A/N: I am a fan of Starairachnid, so I decide to make this! Hope you guys enjoy this! The story begins with an alternative version of "Partners".
Starscream was flying in his General Dynamic F-16 Fighting Falcon mode followed by Airachnid in her stealth copter mode. Megatron sent them both to the site of a crashed Decepticon transport ship 'The Harbinger' to recover the experimental weapon prototype that it was transporting. Starscream hovered down slowly in a clearing, pushing leaves and dust around him before transforming on the ground. He looked up, seeing Airachnid transforming in the air almost crashing. "You're chosen vehicle mode lacks..." he lifted a servo "... thrust!".
"Are you going to preen or to guide?!" she looked at him.
"I will reveal the exact location of 'The Harbinger'..." he got closer to her "... and you will tell me, what are we looking for?!".
She turned her helm in a different direction "That information is needed to know... and right now, you don't!".
"You would do well to respect me Airachnid! Before I joined Megatron, I was an air commander of a squadron of Energon seekers."
"On Cybertron! And how many eons ago was that?"
"Ugh... just recently!" Starscream was a little bit hesitated "I personally extinguish one of the Optimus Prime's fiercest warriors... Cliffjumper!" he clenched his servo.
"You snuffed an Autobot?" she asked looking surprised.
"Yes I did... without mercy!" now he clenched both of his servos.
"Oh..." she turned back "... Even Megatron showed you mercy when he planned to terminate you at the mine.".
"WHAT, HE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT?!"
"We talk!"
He calmed down "The wreckage lies just beneath on where we stand..." he turned away from her "... I will need to find the point of entry!". Airachnid already started to drill, the dirt flew right at him. He looked down at the hole "Grrr... showoff!". The grey mech jumped in the hole, dragging his sharp digits in the ground, trying to slow the fall. The seeker landed on his peeds, he got up, Airachnid was right in front of him in her spider-mode upside down.
"You may be fast in the skies, but I am fast in-ground." she had a smug expression, before crawling off.
Starscream just rolled his optics as he followed where she was heading. He started to think about what she said about Megatron and there "talks". "You know why I joined Megatron?" he broke up the silence.
"No, why are you asking it!"
"Just letting you know something about Megatron."
"Go on!" she was interested.
"For the last thousand years of the Great War, I was still neutral... in charge of an old orbital facility. Then the Decepticons attacked! My forces kept them at bay, but Megatron slipped through the cracks... I send all of my ground forces to stop him, but the only thing I got was him talking to me... that I was betrayed by the council, demoted from an air commander to run old scrappy facility. Almost after the battle, I decided to join them and immediately became his second-in-command because I earned that place!" Airachnid didn't say anything. Starscream saw her booting up the ship's computer and starting to type away "What are you doing?".
"Accessing the cargo manifest, what else am I doing?!" she looked at him.
"The ship's systems haven't been activated for eons... the Autobots could detect it's energy signature!" he explained.
"Ah, here it is... 'Section 23'!" she founded something. Without a moment, she again transformed into her spider-mode and crawled off.
Starscream again followed her.
Airachnid turned a corner where the prototype should be "Section 23 should be about... here?" stopping when she saw a dead end. The Decepticon femme transformed back to her robot-mode "The ship just ends!? I must be broken in half during the crash." she explained to herself.
"Or in the air! If you perform actual research... you would have learned that an Autobot battalion shot "The Harbinger" out of the sky!"
"How far away is the other half?" she asked out loud.
"I am afraid that information is... need to know!?" he repeated her words earlier. Airachnid shot 2 webs at him in anger, Starscream douched the attack, but she launched at him hitting the Seeker. He backed away from her attacks "WHAT ARE YOU..." he got interrupted by her before finishing his sentence.
"You're trying to make me look like a fool before Megatron..." she still attacked him "... have me return empty-handed, while you locate that weapon yourself!" Airachnid slashed at him more, but he fought back, pushing her away and activating his blasters.
"I AM NOT DOING THAT!" he started shotting at her, but she jumped forward pinning him down and holding his servos.
