If Only

*C.A.G.E. Base*

"I killed him." Link murmured to himself with pride, as his fellow teammates all stood around and watched attentively.

"Now what do we do?" His second in command asked, taking a step toward the leader with caution.

"We storm their base. Take this alien body I had taken control of, and bring it here. They should be vulnerable now." He chuckled with an evil tone.

C.A.G.E had been prepared for a day like this, maybe not with 40 feet tall robots, but they would find a way. Their plan was to storm N.E.S.T base, take Bumblebee's corpse without being caught. Wouldn't sound hard if you were a regular human, but them being all humans it would take a while for them to lift and carry off with so much metal.

One thing that might give them the upper hand is how broken hearted the Autobots will be. Lost, torn with no idea what to do. Bumblebee was their comrade, team mate, best friend.  This has happened so many times before in this ongoing war, but not like this. Not so unfair, and unworthy. There was one person though that might know what to do, if she kept it together and didn't blame herself. This person was Phoneix, she lost her family, this feeling was known to her. She could help, that is, if she kept it together.

C.A.G.E didn't know of how Autobots could feel. Compassion, friendship, loyalty and even love. They had never met them, only from what they had seen from a screen which was destruction and war. Not what came from deep within and who they really were. But the plan was set, C.A.G.E was ready to break into N.E.S.T base at its darkest point; they were ready to fight, and most importantly, Link was ready to exterminate the fellow hacker who has been beating him alongside taking Bumblebee.

***
"Bumblebee!" Everyone simultaneously shouted, running up to him as his lifeless corpse fell to the ground. Dust fumed the air, causing everyone too close to cough, and blue liquid began flowing out of Bee's destroyed form. Along with a cold, dead look in his eye; I'd you looked in his eye all you would see is your reflection.

Ratchet was the first to meet him, kneeling next to him he gazed at the mess that had just occurred, while as Optimus stood in the back, motionless. The soldiers around me had nothing to say, Lennox and Epps stayed silent, taking in the sight. All pondering the same thing, what had just happened?

This was my friend, everyone's friend. How could this have happened?

My mind traces back to what he said earlier 'Get out of my head' what had he meant by that? I wasn't by a computer at all. Did he think I was hacking into his brain? There was a million possibilities, but I couldn't shake the thought. The simple thought, idea I could have stopped it hurt so much. Why must I fail time and time again?

But, it couldn't have been me, I wasn't even near any kind technology. The only possible explanation was that it was someone who knew exactly what they were doing, and there is only one person I can name, Link. Only person in this world who has turned out to have the same hacking abilities as me, which makes it worse to think he went all the way to hack Bumblebee's brain. He's planning something.

"How..I don't understand how this could have happened." Ratchet mumbles, taking a seat next to Bee's lifeless body, his gaze never leaving him.

"I do."

"You do?" Optimus chimes in, breaking his silence.

"Link, he's the key. He's the only one that has proven to aquire the same ability as me. I have never seen someone hack as well as him before. He hacked into Bumblebee's brain, forcing him to kill himself. It can be done, I know it can."

"I..I just can't believe it." Ratchet murmurs, burying his face in his hands.

Not something you ever will, you'll stay up late at night thinking about it. Dreaming and believing, did that really happen or not? But in the end, it did. Maybe I could have stopped it if I was quick enough to realize what was going on, I could have prevented Bumblebee's death. Will I be blamed for this? People always go for someone to blame. I hope not.