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It was cold. It was dark. Laying down on something so uncomfortable he thought his joints would give out the moment he moved. Bumblebee let out a static-like groan, his optics coming online, sitting up, feeling his whole frame and processor ached. Bumblebee looked around, it was pretty dark, he was in some sort of locked room, the walls and floor jagged up, definitely uncomfortable to lay on or against. Bumblebee could barely make out his surroundings with how dark it was, his optics quickly adjusted though, and he saw a door across from him. Bumblebee quickly stood on his peds, walking over to the door. It was a giant steel door, one that looked like it could only be open from the other side. There was a small window on top, shining a little bit of light into the room. The Window was not big enough for Bee to squeeze through, but enough for him to look around.
Bumblebee grunted as he jumped up, using what little strength he had at the moment to pull himself up far enough to look out of the window. Bee couldn't get much view of the outside, it looked almost the same as the inside of the room, but it was more lit up. Bumblebee huffed and vented, struggling to support himself, so he jumped back down. After venting and letting his servos rest a bit, he jumped up again to try looking around more, only to be greeted with a black face with red optics and a sharp red pointy smile.
"PEAK-A-BOO~!" Random greeted, laughing hard. The Minibot let out a startled scream, falling down onto the ground, groaning in pain, but he backed up against the wall as the steel door slid open. Blitzwing walked into the room, smiling down at the Minibot, the door closing behind him. Bumblebee stood up, trying to pull out his stingers, however, he couldn't.
"What the....?!" Bumblebee kept trying, but it was no use. Repeated codes kept popping up on his HUD, saying 'Deactivated' each time. Blitzwing switched to Icy.
"Don't even try, little one. Your weapons and T-Cog have been deactivated for the time being. So good luck trying to fight or run away." Blitzwing explained calmly, though it only managed to make Bumblebee panic even more.
"W-where am I!? Let me out!" Bumblebee yelled, demanding answers.
"I think you know the answer to that *Switch* After all, Megatron did happily declare with treats for everyone! MUAHAHA!" Random laughed, it took Bumblebee a klik to think about it. The realization was enough to make him purge.
"N-No...I-I don't believe you! You're just messing with me!" Bumblebee shouted at the Triple Changer, who switched to Hothead.
"Don't yell at me! It's true whether you take my word for it or not! I only came to give you this, take it or leave it." Blitzwing opened his subspace and almost carefully, pulled out a small plate. On the plate was meager rations and a tiny bit of oil.
"Megatron doesn't want to waste the resources we have for now, so be a grateful little insect. *Switch* Does the little sparkling want me to feed you like a Carrier~?" Random teased, Bumblebee glared and scoffed at him. Bee looked at the rations and oil, it looked...gross. No, it looked contaminated, it made him cringe. Dried up, soggy, and bitter. There was no way he was refueling with whatever this was in his tanks, thinking he'd purge up this poison before he could even swallow or taste it.
"I am NOT eating whatever the hell that is..." Bumblebee glared up at Blitzwing, backing up as much as he could now, his back pressed against the uncomfortable wall. Blitzwing switched back to Icy, stared down at Bumblebee for a nanosec, but just shrugged and put the plate back in his subspace.
"You can be that way. Though, I recommend refueling when given the chance, because you won't be getting much. Now, get comfortable if you can, you won't be going anywhere for a long time." With that said, Blitzwing took his leave, of course, the scout tried rushing past him to get out, but Blitzwing saw this coming and roughly pushed Bumblebee back against the wall. Bumblebee groaned in pain, thankfully it was just a few scratches and a dent, but by the time he got back up, Blitzwing was already gone. He was locked in this supposed prison cell again.
"Great...now what do I do?" Bumblebee muttered to himself, he needed to find a way out. Blitzwing's words replayed in his head, they were actually on New Kaon? The horrible, petrifying, eerie Decepticon Colony?....No. No. Bumblebee won't believe a single word of what Blitzwing said. He won't believe a filthy Deceti-creep like him nor any other Con!
