"what are you so cuddly for?" Prowl asks, huffing. Bumblebee snorts.

"I just, I feel pretty good. y'know? I reunited Ratchet and Wheeljack, with a little help from you and Jazz, and reunited Ratchet with both his sparklings. I know it brings him a good bit of relief to know we're both still alive. I just, I feel pretty good about it. I really really do." Bumblebee murmurs. Prowl chuckles softly, kissing his helm.

"I'm proud of you." Prowl murmurs softly.

"you guys are so cute together." Jazz grins, not even bothering to look over at them. Prowl huffs at him, reaching over to shove at him. Jazz chuckles.

"shut up." Prowl grumbles. Bumblebee laughs, cuddling against Prowls side, while his bonded gently plays with one of the horns on his head. the scouts engine purrs happily and he cuddles closer to Prowl happily. it was almost enough to put Bumblebee into stasis, almost. Prowl notices this and immediately stops his actions.

"huh?" Bumblebee pouts, blinking away the haze of sleep. he glares at Prowl, pouting. "hey." Bumblebee mumbles.

"sorry Bee. can't have you falling asleep." Prowl murmurs, kissing the top of his head. there's a loud explosion outside. Burns and Sari come stumbling in, Sari screaming as loud as she can. Prowl, Bumblebee, and Jazz jump up, racing over as fast as the can. Bumblebee scoops Sari up gently, worried about the little girl, while Jazz helps Burns up.

"what happened? are you guys okay?" Bumblebee asks.

"Decepticons!" Burns yelps.

"Prime! Prime we got Decepticons at the base!"

"we'll be right there Bumblebee. be safe."

"Sari you need to stay in here and stay safe." Prowl murmurs, moving the little girl to a safer area.

"all I can see is Starscream, so like, no hurry."

Bumblebee yelps as an explosion tosses him to the side hard.

"shit." Bumblebee hisses, wincing.

"ow! who the hell threw that!?" Starscream snaps, glaring around. Bumblebee winces and sits up, rubbing his head. he looks over, Prowl has thrown a shuriken and it had sliced through Starscreams weapon. Bumblebee looks over as Prowl kneels next to him. the ninja carefully looks him over, frowning.

"don't get up Bee, just stay there." Prowl murmurs, looking down at his side. Bumblebee looks down and frowns at himself. he's leaking energon from his abdominal area, side, and probably legs.

"fuck, don't worry about me, m'fine." Bumblebee mutters, pushing Prowl away. he shakily gets to his peds, blindly blasting his stingers in Starscreams direction. he looks over as Optimus and Sentinel roll up, transforming. Optimus runs past them, pausing for only to look at them.

"Prowl, get Bumblebee inside now. Sentinel and I will handle Starscream, go now!" Optimus orders, running after Sentinel. Prowl nods and helps Bumblebee up, before scooping him up carefully.

"put me down damn it, I can walk Prowl." Bumblebee mutters, shoving away from the ninja. "Prowl! look out!" Bumblebee shouts, landing on his peds. he shoves Prowl as hard as he can backwards, leaving the ninja to look up at him confusedly. Starscream suddenly slams into Bumblebee, sending him flying backwards. Bumblebee slams into a tree trunk before slumping down silently, curling in on himself.

"Bumblebee!" Prowl shouts, kicking Starscream out of his way. he kneels beside Bumblebee. "still think you can walk?" Prowl huffs. Bumblebee glares at him, but its so painful that it lacks any kind of bite. Prowl scoops him up gently, heading for the doors of the base as fast as he can. "shit!" Prowl snaps, dropping Bumblebee as he's dragged into the air by his leg. "I thought you two had him handled!?" Prowl snaps, dangling from Starscreams grip. the Con is semi crushing his ankle. Optimus is quick to catch the injured beetle before he hits the ground.

"I thought you had him!? now he has Prowl!" Bumblebee growls at his Prime.

"I'm working on it Bumblebee." Optimus says, running him inside to the rec room. "don't move just stay here." Optimus orders, running back out of the base. Bumblebee winces, trying to pull himself up.

"come on Bumblebee, get up. get up!" Bumblebee winces, trying to push himself up.

"hang on." Prowl murmurs, running over and scooping him up as gently as he can. the scout still gives a cry of pain and Prowl shoots him an apologetic look. "sorry, just try and keep still okay? keep still Bee, I'm getting you to Ratchet." Prowl assures.

"w-why is it always me?" Bumblebee pouts, wincing. Prowl frowns holding him tighter.

"because you have no sense of self preservation and literally rushed out to take on a Decepticon by yourself when you're already not in the condition to fight." Prowl frowns.

