Chapter Three – Holy Love. Darkest Lust.
"Jack baby" came a soft voice through Jack's mind, he opened his eyes to find himself sitting in a field.
"Jack" came the voice again like the blowing whistle of the wind. Jack closed his eyes briefly taking in a deep breath through his nose, picking up soft flowery scents. "Jack." The voice sounded more solid. "Turn around babe, I like looking at your face rather than the back of your head" the voice giggled sweetly, he turned around suddenly, finding Arcee again just over human sized laying down on her side her head rest resting against the palm of her hand her arm supported as it arched outwards, her other hand placed softly on the ground her legs were crossed as she smiled at him.
"There we go" she smiled. "As nice as your hair is Jack your face is much prettier" she giggled again, Jack looked her over for a moment in confusion, but as he questioned what he was looking it his mind shifted accepting it, he purred gently and crawled over to her on hands and knees growling like an animal, Arcee giggled more laying on her back her knees pointing upwards.
"Come and get me big boy" she licked her lips with a tongue he knew she didn't have, before he pounced upon her, her arms wide she caught him, the two embraced kissed passionately rubbing their bodies against one another growling and moaning like rampant animals. It was heaven on Earth.
"Mmmm, Oooooh Jack!" Arcee purred before letting out a gasp of passion as Jack pressed his lips against her neck then to her chest just above her breast plates, Arcee moaned loudly her hand grasping his rump her fingers massaging it lovingly, the heat of passion overwhelming all conscious thought, the primeval animal within Jack taking over him, he leaned back up to Arcee biting her neck gently causing her to scream in sexual surprise, this animal, this primeval instinct taking over her as well for their passion was a Luscious Monster, untameable uncontrollable wild and free.
"OH JACK!" Arcee screamed out in bliss, Jack grabbed her breast plates pulling them aside.
7:30 and the alarm went off. Wednesday. Jack opened his eyes in shock both hands gripping his clock intensely.
"FFFFFFFFFF…"
Arcee awoke from short sleep in the garage alone, June already done to work early that day, the night had been restless for her, her mind would drift thinking about her date with Jack that coming Friday, how new, interesting and beautiful she could imagine it. It felt very… Romantic, she would sigh gently to herself at the thought, Jack was her friend, her boyfriend, her lover, her partner in more ways than one.
Partner.
That word meant so many things to Arcee; love, loss, pain, passion, safety and vengeance. From Tailgate to Cliffjumper right up to her love Jack, she'd let down the first two, Jack only letting her release some of her frustration and freeing her of her guilt over Cliffjumper's and Tailgate's death, he had never even met them, but the way he spoke made it feel like all those years on Cybertron fighting that nightmarish war, Jack had been with her, on her shoulder, looking through her eyes, his words had been so strong, so true and passionate, she remembered she'd cried and broken down emotionally if she wasn't incapable of crying, or good at holding herself together, until she was left alone, Jack had helped her through so much emotional pain she would not let down Jack, not Jack, never.
Arcee picked up the sound of the shower. And the sound of humming, Jack's humming, she didn't know the tune or know whether or not he'd made it up, but she liked it, it was a soft slow tune, like something she imagined people slow dancing too, their bodies pressed up against one another moving in strange yet beautiful and hypnotic ways. There were many things Arcee would have liked to do if given the chance, but she felt silly, there were human things she couldn't divulge in them, Jack would think it strange, would he?
Minutes passed by.
"Arcee?" came Ratchet's voice over her intercom
"What's up Ratchet?" she asked as she waited for Jack.
"After debating with Optimus he approves that you can come back into the field, but I MUST insist you take it slow to start, please!"
Ratchet's words were both welcoming news yet surprising, he'd said "please".
"Okay who are you and what have you done with the REAL Ratchet" she quipped in a serious tone.
"Very funny Arcee, I DO worry about the health and wellbeing of this team I'll have you know. So I need you at base ASASP!" he said in his more familiar brash tone of voice.
"Will do Ratchet" Arcee had a sudden idea. "But ugh, could I drop Jack off to school first?" she asked as nice as she could stand with Ratchet, she heard grunting and grumbling on the other end of the call.
"Well it IS short notice, and by my calculations and your normal timing you shouldn't be TOO long, so yes go ahead. Drop him off at school then report to base."
Arcee smirked, she almost felt devilish at her plan, but she'd need perfect timing.
Jack walked into the garage his helmet on and his bag over his back.
"Jack I got some bad news." Arcee said as Jack stopped suddenly.
"Ratchet said I'm cleared for field duty, I'm back in the game"
Jack smiled behind his helmet.
"What're you talking about that's great news, now you can go bust up some cons" he said in a happy tone, he was happy she now had something to do rather than just wait for him.
