It was a quiet and peaceful afternoon in the forest area in Pennsylvania as the birds were chirping and the animals were frolicking. Throughout the mountain sides, a yellow sports car was racing through the freeway, as if it was in a hurry. That car was scanning the area, looking for something that is important.
“Hmm… Nothing on the scanners on my end. What about you Arcee? Have you found anything?”
The car was waiting for someone else to respond. But there was no response as he asked again.
“Arcee? Are you there? Answer me! Are you under attack?”
He soon got the response, but he could hear some 50s style pop tunes on his comm. followed a female voice on the other end.
“Sheesh Bee… Take a chill pill. I hear ya. I was just listening to my favorite tune.”
The car called Bee gave a deep sigh and said, “Arcee, when Optimus assigned us to search for an energy signature that is similar to that rock that Robby and Mo found when they created Twitch and Thrash, I was hopping you take the matter seriously. Yet you continue to act like a sparkling in a femme body and thinking everything is all play and no work.”
In another part of the freeway, a pink 50s muscle car was racing as well as Bee’s voice sounded more annoyed.
“I swear to Primus, you are an incredible soldier but you behave like a human teenager.”
The pink muscle car laughed a little and said back, “What are you talking about, Bee? I’m just being myself. You can’t be too serious, especially coming from you.”
Bee heard that on the other end and wasn’t pleased with that response.
“I take this matter seriously. The energy signature in question could be vital for our mission. If Mandroid gets his hands on it, there’s no telling what he could do with it.”
“I know, I know… Mandroid will use his own energy rock to create his own army of Terrans and rule the world… Blah, blah, blah…. I get the message. Sometimes you got to just let loose and do your own thing, Bee. Like when you sing those little diddies to help those kids understand combat.” she said remembering him doing those diddies on the farm.
Back to Bee, heard her and reminded her of why he sings those diddies. “I sing those diddies to teach those kids the importance of combat. At least I was training them. What have you been doing while I was helping Optimus and Megatron apprehend the Minicons? Digging ditches and filling them back up? Moving stacks of hay from one end to another? Cleaning up horse manure? That’s not training, that’s having them do nonsensical tasks!”
Arcee laughed a bit and said, “Oh c’mon Bee. I was only teaching them to speak up if something doesn't feel right. Otherwise, they would be taken advantage of.”
“Really?” Bee retorted, “That’s not what Robby told me.”
“Either way, at least they learned a valuable lesson. I think I’m proud of that. If you were in my peds, then you would’ve understood how I handle my business.” she said to him.
Bee heard that and gave a deep groan.
“Right… Like I want to be like you. That would be the day. Just focus on locating the energy source. We need to hurry before-”
“Found it!”
Bee heard that and was surprised.
“What?”
Back with Arcee, she got the location on her marker. “You hear me. I was able to find the location of the energy source. Was about to tell you soon, but the song came up and had to listen.”
Bee heard that on the other end and exploded on her. “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME THIS SOONER!!!”
Cee listened to that yell and said, “Hey! You were a little preoccupied in telling me to take this mission seriously. What was I was suppose to do? Interrupt you what I found what you are trying to look for?”
Bee sighed on the comms and said, “Just give me the coordinates and I’ll be there. Be sure you join me, unless you have another song you want to listen to.”
Arcee already got the coordinates sent to Bee and said, “Already did. Just don’t wait up for me.”
She soon drove down the freeway to reach the energy source.
At the same time, Bee sighed and said, “I swear, that femme. Telling me to be in her pedes? That’s just ridiculous.”
He soon sped up to reach his coordinates Arcee provided to him.
Minutes later the pink muscle car sped to the location and stopped near the edge of it. Doing a drift, the car transformed and a femme emerged from it, stretching her arms and legs after a long drive. This femme is Acree, the Autobot and G.H.O.S.T. high ranking soldier and Cybertronian ninja.
“Man… That was a long drive for some rock. My gears are grinding after a trip like that.”
She soon heard the horn honking and turned to see the yellow sports car that was racing towards her. Drifting to a stop, the car transformed and a mech came out and took form. This mech is known as Bumblebee, the Autobot’s personal scout and while not joining G.H.O.S.T., he can still protect the people of Earth. And as a teacher to Twitch and Thrash, the two Terrans that were created by Bobby and Mo.
Approaching the femme, he overheard her and said to her, “That rock you mentioned is the same rock that created the two Terrans and who knows what else it can do. That’s why Mandroid is desperate in finding it first and use it to his own twisted experiments. We need to retrieve it ASAP before he could even use it.”
Arcee crossed her arms and was a little annoyed by his tone. “Right… The rock that gave those kids the watches which in turn created those two Terrans and they are linked together. That’s what Mandroid wanted. And what is he going to do when he obtains that much power, again?”
Bee looked down at the forested area and was in deep thought about that. “If I were to guess, nothing good will come with him finding that rock. Which is why we need to retrieve it and return it to G.H.O.S.T. headquarters so it can be kept safe. Let’s get down there and look for it.”
He soon jumped over the guardrail and dived deep into the forest. Arcee looked down to see him disappear in the forest and sighed.
“Again, you take things too seriously, Bee! You need to loosen up!” she said as she shook her head. “Just this once, I wish he was like me.” She soon jumped down and joined the scout in searching for the energy source.
Fifteen minutes later, the two were journeying through the forest, looking for the energy signature that Optimus wishes for them to investigate. As they were looking, Arcee jumped up on the tree and climbed the branches to get a better view as Bee used his scanner to find the object in question. But as he was checking, he noticed that the scanner wasn’t picking up anything. Just static as he was hitting on it.
“Slag it!” he said with some annoyance, “My scanner isn’t picking up anything with all this foliage and moisture. It’s going to get difficult to find that Terran rock.” He soon looked up to Arcee on the tree branches as she was searching high with her own scanner. “Arcee! You’re sure your scanner picked up that energy signature we were assigned to?”
The femme tilted her head and waved him off. “Of course the coordinates for the energy signature are accurate. It’s just that the scanners are a little wonky with all this organic environment. But don’t worry, I got the coordinates in my memory banks. I’m certain that we are getting close. You just need to trust me.”
Bee looked up and shook his head. “Trust you… Just like I trust you in taking care of the kids and instead bringing them to the battlefield involving Soundwave and his Minicons?”
Arcee jumped off the branch and onto the next tree after hearing the actions he made when she became the temporary teacher. “What…? Still bitter about that, Bee? The kids and Terrans are all right and they managed to hold their own against the Mini cons. Even your little jingle helps them outsmart those three. Quite the clever ones they are.”
Bee listened to that and never thought his jingle helped them outsmart the mini cons and never thought they would have beat them.
“Really? Huh… Never thought of that. Still, it was a risk bringing them into battle, let alone leaving them alone.”
Cee laughed it off while jumping onto another tree as she said, “Ha! Well if you were me, you would’ve brought them to the battlefield when the team is in danger. I mean, I always do things my way and things work out in the end.”
That’s when Bee had it with her and told her, “Yeah? Well if I were you, I would be too arrogant and selfish when it comes to missions. To you it’s always fun and games! If only you knew how dangerous this is, then you understand what we are fighting for.”
“Oh, I know how dangerous things are and what we are fighting for.” Arcee retorted, “But sometimes you need to unwind and enjoy life to the fullest. Heh… Guess sometimes you never relax. You are always on the move.”
“That’s because I need to be on my pedes when there’s a Con attack. That’s what we soldiers do. And as a soldier, you need to be on high alert. You may never know when something unexpected happens.” he said as he kept walking and following Cee’s tree branch jumping.
