Equestria Girls In Disguise: Ghosts Of Our Past

We now return to the Transformers...

Bumblebee didn't say a word when he stared head on towards Wasp. Why was he here? He shouldn't be here. Not on his weekend to get his mind free from all stress and terror.

Bumblebee slowly pointed a finger, and his teeth gritted, "What is he doing here? "

From right behind Bumblebee, the other three Autobots extended their guns out and held them tightly in their hands pointing them at Wasp.

Wasp backed off, and rose up his hands surrendering. He didn't want to cross them.

"Wait," Fluttershy interrupted. "Bumblebee, I know you two have had some past history--"

"Fluttershy... step away, from the Decepticon," Bumblebee snarled.

"Wasp no Decepticon, Wasp was framed. Please Bumblebot, let Wasp explain..." Wasp pleaded.

Bumblebee snarled some more, "Explain what!? I trusted you with my life, and I've looked out for you, and you couldn't even tell me that you were a Decepticon!?"

Wasp whimpered as he backed away.

"Bumblebee! You're scaring him!" Fluttershy cried.

"Like he did to me several years ago!?"

"Bumblebee! Listen to me! Wasp showed me proof that he's innocent!" Fluttershy pleaded.

The Autobots looked at each other with unconvinced expressions and shaking heads. They didn't believe a word of it. Fluttershy could easily tell they weren't convinced about Wasp being innocent. But maybe she should try a different method.

"Bumblebee?" Fluttershy asked.

Bumblebee looked towards Fluttershy.

"If I show you what I saw, will you please talk to him?" Fluttershy offered with pleading eyes.

Bumblebee stared deeply into the pits of Fluttershy's eyes. She gave a full on quivering puppy-dog stare. Bumblebee tried his best keeping a serious expression, but it was clear he couldn't keep it. His left eye kept on twitching like he was about to snap, which was very disconcerning.

Eventually, Bumblebee just stopped and sighed as he scrunched his face.

"Fine... as much as I really don't want to, I'll do it. Show me why you think he's innocent," Bumblebee sighed in annoyance. He turned to face his friends.

"Can I ask you guys to keep an eye on him while I talk with her?" Bumblebee asked.

They all gave nods and smiles.

"Thank you."

Bumblebee and Fluttershy walked off, leaving the group by themselves. Once they were out of their vision, they turned their heads immediately back on Wasp pointing their weapons straight at the green bot. Wasp was so terrified he extended his arms all the way up giving an indication that he was surrendering.

Fluttershy had taken Bumblebee to the edge of the dock which was far enough from the campsite where they could talk in private, and far enough so that none of the others could hear their conversation.

"Please do not push me off the edge of the dock again. I've done enough swimming for today, thanks to Beachcomber," Bumblebee with an angry tone in his voice. He had just about enough of everything that was going on today.

Fluttershy nodded, "I promise I won't push you off the dock. But I am going to show you this. Wasp showed me some evidence that showed what happened while you two were at the Elite Guard boot camp."

Fluttershy held the data chip in her hand as showed it to Bumblebee. Bumblebee leaned down a bit, squinting his eyes to gaze towards the data chip which made a shimmering sparkle of shininess on the metal.

"Just put it inside of your head, and you can see what was on that footage," Fluttershy said.

Bumblebee took the piece from the palm of Fluttershy's soft hand and examined it with his squinting eye. Maybe there was something very vital to see on the footage.

So he held the chip carefully and pushed it in an open slot onto the side of his head. Bumblebee's eyes projected a visual screen which began to play.

But as Bumblebee looked at the footage, and saw the Decepticon transform his physical structure to look like Wasp, just as he and Wasp actually left the barracks, his eyes widened and his jaw dropped.

"No..."

Back with the others, Wasp continued to stand in place with his hands in the air, still surrendering. He could feel sweat run down his head as he tried his best not to move a muscle to aggravate the other Autobots in front of him who were holding their guns pointed at his head.

Wasp gulped, "So... Autobots friends with Bumblebot?"

No one said anything, but just kept their eyes locked on to the green robot.

