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The rain pounded on Optimus as he made his way through the city, he couldn’t transform into his lorry as he was holding the boy so he had to make his way by foot, this meant he would take longer to get through the city, the road was wet and slippery under his feet so he had to be careful, especially with an already injured child in his arms, determination was written all over his face, he had to get back and he had to do it as fast as possible.

Over in the distance he could see the border which stretched into open land with tall grass, small hills and several rivers which met at a lake in the distance, near one of the lakes was a tall hill, but not just any hill, it was the hidden autobot base, only the entrance could be seen and had the autobot mark on either side, normally the field is bright, bushy and bursting with beauty, flowers and bushes lay in bunches and was frequently visited by all sorts of life but the heavy rain took all that away leaving a gloomy barren landscape deprived of life.

As Optimus got to the edge of the city he turned back to make sure he wasn’t being followed as every autobot did as they got close to the base, the grass was wet and waterlogged making it very hard to get any grip, especially when your made of metal, the hilly landscape didn’t make things any easier, things were not getting any easier, as time went on the boy was getting colder and that didn’t help his injuries. Getting closer to the base Optimus got his foot stuck in yet another mud puddle, it was like quicksand he really didn’t have time for all of these distractions, yanking his foot free there was one last obstacle, a hill, it wasn’t as tall as the others but it stretched further, looking flatter it didn’t seen as hazardous but it was this misjudgment which sent Optimus falling,
‘How could I make suck a mistake?’
Getting back on his feet he looked down to see that the kid was still safe, that was a relief, running down the decent of the hill he finally reached the base doors.

In the base Ironhide and Prowl were sat in the main room chatting to each other,
“Wonder where Prime is, he should’ve have been back by now” Ironhide said trying to break the silence,
“Probably sitting out the rain, have you SEEN it out there, I’d be dangerous trying to get through that field!”
“Yeh, I guess your right…”
Just then Optimus came through the room, wet and covered in mud, he went through one room and into another corridor,
“Prime your ba…Optimus?…hey where’re you going?”
They watched him go through the corridor and then looked at each other,
“What’s going on?”
“Don’t know, but did you see where he was going”
Ironhide looked in the direction Optimus want,
“The medical bay? Why’s he going there?”
“Don’t know, do you think we should follow him?”
“Sure, I’d like to know what’s going on here”
The two decided to get up and start walking in the direction Optimus went, they saw no reason to run.

Running down the corridor Optimus ran into Jazz who was just leaving the medical bay,
“Jazz is Ratchet still there?”
“Uh yeh, why?...huh, Optimus, What’s going on?”
Just as Jazz answered Optimus quickly continued down the corridor and into the medical bay. Jazz stood there confused,
‘What was that all about, and what was he holding?’
He decided to follow Optimus into the bay.

