Chapter 1

Requesting Help

Artemis's POV

I groaned as I sat up and looked over and saw my betrothed sparkmate laying next to me. I held my stomach that he had cut a couple nights before due to me disobeying orders. I held my somewhat bleeding stomach as I got out of the berth. My so-called sparkmate was named Claw, a cruel mech that slept and murdered his way to the top. The only reason why I was with him is because my real love and my other betrothed had been taken away from me. One was taken by Primus and the other taken by his own evilness. I made my way to the bathroom area and I looked at myself in the mirror and I saw my black crest that my family all have, it looked much like a battle crown. I was a beautiful dark blue femme with hints of black and purple, yet this mech was destroying me. I had to get free from this, this would not be the thing to destroy my strong spark.

I snuck out of the room and went towards the small armory we had on the ship and I grab my bayard that my family of gladiators had passed down from generation to generation. Mine had technically two weapon forms one was a bow that I used to shot energon energy arrows, the other form was a one bladed sword, (Not like Keith's sword from Voltron Legendary Defender, the blade and the handle are going the same way so they are parallel instead of perpendicular like Keith's is) I placed my bayard on my side and grabbed an energon pistol.

I make my things I had but that was only the energon pistol and bayard. I made my way to the only pod on the ship and signed it out and got it ready. As I did so I heard a mech clear his throat, I turned around fast and Claw grabbed me and threw me to the ground and I screamed in pain. "You little glitch, you can't leave," he said as he picked me up by my arm and pushed me against the wall.

I struggled to get free as he ran his sharp claw across my cheek and stomach opening the healing wound. I screamed in pain and I kicked him hard in the crotch and I ran as fast as I can and I jump into the pod and I launch it away from the ship and started to fly it as fast as I could to get away from him. I sent out a signal hoping any other Autobots could find me. "This is Commander Artemis, in need of immediate help," I said as I noticed the ship was still following me. I sped as fast as I could and I noticed I was in a different solar system and as well as lost him. "I repeat, this is Commander Artemis leader of the Wreckers, please help," I groaned as I held my bleeding stomach. The wound had gotten worse with each subtle movement I had made. I leaned over the steering controls and took harsh intakes as it hurt so much.

"Well well well, isn't it the Lunar Archer, did you miss me?" Starscream taunted slightly as he intercepted my signal.

I got nervous and I started to to make the pod go faster but as I did so my sensors started to go off as the Nemesis got closer to me. I tried to avoid their shots for a little while and I groan and yelp as I get shot down and I crash down into a forest area on this planet. I groan and am hunched over the controls as I decide to make one desperate call for help. "Requesting immediate help by any Autobots out there this is Commander Artemis," I said before going in emergency shut down due to the loss of energon.

Normal POV

Optimus was scanning different channels to search for energon or Decepticon signals. Ratchet was in the medical bay working on Arcee who was still slightly damaged from the Arctic adventure where both her and Optimus nearly froze to death while the others were almost eaten by scraplets. Bulkhead and Bumblebee were watching the kids play video games. Optimus couldn't help but feel content but slightly uneasy due to how much inactivity has been happening as of late. Optimus then stumbled past an old transmitting signal that Autobots used. "Requesting immediate help by any Autobots out there, this is Commander Artemis," the transmission then cut out.

Optimus replayed the message and started to figure out the coordinates since he recognized the voice pattern as well as the name of the commander. "Ratchet, prepare your medical kit," Optimus ordered and activated his battle mask. "The rest of you remain here and be prepared just incase we need backup" Optimus ordered and both himself and his medic ran through the portal.

As they made it to the other side they saw the crash site as well as the pod used by the femme. Optimus activated one of his swords and made his way with Ratchet towards the pod. He managed to cut the pod hatch open and slowly made his way in with Ratchet best the two bigger mechs could. They saw a dark blue, purple, and black femme hunched over the controls as well as leaking energon. Ratchet walked up and scanned over her and sighed, "She's in emergency stasis and is very weak," Ratchet admitted and gently sat her up and slowly picked her up out of the seat and slowly carried her out of the pod. She whimpered and rest her helm against his chest. Optimus grabbed a couple things that had fell of off her like her bayard as well as her energon pistol. They called for a groundbridge and slowly walked through. Ratchet rushed over to the medical bay and laid the femme down and started to get her hooked up to monitors.

"Optimus I need two energon cubes immediately," Ratchet ordered the Prime. Optimus nodded in acknowledgement and hurried to get a couple energon cubes. "Arcee I need you to help me keep the wound together as I weld it." Arcee got up and walked over to the femme and laid her hands on her stomach and pushed the wound shut. "Bulkhead get the body scanner ready so I can see if she has any internal bleeding, and Bumblebee get the IV ready like I showed you," the two mechs nodded and they all followed Ratchet's orders as if they were in a real medical area. Optimus soon hurried back and set the energon cubes there.

After a couple hours of following all of Ratchet's orders the femme was stabled and had plenty of liquids going through her system. Ratchet did a couple more scans over her and picked up a couple chips within her that helped tell them who she was. "Let's see here," he said as her profile appeared.

Name: Artemis

Nickname: Lunar Archer

Rank: Commander

Gender: Femme

Primary Color: Dark Blue

Secondary Color: Black/purple

Height: 25ft.

Primary Weapon: Bayard

Secondary Weapon: Sideblades/blasters

Fraction: Wreckers

Sparkmate: Claw

Carrier: Unknown

Sire: Eclipse also goes by Beast

As Ratchet skimmed this over Optimus read over it as well. He couldn't help but glance back at the femme as he read who her sparkmate was. "If only things were different Artemis if the only history could be changed," he mumbled to himself before looking down at the ground.