My Supergirl.
You can tell by the way, she walks that she's my girl,
You can tell by the way, she talks she rules the world.
You can see in her eyes that no one is her chain,
She's my girl, my Supergirl.
And then she'd say: It's OK, I got lost on the way
But I'm a Supergirl and Supergirls don't cry.
And she'd say: It's all right, I got home late last night
But I'm a Supergirl and Supergirls just fly. (…) - "My Supergirl" Reamon.
Warnings: Rare and odd pairing (at least in Primeverse) and sex later on.
Timing: Post season 2 finale, in my very own Beauty of the Beast Prime timeline.
Rating: T – M (MA for extended chapter – if there will be one).
Pairings: Shockwave and Arcee.
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.
Breaking the Girl.
I am a man
Cut from the know
Rarely do friends
Come and then go
She was a girl
Soft but estranged
We were the two
Our lives rearranged
Feeling so good that day
A feeling of love that day
(…)
Raised by my dad
Girl of the day
He was my man
That was the way
She was the girl
Left alone
Feeling the need
To make me her home
I don't know what when or why
The twilight of love had arrived. – "Breaking the Girl" Red hot Chilli Peppers
oOo
Nemesis, somewhere above Pacific Ocean. September 12th. Noon.
Soundwave didn't even turned back when two Autobots walked through the Groundbridge he opened. They still had cease fire and on top of that both Autobots were invited by Shockwave. They politely hailed Nemesis and requested Groundbridge, Soundwave being forewarned by Shockwave about Autobots' visit, politely opened the 'bridge and allowed their guests in. Of course he didn't allowed them anywhere random or even close to the laboratory and medical bay, they arrived into nominal Groundbridge room (nominal due to the fact that only Vehicons opened 'bridges there, Soundwave opened them wherever he so fancied and it usually was his duty to do so).
Two Vehicons stood by the door of the Groundbridge room. They were sent by Shockwave to escort both guests into his laboratory. Cease fire was one thing but allowing the enemy to just wander around their flag ship was a whole different cube of energon so when both guests approached them, one of them spoken in not exactly hostile, but not necessarily friendly voice.
"You will follow us to the laboratory. Lieutenant Shockwave is awaiting you." The 'And if you'll wander off I'll shoot you' remained unsaid but clearly present.
Two Autobots looked at each other but said nothing. Vehicons clearly recognised Arcee, the feared and more than simply notorious Autobot femme. The other Autobots wasn't known to them but they recognised his colours and identified him as Autobot Medic. There was only one Autobot Medic on Earth so it had to be Ratchet, one that was famous for his talents but mostly for his foul temper.
The group left Groundbridge room in utter silence and walked into direction of laboratory and medical bay. It wasn't very far walk but it included few turns and one crossing of two corridors, both frequently used by all crew members so the arrival of two Autobots quickly became known to everyone on board who didn't know about their presence in advance.
oOo
The door to Medical Bay and laboratory swooshed open allowing two escorting Vehicons and two Autobot guests in. The room was spacious with two vertical medical berths and plenty of room around them and the monitors surrounding them. Arcee knew that Ratchet would love to reside in infirmary equipped like this and she hoped that after their moving to new base he would be able to have decent lab and medical ward. Maybe not as spacious, perhaps with just one berth, but his own and not just a part of rec room with few tools and a berth.
Part of said free space was currently occupied by low table with rather battered Insecticon class stasis pod on it. There were various devices hooked to it something made 'ping' noise at steady pace.
Knockout was busy staring at computer console and reading something while Shockwave was literally diving into the pod. His head and shoulder were inside and whatever he was doing, his tools were making 'clang' noise.
"The Autobots." One of Vehicons announced gathering attention of both higher officers. Knockout simply turned away from his console while Shockwave's head emerged from the pod, both Decepticons staring at their guests and then at the Vehicons.
"Good, good. Dismissed, you will be summoned if needed." Knockout waved his servo at both Vehicons, who juts nodded and marched away leaving two Autobots with Knockout and Shockwave.
"I trust you finished your scans and analysis of the pod?" Ratchet stepped closer and glared at the damaged stasis pod.
"Quite so." Knockout purred with self-satisfaction. "The logs weren't damaged and the computer is operational so it was nothing really."
"What is the result of analysis?" Ratchet rolled his optics watching as the Decepticon Medic gloat.
"Ah, that was a challenge… at least at first. Some of the logs contained odd readings that were making no sense to me." Knockout began to tap into the keyboard as Ratchet approached the computer console. "It looked like the pod was used only by Insecticons. And then I recalled that Airachnid while a flier is also an Undergrounder like Insecticons and she shares certain features with them. Her being an Undergrounder is actually the reason behind her ability to control Insecticons telepathically."
"Naturally." Ratchet nodded. "Insecticon Hives were always lead by femmes, not unlike like bee hives or ant nests here on Earth. Sometimes if a Hive lacked a leading femme a scavenger femme, like Airachnid, would take over. All Underground femmes were known to possess telepathic abilities."
"Exactly!" Knockout grinned in megawatt smile. "They were impossible to study before the war and even after it broke out they were a rare sight, and here we have a complete scan and medical data of an Undergrounder femme. Airachnid never ended up in my infirmary, this was the very first time I could see any scans of her."
"I see." Ratchet observed data rolling through the screen. "And it really is interesting, I see some fascinating mechanisms. But what does it tells us about her disappearance and where she may be?"
"We know why the pod released her, her energy levels as she left and list of injuries that she had when she left the pod." Knockout displayed the data. "Also we can see old wounds that healed on their own and new ones that, I am sure of that, Arcee caused during their last fight."
"They should allow us to anticipate her moves." Ratchet focused on the display. "That's good for a start."