Ratchet was just cleaning up after a routine check on Jazz when he heard heavy footsteps behind him and a familiar voice,
“Ratchet, I need your help, now”
“Why, what do you need?”
“Not me, him” while saying this Optimus indicated to the small child curled up in his arms,
“What the, what the heck happened!”
“Starscream happened”
Ratchet ran to a nearby cupboard and pulled out a small blue blanket and laid it on the examining table,
“Quick put the kid on here”
Following Ratchets orders Optimus carefully laid the little boy on the blanket, Ratchet then proceeded to do a scan on the child, while he was doing this Jazz entered the room,
“Dang it Optimus what the heck is going on, and why were you in such a rush?”
He turned around to see Jazz leaning on the nearby wall trying to catch his breath,
“Sorry Jazz, I had to see Ratchet urgently”
“Really, what about, you look fine to me, and what was that yellow thing you were holding?”
Optimus didn’t answer but instead turned and pointed and the little boy on the table,
“Whoa! A kid, wha…what happened…how did that happen?”
“I’d like to know the details too Optimus” Ratchet stated while doing a scan on the kids leg,
“Starscream, he…he kidnapped the boy and tortured him, not only that he…he killed the boy’s parents also…”
“Wait so…he’s an Orphan?”
“Yes and what makes things worse is he wasn’t even wanted by his own parents, which is the reason why they didn’t pay the ransom”
“That’s low, even for a Decepticon that’s just plain wrong!”
Ratchet had by this time finished scanning and making a few repairs before heading for his shelf to get some bandages and roboplasters, while this was happening Ironhide and Prowl entered the room but before they could ask what was going on Jazz cut them off seeing as Optimus was already depressed enough worrying, he pointed to the hid and told them what had happened, they didn’t take too well to the news either. While Ratchet was patching up the kid he felt this might be a good time to state some facts,
“I’ve done a scan on him and fixed what I could but some of his injuries will have to heal by themselves…”
The Autobots looked to each other hoping for good news,
“…however…”
This attracted everyone’s attention,
“His injuries are quite serious and his chances of surviving are at most 30/70, the longer he stays unconscious the smaller that gets, not to mention knowing the Decepticons he’s probably not even been fed.”
The news stabbed through everyone especially Optimus who felt like his spark had been ripped in two, in the small time he had with the kid he had already grown a bond with him, he really cared for the boy though no-one knew yet, or so he thought. Ratchet saw Everyone’s spirits fall when he said that and mentally kicked himself for it but it was better then saying that it would take a miracle for the boy to survive, he knew everyone felt bad but when he saw Optimus’s expression he quickly turned back to focus on the kid, he finished wrapping the bandage around the boy’s leg before he noticed something, the boy was shivering, the water was making him cold, Ratchet couldn’t slow down now, he needed to finish patching him up and get that blanket around him ASAP, Optimus who was now next to Ratchet noticed the same thing and watched as Ratchet hurried while taking care to get the last two roboplasters on a bang on the boy’s head, as soon as that was done everyone gathered round as Optimus and Ratchet wrapped the blanket around the poor boy’s body before being picked up and held in Optimus’s safe arms, most of the dirt marks had been wiped off by Ratchet however there were patches of sticky muck which refused to come off, some was stuck on his head piece and some on his body armor.
Just then a thought came to Jazz,
“Hay Optimus, what’s the kid’s name?”
“Bumblebee”
With that said he pulled out the white envelope from his chest armor and took out the birth certificate,
“When Starscream escaped he dropped this”
Prowl took it and everyone looked at the details, it’s true that his name is Bumblebee and his age startled everyone, even Ironhide. Prowl passed the document to Ratchet to look at so he could get a better idea of who this kid is. Looking through it most made sense, except for one statement in his description, it says the boy has a strange symbol on his head, however he just examined the boy and found no such thing.

All the Autobots could do right now was wait and hope the boy would wake up soon, everyone went into the main room and sat down, some started doing there own thing to pass the time, Jazz turned on some music to try and pass the time but was too depressed so he just turned it back off, prowl notice this straight away, Jazz never turns his music off unless someone else tells him to, also he had noticed that Ratchet hadn’t cleaned up and put everything away like he always does after a finished job, Ironhide looked over in Prowls direction and noticed the same things, he then turned his attention to Optimus who was looking down constantly at the boy in his arms, the boy had by this time stopped shivering and was now gently breathing, his small head resting on Optimus’s hand, his thumb stroking his cheek, though no-one had said it everyone could tell that Optimus cared for the kid, to be honest they cared too.

Time passed, light turned to dark, and many Autobots were making there way to bed, the only five left awake were Optimus, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide and Prowl, it was getting late, Ironhide tried to stifle a yawn but it was no use, he was tired, so were the others,
“I don’t know bout you guy’s but I’m going to bed, see you tomorrow”
With that Ironhide walk off down a dark corridor and was gone from sight, Prowl quickly followed only stopping to look back at the others and say good night. About ten minutes later Jazz was seen dozing on the couch when he slid onto Ratchet taking him by surprise,
“What the…Jazz!”
Ratchet’s sudden jump also took Jazz by surprise who woke up with a scare and fell on the floor,
“Ow, wha…Hey what just happened?”
“You fell asleep then slid down the couch onto my shoulder”
“Eheh…oops”
Jazz got up and decided to go to bed stopping by Optimus to take one last look at the kid then looked at Optimus,
“Don’t worry I have a feeling he’ll be ok”
With that said he made his way down the corridor, leaving only Ratchet and Optimus in the room.
“So, I see you really care about the kid”
“Wha…well, uh, yeh I guess I do, why“
“No reason,…so what happens if he wakes up, I mean what’s gonna happen to him seeing as he has no family”
“I don’t know, I mean we could keep him and…no, it’s a stupid suggestion”
“What do you mean?”
“No it’s nothing, forget I ever said anything”
“Oh, ok then, I’m gonna go to bed then, what about you?
“No I’m ok, you go, I’ll see you tomorrow”
With that Ratchet started setting off for bed, he stopped at the door to look at Optimus, he had once again set his attention on the boy, and Ratchet couldn’t help but wonder,
‘He say’s it’s a stupid suggestion but it’s obvious he really wants to keep the kid, so what’s holding him back?’
A thought crossed his mind and a devious smile crept across his mouth, he had an idea and provided the others agree with it and play along it could work. He turned around and head down the corridor to bed.

