Spider Woman.

"Sooner or later

You're certain to meet

In the bedroom, the parlor or even the street

There's no place on earth

You're likely to miss

Her kiss

Sooner or later

In sunlight or gloom

When the red candles flicker

She'll walk in the room

And the curtains will shake and the fire will hiss

Here comes her kiss

And the moon grows dimmer

At the tide's low ebb

And her black beads shimmer

And you're aching to move

But you're caught in the web

Of the Spider Woman

In her velvet cape

You can scream

But you cannot escape – Kiss of the Spider Woman – the musical.

Warnings: Violence, sex, explicit language.

Timing: Post season 2 finale, in my very own Beauty of the Beast Prime timeline.

Rating: T to M (and MA).

Pairings: multiple.

Disclaimer: Transformers Prime © Hasbro. Story's plot and OC's © me. There may be some OC's that aren't mine – they belong to their respective creators.

The Spider Woman.

I had a Spider Woman and she was so good

She chained me in her web so tight

I lost the freedom of release that night

So I stayed right by her

I dreamt I saw a blind man who was singing a song

About a guy who couldn't take no more

And the meaning of the words he swore

Told me go find her yeah

She was a Spider Woman, but she was good to me

Spider Woman, but she was good to me

She went down. – Uriah Heep, Spider Woman.

oOo

Abandoned energon mine, somewhere near the Brazilian-Bolivia border. October 10th.

The air outside was hot, buzzing with life of all kinds. What mostly could been seen was insects – as always in any kind of a forest or shrubs. And it was trees and shrubs that surrounded the entrance to well hidden energon mine. Any observer would assume it was simply a natural cave.

Inside of the cave was similar and different than the outside world at the same time. The air was cooler though still humid. And yet it was buzzing with life, mostly insects. But these insect weren't just mosquitos or flies with occasional butterfly. These were gigantic beetles and not just very large organic tanks – these were robots.

The cave was filled with darkness even though the light entered it through few small holes in the ceiling that collected moisture that dripped in form of large drops. Red visors glowed in the deep shadows and pair of bright violet optics observed the entrance with absolute lack of interest. It was rest time – the hottest part of the day, though it was always warm in there the night seemed a lot more agreeable than the day.

There was seven Insecticons resting on various spots on the walls of the cave, they just sat there in their beast modes awake but inactive. Every now and then one of them would move a limb or a wing; sometimes they would murmur or hiss silently.

Airachnid sat comfortable on a large rock, her additional legs were now healed, the missing parts grew back thanks to her healing abilities of an Undergrounder. Her functionality was back. It took time because the Insecticons that managed to answer her call were weak and hungry and she wasn't much better herself: wounded and fatigued. They were truly pitiful sight.

Last thing she remembered before stasis took over was trashing inside of the pod while Arcee looked with grim face. Then the next sensation was darkness and shaking, some distant noises and pressure. She lay still not sure if she should move, the noises lasted for quite some time but then they went away. She didn't know what happened but when it was quiet again she risked moving.

Quickly she learned that the pod was damaged and that she was trapped inside. Her small prison was damaged enough to abort the stasis but also to remain closed around her, if the indent that she was able to feel out with her servos was anything to judge from, something fell over her.

She vented few times and punched the glass knocking it out, the hole was large enough for her to crawl but outside was just as cramped as inside. She didn't waste her time to ponder on what have occurred, she continued to crawl and climb. The debris was of Cybertronian origin but she paid it no mind, she had to get free first, then she would think about all else.

When she finally reached the surface of the metallic mess she was tired and the sky was turning lighter on the East side. She glanced around and noticed that she was on some dessert and that she just crawled out of some Cybertronian – Decepticon – structure that lay in ruins. She wasted no time giving it a closer look; there was no point in doing so. She just connected to the GPS and found out where she was – near the town of Jasper but the human housings were all dark, as if no one lived there anymore. Airachnid knew she had neither time nor energy to stay and investigate, she needed to move.

Her first destination was any random energon mine that wasn't in use anymore. It was easy task and she transformed into her helicopter mode. The flight was tiresome and unpleasant due to her injuries but she managed. She quickly searched the mine for any energon that could be left there. Such mines were never fully stripped; there were always small crumbles left, to insignificant to be mined but enough for lone Cybertronian to re-fuel.

Her next destination was the Insecticon cave; she needed to see if there were any bug-formers left alive there. This time flight was less tiresome but her blades ached and she felt every single injury she had.

She found the Insecticons and summoned them, most were dead already, some were too weak to answer but eight woke and followed her. However small, she had her personal army of followers.

Her next step was to disappear and remain missing for the time being. It wasn't hard as there were few stripped mines in Amazonian Jungle, they could find refuge there and buy some time to heal, strengthen and rest.

One of the Insecticons didn't manage to get there though, he died en-route. They quickly disposed of his remains and continued. Then they moved couple of times and that where they were left now – in the middle of some Rain Forest, safely hidden but also achieving nothing. Airachnid wasn't sure if it was right time to act but they were as ready as they ever could. She had to think about her opening move in this new round of her game against both Decepticons and Autobots.

In the darkness of her cave Airachnid didn't smile, it wasn't the time or the place for it, but it would come soon.

TBC