But as he took one more step, he felt some crack under his pede. The scout felt that and looked down to see what happened. That’s when he could see the cracks forming and spreading around him. Looking up, he realized that he got caught and uttered one word.
“Scrap…”
The ground soon gave way and he fell right through it. Arcee stopped when he heard him screaming and looked back to see what had happened. That’s when she saw the huge hole in the ground and realized that Bee was caught in it.
“Bee!”
She soon jumped off the tree and landed on the ground with her ninja move, running to the hole in the floor. Looking down, she wondered if he’s okay as she called out his name.
“Bee! Are you okay? Answer me!”
She didn’t hear anything from the fall and feared the worst. She then went on her comm and tried to speak to him from there.
“Come in, Bumblebee. Do you read me? It’s Arcee. Is everything alright? You took quite a fall.”
She waited for a response, hoping that he would call back.
Down in a deep cliff, where there’s a hole in the ceiling, Bumblebee on the floor, laying on his back. Thankfully, as deep of a fall that was, he was still online as he groaned and tried to get himself up. Sitting, he could hear static on his comm as the voice of Arcee was on that end, sounding worried.
“Come in, Bumblebee. Do you read me? It’s Arcee. Is everything alright? You took quite a fall.”
Hearing her, he placed his digits on the side helmet and responded back.
“Yeah… I’m fine… Took a nasty fall, but I think I’ll manage.”
He slowly got himself up as he could hear the femme feeling relieved.
“Oh thank Primus. I thought for certain you joined the Well of the All Spark. What happened?”
As soon as he got himself up, he looked up to see the hole he fell into and came up with a good enough conclusion.
“If I were to guess, I say I fell into a deep hole through a weak ground. I seem to be in a cave of some kind underground.”
“Give me a nanoclick, I’ll come down right away.”
Bee soon told her not to as it could be dangerous.
“Negative. It’s too dangerous to jump down that hole. I was lucky enough to survive the fall. I don’t know if you would fair better. Just find an entry way to the cave. There is always one. I’ll see if I find my way out myself. We’ll meet along the way and continue with the search.”
Arcee heard that and her end and gave a deep sigh in his comm.
“Okay. I’m on my way. Just hang on.”
The comm got shut off and Bee and glad that she is getting right to work.
“Well, at least Arcee gets her helm in the game. When a teammate is in danger, she jumps in to the rescue. I just hope she doesn’t get too distracted.” He soon looked around and wondered where to go. “Now… Where is the exit from here? There’s got to be a sign or something that can lead me out of here.”
As he was looking for a way out, he spotted what appeared to be some strange glow coming from the distance. Starring on, he could tell that there’s something in the cave.
“Huh… Guess that’s one lead. Wonder where that glowing is coming from?”
Out of curiosity, he made the slow walk down to where the glowing was just to investigate. The walk was long and tiring, but after a good half an hour, he found the source. Right in front of him, there lies a chamber that is similar to what Robby and Mo found with pillars and a mysterious green water. Seeing this, he knew that he was at the right place.
“By the All Spark. A Terran cave. It’s no wonder why we were having trouble finding the energy source. It was underground the whole time.”
Looking ahead, he could see what he and Arcee was looking for. There was a pedestal that has a blowing purple rock with curved points, similar to when Robby and Mo touched it and gave them not only those special watches, but also created Twitch and Thrash. Seeing that, he knew that he had found what they were looking for.
“And I take it that is the source of the energy signature.”
He soon turned his comm back on and told Arcee what he found.
“Arcee, this is Bumblebee. I have located the energy source Optimus wanted to investigate. It’s the same rock Mo and Robby discovered. What’s your current position?”
He waited for her to respond and was able to get it. Unfortunately, the comm sounded a little staticky.
“I’m at the entranc-”*static*“Can you hear me? I’m getting some sort of interu-”*static*“on my comms. I can’t understand-”*static*“-found the source of the signature?”
Hearing that, he knew what was causing it. Apparently, the rock is administering some sort of scrambling frequency in the chamber. It could explain why their communication is a bit wonky. So he updated her on the mission.
“Sorry Cee. You appear to be breaking up. Guess this rock is causing some sort of interference. If you can hear me, use the scanner to find the rock’s energy signature. I’m going to retrieve it. We’ll get together and leave through the cave entrance. Out.”
With that, he turned off the comm and looked to the rock.
“Hmm… It seems too easy. Normally, there would be some sort of trap like in those Indiana Jones films. But when Mo and Robby were in the one near their home, there was none. Still, it wouldn't hurt to check.”
With that, he crossed huge stone pebbles that lead him to the pedestal and was cautious, checking his corners in case a trap was sprung. After going to the other side, he could tell that there was nothing that would catch him by surprise.
Feeling relieved, he said, “Good… There were no traps present. For a second there, I would’ve ran from a boulder or something completely ridiculous.”
Looking to the pedestal, he stared at the rock and decided to get a hold of it himself.
“Now all that’s left is you. Come here, you strange...looking...rock.”
Walking to the pedestal, he looked to the mysterious rock and picked it up. With it in his servos, he smiled and said, “Huh… That was too easy. It’s almost like this thing wants me to take it. Oh well. Better get to Arcee so we can rendezvous and leave the place. Hopefully, Arcee didn’t get herself lost in this place.”
He soon turned back and walked back to the stone path just to leave the chamber. As he was walking, he looked to the rock he obtained and was pleased that he was able to get to it before Arcee did.
“Heh… Got to say, it was a little bit easy for me to get a hold of this. And the best part is that I don’t have to worry about Arcee bothering me. Seriously, what makes her think she can be so carefree when we’re still fighting against Mandroid, his spider-bots, and his brainwashed Decepticon minions? Does she even understand the risks now? I wonder what it’s like to be her? Always full of energy and enthusiasm. Hmm… Maybe if I could be in her pedes, then I would understand what makes her tick. That would be something to be entertained with.”
As he was thinking about that, the rock he was carrying was starting to glow a low hum as it started to do something strange to him. But he wasn’t aware of what just happened as he was thinking about being Arcee for a moment.
“I mean, yes, I know she could be a bit of a pain and tends to do things her way, but you gotta admire how she does her business.”
As he was walking, his body was going through a strange change. His bulky body started to thin gradually as her yellow color of his armor was gaining a tinge of pink. At the same time, part of his sports car was shifting around as the car parts were moving and shrinking. Yet, Bee never notice it as he continued to walk and thought about being Arcee.
“I mean, she is agile and quick on her pedes. Elita-One might have the moves, but her body is a bit big and bulky for a femme. But Arcee, she is thin and nimble. Makes her difficult to fight.” he said as his voice box was altering and giving him a bit of a high octave.
The most he walked, the more he continued to change. His body continued to thin as he height was shrinking down. The more pink started to dominate the yellow armor as the parts of his armor were continuing to change. The car door winglets were shrinking into his shoulder blades while a pair of white tires started to grow out of them. The same part of tires also appear in the back of his thinning legs. Even the dark protoform skin and lightening to a light gray color as it spreads around his body. To top it all off, his face and head was shifting into a more feminine look as the horns were shrinking into his helmet and the pink spreading over the yellow.
Bee’s walking was most different as he was walking with a sway in a hips as he said in a voice that’s between his and a familiar voice. “Plus she transformed into a classic muscle car. Don’t get me wrong, my sports car is the fastest on Earth. But honestly, going with the classic look gives you a bit of nostalgia.”
Course, as he was complaining, something was following him as it was scampering all over the place. Nor has he noticed the body was thinning and shrinking away, making him less male and more female. More pink dominate the yellow armor as the plating look less strong, but light enough to make him more agile. The wheels grew big on the upper back and the back of the legs as something else was growing on the tires and extended to two cylinders. The helmet looked smaller and more female as the face was cracking and shifting into that of a woman. But not just a woman, a femme who he had a pain to begin with.