"b-but it was just Starscream." Bumblebee mutters.

"Starscream is three times your size." Prowl frowns, pushing the medbay doors open.

"three times in two days, going for a new record kid?" Ratchet frowns, walking over to them. Bumblebee winces, letting out a quiet groan. his head thumps hard against Prowls chest, the beetle is falling unconscious.

"yeah... guess so." Bumblebee mumbles.

"alright Prowl, get ready to help. he's got some bad injuries." Ratchet frowns, taking Bumblebee from the Ninja, to lay him down on a berth. Bumblebee whines quietly.

"absolutely, tell me what you need me to do." Prowl says firmly

"start by using your bond to keep him online, if he goes unconscious we could lose him." Ratchet warns, prying off parts of Bumblebee's armor. Prowl nods, immediately setting to work on helping him.

"already working on it. guess that means you can't knock him out. I don't think either of us want to lose him." Prowl says.

"he's lost so much energon, he probably wouldn't wake up." Ratchet explains. Prowl nods slightly, wincing.

"stay awake Bumblebee." Prowl murmurs. the beetle moans quietly and Prowl stumbles, knocking parts of Bumblebee's armor off the nearby counter when he slams into it and slides down. Ratchets head immediately snaps up. he knows this means Bumblebee's in bad condition. it means they're losing the scout and Prowl, as his bonded, is hurting. the ninja probably has no idea whats happening. he looks dizzy/dazed and confused sitting on the floor. he's not sure how or why he's ended up on the floor.

"Wheeljack!" Ratchet shouts. Prowl winces at the loud noise. he sees the inventor come rushing over as fast as he can.

"Ratchet? whats going on?" Wheeljack asks.

"get Prowl on a berth then get over here and help me patch up Bumblebee's leaks, if we don't stop these, we're going to lose both of them." Ratchet warns. Wheeljack nods running over as fast as he can to Prowl. he scoops the ninja up with little effort and lays him on a nearby berth.

"take it easy. focus on your bond. focus on keeping Bumblebee alive." Wheeljack murmurs. Prowl nods slightly.

"wh-what about Sari's key?" Prowl manages. Ratchets opens widen slightly.

"Jack, go see if you can find Sari. find her now! get her key and come back in here, she's the little organic femme thats been hanging with Burns. tell her you need the key." Ratchet says, hunched over Bumblebee.

"I already commed Burns as soon as Prowl brought it up." Wheeljack assures. the medic nods.

"get Prowl hooked up to a monitor. we need to keep an optic on him and his spark. the worse Prowl gets the worse Bumblebee is." Ratchet orders. Wheeljack nods getting to work. he isn't lying. the worse one gets the worse the other will get. if Prowl starts reacting worse then Bumblebee is dying. as their bonded, their sparks are one. Prowl would be affected greatly as Bumblebee appears to be on deaths door.

Ratchet appears to be losing his mind at the thought of losing Bumblebee. he pops two cables from his chest, connecting directly to Bumblebee and sending a harsh shock through him in an attempt to keep his spark pulsing. Prowls struggling and clearly unable to keep Bumblebee stable himself. there's an awful sound of metal grating on metal. Prowls sharp metal digits are digging into the berth, scratching across it. he could probably feel the shock as well.

"I've got it." Burns says, running into the medbay quickly, holding Sari's key out. Ratchet snatches the key from her servo. "whats wrong with them?" Burns asks, worriedly.

"Bumblebee is dying. his spark is dying. Prowl and Bumblebee are bonded, Bumblebee's spark is physically ripping itself from Prowl. essentially Bumblebee is dying and its killing Prowl. if this stupid key doesn't work we're going to lose them both." Ratchet says, leaning over Bumblebee. he carefully uses the key. with a quick flash of blue light, Bumblebee's repaired. Prowl sits up with a loud gasp, immediately falling off the berth. he lands hard on his back, rubbing his head, then his chest.

"holy frag, what the hell just happened?" Prowl mumbles, wincing. Ratchet lets out a loud sigh of relief.

"you're spark was killing itself to keep Bumblebee from dying. thankfully we managed to get Saris key. I hate using that stupid thing, but we would've lost both of you without it." Ratchet mutters. Wheeljack kneels carefully beside Prowl, helping him sit up. Prowl runs his head with a wince.

"is he okay?" Prowl asks. Ratchet nods.