"You will tell me where the other half is... or I will RIP YOUR SPARK OUT!" Airachnid readied her upper spider legs.
"AIRACHNID... STOP... I AM YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER!" Starscream then got a stupid idea. 'Ugh... here goes nothing!' he pushed his lips into Airachnid's, kissing her.
Airachnid had a blushed expression as she released him "What was that for?".
"I tried to calm you down!" he explains to her, he took a deep breath "By the way, the other half is few clicks north of here through a stone arch,".
"Thank you!" but as they got up. Optimus, Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead also appeared turned in the corner, they were surprised as much as they did.
"Starscream, Airachnid!" said Arcee in anger as she ready herself to fight them.
"Surrender!" Optimus commanded the Decepticons.
"I think we should retreat..." Starscream saw Airachnid drilling a hole "WAIT!" he shot this rockets at the ground, making it bigger for his jet-mode. But as he almost flew out, Arcee jumped at him and destroyed his engines and causing him to crash into the trees. The last thing he saw was Airachnid, with some shots being fired at her, and the Autobots surrounding him. "I surrender..." after that, he fell into stasis.
"What we should do with him?" Bulkhead asked.
"Ratchet, do you have the track on Airachnid!" Optimus started talking with the Autobot medic over the comlink.
"(Doing it... right... now!)"
"Also, open the ground bridge... I need to get my trailer!"
"Yes Prime!"
"You're not just letting him...?" Arcee was stopped by Optimus.
"We're not, just keeping him as a prisoner?!".
Meanwhile
Airachnid was flying towards the other half of The Harbinger transformed into her spider-mode and got inside. But for a bit, she felt guilty. She didn't know why she thought of that, maybe because she left Starscream to the Autobots. 'Damit Airachnid, Get that slag out of your helm!' then she remembered that kiss he gave her. It felt good, and it was kinda nice of him to do so. She still had to finish the mission with or without him and got to section 23. She opened the hatch, she saw it. The femme picked it up, reviling it to be a staff making a small chuckle.
Later, with Starscream
Starscream booted up, seeing that he was in Optimus's trailer. He had stasis cuffs on his servos and wings, but it wasn't the only thing that was bad. His optics were buzzing, the left audio receptor was unbalanced with the other, and many dents and scars with Energon leaking from it. 'Oh, Primus... I'm going to need some real repairs!' he heard the Optimus's stop, for so minute or two he heard mumbling from the outside. The door to the trailer open and saw Bulkhead.
"Rise and shine screamy!" the big Autobot mech dragged the captured Decepticon out of the trailer. Starscream felted more pain in his frame.
"We're here!" he heard Arcee's voice as he looked at her.
"Where's the ship?" she asked.
He got up and looked at the scenery, knowing what they wanted, he didn't have that much of a choice "Through the arch... among the stones!" he pointed in the direction.
"Bulkhead, Bumblebee, you're with me... Arcee, remain with our prison!" Optimus commanded as he and the 2 Autobot mechs walked to the ship.
"Optimus please!" Optimus looked at Arcee "For Tailgate!".
"Your desire for revenge Tailgate will only continue to cloud your judgment." he and the other left them.
She heard some groaning from Starscream. The motorcycle femme saw him trying to break the stasis cuffs.
"Is the clamp really necessary?" he asked her "I promise, not to fly away! It's really giving me a crick.".
Arcee walked to him "I will shove you back in the trailer!".
"I understand... I just feel so much pain right now!" she just rolled her optics.
Meanwhile, with Airachnid
Airachnid saw Optimus, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead were closing in 'Perfect time to strike!' she moved a little bit away from them, but when the got closer, moved back to there view and shot a beam with the Cybertronian staff. It missed and Optimus started shooting at her, but she jumped backward's. When Bulkhead got closer, Airachnid shot the beam successfully freezing him in his tracks. The other Autobots looked confused. " 'The Immobilizer'... true to its name." she shot another one.
...
Arcee looked at Starscream with furious optics.
"You know... I now look like in the same state as Cliffjumper before I extinguish his spark!" he taunted her.
She activated one of her blades, but she had a better idea, so she just dropped something to the ground, right in front of him.