Arcee silently observed as two medics focused on the readings and started to babble in medical jargon.
"I believe you wanted to take a close look at the pod." A steady voice startled the blue femme.
She spun to see Shockwave standing next to the pod. He was glaring at her with that red optic of his, his winglets raised and set at the 45 degrees angle. His antennae relaxed but not slack. All in all he looked normally.
"You promised me free access." She replied and narrowed her optics. She was almost sure that the Decepticon scientist had his reasons for allowing her to look at the pod. More so, to examine the pod closely. She knew he wanted to achieve something by this situation but wasn't sure what it could be.
"The free access is granted, you just need to approach it and examine it as you please." Shockwave's voice held no indication what he was up to. In the background Ratchet and Knockout were discussing data from the pod. Arcee wasn't interested in computer but rather if Airachnid was badly injured and if the injuries were lethal.
The Autobot femme looked at Shockwave for a long moment before she slowly approached the pod. She was cautious as if she expected it to blow straight into her face, which it didn't. It did however sport numerous dents in many places. The pod indeed looked as if a building collapsed on top of it. But New Kaon was massive tower, how come such relatively delicate structure as stasis pod survived being buried under such a mass of metal without being completely crushed?
Arcee touched the pod, dents weren't very deep but their number was more than impressive, as if the pod was exposed to hailstorm with hails the size of bowling balls (and bigger).
"Makes me wonder…" Arcee spoke while tracing few dents with her digits. "Taking that entire New Kaon fell on this pod, how it's still in one piece? Insecticon pods weren't made to withstand such things."
"If entire New Kaon fell on this pod it would be destroyed." Shockwave nodded slightly. "And you are correct, only heavy models of stasis pods were made to survive extreme conditions, such as the one Skyquake resided in. But this pod was not affected due to the place it was stored."
"And where it was stored?" Arcee shot the large 'Con sharp look.
"It was stocked in our vault." Shockwave admitted. "Walls of the vault were reinforced and were able to take most of the impact when the New Kaon collapsed. Some of the debris managed to get through though; one piece had to damage the pod enough for its emergency release to activate."
"And Airachnid could get out." The blue femme growled in low voice. Shockwave's antennae stirred in recognition of dark feeling the feral growl revealed. Arcee truly held grudge against the Spider Former.
"We assume that she either punched the cover or it was smashed when walls caved in. Then she proceeded to crawl through rubble until she reached the surface. Then she fled."
"She went to reclaim the remains of Insecticon nest." Arcee turned on her heel to face the ex-senator. "We should be looking for her there."
"Your proposition seems logical, yet it is unwise." Shockwave's antennae moved fluently to lay flat against his head. "If she went there, then she probably has Insecticons at her disposal, ready to serve her and fight for her. If she's not there, we have no reason to hurry to search the place."
"Oh, and what do you propose?" She asked while narrowing her optics. "Wait for her to strike? You know that she will only attack in two cases: when she's ready, and when we're not."
"The most logical course of action would be to find way to make our own Insecticons immune to her telepathic abilities." Shockwave answered calmly observing fire in the Autobot femme optics, he found it fascinating. Even before Shadowplay he rarely met femmes as passionate as this one.
Arcee only growled; she knew Shockwave was right, if they would attack now, Airachnid would only take over Decepticon Insecticons and made them attack Autobots and Decepticons alike.
"I realize that you do not want to wait, but it is the only reasonable course of action we can take at this point." Shockwave tilted his head slightly and stirred his antennae again, as if he wasn't sure what to do next. "Eliciting strongly emotional reaction from her opponent is her tactic to gain upper servo in combat. I have analysed all the data Soundwave was able to provide me on Airachnid and her fights with you, as well as with other Autobots and even few Decepticons. She tends to provoke her adversaries into emotional reactions, to attack her blindly, and then use their own errors against them. Such an aggravated opponent is much more prone to make mistakes. It is why you almost always lose to her. And it is such mistake that cost Breakdown his life."
"Fine." Was the only word that Arcee could utter at the moment. She knew that with Airachnid she always loosed her cool. The Spider always managed to tip her off and cause to behave irrational.
"I can see that your medic has all the data he needs and is ready to leave." Shockwave glanced at the direction of Knockout and Ratchet. "I do however have a request for you."
Arcee blinked once, this was unexpected. "Yes?"
"Meet me at the de-construction site this evening." He said and his antennae stiffed pointing up while his winglets almost hid behind his back. "I wish to talk with you more."
Arcee glared at him suspiciously, her winglets went up aggressively and Shockwave pondered for a moment just what in the world was he thinking to ask the Autobot femme to meet him? She had absolutely no reason to grant him his request.
"Why do you want to meet?" She asked instead of simply denying him.
"Amongst other reasons I wish to talk about pre-war Cybertron." He said truthfully, there was no reason to lie.
"And why there?"
"Because I will be there this evening, supervising the deconstruction process." Shockwave's winglets rose slowly while his antennae remained pointing up.
"Fine." Arcee shrugged. "I will be there." Then she turned away and glared at Ratchet. "Ready to leave?"
"Yes." Came the reply while Knockout summoned the guards to walk the two Autobots back to the 'Bridge Room. Arcee standing with her back to the Tarnian missed how his antennae moved to their neutral position and twitched few times. Shockwave couldn't feel it but he registered the symptoms: elevated energon pressure, faster Spark pulse and slightly higher core temperature – all of which brought the word 'excitement' to his mind.
TBC.
Again sorry for being terrible late. For few days I was deprived of internet, and before that I had to fight with my tablet (that decided to rebel against me).
Ever since before Christmas I was on hiatus and after that I had problems with internet connection (being only able to use my tablet for quite some time, which didn't work well when it came to uploading anything) but now it is over and I am officially back!