Bumblebee was as excited if not more than the others, to see Optimus alive and well. Although he did not express it as he calmly approached Optimus and the other Autobots. Bumblebee knew Optimus could feel the joy he hid inside.

"Humans have asked us to play by their rules, well the rules just changed." Optimus's voice sounded stoic but angry, as he spoke to his team.

"Human beings, a bunch of backstabbing weasels!" Hound trudged over, tossing his weapons all over the ground.

"Hound find your inner compass, Loyalty is but a flower in the winds of fear and temptation." Drift spoke in riddles to the moody weapons hound.

"What the hell are you saying?" Hound was clearly not in the mood for poetry.

"It's a hiaku." Drift rolled his optics.

Hound grabbed one of his grenades and growled at Drift "Cut the crap before I drop a grenade down your throat!" Hound grabbed onto the annoying samurai.

Drift was quick to counter act the huge bots actions threatening him with his swords. "Do it and you'll be dead!"

"Oh please pull it, please do it!" Hound tuanted unaffraid of the samurai's threats.

Optimus watched as the teammates turned against eachother, he shifted his helm to glance at his youngling who was also watching.

Bumblebee rolled his optics throwing a servo in the air. (You know what, it would save us so much time!) his radio played to his fathers disgust.

"Well raise your hand if you're thoroughly disenchanted with our little earth vacation? So who's the stowaways!?" Crosshairs aggressively greeted the innocent humans with his gun.

"Woah what's with the gun!?" Cade defensively asked.

Hound quickly rolled over aiming at humans with his gatling gun in hand.

"Stop Hound, both of you! They risked their lives for mine, we owe them." Optimus quickly stopped his Autobot's from escalating.

Later as the sun began to set, Cade was attempting to start a fire, while his daughter and her boyfriend searched for firewood.

All the Autobots except for Optimus and Bumblebee, had gone to do a quick scan of the area, to make sure no one was going to attack them.

Optimus had told Bumblebee to stay behind, as the scout was clearly exhuasted and tired of dealing with a team that didn't want to take orders from a youngling.

(Optimus I could have went with them. Why do I have to stay behind, I'm the scout?) Bumblebee complained through his radio.

"Bumblebee you need to relax and rest while you can, the others are perfectly capable of doing a perimeter scan on their own." Optimus simply replied guiding his youngling to a large flat bolder next to Cade.

Cade watched the two out of the corner of his eye as he piled the kindling he gathered.

(But I...)

"Sit." Optimus pushed down on Bumblebee's shoulder, making the scout sit on the bolder. "Just sit and don't think, help Cade with the fire." Optimus began walking away from the irritated youngling.

Bumblebee folded his arms in protest. (This is stupid...) he grumbled through warbled robotic noises.

"What was that?" Optimus raised an optic ridge, looking over his shoulder.

(Nothing sir...) Bumblebee quickly corrected his behaviour, earning a chuckle from Cade.

"Hey!" Cade jumped to his feet as a small low blast of plasma hit the kindling infront of him.

Bumblebee gave a robotic giggle at Cade's reaction to him staring a fire for him.

"Really man, something tells me you have experience starting fires like this?" Cade waved a fingure at the youngling that giggled even harder at that comment.

"Bumblebee..." Optimus sighed hiding his face in his palm.

"Laugh it up funny bot." Cade put his hands on his hips. "Hey I got a job for you, why don't you go find Tessa and Lucky Charms, go help them, and make sure they're not doing anything bad."

(Bow chica bow wow!) Bumblebee teased Cade's over protective attitude.

"Hey!" Cade threw a rock at Bumblebee's helm.

Bumblebee laughed hysterically, getting up from the bolder he walked off in the younger humans direction.

Turning to Optimus Cade scoffed. "For a bot with the name Bumblebee, you sure get more sting than sweet hunny."

Optimus gave a low bearly audible chuckle. "Give him time, and you will see."

"So you going to give me the details and warnings about your happy team?" Cade sat back down on a log infront of the fire.

Honk!

"Oh god!" The sound of a car horn and a quick surprised scream filled the night air.