So much so, that he was behaving rather differently with his partner as his annoyance slowly turns into respect in a voice that less of him and more of that said femme. “If I would want to change one thing from that muscle car, I would go with the yellow color. But… Why would I? Yellow isn’t my thing. Pink is where it’s at. Just like my sister.”
Just saying that, it seems like the rock isn’t altering his body, but his mind. So much so, that Bumblebee doesn’t consider himself a he. No. Instead, he consider himself as a she. And the body proves it as she was no longer masculine, but feminine. Her body was small, thin, and compact as she had a curvy look with an actual female chest plate. All the yellow color is gone as pink dominated her armor. Her armor itself was no longer that of a sports car, but a different one, with back wheels in the back of the legs, radiators on the hips, a pair of front head lights attached to a pair of tires in the back, and a sleeker design that makes her look good. Even her head matches that of the femme as well and there was nothing bulky or rugged anywhere. Just a pretty face that can also be dangerous. Soon enough, walking down the cave is no longer the scout Bumblebee, but instead a double of Arcee herself.
This Arcee got a peck in her step as she has the same energy and attitude as the original. “I mean, come on! My sister is the best. We are cut from the same spark after all. We are pretty much inseparable! Why would I be mean to my favorite sister in all of Cybertron? And once we unite and I show her this beauty, she will be thrilled!”
Just as she was feeling well accomplished, she started to hear something from the distance. Turning her head to the left, she swore she saw something moving fast. Seeing that, she realized that she isn’t alone.
“Hmm… Something tells me I’m not alone here.”
Slowly, she placed the rock to the side and steadily got into a stance similar to the original Arcee.
“Hello? Is anyone there?” she said waiting for someone to respond. “Arcee? Sis? Are you there? If this is some kind of sick joke, this isn’t funny!”
As soon as she said that, a group of Mandroid’s spider bots started to came out and surround the Arcee double. She looked around and realized the numbers against her.
“My, oh my… What do we have here? Some Spider Bots want their little legs on this rock. Sorry boys, but this rock is staying with me. If you all got a problem with that, then come at me!”
With that, the spider bots looked at each other before charging in to the attack. The second Arcee got into a stance.
“All right, you ask for it.”
The spider bots pounced on her while the double Arcee did a tornado kick to know them all out.
Not far from the start of the fight, the real Arcee was walking down the cave and looking for her partner. The only way to get to Bumblebee is the scan for the energy signature of the rock. Looking to her scan, she was checking to make sure that she was close. But the screen was static and she can’t pick up any sign of Bee.
Banging on it for a moment, she sighed and said, “Slag it, Bee… You said that I should use the scanner to find you and the energy signature. Well… The scanner is giving me nothing but scrap. Should’ve give me those bread crumbs that would lead me to him. Now I’m lost and I don’t know where to start. C’mon Bee… Just give me a bit of a sign.”
She soon heard what appears to be fighting from the distance. Looking to the direction of the fight, she noticed the green glow at a distance. Hearing the fight and seeing the green color, she put the pieces together and knew what is happening.
“Oh scrap! That’s got to be Bumblebee. And it sounds like he could be in danger. Hang on Bee! I’m coming!”
With that, she ran and jump in the air while transforming into her vehicle form to drive towards the fight. She was racing down to the direction, she could see that the light was getting closer to the fight. By the time she got there, she stopped turned her vehicle mode and transformed to battle.
“I’m here, Bee! Let’s get ready to-” she was about to say before she stop herself and saw something that caught her by surprise. “Huh…?!”
Right in front of her, a fight was breaking out between an Autobot and a gang of Spiderbots. But in the middle of the fight, she didn’t see her scout and friend, Bumblebee. Instead, all she was seeing is a femme. And not just any femme, but it was herself! That’s right! She was seeing herself fighting the Spider Bots.
The double, while outnumbered, was fighting them spiders off with such grace and aptitude. She started to knock them off in the air with a series of kicks, swatting them away. She soon bendedand dodged around to avoid the rest of the bots pouncing as she managed to defend herself. Bending back and using her servos, she performed a break dancing move and spins around and kicked them all in the air. Then she kick up and flipped around to avoid a few more. Landing and stomping on one of the bots with her pedes, she grabbed one with his servo and it was struggling to escape.
The Arcee double laughed it off and said, “Is that the best you guys got?! C’mon guys! I fought Scraplets that are more menacing then you.”
Twisting her body around, she tossed the spider bot and like a bowling bowl, knocked down a group of them like a bunch of bowling pins. The rest of the bots looked to her and wondered how to deal with her. Then looking to the rock she was carrying, they need to focus on that and scamper to it.
The double saw that and decided to stop them. “Oh no you don’t! You not getting those little legs on that rock!”
She ran after them and tried to stop them. But the spider bots not getting the rock blocked her and surround her. The double saw that and got into a stance, ready for a serious fight.
Meanwhile, the real Arcee watched the fight and couldn’t believe it. She is watching herself fighting the spider bots in the same move sets as her. She started to wonder how she came to be and what happened to Bumblebee. But she didn’t have time figuring things out, as the small group was approaching the rock that is the energy source. Seeing that the double to busy fighting off the remaining spiders, the real one need to help her.
“Oh slag it! I got to help her!” she said as she ran toward the rock as well.
The double was doing her best fending herself as she was punching and kicking the bots with ease. Looking ahead, she could see the other group approaching the rock she got.
“Hey! Get away from that rock! I’m warning you!”
She soon got pounced by one of the spider bots as she used her arm to block it. Then another one attacked in the back and she was caught by surprise. She was soon overwhelmed as the spiders pounced on pinned her. The double struggled to get out of it, but it seems hopeless as she watches as the rest were going after the rock.
“No!!”
The other group managed to reach the rock and was about to acquire it. But as they were about to get it, a pair of pink legs blocked their path. Looking up, even with their emotionless expressions, were shocked to see what blocked them. Turns out, it was another Arcee. The real Arcee.
“Hello boys. Going somewhere?”
The spider looks looked at the real Arcee before turning back to the double buried under the rest. Looking back and forth, they were a little confused about what they were seeing. The double could see the real one blocking their path and was happy to see her arrive on time.
“Hey Sister! Bout time you showed up. Think you can give me a little help here?”
The real Arcee heard that and was a little confused. “Sister…?” she asked herself. She never had a sister before. Now this double appeared and claimed that she’s her sister. Something doesn’t add up.
However, she didn’t have the time in getting the answer as the spider bots decided to pounce on her as well. Cee saw that and immediately jumped and kicked them all with a spinning kick in the air. All of them flew in different directions as a few hit the ones pinning the double. Feeling the weight off of her, the double did more break dancing and knocked the rest around. Getting up on her pedes, she and the real one got into their stances and was prepared to double team the group of spider bots. With their back to each other the spiders surrounding them, the two looked to each other and gave each other a smirk.
“Let’s do this!” they both said in unison.
With that, the spider bots pounced as the same time while the two Arcees got into their stances and fought them all off. One by one, they were able to take down the spiders with punches, kicks, elbow jabs, head butts. As soon as the fight started, it ended as the spiders bots were scattered on the floor and were knocked out. The two had their backs to each other and were waiting for them to come up to fight again. As they were getting back up, the looked to the two and wondered what to do. Looking at each other, they started to realize the odds are against them as they scampered away into the darkness. The Arcee double saw them leaving and ran for a bit before stopping and burying them with her words.
