Run. Just run. It was dark but the sound was like explosive gunshots, tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick. She was getting closer, he HAD to get away. He knew if he caught her, he was as good as offline, or whatever Arcee called it. He looked behind him briefly, those two determined purple glowing optics slowly gaining, how was it he was outrunning her?! He'd seen he sprint so fast she was a blur. She was toying with him, this was her sick little game. She'd been the first thing he saw when he woke up in the cave. Airachnid, queen of the insecticon Hives and decepticon torture expert. She'd changed her colors to white and Blue but he'd know her anywhere, unless she had some twin or something that was nice, but he shoved that thought aside, he needed to run. Ahead he saw light, a way out. What he saw wasn't his salvation or even a hope of survival. Milling around were six or seven green colored Vehicons, each branded with the Red decepticon emblem, not the normal purple with purple, but these must of been some elite class or something.
"Wait!" Called Airachnid from behind him, great. Just great. The vehicons saw him but none of them acted hostile, perhaps they didn't see him as a threat.
"SHIT!" He screamed in panic as he tried to run only to realize he was surrounded. Airachnid behind him, drones in-front of him.
"Are you alright?" Airachnid asked as she knelt down closer to him. He backed off, what kind of sick game was she playing at?!
"G...get back!" Jack cried desperately, he knew unless a bot could somehow find him, he was a goner.
"Relax, I'm not going to hurt you." Airachnid coed, she extended her servo slowly, her digits weren't sharp, they looked soft and round, like Arcee's. "Come on Partner, why are you so spooked?"
"PARTNER?!" Jack scoffed in shock. "After you tried to kill me and my mother, Arcee, heck even optimus!"
"Jack, are you feeling okay?" Airachnid asked in concern as Jack backed up slowly. "Jack, Arcee was the one who tried to harm you, why in the pits of Iacon would I do such a thing?" Pits of Iacon?
"Frag off!" Jack cried as he tripped over a tree root and landed on his ass, yet he continued to shuffle back. "Leave me alone murderer!"
"Jack." Airachnid gasped, since when was Airachnid all touchy about being called that? "Please, your mum's been worried sick, ever since cybertron she's been worried."
"GO AWAY!" Jack shouted as he ran for it through the trees, he knew it wouldn't help he just had to run, he had to survive. He just kept running then what he saw shocked him. Jasper. Ruined, rubble, a dark ominous spire branded with a purple autobot brand stood amidst the town's rubble. Primus what the fuck happened?! He couldn't move, the autobots would never permit this, not ever. Unless...those weren't his autobots. Could this be another 4th dimension of sorts, he heard pede-steps behind him and he spun around. Airachnid, she didn't look mad, murderous or even sly, she looked like she's just failed miserably, she looked sad.
"We couldn't stop them Jack, the autobots took over Jasper, we didn't stand a chance." Airachnid said softly. Energon tears rolled down her face-plate. It was unnerving, the Airachnid he knew never cried, she laughed at suffering.
"T-this isn't right." Jack choked, this was wrong. "The autobots I know wouldn't do this."
"Jack, are you feeling okay?" Airachnid asked as she gently picked him up making him wince with fright.
"This isn't right." Jack whispered as tears rolled down his face. "This isn't where I'm from."
"Jack, I understand you miss Jasper but we couldn't stop them, we were no match to their forces." Airachnid softly explained.
"No...Decepticons are supposed to be the bad guys, MY autobots are the protectors, this isn't right." Jack sobbed with ragged breath.
Airachnid looked at him like he'd gone crazy. But she then looked concerned and held her digit to her helm and activated the comm unit in her helm. "Airachnid to Soundwave, you copy?" She asked.
"Raf here, 'wave's in med-bay, Bumblebee ruined his arm." Came the reply. "What's up?"
"I found Jack but he's not making sense, we need a ground-bridge." Airachnid replied hesitantly.
"YOU FOUND JACK?!" Came a cheery reply. "Right away! Dude, How'd he survive that?!"
"Not a clue but he's not making sense, I'll take him to see June and Knockout." Airachnid replied.
"Okay, one ground-bridge right away." Raf replied, he sounded excited, like Miko excited.
A swirling green vortex opened up, Jack tensed with fear, why was Raf on the decepticons side? what happened when he left? And where's Arcee? Airachnid walked through the swirling vortex, leaving the stagnant hillside silent.