"Wait but, how am I going to get to school, mom's already gone to work." He asked slowly. He heard Arcee let out a sly chuckle as her Sadie hologram came to life.
"I've been thinking about that actually." She said with a sly tone of voice. "Now come on I'll drop you off at school then get back to base."
Jack didn't know what she was planning exactly, but he had a clue, he smiled then jumped on behind Sadie as the doors opened, Arcee spun around and took off down the road the garage doors closing and locking behind them.
"Now Jack. Listen" Arcee said through the hologram. "I asked Ratchet to tune up the Sadie hologram a little more."
"How so?" Jack asked looking at the Sadie hologram as she turned her head to speak to him every so often, from originally seeing the Sadie program and from her initial upgrade Jack had noticed a lot of difference, her human body language was improved seeming more naturally human although Jack guessed it was half the work of Arcee manipulating the light particles of which made Sadie to a in a more natural human way possibly from examining other humans from her long hours of waiting for him outside of school and the KO burger, her body was thicker though showing more muscle tone and a generally bigger build… a bust, rather than being a skinny and he dare say it rather "bland" female body frame.
"Pat her back gently" the Hologram referring to itself in Third person was a little weird to Jack, but he did so patting her gently his hand… it didn't go through her he looked in amazement.
"How?" he asked suddenly shocked. Sadie or rather Arcee gave a quick chuckle.
"Enhanced light field manipulation, makes her slight "solid" if touched with enough force, though a punch WILL go through her. Try it" she said Jack could only begin to understand what she meant, he looked at Sadie.
"you sure?" he asked not wanting to hurt her. 'She's a hologram idiot, but still…' he mentally battled with himself.
"Sure go ahead punch her" Arcee said plainly
Jack shrugged and punched the Sadie hologram a gentle resistance at first but his hand went through the Hologram didn't falter, to onlookers if they saw him, they'd see a boy who had apparently just murdered a leather clad woman by thrusting his fist right through her stomach, Jack pulled his arm out in disgust.
"OH GOD!" he shook it violently as Arcee laughed.
"So how is she "solid" again?" he asked. Arcee understood that advanced science wasn't human's best strong suit, well not by Cybertronian standards.
"The hologram is made of light particles right?" she asked taking it slow, Jack nodded. "This upgrade increases the number of particles that Sadie is made of, the particles more bunched up together create a sort of heat a sort of barrier, this makes her "solid" in a strange way." Arcee hoped this explanation was more simpler, she turned her mirrors and the Sadie hologram to look at him, she could almost feel his brain working it out.
"So it's sort of like the particles in a gas, liquid and a solid?" he asked trying to bring the information down to his level. Arcee was silent for a moment.
"Yeah, yeah you could say that, the Sadie hologram pre new upgrade was like a gas let's say your hand went through her easily. Now she's somewhere between a liquid and a solid" Arcee was thankful Jack could get to grips with some information and twist it a little to understand it. If it were Miko she could have been explaining it in slow motion with pictures and charts and still leave the girl clueless.
Finally they arrived at Jack's school, Vince, Sierra and only a few others watched as Jack dismounted the motorcycle, the leather clad woman infront of her removing her helmet. Bulkhead and Bumblebee weren't here yet. Or were already gone, either way she wasn't detecting them, nor could she see Miko or Rafael. Perfect!
"Have a good day at school handsome" Sadie called out Jack smiled at her removing his helmet.
Suddenly before Jack could turn away Sadie reached out grabbing his arm and pulled him close, the new upgrade working its charm, Sadie placed her hands on Jack's thighs and kissed him lovingly on the lips. After a few moments Sadie released Jack,
"Been wanting to do that all day" she smirked before putting her helmet back on. "I'll pick you up if I can." She said before she rode away from the school. Jack just watched stunned.
"Wow" he said finally blushing a little then turned to walk into school.
Arcee felt very proud of herself the perfect plan perfectly executed, that'd give Vince and others to think about, and have people like Sierra not taunt or try and pick up HER man.
'Sierra' Arcee thought suddenly the name set a light a new trail of thought. 'Wait, Sierra is a typical teenage girl, a teenager, teenagers gossip. That means MIKO could find out.' Arcee suddenly realised the flaw in her plan stemming from the behaviour of Human teenagers.
"SCRAP!" She yelled out loud her Sadie hologram smacking her hand over her helmet in a face palming expression. Hopefully the gossip wouldn't spread and just stay between Sierra her friend and Vince. She hoped.
Arriving at the base Arcee powered down the Sadie hologram and transformed.
"Good morning Arcee" Optimus said in a friendly tone smiling at her softly as she walked up to him, Bulkhead, Ratchet and Bumblebee.