"Um... human girls, friends with Bumblebot too?"

Still no one said anything, not even Lemon Zest or Sunny Flare. They just stood staring at Wasp with their arms cross, and permanent glares on their faces.

"Anyone know what's happened with Megatron?" Wasp asked.

Wasp still didn't get a response from them. They must have really hated him if they weren't even going to give him a response back.

But their snarling faces came to a stop when they saw Fluttershy come back... by herself. She looked a little worried.

"Fluttershy are you okay?" Outback asked.

"Um... I think Bumblebee's about to cry," Fluttershy said with worry.

The others immediately dropped their guns when they heard what Fluttershy just told them. Did she say that? Did she, one of the sweetest girls they've met, and best friend to Bumblebee, was going to... cry?

"What?" Outback gasped.

"Dude..." Lemon murmured.

"Seriously?" Sunny asked.

"Bumblebot...?" Wasp said with worry.

Fluttershy nodded.

"Well, what did you say to him?" Beachcomber asked.

"I showed Bumblebee what Wasp showed me and... once the video stop he.... he asked to be left by himself," Fluttershy was even tearing up as well. "Bumblebee now knows Wasp is innocent..."

The others looked to one another with concern. Was Wasp actually innocent?

"May Wasp speak with Bumblebot?" Wasp asked.

"I think you've done enough--" Sunny interrupted with a snarling mouth.

"Sunny!" Fluttershy interrupted. She gave Sunny Flare a stern look, and she backed away. Fluttershy looked back at Wasp.

"Follow me," Fluttershy said.

Wasp followed Fluttershy out into the woods, leaving the others by themselves with concerned and worried looks on their faces. If what she showed to Bumblebee was about to make him cry, this wasn't going to be good.

Wasp and Fluttershy stopped when they came to the docks, and saw the sight of just one lonely Autobot sitting on the edge, staring off into the water.

Fluttershy gave a nod to Wasp, signaling him to just wait. She walked over to the edge of the dock, and sat down next to the metallic yellow Autobot. She looked to the side of Bumblebee's face and saw a few tear stains that had ran down.

"B-Bumblebee?" Fluttershy asked.

Bumblebee didn't say a word, but instead another tear came down his face as he closed his eyes.

"I'm... I'm... a monster..." Bumblebee whimpered.

"Oh Bumblebee..." Fluttershy moved close to give Bumblebee some warmth. "Its okay... you're not a monster.

"But I am!" Bumblebee pleaded as he looked to Fluttershy. "I sent an innocent bot to the stockade! I abandoned my friend when he didn't even do anything! I should be the one to rot in the Cybertronian stockade, he didn't even deserve it."

Fluttershy wiped away another tear that came down from Bumblebee's optic.

"Bumblebee..." Fluttershy lifted his chin, "Its not your fault. What matters now is that you and Wasp can talk it out."

"Fluttershy, he probably doesn't want to talk to me. I don't blame him if he doesn't want to," Bumblebee said looking away back at the open water that reflected from the sun. "And I don't expect him to forgive me. If he hates me for what I've done, blaming him for something he never did... then I understand."

Fluttershy didn't say another word after that. She looked behind and saw the green Cybertronian approach Bumblebee from behind. He gave him a pat on the shoulder.

"Wasp... forgive Bumblebot."

Bumblebee perked up a bit, and he jolted right up onto his feet and turned to see Wasp right behind him. He was so startled he was about to fall back into the water again, but Wasp moved in time and grabbed his arm, just before he fell in again.

Once Bumblebee pulled back up, he looked to his former Autobot companion.

"W-What did you say?"

Wasp blinked, "Wasp... forgive Bumblebot."

Bumblebee rubbed his eyes from his face, just to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Did Wasp actually say he forgave him?

"You... you forgive me? B-But... why? What did I do to deserve it? I've treated you horribly, I never talked to you about that issue, I completely abandoned you. Why are you forgiving me?" Bumblebee said.

Wasp looked back at Fluttershy with a pink eyed stare, and then gazed back to Bumblebee with a warm and comforting smile.

