Chapter Eight

"Get in there!" a Decepticon brute hurled Router in a cell. "Autobot scum."

The brute walked off and she heard the door slam.

"Now to find Bumblebee…" she said turning on her scanner. Then…

"R…Router?…" she heard a voice from behind. She turned to find what remained of her CO.

"Bumblebee! You're online." she whispered excitedly.

"W…(cough)…what are you doing here?" Bumblebee asked as oil and energon spurted out of his mouth.

"Shh…don't talk. You need to save your energon. Looks like you only got a few miles left. Don't worry."

Bumblebee just laid still and looked at Router.

"Wh…" he was cut off by Router's servo.

"Don't say anything. Just hold still."

She reached in her storage compartment and pulled out medic tools.

"Wha…" again he was cut off.

"Do you know how keep quiet?" she said teasing.

Bumblebee just gave her a smile, then he remembered on Earth when Prowl and Ratchet tried shutting Bumblebee up, almost laughing. Then Sari came up.

"These wounds are critical." Router interrupted his day-dream. "One more blow and you would've been beyond repair."

Bumblebee held his chassis as he felt more pain.

"What? What is it?"

"A…v…virus."

She dug around in her storage compartment again and pulled out a kit.

"Ok, listen. Don't worry about what I'm doing. Just think of something else." she instructed him.

Bumblebee closed his optics and thought of Sari.

"There might be some discomfort."

He opened his optics wide to the sound of her words.

With Autobot Command…

"You mean you found the Con's base of operations?" Master Prime asked over the radio.

"I believe we have, sir."

"What source?"

"We overheard two Decepticon scouts on patrol. They said something about their primary base."

"How can we be sure?"

"Router sacrificed herself to save Captain Bumblebee."

"He's still online?"

"YES."

"If your right, we can attack and knock the Cons off this planet for good."

"Right you are, sir."

"And the natives are willing to aid us."

"What natives?" Sprocket asked.

"The one whose village Bumblebee was taken from."

"Oh…"

"Well, send us your coordinates and the entire Autobot force, and I, will converge on your location."

"Yes sir."

Back in the cell…

"There…you should be stable."

"Wh…what happened?"

"I neutralized the virus and gave you some energon. Just enough to keep you online until we get out of here."

Then…

"Hehehehe…hahahahaha!" came a cold laugh from the shadows. "You think you're getting out of here. The only way you'll get out is in a casket."

"Think again you overgrown rust bucket." Sprocket shouted.

"Now I don't take kindly to insults, right Bumblebee?"

Bumblebee held his chassis and glared at the De-Commander.

"Well now look what we have here, a femme." he said opening the gate. " You know I've been lonely on this spark forsaken planet for a long time."

"Don't touch her." Bumblebee shouted getting to his feet.

"Or what?"

"I'll rip your optic from its socket."

"Like you can. The only thing you…wait a minute, is this the bot you were talking about. Well not talking but, is this you femmefriend?"

Bumblebee rushed the commander and forced him against the wall.

"She's not."

"Well in that case, mind if I show her around. (evil laughing)"

Bumblebee held his fist high, but felt pain in his lower back.

"BUMBLEBEE!" Router shouted.

A Con, who came from now where, stabbed Bumblebee from behind and flung him to the ground.

"As I was saying…"

"SIR! SIR!" a Con shouted coming in.

"Argh…what is it?!?"

"Enemy forces sighted."

"From where?"

"The lookout."

The De Commander just froze.

"That close."

"Yes Sir, they…"

BOOM!!!!!!

An artillery shell blasted a hole right through the four layered wall.

"Alert! Alert! Hull breach detected. Lockdown initiated." the speaker said.

"Battle stations!"

"Get me out of here." the De-Commander shouted.

"That's not possible." another Con shouted over the blast from cannons.

"Why not?"

"We're surrounded."

The commander just fell into a seat and stared at the floor.

"What do we do now?"

"Fight."

They all ran out to defend their base.

"Thank you." Router said.

"Don't mention it. Come on."

They ran down corridor after corridor, but no way out.

"What about here?" Router said opening a door. "Hey look at this." She turned to see Bumblebee on his knees holding his chassis. "Bumblebee! Are you OK?"

"Yeah…just…what'd you find."

She lead him into a room filled with missiles and other explosives.

"They could blow up three flagships with all this." Bumblebee said.

"I guess this is their ammo depot. The one we were looking for."

Bumblebee thought long and hard.

"I got it! Is there a radio in here?"

They both looked around and found one.

"Sweet. Now I adjust it to the Autobot frequency...and…"

Out on the command center…

"Yes pound that base with all you got!" Master Prime ordered.

"Sir?"

"What?"

"Radio."

"Hello?"

"Sir. Captain Bumblebee here."

"Bumblebee?!"

"Yeah, is Jazz there?"

"Um…yeah…hold on."

A minute later…

"Bumblebee? Man you don't know how glad I am to hear you. We thought we lost you."

"Yeah yeah…listen, this base is the ammo depot we've been looking for."

"Serious? Man, this day couldn't get any better."

"Wait for it. We're inside."

"We?" Jazz asked.

"Me and Router."

"Well, we send in a crew and…"

"No! No Autobot must enter. Just keep the Cons from escaping. I have a plan."

"Ok. Lets hear it."

"I know a way to get rid of the Con's hold on the planet and their depot. If I detonate these bombs from the inside, they'll be gone in one swift blow."

"Tricky, but could work. But how are you going to get out?"