Description
The rain pounded on Optimus as he made his way through the city, he couldn’t transform into his lorry as he was holding the boy so he had to make his way by foot, this meant he would take longer to get through the city, the road was wet and slippery under his feet so he had to be careful, especially with an already injured child in his arms, determination was written all over his face, he had to get back and he had to do it as fast as possible.

Over in the distance he could see the border which stretched into open land with tall grass, small hills and several rivers which met at a lake in the distance, near one of the lakes was a tall hill, but not just any hill, it was the hidden autobot base, only the entrance could be seen and had the autobot mark on either side, normally the field is bright, bushy and bursting with beauty, flowers and bushes lay in bunches and was frequently visited by all sorts of life but the heavy rain took all that away leaving a gloomy barren landscape deprived of life.

As Optimus got to the edge of the city he turned back to make sure he wasn’t being followed as every autobot did as they got close to the base, the grass was wet and waterlogged making it very hard to get any grip, especially when your made of metal, the hilly landscape didn’t make things any easier, things were not getting any easier, as time went on the boy was getting colder and that didn’t help his injuries. Getting closer to the base Optimus got his foot stuck in yet another mud puddle, it was like quicksand he really didn’t have time for all of these distractions, yanking his foot free there was one last obstacle, a hill, it wasn’t as tall as the others but it stretched further, looking flatter it didn’t seen as hazardous but it was this misjudgment which sent Optimus falling,
‘How could I make suck a mistake?’
Getting back on his feet he looked down to see that the kid was still safe, that was a relief, running down the decent of the hill he finally reached the base doors.

In the base Ironhide and Prowl were sat in the main room chatting to each other,
“Wonder where Prime is, he should’ve have been back by now” Ironhide said trying to break the silence,
“Probably sitting out the rain, have you SEEN it out there, I’d be dangerous trying to get through that field!”
“Yeh, I guess your right…”
Just then Optimus came through the room, wet and covered in mud, he went through one room and into another corridor,
“Prime your ba…Optimus?…hey where’re you going?”
They watched him go through the corridor and then looked at each other,
“What’s going on?”
“Don’t know, but did you see where he was going”
Ironhide looked in the direction Optimus want,
“The medical bay? Why’s he going there?”
“Don’t know, do you think we should follow him?”
“Sure, I’d like to know what’s going on here”
The two decided to get up and start walking in the direction Optimus went, they saw no reason to run.

Running down the corridor Optimus ran into Jazz who was just leaving the medical bay,
“Jazz is Ratchet still there?”
“Uh yeh, why?...huh, Optimus, What’s going on?”
Just as Jazz answered Optimus quickly continued down the corridor and into the medical bay. Jazz stood there confused,
‘What was that all about, and what was he holding?’
He decided to follow Optimus into the bay.