"New Kaon, yeah right...just wait till I'm out of here. I bet the others come and get me, no way they'll forget their team star player~." Bumblebee smiled smugly, but then the events of what happened with the Space Bridge came to his processor. Bee frowned, why did he have to run his mouth like that? It wasn't his team's fault, certainly not Optimus'...Oh Primus, he said he hated Bossbot!
"H-he knows I didn't mean it. He'll come get me, they all will! Just gotta play the waiting game, or find a way out." Bumblebee reassured himself, he had nothing to worry about. He was confident his team would be here in a day or 2. Just gotta wait or find an opportunity to outrun these Cons. It won't be long now.
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Waiting and sitting around was never Bumblebee's thing, then again, the scout failed to realize he had no way of telling how much time was passing. Mega cycles must've passed by now. Bee tried stretching and running around in the small room, looking out the small window on the steel door, constantly trying to pull out his stingers, trying to get his comm.link to work, trying to transform, just anything. Recharging was a pain, he couldn't get comfortable at all, the walls and floor were painful, unbearable to lay on or lay against. Bumblebee was so annoyed and frustrated, how did he fail to notice Blitzwing grabbed him when the Space Bridge slag happened? He didn't even realize he was knocked out before reaching the other side.
Bumblebee groaned, he was lying down on the uncomfortable jagged up floor, trying to recharge, he was tired, not only that he was also hungry. His tanks needed a refuel, but he didn't want whatever Blitzwing tried giving him. He wouldn't rather starve, just eat something more bearable. Bumblebee tried distracting himself from the red warnings filling his HUD, thinking where his team was. He'll do anything to see them right now. Take a 100 smacks against the helm from Ratchet, watch Prowl's boring nature shows, paint or sculpt with Bulkhead, monitor Duty for a whole month ordered by Optimus, and do whatever Sari says. Just anything for Primus' sake.
Bumblebee was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the steel door sliding open, sitting up and seeing Blitzwing walk in again, he looked a bit dented up this time.
"If you're wondering, just a few dents from setting a few mechs straight. *Switch* So don't worry that pretty little helm of yours~!" Random joked, smiling more as the Minibot scoffed at him.
"As if I worry about you, they should've dented up that faceplate of yours, but guess they couldn't pick which to make even uglier." Bumblebee smirked as he insulted the Triple Changer, trying not to cringe as his tanks rumbled for refuel.
"Keep throwing petty insults and I'll let you go to bed hungry, little one~." Blitzwing once again pulled out a tray of meager rations with a tiny thing of oil from his subspace again, offering it to Bumblebee. Bee felt his tanks rumble again, he was in need of a refuel so bad, but he wouldn't give in.
"No way. Bring me back a 5-course meal and then just maybe I'll take it." Bumblebee smirked in pride, seeing Blitzwing switch to Hothead was worth it.
"Listen here you little pest, I am trying to keep you alive! You've already cost me enough trouble just by bringing you here! You can at least take the damn thing!" Blitzwing shouted at him, but Bumblebee stood his ground. He wasn't gonna take it. Blitzwing let out a low growl and quickly left, locking the steel door behind him. Bumblebee was alone again, sitting back down, groaning as more red warnings popped up in his HUD.
He can get through this. He just had to stay strong.
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Falling into recharge was difficult, but somehow by some miracle, Bumblebee managed to slip into recharge for a brief period of time. Mega cycles passed again, Blitzwing having not shown up yet, each breem, each nanosec was agony. Bumblebee was so uncomfortable, his tanks churning and rumbling harder in need of a refuel so bad. Bumblebee cursed and swore at himself multiple times, he tried staying occupied with something, but all he could do was stretch, think, look out that tiny window, attempt to recharge, and wonder in his processor. Primus, he felt weak, he felt useless, and he needed to find a way out somehow. Bumblebee tried thinking about how the frag he could get outside of this cell, it was hard to think due to his aching tank, the uncomfortable feeling of the jagged floor and walls, the arguing outside his cell.
