Bee woke up he sat up and noticed he was back to his normal self. He looked around and then heard a voice, he searched for the source of the sound but found nothing until the voice told him where it was coming from.
-Be careful Bee your not in my form you could be unstable I don't want you to hurt yourself. Now don't get any stupid ideas ok we need to get out of here and return to our mission, we have to destroy the fake star saber-
-Ok-
The scout carefully got down off the berth without making a sound and made his way over to the relic room. Once he got there he found the fake relic and grabbed it. When he had it he made his way towards the exit, he felt the cool air hit him as he stepped outside something he always loved about the night in Nevada. He turned to the base and picked up the sword, with one quick movement he clashed the sword with the outside wall of the base causing it to shatter. Once the sword was in pieces on the ground he buried them under the sand so it's energy signal couldn't be picked up and transformed and drove off.
As Optimus and Elita slept they were startled awake by the loud echoing sound of something shattering. Optimus quickly ran out of his room and found nothing, he saw Ratchet had gotten up. When Optimus thought everything was fine he saw that the medic had found something wrong.
"What's wrong old friend?"
"Bumblebee is missing.."
The two mechs split up and looked around the base. They met back up in the main room showing they found nothing.
Arcee sat in Bumblebee's quarters going through all the data pads that had pictures. She slowly started to fall into recharge, when she was almost fully in recharge she was startled awake by a loud sound that echoed throughout the base. She accidentally dropped the data pad the had a picture of Arcee and Bumblebee, when she picked it up the data pad's screen was shattered. She felt her optics start to tear up, she set the data pad down as she heard someone rush past the door. Arcee opened the door and left the room walking into the main room to find no one. Optimus and Ratchet walked in saying something to each other, they both looked up and noticed the femme standing in the hall looking at them.
"What's wrong?"
"Arcee.. Bumblebee...he.."
"He didn't....make it..."
"I don't know...I'm going to hope all is well....he's missing"
"Missing?! Where could he have gone!"
"We don't know Arcee but you must know that if he did make it then there is a reason for his absence"
"What kind of reason"
"One we can not say for the sake of Bumblebee, We have seen this before and we can only stay out of it. It's his way of grieving over something"
"What is their to grieve about? He hasn't lost anyone"
Optimus and Ratchet both exchanged an sad look, Elita, Chromia and Ironhide joined the three.
"Bumblebee has had his ups and downs Arcee, that thing you saw yesterday is one that has brought the little guy his biggest problems"
"I know what it is that follows him"
The group looked up to the Prime with questioning looks. Optimus looked down as he knew he couldn't keep it a secret forever.
"You all have heard of the 'Prime Killers' I assume"
They all nodded their helms waiting for him to continue on.
"There were many of them and once they use to be gentle and non hostile creatures. Then Alpha Trion made a legend that upset a certain bot driving me him to unleash a virus that would take control of them all. He successfully gained control of them all but one, Alduin. For a short time he served the bot who disagreed with Alpha Trion's legend and joined my side. This very bot was Sentinel Prime, he had everyone on Cybertron fear the creatures that were made to protect others soon gave them the name Prime Killers for their killing of the innocent. Sentinel had one last group to terminate, Elita and I along with the Elite guards were able to save almost everyone. As Alduin charged his old master we all thought he ended Sentinel and we all terminated his brothers and sisters. Among the pair that didn't make it Alduin made a shocking discovery, Alduin wouldn't let us near it and made us leave. We were never told what happened to what he found, he later would disappear and leave for long hours. One day he left and never came back, I later found him dead"
"Did you ever find out what it was he found?"
"Yes, We all found out what it was, when Alduin was alive we had grown to love him like family so for him to keep it a secret from us was shocking. When Ratchet had found a young sparkling he took him in and raised him, we soon found out this sparkling had a dire secret one that must be protected. But the secret caused a problem for that sparkling later on which is why you mustn't worry Arcee."
Bee's POV
As I drove I heard The Voice that was talking to me earlier he was talking to me again. I interrupted him quickly to ask him a question.
"I'm sorry to interrupt put is there a name I can call you by?"