“Hey! Where are you all think you going? Get back here! I’m just getting warmed up.”
She watched as the spider bots vanished into the darkness, not coming back for another fight.
Feeling annoyed, she crossed her arms and said, “Okay. You want to run away? Fine! Run like the cowards you are! See if I care!”
She soon turned to the real Arcee and was acting all cocky. “Pft… Can you believe those pricks? They come in to take that rock and the next moment, they scamper off with their tails between their legs and surrendered. And this is the threat Mandroid created to take us out? What a bunch of push overs.”
Looking up ahead, she could see the real Arcee, but she saw something completely off. Normally, she would expect her sister responding with a quip of her own, and they were laugh it off like it’s nothing. But today it was different. She stood there in silence, trying to contemplate what she was witnessing. Her own double, starring back at her, with the same fighting style and personality. It was so surreal… Even more so that she hasn’t seen Bumblebee since he fell into the cracked hole and into the cave. But there is still the question and who she is and why she looked like her.
The double put her hands on her hips and was getting annoyed by the awkward silence. “Hel-LO! Cybertron to Cee! Come in, girl! The silence is really starting to cramp my style, you know.”
The real Cee decided to ask this now, trying to freak her out.
“Uh… Yeah… Sorry about that. Guess I was little spaced out. Still… There’s something that’s been bothering me. And that’s…” She soon pointed to her and started to ask that said question. “Who are you and why do you look like me?”
The double looked right at her and felt a little offended by that question. With a bit of a chuckle, she told the real Arcee, “Really Cee? You have to ask something like that? Don’t tell me you forgot already. It’s me. Arbee. You’re twin sister.”
The real Arcee raised an optic ridge and was confused by that name.
“Ar...bee…?
The moment she heard the name, something clicked in her processor. The last part of the name. Bee. That name is sort of similar to that of the mech she’s been looking for. Bumblebee… Arbee… Suddenly, it becomes crystal clear what is happening. Bumblebee vanished into the huge hold of the cave one moment. And the next, this double arrived and claim to be her sister, when in reality she never had one in her life. Putting the pieces together, her optics grew wide and realized what has happened, uttering the name the double once was.
“Bee?! As in Bumeblee?!”
The double, who calls herself Arbee, tilt her helm and was a little confused about it. “Uh… No… It’s Arbee? You okay there Sis? You seem a little frazzled.”
Seeing this revelation in front of her, she approached her supposed sister and shook her to wake her up. “Bee! Wake up! It’s me, Arcee. What’s gotten into you?!”
The double slap Cee’s arms off of her and find it all pretty weird.
“Okay… Clearly your processor’s malfunctioning. Guess we need to go see Wheeljack to check on your processor.”
The real Arcee knew that this Bee isn’t him...herself and try to make her remember.
“C’mon Bee, snap out of it. You are not Arbee. We’re not even sisters! You’re Bumblebee. You’re a scout for the Autobots. And a teacher for Twitch and Thrash. You got to remember.”
The double looked to her supposed sister and was blinking at the bizarre talk she said. Backing away with her servos up, she said, “Yep. It’s official, you have completely lost it. I mean Bumblebee? Scout of the Autobots? Like there is such a thing as one. And we are sisters. We were together since our creation. We grew up together, play together, fought together. Did you forget all that?”
Acree just couldn’t believe it. This double, who is really Bumblebee, believes that she is her twin sister and thinks that there’s no such thing as Bumblebee. But does that mean whatever happened to him altered the world as well? Does everyone forgot about Bee and thinks that Arcee has a sister? There’s a lot of concern with this predicament. But she can’t think about it now as she shook her head and rubbed the temples of her helm.
“Okay… Sorry… Guess I was a little out of it today. Guess the mission is making me see things. Just tell me what happened after we got separated.”
Arbee looked to her and believe that she was right. They’ve been on the mission too long and she could’ve been seeing things. With her servos on her hips, she chuckled and said, “It’s cool. We’ve been traveling for so long, our optics would see things out of the ordinary. Anyways, you want to know what happened to me? Well, after I fell into the hole, I noticed the green light at the distance of the cave. I approached it and discovered the chamber similar to what Robbie and Mo found along with the rock.” She soon pointed the rock she dropped when she had to fight the spider bots. The real Arcee turned to see it as Arbee continued with the explanation. “When I picked it up, I was trying to get to you. Next thing I knew, those spider bots appeared and try to attack. Course I fended myself and knocked them all into next week before you came. But if you didn’t show up, they would’ve gone off with the rock.”
Listening to Bee’s story, she knew that she was right. Bumblebee fell into the hole, investigated the light, and found that rock. She remembered all of that because she got into contact with Bee before she lost contact with him. So she needed to find him and make sure he’s safe. That’s when she found this double claiming to be the sister. Approaching the rock, she picked it up and studied it for a moment.
“I see… And that’s all you remembered since we lost contact with each other?”
Arbee nodded and said, “Um… Yeah… That’s all I remember. You sure you all right, sis? You’re behaving a little weirder then normal.”
Looking at the rock, Arcee deduced that whatever happened to Bee might have connected to it. Regardless, at leas they were able to retrieve it and prevented Mandroid’s drones from taking it. With a smirk, she turned to her ‘sister’ and said, “It’s nothing, sis. I was just checking to make sure you are all right. Anyways, we should head back to G.H.O.S.T. HQ and give this rock to Wheeljack. Perhaps he piece together what makes this rock and the rock Robby and Mo found is special in their unique of ways.”
Arbee’s optics lit up as she approached her and patted her on the back. “Now that’s the Arcee I know. For a second there, I thought you were going to be too serious for your own good. C’mon! Last one to HQ is poisonous Tox-EN!” She immediately took the rock Arcee and yelped, “Yoink!”
Arcee caught by surprise as she turned to see her running off with the rock. She soon lifted her arm and told her, “Hey! Careful with that, sis. You break that, then this mission will be all for nothing.”
Arbee turned to her and laughed it off. “Aw… You worry to much, Cee. Come on! I’ll race ya!”
She soon turned around and jumped while holding the cyberform rock. In the air, she transformed but it’s not Bumblebee’s yellow sports car. Instead, it is Arcee’s classic pink muscle car is she landed on the tires and revved up and sped ahead with the rock in the front seat all buckled up. She sped ahead, looking for an exit to leave.
The moment she left, Arcee looked on and was silent about it. To her, it was the strangest mission she took part of to date. One moment, she was with Bumblebee looking for the source of the energy signature. The next she almost lost Bumblebee only to have a sister now named Arbee. It was so confusing and conflicting considering this femme was in fact Bumblebee. If she were to guess, the rock must’ve caused Bumblebee to turn into her. How? She wishes she knows. But looking back, the thought of a sister really does intrigued her. The way she behaves and fight like her, the way she is full on constant energy, she could see the similarities. One part of her wanted Bee back to his old self and the rock will have answers. But having a sister does have its advantages.
Putting her digits on her chin, she got a sly grin and thought to herself, “Hmm… My very own sister… I always wanted to have one for a long time. But will it mean loosing Bumblebee in the process?” Thinking about it, she shrugged it off and continued with, “Still, I hope Wheeljack figure out how to reverse Bee’s condition with that rock we obtained. But until then, I can always bond with my new sister for a while. Wonder how the kids feel of the two of us training them. Heh… That would be fun.”
Seeing Arbee in the distance already, she soon realized that her ‘sister’ didn’t know where to go and chased after her. “Arbee, wait! You don’t know where the exit is!”
She soon jumped and transformed, speeding to her for guidance. In the end, the mission took a turn for the weird as what started out as Bumblebee and Arcee, turned into a sisterly bond.
End?
