Soundwave commed his twin troublemakers to come back to their quarters. After taking five minutes to arrive back, they were frighteningly happy. Soundwave sighed.

"Query: What did you two do?" Soundwave asked with a hint of tiredness.

"Mmhg, nothing too crazy." Frenzy answered

"Just set up a little prank on Skywarp and Thundercracker." Rumble added

"Will it hurt them in any way, shape or form?" Soundwave questioned

"No." Frenzy responded

"Not unless you count their dignity." Rumble said

Soundwave sighed again sounding more tired.

"It's time for recharge. We will deal with the aftermath in the morning. Rumble, Frenzy return." Soundwave explained

Rumble and Frenzy snickered before transforming into their cassette form and slipping into Soundwave's compartment. Soundwave treaded towards his berth, then plopped onto it. He powered down along with his cassettes.

-Onto the Autobot's Side-

Bumblebee was driving on the rocky and sandy landscape, searching for Sam. He wasn't answering his phone when Bumblebee, Sparkplug, or any other Autobot was calling him. This was worrying him, his father, and the entire team. They decided to search for him when they were certain that there was no Decepticon in the area from their last energon raid.

"Bumblebee reporting in, still no sign of Spike."

"Same on my end." Jazz said

"Mirage, Hound, and I got nothing." Bluesteaker added

"Blaster an' I haven't even found a trail that can indicate his location." Ironhide stated

"Sunny and I haven't found any clues to Spike's whereabouts." Sideswipe reported

"I told you not to call me by that nickname." Sunstreaker retorted

"Keep looking for Spike Autobots. He should come up eventually." Optimus ordered

"Yer' but if he doesn't Prime?" Ironhide asked

Optimus paused for a moment before speaking again.

"Then we will have to assume the worst. Just keep scouting. If anyone finds him or finds a clue to his whereabouts, then please immediately report it." Optimus explained in grave voice

The Autobots agreed once again to the order and kept on scouting. Twenty minutes past before Bumblebee spotted a figure, on the floor, in the far distance. Bumblebee commed in on the group frequency.

"I spotted a humanlike figure in the distance. It looks like Spike, but it's flat on the ground, so I can't get a good look at it. I will take a closer look. I will report what I find." Bumblebee reported

"Alright Bumblebee." Optimus responded

Bumblebee ended the call then transformed to his bot mode. Bumblebee was hoping with all his spark that it was Spike. He couldn't bear imagining the darker scenarios if they couldn't find him.

"Spike! Spike! Spike is that you?" Bumblebee shouted as he ran towards the laying figure. When he became closer, it became clear that it was indeed Spike. Bumblebee was overwhelmed with relief.

"Oh Spike I am so glad that you are alright I thought you were-" Bumblebee stopped mid sentence. Bumblebee took a couple of steps closer to see that Spike was laying in a dark red pool of blood. His skin was a paler color. His shirt was soaked in his own blood. It covered the lower jaw of his face. Bumblebee looked around his body, but he couldn't help staring at the apparently big hole in Spike's chest. He saw the dull veins, the dark muscles, and the esophagus. Bumblebee was leaking fluids through his optics, but he doesn't seem to notice nor cares. He walked closer to Spike and quietly kneeled down. With a shaky hand, Bumblebee gently brushed away Spike's hair, only briefly feeling the fairly cold skin.

"Spike…" Bumblebee whispered through his light sobbing. He brought his hands under Spike's body, then lifted him up. He felt stiff. Bumblebee brought Spike closer to him, then hugged him close. Bumblebee then began full blown sobbing. He cradled Spike, whispering his name, until he shouted.

"SAM! BY PRIMUS WHY?!" Bumblebee's sobbing was now causing him to hiccup now. Bumblebee though needed to calm down. He needed to tell the team, the whole team the bad, no extremely terrible news. He took several deep in-vents, before deciding he was calm enough to comm the team.

"B-Bumblebee reporting in on-on my finding." Bumblebee said while he still hiccupped.

"Bumblebee? What's wrong my little yellow friend?" Jazz asked

"Well I got some good n-news and got some...bad news." Bumble explained

"Well can we hear the good news first?" Mirage asked

"I-I found Spi-Spike." Bumblebee answered

"Excellent Bumblebee, but what is the bad news?" Optimus wondered

"Um...can we get everyone, including Sparkplug, in the call….I am n-not repeating my-myself." Bumblebee suggested

"Sure. Blaster notify the rest of the bots and Sparkplug to call into this server." Optimus ordered

"You got it Prime." Blaster responded

After a few moments past, the rest of the bots and Sparkplug commed in.

"Okay what is the matter? I am still organizing my medical supplies." Ratchet said

"So what's the bad news Bumblebee?" Cliffjumper asked

"Is my boy alright?! We were all so worried!" Sparkplug shouted

All of them asked Bumblebee what's the news or were complaining about being interrupted.

Optimus immediately silence them.

"Everyone wait until Bumblebee tell us the news. Now Bumblebee proceed." Optimus told Bumblebee

"Umm...okay, just to say this, Mr. Witwicky I-I am so so sorry." Bumblebee apologized with so much sincerity.

"Why are you apologizing Bee?"

"Sam, your son, is-" Bumblebee choked on his own sobbing. Bumblebee nearly went into another crying fit, but he decided to have a stronger control on his emotions.

"Is what! Tell me Bee!" Sparkplug shouted

"Is-is...oh my Primus...Sam's de-dead." Bumblebee said finally. The comm server went dead silent. Only Bee's light gasping could be heard. Then Ratchet spoke up.

"How did you confirm he's dead?" Ratchet asked with all the forced professionalism in his voice.

"There's...there's a hole through his chest-st. Alot of blood on the gro-ground. He's cold. His skin is pa-pale." Bumblebee answered

Silence overwhelmed the server again. Suddenly Bumblebee heard a distant shout. It sounded like Optimus.

"By Primus, was that Optimus?" asked Prowl

"It was. I heard him too." Sideswipe said

"Sparkplug? Spark-Sparkplug are you still there?" Bumblebee asked

Silence was there for a moment, before Sparkplug responded.

"I'm coming to the Ark." Sparkplug said sounding lost. He ended his end of the call.

"Everyone go back to base and those at the base already, meet us at the control room." Optimus ordered

"Yes Sir!" Everyone responded. Bumblebee ended his call. He sighed heavily. He shakingly stood back up, while holding onto Spike's body tightly. Bumblebee began slowly jogging back to the Ark, dreading to see Sparkplug's reaction.