"Yes, Alduin"
"That's a strange name"
"So is Bumblebee"
I quickly went quiet, it felt like a shot to the helm they way he said 'so is Bumblebee'. I continued to drive, after that we were both silent I guess I struck a nerve or something. It was long period of time before I heard something, I didn't have enough time to react to it, whatever it was shocked me and caused me to black out.....again.
No ones POV
Bee woke up on a berth, he quickly looked around to see the cherry red decpticon medic. There was a tune playing, one that was kinda catchy, Bumblebee recognized the artist of the song, Kill Paris. He then was able to find the song name.
"I see I'm not the only one who knows of there music"
Knockout turned around to see Bumblebee trying to sit up but stopped by the restraints. Knockout raised an optic ridge giving the mech a questioning look.
"You don't know who Kill Paris is?"
"No, who's that?"
"A music Artist, the one who made the very song your listening too"
"Oh"
Bumblebee looked down at the restraints again trying to loosen them. Knockout watched Bee struggle to free himself, the con walked over to the mech and unfastened the restraints.
"If you wanted up you should have just said so"
"I didn't think you would have let me up"
"I'm not that cold hearted"
"Yeah, that's not what I heard from Smokey"
"Well just be glad that I don't feel like experimenting on you"
"Hm, why does Megatron want me?"
"That's for me to know and for you to shut the frag up and find out"
"Do you always say that to every Autobot you come across?"
"Frag off"
"Alright alright"
"I suggest you keep it down and don't go anywhere, Megatron didn't want me to let you out of the restraints"
"I'm just curious didn't you have a partner?"
"I'm curious as well didn't you have a missing voice box?"
"I did but your pal Soundwave fixed it"
"Soundwave? He's alive? And he's with you?"
"Yes, along with Screamer"
"That's amazing they must have been in a great deal of damage how did your medic fix them?"
"They were in no damage when they came to us, what lies have you been hearing?"
"Megatron told us Airachnid killed them just like she did Breakdown....."
"There was nothing wrong with either of them, it sounds to me like your being lied to"
"Megatron would never lie"
Knockout waited for Bee to say something but got nothing. Bee stood there looking at the con as he worked, Bee then heard something.
"Well....from what I remember...Airachnid, Dreadwing and Breakdown were sent on a mission...but your high and mighty warlord actually set Dreadwing and Breakdown to kill Airachnid but it seems that plan back fired because that twisted femme is still creeping along"
"What are you even talking about? Where did you even pull that from? That makes no sense"
-it was a suicide mission-
"It was nothing but a suicide mission Knockout, Breakdown wasn't told what they were doing and was blinded. You have no one to blame but Megatron"
"This is non of your concern bug so buzz off"
"You know your not the same, your different because your missing something, someone. You can find what your looking for back with the Autobots. You help me get out and you can come join us, you can go back to arguing with Screamer, Primus my voice box has gotten tired of doing it for you"
Knockout couldn't help but laugh at the last bit. When Bee heard the cons laugh he smiled a bit, he watched Knockout waiting to see what the red mech would do.
"You make an intriguing case, but how can I know that's what's right or that I'll be free?"
There was a long pause as Knockout turned to face Bumblebee who was a little taller than him by two inches or so.
-Its What would be best for him-
"It's what Breakdown would want you to do, there's nothing for you here"
"How do you know you not Breakdown you didn't even know him"
"I don't need to know a bot to know what they would say, I guess you just need to trust me"
"....Alright, Tomorrow, Ill take you down to a race track and then we will escape from there"
"Sounds like a plan"
As knockout returned to his work he turned back to Bee.
"You got any goods tunes"
"Quite a few"
As Bumblebee sat down across the med bay going through a data pad full of music Knockout gave to him he heard a voice slowly fade away.
-Thank you Bumblebee-
He mumbled to himself as he looked up at Knockout who was still working but working to the beat of the music.
"Your welcome Breakdown"
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I'm sorry for this chapter getting out so late, I keep putting it off because I knew what the chapter was going to be about but I couldn't figure out how it was going to play out. I also think I'm starting to get writers block but I hope not. Be on the look out for next chapter
'Losing Control pt.4 Revealing the Truth'
-This is what Alduin use to look like before he became part of Bumblebee-