Wait, arguing?
Bumblebee sat up and looked towards the steel door, hearing the sounds of the argument getting closer and closer. Bumblebee got up on his peds and walked to the door, listening closely as best as he could.
"I can take guard! I'll do anything for the magnificent Lord Megatron~!"
"Why do you have to be such a suck-up for the fragger!? It's bad enough I have to work for the pathetic Tyrant!"
"Then let me take guard~! I will happily do so for my gracious lord~!"
"Ugh, why am I even arguing with myself!?"
No doubt, it was the Starscream clones, 2 of them by the sound of it. The bootlicking one and the one who thinks he's better than the actual Starscream, even Megatron. Bumblebee wondered why they were arguing about taking guard, and then the 2 managed to stop in front of his cell door to continue arguing.
"Come now Thundercracker, we can switch places~! Pretty please~!?" The suck-up one begged and pleaded with Thundercracker, who only scoffed and was considering beating this other clone to a pile of scraps.
"For the millionth time, it's a no! If I want to work my way up to the top to take the actual Starscream's place and soon offline Megatron, then I need to do it my slagging self Sunstrom!" Thundercracker shouted at Sunstorm, who only smiled and bowed down.
"Why of course~! If you want to be as great then why not say so~! I will happily follow your lead and Megatron's lead~!" Sunstorm once again, as always, bootlicking and following the first superior lead he sees.
"Good! Now go away! I am taking charge here!" Thundercracker shouted, ordering Sunstorm. Bumblebee knew this was his only chance to escape, as Prowl once said, he was gonna use his obnoxious personality to get himself out. Before Sunstorm left, Bee jumped up to the small window to make himself present.
"Well, I rather have stuck up here take guard rather than you!" Bumblebee claimed, grabbing both Seeker Clones' attention.
"Oh my primus, a mech who sees me as worthy of the job~!? You're far too kind, sweet Minibot~." Sunstorm walked over to the cell door, giving a small bow to Bumblebee. Thundercracker growled and turned to the prisoner who dared spoke up.
"WHAT!? NO! I need to earn my way up to the top so I can overthrow Megatron! Do what the 'REAL' Starscream couldn't!" Thundercracker shouted, glaring daggers at the Minibot, who was getting a processor ache from the clone's shouting, but kept up his taunt and act.
"Hmm...isn't that what the real Starscream did? Seems like you're only setting yourself up to fail down the same road he took." Bumblebee remarked, smirking as Thundercracker got more upset, Bee swore he could hear the clone's denta grinding together.
"Why yes, yes, it's true! If you too wish to be great and glorious then you must set up a different plan of action~! One I will be more than happy to help you with~." Sunstorm said as he encouraged Thundercracker, but the clone was still very upset.
"Oh yeah!? I can make a better plan than that failure! One of which will have Megatron realize I am the superior one! ME!" Thundercracker claimed, Bee smirked harder. Got them right where he wanted them.
"Well, if you wanna be better than suck-up here and better than Megs or Screams, then you should start by opening this cell door! Both of you can prove it here and now!" Bumblebee smiled, Sunstorm was about to obey, but Thundercracker stopped him.
"HA! As if I'm a fool to fall for that! We're not opening this door just so you can escape!"
"Escape? Nooooo~, I would never~, I'm saying open the door to prove ME wrong. Opening it can be the first step to be the better Starscream~."
"Absolutely not!"
"Alright then....coward." The moment that word left Bee's denta, Thundercracker looked as if he was ready to pummel him into the Well of Sparks.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Thundercracker shouted so loudly, that his vocalizer sounded a bit static.
"You heard me. At least suck-up here has the ball bearings to do it. So he should be in charge." Bee smiled, Sunstorm grinning with glee from his comment.