Bumblebee - Arcee (both from Transformers: Earthspark)
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“Hmm… Nothing on the scanners on my end. What about you Arcee? Have you found anything?”
The car was waiting for someone else to respond. But there was no response as he asked again.
“Arcee? Are you there? Answer me! Are you under attack?”
He soon got the response, but he could hear some 50s style pop tunes on his comm. followed a female voice on the other end.
“Sheesh Bee… Take a chill pill. I hear ya. I was just listening to my favorite tune.”
The car called Bee gave a deep sigh and said, “Arcee, when Optimus assigned us to search for an energy signature that is similar to that rock that Robby and Mo found when they created Twitch and Thrash, I was hopping you take the matter seriously. Yet you continue to act like a sparkling in a femme body and thinking everything is all play and no work.”
In another part of the freeway, a pink 50s muscle car was racing as well as Bee’s voice sounded more annoyed.
“I swear to Primus, you are an incredible soldier but you behave like a human teenager.”
The pink muscle car laughed a little and said back, “What are you talking about, Bee? I’m just being myself. You can’t be too serious, especially coming from you.”
Bee heard that on the other end and wasn’t pleased with that response.
“I take this matter seriously. The energy signature in question could be vital for our mission. If Mandroid gets his hands on it, there’s no telling what he could do with it.”
“I know, I know… Mandroid will use his own energy rock to create his own army of Terrans and rule the world… Blah, blah, blah…. I get the message. Sometimes you got to just let loose and do your own thing, Bee. Like when you sing those little diddies to help those kids understand combat.” she said remembering him doing those diddies on the farm.
Back to Bee, heard her and reminded her of why he sings those diddies. “I sing those diddies to teach those kids the importance of combat. At least I was training them. What have you been doing while I was helping Optimus and Megatron apprehend the Minicons? Digging ditches and filling them back up? Moving stacks of hay from one end to another? Cleaning up horse manure? That’s not training, that’s having them do nonsensical tasks!”
Arcee laughed a bit and said, “Oh c’mon Bee. I was only teaching them to speak up if something doesn't feel right. Otherwise, they would be taken advantage of.”
“Really?” Bee retorted, “That’s not what Robby told me.”
“Either way, at least they learned a valuable lesson. I think I’m proud of that. If you were in my peds, then you would’ve understood how I handle my business.” she said to him.
Bee heard that and gave a deep groan.
“Right… Like I want to be like you. That would be the day. Just focus on locating the energy source. We need to hurry before-”
“Found it!”
Bee heard that and was surprised.
“What?”
Back with Arcee, she got the location on her marker. “You hear me. I was able to find the location of the energy source. Was about to tell you soon, but the song came up and had to listen.”
Bee heard that on the other end and exploded on her. “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME THIS SOONER!!!”
Cee listened to that yell and said, “Hey! You were a little preoccupied in telling me to take this mission seriously. What was I was suppose to do? Interrupt you what I found what you are trying to look for?”
Bee sighed on the comms and said, “Just give me the coordinates and I’ll be there. Be sure you join me, unless you have another song you want to listen to.”
Arcee already got the coordinates sent to Bee and said, “Already did. Just don’t wait up for me.”
She soon drove down the freeway to reach the energy source.
At the same time, Bee sighed and said, “I swear, that femme. Telling me to be in her pedes? That’s just ridiculous.”
He soon sped up to reach his coordinates Arcee provided to him.
Minutes later the pink muscle car sped to the location and stopped near the edge of it. Doing a drift, the car transformed and a femme emerged from it, stretching her arms and legs after a long drive. This femme is Acree, the Autobot and G.H.O.S.T. high ranking soldier and Cybertronian ninja.
“Man… That was a long drive for some rock. My gears are grinding after a trip like that.”
She soon heard the horn honking and turned to see the yellow sports car that was racing towards her. Drifting to a stop, the car transformed and a mech came out and took form. This mech is known as Bumblebee, the Autobot’s personal scout and while not joining G.H.O.S.T., he can still protect the people of Earth. And as a teacher to Twitch and Thrash, the two Terrans that were created by Bobby and Mo.
Approaching the femme, he overheard her and said to her, “That rock you mentioned is the same rock that created the two Terrans and who knows what else it can do. That’s why Mandroid is desperate in finding it first and use it to his own twisted experiments. We need to retrieve it ASAP before he could even use it.”
Arcee crossed her arms and was a little annoyed by his tone. “Right… The rock that gave those kids the watches which in turn created those two Terrans and they are linked together. That’s what Mandroid wanted. And what is he going to do when he obtains that much power, again?”
Bee looked down at the forested area and was in deep thought about that. “If I were to guess, nothing good will come with him finding that rock. Which is why we need to retrieve it and return it to G.H.O.S.T. headquarters so it can be kept safe. Let’s get down there and look for it.”
He soon jumped over the guardrail and dived deep into the forest. Arcee looked down to see him disappear in the forest and sighed.
“Again, you take things too seriously, Bee! You need to loosen up!” she said as she shook her head. “Just this once, I wish he was like me.” She soon jumped down and joined the scout in searching for the energy source.
Fifteen minutes later, the two were journeying through the forest, looking for the energy signature that Optimus wishes for them to investigate. As they were looking, Arcee jumped up on the tree and climbed the branches to get a better view as Bee used his scanner to find the object in question. But as he was checking, he noticed that the scanner wasn’t picking up anything. Just static as he was hitting on it.
“Slag it!” he said with some annoyance, “My scanner isn’t picking up anything with all this foliage and moisture. It’s going to get difficult to find that Terran rock.” He soon looked up to Arcee on the tree branches as she was searching high with her own scanner. “Arcee! You’re sure your scanner picked up that energy signature we were assigned to?”
The femme tilted her head and waved him off. “Of course the coordinates for the energy signature are accurate. It’s just that the scanners are a little wonky with all this organic environment. But don’t worry, I got the coordinates in my memory banks. I’m certain that we are getting close. You just need to trust me.”
Bee looked up and shook his head. “Trust you… Just like I trust you in taking care of the kids and instead bringing them to the battlefield involving Soundwave and his Minicons?”
Arcee jumped off the branch and onto the next tree after hearing the actions he made when she became the temporary teacher. “What…? Still bitter about that, Bee? The kids and Terrans are all right and they managed to hold their own against the Mini cons. Even your little jingle helps them outsmart those three. Quite the clever ones they are.”
Bee listened to that and never thought his jingle helped them outsmart the mini cons and never thought they would have beat them.
“Really? Huh… Never thought of that. Still, it was a risk bringing them into battle, let alone leaving them alone.”
Cee laughed it off while jumping onto another tree as she said, “Ha! Well if you were me, you would’ve brought them to the battlefield when the team is in danger. I mean, I always do things my way and things work out in the end.”
That’s when Bee had it with her and told her, “Yeah? Well if I were you, I would be too arrogant and selfish when it comes to missions. To you it’s always fun and games! If only you knew how dangerous this is, then you understand what we are fighting for.”
“Oh, I know how dangerous things are and what we are fighting for.” Arcee retorted, “But sometimes you need to unwind and enjoy life to the fullest. Heh… Guess sometimes you never relax. You are always on the move.”
“That’s because I need to be on my pedes when there’s a Con attack. That’s what we soldiers do. And as a soldier, you need to be on high alert. You may never know when something unexpected happens.” he said as he kept walking and following Cee’s tree branch jumping.
But as he took one more step, he felt some crack under his pede. The scout felt that and looked down to see what happened. That’s when he could see the cracks forming and spreading around him. Looking up, he realized that he got caught and uttered one word.
