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Bumblebee movie - [bm]
Optimus, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Hotrod, CliffjumperShatter, Dropkick, Blitzwing.Charlie, Agent Burns, Memo, Otis, Sally, Ron, Dr. Powell 
Bayverse - [bay]
Optimus Prime, Hound, Drift, Grimlock, Hot rod, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz, Ratchet,Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream, ShockwaveSam, Cade, Simmons, Sir Edmund, Charlotte. 
Cyberverse - [cyber/cbr]
Bumblebee, Windblade, Optimus Prime, Cheetor, Ratchet, Hotrod, Arcee, Chromia, Grimmlock,Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, Slipstream, Thundercracker, Shadowstriker 
Armada - [arm]
Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Blurr, Hotshot, Overload, Red Alert, Scavenger, Sideswipe, and SmokescreenGalvatron, Cyclonus, Demolisher, Thrust, Ramjet, Wheeljack, and Starscream. 
Transformers Animated - [tfa]
Ultra Magnus, Cliffjumper, Sentinel Prime, Jazz, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Rodimus Prime, IronhideMegatron, Lugnut, Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker, Shockwave, Blitzwing, Swindle, Blackarachnia, and Cyclonus.Sari 
War for Cybertron Siege - [tcs]
Optimus Prime, Elita-1, Wheeljack, Jetfire, Sideswipe, Hound, Ultra Magnus, Impactor, Mirage, Arcee, Prowl, Red AlertMegatron, Starscream, Soundwave, BlackarachniaBumblebee, Ratchet 
Transformers Generation 1 - [g1]
Optimus Prime, Jazz, Prowl, Ratchet, Ironhide, Bumblebee, Wheeljack, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Grimmlock.Megatron, Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Soundwave.Spike, Sparkplug 
MTMTE - [idw]
Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Megatron, Drift, and Cyclonus. 
Transformers: Prime - [tfp]
Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Arcee, Smokescreen, WheeljackMegatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Knockout, Breakdown, Arachnid, Shockwave.Agent Fowler, Jake, Raf, Miko 
Rescue Bots - [rb]
Heatwave, Chase, Blades, Boulder, Blurr and SalvageCody, Chief Burns, Kade, Dani, Graham 
The Trainees [rba]
Hotshot, Whirl, Hoist, Medix, Wedge  Robots in Disguise- 2015 - [RID] Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Drift, Grimlock, Jetstorm, Slipstream, Fix-itSteeljawRussel, Denny

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The cavernous room became alive with a cacophony of sound.”BY THE PRIMES, WHERE ARE WE?””I DON’T KNOW, YOU TELL ME?!””Wait, WHO ARE YOU?!””EEEEEEEEEEE””DECEPTICONS?! EWWWW-“”FRAGGING AUTOBOTS!””Oh, primus, help us…””Stay calm, Autobots.””OW, MY KNEES-“”MOTHER FU-““LANGUAGE!””OH MY PRIMES, HE’S DEAD- anyways”“BROTHER, WHERE ARE YOU?!” The sound of metal clanging was followed by a confused beeping noise.”OH MY GOD! BEE, HIDE!”“Wedge just fainted!”“He need some milk-!””AHHHHHHHHHHHHH-“”Somebot kill me, please.””Okay!” A transformation sound echoed through the noise.”AH SHI-“”WHY DOES HE HAVE A WEAPON?!””AUGHHHHHHHH-“Amidst the scene of destruction, a no doubt bewildered [rid] Bumblebee stood away from the mess, surveying the current situation. “This is…” he began, uncertain.“Chaos?” The voice of a smaller bot speaks up. [tcs] Bumblebee chuckled, amused. “It’s kinda fun to watch, though.”[tfp] Bee was spotted by his future self standing awkwardly in the middle of what seemed to be a deadly conversation between [tfp] Optimus and Megatron.For a second, [rid] Bumblebee stared at his younger counterpart, even more confused than he had been beforehand.It was definitely him from the past- same frame, same optic design, same wings, same everything from before the end of the war.After getting over the initial shock of seeing himself but younger, [rid] Bee sighed, walking toward the younger bot, leading him back to the little group which seemed to have formed.[tfa] Bumblebee was stood chatting inquisitively to [tcs] Bee, who seemed a little more than uncomfortable with the sudden company.As he came back with the new addition, [rid] Bumblebee smiled at the bright [tfa] version of himself. They all seemed quite young, even [tcs] despite his un-child-like behaviour. 
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 ”There are so many robots!” Dr. Powell exclaimed, half in awe, half in caution.”Gotta be careful; one of ‘em might accidentally step on you.” Cade replied, although he seemed to also be amazed by the sight of so many different bots together.What surprised him even further was seeing another bot with a similar paint job to Bumblebee. He was sat with his arms wrapped around his knees in front of a girl, seemingly a teenager, who clearly was trying to calm him down.With his own universe’s Bee in tow, Cade came to stand next to the girl, who looked at the newcomers with the same cautious bewilderment.A crackle of static burst from [bm] Bee’s radio, making both humans flinch at the sound.[bay] Bumblebee put together a string of words, forming a question, “Friend… you are… alright?” Instead of being reassured, [bm] Bee cowered lower, his yellow antennae flattening against his head, as a scared puppy would during a thunder storm.“B-127?” A deep voice called out. [bm] Bee’s antennae snapped up at the sudden call, getting up as he saw [bm] Optimus Prime walking towards him. “Are you alright? I have not heard back from you in a while.”Out of nowhere, [bm] Ratchet appeared.“:. ? .:””STAND BACK, PRIME, THE CHILD IS HURT!” He exclaimed loudly, marching over to [bm] Bumblebee. The bewildered scout beeped in slight alarm at the new faces.[bm] Optimus figured something was wrong…

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“Why is everyone so tall?!” An annoyed [tfa] Bumblebee whined, especially upset since [tcs] Bee practically ignored each and every single one of his questions earlier.”That’s just how they were built, Buddy!” [tfa] Bulkhead replied, in an attempt to cheer up the smaller bot, which did not work at all.”Let me go!” [cyber] Hotrod demanded, angrily swiping at [cyber] Windblade who was pulling him away from the large battleground.”I don’t think I will. Stop kicking me- OUCH-“”HAHA, TAKE THAT YOU FU-“
”Do mind your language, please.”
”I DON’T- huh?”Silence.“…”Then everything erupted. Though with questions, not god-forsaken bullets.”WAIT WHAT?””Who said that!?”“HOLY PRIMES-“”Ooo~! New person, where?””Answer my question!.””Someone kill me, for real this time.””EEEEEEEEEEEE””Can someone shut whatever is making that irritating noise up?!””My ear-drums are seriously gonna burst.””Your what are gonna burst-?”
”You guys are honestly so loud.”
“...”An annoyed huff from somewhere in the room caught the attention of nearly everyone.[tcs] Bumblebee stood, hand on hip, with a tired expression on his face. “Can you just tell us what’s going on?”A light chuckle from above resounded around the spacious room. “Why indeed, Bumblebee! To put it briefly, you are all from different universes or, in some cases, from different timelines.”This alone caused a general mixture of confusion, awe and disbelief.”I have brought you all here to simply react to each other- or more specifically to a special one of you…” The voice carried on mysteriously.”Well hurry up then. Who will we be ‘reacting’ to?!” An impatient voice demanded.
”Bumblebee, duh!”
There was a chorus of cheers and groans, but most of the dimensions didn’t verbally show their opinions on the matter, which was for the better.Some of the Bumblebees were flustered or suspicious while others (mainly [tcs] Bee) seemed reluctant.
”Now! I’ll be quickly fixing up my reaction room, since you all ruined it.” The voice said accusingly.
”Not to be rude, but how can you fix this massive place? I mean, it’s practically a cave!” A young voice rang out from the ground.“With the snap of a finger and the flourish of a freshly polished coin, Cody Burns!” The voice said cheekily, before adding, “Seriously.”At the sound of a sharp snap and the clink of metal, the sparse, cave-like room appeared to move; morphing and meshing itself into new shapes before shrinking and resizing into distinct silhouettes. They were all left gawking at the new layout of the area.Across the floor, multiple beanbags and rugs were set out, some comedically large and others human-sized. Cards and board games lay neatly in tidy piles on shelves or on small tables dotted around here and there. The most unmissable features though were the massive televisions mounted on the large wall under a constellation of stars and clouds that hung from the ceiling, glowing and sparkling beautifully in the sudden darkness of the room.”I’ve turned off the lights, don’t worry! Mainly for the aesthetic but also so that the videos project clearer when you’re reacting.” The voice explained giddily, “I’ll give you guys some time to adapt and get familiar with the new room, I’m not that harsh.”At first, those present were weary, but with nothing else to do, the bots and humans alike settled into various spots on the floor or on the seats strewn around, beginning to fall into loose chatter, dispelling most of the tension in the air.But one thing was for definite; they all stuck with their respective universes, afraid of getting lost and left to the claws of the other dimension travellers.