"Good morning Optimus" she said smiling as she stopped. She turned seeing Agent Fowler looking at them.
"Great now the gang is all here, we got a major problem" Fowler told them.
"What is the problem Agent Fowler?" Optimus asked in his usual tone.
"MECH!"
There was a silence, the Autobots had come to really hate MECH almost as much as the Decepticons.
"MECH infiltrated a high security army base using an advanced chopper to get the drop on Uncle Sam's boys and girls." Fowler began to explain showing footage that was taken via satellite showing MECH soldiers being aided by an advanced Helicopter.
Arcee narrowed her eyes in rage.
"Airachnid" she gritted her teeth, it seemed her and MECH were coming to better terms with one another. Something which made both her and MECH more dangerous.
"So it'd seem Arcee," Fowler said looking at her before continuing. "They broke in, killed many people took NOTHING!" he said in annoyance.
"Silas wouldn't attack and kill people for no reason Agent Fowler, he must have believed something to be there." Optimus suggested as he thought.
"That's what I got to think too, but I don't have clearance to know what does on in these places, The Agency have told me that if this base was attacked then the next likely one is THIS base" Fowler brought up the image of another base.
"I want Team Prime to ambush MECH and Airachnid, if she's there, and find out what they're looking for." Fowler said looking at the large bots.
"Sounds easy enough to me" Bulkhead said punching one hand into the palm of the other.
"Not really" Fowler said slowly. "A little more complicated than that big guy"
"Those tanks" Arcee said slowly, Fowler looked at her and nodded.
"MECHs own take on a "Super Tank" project the government were working on a few years back, never got the funding for it though. Plans went missing a few months after the project went bust." Fowler explained to them.
Arcee remembered during her, Jack's and Dynobot's assault on the MECH base those tanks were easy enough to destroy but for a human based attack vehicle it had some pretty impressive fire power, enough to damage even Dynobot.
"Alright." Optimus said. "We shall wait at the base in disguise, if Ratchet detects any other attacks on other bases, he'll ground bridge us back then straight onto the battlefield, hopefully it won't come to that." Optimus stood up straight after having leaned over to talk to Fowler closer.
"Thanks Prime, I'll make sure everyone at that base clears out."
"But what if MECH has people on the inside?" Bulkhead asked something none of them had actually thought of.
"Oh." The reality dawned on Fowler. "Prime the big guys got a point." Fowler looked at Optimus his mind trying to figure out what to do.
"Then we will have to be careful Agent Fowler, tell those people to retreat to safety we will arrive and take cover hopefully we will be able to keep the element of surprise over MECH." Optimus words gave Fowler some comfort.
"Alright Prime, thanks." He turned around pulling his cell phone out of his pocket picking a number to ring then waited. "Sir yes, we got confirmation from Team Prime, Optimus wants our boys and girls to pull out" Fowler instructed the President. He nodded slowly hearing the President's reply.
"Right, right yes sir, thank you sir." He turned around closing his cell phone. "The President sends his thanks Prime."
Optimus nodded slowly.
"How long till they're all evacuated?" Arcee asked speaking up.
"About thirty minutes tops, I'll be informed when they're in the clear, until then I think you guys should come up with a plan or something, in case MECH get the jump on you with something new."
Optimus sighed, MECH were inventive and Silas their leader was more a monster than some Decepticons, his goals of technological dominance hidden behind a false pretence of American Loyalty. "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" Optimus believed the human phrase was.
"Autobots, get some needed rest, we report back in Ten cycles and go over our formation and plan." Optimus spoke out as he turned to his Autobot allies. He turned back to Agent Fowler. "Agent Fowler, in case there is a spy at the base, is there any precaution that can be taken to make sure that spy is no longer at the base after initial evacuation?"
Fowler thought for a minute tapping his foot on the floor and held his chin with his thumb and index finger
"We could have a sweep of the base before the last choppers pull out." He suggested. Optimus nodded in approval,
"That would be great appreciated thank you."
"Anything to help Prime" he nodded a slight smile on his face. The Autobots separated to further allow themselves to recharge. Leaving Fowler, Optimus and Ratchet alone.
"Say Prime" Fowler spoke up. Regaining Optimus' attention. "Not that I'm complaining, but where'd all the Energon come from?" he asked pointing to the large stacks of the blue cube shaped crystals like substance.
"We found it in a MECH facility where we retrieved Arcee just over a week ago." He said looking at Fowler. "We went back to survey the area of MECH, but found a carved signs leading us to a large Energon storage area."
Fowler tilted his head confused.
"Carved signs, so what MECH led you to ALL THIS Energon?" he asked pointing to the for mentioned substance.
