#roach sentinel

When Sentinel first came back to earth it was not pretty.

He was repulsed by what Bumblebee and Blitzwing had become, and constantly reminded them of how grotesque their frames were, but a majority of the insults were surface level, nothing either of them couldn’t shake off.

But of course all it took was for Prowl to put on a documentary about insects and Sentinel was suddenly armed with way to much ammunition to use against them.

He started with Bumblebee, who was continually called useless and a burden to himself and the rest of the team. Often saying that it was oh so fitting that Bumblebee was turned into a Drone instead of a worker, though he would probably be more productive as one.

Contrary to Sentinel’s claims, Prowl (who had watched the whole documentary.) was able to come up with several ways Bumblebee was indeed useful, and told him that no one on this team cares about Sentinels opinion.

Sentinel, seeing how the rest of the team was not siding with him, went after someone who was even less capable of challenging his authority.

Because of Blitzwing’s status as an ex-decepticon, and effort to defend himself could be seen as an act of defiance and/or treason. All he could do was kept his mouth shut while Sentinel sneered at him. Sentinel didn’t actually know if Blitzwing was a Queen ant or not, but it was a 50/50 shot and those odds were higher enough for him.

He caught the Mech alone, and told Blitzwing how there was clearly only one reason team prime kept him around, grabbed his antenna and extra limbs before yanking Blitz closer further prove his point. Blitzwing’s self control nearly slipped, almost punching Sentinel straight in the jaw but knowing very well what the consequences would be.

Bumblebee came in the room as soon as Blitzwing couldn’t take another minute of this psychological torture and bolted out the door, coolent dripping from his optics.

A couple months after that Sentinel was captured by Black arachnida, who was all too happy to fuse him with the most disgusting creature she could find.

After she disposed of him, Bee and Blitz let him have it!

The tables where flipped and seeing Bumblebee and Blitzwing finally get to scorn Sentinel was a euphoric experience for everyone except the bot who was currently part roach.

He’s been demoted now, and assigned to work FOR Optimus.

And Bumblebee and Blitzwing bully him at every turn, because now they have to upper hand and they are not going to let him regret it.

After Sentinel became a roach, Ultra Magnus wanted to keep the rouge Decepticon turning people technorganic thing under wraps, so he demoted Sentinel under the guise of “Finding a more suitable leader to lead the Cybertron of Tomorrow” but anyone who new what had happen knew that was Bullshit. (Not that they were necessarily complaining though)

Anyways, Sentinel was infuriated about his demotion, and it alone with being turned in this monsterous creature has left him with a lasting bitterness. And with his usual victims now having the ability to scream and insult him back, his normal outlet for letting out his emotions has disappeared. So he turned to an old favorite, and Optimus ended up taking the brunt of it once more. But the functionislm and Biophobia ran deep, and despite his actions now having repercussions, his overall treatment and view of Blitzwing and Bumblebee barely changed.

Black arachnia had been quite for a while, and Optimus had decided to go on patrol alone.

Black arachnia had found a handful of brightly coloured bugs at a park, and like all the rest took them home to add to her growing collection of specimens.

After getting a jump on Optimus, she convinced the Dinobots to once again assist her in carrying the unconscious bot back to her lab.

Once Black arachnia had successfully turned Optimus into the desired form, she logged the data and made a report of the experiment and had the Dinobots place him back where she found him. After seeing Blitzwing eat Wasp alive, she wants to ensure that a group of technogranics could co-exist in a domestic setting without murdering eachother before she added any to her non-existent inner circle.

When Optimus awoke he was surrounded by the rest of his team and Ratchet muttering something incomprehensible in the background.

Optimus had a difficult time adjusting to his new body, the struggles that his other teammates faced starting to become glaring clear to him.

There was a positive side to it though, he was faster and more nimble, able to jump high while flying short distances. From where his grappling hook used to be, he could now spray potent acid at opponents.

Optimus is unsure of his ability to a leader, and with Sentinel’s comments planting doubts in his mind, he doesn’t know who to trust anymore.