Stellar cycles later...

Half a building within the ruins of a city had been turned into a hospital. The facility had refugees and wounded hiding inside. Swiftalert had been sent there shortly after Bumblebee left. They needed her help since they were short on medics.

Swiftalert was concentrating as she patched up a mech. He had gotten to close to an explosion. One of the nurses helped her as she finished. The femme suddenly heard one of the other nurses calling her name.

"Over here!" She called without looking up from her work. She heard the bot running towards her.

"Swiftalert!" The nurse said as she stopped to catch her breath.

"Whatever it is I'll help you when I'm done." The femme said as she finished the final touches.

"No no no." The nurse responded as a smile crept up her face plate. "Do you remember the little yellow sparkling from the hospital?" Swiftalert smiled to herself. Of course she did, she hadn't been able to forget him. Even after all these stellar cycles.

"Yes." She said simply. The other nurse smiled.

"He's fighting alongside Optimus Prime!" The nurse said excitedly. "He's a scout and a good looking mech I might add." She blushed a little.

Swiftalert smiled as she continued to work. She half listened as the nurse went on about the young bot. The femme felt proud of the little sparkling. He had accomplished his dream of becoming a warrior and fighting with Optimus. A single tear of happiness ran down her face plate. He was alive.

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Half a stellar cycle later...

The small group shifted though the rubble as smoke filled the air. The Decepticons had destroyed another facility where bots had taken refuge. It was a surprise attack and they hadn't been able to get there in time. The little group had come in after the warriors had chased off the cons. Their job was to find survivors.

Bumblebee kicked a few rocks. Optimus had sent him to help search for the injured bots. He hated this part of the war, actually he hated the whole thing. He glanced down and saw a bots empty optics. He looked away and stared at his peds. A servo rested on his shoulder plate. He looked up at the taller and older bot Shiftlock, then looked down again.The older bot didn't seem to like him to much and didn't hesitate to give him a hard time. That only made him work harder though.

"You never get used to it Kid." Shiftlock muttered. The young bot nodded but didn't look up. He felt the servo leave his shoulder and heard him walk away.

"Stupid Decepticons!" He heard one of his teammates grumble as he kicked a rock. "They don't know when to quit." He growled.

"I guess it's a good thing we don't know either." Bee said as he smirked at him. The other bot scoffed.

"Shut it. You're just a scout, not a warrior." He retorted as he pointed to his ranking.

"Not for long..." Bumblebee muttered as he continued his search.

They had found a few survivors and the doctors took them to safety. they continued to search the rubble but the chances of survival was quickly diminishing Bumblebee wandered off to a different part of the smoldering rubble. He scanned the ground and froze when he saw a femmes servo poking out from under a fallen wall. But that's not what caught his optics. Around the femmes servo was a blue and dark gray wire twisted together to form a bracelet. He knelt down as his spark beat faster. There was something familiar about it. He grunted as he carefully lifted the fallen wall and his optics widened as he recognized the femme underneath.

"Swiftalert?" He whispered in disbelief. She was older but he knew it was her.

He grunted and shoved the wall aside. He carefully picked up her limp form as memories flooded back. One of her legs were missing and she was covered in energon from multiple wounds. Her optics slowly opened and they widened in fear. She tried to get away from him but winced as she moved.

"No no no. It's okay." He said tears coming to his optics. He caught her servo as she swung at him. "Swiftalert, it's me." He choked.

The femme stopped and looked into his face plate. Her fear was replaced with joy as she recognized those big blue optics. She smiled weakly and touched the side of his helm.

"My little Bumblebee." She whispered weakly. He choked back a sob and nodded. "You've grown so much." she smiled before wincing in pain. He looked at all the energon leaving her form and he felt himself panic.

"I need help!" He yelled over his shoulder. He looked back at her as tears started to fall. "It'll be okay. I promise it'll be okay." He choked.

She smiled as she stroked the side of his helm with her digit. He wanted to tell her so much. What had happened when he left so many stellar cycles ago. How he was on Optimus Prime's team, a scout for the leader, and so much more. He saw the lights in her optics flicker.

"Please don't die." The young bot begged as tears fell from his face plate. "I just found you again. I have so much to tell you." He whispered. She continued to smile at him as a tear fell from her optics.

"My little Bumblebee......" she whispered softly. "I'm so proud of you...." energon leaked from the side of her mouth.

"Swiftalert, please.... don't die." He choked back another sob. She smiled at him and brought his helm down to hers. She kissed him just above his optics. She relaxed in his arms and tapped his spark chamber with one of her digits.

"I'll.... never..... leave you...." she whispered softly. The femme smiled again and closed her optics for the last time. Bumblebee sat there for a moment as he held onto her. The young scout kissed the top of her helm as he squeezed his optics shut.

"Thank you." Bumblebee whispered. After a moment, he buried his helm into her shoulder plate and cried silently. He heard his team approaching, but it was too late. They stopped a few feet away and silently watched the young bot morn.

"How did he know her?" One of the bots asked Shiftlock. The older bot stared at the scout for a moment. The young bots frame shook as he cried .

"She took care of him when he was a sparkling, and loved him as her own." Shiftlock mumbled. The air was quiet except for the young bots sobs.

Bumblebee felt pain in his spark as the loss settled over him. He hugged the femme tighter and rocked slowly.

Fin.....