"No, from Jack and Arcee's report they encountered a Decepticon, of whom they had a brief fragile Alliance with." Ratchet said from next to Optimus.
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Hold up a second." Fowler raised his palms miming a pushing movement to pause the two Autobots. "A Decepticon that agreed to help Arcee and Jack, who ALSO marked a path to all that Energon. I think you guys have either hit your head, Arcee's wrong, or the Con was up to something." Fowler spoke out exclaiming his disbelief at the "Friendly Decepticon".
"I admit, I too was unsure if it were true." Ratchet began. "But I believe he was the one who contacted Wheeljack when we were in the underground cave, and the one who helped me during an attack from an Insecticon."
Optimus looked at Ratchet in surprise at the last part of Ratchet's sentence.
"You had not mentioned being aided against an Insecticon" Optimus said softly.
"I did not believe it needed to be mentioned at the time Optimus, but from what Arcee told me about the Decepticons "optical blasters" I…." Ratchet was interrupted by their human ally.
"Whoa, Optical Blasters?" he asked
"What's the best way to explain this?" Ratchet thought. "He can shoot lasers out of his eyes" he said bluntly.
"Cool" Fowler nodded in a strange acceptance of the idea of eye blasters.
"Regardless, I was attacked by an Insecticon and he used his blasters to cleave the creature's head into pieces allowing me to continue."
Fowler nodded slowly, not wanting to press any further, there was just too much at this moment to think about and a "friendly Con" was just a bit much.
The time was now. Fowler had confirmed the area had been evacuated and confirmed that a rough sweep had been taken across the base, no one was left. No one uncovered to be more precise. The Autobots had a feeling in their sparks MECH would have some men still in there hidden, but they'd have to do what they could. Their plan was for formulated.
"Does everyone understand?" Optimus asked looking across from Arcee, to Bumblebee, to Bulkhead, each one nodded.
"If you need us Prime, I can be there in Ten minutes with backup gunships ready to blow anything out of the skies." Fowler called out to the large robot.
"Your aid is greatly appreciated Agent Fowler, but do not put yourself at risk for our sake." Optimus obliged. Fowler shuck his head as he waved his hand and Optimus.
"Optimus you've helped us enough and by the Great Tall Hat of Abraham Lincoln I've got your back on this one."
Optimus simply nodded in appreciation.
"Alright, Ratchet open up the bridge, Autobots Lets Roll!" He ordered as they transformed the green light of the ground bridge spinning to life opening up the vortex as the Autobots rode through it in their vehicular forms. Ratchet turned his head as Agent Fowler ran to the base's Elevator moving up towards the platform above them to ready himself and others in case the Autobots needed assistance.
It was time.
Arcee had left Jack and June a message saying about their upcoming battle with MECH to explain where she would be in case she wasn't back to pick up Jack, evidently she got a simple "be careful" from June, and a loving "You better come back to me baby, or I'll scrap you in the afterlife" from Jack, she let herself mentally chuckle to Jack's reply. If she was going to come back for anything, she was coming back for him.
The Autobots were hidden scattered among the large base still in vehicle mode, under different complexes around the base. Optimus hidden within the main building's inside parking area, thankfully he was just able to fit. The wait was excruciating, the quiet the silence, the calm before the storm, they were uncertain of what to expect, but they'd stick to their plan to the best that the situation would allow.
The faint sound of Helicopters were heard in the distance. It was time. Arcee rolled forward slowly towards the opened doors to her hanger, she couldn't see anything except blackness of night, where ever they were, it's wasn't Nevada.
"Hello Arcee" came a familiar sinister voice, before Arcee could react a hand crashed through the door grabbing her. Airachnid. The sinister femme held Arcee up and pointed her palm weaponry at her foe, Arcee transformed breaking out of Airachnid's grasp only to be blasted knocking her back.
"IT'S AN AMBUSHED!" Arcee yelled landing on the ground and rolled back to her feet.
MECH soldiers came out of the surrounding area and fired at Arcee.
The other Autobots pulled out of hiding and transformed their weapons primed.
"How could they get here without us noticing?" Bulkhead yelled out.
"It's MECH Bulkhead they'll have their ways" Arcee yelled back dodging repeated blasts from Airachnid. "And what about you Airachnid!" she called out the femme holding her fire temporarily.
"Hmm? What about me?" she hissed dodging Arcee's return blaster fire while on her spider legs.
"Last I saw you!" she continued to fire speaking between shots. "You were becoming lunch to a hungry Decepticon!" Airachnid grimaced and presumed fire, the other Autobots busy fending off MECH units.
"My new "friends" are good at keeping picking up pieces of broken Vehicon." She said, Arcee taking note that MECH must have found Airachnid and put her back together using scavenged Vehicon parts, meaning MECH was getting better ideas of Cybertronian physiology, which was very bad.