"Oh, you are so kind~! Giving me the honor, and to say I am capable of this task~! I shall happily follow your lead~!" Sunstorm praised and reached out, tried opening the door again, but Thundercracker stopped him again, smacking his servo away.
"You think you're so clever!? You think you know better than me! I AM the better Starscream! I will not go down the same path as that pathetic excuse of a bot dammit!" Thundercracker yelled once more, Bee huffed and tilted his helm away.
"If you really are, then prove me wrong right now!" Bee yelled back, Thundercracker grumbled many obscenities, before stomping to the door and letting it slide open.
"There! I am better!" Thundercracker shouted, about to close the door, but Bumblebee raised his servo and wiggled his digit in front of them.
"Nope. Not done. Suck-up here is still better, he'll do whatever it takes, even come into this cell if I say so, something you can't do either." Bumblebee stuck out his glossia and pointed it at the 2 clones, he kept up his taunts, if he could just get them to walk in...
"I will be more than happy to obey your command!" Sunstorm obeyed and walked into the cell, walking past Bumblebee.
"Oh yeah!? Watch me!" Thundercracker stomped his way into the cell, shoving past the Minibot. Now was Bumblebee's chance. Bee walked out of the cell calmly, not rushing things just yet, he turned to the 2 clones and grinned.
"Oh, by the way, he called you a Slag-Eater back on earth." Bumblebee lied and pointed at Sunstorm, Thundercracker's rage now on the clone, ready to berate him as Sunstorm tried defending himself. Bee quickly got the steel door to slide close and lock it, immediately rushing down dark rocky prison halls to find a way out.
"Ha! Too easy! I'll be out of here in no time!" Bee happily celebrated, though he stumbled a bit when his tanks began to rumble again, reminding him of his need to refuel. Bumblebee would have to eat later, right now, he had to get out of here. Bumblebee kept running down the dark halls, with lots of mining carts and boxes around too, it made Bee somewhat hopeful, thinking he was still on earth, in the mines somewhere. Though, the boxes and carts were strangely large, but probably used for the usual heavy shipments and for the robots in Detroit to use.
Bee just kept focusing on how to get out, the place was like a damn maze though. Bumblebee was growing frustrated, but tried to stay level-headed, he soon heard more talking down one of the halls. Bee slowed down to a stop and hid behind some of the boxes, peaking around them and seeing 2 large strange mechs walking down another hall, more Decepticons, talking about something. Strange, Bee has never seen Decepticons like that, they were wearing a certain style of plating on them, sorta patrolling, take guard perhaps?
"What is going on?" Bumblebee muttered to himself, questions were now running through his processor, such as why were there more Cons on earth? Where was he? Where was his team? Bee shook his helm and waited for the 2 guards to walk out of sight, taking his chance to hurry along out of hiding and go in the direction they came from. Wherever they came from has gotta be the way out of here. As Bee kept running, hiding and peaking around corners to see if more guards were around, he soon felt a breeze nearby. Breezes in caves and tunnels often meant the way out was near.
Bumblebee smiled widely, finally, he was home free. Bumblebee turned the corner and was ready to follow the feeling of the breezy winds, but stopped dead in his tracks as Blitzwing himself stood right in front of him. Blitzwing was walking down the halls to make his way to Bumblebee's cell to try and get him to refuel again, so he was more than shocked to see the scout was running out and about. Bumblebee backed away slowly, Blitzwing approaching him just as slow and reaching out his servos. Blitzwing switched over to Hothead.
"How did you get out!? Why are you even out!? *Switch* Come with me slowly. No other mech needs to know you escaped. Don't make this harder than it needs to be." Icy spoke, trying to give Bee a more peaceful option, but the speeding scout wasn't falling for it.
"Gotta catch me first, Blitzbrain!" Bumblebee darted and sprinted back to the direction he came from, hearing Blitzwing's faceplates shift behind him and hearing heavy peds chase after him.