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After around half an hour, the fandoms were instructed to regroup.”Why do we even have to ‘react’ to that wretched bug?” [tfa] Starscream complained with an irritated tone.At this, many Cybertronians and Earthlings gasped in offence.“Hey!””Rude much!””HOW DAR-!” [rb] Blades exclaimed before [rb] Boulder slapped his hand over the flyer’s mouth, preventing him from saying anything stupid.“That is not very nice of decepticon!” [rid] Grimlock growled. [rid] Sideswipe expertly managed to calm the Dinobot, much to the others relief.[tfa] Bumblebee pouted, apparently still not over the fact that his other variants were much taller than him. Though it didn’t change the fact that he was slightly cheered up by claiming that [g1] Bee was shorter than him (although they were pretty much the same height).The [tcs] universe occasionally gave their Bumblebee, who stood pointedly away from them, little glances of curiosity or interest.With the [bm] dimension, Bumblebee was over-whelmed with emotion and confusion. The Autobots listened intently to the voice as they explained the (painfully obvious) absence of Bee’s voice and memory.[tfa] Jazz spotted [g1] Bumblebee and excitedly hurried to him. “Awh! You’re so adorable! Bee, look! He’s so small! Like a sparkling!”“Ah scrap, he’s angered him.” [g1] Wheeljack whispered to Optimus as Bumblebee tensed, looking back at [tfa] Jazz with fire in his blue optics.”Sparkling?!” [g1] Bumblebee shrieked, kicking the unfortunate bot hard enough to send him crumpling to the ground in agony.“What the frag?!”“Dang!”“Fight, fight!”Around them, humans and mechs alike watched the scene in shock. The frustrated [g1] Bumblebee was about to land another blow but was picked up off the ground before he could do so.”It’s okay, he’s just an idiot.” [tcs] Bumblebee told his smaller variant, patting him softly as he calmed him down.[tfa] Jazz ended up having to be checked on by Ratchet, who wore a rather rare amused expression“You guys are such a handful, honestly-“ Sighing, the voice started abruptly “Alright, before we start the reactions, please introduce yourself. I will help if and when necessary.”[tfa] decided to start.“I am Ultra Magnus, official leader of the Autobots.” A number of Optimus’ and Megatrons collectively stared at him, puzzled or amused. “And this is my Second in Command, Sentinel Prime.”An awkward atmosphere clouds the future [bay] bots, in contrast to the past [bay] autobots, who seemed content with the decision."-The twins. Jetfire and Jetstorm-" [rid] Jetfire frowns as he looks at his brother, Slipstream, who furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.“And Cliffjumper.” An air of sadness emanated from [tfp] and many other universes.“Optimus Prime and his crew, Ratchet-" he pointed to [tfa] Ratchet, who seemed to have finished checking over the unfortunate Jazz."-Bulkhead, Prowl and Bumblebee. Along with their human… Sara..?” Ultra Magnus hesitated.”It’s Sari, you old peepaw!” A young girl with red pigtails interrupted from where he was seated on [tfa] Bumblebee’s shoulder, causing him and a couple others to snicker.”Rodimus Prime and Ironhide, oh and Jazz" He finishes."They have quite a lot of Autobots" [tfa] Megatron said, observing them quietly.The Decepticon side then started."I'm am Megatron, Lord of Decepticons! This is my Second in Command, Shockwave and Third in Command, Lugnut. There is also Blitzwing, Swindle, Blackarachnia, Starscream, and his clone, Thundercracker.”“HAIL MEGATRON!””ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY LORD MEGATRON!” Thundercracker followed suite.[g1] Autobots begin.”I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots-“ [tfa] look shocked, especially a bewildered [tfa] Optimus Prime and [tfa] Sentinel Prime, whose jaw hung open.“-This is my Second in Command and Head of Special Operations, Jazz-“ Some snapped their heads round to look at their Jazz.”Third in Command and Military Strategist, Prowl-“ [tfa] and [tcs] looked surprised.“Our experienced Medic, Ratchet, our spy and scout, Bumblebee-“”Excuse me, SCOUT?!” [tfa] Jazz interrupted, shooting up to look at [g1] Bumblebee, who was still bundled in [tcs] Bee’s arms. He shot the unfortunate Jazz a smug smile.“-Our Scientist, Wheeljack-“ A few disbelieving looks from [tfp] “-Along with the twins, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker.“Many of the Sideswipes stared, bewildered.“Oh primus…” Strongarm grumbled inwardly.”I HAVE A TWIN?!””Grimmlock and his crew, the Dinobots, and the others are back in our world.”“There’s more?”“Woah, Grimmlock is a leader in that universe?” [rid] Slipstream repeated, curious.“This is so weird!””Strongarm, why don’t you calm down a bit.” [rid] Bumblebee instructed, forgetting momentarily the fact that he was still holding his younger [tfp] self.”Ah-! Yes Lieutenant!” The blue and white femme stammered.[rid] Drift just stood back, watching as his students stared with a mixture of confusion and excitement.Meanwhile, [rid] Grimmlock had met his [bay] version and was chattering excitedly.“Oo~! Grimmlock like new friends!” He bellowed loudly, [bay] Grimmlock growled menacingly in response.“It seems there are more Autobots than I thought. Surprised that you all weren’t killed immediately.” [tcs] Megatron stated.This earned him many threatening glares from several autobots and humans. Some of the braver even muttered a couple swears.“Just carry on introducing yourselves, please?” The Voice spoke up, slightly cracking the dense atmosphere that had developed around the room.Uncomfortable with the silence, Bayverse decided to go next.”I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots.” The red and blue mech began. “My first Lieutenant, Jazz, and my Weapons Specialist, Ironhide. Our Medical Officer, Ratchet and-“He points towards [bay] Bumblebee, who was sat with his other variants in a corner further from the others.”-our scout, Bumblebee.”The voice continued. “Okay, now future bots. And, Ironhide-“ The mentioned bot snapped up his head at the mention of his name. “Please do mind your language; there are children here.”“Gotcha, lil’ bi- I mean, fella?” A few disapproving glances were shot his way. “Name’s Ironhide. These slaggers are Hound, Drift, Crosshairs-“ he gestures using his gun to each of them in turn. “This assho- Uh, pain the rear, is Daytrader and the fancy guy is Hotrod.” He paused, “Oh, and our human, Cade”.“Sup.” Cade offers his greeting.A few funny glances from [rb] aimed at their Kade because of their name similarities. They didn’t seem very different.“Are there more, or…” [tfp] Bulkhead questioned, getting a firm bonk on the head by Ratchet’s wrench.“Back… in our world, yes.” Ironhide looked suddenly nostalgic, and the rest decided not to pry any further.“Whatever. I am Megatron, Leader of the Decepticons. My Second in Command, Starscream, Third in Command, Soundwave, and Shockwave. The others are probably back at that wretched planet or slowly rusting somewhere.” Some looks of confusion and flares of hatred were thrown at him.“Hail Megatron!””All hail Lord Megatron!””Hail!!””Mr. Lonely, am I right?” [rid] Sideswipe chuckled along with some other autobots and some who tried not to laugh (ultimately failing). Strongarm elbowed him, although she grinned at his humour.Sensing it was his turn, [bm] Optimus started their introductions. “My name is Optimus Prime. From those of us present, we have Cliffjumper, Lieutenant in the resistance, our medic, Ratchet, our spy, Hotrod and finally, our scout, B-127.”Puzzled expressions showed from others around the room.”B-127? Is that not-“ [tfp] Optimus began before being cut-off by a hesitant Charlie.”Oh, uh! I named him Bumblebee since he, y’know, forgot his old one.” She smiled nervously as [BM] Bee buzzed in confirmation. He startled slightly as [bm] Hotrod patted his head, silently crying for his brother.“He reminds me of the ‘sparkling’ you told me about once, Bumblebee!” [cyber] Cheetor whispered, turning his emerald green eyes to his yellow friend, who slightly blushed in embarrassment.[bm] Optimus turned to address Charlie. “Who might you be, human?””I-I’m Charlie! This is my mom, Sally, my brother, Otis- and Ron!””Uh, I’m Memo?” The unmentioned human added, uncertainly.“I am Agent Burns and this is Dr. Powell.” Agent Burns said, gesturing to himself and a man stood next to him, his mouth slightly agape as he was regarded by the massive robot in front of him.[bm] Shatter steps forward. “I am Shatter. This is my comrade, Dropkick. And Blitzwing, though he isn’t here currently…” She eyed [bm] Bumblebee suspiciously.[arm] Optimus spoke next. “I am Optimus Prime, Leader and Commander of the Autobots. This is my Second in Command, Jetfire-“”WHAT?!””-This is Blurr-“[tfa] Blurr, who had been chattering non-stop for hours, stopped and swivelled his head to who ever had called his name, unaware it wasn’t exactly him being mentioned.“-That’s Hotshot and Overload.””What about Bumblebee?” Blades asked confused, although he was completely ignored.“Our medic, Red Alert-“ A few questioning looks: wasn’t Ratchet usually the medic? “-Scavenger, Sideswipe and Smokescreen.”Strongarm huffed in irritation, “Another Sideswipe?” [rid] Sideswipe smirked mischievously.“I am Galvatron. I was once known as Megatron, but I am the Lord of Decepticons. This is my Second in Command, Cyclonus along with Demolisher, Ramjet, Thrust, Wheeljack-“”Wheeljack?!” Many bots cried out in bewilderment.”I’M A DECEPTICON!?”“Ain’t no way I’m a Decepticreep!”Many Wheeljacks called out in denial and surprise.“And that’s Starscream.” [arm] Galvatron finished forcefully.No one realistically cared about Starscream.Suddenly, [tfp] Megatron shouted. “I am Megatron, the mighty leader of Decepticons! This is my Second in Command Starscream-“Many of the other Starscream variations looked with disbelief at [tfp] Starscream; why did he have such a thin frame?”-Third in Command, Soundwave.“[idw] Rodimus whispers. “Damn, we keep seeing him faceless every time, ey?” [idw] Drift nods in agreement.“AWESOME!” Cody gasped in awe, being quickly shushed by his dad, Chief Burns.“Our Medic, Knockout, and Breakdown.” Megatron continues.”Uhhh, who’s Knockout?” [tfa] Bumblebee asked to an uncertain [tfa] Prowl, who frowned in response (Bumblebee translated as: “I don’t know.”)[tfp] Arcee glared at [tfp] Arachnid, making [tfp] Smokescreen shiver in discomfort.[tfa] and [tcs] Black Arachnia stared at each other. “So, she’s my counterpart?” They both said at the same time, surprising them.“And finally our scientist, Shockwave.”Some other bots noticed that each universe’s Shockwave was pretty much the same: one eye, purple, scientist.Blades looked over the [tfl] Team Prime, startled by the sight of [rid] Bumblebee carrying [tfp] lightly. The others watched with amused or puzzled expressions.”Uhm, Lieutenant..?” Strongarm pokes [rid] Bumblebee in the arm. Both yellow bots look at her, confused.Transformers Prime Autobots begin.”I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. This is my team: Bulkhead, Arcee, Ratchet, Smokescreen, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee.”Then, he pointed towards the humans next to them.”These are the children: Jack Darby, Miko Nakadai and Rafael Equive. There is also June Darby, who is not with us at the moment, and Agent Fowler.”Miko looks around, realising Bumblebee was gone. “Bulkhead! Bee’s gone!” Raf overhead and urgently tells Ratchet, who looked around quickly.Noticing Ratchet’s sudden guard, [tfp] Optimus turned to him, beginning to ask what was wrong. Before he could do so, he was cut off by an excited shout.“UWAHHH! HE’S SO ADORABLE!”Turning toward the scene, Team Prime see their Bumblebee surrounded by the Robots in Disguise universe.[rid] Grimmlock and Sideswipe were staring in awe at [rid] Bumblebee’s younger self. Strongarm, even though she reprimanded the other two for their ‘unreasonable behaviour’, couldn’t stop herself from adoring the little guy.Drift and his students stood to the side along with Fix-it and the humans, watching the interaction with ever-confused expressions.Frightened by the sudden attention, [tfp] Bumblebee hastily hid behind [rid] Bee, huddling there. Seeing this, the older scout softly chuckled, smiling slightly.Some [tcs] Autobots look over to their Bumblebee, who looked unamused and rather bored at the sight, although a trace of something else in his dull optics could be seen by the more perceptive mechs; the unspoken question of what, however, goes unanswered.Miko, being the bubbly 15 year old she was, was almost visibly bursting with questions. Thankfully, Jack managed to stop her by covering her mouth with a random towel they found, Raf helping to muffle her endless string of queries.There was a random cough. Almost everyone looked over to [idw] Rodimus, who flushed with embarrassment. Sighing because of the sudden awkwardness, [idw] Ultra Magnus glared at his leader.“Who might you be, young bot?” [tcs] Optimus questions.“Uh, I’m Rodimus Prime… leader of the Autobots. Or Hotrod, as most of my counterparts seem to go by-“Many universes who had a variant of Hotrod dropped their jaws in shock.”In my crew I have Ultra Magnus, Megatron-“Lots of surprised noises are heard around the room from almost every present universe.”-Ratchet, Drift and Cyclonus. Our universe Starscream is the King of Cybertron-“”HUH?!”“Excuse me, WHAT?””YES!”“ALL HAIL ME!”“NO!” The space was alive with shouts of livid disbelief and horror.“The bot once known as Bumblebee was leader and Commander or the Autobots.”A stunned silence followed.“WHAT?””Seriously?!”“WOAHH!””IMPOSSIBLE!”[bm] and [bay] were baffled.[syber] bots were speechless, even Optimus and Megatron had nothing to say.[arm] was just confused.[tfa] had looks of horror and disbelief. Bumblebee, leader of the Autobots? Terrifying.[tcs] Bots we’re just as puzzled as many others, but it was multiplied when their Bumblebee said “Man, I actually feel bad for other me.” with a slightly open mouth and optics wide.That got him a few weird looks.That little menace? Leader of the Autobots? No, nuh uh, nope. [g1] thought silently, accommodating similar expressions of shock and even amusement.[tfp] Bee squeaked and hide further behind a very bewildered [rid] Bumblebee.[rid] was equally as shocked.Blades and Wedge were busy fan-boying which deeply confused the other rescue bots and trainees.“Wait, ‘was’? What happened to ‘im?” [bay] Hound asked after getting over the previous information. Some others wondered the same thing.”Ah, uhm, Shockwave… offlined- him.” [idw] Rodimus Prime stuttered nervously, aware of the suffocating atmosphere that had suddenly developed.”What.” Was the only thing uttered before the room once again erupted into renewed chaos.Protective Bumblebee-figures yelled in outrage.On the Cyberverse side, Hotrod hugged Bee tightly. Bumblebee awkwardly patted him on the back, yelling as Cheetor crashed into them, wanting to give his own comfort to his friend.[tfp] Ratchet looked as if he was about to attack the nearest Shockwave, who happened to be the clueless [g1] version, with one of his heavy wrenches.[bm] and [bay] shook their heads in disbelief. It was near impossible to kill the scout. The thought of it was almost too much for them to process.[tfa] Bumblebee got worried looks from the other Autobots, Sari cried uncontrollably in his arms.Although they weren’t exactly close with the bot, some [tcs] bots felt bad for the other variant.The [g1] group gathered the mini bot in a large group hug, much to [g1] Bumblebee’s annoyance and embarrassment.[tfp] Bulkhead pulled their Bumblebee into a crushing hug along with Arcee and the kids. Bumblebee stood awkwardly, accepting the hug, but not exactly embracing it.[rid] was shocked to see their Bumblebee completely unfazed (although they weren’t aware he had already died once before).Blades nearly fainted, however was kept steady with his burning anger at Shockwave (whoever that was) alongside a blazing Wedge. The rest of their universe watched with bated breathes.[idw] Rodimus turns to the annoyed Ultra Magnus, who slapped his forehead in irritation, and Megatron, who watched with amusement.Heatwave was pushed by a random bot, catching the attention of many others.The other universes managed to get a hold of their emotions, turning their heads toward the red mech.Unaccustomed to the sudden attention, Heatwave calmed himself quickly before starting.”I’m Heatwave, leader of my rescue team.” This drew some interested and baffled reactions; most rescue teams were inactive, right? “I believe my universe is from the distant future of them.” He points over to the [tfp] group, who looked at them with awed and confused faces.”This is my team: Boulder, Blades and Chase. These two, Blurr and Salvage, work with other teams elsewhere.” He continued, gesturing to the recruits “These are the young bots we are currently teaching: Hotshot, Whirl, Medix, Hoist and Wedge.”[tfp] Arcee, after digesting the information, shook the nearest bot to her, a startled Chase, asking, “Who won the war?!””Oh, uh, the Autobots, ma’am!” Chase hurriedly replied.[tfp] cheered; although it was mainly the humans, Bulkhead, and Smokescreen who did. Bumblebee had sparkling optics while Arcee had an expression of relief, her shoulders lowered slightly, as if a weight had been lifted off of her.After confirming this, the [tfp] Decepticons and many other universes looked over to the new generation of bots.Uncomfortable with the immense attention, the trainees moved further toward their teachers (the rescue bots).“These are our human companions: Chief Burns, Cody, Dani, Kade and Graham.”After their introductions, everyone looked around for anyone else to introduce themselves.Sighing, [rid] Bumblebee stepped forwards and began speaking.“I’m Bumblebee; nice to meet you all, I guess? I’m actually the future version of this Bee-“ He nodded toward [tfp] Bumblebee, who looked up at with fascinated and excited optics.[tfp] Ratchet stared at him, a million questions filtering through his processor. [rid] Bumblebee just chuckled at Team Prime’s dumbfounded expressions.Multiple other universes looked to him with awe and surprise. Hearing Bumblebee’s voice was surprising for those who hadn’t heard him talk before.”This is my team, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Grimmlock and Fix-it. Along with Drift and his students, Slipstream and Jetfire.” He explained, adding “Also our humans, Russell and Denny Clay.”Team Prime wondered about their current human partners: did they have to leave them? They were over come with a tidal wave of sadness.Steeljaw smirks “How rude of you not to introduce me, Lieutenant!” Bumblebee rolled his optics “I’m Steeljaw, a fellow Decepticon. Pleasure to meet you all.”He got some no-doubt curious glances and stares from [tfp].[cyber] Optimus spoke “As you most likely already know, I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. This is Bumblebee, Windblade, Grimmlock, Cheetor, Hotrod, Arcee, Chromia and our medic, Ratchet. There are more of us on Earth.”“I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. This is my pathetic Second in Command, Starscream.” A scoff from across the room”The rest are probably in planet dirt by now.”The rest of the [cyber] Decepticons groan in annoyance, only quietly, for fear of their leader’s wrath.Now, it’s [tcs] turn.”Greetings, I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobot Resistance. This is Ultra Magnus, my Second in Command. My team includes Elita-1, Wheeljack, Jetfire, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Hound, Mirage, Arcee, Prowl and Red Alert.”I am Megatron, great leader of the Decepticons.” [tcs] Autobots scoff at the exaggerated title. “Commander of the Seekers, Starscream and Scientist, Shockwave. Impactor and Blackarachnia.”Some bots glanced at [tcs] Bumblebee, who obviously noticed and sighs. “I’m Bumblebee. I’m not on any side.”There are many gasps from around the room, which do not surprise him. All the other Bumblebees seem to be a part of the Autobots, after all.“Okay!” A few of the humans and mechs jumped slightly; right, the voice. “That should be everyone introduced! Now, we’ll begin the reactions.””First up is…” “BM / Bumblebee Movie!” “Please get yourselves seated, make sure you have view of the projectors though!” The voice instructed, leaving the rest up to the numerous bots and humans.

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Bumblebee movie: Opening scene  “Okay, time to start!” The voice exclaimed excitedly.A chorus of ‘woo!’s and cheers were called out from the crowd before being silenced. 
A single word appears on the screen in white letters:
 
The screen fades from black into a fierce battleground, alive with the sound of machine guns and shouting. Dirt and dust fly up from the impact of misdirected bullets.
 Gasps could be heard from the crowd of humans and younger bots.”T-This is your world..?” Dr. Powell stutters.”Indeed.””I guess?””Meh.” 
“They’ve broken into the front lines!” Ratchet yells through the comms.

”I’ve lost contact with the capital!” Arcee shouts back. The perspective changes to show Arcee and Cliffjumper shooting at the countless enemies surrounding them.
 “Why is almost every other me pink?” [TFP] Arcee asked, although no answer was shared. 
“There’s too many of them!” Wheeljack yells, irritation and fear clear in his voice.

”Stand fast!” A bot nearby calls before they were shot.
 The younger generation gasp in shock.They had known to some extent that the war was brutal, but seeing it so graphically was a much different experience from the countless stories they were told. 
A band of seekers appear on screen “FINISH THEM!” One begins, before getting shot along with 2 others.
 Reactions from the Decepticon groups varied: some harboured a growing hatred for the Autobots, while others simply felt sympathy for their fallen comrades. 
The shooter was shown next

Optimus Prime dodges multiples explosions with precision while simultaneously shooting at the rivals around him. Grabbing the chest plate of the decepticon infront of him, he picks them up and throws the ‘con, sending them careering into a newly formed group of decepticons.
 Many of those present marvel at the Prime’s strength and agility, which was impressive for a bot his size.”AWESOME!” The younger children shout with shining eyes. 
“Where is B-127?” Optimus says sternly, although a hint of worry in heard in his tone.
 At the mention of Bumblebee (B-127), almost everyone perks up. 
A yellow and black car comes zooming through the battle ground. Producing twin guns from his hood, B-127 shoots a path through the chaos.
 There were multiple gasps from the other dimension.Those mods are amazing! Heading toward an elevated piece of ground, the bot flies through the air. Transforming mid-air, B-127, in bot mode, lands gracefully on the shoulders of a Decepticon in front of him, balancing expertly.  Eyes and optics widen is awe.”Woah! I wish our Bee could fight like that!” [RiD] Sideswipe says dramatically, before sheepishly turning to [RiD] Bumblebee “Oh uh, sorry, Bee?””It’s fine, Sideswipe.” [RiD] Bumblebee replies. Oddly, a small smile played on his lips.”Wow! I wonder what kind of training this Bee had to go through to be this skilful!” [TFA] Bulkhead wonders aloud, completely oblivious to how [BM] Bumblebee tensed slightly.[TCS] were intrigued in his agility: did their universe Bumblebee posses the same skill? 
As B-127 lands, the decepticon’s head pops clean off, not a drop of energon spilt.
 This time, eyes and optics open with fear and shock.[BAY] Bumblebee claps his hands in content, relaying through his radio “Man, wish I could do that again!”Horrified expressions turned his way.”Haha!” [TFA] Bee giggles, much to the apparent concern of the other bots on his team.[TCS] Bumblebee looks over the [RiD] Sideswipe “You want your Bee to do that?” He says, although he was also clearly puzzled. 
B-127 kicks the dismembered head into The Prime’s direction, causing the bigger bot to jump slightly.
[RiD] Drift smirks slightly, causing his students to look up at him, before looking to each other. Both of them had bewildered expressions.Snickers could be heard- mainly from those who hadn’t been as effected by the previous sight.[TFP] Autobots had their mouth’s agape: this Bumblebee was nothing like theirs. 
“Sorry I’m late, hit a little traffic!” The smaller bot says, bouncing to Optimus’ side, who secretly chuckled.
 Other Optimus Prime variations copied, chuckling like the on-screen [BM] Optimus had.The [BAY] Autobots froze upon hearing their friend’s voice again. [BM] Optimus Prime looked over to their scout, who was sat watching the tv, optics sparkling.[TFP] Optimus and Ratchet looked over to their own Bumblebee, a pit of guilt widening in their sparks.The majority of humans stared surprised.”That’s what you sound like?!” Charlie, Sam and Cade yelled. Awestruck at the sound of the bot’s voice. Raf, Miko and Jack seemed to be equally stunned.Some [BAY] and [BM] bots chuckle. 
“They’re coming!”
 Their attention is brought back to the screen. 
B-127 looks forward “Uh, Optimus?” He says, worry lining his words. Optimus’ eyes widen.
 Some [BM] Autobots look down or glare at the screen while multiple decepticons smirk evily. [BM] looked at his team with an innocent, questioning look. 
Soundwave jumps down from off screen “Decepticons- Attack!”