Bumblebee laughed as Tessa and Shane quickly jumped away from eachother.

"Really come on dude, can't a guy make out with his girl in peace?" Shane glared up at the youngling.

"I bet my over protective father sent you over here!?" Tessa hissed fixing her hair.

(No love making in this town little missy!) Bumblebee waved a digit at the teen.

"Ugh unbelievable." Tessa groaned gathering up the firewood they found.

"You going to help us, or just mess around?" Shane sighed at Bumblebee.

Bumblebee rolled his optics and transformed opening one of his doors for them.

"That's better than walking." Tessa shrugged.

"Alright you covered drop trooper, Mr. Samurai, and guns. How about the hunny bee?" Cade turned his full attention to the Prime.

"Bumblebee is an incomplete story that has yet to be told I'm affraid." Optimus sat on the bolder next to Cade.

Cade snorted poking the fire with a stick. "Ok then what's his story so far, besides being obnoxious?"

"Bumblebee is a youngling way ahead of his time, obnoxious at times yes, but that is expected for someone in his stage of life."

"So a young gun in a never ending war." Cade kept his gaze on the fire.

"Yes." Optimus sighed clearly unhappy about that situation.

"How young?"

"To young..." Optimus replied sadly. "In human terms 5 years younger than your daughter."

"That's younger than the recruitment age here, my daughter isn't even old enough yet!" Cade finally looked up at the saddened Prime.

"He didn't have a choice, it was either fight or die when he came into our world." Optimus stared into the starry sky.

"So what's with the radio and robotic talk with him?" Cade changed the subject.

"He lost his voice in a battle against a warlord Megatron, deeming him a mute for the rest of his life." Optimus explained as the other Autobots returned from recon.

"Sensi the area is clear." Drift reported to Optimus.

"No cons or human scum in sight." Crosshairs added.

Optimus stood up and nodded as Bumblebee drifted in, throwing a wave of sand at everyone.

"Bumblebee!" Cade brushed the sand off of him, as Tessa and Shane dropped the wood they gathered next to the fire.

(Oops Sorry!) Bumblebee sat back down on a bolder behind Cade, as the other Autobots settled in.

"So there has been no sign of any others?" Optimus approached the other Autobots.

"Nada." Hound shrugged.

"We are all that's left." Drift sighed from where he sat.

"They're picking us off, one, by one." Crosshairs added.

"We're the pathetic dirty foursome, and you make five." Hound scoffed.

"So that's our best case scenario, Autobot witness protection?" Shane threw twigs at the fire.

"Hey speed racer, you're welcome to leave anytime." Cade glared at Shane.

"Well for the record, super dad, I'm not hiding with you, I'm hiding out with that big guy." Shane pointed up at Optimus Prime.

"Sensi." Drift caught Optimus's attention. "With your fate unknown, Bumblebee has taken command, despite his complete and total lack of anything ressembling warrior discipline." Drift felt the need to air out his concern for Bumblebee's lack of leadership skills.

(Here we go again...) Bumblebee rolled his optics.

"He is like a child." Drift scoffed resting his servo on his sword hilt.

(Great observation genius!) Bumblebee jumped up from the bolder. (This child is about to kick your ass!) Bumblebee was finally fed up with Drifts comments.

Cade, his daughter, and Shane all turned their heads to Drift who continued to mock Bumblebee.

"He brings shame to us all." Drift leaned back on his sword looking at the humans he gestured to Bumblebee who was approaching him, asking for a fight.

Bumblebee kicked the sword out from under Drift, who swiftly wrapped his arms around Bumblebee, tossing him aside onto the ground.

"Cage fight." Hound chuckled elbowing Crosshairs.

"Smart ass." Drift grabbed hold of his sword, waiting for Bumblebee to get back up.

"What's the matter with them?" Tessa asked standing closely to her father.

Bumblebee attempted to tackle Drift, but was once again thrown to the ground by the samurai.

Drift quickly caught his sword onto Bumblebee's throat, quickly standing over him mockingly. "Am I the lone sage that sees through these puppy dog eyed acts? It's beneath you!" Drift pulled his sword letting it grind against Bumblebee's throat.