"COME HERE NOW!" Hothead roared, chasing Bee down the halls, his shout alerting other Con Guards nearby as well. Bumblebee did his best to outrun and maneuver his way through, but with each corner and hall he went down, a guard was in the way to try and catch him. A few guards even tried pouncing onto Bumblebee to catch him, tried attacking him, or at least corner him, but the Minibot was quicker and ran past them all
"GIVE IT UP ALREADY!" Bumblebee shouted at them, now having the massive Triple Changer and multiple guards after him. Blitzwing switched to Random, laughing insanely as he aimed his cannons, charged them up and fired at Bumblebee. Bee managed to avoid getting burned, but he couldn't avoid the ice. The ice beam hit his right stabilizer, causing Bumblebee to yelp as he fell onto the rocky floor, not having time to get up as 2 guards pounced on him, stopping him from moving entirely. Bumblebee struggled, yet it was no use, Blitzwing then grabbed ahold him and lifted him up into the air.
"Are you done playing little one~!? We can play games later~! HAHAHAHA!" Random cackled, soon switching back to Icy, holding Bumblebee tightly in his servos, carrying him back to his cell with a few guards behind him just in case. Bumblebee struggled, squirmed, wiggled, yet nothing worked, soon slouching down in defeat. His escape attempt had failed and Bee was being sent back to his cell.
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After getting Thundercracker and Sunstrom out of the cell, Blitzwing tossed Bee back in there without another word said, sliding the door shut and locking it. Bumblebee let a frustrated sigh, jumping up to the window and yelling at the Decepticons, demanding to be set free, but he was ignored as they all left. Blitzwing didn't even attempt to offer the rations and oil this time, perhaps as some sort of punishment, but it only made Bee more angry.
Bee wanted out. Bee needed to get out. He couldn't stand being in this cell for another klik. He was tired, he was hungry, he was frustrated, annoyed, pissed, disappointed. All Bumblebee could do was sit and rant to himself. Time passed by itself without him noticing.
"Unbelievable...first I get kidnapped, now I can't get any decent refuel, can't recharge, can't get out. What's next that's gonna send my processor into a migraine!?" Bumblebee ranted on and on, trying to think of other ways to escape. The sounds of the steel door sliding open though, had caught Bumblebee's attention, snapping his helm over to the door and seeing an all too familiar, egotistical, narcissistic, cowardly, ugly-faceplated Decepticon walking. The actual and real Starscream, having his head back on his body, the Con looked down at the Minibot.
"What the frag? How did you get your body back!?" Bumblebee shouted at him, demanding for an answer, Starscream scoffed and waved his servo at him, as if to brush Bee off.
"I have my way with words, especially after you tricked 2 of my clones into letting you out. Megatron has more use for me, rather than waste time on some slagging glitches that got tricked by an Autobot." Starscream answered, approaching the Minibot and locking the door behind him.
"Not to mention, it will be ME putting YOU in your place, for causing such trouble and wasting time!" Starscream raised his servo and smacked Bumblebee, sending him flying to the other side of the wall. Bumblebee yelled and groaned in pain, trying to get up to defend him, hoping he could pull out his stingers, but the Deactivated message from his HUD reminded him otherwise. Starscream grabbed Bumblebee by the next, lifting him up into the air, Bee struggled and kicked, trying to slip free.
"You know, all you have to do is beg for my mercy, just show me how sorry you are, and I'll take it easy on you." Starscream grinned before throwing the Minibot again to the other side of the cell. Bumblebee screamed and moaned in pain, feeling the jagged walls scratch up his plating a bit deep, making a dent or 2. No way was Bee gonna get pushed around.
"Beg? T-to you? Not even if Megs pointed his cannon at my helm all charged up. Stupid slagging wannabe!" Bumblebee argued and insulted Starscream, making the Seeker angry. Starscream approached Bee and stomped down onto the Minibot, listening to the sounds of the armor being scrapped even more as Bumblebee yelled in pain.
