AN: First attempt at a Transformer fic, hope I've got it.

Bumblebee whistled happily as he drove through West Virginia's mountain range. Ratchet had ground bridged him and Bulkhead to the small state in the early morning, letting both young 'bots enjoy the fog that covered the mountains. The sun's rays could barely break through the clouds so the day remained gray and filled with fog.

The computer back at the base had picked up faint energon energy emitting from West Virginia, not enough to be of interest to the Nemesis but the Autobots certainly could use every drop they could find. Optimus had sent Bumblebee and Bulkhead to investigate and bring back what they could find. However, once they entered the mountain range Bumblebee and Bulkhead found that they could only communicate with each other via their short-range communications, all they got was static when they tried to connect with the base in Nevada.

"Must be the mountains, Bee," Bulkhead said, "maybe when we get out of this fog we can reach Ratchet again."

[Yeah, maybe,] Bumblebee beeped. [Let's find that energon quickly though, it's not good to be without communication with the base.]

"I agree, B, let's go."

The two Autobots navigated their way carefully through the fog, their headlights on full. They had to pull off the main road and transform when the energon signal lead into the trees.

{Back at Autobot Base}

"Any word yet, Ratchet?" Raf asked, standing on the platform reserved for the humans so that they were out of the way but could also see what was happening. Jack and Miko were playing a video game, glancing over at him before they returned to the TV.

"Not yet, Rafael," Ratchet said, "but I'm not worried. The mountains of West Virginia are not known for their great communication service. Of course, if I had more state-of-the-art equipment, like we had back on Cybertron, it wouldn't be an issue."

"Ratchet," Optimus Prime turned from where he had been talking to Arcee, "we all appreciate your tremendous efforts in everything you have managed to do since we came to Earth. We certainly do not hold a faulty communication line against you."

"Hmph!" Ratchet turned back to his computer, making it look like he was tinkering the systems but really there was nothing more he could do. Ratchet hated not being to keep tabs on his team, the need for energon had made it necessary to disable the two Autobots' signals so that the Nemesis would not be able to pick them up.

While it had been a necessary move Ratchet just hoped that it would not come back to haunt him.

{West Virginia}

The two Autobots had neared the energon signal and were both containing themselves from dancing with joy. Soon, very soon, they would have fuel again.

"Alright, B!" Bulkhead said, his grin conveying his happiness. "We're almost on top of the energon."

Bumblebee chirped happily and then glanced quickly to the left, thinking he saw something. Of course it was next to impossible to see through the fog but just for a moment he thought… [Bulkhead—]

A blast of blue electricity spread out towards them, so quickly that neither 'bot had time to run. Bumblebee watched in alarm as his systems froze up and Bulkhead yelled out "EMP!" before the large Autobot fell to the forest floor. Bumblebee followed his partner, his systems off-lining and just before his optics closed he heard, "Take the smaller one, he'll be easier to transport,", then darkness claimed him as his body was forced to shut down.

AN: Oh no! Who did this? Why do they want Bumblebee? Review and let me know what you think!