(Drift... stop!) Bumblebee whined as a flash of Tyger Pax flashed through his mind.

Drift laughed at Bumblebee who stared up at him with terrified optics.

"Yes, I've been waiting for them to all dispatch eachother, so I can take leadership with no trouble at all, just me reporting to me." Crosshairs slung his gun onto his shoulder.

"Looks like you've been missed." Cade scoffed looking up at Prime.

"Autobots, Lockdown is hunting us, and humans are helping. We need to know why." Optimus gained the attention of Hound and Crosshairs.

Drift gave his attention to Optimus, as he stood up, finally taking his sword away from Bumblebee's neck, letting the youngling drop to the ground.

Bumblebee slowly began getting up before eating sand once more, as he was pushed back into the ground by Drift's ped pressing on his back.

"Well hey listen I don't know why, but I have an idea about who." Cade spoke up to the robots.

"Well don't keep us in suspense, give us a name." Drift leaned on his leg that was on Bumblebee.

"Well I need a computer or something to project the videos." Cade pulled out a small little drone out of his pocket.

Bumblebee was in the sand looking up at his father with pleading optics. (Optimus...) Bumblebee gave a robotic whine.

Optimus locked optics with his youngling, then glared at Drift. "Drift release Bumblebee, and help Cade project the video."

"Of course sensi, I suppose the helpless child has learned his lesson." Drift pressed his ped harder into the younglings back, as he leaned down to mock Bumblebee one last time.

"Now!" Optimus snapped taking a threatening step towards Drift.

Drift finally got off Bumblebee, and transformed into his vehichle mode, allowing Cade to hop in and begin the videos.

Bumblebee picked himself up off the ground, sand pouring out of everywhere on him, as he defeatedly walked back over to the bolder he was sitting on. Bumblebee stood and watched as the hologram projected on the rock wall behind him.

"Psst hey... Bumblebee..." Tessa called from behind, by the fire.

Bumblebee turned away from the horrible video's, turning his attention to the female on the ground, he knelt down infront of the teen to be level with her.

"Hey are you ok Bee?" Tessa asked, looking directly into the youngling's ice blue optics.

(Uhuh...) Bumblebee nodded giving a robotic warble with a fake smile.

Tessa witnessed the fearful optics Bumblebee had while he was held by Drift's sword. "Just making sure, he was pretty terrible to you."

(I've had worse.) Bumblebee shrugged in response to Tessa's worry.

Tessa smiled as she and Bumblebee turned back to the videos and Autobots.

"So these goverment guys just hunt you down, then pass you off to KSI?" Shane questioned as Tessa sat back beside him.

"They are headquartered in Chicago, where they could have been taking you." Cade announced getting out of Drift.

Hound took his cigar out of his mouth and sighed. "No way to get inside without a battle."

"Well what if you had a little human help?" Cade offered.

"So what are you guys partners now?" Tessa scoffed folding her arms.

"Sweety we're targets now to, we need to figure out why or we never get our lives back." Cade replied to his daughters comment.

"Autobots, I've sworn to never kill humans." Optimus began as Bumblebee approached him.

"Big mistake." Hound remarked.

"But when I find out who's behind all this." Optimus looked over his shoulder at his youngling.

*Dad...* Bumblebee was very concerned about the next words his father was about to say.

Optimus heard Bumblebee's concerned calling through their bond. He knew Bumblebee was very close with humans, and happened to have deep trust in them. But Optimus knew his son had to learn about the other side of the human race. Optimus closed his optics turning away from Bumblebee. "He's going to die."

Hound cheered and the other Autobots joined him. But Bumblebee wasn't so cheerful, he walked away from the team, feeling frustrated and confused.

"Excuse me." Optimus sighed walking through the Autobots and humans.

"What's going on?" Shane asked moving out of the way of the Prime's ped.

"Nothing, the child is just having a tantrum." Drift pointed his sword towards the youngling of in the distance.

"It's a Prime's job to fix a pouting scout?" Shane joked hoping to get a laugh out of Tessa.

"He's not pouting Shane, they're not emotionless robots." Tessa stormed off back to the fire.

