I do not own Transformers. As a warning, this chapter is a little bit dark.

The next day, Knockout was running a few scans when Airachnid came in. "So, how's the punishment going?" said Knockout. "The Insecticons got me pregnant" said Airachnid. "Mhmm, yes…what?" said Knockout as he looked at Airachnid. Sure enough, there was a large bump in Airachnid's midsection. Knockout just stared at the bump before he found his voice and said "How can this be? You were only onboard for five months, and you look as if you've been pregnant for three times as long. What happened?" Airachnid glared at Knockout before she said "Since the Insecticons were willing to do anything to me to pledge loyalty to Megatron, he suggested that they mate with me to produce more warriors. Apparently, I'm pregnant with their spawn, but I don't know with how many of those things are in my uterus now. They're kicking like a number of wreckers trying to determine who's the strongest." Knockout felt a little pity for Airachnid as she hissed as the sparklings were kicking at her uterine lining again as she got on the berth. He punched in a few codes into the computer as the scanning began on Airachnid's stomach.

She was patient as the computer scanned her as Knockout looked at the screen. He shook his helm then looked at Airachnid and said "From the looks of things, you're pregnant with at least twenty sparklings. It's hard to tell because they're all moving and they're covering each other, but the count's at least twenty." Airachnid stared at Knockout and stammered "Tw-twen-twenty sparklings? How can that be?" "Well, it's because more organic-structured Cybertronians like yourself and the Insecticons can have more than three sparklings at once, but a count this high is unheard of. I've heard of five sparklings born at once, but at least twenty? There's something unique about your fertility and your bio-structure" said Knockout. Airachnid glared at Knockout and said "Of course, I'd rather give birth to twenty sparklings at once than have your looks." "Must you point that out? I've been miserable like this since Bumblebee and Arcee destroyed my beauty. I don't know what type of revenge that I will give to Bumblebee, but I will certainly get my revenge with Arcee. You see, Megatron told me to give her chassis implants and modified winglets, as well as making her valve tighter, so I'll get my revenge when I'm modifying her. He doesn't know how long the procedure will go, so he won't be in here all the time. I'll use that opportunity to get her to feel my big…" said Knockout before Airachnid laughed. "What's so funny?" said Knockout as he stared at Airachnid. "I've seen your thing Knockout. It's really not all that impressive" laughed Airachnid. Knockout just glared at Airachnid as she continued to laugh.

Meanwhile, Megatron was sleeping with Arcee when an Eradicon came banging in on the door. Megatron groaned, before he got up and answered it. "What is it this time?" he groaned. "We've deciphered another relic location, Lord Megatron" said the Eradicon. He looked at the Eradicon and said "And this couldn't have waited until after I had woken up? You do realize that you disturbed me from a good sleeping cuddle with Arcee, don't you?" "I'm sorry about waking you, Lord Megatron" said the Eradicon. Megatron sighed, and then said "Since I'm up, you might as well show me the location of this new relic." "Of course, Lord Megatron" said the Eradicon as the two headed for the control center of the Nemesis.

Megatron was looking at the new coordinates on the screen. The location was at Stonehenge, in what was left of England. He looked at the Eradicon and said "Set coordinates for the next relic" before leaving for his recharging chambers. The Eradicon thought to himself, I really have to get a mate like Arcee one of these solar cycles. Primus, what I wouldn't give to spend a night with her. He continued to type in commands as the ship itself turned and headed for England. The energon power core at the heart of the ship placed in another cube of energon of the power core. What every Decepticon on the ship forgot was that there were still some dark energon cubes in the ship's power control center. All that was needed was for the claw to pick one and place it in the power core.

Arcee was sleeping when Megatron returned to his recharging chambers. He climbed on the berth, and placed a servo on Arcee's lump. He then nuzzled the back of Arcee's neck, before he fell into recharge again. He was dreaming of Arcee with her modifications and being his glitch.