"Scrap! So? You must be MECHS ATTACK DRONE!" Arcee yelled out enraging her enemy.
"I AM NO ONES DRONE!" she snarled in an animalistic manner as jumped shifting her low body into a drill and tunnelled underground.
"AIRACHNID!" Arcee yelled out in rage running towards the hole only to hear a solid metallic bang in the distance, a growing wail in the winds then pain as a powerful tank shell exploded against her on impact sending her crashing into the ground feet back.
"Arcee!" Optimus called out seeing a squadron of the for mentioned "Super Tanks" Fowler had talked about before. He aimed and fired his blasters destroying multiple of the tanks.
The helicopters were now upon them unleashing a barrage of heavy loaded bullets and missile upon the Heroic Cybertronians, Bulkhead stumbled back against the base's main structure parts of its crumbling under his weight, Bumblebee rolling to best avoid the rockets and missiles as he fired bolts of Energon at their attackers.
"Sir" came a voice next to Silas who was at an undisclosed MECH base. "Everything is going according to plan"
Silas smirked watching the event unfold, they had suffered a blow from Dynobot's surprising resilience and stay power, perhaps worse when they had fired an EMP device at him. Silas narrowed his eyes remembering it.
The Decepticon under heavy barrage as Arcee slipped through the ground bridge behind him, the large robot charged at their tanks before the soldiers fired off a multiple shot EMP at him. His body collapsed to the ground temporarily shut down.
Silas had walked out looking at the con on the floor.
"Pack him up, we'll get what we can from him" Silas turned to leave as the sound of shifting metal was heard behind him, looking back Dynobot had awoken snarling, growling, his body painfully shifting back into its raptor form, MECH soldiers fired off more EMP bolts, no effect the raptor stood up best it could and snarled at them, some got to close, and to Silas' horror the raptor roared out bring its head down picking up a group of seven or eight men in its mouth and, devoured them, their screams loud only for a moment as they were chewed up, cut to ribbons by its teeth.
The Raptor went on a rampage devouring everyone in its path, Silas had escaped thankfully, and with him was the pseudo-skin that once covered the raptor, it had technorganic qualities that MECH could put into use, however the base was ruined, they would have to go to another location.
Silas shuck his head looking forward, it had been a week or so since then, no sign of the monster again he knew it was still out there somewhere.
"This plan is working perfectly, is Airachnid getting the package?" he asked receiving a nod in return.
"She has proven to be useful after all." He nodded to himself watching the battle unfold to his delight, Airachnid. She had been found, and repaired, their deal was still on, they'd supply her with Energon, spare parts and Arcee, if she did them a few things in return. In turn they had even upgraded a few of her systems from retrieved Drone parts, pleased she offered a single mission for "free".
The battle wasn't going as well as the Autobots had expected, MECH was definitely increasing as a threat, their firepower was becoming more deadly to Cybertronians, the barrage of missiles and heavy calibre gun fire from the Helicopters coupled with the near repeated blasts from tanks, The Autobots were pinned down heavily, using running and ducking for cover techniques.
"Optimus?" Arcee called out look over to their leader. "What're we going to do?"
"I can answer that young lady" came the voice of Agent Fowler over her intercom.
"Fowler?" she asked in surprise, Optimus opened up his intercom system.
"Agent Fowler fall back the area is hot!" Optimus warned.
"I know that, want my advice? Keep covered, fire is coming in hot" Fowler said moments before the Autobots could over hear and loud sweeping noise before a precision missile strike brought down the Helicopters some crashing down upon the tanks overs killing MECH personal below.
Optimus looked from behind the cover seeing MECH's forces severely weakened. He sighed gently.
"You have my thanks Agent Fowler"
"Airachnid!" Arcee spoke out suddenly remembering her foe went underground.
"Arcee NO!" Optimus yelled out but too late as Arcee got up and ran to the hole that had been created by her tunnelling nemesis.
Looking down the wide crevice Arcee readied her blasters and jumped down the tunnelling going straight down into the underground of the base, Arcee landed on one knee with a heavy thud the concrete under her breaking.
'Where are you? You monster' Arcee thought in rage, she couldn't just wait there Airachnid could tunnel out from anywhere, Arcee ran in search of her enemy.
Arcee felt like she had ran the entirety of the inner complex and no sign of Airachnid, she was running out of places to look and the sense of dread filled her spark, perhaps her search would merely lead to another hole created by Airachnid as she escaped. Arcee couldn't think like that, she had to stop Airachnid, stop MECH from finding whatever it was they were looking for, Arcee stopped at a corner, the final passage way, she turned. YES! She could see Airachnid's thorax like appendage as she stood upon her spider legs, but no doubt the Spider had heard her feet pounding against the floor.
