Chapter 1 BOOM!
It was a calm day in the small region of Jasper, Nevada. Inside the large, abandoned missile silo that was the autobots' base, the leader of Team Prime, Optimus Prime himself, was standing next to the team's medical officer, Ratchet, who was currently monitoring for any form of decepticon activity. So far, there had been almost nothing regarding Megetron and his ilk. In fact, it had been almost three weeks since the last time the two sides encountered, and that was nothing more than a scruff over some energon scraps. Needless to say, Optimus did not like the implications of their absence.
Elsewhere in the base, the lithe, blue form of the team SIC, Arcee, was standing next to her birth in her quarters. She was leaning against the wall with a relaxed expression on her faceplates. Her optics were closed as she stood in complete silence.
"PIT I'M BORED!" she cursed, breaking from her stupor. It had been over three weeks since the last time she saw any action at all. Sure there were the drives with Jack, which she enjoyed quite a bit, and her routine scouting runs, but that was it. Suddenly, she received a ping on her intercom. It was Jack.
"Hey Jack," she answered as an image of him popped onto her heads-up-display "what's up?"
"Hey 'cee," he replied from the other end "you up for a drive?" Arcee's brow plates scrunched at that. Why was he asking for something he'd already gotten a few hours ago? Not that she was complaining; she enjoyed every minute she got with him.
"But we already did that today." She said.
"I know," he replied nonchalantly "but there's nothing else to do today, and I was thinking that maybe we could take advantage of this quiet and catch a movie."
"Are you asking me out on a date?" Arcee asked jokingly. She enjoyed playing these trifles. The expressions she'd get were always hilarious.
"Actually, yes. Yes I am." He replied with the same tone as before. Arcee froze. Did he just say what she thought he said? No, he couldn't have; he wasn't in to her like that…right?
"Based on the silence, I'm guessing you fell for it." Jack laughed, making Arcee swear she glitched for a moment. Her shoulders slumped as the realization fell on her that it was just a ruse.
"Uh…Yeah. Good one Jack," she managed to get out before slumping back against the wall. Truth was, she loved him; had for a while now, and how couldn't she? When Cliffjumper offlined, he was there to comfort her. When she talked to him about losing Tailgate, he gave all his attention and condolences. When she told him to run when Airachnid showed up, what did he do? He turned right around and lit the glitch up like a leaking oil tanker. And that was just the start of it. The kid was practically a machine himself. Going to Cybertron to get the key to Vector Sigma, rescuing his mother from Airachnid, even M.E.C.H. had members who feared him because of his own lack of fear.
"So," Jack continued "you still up for it?"
"Yeah sure." Acree replied softly.
"Kay see ya later." He said hanging up the phone. Arcee hung up, but kept the picture of him on her HUD. She breathed in deeply and sighed. Why? Why in the pit did she have to fall in love with a human? It wasn't that she disliked the race, but there was a slight problem with them. They were mortal. Cybertronians like her could live for centuries at a time, but Jack would be lucky if he made eighty. If she let things go too far, then she would have to deal with losing him to old age. She couldn't go through that again; not for a third time. No. She won't let herself be torn like that again. Even if it meant having to keep her spark in check. Sighing to herself, she immediately starting sifting through her mp3 files until she came upon her favorite song. As the song began playing, she slowly started bobbing her head to the beat.
And it doesn't matter When your envy is on a piece of paper You're on any other side Clawing up my eyes But it doesn't matter When I turn around and look You're an any other side Clawing up my eyes Any other side
how you feel now, anything at all
Seems to be your only way, so vicious
Heavenly apart
Let me sweetly smile
You're devouring all the crumb
I'm leaving caught up in your lies
I'm feeling your arms around me
On the other side
It's time to go
I'm hearing your voice
without words
On the other side
how I feel now, anything at all
Since I've left you with the wrong
impression while I'm still the same
at my life, shadows in disguise
but I'm working on
an interruption of hypocrisy
I'm feeling your arms around me
On the other side, it's time to go
I'm hearing your voice without words
On the other side
As the song finished, she slowly began to relax and just hang back. Of course, fate had no intention of giving her time to think of her spark's dilemma because at that moment, the base's alarms went off like there was no tomorrow. Arcee shot out of her chamber and immediately sprinted into the main room, Bulkhead and Bumblebee hot on her heels.
"What's up Optimus?" she asked while Bulk' and 'Bee internally charged their weapons. Optimus immediately turned to his team with a stern look on his faceplates.
"We don't know but-" that was all he could say before a massive explosion sounded from outside, shaking the whole base and causing bulk to lose his balance.
"What was that?" the former wrecker groaned as he unceremoniously righted himself.
AN: 1) Nothing is mine except for the OCs.
2) The song is Unspoken by Lacuna Coil.
3) start throwing me demonic transformer names.
4) the ones I already have are:
Diablo
Harvester
Succubus
Foreseer
Siren
Banshee
Dracopolis(Greek for 'City of the Dragons')
Necropolis(like you don't know what that means)
Gargoyle
Nightbringer
Sangromancer
Necromancer