"What's that?"
"Keys to your cuffs!"
"What for?"
"Cliff would have given you a fighting chance!" as Arcee said it, Starscream immediately picked it up, put the key in the lock, opening his cuffs and threw them away and got up.
"Alright, Arcee... lets dance!" he ready his sharp digits.
...
Airachnid was still shooting the 2 Autobots with The Immobilizer. Optimus shot at her which caused the femme to jump to another rock. Airachnid decide to hide for a bit, fooling Optimus when he tried to shot her again. The spider femme was already underground when she drilled to the surface again. She saw Optimus and Bumblebee in front of her. "Freeze!" she another beam, but it only freezing the Autobot leader. Bumblebee still avoids her shots.
...
Starscream was fighting Arcee, she got a punch, he got a punch. The femme roundhouse kicked him in the faceplate, but he still was standing. The Seeker removed the Energon drop from his mouth-plate, he clenched his servos.
"THAT'S IT!" activating his blasters, but nothing happened "WHAT?!". Arcee started punching him again, she kicked Starscream again, causing him this time to fall to a rock, smashing his wing cuffs. "Well, time to leave!" he tried to transform into his jet-mode, but again it didn't work. 'SCRAP, why I can't transform?!' then he remembered that he crashed into the trees 'My T-cog must have been damaged after the crash!' Arcee punched him in the faceplate.
...
Bumblebee was hiding behind rocks, not to get seen by Airachnid.
"Tell me, bug? Do you think that Megatron will enjoy his new trophies? Probably use the Bulky one for target practices!" Airachnid pushed Bulkhead, knocking him down. She jumped to Optimus's back and shoulder "Prime is the true price." moving across his shoulders "Perhaps, he will adorn the prowl of Megatron's warship!" she chuckled before starting to shoot at a cliff with her rapid-fire blaster. Making tumbling down on Bumblebee. He tried blasting but engulfed by the dust. She started shooting 'The Immobilizer' again. The cloud of dust settled in reviling that Bumblebee was now frozen too. Airachnid laughed "But you, bug! I suspect that Megatron simply will dismantle you for spare parts!" she walked away. "As a rogue, a scavenger, I should disappear into the night with this treasure..." what she didn't know, is that Bumblebee wasn't frozen, only playing as one. He got closer and closer "...but using it to warn my way to Megatron's favor is too good opportunity to pass up... wouldn't you say Prime?" she felt something off, she turned around, and saw Bumblebee punching her right in the faceplate. She let go of The Immobilizer, and the Autobot scout just blew it up. The spider femme saw it shatter into pieces. 'I must find Starscream!' she again felt it again as she transformed and flew off. Bumblebee was still shooting at her, before going off the range. Airachnid followed on where the Autobots came from. First, she saw Optimus's trailer, then saw Arcee punching Starscream into scrap. Airachnid then saw him punched Arcee and rolled her down a hill.
Starscream saw Airachnid transform "Airachnid, what are you doing here, I thought you left..." as the Seeker walked up to her, she kissed him as he kissed back on the first part of The Harbinger.
"A comeback kiss." she winked at him. When she tried the transform, Starscream stopped her "What is it?".
"I can't transform... my T-cog has been damaged." she had an idea.
"Soundwave, our mission failed we need a ground bridge now!" a vortex shifted into reality. Airachnid and Starscream went into it, and the portal closed.
Later, on the Nemesis
Starscream and Airachnid went to the bridge where Megatron was.
"Lord Megatron, we lost the..." Megatron stopped her.
"I don't care about some trinket... I only care that both you are here in my ship, not captured by toes Autobots!"
"Soundwave, our mission failed..." Soundwave used a recording of Airachnid.
"You can leave now!"
Starscream and Airachnid left the bridge "I am going to Knockout for repairs!".
"Okay, see you later screamer!"
"Goodbye... partner!" as he walked away Airachnid felt a small bliss.
To be continued.
A/N: So, before you ask! Yes, I referenced "Transformers: War For Cybertron", and that I have rewritten the chapter completely= to make it better. Oh... and also, please like, review and follow!