"yeah, you're both going to be fine. he needs some energon and he'll be in here over night, just so I can keep an optic on him." Ratchet assures. "I suggest you get a wash in the racks, you're covered in energon. Jack help him to the wash racks and stick with him. if he suddenly collapses, we ned to know. just because we fixed Bumblebee, doesn't mean there isn't some kind of damage to Prowls spark." Ratchet says, looking at his bonded. if Prowls spark suddenly gives out, Ratchet doesn't want him to be alone. Wheeljack nods, helping Prowl onto his peds. Prowl stumbles, slamming into Wheeljack with a wince.

"easy kid, come on." Wheeljack murmurs softly, helping him to the medbay wash racks. Prowl winces, groaning softly.

"s-sorry." Prowl murmurs.

"don't worry about it. paint isn't important. come on." Wheeljack soothes, helping him out of the medbay.

"is... is Bumblebee gonna be okay?" a small voice asks. Burns turns quickly. Sari is standing behind her.

"Sari! I told you to stay in your room." Burns frowns.

"I wanted to check on Bee..." Sari says softly.

"don't worry kid." Ratchet says, giving her the key back. "Bumblebee will be alright, but Prowl is the one we need to worry about. however, I don't think that key will be useful any time soon. took a lot of juice to fix Bumblebee up." Ratchet adds. "spark damage isn't easy to fix either it takes time, even with your key, it couldn't fix everything. it could help speed up the process, but before we go poking at either of their sparks, I'd like to give it time and see what happens." Ratchet explains. the medic looks up when the Prime walks in.

"Ratchet? is Bumblebee alright?" Optimus ask. Ratchet nods slightly.

"yeah, he'll be fine, have a seat." Ratchet murmurs, motioning him to a nearby berth so he can work on fixing the young leader. Optimus sits, nodding. he glances over at Bumblebee. "Prowl, on the other servo, I'm not sure about. he doesn't need to be alone. the possible spark damage he could have, could offline him. we need to keep an optic on him incase he has some kind of spark damage. it could cause him to offline." Ratchet explains. Optimus looks confused.

"spark damage? spark damage from what? I didn't realize Prowl was injured." Optimus frowns slightly. Ratchet shakes his head.

"we almost lost Bumblebee today Prime. thankfully Sari was on base with her key and we could save him, but Prowls spark put up a hell of a fight. Prowl fought with his life to keep Bumblebee alive. you know what happens when a bondmate is dying slowly, the other will die shortly after. just because we saved Bumblebee doesn't mean Prowl is in the clear. I can't be sure if there is damage to Prowls spark or not. I'll just have to keep an optic on him just to be safe." Ratchet explains as he fixes up the Prime. Optimus frowns.

"well, where is Prowl now?" Optimus asks, looking at the medic.

"Wheeljack to him to the medbay racks. he was covered in energon." Ratchet explains. Optimus looks confused.

"but the wash racks are right there, why did he need Wheeljack to go with him? surely he's okay long enough to clean up?" Optimus asks. Ratchet shakes his head.

"Prowl could barely stand on his own. I sent Wheeljack with him to keep him safe." Ratchet assures. Optimus nods, looking back over at Bumblebee.

"but Bumblebee will be fine?" Optimus ask.

"yeah. he's good." Ratchet assures.

"good." Optimus nods. "at least with Bumblebee in good health, someone will be able to keep an optic on him at all times. Prowl still doesn't enjoy anyone elses company as much as he does Bumblebee's." Optimus says.

"Bumblebee won't be going anywhere until he wakes up, maybe longer than that." Ratchet assures. Optimus chuckles softly.

"well then, it doesn't sound like Prowl will be going far anyway." Optimus murmurs. Ratchet nods in agreement, stepping back from the Prime.

"hopefully-" Ratchet starts. there's a loud thump! and a yelp.

"Ratchet!" Wheeljack yelps. Ratchet immediately drops the tools he was cleaning and runs for the wash racks. Wheeljack is struggling to hold Prowl up off the ground with one arm and attempting to shut the water off with the other.

"alright, lets get him up and onto a berth." Ratchet says, shutting the water off himself. Prowl groan quietly as they scoop him up. together the two carry him out of the wash racks and lay him on a berth, hooking him up to a spark monitor, that quickly sends a little shock to the ninja. Prowl jerks with a yelp, wincing.

"huh?" Prowl mutters, slowly sitting up. "Déjà vu. pretty sure I just woke up like this." Prowl mutters softly. Ratchet huffs.

"yeah you did. you just collapsed in the wash racks. you're going to be staying right here." Ratchet says, pushing him to lay down. Prowl blinks at him confused, watching the medic run around the medbay, hooking him up to several machines.

"Primus, my head." Prowl mumbles.

"yeah, I know, just stay still, try not to move." Ratchet murmurs. Prowl nods slightly as Ratchet does a few quick scans.

