Chapter 2: Arcee

Arcee had gotten out with Bulkhead and looked toward the crashed in mine. Bulkhead looked at the mine, "Optimus would have helped them out of the mine, he wouldn't of left them to die in there."

Arcee glared at him, "Well good riddance, maybe finally this war will be over." Bulkhead sighed at Arcee's arrogance. "You don't understand Arcee leaving them to die by being crushed is a bad thing!" Bulkhead said to her.

"Well we can't go back now can we? No, so, we are just going to hope that they can or cannot get out. Lets go, the others are probably worrying about us since we've been gone for so long." She says as she transforms and heads back to base. Bulkhead follows suit.

_Time Skip_

Location; Autobot Base.

Time: Night.

They looked at arcee as she came in. She spoke to no one as she went up the stairs to the elevator.

The elevator door opened letting out a whoosh, She walked in and waited as the door closed. It was a couple of minutes before the elevator stopped onto the beautiful landscape of the canyon, a sunset, and a beautiful sky. She smiled slightly as she walked over and sat down at the edge looking at a pile of rocks that made up Cliffjumpers grave.

She frowned. "I promise you Cliffjumper, I will find your murderer and I will make them pay for killing you."

Somewhere deep down in her spark something whispered, ~I wouldn't want you to spend your entire life searching for my killer. Live your life Arcee.~ it echoed through her spark.

Arcee shook the thought out of her helm as she thought again and again who it could possibly be that would kill her one true love.

She had narrowed it down to three bots.

1. Airachnid. The Spider-femme that killed her partner Tailgate. She killed him right in front of her, she's a vicious femme that collects different rare species and hangs their heads on the walls of her ship.

2. Megatron. There's no need for an explanation for him. He just kills autobots or tortures them.

3. Starscream. She thought about that one for a long while, it could be very well that it was him who killed Cliffjumper. Though why would he. Does she even have to question that? No, She doesn't. In her optics, he was a sparkless killer and is a loyal follower to Megatron most of the time.

HAH! He's been trying to kill off Megatron since the middle of the war. Nothing's changed about him except for the fact that now he's a coward who will do anything he can to get out of something that he doesn't want to be in.

That was proof of today, but something also troubled her. 'Why did he look at me the way he did?' That was a good question wasn't it. It was the most popular of all questions that both her and Starscream were wondering. Arcee felt numerous emotions battling inside of her, she felt disgust, anger, and fear coursing through her. She wasn't afraid of him, just what would happen if she let herself like him back. What would cliffjumper think went through her mind. She felt as if she'd be betraying him if she were to even think about what all that meant.

Cliffjumper wouldn't of wanted her to spend the rest of her life tracking down his killer, but that seems all that she can think of everytime she doesn't even acknowledge Smokescreen, Bumblebee, or Bulkhead when they flirt with her a bit. She pushes them away without a moments notice.

She paced the cliff thinking of what all this meant. "He couldn't of been staring at me like that if he...oh no..NO! That's not what is happening. He's a con and I'm an Autobot. It won't ever happen."

Arcee sat back down and buried her helm into her knees thinking over what she had gone over. She had to admit that under all his cowardice, that there was a certain uniqueness to him. 'NO! don't even think about it! he's the enemy and you know it.' She thought to herself. 'he's a coward, sniveling, conniving, honor-less, glitch; That cares for no one but himself.' She argued to herself.

It was true though there was a certain Uniqueness to him, he was smart..though air-headed, he was tall and a seeker, probably the only seeker left in existence unless his brothers weren't dead. Then again she didn't really care. good riddance to the deadliest seeker trine in history. She had to admit though he did save her from Airachnid when she was in that webbing hanging upside down.

"Oh Cliff...I don't know what to do or what to think...I will find your murderer and i will make them pay."

Cliffjumper wouldn't of wanted her to do that to herself, but knowing her she'd be doing what she wanted to do anyway. Isn't it funny how a femme like Arcee does what she wants no matter what other bots say...especially when she's confused? She listens to authority, but usually doesn't agree to what they say or do, but its different with her current leader. Cliffjumper was always there for her when she got to angry or mean. He always calmed her down, but he wasn't here now and he'd want her to find someone else and not wallow in pity over him. Yes, he was killed (horribly too if i might add), but he'd want her to enjoy life.

She stood up having made her decesion. She would get to the bottom of what was going on with Starscream and why he was acting weird that day. She walked back into the base waving at the team.

"Well at least she's in a better mood." Bulkhead whispered.

"She always is after seeing Cliffjumper." Wheeljack whispered back. Arcee rolled her optics at them. She could hear them obviously, but she didn't say anything to them as she went to her room and settled down for a good nights rest.

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