"Flutter girl say, sometimes..." Wasp coughed in between to speak clearly, "We all must show a little kindness."

Bumblebee looked back to Fluttershy who gave a warm smile, and then back to Wasp.

"But... I jailed you, I hurt you, I--"

"The only thing Bumblebot do, was not talk to Wasp about how Bumblebot felt. Nothing else. If Bumblebot concerned, Bumblebot should tell Wasp," Wasp said with a sympathetic look.

Bumblebee bit his lips, and his eyes closed, tears welling up again.

Wasp immediately moved over and gave him a big hug, patting him on the back. And Fluttershy moved in between and joined in for a group hug.

"There there... its okay," Fluttershy said patting Bumblebee's back.

Bumblebee continued to breathe heavily, as he was trying to calm down a bit, voice shaking up. He couldn't believe Wasp had forgiven him. He felt so horrible after what he had done, he couldn't even imagine that he was having this conversation with them.

Wasp and Fluttershy continued to pat Bumblebee's back, as he cried for a few minutes, unrelenting. Fluttershy nor Wasp had seen him this distressed before.

After calming down a bit, Fluttershy wiped another tear off of Bumblebee's face.

"Are you okay now?" Fluttershy asked.

Bumblebee nodded.

"Okay... Wasp. About what happened on Cybertron..."

Wasp nodded, giving Bumblebee his attention.

"I am so sorry that I wasn't telling you how I felt. I was scared, and I was afraid you were going to attack me. If I had talked to you, I would have found the truth by now. Instead I just hurt you, and I let a Decepticon in to the Elite Guard."

Wasp patted Bumblebee's shoulder.

"Wasp no hurt Bumblebot. Wasp just happy to be with Bumblebot... and Autobots," Wasp smiled.

Bumblebee looked back to Wasp confused, "So... you never cared about the Elite Guard?"

Wasp shook his head, "All Wasp want, was to work with Bumblebot in fighting Decepticons. And now, Wasp believe Wasp can with Bumblebot, all the way."

Bumblebee's eyes teared up again, only this time out of joy.

"Wasp I... I don't know to say..."

"No say anything Bumblebot," Wasp said. Happy tears were now forming on his face.

Fluttershy pulled them in for another group hug.

"Come here guys..." Fluttershy cooed.

All of them gave pats on each other's backs, and finally relaxed in their warm embrace. Their issue was resolved, they had talked it out, and now they were back together.

"So... are we still friends?" Bumblebee asked.

Wasp grinned, "Wasp... best friend is Bumblebot."

Bumblebee gave another smile and extended a hand out, and Wasp gladly shook Bumblebee's hand, before pulling him into another hug.

"Now... what do you say I introduce you to my friends?" Bumblebee asked.

Wasp gave a smile and nod, and he received one from Fluttershy as well.

The others waited for Fluttershy and Wasp to return, and they were starting to become impatient. Sunny Flare started pacing back and forth, Blaster began playing tunes for Lemon Zest to rock out to, Outback kept flipping his headlights on and off, and Beachcomber... well he just stood still like a statue and interacted with more birds that flew onto his body.

But their impatience came to a stop when they saw the other three come back to where they were hanging out.

"Bee, are you okay?" Blaster asked.

Bumblebee nodded.

"I'm better than ever. What I thought about Wasp before, and what I told you guys, was wrong. He's on our side, always has been, and always will. He's my best friend, and I only wish I could have been a better one. But I believe I know how," Bumblebee began, "Autobots, I'd like you all to meet my friend, and newest recruit of Team Prime."

The others gave some questioning looks to Bumblebee.

"Bumblebee, are you sure you're okay?" Sunny asked.

"I'm fine Sunny. Look, Wasp and I talked it out, and Fluttershy showed me the evidence."

Bumblebee's eyes displayed a holo-projection showing the exact footage that proved Wasp's innocence.

"Wasp was framed by a Decepticon who changed his appearance to look like him. I don't know who it was, but he's not a problem any more. Wasp is with us now, far from Cybertron and far from anyone who tries to hurt him."