"is Prowl okay?" Optimus ask.

"there." Ratchet frowns. he frowns, showing the screen to Prowl. "that right there." Ratchet says.

"what is it?" Prowl mumbles. Ratchet frowns.

"a hole in your spark from trying to keep Bumblebee alive." Ratchet frowns. "ignoring the pain-" Ratchet starts.

"I did what you told me to do. I did what you would've done if Bumblebee had been Wheeljack." Prowl says.

"ignoring the pain doesn't help Prowl, you should've let go." Ratchet frowns. Prowl shakes his head.

"he's my bondmate I wasn't giving up on him." Prowl says.

"it tore a hole in your spark Prowl." Ratchet says.

"are you not happy that not only did I aid in the survival of my bondmate, but also the survival of your sparkling?" Prowl asks.

"it could've killed you both." Ratchet frowns.

"he's my bondmate Ratchet. if we go down, we go down together." Prowl says, offlining his optics.

"you're going to be in a lot of pain, you should've just let go. Ratchet frowns.

"it would've hurt a hell of a lot more to let go and you know that. you also know that even if I had let go, which I never would've, I would've died not long after him. he's my bondmate I wasn't just going to let him die. I wasn't going to just let him offline Ratchet, and I know you wouldn't just let Wheeljack die if it had been him." Prowl argues. "if it had been Wheeljack laying there you'd never have even thought about letting him offline. Bumblebee is your sparkling, my bondmate. I'm never giving up on him." Prowl frowns. Ratchet sighs softly.

"its not like I want him to offline. I'm glad you're both alive, but... holding on almost killed you both." Ratchet frowns.

"I don't care. Bumblebee is my bondmate." Prowl says firmly. Ratchet moves to respond, but he's cut off when the beetle in question moans lowly.

"wh-what hit me?" Bumblebee mumbles.

"Starscream." Prowl frowns, looking over at his bondmate. Bumblebee onlines his optics, looking around the medbay confused. he glances over to Prowl, watching his bondmate worriedly.

"Starscream? d-did he get you too Prowl?" Bumblebee asks, worriedly. Prowl nods immediately.

"yeah, don't worry about it. he hit my chest, damaged my spark a little, but Ratchets got me covered, I'm alright, I promise." Prowl assures. Ratchet looks shocked that Prowl would lie like that so easily to his bondmate, but he knows the truth would hurt Bumblebee much more than the lie would.

"Prime? you okay? what happened to your arm? Starscream get you too?" Bumblebee frowns.

"actually it was Sentinel." Optimus frowns.

"figures." Bumblebee mumbles. "can I get up now?" Bumblebee mumbles.

"no, your spark is connected to Prowls. Prowls is weak and if you get hurt, it could offline him." Ratchet frowns. Bumblebee nods slightly.

"'kay." Bumblebee mumbles.

Prowl? are you okay?

yeah I'm good Bee.

are you sure? your spark feels weak.

I promise I'm fine. I'm only feeling weak because I passed out in the washracks. I'm okay.

okay.

Bumblebee relaxes on his berth, satisfied that Prowl would be alright.

"what the frag are you lazy fuckers doing now?" Sentinel snaps storming in.

"spark emergency. Bumblebee and Prowl both had damage to their spark chambers and their sparks are in danger. neither of them need to move for a while." Ratchet grumbles. "alright Prime, you're good to go." Ratchet says, stepping back. Optimus gets up, rubbing his arm.

"thanks Ratchet." Optimus murmurs, heading out of the medbay. he shoves past Sentinel huffing as he does so.

"unless you're injured, get the frag out of my medbay. I have actual patients in here." Ratchet snaps.

"look old man, I outrank you, got it? I'm a higher rank than you will ever be. you're a fraggin' medic, mind your place. show some respect." Sentinel growls at him.

"I don't respect assholes." Ratchet huffs, glaring at at the Prime.

I've had enough of this. he needs to leave us all alone.

what are you doing Bumblebee?

don't worry about it Prowl.

Bumblebee sits up as quickly as he can, purging ontot he berth. Ratchet shoves Sentinel towards the door.

"fuck off!" Ratchet snaps, heading over to Bumblebee. "I was hoping Saris key would fix that too." Ratchet frowns, helping the scout clean up.

"I made myself purge. Sentinel was pissing me off." Bumblebee mutters. Ratchet snorts and finishes cleaning up.

"well glad to know you weren't actually sick." Ratchet murmurs. he walks over to Prowl and checks out the monitor on his spark. he reaches over and angrily thumps the side of Prowls head. the ninja yelps, immediately onlining his visor and giving Ratchet a confused look, rubbing the spot he thumped.