”Autobots, fall back!” Optimus shouts into the comms, as he and Bee start to run. “Get to the tower, NOW!”
 [BAY] mechs remember their decision to leave their home world for the survival of their race. 
Shockwave turns to Starscream “Destroy the launch pad- let none escape.” Starscream nods and transforms, being followed by the other seekers.
 [BM] Bumblebee buzzes, worried. [BM] Cliffjumper pats Bee’s head, flashing him a reassuring smile. 
The scene changes to the launch pad, located on the top of the tower.

”Cybertron has fallen. Get to the escape pods, there are other Autobots scattered across the galaxy.
 ”Optimus would never give up that easily!” 
While the other bots complied, B-127 stayed by Optimus, who continued “We must reach them if we hope to survive.”

The scout turned to his leader abruptly “Optimus, this is our home! We have to fight for it!”
 Most of the humans agreed, cheering him on. Others only had grim looks on their faces. 
The seekers are shown flying in the background.

”We will fight on. For now, we must find refuge.” Optimus explained, looking at B-127. “I found a planet that is well hidden…” A hologram assembles above his arm, which he held out, allowing B-127 to look at the newly discovered planet.

Earth.
The humans gasped: the mention of their planet a revelation. Although they unanimously agreed that their planet was not the safest place to take refuge. 
“Earth. You will travel there and establish a base for us.” He places a large hand on the young bot’s shoulder.

”Once we gather the others, we will join you.” He explains “You must protect the planet. If the Decepticons find it, then our people will be truly finished.” He glances over to the empty pod and back to B-127.
 “Such a big responsibility to put on just a scout.” [TCS] Megatron mocked, earning a few glares his way.”Oh, he is more than ‘just a scout’.” [BM] Optimus says, his [BAY] version nods in agreement.”Let us guess: he’s your kid?” [TFP] Wheeljack says, causing [TFP] Optimus to splutter. Every Optimus present turns to stare at the unfortunate speaker.”NO!” The Optimus’ reactions were either horrified (TFA) or embarrassed at the call-out. 
“Now go!” At this final order, B-127 hurries to the waiting escape pod, only looking back as he runs inside.

The three seekers in the air shoot down from further in the air, the bullets rain down toward the base of the tower, where it was thinnest. Optimus stands next to B-127’s pod watching the current onslaught of bullets. He looks back to the scout “Good luck, soldier. I’ll buy you some time!”

The entrance to the pod closes and it shoots into the air.
 Various Ratchets hit their Optimus’ on the head with a wrench each (“Seriously! Where do they even get them from?!” The voice complains to themselves in the control room).”Classic Optimus, always sacrificing himself!” [CYBER] Grimmlock exclaims. 
Due to the previous bombardment of bullets, the lower part of the tower begins to crumble as the last pod shot off into the sky. Optimus watches the pod with a heavy heart before turning his attention to a nearby seeker.

Bracing himself, Optimus Prime jumps and lands onto the Decepticon, taking them both down. The scene shows the two of them falling down, smoke evident.
 Seeing this, [BM] Bumblebee looks up to his leader, eyes wide and almost accusing. As [BM] Optimus tries to avoid his eyes, he catches sight of the others in his team looking at him, amused expressions adorning their faces.The younger generation had their mouths agape and were staring at the screen, taking in what had just happened. 
Once again, the scene changes to the pod in which B-127 had used to escape. The young, yellow bot stared down at his planet from a far, his spark lost in the large mass of intertwined stars.

The screen finally faded, leaving a black screen in its wake.
 [BM] Bumblebee questioned why he couldn’t remember any of this. The other Bumblebee movie Autobots looked at their young ally, guilt clear in his optics. 
The screen suddenly glitches, a loud beeping sound is emitted from it.
 This causes almost everyone in the room to jump, before complains began to arise.”Warn us next time, Weird Voice.” [TCS] Bumblebee hisses”That acres the living-“”Language, Hound.” [BAY] Optimus reprimanded strictly. 
Ratchet is stood talking to Optimus and Bumblebee, while Jazz stands there confused.
 “What’s this?””Ah, I remember.””Why are you so mean, Ratch-“”Shut up.” 
“Okay, so you want to try distract Megatron-“ Ratchet gestures to Bumblebee, who nods.
 “Wait what?” 
“And you-“ he roughly points toward Optimus Prime “-are gonna sacrifice yourself to destroy the cube?”

Optimus nods in confirmation.
 “I’m sorry, WHAT?!” All the Ratchets cry out. 
”No, no! You two are too valuable to risk!”
 ”Exactly!” 
He puts a finger to his chin “It must be someone expendable…”
 ”I agree!” [TFA] Jazz says.

Ratchet smirks, “Like Jazz.”
 “Yeah- WAIT””RATCHET!?””RATCH, I’M HURT!” 
“WHAT?!” Jazz looks at Ratchet, a hurt expression on his face.

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As the screen fades once more, the others went back to thinking about the fight scene they had just watched.“Well, that was something… ey?” [RiD] Sideswipe jokes, attempting to lighten the mood of some of the bots around him. They had taken the videos seriously, and many of them seemed to have flashbacks, especially [TFA] Ratchet.Charlie, on the other hand, was talk to her Bumblebee. “Hey, Bee… you okay?”[BM] Bumblebee looked up at her worried voice. Feeling bad for making his friend upset, he looked back down, his antennae drooping sadly.The [TFP] universe were heavily worried for their scout as he was sat, legs bunched up to his chest. His optics were wide open with confusion.“That was awesome!” Sari and Cody say, eyes sparkling in admiration.“Alright, guys! The next video will begin now!” The voice called, echoing though the room.After everyone had turned to look at their screens, the video began. The television fades from black to a forest. The year reads ‘1987’ as it appears in white text on the screen.  Charlie ponders before realising that this was the year her dad had… died. She looks away from the screen momentarily, her eyes beginning to fill. 
The forest is full of towering trees, void of any leaves or vegetation, except the green moss growing in various areas on tree trunks and discarded logs.

A group of soldiers come traipsing through the undergrowth carefully. At the front, their apparent leader walks slowly, getting caught off guard as he is lifted into the air. Another team of soldiers jump out from nearby bushes and begin to shoot at them.
 Chase and Strongarm jump as many of the parents yelp in shock. Agent Burns rubs his face as he remembers this day, he sighs with annoyance. 
The man suspended in the air flinches with every bullet that hits him. Finally, his mask falls off, revealing his face and he shouts in pain “Ah! NO- OW OW! OKAY, OKAY, I’M DEAD ALREADY MAN?!”
 “Huh?” Dani asks, a confused look on her face.”It was field practise.” Agent Burns replies simply, allowing the parents a sigh of relief. 
The other shooter takes off his mask, revealing Agent Burns. “Oh no, just you. Being the over achiever you are, you managed to get your whole team killed, Danny. Bravo” He mocked.
 There were some snickers from around the room. 
“Come on man! Those things sting!” Danny complains, swinging around slowly.
 Agent Burns chuckles fondly at the memory.”He seems cool!” [CYBER] Bumblebee says, causing [TCS] Ratchet to wince: those bullets COULD have been very dangerous if they had hit an important external organ, like an eye. 
“What things? These things?” Agent Burns feigns ignorance as he shoots Danny again.
 “Hehe-“ [TFA] Bee giggles mischievously. This is totally going at number 1 on ‘List of Pranks to Prank the Rest of the Crew With because I Love Pranks and they Hate Them’. 
”You know, I wouldn’t know because I haven’t been hit yet-“ Wearing an evil smirk, Agent Burns shoots the upside down man once again.
 [TFP] Knockout grins “Huh! This humans seems to have quite a decent sense of humour!” [TFP] Starscream just looks at him, disbelief written in his optics. 
“Ow! You know what? That’s too close, man! You coulda taken out an eye- I got a date tonight! This ain’t sexy!” Danny whines.

“You’re right, I’m sorry.” Agent burns shoots the man twice, looking up in mock surprise.
“That one was on me-“ He pulls the trigger again.  “Ouch, that’s pretty mean!” [TFA] Bulkhead exclaims.*humans are so odd* [TFP] Ultra Magnus thinks as he watches the interaction on screen.[G1] Ironhide smirks “Ain’t that what the decepti-creeps do?”There were snide snickers and giggles from the humans and Autobots 
“There’s a malfunctioning trigger!” Agent Burns concludes “This weapon’s just faulty-“ he shoots Danny three more times.
 “Pft- Look at his face-“ [CYBER] Bumblebee and Hotrod giggled quietly. 
“Someone’s gonna get a talking-to when-“

“Man would you stop?!” Danny finally shouted, fed-up.
 “Nah-“ 
“Alright?! Just- just stop! Oh, I should’ve left you to die in Grenada…” Danny commented.
 ”That’s a little harsh.” 
“If you did, we wouldn’t be able to come to the forest-“ Agent Burns responds, pulling out a hunting knife.

“-And run around playing these awesome games-“

”Exactly!” Danny retorted, although he cried out when he fell from his place in the air when his opponent cut the rope which hung him up “I hate you.”
 “The wholesome brotherly-love! Aren’t I right, Bee?” [CYBER] Hotrod says, turning to [CYBER] Bumblebee, who nodded with a large smile on his face. 
“Wow, man- that hurts! ‘Cause I love you. But you refuse to give in because you got intimacy problems. A therapist would probably tell you didn’t get enough love as a kid-“
 “I mean, that makes sense?” [TFA] and [TFP] Bulkhead say at the same time, making them look at each other in wonder. 
Danny’s attention drifted to the sky behind him. “Look, man” he points to the fiery object in the sky, which was heading right at them.

Agent Burns sighs “Danny, I know I look stupid, but-“ He says, slowly turning around.
 “Humans are so stupid.” [BAY] Starscream says, the other Starscreams nodding in agreement. 
Agent Burns trails off as he sees the massive object in the sky “TAKE COVER!” He shouts as the object collides.

Fire and explosions erupt all around as soldiers were flung into the air.
 “Are they okay?! / Do you think they’re okay?! / WOAH- / HOLY SHIT-“”Kade!” Chief Burns says in a stern tone as both Cade and Kade turn toward him.[RB] Kade turns to his dad, huffing “Yesss?”“LANGUAGE!” 
Crouching, the man speaks into his walk-in-talkie “This is Agent Jack Burns”
The Burns family from the Rescue bots universe look at Agent Burns, puzzled while Sari and Charlie gasp, seeing the damage done by the collision. 
“I need medical up here, NOW. We have a projective strike in the north-west corner of the training course. Multiple injuries-“ he surveys the soldiers on the ground around him, groaning in pain “XAnd would someone explain why you drop Napalm on your own men?!”
 “Uh oh. Bee’s gonna be found out!” Charlie says, fearful. 
”Negative.” Came the staticky reply “There are no active army drills in the north-west sector.”

”…What the hell hit us then?” Agent Burns questions, confused.
 “I’m surprised the bug managed to harm more humans than we have!” [TFP] Megatron says, filthy looks were shot his way. 
B-127 whirred as he rose onto his feet, looking down at the human in front of him.
 “Gotta admit- small bot looks pretty intimidating there.” [TFP] Bulkhead claims. [BM] Bumblebee looks at him, letting out a confused beeping noise, which some people ‘awhed’ at (yes, even some decepticons). 
“Target on your right!”

The mech’s battle mask assembled as he turned toward the voice, scanning his surroundings before beginning to run away.
 “Oo~ a POV! This is so cool!” Cody exclaims. 
“I need all of you to fan out and search for that thing!” Agent Burns orders.
 “Wait, what?! / HEY!” The bots around the human shout, clearly upset at his choice of wording.The other Bumblebees give tired eyes or slap their faces in awkwardness. 
Burns climbed into the nearest jeep “Drive.” He instructed the other in the car.

As B-127 ran through the forest, he transformed into the same jeep which the army personnel were driving in, stunning them for a moment.
 “AWESOME!” The younger bots and humans exclaim, eyes and optics wide. [BM] Bumblebee blushed in embarrassment due to the attention. 
“What the hell?” Agent Burns came over the shock quickly “Take it down!”

At this order, a harpoon was shot at B-127, destabilising him and throwing him off course, causing him to go careering down a ditch.
 There was a collective gasp from around the room.Piercing glares were shot like dagger sat the now uncomfortable Agent Burns, who sweat as the massive bots and intimidating humans stared daggers at him, their gazes boring into him.Charlie thought about the horrible things that had happened to her best friend, dismissing the thoughts as she looks over to [BM] Bee sat next to her, alive and well. 
“Get down there and flush that thing out!”
 “WHAT?!” [TFA] Optimus yells out along with [TFA] Prowl, who was staring at the screen, anger flashing in their optics. 
“There it is!” Bullets were shot at the retreating mech, although they hardly damaged him, failing to slow him down.
 “Those tiny things can’t hurt us.” [RiD] Drift says, much to Agent Burn’s annoyance: obviously, he knew that now. 
Hearing this, B-127 swiftly pulls out his swords, swiftly cutting down two trees and sending them tumbling down.
 “Wait, BEE HAS SWORDS?!” [RiD] Slipstream asks. Drift, just as bewildered, looks over the [RiD] Bumblebee, who was stood awkwardly.Bayverse looked the most puzzled: they had never seen Bumblebee with these weapons. 
The soldiers were ordered to employ a missile.
 “YOU WOULDN’T?!”By now, the Optimuses were staring, frustration evident, at the screen. 
B-127 managed to pull out the spear-like weapon out from his change, grunting in pain.

Looking at the mountains in front of him, the bot spots a mine and hastily begins to run toward it.
 “That’s gonna be hard to escape from.” [BM] Ratchet says, frowning with displeasure.[TCS] look over to their universe’s Bumblebee, who was staring at the screen, eyebrows furrowed. 
Jeeps cut off any potential escape routes, cornering B-127.

”It’s going for the mines; cut it off!”

Before he could reach the mine entrance, a jeep crashed into his side, sending him tumbling to the side.
 “Ya-ouch! That has GOT to hurt-“ [TFP] Wheeljack shouts, yelping as Ratchet elbows him, glaring. 
Multiple messages flashed onto his HUD. ‘Core Systems Damaged’.

B-127 staggers to him feet, nursing his side with a hand as he faces the numerous vehicles surrounding him.
 “That does not look very good…” [CYBER] Cheetor states, looking with concern at [CYBER] Bumblebee, who was watching the scene intently.[BM] Hotrod stared at the screen in horror. All of this happened to his brother, and he didn’t even know?! In short, he felt horrible.Steeljaw just stood and observed. 
“Please, this is a mistake.” B-127 put his hands in front of him, backing away slightly.

Although the men were caught off guard, their weapons didn’t drop.