"Scrap" Arcee whispered switching out her arms for her blasters. "No use in stealth I suppose." Arcee looked back scanning the floor for any surprise traps. None, Airachnid wasn't normally so careless, regardless. Arcee turned around the corner and charged at Airachnid firing her blasters as she moved.
Airachnid smirked hearing the sound of the blasters and turned to face her enemy firing off a shot of webbing for both hands, which Arcee barely avoided, Airachnid laughed sadistically moving around the corner of the room she now occupied waiting Arcee, with her spider legs she scaled the wall and waited on the ceiling, she looked around the room in wait for the annoying Autobot, pieces of human machinery scattered the room, testing machinery and machines used for in depth analysis she had guessed.
Arcee rolled inside and spun around only to feel the full weight of Airachnid come down on top of her.
"We should stop meeting like this Arcee" Airachnid chirped in a sickening yet casual tone. Arcee struggled to break free of Airachnid, two of Airachnid's spider legs were striking down towards Arcee's head, who in turn avoiding the strike, Airachnid couldn't stop her as reaching out to restrain her head would release one of Arcee's arms. "Come now dear, just let it go, once your gone I will look after Jack" she chuckled smirking with her venomous fangs.
Jack. Arcee growled, she wouldn't let HER Jack become this monsters play thing. Her rage grew within her, her body shaking struggling Airachnid was beginning to lose her grip, Arcee still trying her best to avoid those deadly bladed legs. Finally Arcee yelled out and began firing wildly between her own and Airachnid's body, the blasts may have damaged her own body but has hit Airachnid's too, making her flinch, using the brief moment Arcee broke one of her arms free and fired a shot at Airachnid blasting the spider bot off of her.
Arcee jumped up to her feet and stared at Airachnid.
"What does MECH want Airachnid?" she readied herself for further combat as she asked knowing beforehand Airachnid either didn't know nor would tell her anyway.
"Now that would be telling Arcee!" she smirked, Arcee had guessed whatever they wanted she now had it hidden on her being, Airachnid fired off a sudden splat of webbing, Arcee quickly replaced her blasters with her blades and sliced through it a little sticking to her arms but it was no trouble.
The angered blued amazon charged at her demonic adversary, Airachnid fired off bolts of Energon only for them to miss as Arcee leapt into the air and tackled her into the wall causing it to crack, Airachnid retaliated pounding one of her fists into Arcee's stomach region then bringing the other smashing into the side of Arcee's head knocking the blue femme bot off of her, Airachnid stood on her robotic legs, her spider legs began to shift in new ways, one of her new tricks from MECHs upgrades. Arcee watched as the bladed spider legs shifted, widened forming ….
"Oh Scrap" Arcee stared in shock before dodging the barrage of Energon blasts being produced from the legs, the bolts came in hot and came in fast Arcee having trouble keeping the bolts from touching her, Airachnid laughed watching her foe attempt and dodging and hiding behind pieces of machinery around the room. The tech was sufficient cover, but she could hear as Airachnid made her way to the door her spider legged blasters providing her with more than enough covering fire to allow a swift get away, Arcee could not, WOULD NOT allow it.
"No you don't you Fragging freak!" Arcee tore the webbing from her arms sticking it to the machinery behind her as she arms shifted and twisted back into blasters.
Closing her eyes and mimicking a deep sigh, Arcee dive rolled out from taking a few stray shots from Airachnid's barrage and opened fire at her enemy aiming one arm at her spark chamber and the other at her new weaponry then fired her own Energon bolts, her body taking multiple hits after firing off multi-precision shots.
Airachnid screamed as the barrels of her new legs exploded knocking her off her feet and landing hard on her back, Arcee though damaged from the intake of the Energon bolts charged ahead continuing to fire a few more shots before switching them out for her arm blades, Airachnid pushed herself back getting onto her feet and blocked Arcee's sudden bladed strike, Airachnid gritted her metallic fangs in rage before pushing her arms out to the side lowering her own but more so Arcee's defences, Airachnid brought back her clawed hand intending a strike against the seemingly defenceless Autobot, with stiffened hand Airachnid thrust her arm towards Arcee's spark chamber only to miss as Arcee leaned back Airachnid to slow to react or figure out Arcee's movement until she felt both of Arcee's feet come up crashing into her bottom jaw flipping her off her feet and crashing down to the floor.
Arcee landed on knee and foot after her backflip kick, a little move she'd picked up from a "movie night" at base and had seen a man upon the television screen do it, she had kept that in records for a later date, Arcee narrowed her optics, this was it, the slagging bitch bot wouldn't get away this time. Arcee walked up to the downed Airachnid, perhaps now after centuries she'd have her revenge for Tailgate's death.