"I'll set the timer with enough time for me and Router to get out."

"Alright, I'll make sure no ones leaves."

Back inside…

"Ok. He's going to by us some time. We need to get all the explosives spread out in this room so that they could bring the whole base down."

They carried bombs to every corner, to every wall, and in the middle.

"Ok that should do it. Get running. I'll tell Jazz you're on your way out."

"But…"

"Go! That's an order."

She hesitated and took off.

"Alright Decepti-Creeps. Time to go bye-bye."

"I don't think so."

Bumblebee turned around to see the commander.

"You think I'm going to let you escape?"

"Well, you did. At least I thought you did." Bumblebee teased.

"If I'm going down, you're coming with me."

"Sorry, I've already been to hell because of you. But now I'm returning the favor." He swung and hit the commander in his jaw.

"Well, you got your spark back. Good, twice the pride, double the fall."

"Something will fall, but its not going to be me." Bumblebee said back.

They rushed each other and brawled out next to highly, activated explosives.

In the hall, Router continued to run and found a hole big enough for her. But she heard a heavy metal fall. She turned and saw nothing. Then heard Bumblebee.

"No…" she ran back as fast as she can.

Back in the demolition room.

"You'll never win. The Decepticons will emerge victorious." The Con said tying to choke Bumblebee.

"Well I have news for you, I ain't down yet." and punched him in the optic. "I'm right here."

"Bumblebee." Router shouted from the door.

"What are you still doing here? Get out." Bumblebee shouted.

"Come on, I'm not leaving you again." she said pulling his arm and started the timer on the bombs.

"There's the opening. Come on."

But Bumblebee felt a weight on his foot and tripped. He looked to find the Con hanging on.

"Like I said, if I'm going down, you're coming with me."

"Router GO!"

She froze.

"GO!"

She went to help her CO but was pushed. Bumblebee pushed her out of the hole and sent her flying a hundred meters from the base.

"Bumblebee! NO!"

Back inside…

"You remember when you asked me if I wanted to go offline?" Bumblebee asked the con, who held tightly to his foot.

"Yeah."

"I would, if it means getting rid of you Cons and making the universe safer for Sari."

"Who the spark is…"

BOOM! BANG! KABOOM!

A series of explosions went off and caused the whole base to cave inward. Unfortunately, trapping all inside. A roar of cheer followed, except for one.

Back at Autobot base camp…

Jazz came in holding a case of oil followed by Bumblebee's crew. "Haha! We did it! The Cons are gone! They're naming this planet Autotron. Isn't cool?!"

"Yeah! Woo!" the rest shouted.

Router just sat on the berth.

"What's up? Where's Bumblebee?" Sprocket asked.

She started crying after hearing his name.

"What's…oh no. Don't say it."

She look at him.

"No…"

They all got quiet. Some even cried.

"He cant be. He survived torture." Wide Eyes said. "Lets go look for him."

"What?" they all said.

"He's an Autobot. What if he's still online."

"Wide Eyes, he went through torture, what more could a bot handle?" Copperhead argued.

Jazz got up and walked outside, the rest followed to see what he was doing. They saw Jazz digging in the rubble. One by one they joined in.

For megacycles, the looked. Until…

"JAZZ!"

They all rushed to Hot Shot, who was holding Bumblebee's arm, that's it, just his arm. They turned away and sobbed for their fallen leader.

"I guess he is offline."

That was the last any one said.

Back on Earth, eight years later…

"Come on Ratchet. Please." A teenage version on Sari Sumdac pleaded with Ratchet.

"No. Any ways, I cant with out his structural makeup."

Sari just stood in defeat looking at her 'wedding' ring.

"He look." Bulkhead said pointing at the sky.

"Its an Autobot flagship." Ratchet pointed out.

"Its Bumblebee!" Sari shouted.

The ship landed and out came Jazz, who had a straight, sorrow face.

"I'll go see what's up." Prime said.

"Where's Bumblebee?" Sari kept asking.

Prime went back to his crew, with watery optics. "Sari…"

"No…"

They all bowed their heads and saw Jazz coming, followed by Bumblebee's squad.

"We're sorry about your lost. This is all we found of him." Jazz said and held up Bumblebee's arm.

They saw that it had the Autobot Elite Guard symbol.

"He was a brave soldier. No bot couldn't ask for more."

Sari just cried and cried. So did everyone else.

"Listen kid…(sob)" Ratchet started. "I'll do what you asked. We have his structural makeup right here."

"(sniffle)…thank you so much Ratchet."

Two years later…

In the park, Sari was walking with her friend, who happens to be a guy, and they sit on a bench.

"So…Sari, we've been friends for a long time."

"Yeah…"

"So…will you be my girlfriend?"

Sari got embarrassed. Then she noticed her ring and saw SS+BB.

"Sorry, but, I'm spoken for." She said and walked home.

Back at the plant…

"Hey guys." she said.

"Finally your back." Bulkhead shouted with joy.

"Why?" she asked with a smile.

"We couldn't keep him still for five monocycles."

"Let me see."

She went over and picked up a small, metallic, yellow, and orange bot the size of a baby.

"For a sparkling, he sure is a servoful."

"He's just like his father." she said cuddling the sparkling that looks a lot like Bumblebee. "Just like him."

Back on Autotron…

Beneath the rubble, a motionless Autobot lies. He slowly opens his optics and says…

"Sari…"

To Be Continued…

There will be a sequel to this story, don't worry.