”Stay cool.” Agent Burns commanded “Hold your fire-“
 The Autobots were on the edge of their seats, anticipation hung in the air in a dense cloud. 
“I don’t wanna hurt anyone…” The robot says.
 “Of course, he doesn’t!” [CYBER] Windblade retorts, sharply glaring at the human. 
A whirring sound fills the air. Heads turn as a fast approaching aircraft comes into view.

”Who called in the Airforce?”
 “YEAH, WHO DID CALL IN THE AIRFORCE?!” Blades cries out worriedly. 
A decepticon insignia is engraved onto its side
 “Blitzwing?!” [BM] Ratchet exclaims, he would know that transformation anywhere! 
“That’s… not the Airforce…” B-127 says, eyes glued to the plane. Before Agent Burns can respond, the bot says, voice full of fear, “Run-“

Missiles were shot from the jet, striking the ground and, once again, sends several soldiers and military cars flying. B-127 is pushed backwards by the force as explosions blossom all around.
 “:. Why can’t I remember any of this?! .:” [BM] beeps, searching for answers. 
The mech grunts, pushing a large slab of stone off of him, catching sight of the plane transform into a bot twice his size
 “The other Ratchet was right- that is Blitzwing!” [G1] Wheeljack exclaims. 
The Decepticon grabs B-127, slamming him into the mountain.

“Did you think you could hide?!” Blitzwing shouts.

B-127 pushes himself, manoeuvring himself and spins, landing a hard kick on the opponent.
 “Woah! Bee, you think you can do that?” [TFA] Bulkhead marvels, looking to [TFA] Bumblebee.”Later, Bulky!” [TFA] Bee responds, his attention fully on the tv.Transformers Animated were surprised at Bumblebee’s concentration; they’d never seen him so invested like now.“OKAY, HOW MANY SECRET SKILLS DO YOU EVEN HAVE, BEE?!” [RiD] Sideswipe shouts as [TFP] Optimus chuckles quietly to himself.[RiD] Drift smiles slightly as he sees the wonder in his student’s optics; he had to admit, he was quite proud of Bumblebee despite the small time in which he had known him.He also had to admit how curious he was about [RiD] Bumblebee’s skill in swordsmanship: what were his capabilities? 
Quickly recovering, B-127 picks up a large piece of metal debris and swings it toward the ‘con. However, it is blocked and the Autobot is punched, sending him crashing into the ground
 “Oof-“ [G1] Ironhide covers his optics, peaking out from behind his hands.Sam was as worried as Charlie, even though they both new this was the past.Even though [TFA] Sentinel Prime didn’t particularly like the yellow bot, he did not the Decepticon to win. 
“Now you’ll die screaming-“ Blitzwing mocked “-like your friends!”
 “SON OF A FRAG!” [BAY] Hound yelled, outraged. 
Furious, B-127 runs forward, slamming them both the ground.
 “Go Bee! / DESTROY HIS ASS!” The humans cheered for [BM] Bumblebee. 
The smaller bot draws his swords, jumping back up. Before he can strike down, Blitzwing uses his blasters, flying from under the attack.

The Decepticon grabs B-127 and flies up the mountain, grating the scout against the mountain.

However, B-127 swings himself around, switching their positions.
 “Tch! Kill that bug!” [TFP] Megatron yells, startling the bots near him (Starscream and Knockout) who were eating cybertronian popcorn. 
Digging his blade into the ‘con’s back, B-127 manages to successfully damage Blitzwing’s fuel pipes.
 “YES BEE! GET ‘EM!” 
Both bots crashed into the mountain and fell onto a ledge which jutted out from the cliff. Blitzwing recovered quickly and began shooting, pushing B-127 closer to the edge as he attempts to shield himself from the onslaught of bullets.
 “No!” Many Autobots yelled out in worry or rage.[TCS] wonder what their relationship is with Bumblebee in other universes. [TCS] Bumblebee felt weird- nobody had every cheered for him like this, even though it wasn’t exactly him they were cheering for, it still gave him a funny feeling.[RiD] were worried they would see Bumblebee get hurt. 
Before he could fall, Blitzwing grasps the scout and hangs him over the edge.
 “Frag-“ 
“Tell me where your friends are hiding.”

B-127 grunts “I’ll never talk!”
 “Why do I have such a bad feeling..?” [TFA] Bulkhead says, adding to the intense atmosphere. 
“Is that right?” The decepticons transformers his free hand into a long spire-like tool “Then let’s make it official.”
 “WHA-“ 
The tool is dug into B-127’s neck. As he struggles in agony, a large part is pulled out of the numerous frayed wires and chords.

*Speech Synthesis Disabled*
 The room erupted.”OH MY PRIMES! / BEE..? / JESUS! / BEE, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!”[BM] Bumblebee nods at the last question.The trainees knew that the Bumblebee from their universe had lost his voice box in battle, but even though they saw it happen with a different Bee, it didn’t stop them from imagining the unspeakable horrors that their Bumblebee must have gone through when it had happened with him 
Satisfied, the Decepticon drops the struggling autobot, watching as the scout slams into the mountain side continuously, before laying on the ground at the bottom, limp and lifeless-like.
 “PRIMUS!” [TFA] Ratchet yelled, worried for the young bot. [TFA] Bumblebee stated intensely at the screen: would this have happened if he had been in the war? 
With a heavy thud, Blitzwing lands next to B-127, picking his up by the neck.
 “LEAVE BEE ALONE!” Sari screams, a fire raging in her eyes. 
“B-127, as a member of the Autobot resistance, you are a traitor to Cybertron-” The scout clenches his fists

”-And are hereby sentenced to death.”
 “FIGHT BACK, BEE!” Charlie shouts, determined for Bumblebee to save himself. 
B-127’s head snaps up and he seizes Blitzwing’s arm, tearing off the metal and exposing the missiles.
 “DID HE JUST TEAR OFF THE DECEPTICON’S SKIN?!” Miko exclaims, mouth wide open.[RiD] Sideswipe and Strongarm stare bewildered “Wha- HUH?!” They look over to their Bumblebee, who was looking to the side awkwardly. 
Gabbing one of the explosives, the scout digs it into Blitzwing’s chest plate. Taking the chance to escape, B-127 pushes himself off the Decepticon as he attempts the pry off the missile.

“NO!”
 “GO, GO, GO!!!” 
B-127 powered up his cannon.
 “HOLD UP-“ 
He releases a blast and the missiles explode on contact.

Emerging from the dust, B-127 staggers forward, standing victorious.
 “HOLY FRAG / SCRAP!” The [TFA] Autobots gasp as the Decepticon was blown into spare parts.Transformers Prime eyes and optics open wide, all of them looking over to their innocently confused Bumblebee.[RiD] were traumatised. They did not think their Bumblebee could be so cruel but…Could their Bee have softened?Armada though- no, knew- that if they had a Bumblebee during the war, they would’ve been able to use him and his capabilities fully.[TCS] had looked back to their Bumblebee variation who was smiling… SMILING?![G1] was bith awed and terrified. This Bumblebee’s fighting strength and swiftness was no joke, but the idea of the killing thing. No way! Their Bee was too innocent to do something like that.Cyberverse Autobots looked at their Bee who was sweating profusely as the unsettling stares of the [CYBER] decepticons bore into him. They were probably planning to force him to join their side.Charlie saw [BM] Bumblebee’s distress as he beeped frantically, calming slightly as [BM] Optimus rested his hand on his head, patting his reassuringly.Meanwhile, Bayverse weren’t fazed by the killing. They were much more effected by the removal of Bumblebee’s voice box, which had impacted them much more than they had thought it would.The humans looked uncomfortable with seeing [BM] Bumblebee kill again (except Cade, who had seen his fair share).Their attention was brought back to the screen. *Memory Cells Failing*
A new alert flashed on his grainy HUD as he limped away, aware of the agonising pain erupting from his neck with each movement.
 “Oh, primes…””Damn, the bug took out your counterpart, Blitzwing!” [TFA] Starscream slyly remarked, gaining a sharp glare from [TFA] Blitzwing.Shatter and Dropkick stared. They knew that Blitzwing was dead, it was obvious. But seeing their comrade get blown to microscopic pieces pained them, even though they would never admit it.
Regaining consciousness, Agent Burns watches as the robot limps away.
 Everyone ignored him.”You took a whole lot of beating, Bee.” Hound says, as he and the rest of his team look at the scout, worry evident in their optics. 
B-127 came upon a sandy beach, creaking and groaning in pain, but not failing to take in the view for one final time.
 “The view is amazing…” [RiD] Sideswipe says simply, awe creating a sparkle in his optics.Many other bots unanimously agree, marvelling at the breath-taking landscape despite everything they had just been shown. 
The lost scout drops to his knees and into the water. Before his optics fluttered, he scanned the humans and vehicles in the distance.

*Memory Core Critical Failure*

The message flashed erratically before he came to settle on a final vehicle.

A yellow voltswagon beetle.

Finally, his blue optics shuttered and faded, leaving him to sleep for now.

The scene fades.
 Charlie sits for a while, turning the new information over in her head.Sam took a moment. He knew he had recognised that car from somewhere before…[G1] Bee wonders about the ending and realises how the car shown before the cut off was his own alt mode.[BAY] Megatron glared at the screen. How come his soldier could not only not get rid of an insignificant bug, but also fail to survive himself?Steeljaw was shook to the core with the revelation that he could have been killed by Bumblebee at anytime. However, the Lieutenant had only wanted to capture him, not kill him.He must have really softened then…”My god, Bee, was that similar to your greeting on Earth?!” Sam yelled, further enraged when [BAY] Bumblebee nodded his head sullenly. He turned to [BM] Bee who looked lost.Coming to stand next to his younger self, [BAY] Bumblebee pats [BM] Bee, prompting a brotherly beep from them both.”Sorry for the unfortunate ending, y’all, butt the next reaction will be something cute so you can cheer up before the REAL rollercoaster ride!” The voice interrupts the quiet conversation.Sighs of relief rang from around the room, happy for a distraction.At least they were done, for now.

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Alert: new characters!
 
Earthspark [ES]
 
Optimus Prime, Elita-1, Bumblebee, Megatron, Wheeljack, Grimmlock, Arcee
 
Twitch, Thrash, Hashtag, Jawbreaker, Nightshade
 
Mo, Robby, Alex, Dorothy/Dotty
 
Timeline - middle of season 1, normal day

ˑ༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ ▹… present time …◃ ۪۪۫۫ ༄ؘ ˑ
 After the last video, the different universes were granted another break. Food and energon was passed out and they all began to relax before the voice spoke again.”Okay guys! I’ve decided to bring in another dimension!”.There was an excited atmosphere at the news.“I’ve already explained everything to them, so I’ll have them introduce themselves when they come!””Cool!” Cody says “When are they coming?”“Right abouttt… now!” The voice replies before a brilliant bright light emerges from the middle of the room.A large group of bots appear.While a few look familiar, there were some who could not be identified by the other universes.Many of the smaller bots from the group look around inquisitively, spotting various bots and pointing them out to each other.”Welcome, Earthspark bots, to the reaction room!” The voice calls over the hubbub of noise.The Maltos startle “That will never not be weird!-“ Thrash whisper-shouts, drawing a giggle from Twitch.”Please introduce yourselves so we can get back to reacting, guys!”Taking his cue, [ES] Optimus Prime steps forward, smiling “Greetings, I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots.””Why so many Optimuses?” [RiD] Sideswipe groans, earning another elbow to the ribs by Strongarm, who silently reprimanded her teammate.”This my team: Elita-1, Megatron-“ There was a cacophony of gasps, while [ARM] just sighed, disappointed that they had already forgotten about their Megatron.”-Bumblebee, Wheeljack, Grimmlock and Arcee.” He finishes before moving onto the Malto family.”These are the Maltos.” The prime gestured to the humans and terrans, who stood shyly.*How does that work?* Many humans and mechs questioned, although they wouldn’t ask out loud, for fear of being rude or awkward.”Mo, Robby, Alex and Dorothy-“ [ES] Optimus Prime continued, however he was cut off by Twitch“I’ll introduce me and my siblings!” She exclaimed proudly.Optimus smiles, looking to her “Of course, Twitch. Go ahead.””Yay! Okay, so, my name is Twitch and this-“ She flies down to poke Thrash “-Is my brother, Thrash! We were born first, so we’re the older siblings!””Yeah, but I was born first-first, so I’m the oldest sibling!” Thrash chipped in.The flying terran rolls her eyes before continuing “Whatever. Anyways, these are our little siblings: Hashtag- she does stuff with the wi-fi, Jawbreaker- Also JB, but he’s a DINOSAUR!” She says the last part with her hands in claw like shapes as she wiggles them.There were some curious glances.”Woahh! A dinosaur?!” Sari shouts, ignoring Optimus when she tries to shush her “COOOOOOOOL!””I KNOW RIGHT!” Twitch screams, flying over to Sari, who looked at her with sparking eyes.There was a cough from above “As much as I’m happy y’all are bonding, could you carry on with the introductions please?”“Oh yeah, sorry, ceiling voice-“ Twitch glides over to the last un introduced bot “- And last but not least, Nightshade: they love doing these awesome experiments and stuff.““Oh! And they go by they/them pronouns!” Twitch quickly adds.Nightshade looks toward her with a grateful smile.”Uhm, I… have a question?”Everyone turns to the person who had spoken. [TCS] Bumblebee stood there, his optics looking toward the new comers.”Ask away!””What are… terrans?” He hesitates slightly on the unknown word.“Ohhh! I can answer!” Thrash says, clear eagerness on his face “Me and my siblings are called terrans because, I guess it’s because we were… born on Earth?”Many gasps and disbelieving stares turned their way.”So, it’s similar to how those created on Cybertron have the classification of ‘Cybertronian’?” Fix-it asks.“I guess so, yeah.” [ES] Bumblebee responds, stepping in for Thrash, who looked lost.Fix-it was about to ask more of his queries before the voice interrupted again “Like I said, I’m happy for y’all to bond but now, we’ll start the reactions!”After the Earthspark universe were successfully (aside from the children fussing over seats) seated in their respected area, the voice began.
“The next scene we’ll be watching will be a less friendly one- I’ll decide whether the children get to stay for that part, don’t worry.”
The adults looked apprehensive, but soothed their worries as they tuned into the children’s active chatter, talking idly with the others.

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After a while, the voice had announced that the children would indeed be watching the next scene.A general sense of unease emerged from the reactors: why would the children be included in whatever they were going to watch? Was the next video going to be more… brutal than the ones they had watched before?However, they did not have enough time to ponder this as the next scene began. 
The screen fades from black to a new setting: the atmosphere is orange tinted and Charlie can be seen struggling in the grip of Agent Burns, who shouted commands to his soldiers.
 “What are you doing to my DAUGHTER?!” Sally shrieks upon seeing the scene.

“Bee, RUN!” The teenager shouts, looking back as she was forcefully pulled away.
 [BM] Bumblebee seems to become angry, optics growing wide at the scene.A furious Sally turns her attention to the off-screen Agent Burns, fires blazing in her eyes. Ron pulls her back though, gently shaking his head. His looks to Agent Burns, eyes narrowed. 
“Take it down!” Agent Burns orders, looking back toward where the mech was stood, looking around fearfully.
 “He doesn’t mean…” [RiD] Sideswipe asks tentatively. 
“No, STOP!”

The shout came just as a spire-shaped harpoon was shot, striking Bumblebee’s through the chest.
 “Bee!” [BM] Hotrod shouts, optics wide with worry. 
”Contain it, dismantle it!” Agent Burns orders.
 Horrified looks came from around the room, especially from the [BM] Universe, who looked from their Bumblebee down to the Agent, who was shifting nervously. 
The mech, now with multiple ropes attached to him, was being dragged backwards, although he tried to futility reach out toward Charlie, who continued to plead and shout viciously.
 “You better not do anything to him…” Charlie says, threat thick in her tone as she stares down the military agent. 
”Fight back Bee!” Charlie says, her voice audibly breaking.
 “Yeah! You gotta stand up for yourself, Bee!” The terrans and younger Maltos cheer, willing on their teacher-from-another-dimension. 
“It’s a machine!”