Cade snickered, as his daughter sounded just like her mother. "Glad to know my daughter isn't blind to your stupidity."

"It was just a joke." Shane threw his head back.

"Bumblebee is but a sparkling among mechs, Optimus will always keep a watchful eye on such young metal, making sure he does not scrap." Drift spoke to the humans.

"I didn't understand a thing you said." Shane threw his hands up in defeat.

"None of us really do, we simply can't take the constant riddles." Hound scoffed leaning on the rock wall.

"Bumblebee I'm sorry you had to hear me say that." Optimus clasped a servo on his younglings shoulder.

(Dad are you really going to kill humans?) Bumblebee looked up into his fathers optics.

Optimus knelt down to be eye level with his son. "Bumblebee you have to understand that if we don't kill them, they will destroy their world, and everyone on it." Optimus sighed looking at the ground for a moment.

Bumblebee listened to the Prime's words, starring off into the distance Bumblebee didn't know what to feel anymore.

"We aren't trying to eliminate the human race youngling, we are destroying the one who has started this war." Optimus looked into his youngling's lost optics and sighed. "I promise I won't make you kill any humans, I made the threat, I will see it through." Prime promised his youngling scout.

(Ok...) Bumblebee sighed drooping his doorwings.

"Something else on your mind little one?" Optimus stood back up.

(Drift was right.) Bumblebee sat on the ground.

"About what youngling?" Optimus sat beside his scout.

(I was a terrible leader. Everyone constantly fought, we almost got caught a bunch of times, and nobody listened to anything I suggested.) Bumblebee complained tossing his servos and shaking his helm.

Optimus couldn't help but chuckle at the stressed out youngling.

(Why are you laughing.) Bumblebee stood up, glaring at his father.

"That is what being a leader is all about little one, teammates argue and fight, while not listening to orders. Did it seem like everyone was listening perfectly as soon as I regained command?" Optimus looked up at his pouting son.

(Yeah pretty much, they got out of hand, you corrected them, and they listened.) Bumblebee complained.

Optimus stood back up grabbing hold of both the scouts shoulders. "Little one you have to understand that I have a lot of years in leadership. I have gained and earned trust and respect from the Autobots over the years, it just takes time. You are very young, you will be a good leader one day." Prime reassured his youngling.

Bumblebee nodded at his fathers reassuring words and sighed. (...I miss the old team...) Bumblebee warbled as a tear slide down his face plate.

Optimus wrapped an arm around Bumblebee, pulling him into a warm embrace. "I do to Bumblebee." Optimus exhaled wiping the tear off the younglings face. As far as they knew, Bumblebee and himself were the only two remaing from the original Earth team.

Bumblebee leaned into the embrace, taking in the soothing energy Optimus transmitted through their spark bond.

Optimus gave a warm smile as his younglings tired optics flickered trying to stay awake. "Come youngling we must rest, we have long days ahead of us." Optimus guided the scout back to camp.

"Bed time already youngling?" Crosshairs teased Bumblebee as he usually did every night.

"Actually it's everyones, we need as much rest as possible, for the long hours ahead of us." Optimus released Bumblebee, allowing him to walk back over to the fire with the humans.

"Very wise." Drift agreed leaning his back on his sword.

Later in the night Bumblebee shifted uncomfortably in his recharge, as the nightmare of Tyger Pax came back to haunt him in his sleep.

Optimus hadn't gone into recharge yet, standing guard over the fire waiting until it's flame extinguished. He noticed out of the corner of his optic, his youngling almost fighting in his recharged. Optimus knew exactly what dreaded nightmare his scout was having.

(NO!) Before Optimus could wake up the distressed youngling. Bumblebee gave a robotic scream, jolting awake as he backed into Drift, waking everybody up.

"What!?"

"Who's there!?"

"I will blast ya'll!"

Crosshairs, Drift, and Hound quickly grabbed their weapons jumping to their peds.

The three humans quickly jumped to their feet hiding behind the log, waiting for something to happen.

Prime raised a servo signaling for the Autobots to put the weapons away. "It's alright, return to your slumber everyone." Optimus calmly approached his trembling youngling.