“Scrap…”
The ground soon gave way and he fell right through it. Arcee stopped when he heard him screaming and looked back to see what had happened. That’s when she saw the huge hole in the ground and realized that Bee was caught in it.
“Bee!”
She soon jumped off the tree and landed on the ground with her ninja move, running to the hole in the floor. Looking down, she wondered if he’s okay as she called out his name.
“Bee! Are you okay? Answer me!”
She didn’t hear anything from the fall and feared the worst. She then went on her comm and tried to speak to him from there.
“Come in, Bumblebee. Do you read me? It’s Arcee. Is everything alright? You took quite a fall.”
She waited for a response, hoping that he would call back.
Down in a deep cliff, where there’s a hole in the ceiling, Bumblebee on the floor, laying on his back. Thankfully, as deep of a fall that was, he was still online as he groaned and tried to get himself up. Sitting, he could hear static on his comm as the voice of Arcee was on that end, sounding worried.
“Come in, Bumblebee. Do you read me? It’s Arcee. Is everything alright? You took quite a fall.”
Hearing her, he placed his digits on the side helmet and responded back.
“Yeah… I’m fine… Took a nasty fall, but I think I’ll manage.”
He slowly got himself up as he could hear the femme feeling relieved.
“Oh thank Primus. I thought for certain you joined the Well of the All Spark. What happened?”
As soon as he got himself up, he looked up to see the hole he fell into and came up with a good enough conclusion.
“If I were to guess, I say I fell into a deep hole through a weak ground. I seem to be in a cave of some kind underground.”
“Give me a nanoclick, I’ll come down right away.”
Bee soon told her not to as it could be dangerous.
“Negative. It’s too dangerous to jump down that hole. I was lucky enough to survive the fall. I don’t know if you would fair better. Just find an entry way to the cave. There is always one. I’ll see if I find my way out myself. We’ll meet along the way and continue with the search.”
Arcee heard that and her end and gave a deep sigh in his comm.
“Okay. I’m on my way. Just hang on.”
The comm got shut off and Bee and glad that she is getting right to work.
“Well, at least Arcee gets her helm in the game. When a teammate is in danger, she jumps in to the rescue. I just hope she doesn’t get too distracted.” He soon looked around and wondered where to go. “Now… Where is the exit from here? There’s got to be a sign or something that can lead me out of here.”
As he was looking for a way out, he spotted what appeared to be some strange glow coming from the distance. Starring on, he could tell that there’s something in the cave.
“Huh… Guess that’s one lead. Wonder where that glowing is coming from?”
Out of curiosity, he made the slow walk down to where the glowing was just to investigate. The walk was long and tiring, but after a good half an hour, he found the source. Right in front of him, there lies a chamber that is similar to what Robby and Mo found with pillars and a mysterious green water. Seeing this, he knew that he was at the right place.
“By the All Spark. A Terran cave. It’s no wonder why we were having trouble finding the energy source. It was underground the whole time.”
Looking ahead, he could see what he and Arcee was looking for. There was a pedestal that has a blowing purple rock with curved points, similar to when Robby and Mo touched it and gave them not only those special watches, but also created Twitch and Thrash. Seeing that, he knew that he had found what they were looking for.
“And I take it that is the source of the energy signature.”
He soon turned his comm back on and told Arcee what he found.
“Arcee, this is Bumblebee. I have located the energy source Optimus wanted to investigate. It’s the same rock Mo and Robby discovered. What’s your current position?”
He waited for her to respond and was able to get it. Unfortunately, the comm sounded a little staticky.
“I’m at the entranc-”*static*“Can you hear me? I’m getting some sort of interu-”*static*“on my comms. I can’t understand-”*static*“-found the source of the signature?”
Hearing that, he knew what was causing it. Apparently, the rock is administering some sort of scrambling frequency in the chamber. It could explain why their communication is a bit wonky. So he updated her on the mission.
“Sorry Cee. You appear to be breaking up. Guess this rock is causing some sort of interference. If you can hear me, use the scanner to find the rock’s energy signature. I’m going to retrieve it. We’ll get together and leave through the cave entrance. Out.”
With that, he turned off the comm and looked to the rock.
“Hmm… It seems too easy. Normally, there would be some sort of trap like in those Indiana Jones films. But when Mo and Robby were in the one near their home, there was none. Still, it wouldn't hurt to check.”
With that, he crossed huge stone pebbles that lead him to the pedestal and was cautious, checking his corners in case a trap was sprung. After going to the other side, he could tell that there was nothing that would catch him by surprise.
Feeling relieved, he said, “Good… There were no traps present. For a second there, I would’ve ran from a boulder or something completely ridiculous.”
Looking to the pedestal, he stared at the rock and decided to get a hold of it himself.
“Now all that’s left is you. Come here, you strange...looking...rock.”
Walking to the pedestal, he looked to the mysterious rock and picked it up. With it in his servos, he smiled and said, “Huh… That was too easy. It’s almost like this thing wants me to take it. Oh well. Better get to Arcee so we can rendezvous and leave the place. Hopefully, Arcee didn’t get herself lost in this place.”
He soon turned back and walked back to the stone path just to leave the chamber. As he was walking, he looked to the rock he obtained and was pleased that he was able to get to it before Arcee did.
“Heh… Got to say, it was a little bit easy for me to get a hold of this. And the best part is that I don’t have to worry about Arcee bothering me. Seriously, what makes her think she can be so carefree when we’re still fighting against Mandroid, his spider-bots, and his brainwashed Decepticon minions? Does she even understand the risks now? I wonder what it’s like to be her? Always full of energy and enthusiasm. Hmm… Maybe if I could be in her pedes, then I would understand what makes her tick. That would be something to be entertained with.”
As he was thinking about that, the rock he was carrying was starting to glow a low hum as it started to do something strange to him. But he wasn’t aware of what just happened as he was thinking about being Arcee for a moment.
“I mean, yes, I know she could be a bit of a pain and tends to do things her way, but you gotta admire how she does her business.”
As he was walking, his body was going through a strange change. His bulky body started to thin gradually as her yellow color of his armor was gaining a tinge of pink. At the same time, part of his sports car was shifting around as the car parts were moving and shrinking. Yet, Bee never notice it as he continued to walk and thought about being Arcee.
“I mean, she is agile and quick on her pedes. Elita-One might have the moves, but her body is a bit big and bulky for a femme. But Arcee, she is thin and nimble. Makes her difficult to fight.” he said as his voice box was altering and giving him a bit of a high octave.
The most he walked, the more he continued to change. His body continued to thin as he height was shrinking down. The more pink started to dominate the yellow armor as the parts of his armor were continuing to change. The car door winglets were shrinking into his shoulder blades while a pair of white tires started to grow out of them. The same part of tires also appear in the back of his thinning legs. Even the dark protoform skin and lightening to a light gray color as it spreads around his body. To top it all off, his face and head was shifting into a more feminine look as the horns were shrinking into his helmet and the pink spreading over the yellow.
Bee’s walking was most different as he was walking with a sway in a hips as he said in a voice that’s between his and a familiar voice. “Plus she transformed into a classic muscle car. Don’t get me wrong, my sports car is the fastest on Earth. But honestly, going with the classic look gives you a bit of nostalgia.”
Course, as he was complaining, something was following him as it was scampering all over the place. Nor has he noticed the body was thinning and shrinking away, making him less male and more female. More pink dominate the yellow armor as the plating look less strong, but light enough to make him more agile. The wheels grew big on the upper back and the back of the legs as something else was growing on the tires and extended to two cylinders. The helmet looked smaller and more female as the face was cracking and shifting into that of a woman. But not just a woman, a femme who he had a pain to begin with.