”He’s more human than you’ll ever be!” Charlie replies, roughly elbowing the man in the ribs.
 “Tiny human for the WIN!” [CYBER] Arcee whoops along with [ARM] Rodimus. 
In response, Agent Burns throws Charlie onto the ground, “Oof-!” She says, scrambling to get up.
 By now, most of the eyes and optics in the room were on the present Agent Burns: disapproval, anger, menace.The fires in Sally’s eyes were now taking on a powerful blaze, even managing to scare some of the bots nearest to her. 
Outraged, Bumblebee digs his hand into the ground and engages his battle mask, scanning the humans around him.
 “Woah-“ Charlie gasped, turning to [BM] Bee, who looked as awed and confused as she was, “Bee has a-?” She hesitates.”Battle mask, I guess you could call it.” [BAY] Drift says helpfully, nodding to Charlie. 
As the bot gets up, pulling against his restraints, Memo and Charlie both look up at him, dread mixed into their dirtied expressions.
 “What’s… happening?” 
Towering above all those present, his optics turn blood red.
 There was a stunned silence.Eyes widened, Optics opened with confusion and fear.”What..?” [RiD] Drift mutters, brows furrowed in clear bewilderment.The video continued playing nonetheless. 
“Oh shit-“ Agent Burns breathes, staring up in horror before he was sent flying to the side with a swipe of Bumblebee’s arm.

Engaging his swords, he cuts the ropes which bound him. Turning around, he stops, facing Charlie.
 “Bee would never hurt a human!” [BM] Hotrod exclaims in defiance.Once again, the video continues playing 
“Open fire!”

Bullets ricochet off Bumblebee’s plating, capturing his attention.

Memo, still on the ground attempts to shield himself as Charlie ducks behind a stationary vehicle nearby, blocking her ears.
 “STUPID!” [BM] and [TFP] Ratchet shout, “Don’t provoke him, idiots!” 
Bumblebee transforms his arm into a gun, pointing it at the military personnel.
 “He wouldn’t?-“ 
The cannon is fired.

Explosions erupt as soldiers try to run for cover, shouts of pain and fear echoing throughout the burning landscape.
 “No…” Charlie whispers, clearly horrified “Bee-“ she turns around to Bumblebee, who was frozen with terror.He was still watching the screen. 
More shots are fired from the arm-cannon.

”FALL BACK!” Agent Burns shouts “TAKE COVER!”
 [BM] Optimus Prime watches, optics full of horror. But most of all, worry; for his scout. 
“BEE!” Charlie screams over the chaos, walking toward the wild bot.

More shots are fired.
 “Charlie, are you crazy?!” Sally screams at her daughter, however Charlie’s attention was fully on the scene playing out in front of her, paying no need to her mother’s accusation. 
“Bee!” Charlie repeats, “Bee, stop!”

Bumblebee spins round to stare at her, optics glowing the same crimson.

But he had stopped.
 “Yes!” Blades shouts, excited. A tut catches the other’s attention.”She’s still gotta stop ‘im from unleashing hell’s havoc again.” Hound says, although he himself had a look of foreboding. 
Bumblebee’s battle mask transforms away. He blinks twice, shaking his head slightly as his optics turn blue.

The normal, diamond, water colour of blue.
 It was as if the whole room had let out a sigh of relief.

Kneeling down, the bot holds out his hand, gently taking hold of his his best friend’s smaller hand as Charlie smiles.

”You remember, don’t you?”

The screen fades back to black.
 “No way- A CLIFFHANGER?!” [TFA] Bumblebee shouts, disappointment evident in his voice. The rest of the TFA verse look at him.Surprisingly, a chuckle escapes [TFA] Ratchet’s voice box as he regards the younger bot, further bewildering the other Autobots and Decepticons alike.Agent Burns seemed to be frozen, taking in everything that had occurred in the span of under 5 minutes, Dr Powell (unsurprisingly) in the same state.With the [BM] universe, Charlie was left to be comforted by her family while Bumblebee was whisked off into his own Autobot team.He was worried. What if they were scared of him. He… never knew he could do whatever that was.Is he… a monster?Now, it was understandable why it had to be debated (with whoever the voice had with them) whether or not the younger of the groups should’ve been present for the reaction

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“Break time, y’all!” The voice called cheerily, obviously ignoring the thick atmosphere around the room.Nobody answered, drawing out an irritates sigh from the Voice.”I can give y’all something to eat if you’d like?” Most people perked up slightly at that notation, although hesitant.“Yeah! / Yes, please! / WOOOOO!” Those wanting to eat exclaim brightly as plates of food and canisters of energon appear for each separate group, neatly piled and set out for them.After testing the new items and finding them satisfactory, they all began to eat, falling back into easy chatter with each other.Although the majority of those present were quite confused and greatly shaken about the scene they had just watched had showed them, the most bewildered and ultimately worried were, understandably, the Bumblebee Movie universe’s Autobots.Occasionally, a glance or two was shot toward [BM] Bumblebee.[BM] Hotrod was conflicted on what to do: he didn’t want to upset the already distraught [BM] Bee.[BM] Optimus rebuked himself for not knowing anything of this… condition. What this actually was, he was unaware, but the guilt and pain in his medic’s optics worried him more than he felt it should.What had happened for Ratchet to become so… uneasy?Every time they had looked over to the scout, he held the same posture.Knees pulled up to his chest; his hands bunched into fists; eyebrows scrunched up, as if he was trying to find the answer to a question he really should know the answer to--but he didn’t.All he knew was that this was to happen somewhere in the future, which was helpful in widening the growing chasm of anxiety and confusion in his spark, which increased everyday something new was revealed to him.Charlie seemed to notice the way her best friend was sat because she pat [BM] Bumblebee on his knee, making him look down into her wide, amber eyes.Charlie was nervous for Bee, to be short.Of course, she was scared for the future; that was an undeniable in her case.But she knew, as a fact she fully believed in, she was not scared of Bumblebee.As she thought this, The Voice spoke again.

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“Okay, guys! I want to announce that we are finished with the [BM] universe!”“It was pretty fun!” [CYBER] Cheetor says brightly, oblivious to the bewildered looks which were thrown toward him.”Is that what you expect me to do when you tell me to ‘be optimistic’?” [RiD] Drift deadpans as he questions his students, a hint of underlying humour in his voice.Slipstream and Jetfire blush with embarrassment as [RiD] Sideswipe and [RBA] Whirl snicker, amused.”Now… we’ll start with their future selves!” The Voice announces, “Surprising, I know-“ ”I have a question!” Cody calls up to the ceiling.”Yesss..?” The voice replies slowly.”If we’re reacting to their-“ Cody hesitates, “-future selves? Why aren’t they here with us?”[RiD] Bumblebee looks over the his younger self, realising the same thing with confusion etched into his face.”Dang, didn’t think anyone would notice-“ The Voice replies, sighing dramatically. Funny looks were shared among the different universes, “Okay, okay! I’ll tell you…”Almost all those who were present made sure to listen. They were curious, after all.”I forgot.”
...
“That is actually so stupid-“”SHUT-“ 
*Insert rainbow bleeping screen*
 “ahem””Anyways, they aren’t here now and I can’t really be bothered bringing them in and doing the introductions again, sorry I guess?” The Voice says after the bleep-break.”There are some differences with the future, as some of you may guess.” They continued, the boredom evident in their tone “The main ones are that Charlie and Bumblebee no longer are together, they had to separate.”Before Charlie can say anything in protest, the Voice interrupts, “Complaining to me does not do anything of use to you. I cannot interfere with the dealings of your world- or anyone else’s, for that matter.”“Then what stopped you from bringing us all here a ‘reacting’ to our futures?” [CYBER] Wheeljack asks “Doesn’t that mess with our timeline enough?”The Voice falls silent. After a beat, they talk again “A question for another time” They say simply, “Reaction timeee~!”
Any and all trace of irritation is seemingly erased from the Voice’s- well… voice, as the screen begins to play.

…

Black fades to a new landscape. Fires are alight and smoke is in the air as a fight commences.
 “Dang-“ [ARM] Rodimus exclaimed, much to [ARM] Ultra Magnus’ horror, “What happened?””Shut up, I’m trying to watch.” [TFP] Ratchet says, eyes fixated on the screen.*rude* [ARM] Rodimus thinks defiantly, although he complied and stopped talking. 
”Scourge, I have eyes on the key.” A Terrorcon says, his optics zooming onto an object couched in Noah’s hand.
 “Nahh, why are there more humans?!” [BAY] Hound complains.”I mean, you’re on Earth? so like-“ [CYBER] Windblade begins to say, confused, “-You know what, nevermind.”“Those humans need to leave, it is unsafe.” [BM] Optimus frowns, eying the screen with concern. 
Mirage emerges from the dust, shooting at the terrorcon “Prime, I don’t think we can hold these guys off-“ He shrieks as he is launched into the air by another bot.
 [TFA] Bumblebee and Sari fall into hysterical laughter “Why did he scream like that- HAHAHAA!”[TCS] Mirage scowls, embarrassed as a few of his dimension buddies chuckle alongside the other groups.[TFA] Optimus Prime glances apologetically at him, internally reprimanding his young teammates. 
Mirage’s fall in broken as he crashed into a pile of wood, “Oof- that was… so scary.” He manages between pants.

Groaning, he gets up, “Oh cool, you’re still alive!” Mirage says when he sees the two humans.
 “Is that really the first thing he says after falling from the fucking sky?” [BAY] Hound asks, an incredulous expression on his face.”Language, Hound.” The Voice says tiredly. 
The scene switches to Optimus Prime exchanging blows with Scourge, who commands, “Get the key.”
 “Good to know Prime is still online in the future, I guess?””Dude, your timing is horrible-“ Hashtag says, staring at [BM] Hotrod. 
”Noah! Get outta here!” Mirage yells, before an insect-like ‘con jumps on him, “Get off, I hate spiders!” He scrambles with the mini bot.
 “Real.” Miko agrees, shivering in disgust and fear.

Noah and Elena stumble for cover as the Terrorcon shoots at them.

“Go, go, GO!” Noah mutters frantically.
 [G1] Grimmlock growls, “Why are decepticons so rude?””So, they’re deceptive and rude-“ [CYBER] Cheetor says, counting on his fingers, “Got it!” 
Arcee flips onto the screen, cartwheeling onto the roof of a low building, “Go! Get out of here!” She calls, aiming her blasters to the offending ‘con.
 There were some astounded sounds from the room.”Cooool..!” [RBA] Whirl whispers, awe sparkling in her yellow-orange optics as she stares in wonder at the tv.”Guess this version isn’t too bad!” [TFP] Arcee confirms, looking fondly at her on-screen counterpart.
Bullets are exchanged and, rolling backwards, Arcee shouts, shooting upward toward a jet who was flying nearby.
 “What is up with people and shouting so much?” [TFA] Bumblebee mused, yelping as [TFA] Prowl bonks him hard on the head. 
“Leaving so soon?” The flying mech transforms to bot mode, throwing down a purple glowing object, which lands in front of the two humans.
 “That doesn’t look very good-“ 
Before Noah can attempt to shield Elena, the object blows up, emitting a wave of purple that forced them both back. Unfortunately, Noah drops the key.
 “Oh-“”Dumbass-“ [G1] Sunstreaker smirks, looking at [G1] Sideswipe, who glared at his brother in return. 
Arcee, seeing the object (the key) on the floor, seems to panic slightly, “The key!”
 Twitch calls out, “What is up with this key thing? Why is it so important?”“I think it’s an artifact or something very dangerous- it would make sense for the two sides to fight so desperately for it.” [TCS] Bumblebee states, talking for the first time in a while.[RiD] Drift grunts, agreeing.”Why does ‘the key’ sound… familiar?” [BM] Optimus says, a calculating look on his face as he tries to solve the puzzle in his memory.The others continue watching.
As Arcee runs toward the key, a random car is grabbed by the seeker and flung at her. The car collides with the femme autobot, the force causing her to tumble through a broken window.
 “HEY!” [BM] Cliffjumper shouts furiously, turning to face their Decepticons, who just look back, undeterred. 
Clearly irritated, Scourge sheathes his weapon, “Enough of these games, I’ll get it myself.”
 “Big ego for someone who looks like a rotten dorito, if I’m being honest.” [RB] Kade says, earning him a smack on the head from Chief Burns.The other younger humans giggle as the bots stare, lost with the new… insult?”I don’t even know what a ‘rotten dorito’ is, but it sounds rude so I’ll accept it!” 
”Not on ma’ watch!” Bumblebee’s radio plays, as he appears onto the scene, shooting.
 “Look, Bee! It’s you!” Charlie exclaims giddily as she turns to [BM] Bumblebee, who was now watching the tv attentively, his antennae fluttering up with clear anticipation and excitement.”Get ‘em, Bee!” [BM] Hot Rod calls, earning the seal of approval from Team Prime / Transformers: Prime 
Bumblebee throws a wooden plank at Scourge while Optimus readies himself to swing his glowing orange axe.

Unexpectedly, Scourge deflects the blow with his arm, head butting the Prime in return.
 “Guess the Prime can’t stand his ground against so-called ‘Rotten dorito’.” [TFP] Megatron states, smugly looking over to [TFP] Optimus, “-disappointing.”Many Autobots glare at him with hatred, especially the Bumblebee Movie and [TFP]. 
Bumblebee charges at Scourge, but gets hit and flies backward, shattering a wall of glass as he makes impact.
 By now, the majority of the Autobot groups were fuming; furious, angry.”C’mon, Bee…” Sam urges, silently praying for Bumblebee to be okay.Though, Sam knew that this was a different Bumblebee and that he couldn’t communicate through the screen (“Well, duhhhhh-“ The Voice scoffed from their control room) 
Optimus swings his axe once again and, once again, is blocked by Scourge, who manages to fling the axe away from him, burying the tip into the ground.
 “Guess we gotta hope that he knows hand-to-hand combat?””Oh my god, shut up-“ 
Scourge plunges his weapon into the Prime’s chest, pushing him away and kicking him as Optimus grunts.

Backed into a wall, Scourge punches him again and hits him with the pillar, causing Optimus to fall to the ground.
 “No!” Sari shouts, watching the scene play out in front of her.“:. Optimus..? .:” [BM] Bumblebee beeps, terrified as he looks toward his leader.[BM] Optimus glances back to his scout, attempting a comforting smile, “I’ll be okay, B12- Bumblebee.” He corrects himself quickly.Charlie peers up at the red and blue bot, grinning thankfully. 
“Awh, don’t be frightened, humans!” The purple Terrorcon approaches Noah and Elena, who cowered as she approached, “This will all be over soon…”
 “It’ll be over when Optimus comes over and kicks your asses.” Cade replies spitefully, earning a thoughtful look from the other Primes.”I honestly can’t be mad at that, but still-“ The Voice says, “Language.”
Scourge places his foot on Optimus, pushing him down, “Primus would be ashamed” he says, putting up his unsheathed sword arm, ready to land the final blow.
 “YOU-!” [TCS] Elita-1 begins, but stops abruptly as [TCS] Optimus places a hand on her shoulder, shooting her a reassuring smile.Calming down, she sits back down on her large beanbag, her anger still boiling. Silently this time.
Bumblebee, with the axe in his hand, appears on scene, running toward the larger bot.
 “That isn’t safe-“ [TFA] Optimus stresses.”No shit Sherlock.””I’m not even going to try anymore.”“FOCUS!” 
The brave scout leaps, holding the weapon above his head, intending to bring it down on his opponent.
 “YES, BEE-“ 
Scourge swirls around at the last moment, his sword arm piercing Bumblebee’s stomach with a sickening slice.
 “NO!” Charlie shouts, tears already forming in her glassy eyes. 
Bumblebee, still in the hands of Scourge, goes slightly limp. The axe drops from his now loose grip.
 “If you do anything else to my brother…” [BM] Hotrod threatens lowly, “I will make sure you never get to see the light of Cybertron again.” His bitter words outlined with a sharp slice of fury. 
Optimus watches on, uselessly as Scourge transforms his harm into a blaster.