"Why are you trembling, you are the one that frightened us?" Drift looked down at the panicked youngling at his peds.

Bumblebee felt foolish for waking everyone up. Quickly apologizing to Drift, Bumblebee quickly moved himself near the fire, away from the Autobots.

Optimus followed, and knelt down infront of the frightened scout, placing a servo on the youngling's shoulder. "Are you going to be alright little one?" Optimus asked softly.

Bumblebee noticed the humans watching them, he didn't want to seem weak infront of them, so he played it off. (I'm fine, fine, fine as wine.) Bumblebee played over his radio, brushing Optimus's servo off him, before laying back down in the sand.

Optimus sighed deciding to rest himself, he made sure to lay next to his youngling, transmitting comfort to the scout.

Tessa was the wrestles sleeper among the humans do to the cold, as Bumblebee was for the Autobots do to nightmares. Bumblebee could barely recharge, he noticed Tessa shivering, so he transformed into his vehichle mode. He flashed his lights at the girl and opened the door, giving Tessa the hint.

Tessa didn't hesitate to hop inside the heated car, leaning the chair back she sighed with relief. "Thanks Bee."

(Anytime I can help.) Bumblebee played through the radio.

"Same goes for you to Bee, try and have a good sleep." Tessa closed her eyes.

The next morning was an early wake up, it was still dark out when they left. When they finally arrived at Chicago they found KSI headquarters, but the Autobots kept their distance in an abandon church building not far from the KSI building.

Optimus, Cade, and the other Autobots were discussing how and when to do a recon mission at KSI. While Bumblebee took Tessa and Shane shoplifting.

Jumping out of the Camaro with Tessa, Shane turned around and leaned inside Bumblebee's open window. "Ok we're going in this store, if you see us being dragged out by anyone in a uniform and badge alert the others. We will be right back Bee. Wait here, and don't make a scene." Shane explained the plan to the car.

(What do you think I'm crazy? Get outta here!)

"No Bee, I'm just telling you not to make people suspicious."

(I got things all under control!) Bumblebee played through the radio, rolling his window up, almost trapping Shane in it.

"Alright just act like a parked car." Shane quickly pulled away from the window and followed Tessa into the store.

Bumblebee watched as the two left inside the store and scoffed. (I'm totally parking on the other side.) Bumblebee started up his engine and drove off.

While Shane was testing out binoculars as a mall cop walked by, he caught a glimps of Bumblebee driving off in the window. "Oh no..." Shane caught Tessa's attention.

"What, what is it Shane." Tessa walked over.

"Bumblebee just drove off, does he ever listen to any orders?!" Shane stole the binoculars and turned to his girlfriend.

"Come on I think we have enough for now, lets go get him." Tessa rolled her eyes, quickly making their way to the exit.

"He moved across the parking lot, really?" Tessa sighed as they made their way towards the Camaro.

Tessa quickly hopped into the passenger side, while Shane threw the stolen goods in the trunk. "Ha ha Bee, you're a real prankster, come on lets go." Shane hopped in the drivers seat.

Bumblebee gave a robotic laugh, driving off back to the abandon church.

"You guys made it back undetected, glad I don't have to bail you out." Cade greeted the three from the far side of humongous room, next to Drift who was practicing his sword moves.

"Yeah no thanks to super star moving around in the parking lot." Shane gestured up to the yellow robot walking behind them.

"Bumblebee..." Optimus exhaled, giving Bumblebee a dissaproved head shake.

(What I didn't get caught, everythings fine.) Bumblebee shrugged sitting behind the table the humans were at.

"Dad you couldn't bail us out if you had to anyway." Tessa retorted as she approached the table.

"Hey sweety I found some boxes of cloths with long pants so you can loose the short shorts." Cade chaged the subject earning an eye roll from his daughter. "Ok what'd you guys get?" Cade asked as Tessa and Shane dumped out their bags on the table.

Tessa placed a giant jar of protien powder infront of her father and announced what it was.

Cade grabbed the jar and sighed. "Hey, I said the essentials, ok."

