Chapter 4: Worth it
Bumblebee was driving Charlie back to her house, since Charlie wanted to spend a few more minutes with Bee. Bumblebee still couldn't believe he actually convinced Optimus to call him Bumblebee. Even everyone was surprised at it. "You seem lost in thought Bee. Something in your mind?" Bumblebee stops thinking, focusing his attention on Charlie. "|It's that I can't believe Optimus finally agrees to calling me Bumblebee. I think it's some sort of miracle or something?|" Charlie laughs a bit. "I'm sure he just wants to respect your decisions now after what you told him." Bumblebee parks in front of Charlie's house. Charlie climbs out of him, before giving a small pat on his side before leaving. "I'll see you soon Bumblebee!" Charlie enters her house, leaving Bumblebee outside on his own. Bumblebee was about to leave until he noticed a meteor falling. "|This can't be good....|" Bumblebee starts messaging the others through their comms. "|Guys! We have a situation!|" Arcee was the first to respond back. "What's going on Bumblebee!?" Bumblebee watches as the meteorite falls into the water. "|I think the Decepticons tracked us down somehow.|" Bumblebee responded, as he starts driving towards where the others are. "Bee, are you sure!?" Rachet responded into the comms. "|I'm pretty sure...!|" Bumblebee transforms back, as he starts running to the others. While he was running, he notices the others aren't answering. "|Guys! You there!?|" There's no response in the comms. As he finally arrives, he sees Prime and Mirage in front of Illusion as the others are yelling at him and her. What happened while he was gone???
"|I think the Decepticons tracked us down somehow.|" Bumblebee called out onto the comms panel. "|Uh oh...|" Illusion starts feeling fear rising in her spark, as she looks at Optimus as he glances back. "This is not good...." Optimus thought silently. "Bee, are you sure!?" Rachet asks, clearly not understanding how the Decepticons were able to track them down. "|I'm pretty sure...!|" Bumblebee said before he went silent. "Optimus! What are we gonna do!?" WheelJack was looking back at Optimus, as he was panicking. "I don't know WheelJack, we should probably start-" "IT WAS HER!!!" CliffJumper exclaims, as he points at Illusion. Illusion raises her hands up, taking a few steps back. "How else do you think they tracked us down!? She must have told them!!!" CliffJumper was walking towards Illusion, who was still holding her hands up. "It is not her fault!" Optimus steps in front of CliffJumper, stopping him from walking towards Illusion. "How can you side with her Optimus!? She blew our cover and revealed our location to the Decepticons!" Arcee yells. "But it's not her fault! You can't blame her like that! She probably didn't know she was being tracked down by them!" Mirage steps next to Optimus, taking his side. "Mirage! Why are you siding with them!?" Everyone was yelling at each other, until Bumblebee comes back. He sees them all arguing. "|SHUT IT!!!!|" Everyone stops arguing, as they see Bumblebee who's eyes has turned red. He took a few minutes to calm down, as his eyes turned back to normal. "|It doesn't matter who's fault it is at this point. What matters is that we can't let them find us or destroy this planet!|" Optimus nods, agreeing with what Bumblebee said. "Bumblebee's right! It's better if we start tracking them down before they start causing trouble to this planet and hurting the inhabitants here." Everyone exchange glances with each other, agreeing. "We should probably find some place to rest for the night, we'll deal with this in the morning." Everyone started making a camp, while they decide who'll be on night patrol. "|I'll be on night patrol. It's my fault still.|" Illusion speaks out. Everyone agrees, as they start to settle down. As Illusion makes sure everyone is asleep, she starts patrolling the area around them, making sure there isn't any danger near them. She does eventually run into a lone wolf. "|Hi there.|" Illusion starts heading back after seeing the small wolf. She hears voices and footsteps when she gets near the camp. She sees Optimus, Bumblebee, and Mirage talking with each other. "|Why are you guys awake???|" The others turn around, seeing Illusion has come back. "We've decided it's better to have all 4 of us on night patrol instead of you doing this on your own." Illusion nods, knowing they'll probably fall asleep later. After a few hours of talking, both Bumblebee and Optimus fall into recharge on each other, leaving Mirage and Illusion the only ones awake. "So it's just you and me huh cutie?" Illusion groans, clearly not liking the nicknames this guy was giving him. "|Stop with the fucking nicknames...|" Mirage chuckles, seeing Illusion getting frustrated with the nicknames. "Why should I? I'm just telling the truth." Mirage tries to put his arm on Illusion's shoulder but was smacked by her. "|Don't you dare touch me pal. We just met.|" "Oh come on, you ever heard of love at first sight?" "|There's no such thing as love at first sight. That's just bullshit.|" "What's wrong Illusion? Someone broke your spark or something? Don't worry, I'll treat you better than they did." Illusion groans, clearly frustrated by Mirage. "|Yeah right. Your type are always the ones that lie and manipulate whoever you like to.|" Mirage does a fake gasp, pretending he was offended by what she said. "My type? My type wouldn't do that. We're considered the fun ones and you should be lucky that this guy has eyes on you." He winks, as Illusion just scoots away from him. "|Whatever you say Mirage. Good luck trying to get through my brother. He'll probably just punch you if you tried flirting with me again...|" Mirage moves a bit closer to Illusion, as he tries to hold her hand. "It'll be worth it if I can make you fall for me." He holds Illusion's hand, as she quickly pulls it away. "|Like that'll ever happen.|" After a few minutes of ignoring each other, Illusion slowly closes her optics, as she soon falls into recharge. Mirage rests her helm on his shoulder, as he looks into the starry night.
"It'll be worth it, Illusion..."
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