”I’m tired of little things getting in my way.”
 “He’s not little!” Sari retaliates, her on tears streaming down her face as [TFA] Bee tries to comfort her.”Finally.” [TFP] Starscream says, immediately cowering as those around him fixed him with threatening stares. 
“Bee!” Optimus grunts, trying to get up. Bumblebee takes off his battle mask, looking at his leader with regretful optics.

”Oh captain, my captain.” He radios out.

”No!”

The blaster is put to Bumblebee’s chest.
 “Don’t you dare-“ 
The trigger is pulled as a blue glare is emitted from the blast.
 “No…” Charlie whispers, her voice strained. 
Scourge lifts his hand and pries the autobot insignia from Bumblebee’s forehead, before throwing his body down to the floor.
 “HOW DARE YOU!?” [BM] Hotrod bellows, before he disappears from the room.The other Bumblebee movie Autobots seemed alarmed and were about to start causing a scene before The Voice rang out.”Paused the screen so I could take out Hotrod. He’s fine, don’t worry. I’m just giving him some time to calm down elsewhere”“Indeed, a… wise choice.” [BM] Optimus replies, although the slight waver of his voice didn’t go unnoticed by the others. 
“Bee…” Optimus breathes, as he watches his scout’s optics flicker.

Finally, his blue optics blink off, leaving behind an empty greyness.

The screen finally shudders to the same consuming black as the scene ends.
 ”YES!” Cheers came up from the decepticon sides of each universe as they celebrated the loss of the bug.However, these were silenced as razor sharp glares were shot their way by their universe’s respective Autobots.Charlie and the rest of the [BM] autobots felt a whirlwind of emotions: anger, grief, frustration, guilt.[BM] Optimus was drowning in his own pit of self-loathing. He was there, he could’ve saved his scout, who had put full faith in him as a leader. That lead him to his own undeniable truth:He was useless.

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Useless

Useless

USELESS
 This word repeats. Over and over. Resounding through [BM] Optimus Prime’s metal head, each clang more painful than the last.It doesn’t stop even when The Voice declares a break or even when everyone present begin to quietly talk amongst themselves, trying to either lighten the mood or distract themselves: one or the other. Even when [BM] Hotrod was brought back in, face thunderous but at least calmer than before.It doesn’t stop.The atmosphere is suffocating. Although he was a mechanical organism and had no need to breathe like an average human could, he could feel himself drown under the pressure of the words which were, by now, drilled into his memory.It was futile to remember how long he had been sat in the same place, being crushed by his eminent failure. It hurt so much more to see himself on screen, unable to move or do anything, at that precise moment…B-127- No, Bumblebee. One of his most loyal soldiers, who trusted the Prime with everything- even his spark.Which leads him to the undeniable conclusion:He was useless.A tap on his shoulder startles Optimus out of his unprogressive wonder, causing him to turn his head sharply. Coming face to face with [bm] Ratchet, he relaxes slightly. Although still guarded, the Prime offers the old medic bot a small, strained smile, one which isn’t returned.Instead, [BM] Ratchet sighs, clear annoyance showing on his face. ”You know, sittin’ here and wallowing in despair ain’t very healthy.”Unexpected embarrassment flood through him.
Was he really that predictable?
Another sigh escapes, this time with a hint of disappointment. “You should come sit over with us, you ain’t getting anything done just sat here alone, are you?”At this, Optimus looks over to where their universe autobots had settled, sitting huddled together. Unsurprisingly, they all adopted similar, smiling expressions as they faced Bumblebee- although they were clearly trying to hide their emotions.An air of comradeship surrounded the group, warming the metallic heart of the Prime. However, all of his brief thankfulness fading when he laid eyes on the scout, his mind-breaking thoughts from earlier reappearing.Bumblebee did not seem as concerned with himself, in fact, he seemed much more worried for everyone else. While his antennae were slightly lower than usual, the scout tried (futilely) to cheer up his fellow autobots and a sniffling Charlie.Optimus looked back at Ratchet, who (this time) smiled back sadly. “Prime, you gotta know that Bumblebee is stronger than he looks- both mentally and physically-“The Prime’s mind wandered slightly. What he had said was true- he, as the leader, knew that better than anyone. Bumblebee was strong. Trained? In mind, emotionally and physically. But Optimus also knew that a large portion of the scout’s skill was from experience and hard work.Everything Bumblebee knew was a result from the stuff he had to endure and live through from a young age, eventually hardening his capability and forming the bot he is now.But this was different.Fresh self-loath blossomed in his chest, again causing his head to rattle with overwhelming thoughts. Suddenly, something solid collides with his head, the resounding vibrations making him jump.Ratchet, now wielding the offending wrench threateningly. Sighing in defeat, Optimus stands before making his way over to his team.Bumblebee, still frantically trying his best to lighten his teammates, looks up at the approaching presence, his yellow antennae lifting into the air, hopeful.After a moments hesitation, the Prime carefully lowers himself, taking a seat next to the scout. Seeing the bright look that Bee had aimed at him, Optimus couldn’t help but smile fondly again.

ˑ༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ ▹ With the other universes … ◃ ۪۪۫۫ ༄ؘ ˑ Nobody really knew what to say. Although it hadn’t been their Bumblebee who had… perished… for most of them, the very thought of such a fate falling upon their beloved scout, or otherwise, teammate, was unthinkable.Some dimensions had it worse than others.In [TFP], almost all of the humans (consisting of Raf, Miko and Jack) and Autobots crowded around Bumblebee, a bit like [KV] had done previously. It was similar to a group huddle, with Bee being in the middle of the large circle of bots and organics.Rafael and Miko were the most saddened by the video, and it took the majority of the break to convince them that Bumblebee was and will be okay (“abouttt thattt…” The Voice began, however was shut up by a well timed glare from Ultra Magnus- at the ceiling.) [TFA] was worried. Although they didn’t have much reason to be: [TFA] Bumblebee had looked and acted slightly less excitedly, however it wasn’t enough to gauge any extreme concern from his teammates.If anything, he seemed to be in contemplation. A deep contemplation, his eyes narrowed and brows furrowed when he wasn’t busy tending to a sleepy Sari (who had been crying earlier). [TCS] have mixed emotions.On one hand, the majority of the Autobots thought of the small yellow bot to be quiet and a little rude and snarky.On the other hand, they were saddened and shocked at his death- even if it was him in another universe.They’d witnessed a lot of their comrades die in the endless war and seeing more fall did not raise their moral any higher than it was at the moment: currently it was at rock bottom.

In the [CYBER] universe, those who knew Bumblebee before or after the war had, more or less, the same reactions; all of them were ones of distraught, sorrow or grief.Cheetor, along with Hotrod and Windblade, ushered a confused and distressed Bumblebee away from the rest of their universe, knowing to give the scout some processing space. [ES]‘s younger generation were a mess.The Maltos sat in a large group, surrounding their Bumblebee, a few of them at the beginnings of sleep. Bee allowed them to lay on him, his eyes closed as he looks through his recent notifications.(“so cute!” The Voice whispered, earning a mini grin from [ES] Elita-1) [ARM] and [IDW], although they did not have a Bumblebee of their own, judged the other universe’s reactions and thought that if they ever did have a Bee, they would’ve acted, more or less, the same way.But, really, how would they truly have felt if something like that had happened to one of them? Or even to themselves. Bumblebee from the [RiD] dimension could practically feel the tense lines of the atmosphere. His team was definitely quieter than normal, which worried him to a significant degree.If they had reacted this way at his death in another multiverse, he could only dread their reactions to HIS death. It was a pretty much unavoidable experience. Lastly, [RB], including the trainees, were… well, close to traumatised.Forget stories and the other deaths they’d been told of earlier. This was an even more visual example and it was suffocatingly cruel.The Rescue Bots themselves could do nothing to calm the humans and the young mechs, they were just as confused and, frankly, worried. After a total of 30 minutes, The Voice decides to begin the reactions again. Leaving no room for further discussion, the tape begins to role.

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Through the clouds, a rusty aircraft emerges.
 “Humans are really bad at keeping their vehicles clean!” [TFP] Knockout snorts, gaining some annoyed glances from the smaller organisms.”I recognise that transformation…” [BM] Optimus begins. 
From inside the craft, the doors open, light spilling through the doorway and revealing the silhouette of a bot.
 ”They look familiar?” A curious Cody Burns states, squinting at the screen in befuddlement.“NO WAY- IS THAT?!-“ Miko yells, startling those near her.“Miko!” [TFP] Bulkhead startles. 
The shutters open fully, displaying a lively Bumblebee, who begins to play a song from his radio-
 “HE’S ALIVE?! / YES!! / IM SO GLAD!” Many excited and emotional voices ring throughout the room, drowning out the shouts of annoyance and confusion from the Decepticon groups. Once more, a circus of chattering noise is created as everyone digests the new turn of events.”Yes! Bee, you’re okay!” Charlie wipes her eyes, sniffling, and embraces [BM] Bumblebee, who beeps happily at the change in mood.“This is… quite odd.” [BM] Ratchet says, bewilderment colouring his features alongside worry. His forehead creases as he studies the screen more intently. Although he could not deny he was thankful for the scout’s return.“WHAT?!” A loud voice bellows, echoing around the space. Heads turn toward the furious [TFP] Megatron, who seethes in anger.”Megatron, I do not have the willingness to deal with you. Shush.” The Voice resounds across the vast room, a steely edge to their tired command, the threat evident in their tone.Unexpectedly, [TFP] Megatron- although clearly frustrated- obliges.Confusion follows from the oblivious [TFP] autobots, however any possible time for thought was left unattended to as a voice spoke up.”You all look like you’ve seen a ghost!” The Voice chided, the grin evident in their voice. Quickly, they continued “I’m going to you guys a break! Have fun!”

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“Bee, you look worried- you okay?”[RiD] Bumblebee startled, looking down. He, however, settled after seeing who had spoken. Russel peered up at the bot, brows furrowed.”Yeah, Russel. I’m fine, don’t worry.””Hmm…” Russel crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes as he glared at Bumblebee.”Rusty! Come over here, have something to eat!”Denny called from the table which had been brought in at the beginning of the break- a variety of food and drink were laid upon it. Huffing, Russel spun back toward the yellow mech, eyeing him suspiciously before shoving his hands deep into his pockets and walking off toward his dad.Bumblebee smiled softly as he watched the young human leave, however his grin faded slightly as his thoughts wandered back to him. How will they react when they find out I died?It was obvious it would be revealed. There was no point in denying it.His worry increased as he thought of his younger self and his past team. It was painfully obvious that the Team Prime had not yet gone through… all of that.Alas, all Bumblebee could do was to watch.Watch and wait until the time finally arrived. <>

“Hiya!”Everyone startled as a voice rang out across the area. There was a young presence to their words, and they carried a masculine tone.”Uhh- did Voice get a new style or something?” [RiD] Sideswipe asks, confusion highlighting his question.“Nope!” They popped the ‘p’, “I’m just gonna be taking over for now! And- before you ask- I don’t know for how long so, until further notice, you all are stuck with me!””I don’t know about you guys, but this person sounds cool!” [tfa] Bumblebee says in response.”I know-“ The new guy replies, “Oh yes! Introductions!Let’s see… I was told not to tell you all my name or age, so aside from that-“ The New Voice pondered for a second.“Well, we can’t really call you ‘The Voice’ because you’re not.” Cody interrupted, gaining approving murmurs from some others.”Good point. Then, you can call me ‘M’! It’s a letter in my name!” The New Voice, or M even, cheerily exclaimed.“Okay, M.” [tfp] Arcee said testily, “Then tell me: are you a human?”Jack gaped at her, “Arcee! You shouldn’t just ask that!””It’s fine, Jack!” M reassured him, continuing, “To answer her question, I am a male human!”“What?” “Really?” “Ain’t no way-!””That’s pretty dope!” [cyber] Hotrod says, intrigued.“Excuse my curiosity, human.” [tfp] Optimus began, “But how are you and The Voice able to do all-“ he gestures around the room and its occupants, “-this?””Well, to be honest…I don’t really know?”Many deflated, either with annoyance or acceptance at his claim.”Also, don’t even try to get any more info from me, alright?” He added after, “I can assure you, I will know when you try.”Chills spread across the room, an uneasy feeling in the air.”I only have you guys this information for introduction sake, but for now, just watch the videos. It’ll do more good than harm.”The room was quiet.”But anyway! I think we should finsihw ithh all that, don’t you?” The gloomy atmosphere dissipated in an instant due to M’s joyful tone. “I’ll give you guys 30 minutes to chat and do whatever you want, and then we’ll start reacting!”Although they all began talking casually amongst each other (or excitedly) there was no mistaking the dark feelings which still loomed in the crevices of the room.<>”Hey, Bee! What do you think about M?” Sari whispers quietly to her best friend, who she had been chatting loudly to.The change in volume startled the other [tfa] Autobots but they pretended not to notice, unwilling to be caught up in whatever the chaotic duo had in store.Bumblebee feigned thoughtfulness, placing a servo on his chin and tilting his head to look upwards, as if in deep thought.Sari giggled a little but schooled her expression quickly as Ratchet shot a glare in her direction (although the grin on her face seemed reluctant to fade).”To be honest, he doesn’t seem all that bad!” [tfa] Bumblebee finally replied, making sure to keep him voice down as to not be heard by the others, or even M.”Agreed!” [G1] Bumblebee chips in. He had been bored back with his group and decided to go to some others. Since [tfa] Bumblebee was around his age and his height, he decided talking to him would be fun.Turns out, it was.“I mean, he did give us super cool stuff to use, right?” [tfa] Bee gestured to the various board games strewn out across the floor.Characters from the Monopoly set lay scattered, mixed in with the little, multicoloured Snakes and Ladders pieces.They had been playing earlier (also when [G1] Bumblebee came over) but quickly got bored of the games, instead opting to chatting away the rest of the minutes they had before they were to react again.”On another note: what do ya think M is gonna make us watch next?” Sari asked, casually flipping a chocolate coin in her hand.”Andddd remind me- how are we meant to know?” [tfa] Bee yapped back, grinning mischievously when Sari glared at him.”I said ‘think’, Bee.” She replied with annoyance. “You need to get your ears checked.””It’s a good question though?” [G1] Bee chipped in.”I know! Like, how are we meant to know?! We can’t read M’s mind or anything!””I was talking about Sari’s question.”[tfa] Bumblebee pouted, crossing his arms and looked away, acting annoyed. But, before any of them could say anything further, a voice interrupted.”Alright guys! It’s that time again! We’ll start reacting in a second so that everyone can go to their respective groups, alright?” M declared suddenly.Huffing, [G1] Bee stood up, saying his goodbyes to both his counterpart and the human before making his way back to his dimension’s Autobots.<>After a few more minutes, everyone was settled.”Now, I’m looking over the plan thingi, and it says next we’ll react to… [Transformers: Prime]!””Cool!” [tfp] Smokescreen cheered, along with an enthusiastic Miko.”Let’s start then!” The human shouted, quickly being hushed by Bulkhead.”Alright then!” M replied, “gimme a second…”the lights dimmed after a moment, and the projector turned on.