Tessa glared at her father. "It wasn't easy, we almost got caught."

Cade then turned his attention to Shane, who was wearing sunglasses with a bottle of mouthwash infront of him. "You stole mouthwash?"

Shane smirked at Cade. "I like to stay fresh while I'm making out with your daughter."

Tessa couldn't hold back her chuckle. "That's funny."

Cade grabbed the bottle of mouthwash, and threw it across the room. "Yeah that's not happening, ever!" he turned to his daughter.

Bumblebee laughed at Cade, watching the bottle skip and break across the floor.

Drift stopped swinging his sword giving Bumblebee an odd look, then turned his attention to the bottle breaking on the other side of the room.

"You're laughing isn't helping, thank you!" Cade looked behind him at the giggling scout.

"Childish... really..." Drift shook his helm, going back to practicing his moves.

(What, laughing's good for you. Uptight bitch...) Bumblebee grumbled at the samurai.

"What did you say to me?!" Drift stuck his blade in Bumblebee's face, just as Optimus, Hound, and Crosshairs entered.

(Nothing at all Mr. Samurai!) Bumblebee decided to escalate.

Optimus approached Cade, but decided to deal with his youngling first. "Bumblebee, Drift, that's enough!" Optimus quickly stopped the two bickering Autobots. "Just stay away from eachother for a while."

Drift pulled back and stomped off towards the other Autobots. "I am not sparkling sitting again, take him with you next time."

Optimus sighed watching Drift walk to the other side of the room. "Perhaps you need to go easier on Bumblebee, and stop torturing him."

(I'm not a sparkling!) Bumblebee warbled rolling his optics.

Cade looked up at Optimus, guessing the Prime had something to say to him. "So, what's going on?"

Optimus turned his attention back to the human below. "We are clear to start initiating our plan."

"Alright lets go get ourselves some KSI ID." Cade followed Optimus out of the building.

It only took Optimus and Cade a few minutes for them to come back with a scan of an ID.

When they arrived back at the church, Optimus told Cade to get Bumblebee to make the ID card. "Yeah that's good Bee, that will get us in." Cade complimented Bumblebee's work.

After setting the ID cards up, the next few days Drift took Cade to sneak into KSI, getting the team valuable information.

While Cade was off doing missions, Bumblebee curiously watched as Tessa and Shane set up a bunch of candles around an old couch.

When Cade and Drift came back, Cade discussed with Optimus, what was happening at KSI, and they created a plan.

"I will drive in with Bee tomorrow." Cade finished planing the mission with Optimus.

(Finally I get to do something!) Bumblebee scoffed leaning against a wall.

Optimus was not thrilled with the idea of Bumblebee going into KSI. He worried that if they got caught, they would melt his youngling down for some sick sience project. "Bumblebee this mission is important, you have to be careful not to be detected by these KSI humans." Optimus turned to his bored youngling.

(I'm a pro at this sorta stuff, don't worry about it.) Bumblebee waved off his fathers concern for him.

"A pro, you don't have a stealthy circuit in you." Drift laughed at Bumblebee's words.

(That's it you're done for!) Bumblebee jumped up from where he sat, and went to Charge the Samurai.

Optimus sighed in frustration, grabbing hold of Bumblebee's doorwings as he passed by, halting the younglings charge.

(Hey!) Bumblebee reached out his arms as he was dragged backwards.

With his free servo Optimus pointed at Drift. "Drift you listen worse than a sparkling, stop instigating!"

(This is ridiculous...) Bumblebee folded his arms.

Optimus then turned his son towards him. "And you quit fanning the flames." Optimus gave Bumblebee a shove back to the wall Bumblebee was sitting at earlier.

"For an Autobot that constantly mocks a kid, you sure like to act like one." Cade commented at Drift's behaviour.

Drift wanted to get angry at the human but quickly realized that what the human said was true. "You are right I have brought shame to myself, I shall try to change my views towards the youngling."

Later Cade was mixing a glass of protien powder and water, while noticing his daughter and her boyfriend surrounded by lit candles, snuggling on the couch. "Ahem, excuse me, there's no smooching infront of me, ok!?"

