TRANSFORMERS: Bumblebee's Boy

THE FORMATION OF A BOND

CHAPTER 30
The Formation of a Bond

"Uno!"

"This game is rigged!"

"How does he do that?"

"He's only been playing for like, two hours."

All eyes were on Bumblebee, who simply sat at the front of the table with his single card, grinning widely. Trevor was getting a kick out of watching the mech wipe the floor with the Witwicky's, especially reigning champ Sam. But he definitely did not like getting his own butt handed to him. "Dad, I suddenly regret introducing you to Uno," Trevor snorted. "You're too good at this."

"I can show you the pointers I've picked up," Bumblebee offered teasingly.

Trevor's response was to grab a grape from the bowl in front of them, and fling it at his father. Judy smirked slightly, and looked at Trevor, who shrugged his shoulders. "He mocked me, he deserved it," He joked. "Seriously though, dad, I feel like I do need schooling in this from you. Because I've never been good at this crap," He laughed.

Bumblebee smirked a bit, wondering if they should invite the twins inside. But he decided against it, knowing their overly competitive nature would get in the way. And besides, someone had to keep watch out for Michael, that was the whole reason they were there. "Alright, next game you can observe me," He winked at Trevor, shrugging his shoulders. "If that's okay with the Witwicky's," He added, as it slowly became his turn again, and he set his last card down. "I think I win again."

Sam laughed a little, shaking his head. "I don't think I'm ever playing cards with a supercomputer again," He teased. "I don't know about you guys, but I am too tired for more Uno. I think video games sounds good right now," He looked over at Trevor. "You down for a game of Smash Bros?"

Trevor chuckled a bit, rolling his eyes at Sam. Yep, his friend was definitely not taking the loss of his champion title well. He shook his head slightly, and looked Sam in the eye. "Come on man, we're having fun," He tried to convince the boy. "Don't be a sore loser," Sam groaned at him, grunting quietly. "Come on man, this game we can do teams. Me and dad vs you guys."

"You just want to win," Sam groaned.

"Sure do," Trevor stuck his tongue out.

As the boys continued to talk it out, Bumblebee's thoughts moved towards something that had been on and off in his mind for a while now. The creator-creation bond that he would, inevitably be creating with Trevor. This reminded him of how much fun it might be in certain situations, like using the telepathic connection to strategize while giving no hints. He'd wanted to talk to Trevor bout it for a while, but he also knew that he had to do it at the right time. Or would there ever be a "right" time?

He knew that bonding with an adopted child was special. It meant that no matter their real parentage, they would always be able to feel your love, and hear you. On top of this, it would also connect him to Optimus and Elita, given they had their own bond to him. His and Trevor's bond would only continue to lengthen the chain of bonds that they had been building. Given he was getting anxious, perhaps tonight would be a good night to finally bring it up to Trevor and ask if he was okay with forming that kind of bond.

"Tonight," Bumblebee whispered quietly to Trevor. "Meet me outside, I want to go somewhere private and do something."

Trevor stared at his father blankly, unsure of how to take that. But ultimately, he slowly nodded his head. Then turned back to the game as Bumblebee began to throw cards down. He was amused to see Sam try even more vigorously to win this time. And ultimately, he found it came down to just him and Bumblebee having one card, while Ron and Judy had several, and it was probably the most intense stand-off he had ever seen for a card game. "Seriously Trev, if Bee beats me again, I'm disowning you as my honorary brother," Sam joked.