"You've had this coming you monster" Arcee said in utter disgust at the Decepticon rogue before her. Airachnid lifted up her palms firing off a blast of Energon Arcee barely dodged the attack, her distraction giving Airachnid the chance to get back to her feet and tackled the Autobot femme into the wall, Arcee cried out in pain feeling the concrete shatter against her body, she lashed out with a quick slice of her blades hitting Airachnid's arms inadvertently disabling her weapon systems, Airachnid her body fuelled by rage back handed Arcee across her face then took a firm grip of her body with both hands spinning to look at the other side of the corridor Airachnid pulled against Arcee's body and slammed her into the wall with great force damaging the "wings" on Arcee's back.
Arcee growled mentally her face showing the pain she held, Arcee pushed her arms in-between Airachnid's, reaching out she grabbed either side of Airachnid's head and pulled it straight into her own forehead a loud metallic crack from Airachnid's face, dazed momentarily Arcee brought her fist into Airachnid's stomach region making her lean forward in reflex similar to that of a human's, Arcee grabbed the back of Airachnid's neck then sent the sharp spike of her knee section towards Airachnid's face stopping suddenly as the Decepticon grabbed the pointed implement, Arcee looked down pushing down further on Airachnid's neck trying to force her face down onto the spike.
"YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS PLACE ALIVE!" Arcee shouted out her voice nearly breaking from her rage.
Airachnid gritted her now damaged cybernetic fangs both hands placed firmly on the metal spike, with as much strength as the fem bot could muster she began to turn it, twisting it to Arcee's agony and eventually tore it off from Arcee's body, the sudden release of restraint brought Arcee's knee into Airachnid's face knocking the fem out of Arcee's grasp.
Arcee knelt down holding onto the stump, though no Energon passed through it that didn't mean it's removal was painless, Airachnid shook her head as she stood up, the metal spike torn from Arcee's leg still in hand, snarling at the fembot Airachnid lashed out going to drive the spike through Arcee only for the her to reach up as she rose to her feet and grab Airachnid's arms, the two locked in a vicious grapple for power, Airachnid pushed forward against Arcee trying to get the spike closer to Arcee's neck only for Arcee to use this momentary movement to bring up her other knee and the other spike grating into Airachnid's stomach. The angered Airachnid used her damaged spider legs to hit against Arcee's leg trying to keep the Autobot on the defensive.
Arcee only had one choice, she let go of Airachnid's right arm the hand without the spike and brought back her fist, Airachnid pulled her other hand free just in time and brought the metal spike down onto Arcee's shoulder, narrowly missing her head to her disappointment. Arcee cried out her attack stunned as she grabbed the spike in her shoulder , and Airachnid wasted little time pulling at Arcee once more and threw her head first into the wall behind them.
Silas watched on through hacked security cameras at the fighting femmes, the other Autobots battling against the rest of his MECH forces. He knew this mission was all but lost, but that was a fair enough, testing his new equipment against the Autobots as a whole was a sufficient enough, he was pleased with the results regardless of possibly not getting back his desired item, or possibly Airachnid herself.
"See?" he said coldly, as he had been watching the battle unfold between the two hated enemies. "How even the evolved and technologically superior will turn to fight like nothing more than wild beasts when caged against one another. How the mighty will fall"
Airachnid lashed out once more not giving up her attack on Arcee, only for the blue femme to bring back her foot and kick Airachnid hard in the midsection, allowing her to pull her head free of the rock wall, Arcee ducked down below Airachnid thrusting her fist upwards as she jumped up into the air her fist cracking the metal plating of Airachnid's face as the evil robot hit the roof above them her head crushing the ceiling before dropping down to the floor, Arcee stumbled back still dazed from Airachnid's assault.
"I must say Arcee" Airachnid hissed in sickening delight as she got up onto one knee. "You're not fighting like your usual self, you're fighting more like a Decepticon, ruthless, merciless, not afraid to take a hit if it'll destroy your enemy, even trying to impale me against your knee, that doesn't sound like the Arcee I've known for so long, not the Autobot I know, that sounds more like … ME."
Airachnid's words had lost their venom, replaced by twisted satisfaction and curiosity, Arcee held herself steady, she had been fighting a lot rougher, but she didn't care, not when Airachnid was involved.
