time.

"Mm... reminds me of someone.." Knockout huffed, a screechy seeker immediately coming to mind.

"Who, Starscream?" Bumblebee laughed as he walked, weaving around a few trees and being careful not to jostle Knockout too much.

"Yes. I can still remember his whiny voice constantly nagging me..." Knockout chuckled, shaking his head slightly.

Bumblebee snickered at the memory of the seeker, the junkyard soon coming into view. "Oh, there's a few things I need to tell you. First thing is that we've got a defensive system that's set to shoot at any bot that isn't in the system. I'll have to get Fixit to do that, which leads me to the next thing. Besides Strongarm and Sideswipe, I also have Fixit, Grimlock, and Drift on the team."

"Wow, you have more Autobots here than I thought!" Knockout teased, shifting slightly in Bumblebee's grip. 'Drift... I remember him.. and a Dinobot as well? Quite the bunch of misfits, aren't we? And all they're missing is a medic, which I assume will be me now that I'm joining.'

"Yeah, we're small but strong. When we want to be, of course." Bumblebee replied, approaching the gate to the junkyard. -Fixit, disable the defense systems.-

-What? May I ask why, lieutenant?- Fixit replied, a nervous tone to his voice.

-Just do it, please. I've got a bit of a situation.-

-Okay then... just one moment..-

Soon, the guns that were pointing at Bumblebee and Knockout lowered as they turned offline.

Bumblebee sighed in relief, waiting for the gate to open before walking into the junkyard.

Knockout was a bit surprised, to say the least. He had expected there to be a full on base with all the necessary components!

Not just a.... junkyard full of junk!