Beyond (TF: Animated)

Chapter 4

Everything was pitch black. One could barely make out the doorframes of the equipment cabinet. Bee tried to block them with a randomly lying around piece of metal, while at the same time crouching together in a corner as far away from them as possible. Shivering, he pressed his pedes against the door wings to keep them closed. He shrank together as someone kicked against the cabinet from the outside. "What do you think you're doing? Hiding is not gonna help you!" The pedesteps started walking around the cabinet. [At least two sets, probably the whole gang...] "Why don't you come out and say hello?" "Leave me alone, Wasp!", Bee wanted to shout, but it came out as a high squeal. "Have we caught a femme here? Don't worry, we have time until you crawl out of your stinking hole, tiny!"
"But, given the insect you are, maybe we should ensure that you can stay in you burrow for some time..." The yellow bot heard something heavy being pushed across the ground. Then, the gang jumped around laughing, high-servoed and walked away. Bee just stayed in the corner, pressed his optics shut and hugged his kneeplates, trying to calm his trembling form.

He waited for a few clicks until he felt strong enough to get up and was sure that the others were gone. The little bot crawled towards the door wings. He pressed an audio receptor against one to listen. Nothing. [Good...] He put a servo against it to push it open. However, it did not move. [Primus, what now?!] Bee leaned against the cabinet doors with his whole body weight in a frantic attempt to get them open. Sadly, just like he wasn't the tallest, he wasn't the strongest or most heavy either. The exit did not move a single inch. [Oh no no no no no...! This can't be happening! Sentinel will be so pissed if I miss training again! And then the others will be even more pissed because he lets it out on them! And then Wasp will be pissed too! And then I  will never be safe from him!] In raising panic, he threw himself repeatedly against the metal frame.

After some time, Bumblebee suddenly heard pedesteps approaching. "Hello? It there someone in there?", a voice shouted. "Yes! Yes, I am here!", Bee cried in response. Gathering a little hope, he ran against the doors one more time. Just before reaching them, a screeching noise was audible, and when he reached the doors, they flung open so that he landed on the ground faceplate forward. "Hey, it's alright. I found you. You're out now", someone said quietly. Servos grabbed his shoulder plates and pulled him into a standing position. The yellow bot lifted his helm and his gaze was met by Longarm's blue optics. Relief went through him as he started sobbing. He didn't have to hide anything from Longarm. Besides Bulkhead of course, he was the only one who seemed to care about him being bullied because of his size. Bee had even told him his theory about Wasp being a spy, he could trust him. "Let's sort this out somewhere else." Longarm offered a servo to Bee, and he took it.

They walked down some long hallways. No one crossed their way. Bee knew they were training, and he knew that he was supposed to be with them. He had already gotten some warnings by the academy's director for continuously "skipping" classes. Because of Wasp, most of the time. He was scared of the penalty he was probably going to receive.

A little while later, Bumblebee sat down on a chair inside Longarm's quarters. He had not been there before, and he noticed that the room was sparsely furnished. One of the lamps on the ceiling wasn't working, the room was kept in dark grey colours. Over all, it did not seem very welcoming. While Longarm was busy looking for something, Bee spotted a strange looking tool, almost hidden under a berth. It had a weird purple drawing on it. Upon further inspection, the small bot recognized it as an insignia, one that he only knew from history class. "Longarm, what is this?" Said mech turned around with an expression of shock that quickly turned into annoyance. "Put that away!", he yelled and grabbed it, as suddenly the doors flew open and a furious Sentinel Prime stomped in. "He you are, dwarf! DO I HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT I AM YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER IN CHARGE?! YOU HAVE TO OBEY ME, RECRUIT! I WILL NOT TOLERATE YOU SKIPPING TRAINING AGAIN! I HOPE YOU ARE AWARE THAT ALL THE OTHERS HAD TO DO THREE JOORS OF EXTRA STAMINA TRAINING TODAY AS YOUR PUNISHMENT!!"

After some time of yelling, Sentinel stormed off again, and Longarm closed the door behind him. Bumblebee continued to stare at where his training instructor had disappeared as he let out a deep breath. "Sentinel is not your problem anymore. At least, not your biggest...", Longarm chuckled and turned around. "What's that supposed to - ?" Bee got up as the taller one slowly approached him. "Longarm...?" "Quit calling me that." One step closer. "It was so easy to win your trust." Another. "Those bullies made it even better." Another. "You even told me about the spy. Unfortunately, you had the wrong bot in suspicion." Another. "It was... You?" The small bot's processor raced. All this time, he had been sharing his thoughts, his feelings, his deepest emotions with a spy?! "It's a pity I'll have to dispose of you now, you were kind of entertaining." Another. "Longarm..." "My designation is Shockwave." They had reached the opposite wall. "Sh- Shockwave?" Bee stuttered. He felt empty. Longarm's faceplate began to change. The pipes at the sides of his helm twisted upwards, sticking out like horns, and his facemask slid away, revealing a cyclops faceplate with no mouth. Shockwave pointed the device at Bee's forehelm, charging it up. It was this split second before the weapon was fired, in which Bumblebee swore to himself that he would never ever again let anyone close to what was on his processor.

To be honest, I have no idea anymore how this whole spy thing came out since I could never really watch season three... So I made up a version for myself.