So much so, that he was behaving rather differently with his partner as his annoyance slowly turns into respect in a voice that less of him and more of that said femme. “If I would want to change one thing from that muscle car, I would go with the yellow color. But… Why would I? Yellow isn’t my thing. Pink is where it’s at. Just like my sister.”
Just saying that, it seems like the rock isn’t altering his body, but his mind. So much so, that Bumblebee doesn’t consider himself a he. No. Instead, he consider himself as a she. And the body proves it as she was no longer masculine, but feminine. Her body was small, thin, and compact as she had a curvy look with an actual female chest plate. All the yellow color is gone as pink dominated her armor. Her armor itself was no longer that of a sports car, but a different one, with back wheels in the back of the legs, radiators on the hips, a pair of front head lights attached to a pair of tires in the back, and a sleeker design that makes her look good. Even her head matches that of the femme as well and there was nothing bulky or rugged anywhere. Just a pretty face that can also be dangerous. Soon enough, walking down the cave is no longer the scout Bumblebee, but instead a double of Arcee herself.
This Arcee got a peck in her step as she has the same energy and attitude as the original. “I mean, come on! My sister is the best. We are cut from the same spark after all. We are pretty much inseparable! Why would I be mean to my favorite sister in all of Cybertron? And once we unite and I show her this beauty, she will be thrilled!”
Just as she was feeling well accomplished, she started to hear something from the distance. Turning her head to the left, she swore she saw something moving fast. Seeing that, she realized that she isn’t alone.
“Hmm… Something tells me I’m not alone here.”
Slowly, she placed the rock to the side and steadily got into a stance similar to the original Arcee.
“Hello? Is anyone there?” she said waiting for someone to respond. “Arcee? Sis? Are you there? If this is some kind of sick joke, this isn’t funny!”
As soon as she said that, a group of Mandroid’s spider bots started to came out and surround the Arcee double. She looked around and realized the numbers against her.
“My, oh my… What do we have here? Some Spider Bots want their little legs on this rock. Sorry boys, but this rock is staying with me. If you all got a problem with that, then come at me!”
With that, the spider bots looked at each other before charging in to the attack. The second Arcee got into a stance.
“All right, you ask for it.”
The spider bots pounced on her while the double Arcee did a tornado kick to know them all out.
Not far from the start of the fight, the real Arcee was walking down the cave and looking for her partner. The only way to get to Bumblebee is the scan for the energy signature of the rock. Looking to her scan, she was checking to make sure that she was close. But the screen was static and she can’t pick up any sign of Bee.
Banging on it for a moment, she sighed and said, “Slag it, Bee… You said that I should use the scanner to find you and the energy signature. Well… The scanner is giving me nothing but scrap. Should’ve give me those bread crumbs that would lead me to him. Now I’m lost and I don’t know where to start. C’mon Bee… Just give me a bit of a sign.”
She soon heard what appears to be fighting from the distance. Looking to the direction of the fight, she noticed the green glow at a distance. Hearing the fight and seeing the green color, she put the pieces together and knew what is happening.
“Oh scrap! That’s got to be Bumblebee. And it sounds like he could be in danger. Hang on Bee! I’m coming!”
With that, she ran and jump in the air while transforming into her vehicle form to drive towards the fight. She was racing down to the direction, she could see that the light was getting closer to the fight. By the time she got there, she stopped turned her vehicle mode and transformed to battle.
“I’m here, Bee! Let’s get ready to-” she was about to say before she stop herself and saw something that caught her by surprise. “Huh…?!”
Right in front of her, a fight was breaking out between an Autobot and a gang of Spiderbots. But in the middle of the fight, she didn’t see her scout and friend, Bumblebee. Instead, all she was seeing is a femme. And not just any femme, but it was herself! That’s right! She was seeing herself fighting the Spider Bots.
The double, while outnumbered, was fighting them spiders off with such grace and aptitude. She started to knock them off in the air with a series of kicks, swatting them away. She soon bendedand dodged around to avoid the rest of the bots pouncing as she managed to defend herself. Bending back and using her servos, she performed a break dancing move and spins around and kicked them all in the air. Then she kick up and flipped around to avoid a few more. Landing and stomping on one of the bots with her pedes, she grabbed one with his servo and it was struggling to escape.
The Arcee double laughed it off and said, “Is that the best you guys got?! C’mon guys! I fought Scraplets that are more menacing then you.”
Twisting her body around, she tossed the spider bot and like a bowling bowl, knocked down a group of them like a bunch of bowling pins. The rest of the bots looked to her and wondered how to deal with her. Then looking to the rock she was carrying, they need to focus on that and scamper to it.
The double saw that and decided to stop them. “Oh no you don’t! You not getting those little legs on that rock!”
She ran after them and tried to stop them. But the spider bots not getting the rock blocked her and surround her. The double saw that and got into a stance, ready for a serious fight.
Meanwhile, the real Arcee watched the fight and couldn’t believe it. She is watching herself fighting the spider bots in the same move sets as her. She started to wonder how she came to be and what happened to Bumblebee. But she didn’t have time figuring things out, as the small group was approaching the rock that is the energy source. Seeing that the double to busy fighting off the remaining spiders, the real one need to help her.
“Oh slag it! I got to help her!” she said as she ran toward the rock as well.
The double was doing her best fending herself as she was punching and kicking the bots with ease. Looking ahead, she could see the other group approaching the rock she got.
“Hey! Get away from that rock! I’m warning you!”
She soon got pounced by one of the spider bots as she used her arm to block it. Then another one attacked in the back and she was caught by surprise. She was soon overwhelmed as the spiders pounced on pinned her. The double struggled to get out of it, but it seems hopeless as she watches as the rest were going after the rock.
“No!!”
The other group managed to reach the rock and was about to acquire it. But as they were about to get it, a pair of pink legs blocked their path. Looking up, even with their emotionless expressions, were shocked to see what blocked them. Turns out, it was another Arcee. The real Arcee.
“Hello boys. Going somewhere?”
The spider looks looked at the real Arcee before turning back to the double buried under the rest. Looking back and forth, they were a little confused about what they were seeing. The double could see the real one blocking their path and was happy to see her arrive on time.
“Hey Sister! Bout time you showed up. Think you can give me a little help here?”
The real Arcee heard that and was a little confused. “Sister…?” she asked herself. She never had a sister before. Now this double appeared and claimed that she’s her sister. Something doesn’t add up.
However, she didn’t have the time in getting the answer as the spider bots decided to pounce on her as well. Cee saw that and immediately jumped and kicked them all with a spinning kick in the air. All of them flew in different directions as a few hit the ones pinning the double. Feeling the weight off of her, the double did more break dancing and knocked the rest around. Getting up on her pedes, she and the real one got into their stances and was prepared to double team the group of spider bots. With their back to each other the spiders surrounding them, the two looked to each other and gave each other a smirk.
“Let’s do this!” they both said in unison.
With that, the spider bots pounced as the same time while the two Arcees got into their stances and fought them all off. One by one, they were able to take down the spiders with punches, kicks, elbow jabs, head butts. As soon as the fight started, it ended as the spiders bots were scattered on the floor and were knocked out. The two had their backs to each other and were waiting for them to come up to fight again. As they were getting back up, the looked to the two and wondered what to do. Looking at each other, they started to realize the odds are against them as they scampered away into the darkness. The Arcee double saw them leaving and ran for a bit before stopping and burying them with her words.
“Hey! Where are you all think you going? Get back here! I’m just getting warmed up.”
She watched as the spider bots vanished into the darkness, not coming back for another fight.
Feeling annoyed, she crossed her arms and said, “Okay. You want to run away? Fine! Run like the cowards you are! See if I care!”