Ratchet was just cleaning up after a routine check on Jazz when he heard heavy footsteps behind him and a familiar voice,
“Ratchet, I need your help, now”
“Why, what do you need?”
“Not me, him” while saying this Optimus indicated to the small child curled up in his arms,
“What the, what the heck happened!”
“Starscream happened”
Ratchet ran to a nearby cupboard and pulled out a small blue blanket and laid it on the examining table,
“Quick put the kid on here”
Following Ratchets orders Optimus carefully laid the little boy on the blanket, Ratchet then proceeded to do a scan on the child, while he was doing this Jazz entered the room,
“Dang it Optimus what the heck is going on, and why were you in such a rush?”
He turned around to see Jazz leaning on the nearby wall trying to catch his breath,
“Sorry Jazz, I had to see Ratchet urgently”
“Really, what about, you look fine to me, and what was that yellow thing you were holding?”
Optimus didn’t answer but instead turned and pointed and the little boy on the table,
“Whoa! A kid, wha…what happened…how did that happen?”
“I’d like to know the details too Optimus” Ratchet stated while doing a scan on the kids leg,
“Starscream, he…he kidnapped the boy and tortured him, not only that he…he killed the boy’s parents also…”
“Wait so…he’s an Orphan?”
“Yes and what makes things worse is he wasn’t even wanted by his own parents, which is the reason why they didn’t pay the ransom”
“That’s low, even for a Decepticon that’s just plain wrong!”
Ratchet had by this time finished scanning and making a few repairs before heading for his shelf to get some bandages and roboplasters, while this was happening Ironhide and Prowl entered the room but before they could ask what was going on Jazz cut them off seeing as Optimus was already depressed enough worrying, he pointed to the hid and told them what had happened, they didn’t take too well to the news either. While Ratchet was patching up the kid he felt this might be a good time to state some facts,
“I’ve done a scan on him and fixed what I could but some of his injuries will have to heal by themselves…”
The Autobots looked to each other hoping for good news,
“…however…”
This attracted everyone’s attention,
“His injuries are quite serious and his chances of surviving are at most 30/70, the longer he stays unconscious the smaller that gets, not to mention knowing the Decepticons he’s probably not even been fed.”
The news stabbed through everyone especially Optimus who felt like his spark had been ripped in two, in the small time he had with the kid he had already grown a bond with him, he really cared for the boy though no-one knew yet, or so he thought. Ratchet saw Everyone’s spirits fall when he said that and mentally kicked himself for it but it was better then saying that it would take a miracle for the boy to survive, he knew everyone felt bad but when he saw Optimus’s expression he quickly turned back to focus on the kid, he finished wrapping the bandage around the boy’s leg before he noticed something, the boy was shivering, the water was making him cold, Ratchet couldn’t slow down now, he needed to finish patching him up and get that blanket around him ASAP, Optimus who was now next to Ratchet noticed the same thing and watched as Ratchet hurried while taking care to get the last two roboplasters on a bang on the boy’s head, as soon as that was done everyone gathered round as Optimus and Ratchet wrapped the blanket around the poor boy’s body before being picked up and held in Optimus’s safe arms, most of the dirt marks had been wiped off by Ratchet however there were patches of sticky muck which refused to come off, some was stuck on his head piece and some on his body armor.
Just then a thought came to Jazz,
“Hay Optimus, what’s the kid’s name?”
“Bumblebee”
With that said he pulled out the white envelope from his chest armor and took out the birth certificate,
“When Starscream escaped he dropped this”
Prowl took it and everyone looked at the details, it’s true that his name is Bumblebee and his age startled everyone, even Ironhide. Prowl passed the document to Ratchet to look at so he could get a better idea of who this kid is. Looking through it most made sense, except for one statement in his description, it says the boy has a strange symbol on his head, however he just examined the boy and found no such thing.

All the Autobots could do right now was wait and hope the boy would wake up soon, everyone went into the main room and sat down, some started doing there own thing to pass the time, Jazz turned on some music to try and pass the time but was too depressed so he just turned it back off, prowl notice this straight away, Jazz never turns his music off unless someone else tells him to, also he had noticed that Ratchet hadn’t cleaned up and put everything away like he always does after a finished job, Ironhide looked over in Prowls direction and noticed the same things, he then turned his attention to Optimus who was looking down constantly at the boy in his arms, the boy had by this time stopped shivering and was now gently breathing, his small head resting on Optimus’s hand, his thumb stroking his cheek, though no-one had said it everyone could tell that Optimus cared for the kid, to be honest they cared too.

Time passed, light turned to dark, and many Autobots were making there way to bed, the only five left awake were Optimus, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide and Prowl, it was getting late, Ironhide tried to stifle a yawn but it was no use, he was tired, so were the others,
“I don’t know bout you guy’s but I’m going to bed, see you tomorrow”
With that Ironhide walk off down a dark corridor and was gone from sight, Prowl quickly followed only stopping to look back at the others and say good night. About ten minutes later Jazz was seen dozing on the couch when he slid onto Ratchet taking him by surprise,
“What the…Jazz!”
Ratchet’s sudden jump also took Jazz by surprise who woke up with a scare and fell on the floor,
“Ow, wha…Hey what just happened?”
“You fell asleep then slid down the couch onto my shoulder”
“Eheh…oops”
Jazz got up and decided to go to bed stopping by Optimus to take one last look at the kid then looked at Optimus,
“Don’t worry I have a feeling he’ll be ok”
With that said he made his way down the corridor, leaving only Ratchet and Optimus in the room.
“So, I see you really care about the kid”
“Wha…well, uh, yeh I guess I do, why“
“No reason,…so what happens if he wakes up, I mean what’s gonna happen to him seeing as he has no family”
“I don’t know, I mean we could keep him and…no, it’s a stupid suggestion”
“What do you mean?”
“No it’s nothing, forget I ever said anything”
“Oh, ok then, I’m gonna go to bed then, what about you?
“No I’m ok, you go, I’ll see you tomorrow”
With that Ratchet started setting off for bed, he stopped at the door to look at Optimus, he had once again set his attention on the boy, and Ratchet couldn’t help but wonder,
‘He say’s it’s a stupid suggestion but it’s obvious he really wants to keep the kid, so what’s holding him back?’
A thought crossed his mind and a devious smile crept across his mouth, he had an idea and provided the others agree with it and play along it could work. He turned around and head down the corridor to bed.