"hey! what was that for?" Prowl huffs.

"no meditating you glitch!" Ratchet huffs. "you're freaking out the monitor." Ratchet adds, glaring. Prowl huffs and glares back at him silently. "now neither of you move. okay? I'm getting energon stay right there." Ratchet grumbles. they both nod and watch him walk out. Bumblebee groans quietly.

Bee.

Bumblebee looks over at him curiously.

yeah Prowl?

I've got an idea.

whatever it is, I'm in.

Bumblebee grins at his bondmate, who is giving him an evil smirk.

"I may or may not have turned off my audios, just so I could say I didn't hear him." Prowl smirks. Bumblebee laughs, carefully getting up off the berth.

"alright, whats your plan you sneaky little ninja." Bumblebee asks. Prowl gives him the most mischievous grin and slowly pushes himself up off the berth. Bumblebee can't help but feel giddy as he and Prowl get to work.

they work quickly and get everything set up, and back into their respective berths, before Ratchet gets back. Ratchets been gone for about thirty minutes, but the two are purposfully attempting to stay in recharge. the evil giggles/chuckles going back and forth over te bond don't help, but eventually the two manage to slip into a light recharge.

they both lay quietly as Ratchet finally comes back, sipping his energon cube. he glances over at the two on their berths. he nods to himself, before heading to his office. Ratchet yelps immediately, slamming into something on the doorway to his office. he growls, the plastic wrap on the doorway spills his cube all over himself, the plastic wrap, and the floor.

"what in pits is this!?" Ratchet snaps. Prowl immediately onlines his visor, looking over. Bumblebee is also watching the medic.

"whats wrong?" Prowl ask, trying to hold back a snicker. Bumblebee shoots a grin at his bondmate silently.

"yeah, whats with all the yelling Ratchet?" Bumblebee ask. Ratchet turns to them, glaring and annoyed.

"someone put plastic wrap all over my door! spilt my cube all over the damn floor!" Ratchet snaps. "which one of you did it?" Ratchet growls.

"us? you told us not to get up." Prowl frowns.

"we wouldn't put Prowls spark at risk. he's my bondmate, I wouldn't risk hurting him, or worse, offlining him." Bumblebee frowns. Ratchet grumbles, nodding and storms out of the medbay. Bumblebee giggles to himself once the medic has left.

"gee Prowlie, when you get the chance for a small spurr of the moment evil, you really go for it." Bumblebee laughs. Prowl chuckles softly.

"well if you can teach me to not be such a stiff, maybe we can teach Ratchet to lighten up." Prowl murmurs. Bumblebee gives a small chuckle, before it goes quiet for a while.

"Ratchet told me what you did Prowl." Bumblebee says. Prowl looks over confused.

"hmm?" Prowl asks.

"he told me the truth... about what you did... and then what you said..." Bumblebee trails a moment. Prowl frowns a little.

"you weren't-" Prowl starts.

"thanks for not giving up on me Prowl. I know it hurt, a lot, it physically put a hole in your spark, but you didn't let go of me... I almost killed you and I'm really really sorry, I'd never hurt you like that on purpose. I'm sorry it put a hole in your spark..." Bumblebee says. "but... why did you lie to me about what happened?" Bumblebee asks, looking over at him.

"I didn't want you too feel guilty." Prowl frowns. "besides, I love you. you're my bondmate, I couldn't just let you die without trying to save you. I couldn't just let you go. it would've hurt me more to let you go and not try to save you. it would hurt more to lose you than that ever did." Prowl explains softly.

"if I could, I'd get up and hug you so freaking tight." Bumblebee mutters.

"I'd invite you over here to cuddle, but it would raise suspicions if Sentinel came back in." Prowl frowns.

"do I really look like I care about Sentinels opinion?" Bumblebee huffs. Prowl looks over, looking amused.

"well, if you can get over here to me, I'd be more that happy to curl up with you." Prowl assures. Bumblebee nods, getting up slowly.

"sounds like a plan." Bumblebee mutters.

"if your creator could see you, he'd beat the slag out of you." Wheeljack frowns, leaning in the medbay door way. Bumblebee looks over. the inventor raises an optic ridge at him, looking amused.

"well then help me so I don't get my aft beat." Bumblebee huffs. Wheeljack chuckles, smiling. he pushes off the doorway and walks over to Bumblebee, carefully helping him over to Prowls berth. Prowl immediately scoots over on his berth so Bumblebee can lay with him, watching Wheeljack help the smaller up onto the berth. "there see? that wasn't so hard." Bumblebee mutters, curling up with Prowl. Prowl chuckles holding him gently.