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Warning: Spoilers for the final episode of Transformers: Prime! DONT READ IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS

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He was staying.

The moment that sunk in, Raf stilled, staring up at Ratchet; more specifically, at the side of his helm. Bumblebee was zipping around, saying anything and everything that came to mind to anyone listening, excited to have his voice back at last. He sounded as young as the kids, but they knew he easily dwarfed their ages by millennia. When Bumblebee finally zoomed over, standing next to the edge of the platform that Raf stood on, Raf eagerly leaned in, smiling in a watery way. His best friend had slain Megatron straight through the chest; so cool.

The words were short, sweet, everything Raf loved about talking to Bee. There was no need for big, patriotic speeches about how they'd stay friends; they knew it'd be impossible for them to NOT be friends, ever. And there was the promise that Bee would return. It could've been confirmed without words.

Then, Bee walked over to Ratchet, and maybe it was intentional, maybe Bee hadn't gotten the hang of volume control after not having his voice for so long, but Raf overheard it. "You're staying to watch him, right? Make me proud." And the grinding sound was all too familiar for Raf to be mistaken; the sound of Ratchet being caught and gritting his denta in frustration.

The moment they said their goodbyes was painful. After living with the bots for so long, all they'd gone through together. The hangar already looked too empty to be comfortable. As the bots went through one at a time, the humans shed their tears each. Even Fowler had an emotional look on his face, and June had to hug Jack to help him keep his 'pride' from showing in the form of sobs. Miko had already cried on Bulkhead's foot; she tried to keep herself from crying in his footsteps. Raf, the youngest and most attached, kept a grip on Ratchet's foot, to keep himself from racing after Bumblebee.

But then, after Optimus disappeared through the gate, Raf was scooped up, and held at eye level with the medic, who, if Raf didn't know better, was trying hard not to imitate him. "Well youngling? I'm going to need plenty of help setting up a defense system, if the Decepticons really are still out there." Raf was so stunned by the gesture that, to Ratchet's abrupt horror, he started to cry. Miko broke next, and Jack clung to his mother as he fell as well. Ratchet panicked and bent down, scooping them all together as June and Fowler watched in amusement as the Autobot tried to shush them. "Shhh now, no no no, stop leaking, it'll be okay."

The sniffles soon died down and he gave them the softest smile he'd given anyone in eons. "We'll call them someday. We'll talk with them again." Jack dried his eyes, and Miko had to use his shirt as an emergency tissue before hers stopped. Raf was still hiccuping, even as Ratchet's fingers prodded his cheek. "Y-You promise, Ratchet?" He nodded, his finger moving to stroke back Rafael's hair as gently as he could manage.

"I promise, youngling. After all, this is only the beginning of a new era."
Final Episode aftermath speculation. Also FEELINGS FFFFFFFFFFFF

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George239's avatar
Man this was so cute ans sad with a bite of happens to it!!!!!