"You will beg! You will submit! I am the one in control here! Not you!" Starscream pressed down harder, Bumblebee groaning and trying to vent as he felt himself slowly being crushed by the large Con.
"N-no! M-might as well o-o-offline me! I r-rather die!" Bumblebee yelled, the giant ped soon was off him, he didn't have much time to get up. Starscream grabbed Bumblebee by the neck again, lifting him up and slamming him against the jagged wall. Despite the pain, red warnings in his HUD, fear and anger, Bee kept trying to fight back.
"I would be careful with your choice of words Autobot. The ONLY reason you're still only is cause that useless triple changer begged so, though I have no problem breaking you here and now." Starscream hissed, tightening his grip on Bee's neck, choking him slowly, making Bumblebee struggle more.
"Just beg. Submit. Call me your new leader and obey me!" Starscream yelled directly into Bumblebee's face, waiting for an answer, losing his grip a bit to let the scout speak. Bumblebee vented as best as he can, looking Starscream dead in the optic, soon giving a smirk.
"Ya know, y-your very existence is proof failure d-does have a sense of humor. If I won't b-bow to Megatron then I won't bow down to you...you'll never be as f-feared nor as respected like your 'GREAT' and 'GLORIOUS' warlord..." Bumblebee groaned and spoke, static breaking up his words a bit, but it was worth it. Seeing the Seeker grow tired of him already, seeing him get more furious at him, it was very much worth it.
"Do you ever SHUT UP!?" Starscream shouted, lifting Bumblebee higher, making him face the wall, and then slamming him down. Bumblebee's face hitting the jagged wall very hard and very rough.
*CRACK*
Bumblebee cried out loudly in pain, energon spilling from his helm, flowing down and dripping onto the floor as it covered his servos. His right horn had been chipped and his right optic had broken badly, attempting to look at anything made it worse, all he could see was static out of the optic. Bumblebee shouted and cried, his pain sensors kicked up in levels like crazy, red warnings filled his HUD, but Bee couldn't pay mind to anything else. His helm, optic, and processor hurt so badly. Bee couldn't stop the tears from flowing from the severe pain, he wanted it to stop. Starscream rolled his optics and started stomping out of the cell.
"Oh quit crying! You'll be fine!" That was the last thing Bumblebee heard as Starscream left him in pain. Bumblebee was trembling badly, trying to ease his venting, but he couldn't. His processor was going through a terrible migraine, making him whimper and cry more. Bumblebee tried to stop the energon from pouring even further, but it only covered his servos more and touching his helm sting. Bumblebee tried not to move, but the throbbing pain did not make it any easier.
All Bumblebee could do was sit there, crying and hoping the pain would stop. Hoping his sensitive horn wasn't broken, hoping he could see out of his cracked and broken optic, but he prayed to Primus for all of this to just be some sort of terrible defragging nightmare. Bumblebee wanted to wake up and be with his team again.
"Primus...please...oh primus it hurts so bad...." Bumblebee whimpered, still shaking, trying to stop crying. Bee laid down slowly and easily, his venting becoming more unsteady as he tried to calm down, his armor rattling from the shaking and unsteady venting. He would do anything to make it all stop. Just anything....
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Bumblebee wasn't aware he slipped into recharge, not until he was awake by the sounds of the steel door sliding open with heavy peds walking inside. Bumblebee onlined his optics slowly, but his right optic ached when trying to online it. All he saw was static out of the optic. The ache then moved to his processor, returning the feeling of the processing migraine he had before. Red warnings filled his HUD, but Bumblebee couldn't even see those clearly either. Bee sat up, groaning and trying not to cry, but he couldn't stop the quiet whimpers coming from his vocalizer. Everything hurt so bad. His pain sensors were all over the place.