"Ugh you're so square, who even says smooching!" Tessa complained sitting up with Shane.

Optimus watched the teen whine and complain to her father, reminding him of himself with Bumblebee.

"Yep no respect, she's just impossible sometimes." Cade scoffed making conversation with Optimus.

Optimus turned to Cade "Yeah, I went through that with Bumblebee." Optimus snorted.

"No offense Optimus, but you still are." Cade couldn't help but Chuckle at the Prime's reply.

Optimus chuckled as well. "You would be correct my friend." Optimus watched as Bumblebee recharged nerby Tessa and Shane's so called smooching couch.

The next morning, Cade and Shane took Bumblebee to the KSI scanning center.

Bumblebee could feel Shane was a nervous wreck shaking, he could barely get his ID tag on.

"The idea is to keep cool not be cool, loose the glasses." Cade calmly told his daughter's nervous boyfriend. "About a month ago, in the middle of the night I thought I heard noises in my house, was that you?" Cade continued to pressure the sweating irish man.

Shane looked at Cade in a shocked manner. "What, come on man!"

Cade knew if he was going to get answers out of Lucky charms, now would be the time. "You see those guys with guns?"

"There's so many guys with guns!" Shane began hyperventilating.

"Cause I'm about to tell them that we're about to break in, and it was your idea. I don't care, I'm old I've already lived long enough." Cade continued to keep calm while threatening.

"You have a really bad habbit of bringing up these conversations at wrong time." Shane whined watching the security men.

Bumblebee wanted to escalate the situation, but decided to let it all play out.

"Do you want to come clean or do you want me to make a mess?" Cade looked a the guard beside him. "Sir, can I talk to you just for a second?" he began opening the door.

"Ok it was me, it was me!" Shane finally gave a panicked confession. "I'm sorry."

"Taking in for scanning?" A guard asked Shane.

"Uhuh." Shane gave the fake ID card to the guard.

"Alright you're good to go." The guard opened the gate, and Bumblebee drove in.

"I'm literally going to kill you." Cade growled as they drove past scientists and new cars.

Bumblebee drove them into bay 3 where a robot and a couple cars were placed.

"That is a bad ass robot." Shane commented.

"Kinda looks like you Bee." Cade added as he hopped out of Bumblebee.

Cade looked up and examining the robot. "They're trying to build their own versions."

"Well at least they're picking cooler cars then this." Shane stuck his head back inside Bumblebee who took offence and smashed his steering wheel into Shane's face.

(You talk to me like that!?)

"Bee!" Shane desperately tried to get the steering wheel off him.

Cade rushed over to the scene. "You see what happens when you're a wise ass!?"

Bumblebee finally released Shane. (Now get out of here!) Shane fell out of Bumblebee.

"Stinger, inspired by Bumblebee, but better in every way." Meanwhile the lady on the giant monitors announced what the robot in the room was.

(What, Son of a!) Bumblebee started doing a smoke show throwing an Autobot temper tantrum.

Cade spun around to see the Camaro doing donuts. "Bee no!"

"He's crazy!" Shane put his hands on his head.

Cade waved his arms trying to stop the angry youngling. "Stop!"

Shane jumped out of the spinning Camaro's way, as Cade continued to scream at Bumblebee.

"Bumblebee!" Cade noticed shadows and voices coming out from behind the walls. "Bee, stop going psycho!" He hissed one last time.

Bumblebee heard the voices and finally stopped, but continued to rev his engine angirly.

"Hey, hey you two!" a bald headed guy began to approach Cade and Shane. "Grease monkeys, the hell's going on here, huh?" the man stopped in front of Cade. "What's with this vintage crap, we're not scanning collector junk. What do think it is that we make here?" the bald guy gestured around the room. "We make poetry, we're poets, alright?" The man stared directly at Cade. "You work for me, you got one mistake, one understood?"

"It won't happen." Cade nodded and obliged he understood the man.

"It certainly won't, now get this pathetic thing out of here, and you too." the man turned back to his group of buissness people and apologized.

Cade turned to Shane and gestured to Bumblebee. "Watch him, let me see what I can find, quietly get out of here." Cade quickly run into the labs.

