Nexus - By the Sign; Old Friends

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"Then that was his choice," she said softly. "You can't blame yourself for it. You know how he... was. He'd do anything for us."

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"If I hadn't... hadn't gotten caught." Her eyes widen and her fist clenches as she once more tries to open out her gun. "No! Ironhide, let me go! We have to help him!"

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//BEE!// Arcee plead, forcing her gun hand down. //Snap out of it, please!//

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"No! Let me go!" She strikes out, but the blow is deflected by the AV field. "We have to...."

Her optics widen with horror as the execution once more plays out before her mind's eye. "No.... Prime."

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//Bumblebee, please,// Arcee plead, tears falling down he cheeks. //You can't go on like this.//

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"Bumblebee?" calls a human voice, and a small brunette leaps up onto the back of the couch and then puts a hand on the yellow femme's helm.

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"Who're you?" Arcee wiped her face and looked at the human.

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Uzulee winces and nods. "You know a guy named Fred Sarcowsky?"

Then she looks at Bumblebee as the yellow femme flinches and whimpers. "You need to recharge."

"No," mutters Bumblebee. "Dreams... no."

"If you don't you'll hurt yourself. Here." Uzulee gently applies a low level knockout and watches her slump.

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"The Doc? Sure. He's in charge of the base. Humanwise, anyway," she said, then looked at Bee, pain in her optics. "Will she be ok?"

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"I know your reality, then, though I've never served there." Uzulee sighs and rubs her face, then shrugs. "Lord willing. Only time will tell."

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Arcee nodded, then started slightly as the resounding thud announced that Blacktop's knee's had given out.

"Sorry," the big mech said sheepishly. Arcee made a face.

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"...How do you manage to have a glitch around Dr. Sarcowsky?" Uzulee blinks.

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She looks at Bumblebee, who is twitching and muttering in Cybertronian through dark dreams. "Did she say anything about her team?"

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"She said Hide was the only Autobot left, and that he was doing work in another dimension," Arcee said, then frowned. "He... he's not, is he?"

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"No... he's not. The pressure overbalanced his reasoning circuits."

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"He tried to kill Bee?" Arcee's vocal processor hitched.

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The small human nods. "The shock of it nearly destroyed her processor. We had to take drastic measures to save her."

She looks at Bumblebee again. "I'm hoping that seeing you won't cause any trouble."

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"Don't blame yourself for this."

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Arcee blinked, then walked away, looking over her shoulder.

"I'll be right over," Blacktop waved her on, gripping a chair that looked sturdy. Arcee nodded and left, and the big bot winced as the chair splintered under him and he fell back on a knee.

"Oops," he looked distressed, then sighed and sat down again, looking at the femmes. "Don't feel bad about her. She just found out her own Bee was killed," he rumbled gently.

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"Infinite possibilities," she murmurs, her eyes on the pink femme as she prays.

Then she gives Blacktop a Look. "Go home and rest."

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He chuckled softly and pointed at his knees. "These are going anywhere soon, femme. I'll stick around and help you move Bee, if you need it," he said gently. "I'm no good back on the Earth planet, anyway."

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"If you can't even move yourself, how are you going to move Bumblebee?" She shakes her head, eyes going out of focus slightly. "Someone will come and get us. We have to stay around a little longer. Thank you, though. And I should have thanked Arcee."

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"Give them time." She offers an encouraging smile, then turns her attention to Bumblebee as the femme begins to whimper softly.

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"You sure you don't need help? I can get her back no problem," he frowned.

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"Yes." Uzulee nods. "We still have someone we need to meet."

Not to mention Sellout would fall over and die if they brought anyone else to the ship, even temporarily.

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"A'right," the big bot said, stretching slightly and then nodding. "Nice to meet ya, femme."

With that he turned and hobbled over to the PIN dispenser painfully, getting one and carefully programming it to get back home.