She soon turned to the real Arcee and was acting all cocky. “Pft… Can you believe those pricks? They come in to take that rock and the next moment, they scamper off with their tails between their legs and surrendered. And this is the threat Mandroid created to take us out? What a bunch of push overs.”
Looking up ahead, she could see the real Arcee, but she saw something completely off. Normally, she would expect her sister responding with a quip of her own, and they were laugh it off like it’s nothing. But today it was different. She stood there in silence, trying to contemplate what she was witnessing. Her own double, starring back at her, with the same fighting style and personality. It was so surreal… Even more so that she hasn’t seen Bumblebee since he fell into the cracked hole and into the cave. But there is still the question and who she is and why she looked like her.
The double put her hands on her hips and was getting annoyed by the awkward silence. “Hel-LO! Cybertron to Cee! Come in, girl! The silence is really starting to cramp my style, you know.”
The real Cee decided to ask this now, trying to freak her out.
“Uh… Yeah… Sorry about that. Guess I was little spaced out. Still… There’s something that’s been bothering me. And that’s…” She soon pointed to her and started to ask that said question. “Who are you and why do you look like me?”
The double looked right at her and felt a little offended by that question. With a bit of a chuckle, she told the real Arcee, “Really Cee? You have to ask something like that? Don’t tell me you forgot already. It’s me. Arbee. You’re twin sister.”
The real Arcee raised an optic ridge and was confused by that name.
“Ar...bee…?
The moment she heard the name, something clicked in her processor. The last part of the name. Bee. That name is sort of similar to that of the mech she’s been looking for. Bumblebee… Arbee… Suddenly, it becomes crystal clear what is happening. Bumblebee vanished into the huge hold of the cave one moment. And the next, this double arrived and claim to be her sister, when in reality she never had one in her life. Putting the pieces together, her optics grew wide and realized what has happened, uttering the name the double once was.
“Bee?! As in Bumeblee?!”
The double, who calls herself Arbee, tilt her helm and was a little confused about it. “Uh… No… It’s Arbee? You okay there Sis? You seem a little frazzled.”
Seeing this revelation in front of her, she approached her supposed sister and shook her to wake her up. “Bee! Wake up! It’s me, Arcee. What’s gotten into you?!”
The double slap Cee’s arms off of her and find it all pretty weird.
“Okay… Clearly your processor’s malfunctioning. Guess we need to go see Wheeljack to check on your processor.”
The real Arcee knew that this Bee isn’t him...herself and try to make her remember.
“C’mon Bee, snap out of it. You are not Arbee. We’re not even sisters! You’re Bumblebee. You’re a scout for the Autobots. And a teacher for Twitch and Thrash. You got to remember.”
The double looked to her supposed sister and was blinking at the bizarre talk she said. Backing away with her servos up, she said, “Yep. It’s official, you have completely lost it. I mean Bumblebee? Scout of the Autobots? Like there is such a thing as one. And we are sisters. We were together since our creation. We grew up together, play together, fought together. Did you forget all that?”
Acree just couldn’t believe it. This double, who is really Bumblebee, believes that she is her twin sister and thinks that there’s no such thing as Bumblebee. But does that mean whatever happened to him altered the world as well? Does everyone forgot about Bee and thinks that Arcee has a sister? There’s a lot of concern with this predicament. But she can’t think about it now as she shook her head and rubbed the temples of her helm.
“Okay… Sorry… Guess I was a little out of it today. Guess the mission is making me see things. Just tell me what happened after we got separated.”
Arbee looked to her and believe that she was right. They’ve been on the mission too long and she could’ve been seeing things. With her servos on her hips, she chuckled and said, “It’s cool. We’ve been traveling for so long, our optics would see things out of the ordinary. Anyways, you want to know what happened to me? Well, after I fell into the hole, I noticed the green light at the distance of the cave. I approached it and discovered the chamber similar to what Robbie and Mo found along with the rock.” She soon pointed the rock she dropped when she had to fight the spider bots. The real Arcee turned to see it as Arbee continued with the explanation. “When I picked it up, I was trying to get to you. Next thing I knew, those spider bots appeared and try to attack. Course I fended myself and knocked them all into next week before you came. But if you didn’t show up, they would’ve gone off with the rock.”
Listening to Bee’s story, she knew that she was right. Bumblebee fell into the hole, investigated the light, and found that rock. She remembered all of that because she got into contact with Bee before she lost contact with him. So she needed to find him and make sure he’s safe. That’s when she found this double claiming to be the sister. Approaching the rock, she picked it up and studied it for a moment.
“I see… And that’s all you remembered since we lost contact with each other?”
Arbee nodded and said, “Um… Yeah… That’s all I remember. You sure you all right, sis? You’re behaving a little weirder then normal.”
Looking at the rock, Arcee deduced that whatever happened to Bee might have connected to it. Regardless, at leas they were able to retrieve it and prevented Mandroid’s drones from taking it. With a smirk, she turned to her ‘sister’ and said, “It’s nothing, sis. I was just checking to make sure you are all right. Anyways, we should head back to G.H.O.S.T. HQ and give this rock to Wheeljack. Perhaps he piece together what makes this rock and the rock Robby and Mo found is special in their unique of ways.”
Arbee’s optics lit up as she approached her and patted her on the back. “Now that’s the Arcee I know. For a second there, I thought you were going to be too serious for your own good. C’mon! Last one to HQ is poisonous Tox-EN!” She immediately took the rock Arcee and yelped, “Yoink!”
Arcee caught by surprise as she turned to see her running off with the rock. She soon lifted her arm and told her, “Hey! Careful with that, sis. You break that, then this mission will be all for nothing.”
Arbee turned to her and laughed it off. “Aw… You worry to much, Cee. Come on! I’ll race ya!”
She soon turned around and jumped while holding the cyberform rock. In the air, she transformed but it’s not Bumblebee’s yellow sports car. Instead, it is Arcee’s classic pink muscle car is she landed on the tires and revved up and sped ahead with the rock in the front seat all buckled up. She sped ahead, looking for an exit to leave.
The moment she left, Arcee looked on and was silent about it. To her, it was the strangest mission she took part of to date. One moment, she was with Bumblebee looking for the source of the energy signature. The next she almost lost Bumblebee only to have a sister now named Arbee. It was so confusing and conflicting considering this femme was in fact Bumblebee. If she were to guess, the rock must’ve caused Bumblebee to turn into her. How? She wishes she knows. But looking back, the thought of a sister really does intrigued her. The way she behaves and fight like her, the way she is full on constant energy, she could see the similarities. One part of her wanted Bee back to his old self and the rock will have answers. But having a sister does have its advantages.
Putting her digits on her chin, she got a sly grin and thought to herself, “Hmm… My very own sister… I always wanted to have one for a long time. But will it mean loosing Bumblebee in the process?” Thinking about it, she shrugged it off and continued with, “Still, I hope Wheeljack figure out how to reverse Bee’s condition with that rock we obtained. But until then, I can always bond with my new sister for a while. Wonder how the kids feel of the two of us training them. Heh… That would be fun.”
Seeing Arbee in the distance already, she soon realized that her ‘sister’ didn’t know where to go and chased after her. “Arbee, wait! You don’t know where the exit is!”
She soon jumped and transformed, speeding to her for guidance. In the end, the mission took a turn for the weird as what started out as Bumblebee and Arcee, turned into a sisterly bond.
End?
Bumblebee - Arcee (both from Transformers: Earthspark)
Sequence done by kingsman-art: https://www.deviantart.com/kingsman-art
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Category Artwork (Digital) / TF / TG
Species Transformer
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