TRANSFORMERS: Bumblebee's Boy

THE START OF THE PLAN

CHAPTER 41
The Start of the Plan

Bumblebee felt a pang of frustration when they found the bug. It had been bothering them all to find out how Barricade had found the base in the first place, especially since they were discussing the exchange with Starscream. And as a result, before any planning took place, Optimus had used the bond to beckon him into a room, and stealthily, they found the bug. He'd crushed it the second Optimus had, equally stealthily, disrupted the signal, before returning to the room in which they were meeting. This whole situation just seemed to get worse and worse, a fact which made him want to purge again.

No one else was very happy to hear the news either, given it meant that Barricade knew a lot of their discussions. Bumblebee for a minute wondered if Barricade would be angered by the discovery of his bug, but wrote it off after an hour passed and he was not commed. Barricade was not a subtle mech, if he had been angered by it, he'd have commed him by now. No, the bug had likely served its purpose to him, and now that it was done that was that. After all, he'd already made it clear if he suspected any funny business Trevor was dead, and the mech knew he would have at least called to gloat about that.

"I don't like it," Ironhide grunted. "He definitely didn't care about the fact we found that bug, which means he's cocky," He added, echoing Bumblebee's own thoughts. "And yer telling me he threatened Trevor's life if he gets even an inkling we're going to double-cross him?" Bumblebee nodded his head slowly. "Primus, this is not good, I really don't like it, especially when Barricade appears to be so unstable."

Bumblebee took a deep breath, but this time did everything he could to keep calm. He played with some of his wiring, and though things through before stepping up. "At the end of the day, I'm going to have to do it," He explained. "I'm going to have to hand myself over to Barricade if I have any chance at getting him back," He then explained. "If I don't he'll just take Trevor again."

Optimus immediately tensed again, he hated the idea of anyone in his family in the hands of Barricade. But he also knew that Bumblebee was right, Barricade would do this again. He'd attack them, take Trevor, and start this whole fiasco as many times as he wanted until he was satisfied. "I hate saying this, but Bumblebee is correct," Optimus explained. "We must at least allow Barricade to believe that he has won. It will give us the element of surprise we desperately need in this situation."

"That's INSANE!" Ironhide replied. "We can't put both of our youngest in his hands! He'll kill them both!"

"We won't if he agrees to my terms," Bumblebee explained. "If he does, Trevor won't even be near the fighting when it goes down. We just have to time the strike for exactly when Trevor is out of the line of fire," He explained. "If I get hurt, that's one thing. But I don't want Trevor there when it happens, one stray blast and he's gone anyway."

That was one argument that no one disagreed with. Even if by the looks on everyone's faces, they were without a doubt still not liking the idea of putting him into Barricade's hands. But Bumblebee was convinced that this was the only way to go about doing it. Even if he died protecting Trevor, he would rather die doing so than lose the most precious thing in his life. "Bumblebee," Elita made her way beside her adopted creation at the meeting table. "Are you sure this is a good idea? What if Barricade manages-."

"Carrier," Bumblebee surprised Elita by the title, which he rarely used these days. "It's my son out there. And you and I both know either one of you would do the same thing for me," He paused. "You both have taught me one important thing throughout my life-cycle. Never put yourself above the ones you love," He explained. "And I slagging well won't do it this time."

Elita looked at Bumblebee, surprise in her optics, but now convinced there was no way of talking him out of it. She took a deep breath, nodding her head a little and letting Bumblebee turn to Optimus. "Prime!" Jazz's voice rang out before he even opened his mouth. "We got a lock on the location! We got it!" He and Ratchet came to a swift halt in the room. "The Rocky Mountains, the portion near Colorado!" He explained. "They found a secluded area in that area where they could easily hide enough 'Cons to pull this off."