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Jack, annoyed, opened the door to the restaurant, startling as his phone ring went off.
 ”Do you still have that ringtone?!” Miko groaned, leaning herself dramatically onto Jack’s arm.”Yeah- so?” Jack replied, shaking her off, a small smile playing on his lips as she fell to the floor.”Rude.”“Kids these days don’t have appreciation for music.” Denny sighed sadly, although Russel rolled his eyes. 
“Hey, mom, I just got off.” He paused, “No, I’m not going to the dance.”
 ”Probably ‘cause he doesn’t have anyone to go with.” Miko giggled, yelping as Jack elbowed her harshly.”Try be nice to each other, children.” [tfp] Optimus reprimanded softly, restoring order to the humans before watching to television again. 
”Experience says I should never cut a rug- unless I’m installing carpet.”
 [tfa] Bulkhead tilted his bulky head, ”What does that mean?”“I don’t know, maybe Sari does?” [tfa] Bumblebee wondered out loud, saving his question for later. 
”’Be careful’? Seriously, this is Jasper.”
 ”Where the heck is ‘Jasper’?” Spike questioned, confused.”You’ve never heard of Jasper?!” Raf exclaimed, equally as confused.”Lemme clarify-“ M spoke up, interrupting the momentary conversation, “Apparently, Jasper is a state in the US but it only exists in their universe- I think?””Woah! That’s pretty cool!” Cody Burns chipped in, smiling at the tfp kids, who grinned back. 
Jack stopped. He turned, staring at the navy blue motorcycle parked in front of him.
 ”I’ve gotta say- blue does seem like a pretty neat paint job!” [wfc] Arcee complimented, admiring the beautiful colour of her counterpart. 
The scene faded to black, re-opening on a car chase.
 ”Well that escalated.” [tcs] Bumblebee stated, a deadpan expression painted on his face plate.”Ah, I remember this now.” [tfp] Arcee said in realisation before settling down again, smug. 
”Do not let go.” Arcee commanded as she sped away from the following vehicles.

“Who said that?!” Jack shouted over the wind.
 ”This is kinda funny-“Miko yelped as she gets hit by a flying set a keys (thrown by an annoyed Jack). 
Two identical purple cars pulled up on either side of Arcee, who reversed swiftly as the Decepticons slam into each other, causing sparks to fly.
”Smart.” [RiD] Drift hummed, nodding his head in approval at the simple but effective counter.Arcee just hummed in thanks before focusing back onto the screen.Drift’s students, Slipstream and Jetstorm, witnessed the interaction with puzzled expressions. 
As Arcee drove into a corner, one of the Decepticons spoke into his comm, “Commander Starscream, target sighted, accompanied by a human youth.”
 ”Why are you guys so formal?!” [tfa] Bee said out of the blue, “Mr. Lonely over there-“ he pointed at [tfp] Megatron, “Speaks like he’s in the 1600s!“”Bee!” [tfa] Bulkhead hissed, sweating slightly as snickers erupt from all over the room.”Glad to know my humour can be appreciated!” [RiD] Sideswipe grinned mischievously, successfully dodging the incoming elbow attack from Strongarm.[tfp] Megatron just stared at them, irritation evident in his face plates. He didn’t act though- he was smart enough to remember the warning given by the Voice at the beginning of the whole ordeal.“He didn’t lie, though!””Bumblebee, Sari, quiet down?” [tfa] Optimus sighed, although it was phrased more like a question if anything.”Sorry, boss bot!””Sorry, Optimus!”They giggled quietly. 
A reply came, “Destroy them both!”
 “Why is his voice to crusty?” Thrash whispered to Hashtag, who leaned in to hear what he was saying.”The old age is probably catching up to him.” She responded simply, “I mean, even Megatron has it-“That startled a sharp snort out of an eavesdropping JB, making him blush right after and he curled up in embarrassment.Thrash laughed too, resting against his helm against Jawbreaker, who shifted slightly so that the orange Terran was leaning into Hashtag’s side. The purple bot let them huddle closer to her, turning her optics to the screen again. 
Arcee and Jack came to a stop in an alleyway. The human clambered off, staring down at the motorbike in shock, “What- are you?”

“I do not exist. Tell anyone about me, and I will hunt you down.”
 ”Don’t tell me that is what happened when you two first met?!” [CYBER] Hotrod said, amused disbelief in his voice.”I mean, seeing as they’ve clearly just met, I don’t think so.”In return, Hotrod glared at Bumblebee, furrowing his optics ridges in annoyance.”Bumblebee is right! The human does not seem to have any recollection on Arcee-from-the-other-universe.””Well, no. I didn’t know.” The red bot replied passive aggressively.“Oh.” Cheetor blinked at them, innocently confused. 
Jack stumbled, quickly running out of the alleyway.

Arcee looks back in her rear mirror, muttering ‘Scrap!’ As she sees the Decepticons moving toward her through the alley.

One turned into the street Jack had escaped into.
 ”They really don’t know when to give up, huh?” Cade stated, observing the scene with interest.“‘Cons are annoying like that.” Murmurs of agreement came from multiple Autobot groups, earning grumbles and muttered insults from the Decepticons.“You’re doing it again.” M groaned, silencing the room so that the reaction could proceed once more. 
Arcee skilfully makes a wide U-turn, speeding toward one of the tailing Decepticons and flies over them, landing on the other side.
 ”Woah!” Cody exclaimed, his eyes wide with admiration, “That was awesome!”[tfp] Arcee, caught off guard, replied “Thanks, kid.””So cool!” Strongarm fangirled quietly, reassuming her composure when she saw Sideswipe looking at her with a smirk (he was definitely going to use that as blackmail material). 
The scene showed Jack, who ran away from the other Decepticon, yelling “I don’t know her!”
 ”Run first, explain later.” [tcs] Bumblebee said, not elaborating when questioning glances were (once again) thrown his way.”Agreed.” [es] Bee replied, frowning at the looks he received from his own universe, “What?” 
Arcee drove over the Con, landing next to Jack. “Hop on!” She told him.

Jack climbs into the seat and shouted in surprise when Arcee sped up, exiting the alleyway.

The two Decepticons opened fire on the two fleeing enemies, bullets land dangerously close to the human-bot duo.
 Agent Burns watched the scene, his already bad impression of Cybertronians worsening by the minute.”This is child endangerment.” He said bluntly, taken aback when the black haired, pink streaked teenager glared at him.”Well, it was either he escape those two weirdos with Arcee’s help or get captured by those same two weirdos.” Miko reasoned, aggravated by the older man’s annoying attitude.”Miko, it is alright.” [tfp] Optimus interjected, “It is understandable to be upset at the situation. Indeed, it is unacceptable to endanger humans, however you must understand that we had no intention of doing so in the first place.Of course, now, we consider all three of the children as close friends and allies- and I am sure they do too.””Yeah!” Raf spoke up, grinning at Miko and Jack, who returned his enthusiasm.Although still irritated, Agent Burns looked down, signalling the end of the argument.Miko crossed her arms, a smug smile on her face. 
”Why are those guys shooting at us?!”
Their attention was brought back to the screen. 
“There’s no ‘us’, kid. And they’re no ‘guys’.” Arcee replied shortly, swerving through the traffic.

From a side entrance, a yellow camaro anppeared, closing in on the purple Decepticons.
 ”It’s so weird seeing Bee with such a different car mode!” Sari said, “It’s pretty sick!”It seemed that they were all already used to Bumblebee having a different alt mode in anlmost every other universe.”Hey!“ [tfa] Bumblebee complained, offended, “Rude much-““Speak for yourself! Even I find it weird!” [g1] Bee exclaimed, shivering as he took in the unfamiliar alt mode.‘Am I really that odd?’ [tfp] Bumblebee beeped sadly, groaning internally when his [tfa] counterpart just stared at him quizzically.”No! Your alternate form is awesome!” [g1] Bee quickly reassured, “We’re just not used to seeing it, that’s all!”[tfp] looked at him, confused.“Wait- you can understand him?”“Yes..?”“How?!” [tfa] Bumblebee shouted, shocked.[tfp] Ratchet interrupted, intrigued, “It’s possible that he has a translator installed.””But would there not be differences with the translation due to the different universes?” [cbr] Wheeljack questioned, face plates pinched in curiosity.“But then how could he understand him?” Graham piped up, momentarily forgetting his anxiety, “Since both bots are from Cybertron, would it not mean that the translators and technology would be the same, if not identical?Unless there was a difference in their planet’s history that could have affected their alphabet or general language usage.”The two mechs stared at the human with interest, making Graham fluster slightly.”He has a point.” [cbr] Wheeljack added, “Hey, M?””Huh- oh, yeah?”“Are there any major differences in those two Bumblebee’s histories?” He pointed to the [g1] and [tfp] Bees, who both blinked back in confusion.”Uhhh… this is a question better suited for Kaio.” M responded, seeming to noticing the clueless looks on the bots and humans alike. “Damn, they didn’t tell you? Well, Voice is obviously only a cover name.””Couldn’t have guessed.” Someone said sarcastically.
”Anyway, that’s what their name is. At least, that’s what they told me. I don’t know their actual gender but they said to just use ‘they/them’ pronouns for now.”
Nightshade glowed, awed by the concept of there being another person who was like themselves.“They aren’t here right now so unfortunately your questions can’t be answered. My bad!” M continued, sounding genuinely sorry for them.Wheeljack and Ratchet deflated, as well as the other science-y people in the room.”If it makes you feel any better, I can remember to ask Kaio when they come back?” M offered, hoping to cheer them up.”I’d you could?” Graham accepted, looking for confirmation from Wheeljack and Ratchet, who both nodded.
“It’s settled then! Anyway, focus back on the screen, guys!”
 
Bumblebee rammed into the side of a Vehicon, making them crash into the other one.

Bee drove backwards away from the crash, turning around to face the correct direction.
”That was so cool, Bee!” Rafael exclaimed, looking up at his best friend, who buzzed back happily at him.”You’re pretty skilled at driving!” [RiD] Smokescreen complimented, regarding his team leader with new found respect.”It wasn’t that impressive.” Bumblebee responded, completely serious despite the astonished look on his team’s faces, even Drift seemed a little surprised. 
Jack looked back at the yellow car, “friend of yours?”

”Family.” Arcee responds firmly.
 ”Damn right she is!” [es] Arcee placed an arm around Bumblebee, squeezing him hard. [es] Bee squawked in protest, but ultimately gives into the one-sided hug. 
Bumblebee continued to block the cars, but gets pushed off track by one of the Decepticons.
 ”You-“ [tfa] Bulkhead started, but was stopped by Arcee, although she herself was as thunderous as the rest of Team Prime was.

Bumblebee continued to give chase after righting himself and getting back on the road.
 ”Smooth recovery.”‘Thanks.’ [tfp] Bumblebee responded, beaming with pride at the compliment from [arm] Ultra Magnus, who allowed himself a small smile.

The scene changed once more, this time showing a smaller yellow car identical to Bumblebee’s alt mode. Over-exaggerated motor sounds came from the background.

Raf sat with his back to the high wall, holding a controller and playing with the toy car.
 ”That car is basically identical to you, Bee!” Twitch giggled, looking at the toy on screen with fascination.“Just much smaller!” Thrash added, grinning cheekily.”Well, duhhh!” 
His phone rang and he plucked it out of his pocket.

”Hi momma.” Pause. “Racing- right up the street.” Another phase as he listened to the reply. “‘Kay, just 5 more minutes?” His other hand continued to guide the toy.

Again, the scene changed to Jack and Arcee. Jack yelled in fear as the blue motorcycle sped down the steep slope, landing in front of a bewildered Raf.
 ”Kid probably got the shock of his life.” [bay] Ironhide said, chuckling at the drastic change of theme. 
”Woah.” Rafael says, dropping his controller.
 ”You were saying?” [bay] Cade replied, amused. Jack breathes heavily, out of breath . “You have no idea-“ he says weakly.
He carefully dismounted the bike, turning with Raf to watch the two Decepticons from before zoom down the same slope toward the trio.
 “They were right when they said that Decepticons do not give up!” [cbr] Cheetor stated, stunned at the show of clear relentlessness shown by the purple bots.”It’s why they’re so hard to deal with.” [cbr] Windblade replied with raised optic ridges, unsurprised by the resilience shown by the Decepticons in question.”Could say the same about you, Autobot scum.” [cbr] Slipstream snapped back, initiating a fierce staring contest with the red jet bot. 
They both transform mid-air, landing in front of the trio.

The two humans watch as Arcee transforms also, “This ends here, ‘Cons.”
 ”Kick their afts, other me!” [cbr] Arcee whooped, intently waiting for the imminent fight. 
Speedily, the agile femme rushed toward the vehicons, who shot at her like before, this time in bot mode.
Arcee jumped high into the air, landing a hard kick on one of them before backflipping and taking down the other opponent with ease.  There were nods of approval and awe from the recruits, especially Whirl.”So awesome!””Sometimes I forget how scary she is…” [tfp] Bulkhead shivered uncomfortably in apparent discomfort when Arcee threw him a well-timed glare.
“What are they?”

”Talking cars that… turn into robots.” Jack answered uncertainly, as if he were in nothing more than a dream.
 ”It’s technically the other way round but not bad for a human!” [tfp] Knockout said confidently, although he sweated uncomfortably when Arcee gave him another of her feared glares. 
“Or the other way round?” Jack corrected.
 Knockout blinked, looking back at the screen. 
Arcee continued to absolutely dominate the fight. “This. Is. For. Cliff!” She grunted out with every punch.
 [tfp] Autobots looked down with grief at the painful reminder of their fallen comrade.Bumblebee whirred quietly, his optics dulling with sorrow.Witnessing this, many other universes (regardless of whether they had a Cliffjumper in their AU or not) questioned what had happened to make them react in a such a way at the bot’s name.“Hey, Arcee?” Jack asked quietly as the scene paused for a bit, “You know you can talk to me about anything, right? I’d be more than happy to listen.”Taken aback, the femme looked back down at the human with a sad smile, “I’ll make sure to remember that.”It was better than nothing, he supposed. Maybe one day she’ll decide to open up to him and let Jack help her. 
The vehicon’s optics flash red, alerting Arcee of a change in attack.

She began retreating backwards, flipping multiple times to hastily avoid the quickly aimed shots.
 ”Really random- but do bots even get motion sickness?” Robby queried, looking toward Bumblebee.”Well, it isn’t unheard of, just slightly less common.” Bumblebee responded, although he himself did seem pretty curious on the subject. 
Unfortunately, Arcee was hit in the chasis by a shot, careering backwards and sliding painfully across the ground.
 ”No!””Hey-“”That’s gotta hurt-“The recruits watched on, their breathes held in suspense of what was going to happen next. 
Suddenly, Bumblebee appeared once again.

He jumped from the wall, transforming in the air and landed heavily. Right after, he punched the nearest Decepticon, sparks flew due to the impact.
 ”That’s some brute strength!””Dang-“”Now, that has got to hurt.” 
Arcee, although still battered, pulled herself up, groaning in evident pain.

Bumblebee stepped back from the downed vehicon, accidentally stepping on something.

He lifted his foot to reveal the yellow toy car from before, only now completely crushed.
 “Justice for the car!” [g1] Smokescreen flailed his arms around dramatically, landing on his twin, who giggled mischievously before pushing him off.

Sheepishly, Bumblebee turned to Raf, whirring.

”No problem, really-“ The human reassures.
 ”Wait- how come you can understand him?””Oh- uh.” Raf stuttered nervously, looking back at Graham, who stared at him with wonder.”You’re creeping him out, Gray!” Dani placed a hand on her brother’s shoulder, snapping him out of his thoughts and making him apologise profusely.”Ah, it’s okay!” Rafael just waved off the apologetic response, “I can understand Bee because he speaks in binary code. I’m a bit of a computer nerd so I can translate it quite easily.” He added shyly.”That’s pretty sick, little dude!” Kade laughed, regarding the younger boy with respect. 
Unfortunately, their conversation was short lived.

A red bullet collided with Bumblebee, throwing him into the ground.

He tried to get up, but a foot harshly slams him back down into the ground.
 “What is up with you guys and shoving people into the dirt?” [RiD] Smokescreen mocked, although he seemed annoyed by the action of the Vehicon on screen.”Poor Bee…” Charlie muttered as her wide eyes watched the screen. Even if this Bumblebee wasn’t from Charlie’s dimension, she still felt a sense of kinship with him, just as she did with the Bee she knew.

Two blasters aimed straight at the bot.