"OW! Must you whack me like that? I've lost so much of my former beauty as it is!" shouted Knockout at Airachnid. "Well, you're the one who said 'Primus, you're fat. You must weigh as much as Optimus and Bulkhead combined'" said Airachnid. She continued to glare at Knockout as he continued to make sure that all of Airachnid's sparklings were healthy. The examination continued for the next hour, before Knockout allowed Airachnid to return to her own recharging chambers. Knockout watched Airachnid leave, before returning to the screens, thinking Primus, does she need to wear a maternity dress. For a femme, she does not look good without her armor while pregnant. Sure, Arcee is hot, but Airachnid? I so look forward to when I get to modify her body. Knockout heard a few screams of "Aaaaahhhh! My optics, my optics. The image is burned into my processor! Somebody, please sever my helm from my body! Primus, are you fat! Quick, somebody claw out my optics!" "Airachnid, I know that you're trying to seduce me, and it's not working. I've already seen Arcee armorless while pregnant, and she makes pregnancy look attractive" said Dreadwing. Knockout turned his helm towards the door before he shook his helm and resumed working. Dreadwing really needs to spend a night with a femme if he wasn't horrified by Airachnid's pregnancy look thought Knockout.

Arcee awoke an hour later, only to find Megatron had an arm around her womb. She nuzzled Megatron until he yawned before waking up. He nuzzled her with his helm, before Arcee said "Uh, Megatron, could you let go of me? I have to…you know." "Huh, oh, sure" he said as he removed his arm from Arcee as she got up. Megatron got up as well and left. He needed to work out some plans to claim the next artifact and the latest battle plans in case the Autobots showed up.

A few hours passed before the Nemesis had reached its location. Megatron left with some Insecticon warriors, Knockout, and a few Eradicons to obtain the relic. When they got there, the Eradicons began scanning the site for the relic. Knockout, on the other hand, kept on whining on how the last time that he went on a relic-finding mission, he got scratched up and his armor became so dented. "Will you shut up, Knockout? You whine like a sparkling" snarled Megatron. "Lord Megatron, we found it! It's beneath the center rock!" exclaimed an Eradicon. "Good, begin digging" commanded Megatron. The Insecticons moved the center block, and the Eradicons began excavating beneath where it once was. The digging continued for the next two hours, until a cry of "Found it!" echoed from the hole. The Eradicons came out with an object that looked like a sword of some sort, with a very sharp blade. Megatron gave off a sinister smile as he held the relic and said "The Star Sabre at long last. I've waited millennia to hold this relic." "A sword? Doesn't Dreadwing have a large enough sword?" asked Knockout. Megatron chuckled as he looked down at his medic and said "Seriously Knockout, you don't recognize one of the relics developed by the minibots of so long ago? It is believed that one of the original primes helped in the making of this relic. It's a shame that the other two relics that go with this one aren't here" before he turned around and headed back for the ship. Knockout shook his helm before he headed back. He needed some dents buffed out.

Arcee was on the berth reading a data pad when Megatron walked in. He nuzzled Arcee as she stroked his chin. He placed a servo on her womb as he began nibbling at a side crest on her helm. She smiled as Megatron gave her affection, when one of Megatron's servos wandered low again. "Megatron please, how many times have I told you to stop it" sighed Arcee. Megatron grunted, and then moved the servo back onto Arcee's bump, and the sparkling kicked. "Ow" hissed Arcee. "Are you all right, Arcee?" asked Megatron as he sat down on the berth next to Arcee. She nodded, and then said "It only hurts if the sparkling kicks too hard. It's been doing that a lot lately, but I think that it's because it knows that I'm not at the Autobot base. It never kicked this hard, especially with Optimus around." Megatron grunted, then said "The second that the sparkling is born, I'll raise it so it will be a fine Decepticon. It might even be the next Liege Maximo if it is trained properly."

Arcee stared at Megatron wide-opticed, then said "There is no way that I'll allow you to touch my sparkling, Megatron. I'd rather it remain in my womb than give birth to it aboard this ship and let you touch it." Megatron grabbed Arcee by her throat and snarled "Listen, you glitch. As important as your sparkling-birthing is to my plans, I need the one in your womb even more. I've tried to be nice to you, but it looks as if being nasty to you would be much better." Arcee felt fear flood her energon streams in her body as Megatron stared at her malevolently.

Hours later, Arcee was on the floor with a chain and collar around her neck. Megatron did find a few ways to rape her, but in ways that she didn't expect. Her eyes were blank as she held her legs close to her body. Her winglets were dented, she had scratches on her body, and she felt so used. Her mind was empty as she subconsciously rubbed her legs as the ship turned to its next destination.

Three weeks have passed, and Megatron was in the mood to cuddle. How he loved to fondle the femme in her helpless state, with her will broken and that spark to escape extinguished. He walked down the corridors of the ship down to his berthroom.