Bumblebee was still boiling inside, he barely waited for the KSI humans to dissapear. (Oh come on, this things better, no way!) Bumblebee warbled, standing face to face with his so called better doppelganger.

"Bee you need to calm down right now." Shane walked out infront of the youngling that could care less about his attempt to get him to calm down.

(I'm perfectly calm dude.) Bumblebee clenched his servo into a fist, continuing to inspect the protoform.

"You need to breath, or do whatever you do." Shane continued to attempt calming the youngling.

(I'm calm I'm calm, I'm not even touching it, I'm barely touching it!) Bumblebee grabbed Stinger by the head giving it a small shake.

Shane stressfully threw his hands back on his head. "Oh god, you need to turn back into a car right now!" Shane ordered the young scout that walked around the robot.

(Get out of my face alright!) Bumblebee waved Shane off, stopping directly infront of the monitor that continued to spew information about Stinger.

"So our design team started with, the Bumblebee." a strange man began speaking mockingly about Bumblebee. "But really this alien's design was decrepit, and, let's face it antique." another male continued the mockery of Bumblebee.

(Oh come on!) Bumblebee threw his helm and servos up in annoyance. (What the BEEP!) Bumblebee glared at the screen a few feet below him.

Shane walked back up to Bumblebee. "Don't take it personally, Bee!"

"Kind of old and ratty." the men on the monitor continued to laugh at Bumblebee.

Bumblebee wasn't impressed at all smashing his fist into his other servo.

"You mean ugly!" the other male laughed.

(Oh, hell, no!) Bumblebee shook his helm spinning around back to Stinger.

Shane held up a hand and screamed for Bumblebee to stop his actions. "No! No!"

(You think you're better than me!) Bumblebee stomped over to the display robot. Bumblebee happily kicked the display robot down, watching it spark pathetically onto the scuffed up floor. (Yee-hah!)

"What did you touch!?" Shane spun around to see lab workers, and another man in a suit questioning what he did.

To Shane's relief he turned to see Bumblebee back in car form. "Uuuh..." he held up his hands in defense.

(I told you homeboy, Can't touch this!) Bumblebee played a song over his radio.

"My office in 15 minutes!" the man stormed towards them. "Get this car out of here first, like you were told!"

"Yes sir of course!" Shane quickly jumped in Bumblebee, and drove out of the whole facility.

Bumblebee came to screeching halt behind the other parked Autobots waiting with Tessa. Shane eagerly got the hell out of Bumblebee, and jumped into Drift, sitting next to Tessa. "That was a little intense." Shane sighed finally relaxing.

"Why what happened, where's my dad?" Tessa asked noticing her father was nowhere in site.

Shane exhaled leaning back into his seat. "He went to check the labs out, he told me to get out with Bee quietly. You hear what I just said, quietly Bee quietly!" Shane stuck his head out Drifts window.

Bumblebee transformed shook his helm and waved his servos pointing at Optimus's truck, hoping Shane would shut up.

Shane raised an eyebrow, quickly figuring out Bumblebee did not want what he did inside the KSI building to be heard by Optimus. "No I'm not going to shut up, you acted like a crazy little child throwing a temper tantrum, doing burn outs and smashing prototype robots!" Shane waved a fingure at the scout that waved his arms and shook his helm frantically.

"You did what!?" Optimus began to transform.

Bumblebee immediately drooped his doorwings, tilting his helm in Shane's direction, giving him an annoyed glare. *Thanks asshole...*

Suddenly Cade came in over everyone's radio. "I'm in, are you seeing this." a visual of Ratchet's helm being metled down played. "They're melting Ratchet."

Bumblebee's spark dropped at the scene of Ratchet's dismantled helm.

"They slaughtered Ratchet!" Optimus snapped, smashing down a lamp post. Ratchet was the last oldest friend he had alive, and he was being melted down like a piece of scrap metal.

"I'm going to tear them apart!" Bumblebee transformed as his father spat threats. Bumblebee peeled off, charging back to the KSI building. He was finally beginning to see what his father meant by there being evil humans.