Upon seeing this, Raf yells out, “Leave him alone!”
 ”Oooh… yeah… not the wisest decision you could’ve made-“ [arm] Rodimus Prime was cut off as he yelped, rubbing at the sore spot where he had been elbowed prior by Ultra Magnus.“I hope the humans don’t get hurt!” Boulder worried, watching the scene play out. 
The Vehicons look up at the call, training their blasters on the humans.
 ”I think it’s too late to say that, Boulder.” Heatwave said, although he himself seemed rigid- with concern or fury, his team didn’t know. 
One of the Decepticons stomped towards the two humans, who took to running away as fast as they could.
 There was no way for them to outrun such large bots, they would be caught almost immediately- is what half of the room thought as the worst-case scenarios played in their heads.

Jack and Raf sprinted toward a hole in the wall, diving in just in time to escape the following mech.
 ”Yes!””That was close.””Who knew humans could be so resourceful!”While there was a general sense of relief around the room, there was also widely felt dissatisfaction.”Those vehicons shouldn’t even bear the glorious name of Decepticons!” [tfp] Starscream shrieked.”They weren’t even able to catch two measly humans!? To bring such shame on Lord Megatron!” Lugnut cried in outrage.“No wonder Megatron always leaves them behind-“ [tfa] Bumblebee whispered sneakily to Prowl, who rolled him optics- despite the fact that nobody could see them due to his visor. 
”Keep moving!” Jack yelled, and they both managed to just escape the vehicon’s long talons.

The Decepticon gets pulled away from the opening to the tunnel. Loud bangs and scratches come from outside.
 ”Fuck ‘em up!” [bay] Ironhide hyped, halting at the glare that was sent his way by his leader.”Whoever is doing that is really going all out!” 
After a second of silence, Bumblebee appeared at the entrance, a series of beeps following.
 ”Bee?!” Russel exclaimed incredulously, looking up at [RiD] Bumblebee, who shuffled slightly at the surprised stares from his team. 
”Thank you.” Raf looked thankfully towards Bumblebee, who buzzed before leaving the opening.

“Don’t look back!” Jack puts a hand on the younger boy’s shoulder, pulling him away.

”What did we just see?”

“No idea, and I’m not sure I wanna find out.” He responded hurriedly.
 ”Not the human being smart for once.” [es] Breakdown snickered, yelling ‘hey!’ as he was hit lightly on the helm by Bee. 
Back on the battle field, Bumblebee gets punched, causing him to fly back.

Arcee, still winded from earlier, quickly came to his aid, checking on him.
 ”You can do it!” Sari urged, watching the screen with crossed fingers, willing the two bots to win the battle.”Doubtful.” [tfa] Ratchet said, much to the red-haired human’s dismay, “They aren’t well enough to continue fighting.” 
Arcee propped Bumblebee up, both of them assume a fighting stance as they face the two Decepticons once more.
The old medic bot was more than stunned.Back when the Autobot-Decepticon conflict was still at large, soldiers were taught that, even if you were bloodied and bruised, you were to keep going.However it was not uncommon for bots to retreat to the back lines instead, seeking medical attention.It meant that more bots died, though. Who cared about honour and glory when there was a war to win.It was a change to see two bots actually stick to that narrative, even if there was a different in the universe. Perhaps their strength was what gave them confidence. 
From behind the two Autobots, another car approached.

They honked several times, and then flew into the air.

Transforming, the new bot was revealed to be Bulkhead, who landed behind his two teammates.

”Who’s ready to rumble?”
 
tfp: scene 1= complete.
 “Yeah!” Miko cheered, louder than ever, upon seeing the green mech enter the scene.”I bet you kicked their tailpipes!” [tfp] Wheeljack joined in, playfully punching his best friend.”You bet, Jackie!”Cody practically vibrated with awe, “That. Was. AMAZING!” He yelled, startling his siblings, who smirked at his excitement.The [tfp] trio fist-bumped, even Optimus cracked a rare smile of pride at their performance.”Well done, Autobots.” The Prime said, looking toward the three, who all beamed with joy and self-esteem.
“Yippie!  Happy ending! That was the end of their first reaction. Next… uhhh- I don’t know what you guys are gonna react to next-“
”I thought you were the boss guy?””Well obviously not!” M wailed in exasperation, “Kaio is the one who brought me here! They’re the one in charge.”The more observational ones stilled, pondering over M’s words.”You make it sound like you were brought here against your will?””Wha? Oh, yeah.” M admitted far too casually, “I was kinda poofed here randomly-“”Like us!” Twitch gasped.
“Yup.”
“How are you so unbothered about it?” [tfa] Optimus asked, optic ridges furrowed in puzzlement.“To be honest, I wasn’t really chill when I first got here.” M elaborated, “I was pretty freaked out until Kaio came and explained everything to me.””Wait a second!” All eyes turned to Cody, who seemed to have connected some of the pieces, “Does that mean you could be from one of our dimensions?”This had everyone hooked.“I would tell you, but I don’t think I can just yet.” M replied uncertainly.”He’s right about that!” A familiar voice entered the fray.There were gasps and even some cheers from around the room, “Voi- I mean, Kaio!””That’s right- I’m back!” Kaio announced happily, “I had to take care of some stuff, sorry for keeping y’all on haitus.””Wait, answer my question first!” Cody shouted over the cacophony of sound, his voice echoing throughout the room as the occupants went nearly silent, “Who is M?”There was a light chuckle from Kaio.
”I might reveal who he is later!”
“Yay!” M said giddily.”I can assure you though, M isn’t from any of your universes-“ some disappointed tuts, “-but from an alternate reality of one of your universes.”Before any further questions could be asked by the no doubt bewildered people, Kaio carried on, “No- I will not be revealing which one. At least, not yet.”Groans of impatience and protest came from the room at that.”Let’s get back on track! You can have 30 minutes to rest before we begin reacting again~!””Hey! Are you trying to take my job?! I like it!” M complained.”My bad! I’ll stay here with you for now though. I need to talk to you about the reacting material for later.” Kaio giggled apologetically.They began addressing the reactors, “Reminder- I’ll be turning off the microphones but I can still see, hear, and affect you guys. Don’t do anything stupid!”After shouts of confirmation, a small click could be heard from throughout the room, signalling the end of Kaio’s speech.With 30 minutes on the clock to go, conversation erupted from around the room.This time, it was focused on who mystery M could really be.

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Hello, readers!! It’s me, Allo (the author)To get to the point- this fic will no longer be a reaction fic.What I mean by this is that I will not be making reaction the main theme of the fic, although I may include it in the future. Now, it’ll be more of a ‘dimensions meet each other’ type scenario.I’ll be making little interactions between the dimensions- including opening up the variety from just Bumblebee to as many characters as I can (depending on how well I know them) Im sorry if this disappoints anyone, but I find I’m better at writing when it’s not reaction-based.  THANK YOU FOR THE KUDOS’ AND COMMENTS!!! I thoroughly enjoy reading through and replying to all of your wonderful thoughts and ideas in the comment section :3 The next chapter won’t be out for a while (probably) but I have some stuff planned :)) <3

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“Right! Listen up!” Kaio called out, bringing the majority of the room’s focus onto their voice, “There are going to be some changes!”From the room occupants, there were mutters of curiosity and trepidation, but everyone was listening now.“First of all, a couple of you guys are gonna be removed.“ They revealed, much to the surprise of the universes, “It’s nothing personal! Just some reasons.””So it is personal, then?” [rid] Sideswipe countered, raising a judgemental eyebrow as he placed his accusation.
”It’s complicated and I don’t have the patience to try and explain.”
”Fair enough.” [tcs] Bumblebee shrugged, completely understanding.”Okay so, the ones who will be removed are…” Kaio elongated the ‘are’ for a second or two, as if they were checking something, “Armada and a couple bots from the BM universe.”The mentioned dimensions either groaned or sighed, although some of them slumped in relief, unwilling to spend another second in the room.”Wait, aren’t we ‘BM’?” [bm] Hotrod questioned, suddenly worried.
”yep!”
The red mech was beginning to panic slightly, “Who’ll be leaving?”“Oh yeah-“ Kaio replied simply, quickly continuing, “Those who will be leaving from your universe will be Optimus, Ratchet, and you, Hotrod.””But what about Bumblebee?” Optimus interjected, clearly concerned for the yellow bot, who was currently being fawned over by Hotrod.”I understand your distress, but he has Charlie to help him.” Kaio responded, voice firm with reassurance, “Plus, I’m here- I won't let anything happen to him. You have my word.”After some contemplation, Optimus agreed to the proposal, with the condition that Bee was taken care of properly and safely, to which Kaio agreed to wholeheartedly.”I’ll come to find you when we all go back, brother.” Hotrod brought Bumblebee into a tight hug, as if afraid that he would fade into dust when he left.“I’ll... see you... soon.” Bee managed to radio back, downhearted at having to loose contact with his new found family members so quickly.”Stay safe, soldier.” Ratchet ordered, although with an uncharacteristic softness in his tone as he rested his servo on Bee’s helm.“Take care, Bumblebee.” Optimus followed suite, placing his own servo on the scout’s shoulder, looking down at him fondly.Then, he knelt down to address Charlie, who straightened up, “We entrust you to keep him safe.””O-Of course!” Charlie stuttered, before adding, steadily “He’s my best friend, I would never let him down.”“Thank you.” The prime smiled slightly in gratitude, nodding to the other humans next to her in farewell before standing back up to his full height, towering above them.“I believe we are ready to go now, Kaio.” Optimus aimed his statement to the ceiling as Ratchet and Hotrod came to stand next to him.“Perfect!” Kaio replied, “your transportation will commence in 5-ish seconds.””Can’t you just poof them away automatically?” [tfa] Bulkhead questioned, blinking in confusion.“They probably forgot how to- OW!” M yelped as a thud rang out from the other line, leaving the dimensions confused.“Ahem, anyways-” Kaio’s voice came back, slightly annoyed, “you’ll be transported…” there was a one second pause, “Now!”As soon as the last word was uttered, a bright light emitted from where the three bots stood. The radiance died down after a moment. And they were gone.”Cool…” Cody whispered, awe once again glittering in his eyes.[bm] Bumblebee stared at the empty space where his family once stood, antanae drooping as he realised he had lost them again, against his will. Even though they weren't dead, they were still gone.As if sensing something, Charlie looked up at the yellow bot, frowning when she saw Bumblebee's forlorn expression. She, too, knew full well how it felt to loose someone important to you, and tears welled in her eyes as she thought of her late father.Breathing deeply, Charlie steadied herself, set on supporting her best friend as much as she could. Her reassuring hand rested on Bumblebee's pede, gently pulling his attention back to his human friend, who nodded lightly at him, as if asking if he needed help.Wanting a distraction, [bm] Bumblebee lowered himself to the ground, sitting cross legged next to Charlie, who smiled sadly as she patted his arm.
"Okay! Now it's time for Armada and MTMTE!"
"Wait-" Rodimus Prime exclaimed, "That's us!"
"Yep."
"You never said we were being removed?" [idw] Ultra Magnus questioned, sharing a confused glance with Megatron, who shrugged."I didn't?" Kaio replied, dumbfounded, "Oh, uh. Yeah, sorry about that! You're still being taken out, though."[idw] Megatron spoke, "Can I ask why?"
"Huh?"
"Why are we being taken out?"There was a silence as Kaio struggled for a response, "Well... it's hard to explain..." They trailed off."Why do I doubt that." [tfp] Megatron growled, rolling his optics.
"Oh, shut it. All this dimension-time-travel stuff is complicated already."
Before [tfp] Megatron could snap back, Kaio continued, "From what I know and what I can actually tell you, there is some data missing from the data banks."”’Data banks’?” Raf echoed, brows furrowed in confusion."Which means?" Miko pushed, impatient.
"Which means that keeping some of you in here could be really damaging to both you mentality and could make your emotions go haywire if not dealt with accordingly."
"But I feel fine?" Rodimus said, although it was meant as a question, especially as he repeatedly bended his digits, as if testing they still worked."Now, you feel fine." Kaio explained, "But not forever. I need to get you guys out before you feel the effects kicking in.""You should hurry up, then." M announced, speaking up for the first time in a while."Good idea." Kaio agreed, "Since your entire universe is leaving, there shouldn't be anyone for you guys to say bye to so, in 3 seconds, you'll be transported." There was the sound of a faint clinking in the background as they spoke."Thought it was 5 seconds- OW!" M began, once again being cut-off by another thud, louder this time, "Stop it with the book, man! It actually hurts!"[tfa] Bumblebee giggled along with Sari as M huffed in irritation, "...can't believe..." the rest of his muttering went unheard as Kaio suddenly called out.
"Transporting... now!" 
Once again, the two universes were cacooned in a shell of light, this time brighter and larger than the last. After an accompanied whoosh, the spectacle came to an end, revealing empty space where the bots all once stood.”That will never not be awesome!” Miko whispered excitedly.”More like odd.” Jack countered, eyes flitting to the area where the bots disappeared the moment before.”Alright, we should be all set now!” Kaio announced, “Anyway, feel free to whatever you want now.””Anything?””Anything that doesn’t include violence, destruction and, overall, a lack of carefulness.””No fun!” [tfa] Bumblebee replied, pouting when Optimus gave him a pointed look, mumbling, “…Fine.”From nowhere, [g1] Bee appeared next to his unsuspecting [tfa] counterpart, grinning, “Hi! You seem cool, wanna see something cool?””Yeah! Bee, we should go with him!” Sari urged, curiosity shining in her brownish red eyes as she looked up at her yellow best friend.Although slightly hesitant at the thought of having to leave his dimension, [tfa] Bumblebee places Sari on his shoulder and followed the other Bee, who lead them to another area of the reaction room, stopping in front of a shining portal-like door on the wall.”What is that?” [tfa] Bumblebee goggled, staring at the entrance as if mesmerised by the ripples which cascaded over its surface and caught the light, sparkling every so often.”Wait ‘til you see inside!” [g1] Bee grinned, mischievously giggling when the two others gave him confused and semi-curious looks.Without hesitation, [g1] Bee stepped up to the doorway, passing through easily, causing even more ripples to flow through the surface.Closing his optics, [tfa] Bumblebee followed suite, stepping through after the other with Sari clutching onto his shoulder in half-fear, half-interest.It felt like a veil, going through- soft and gentle, before releasing the newcomers into the awaiting room.This area was much more comfy, with large beanbags and armchairs accommodating soft, fluffy cushions of many pastel colours and hues. The light there was also dim, with a fireplace burning warmly, casting a warm orange glow over the room.The room itself was generally smaller than the previous setting, but there was a much needed sense of calm and serenity which radiated from the room, and those present found themselves liking it.Even the [tfa] and [g1] Bumblebees, who were usually quite chaotic and loud, found themselves quietening down, growing accustomed to the comfortable, welcoming embrace.Of course, they weren’t the only ones there. There was an overall mixture of bots from different universes and some humans, but the peaceful atmosphere was still somehow kept.Of course, there was still a general divide. The Autobots and Decepticons seemed to have split the room in two, each of the factions claiming one side as to not disturb the others.“How are they not chopping each others heads off?” Sari gawked, though it was more an exclamation rather than a question.“Huh? Oh yeah, M totally snapped at them earlier.” [g1] Bumblebee replied, smirking.”Wait- M? I expected this to be Kaio’s doing, with how bossy they are-””Yeah, well, it was a shame you weren’t here to see it.” [g1] Bee shrugged, pretending to not notice the pair’s disappointed expressions.”That would’ve been awesome!” [tfa] Bee exclaimed, although he followed after his counterpart, who beckoned him to follow.[g1] Bumblebee lead the other bot and human to a circle of pillows, where multiple card games and boards lay scattered randomly across the blanket which the cushion layout was set upon.”Come, sit down!” [g1] Bumblebee settled down, plonking himself on one of the larger cushions, shuffling through the various activities as the two newcomers made themselves comfortable in their new mini area.”So, what’re we gonna play?” Sari asked quizzically, tilting her head at the other-Bumblebee.[g1] Bumblebee looked up and grinned with mischief sparkling in his cyan optics, holding up a bundle of cards in his servos, “Ever heard of Uno?”