Arcee was in a far corner of the room when Megatron entered. Ever since Megatron had begun to hurt her three weeks ago, she hasn't refueled a lot, nor did she recharge a lot either. Her whole body system was off, and neglect was beginning to take a toll on her body. A yank on her neck collar caused her to choke and fall over as the warlord dragged her to her berth. He yanked up the chain, until he was optic-level with Arcee. The collar was suffocating her, but Megatron wasn't paying attention to Arcee's pain as he said sinisterly "Looks like it's up to you to satisfy me again. But don't worry, my queen. After you give birth, you'll be able to pleasure me all the time." He then roughly threw Arcee onto the berth as he too got on the berth. He pulled the femme close to his body as his sharp claws began twisting her winglets.

Arcee's breath hitched, then she began foaming at the mouth as her body began to convulse uncontrollably. Her optics began to roll in the back of her helm as her breathing became shallow and fast. "Arcee?" said Megatron as he watched the femme convulse and twitch. Megatron became worried as he broke the chain on Arcee's collar, and then rushed her to Knockout's medical bay. He knew that something was wrong with Arcee.

Knockout was busy buffing out his dents when Megatron came running in. "What is it now, Megatron? Did you suffer another wound from the femme?" said Knockout sarcastically. "Knockout, it's serious" said Megatron as he held Arcee's convulsing form. Knockout noticed, and he had a grave look on his faceplates. "To the berth" said Knockout as he led Megatron to an empty berth. Megatron placed Arcee down on the berth, and Knockout began operating on the femme.

Megatron had to assist the medic, but after several long hours, they both managed to get Arcee to stop convulsing. Knockout ran a few tests on her, and he looked stern before he gave the same look to Megatron. "Arcee was close to dying today. She's been under tremendous stress, and she hasn't gotten a lot of recharge or refueling lately. The sparkling's own life is in trouble as well. I'm afraid that both will offline soon" said Knockout. Megatron snarled, and then roared at the medic "Just keep her online! I need both the femme and the sparkling for my future plans to destroy the Autobots!" Knockout was scared, but he held his ground and said "I'm not the one responsible if she offlines. She needs to be refueling more, and more importantly, she needs you to be nice to her to avoid offlining. I noticed the dents on her that you gave her, and they're part of the reason why she has so much stress. If you keep this up, she'll offline regardless!"

Megatron snarled, and then said "I've tried to be nice to her, and she rejected me. That glitch didn't want me to raise her sparkling to become a Decepticon! What am I supposed to do?" Knockout was silent, and then thought for a moment as he looked over a few scans of the sparkling. "Hmm, from the looks of the sparkling's scans, it looks more like as if it will grow up to become a Decepticon. I think that I have an idea on how we (Megatron glared at Knockout), er, you can get the sparkling to become a Decepticon regardless of the mother's approval" said Knockout. "I'm listening" said Megatron. "After the sparkling is born, it gets raised by the Insecticons, but you're going to have to milk Arcee for her sparkling energon to feed it. On top of that, you're the one who has to nurse it. The main problem would be Arcee trying to get back her sparkling, but you just need to keep her chained to your berth until she becomes broken again" said Knockout. Megatron then gave this cold smile as he said "Knockout, I must admit, you have proven your worth on this ship from time to time."

Hours later, Arcee woke up to find herself on Megatron's berth, with Megatron cuddling her. She trembled, and then rubbed her womb. How I wish that I could offline the sparkling before Megatron gets to it thought Arcee as a few energon tears appeared in her optics. The mech let off a low growl as he nibbled on her side crests. The sparkling kicked as Arcee hissed. With each passing day, her pregnancy was becoming harder and harder for her. "Arcee?" asked Megatron as he stopped his nibbling and cuddling on her. She looked up with fearful optics, and noticed that Megatron looked both worried and concerned. "Arcee, what is it?" he asked. She opened her mouth, and then closed it. She then looked away and offlined her optics. Arcee had remembered from the last few weeks, whenever she would open her mouth, Megatron would hit her.

Megatron lowered his head, and then began licking at her side crests again. Arcee kept on wincing as if he was causing her pain, but he knew that she usually enjoyed this. "Arcee, my queen, what is it?" asked Megatron again. He felt Arcee's winglets tremble, before she spoke in a frightened voice "It's…it's you. I can't forget what you have done to me over the last few weeks. Do you expect me to forget what you've done to me so easily? You're killing me so slowly, Megatron." She felt Megatron's servos move to her breasts before he pulled her closer to him, as he nuzzled against her helm. The both of them were quiet for a long time.