Blitzwing stared down at the Minibot, seeing the small bright mech tremble wasn't enjoyable to watch. Why was he so fixated on this small Autobot again? Why did seeing him hurt bother him when he's never been bothered by other mechs that have been hurt? He also felt anger, towards Starscream, did he really need to hurt the Minibot to this extent? Blitzwing vented, opening his subspace and pulling some stuff. The tray of oil and rations, a microchip, and a roll of bandages. Blitzwing took a seat next to Bumblebee, the scout now noticing his movement towards him, tensing up and trying to back away.
"Calm yourself. I am not here to harm you. Just let me at least ease some of your pain." Blitzwing calmly spoke, but Bumblebee was hesitant. He didn't want to get hurt again, but his pain sensors were at their highest with his processor aching so badly. Bumblebee just wanted it to stop, so, he pushed his feelings aside and put his trust into Blitzwing.
Blitzwing waited for a few kliks before bringing the microchip towards Bumblebee's helm, Bumblebee didn't know what it was, but allowed Blitzwing to insert it into his helm port. At first, Bee felt nothing, wondering why Blitzwing did that, but soon he felt his pain sensors slowly die down. A few lines of coding were activated and the migraine was now just a small processor ache. Bumblebee vented in relief, the pain was subsided for now. Blitzwing then uses the bandages to wrap it around Bee's broken optic and horn, at least enough to make sure no more Energon is leaked from the wounds. Bumblebee hissed from how tight the wrapping was, but let Blitzwing finish while offlining his broken optic.
Once that was done, Blitzwing then once again, offered the tray of refuel, as Bee's tanks once again reminded him of how he needed to refuel immediately. Bumblebee didn't want to, but at this point, there was no point in arguing or fighting. Bumblebee slowly yet hesitantly took the tray from Blitzwing, he looked at the rations and oil for a few kliks, before he slowly picked up a small bit of the rations with his digits, and slowly ate it.
It...didn't taste bad. Not great, but not bad. Bumblebee couldn't hold back, he just started devouring the rations and instantly jugged down the small amount of oil. He was so hungry, needed to refuel so bad, he wished there was more, and he wished that he didn't start crying. Bee didn't know why he began to cry, was it from the refuel? The fact Blitzwing aided him? Homesickness? He didn't know why. Blitzwing didn't speak a word, just stayed by Bumblebee, not judging him in any way, and Bee was grateful for it. Even with the oil and rations now devoured, Blitzwing took the tray and just stayed by Bumblebee, no words were exchanged, Bee did stop crying though at least. For once, Bumblebee didn't mind the company, but he still wanted to go home.
After what seemed like Megacycles, Blitzwing got a ping in his comm.link, he once again needed to go. As Blitzwing stood up to leave, he turned to Bumblebee and looked down at him, Bee looking back at him.
"...Just to be clear, I can't give you anything else to relieve your pain sensors if they begin to reach high levels again. Though, I will continue to bring you rations. Now I recommend getting some rest and not go causing any more trouble." With that said, Blitzwing left, locking the door. Bumblebee was left alone once again in the dark cell. Bee frowned, raising his servo up to his bandaged optic and horn, even with the bandages on, the slightest touch caused a stinging sensation, it made him hiss in pain. Bumblebee started to think about all that's happened so far again, remembering back to what Megatron said about the Space Bridge.
He didn't want to believe Blitzwing, but was he really on New Kaon? Is that why his team hadn't found him yet? The guards, what Starscream said, the other prison cells, the giant carts and boxes. There was too much to not deny it, but....
....No, no, he still wasn't gonna believe it. Blitzwing may have been nice enough to aid and feed him, but he still was gonna keep hoping that Megatron failed. That they were just somewhere else. Bee just had to keep hoping and stay strong. No matter how much pain he goes through, he is going to get out of here. One way or another.
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Bumblebee's injury(Yes, this is a shitty sketch I made):
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