Wasp gave Bumblebee a warm smile.

"Wasp... thanks, Bumblebot."

Bumblebee gave a smile back.

"Welcome to the Autobots Wasp."

The others perked up, and grins came on their faces. They were glad to see Bumblebee finally happy after the stress that he had endured a while ago. They never saw this amount of happiness from Bumblebee before.

"Bring it here ya lug!" Lemon said.

Bumblebee moved over to the group and everyone joined for a group hug. And the circle opened up for Fluttershy and Wasp as well. Now that their issue was over, they were finally at peace. Wasp was with the Autobots, and now his friendship with Bumblebee was restored.

The group broke off from the hug still giving friendly smiles, but Blaster's immediately dropped to a realization.

"Wait a minute... Bumblebee, there's something I forgot."

"What's that?" Bumblebee asked.

"When I came to tell you about Fluttershy and the others coming back, you said we weren't alone. But you weren't talking about them or Wasp... were you?" Blaster asked.

Bumblebee gave a confused look, and his eyes widened to realizing what he just remembered. He nodded, and the others gave some concerned looks.

"When I was walking around the woods, I felt like someone, or something was watching me. Like... stalking me from behind. And whatever it was, it didn't feel friendly."

"Maybe its Wasp's Decepticon captor," Wasp shivered as his arms clenched against his body.

"What do you mean?" Outback said.

"When I found Wasp, I found him tied up in the cave where we found the Cybertronian police supplies. And when we found those, someone... or something put us in the same cell with him. We didn't get a good look, but whatever what we saw he was pretty scary..." Fluttershy quivered.

"Wasp believe that Decepticon followed Wasp here on Earth. Wasp still don't know who Decepticon is..." Wasp said.

"Then maybe we should probably get the heck out of here!" Lemon cried.

Hiding in the trees, a figure in darkness watched them with illuminating red eyes.

"Yes... go..."

But none of the Autobots heard him speak.

"No, we can't leave. This bot must be after something important if it locked up Wasp in the cave. I don't know who he is, but we have to find him and stop him now. Split up and search the woods, but keep your communicators and tracking mechanisms on. If he's out here, we have to find him now. Lets move," Bumblebee ordered.

The others gave their nods, and they all began to split up.

But the figure in the tree kept his optics on them.

"I'm not going down that easily Autobots..."

The figure's eyes began emitting an invisible red scanning vision which began to slide up and down on each of the Autobots, and none of them even saw it. In the figure's vision, with each one that was shown to be scanned, there was a grid display and a full on body shot and vehicle shot of each Cybertronian that he scanned. Just the right amount that he needed...

Bumblebee rushed back to the campsite, having no sign of where the figure was hiding. He couldn't find anything all on his own, and it didn't seem like a good idea to go by himself. Bumblebee hit the side of his ear, activating a communications device.

"Everyone," Bumblebee began, "Come back to the campsite. I think we should probably split into groups. Trying to find this threat individually is just a stupid idea."

Once Bumblebee finished, he stood by himself waiting for the others. It was taking an awful long time, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to send them all back to where he was.

Soon enough he saw them all running towards him. From left to right he was looking at Beachcomber in buggy mode, Outback in his car mode, the girls in one group, Wasp, Blaster, and Beachcomber in buggy mode. All of them pulled up to one another forming a group for Bumblebee to face.

"Okay, now that we're all back together, did anyone find anything?" Bumblebee asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Okay, well then--" Bumblebee froze when he looked to the left. Something wasn't right. Beachcomber was on the right... and on the left? He kept swaying his head side to side as he looked. Was he seeing double? Was he crazy? No... he wasn't. There was in fact, two Beachcombers right in front of him.

"Wait a minute..." Bumblebee said as he looked side to side. "I've seen this scenario thousands of times..."

The others looked and they began to notice it as well. Very uncanny in fact.

"Two Beachcombers?" Fluttershy gasped.

Bumblebee's eyes widened as he stared at the two of them in terrified shock. Something about this wasn't quite right...

The Transformers will return after these messages...