Back at the Autobot base, Jack was with Miko on his bed. For the last two years, the humans have gotten their own rooms within the base. Miko had her head resting on Jack's chest, as Jack stroked her hair with one hand as his other arm held her close to his body. The both of them were awake, and Jack was constantly thinking of what was happening to Arcee ever since she was taken from the Autobots.

Jack was in a crevice between two large boulders as Airachnid was chipping away the stone. One look at her and he knew that Airachnid was pregnant for several months. Soon, she reached in with a servo to grab Jack when suddenly a fat blue blur knocked Airachnid away from Jack. He heard two femmes screaming as the two of them fought to the death. Gathering his courage, Jack peeked out from his rocky hiding hole and saw Arcee fighting Airachnid. The both of them were wearing some modified body armor to protect their unborn sparklings (as well as their large breasts), but if the scene wasn't so serious, it would look hilarious. It looked as if two female sumo wrestlers with blades were fighting each other, but this time, the stakes were high. One wrong move; and the losing femme would have her sparkling (or sparklings) perish inside of her.

Jack was watching the battle when he saw Airachnid lose her balance and fall. Arcee prepared herself for the finishing blow when a loud screech caught their attention. An Insecticon appeared, and he rammed into Arcee. She screamed in pain, and then her servos flew to her womb. The Insecticon placed himself between the Autobot femme and Airachnid as he transformed into his robot form and stood his ground. He growled at Arcee, and then he approached her with his claws extended. "Hardshell, stand down!" called out Dreadwing as he flew down and landed besides the Insecticon. The Insecticon turned his head and looked at the seeker and said "Why should I spare this femme? She nearly offlined my sparklings!" Dreadwing gave him a cold stare and said "Megatron wants to have her brought back to the Nemesis alive. He said that he wants to have her as a mate."

While the two Decepticons were arguing, Arcee began crawling towards Jack.

"Jack?" asked Miko. "Hmm?" replied Jack. "What were you thinking?" she asked. He sighed, and then said "I was just thinking of Arcee. She managed to get me to safety before…" he fell silent, then started after a moment of silence "Before Silas got to Arcee and knocked her out cold. He smashed her head with his hammer, and he grabbed a hold of her before a Ground Bridge opened up and he dragged Arcee into it. I don't know what is going on with her, but I'm scared for her." Miko was silent as well, before she looked up at him and said "Jack, with what has happened to Berserk and Arcee, I'm afraid of becoming pregnant." Jack looked down at her and said "You're not pregnant, right? Because I'm far too young to become a father just yet." She shook her head, and then said "No, I'm not. I'm just afraid of becoming pregnant…ever. If two pregnant femmes have gone through what they have, then I want to be sterile. I'm afraid if I get pregnant, then something like that will happen to me."

"Miko, listen. If you ever do get pregnant, I'll be right here for you" said Jack as Miko shook her head, then said "Soundwave has rejected Berserk, and she had to live on her own for five months, and now Arcee is with Megatron. The both of them were pregnant, and now, neither Optimus nor any of us can get either of them back. What happens if I get pregnant and something bad happens to me, and you can't find me?" Miko was trembling at this point, so Jack pushed himself up and brought her closer to him, as he rested his chin on her head as he said "Shh, Miko, I promise that nothing bad will happen to you. I promise that I will always care for you, and that I won't ever leave you." Miko sighed, then said "Optimus has said that he would never leave Arcee, and now, look at where she is. What hope do I have if I get pregnant?" Jack said nothing as he continued to hold Miko close to him. He had no answers for her.

Author's note: I wanted to portray Miko as a little bit smarter here than in the show (for starters, she is several years older here.) There are also lots of fan-fiction out there where Miko is Jack's mate and she happens to be pregnant (I love those stories, by the way), but I wanted to portray her as being frightened of getting pregnant with what has happened to Berserk and Arcee. I also wanted Jack and Miko here as a couple that doesn't engage in sex all of the time (but…they do that when they're bored.) As for any possible sex scenes between Arcee and Megatron, I'm using a quote that I saw on the Simpsons once "TOMORROW NIGHT: ENTERTAIN YOURSELVES, DAMMIT!" or in my case "USE YOUR IMAGINATION, DAMMIT!" This line is purely for entertainment reasons.