"When it comes to YOU Airachnid, all bets are off." Arcee replied to her as she regained her centre of balance. While this was true, it wasn't the main reason, her thoughts went back to Jack, with him having become as close to her spark as he was now, she utterly refused to let this Monster! Anywhere near him, refusing to let it exist in the same Galaxy let alone on the same planet, her determination was a blazing fire, she'd burn herself to near cinders if it meant snuffing out that bitches spark. Bitch. She'd never called Airachnid that before, wouldn't say it to her face either as the word would hold no meaning to her.
The two femmes stared one another down steadying themselves ready to continue their battle.
One would walk away. One would be left as a heaping pile of scrap.
Arcee drew out her blasters once more, Airachnid's optics opened wide, she'd forgotten Arcee's weaponry was still operational, before much could be done Arcee opened fire with a mighty barrage of Energon. Airachnid hissed trying to block the attack best she could, a stray shot hit against her chest the object of her mission fell free it's concealment. From the sounds coming above she knew MECH was about to pull back, she'd have to retreat now before taking too much damage.
Airachnid risked pointing her arm at Arcee, a final trick up her metaphorical sleeve, or rather hidden within her arm, a piece of her armor slid back as a single shot rocket lifted up and fired at Arcee.
Arcee saw the missile fire from Airachnid, not risking it she ducked out of the way and heard it get stuck in the wall at the far side of the room behind her, she looked back the missile unexploded.
"Scrap!" she'd been distracted she turned seeing Airachnid retreating, the object she'd dropped in her hand.
'Perhaps not much of a failure after all' She smirked, Arcee began to chase after her only for the delayed explosion of the missile to explode, for its small size the explosion was mighty vaporising everything in the room around it and creating a wall of fire that overcame Arcee and flooded the corridor overcoming Airachnid as she tried to escape, the fire burned so painfully, the shockwave from it knocked the femmes off their feet and pounding into the ground, though generally undamaged by it, both got up, Airachnid reached to pick up the object of her mission only for bolts of Energon to fly past her, Arcee had caught up, no time to grab it Airachnid got up and ran jumping she began to climb back up through the hole, Arcee followed best she could.
Airachnid found herself back up top, MECH was defeated pulling out, she'd need repairing, the Autobots were busy watching MECH leave as she heard Arcee coming from behind her, the mission was lost, but her survival wasn't, she climbed out fully and transformed taking after MECH and following them back to base.
"AIRACHNID!" Arcee cried out as she climbed out of the hole, the Autobots turned to look at Arcee then to the fleeing Airachnid.
"Arcee!" Optimus called after her. "Are you injured?" he asked worrying over her safety.
"I'm fine Optimus, I'm not as bad as last time" she reassured him. "I got the … thing" she said pulling out the container Airachnid had on her person. "Whatever is in the container is something MECH want badly"
Optimus looked at it, perhaps he should open it, see what MECH had wanted so badly as to sacrifice so many men and equipment.
'No, the humans expect us to trust them, I cannot betray their trust" Optimus thought to himself then opened up a communication link.
"Agent Fowler the item has been secured it is still within it container" Optimus told him awaiting his reply
"Good work Prime, this is going to put you into Uncle Sam's good favour for a while." Fowler replied a happier tone in his voice.
Optimus nodded closing the channel and looked at Arcee.
"I know I know" she began "Don't go after her on my own. But…" Arcee knew what Optimus was going to say and tried to argue only to be stopped with a simple raising of his hand.
"You retrieved the object of our missions Arcee, I can let it slide this one time, but in the future I do protest that you refrain from fighting her alone, if not for your sake. Then for Jack's" Optimus said knowingly. Arcee stared at her leader in shock, what had he meant by that last part? Did he know? How? Jack did mention he noticed Jack staring, perhaps he'd noticed something in both of them.
Optimus said no more on the matter.
"Ratchet mission accomplished ready the medical bay we've suffered minor injuries, open up the ground bridge." He said closing his communications again then looked at Arcee.
"I suggest pulling that out of your shoulder" he said plainly.
Arcee looked, she'd forgotten about her own spike sticking out of her shoulder she reached over and with a painful tug pulled it out. Optimus was right however, the injuries they'd suffered were only minor nothing a night's rest and some parts replacing wouldn't fix.
Soon enough the Autobots were back at base, Arcee looked at the current time.
"Primus is THAT all it is? I felt like I've been gone for much longer" Arcee said in surprise. She'd give herself a few hours of repairing then go pick up Jack from school and take him to KO Burger.
"Well you were in another part of the world Arcee, this planet does have different time zones remember" Ratchet said bluntly and looked at her. "And please STOP making a habit of getting parts of you TORN OFF! These aren't easy to replace or fix" he said in a frustrated manner.
Arcee scratched the back of her head in the same manner as Jack feeling a little sheepish at the moment.
"Sorry Ratchet" she said causing the medic bot to grumble.
The damaged Autobots took their turn in the medical bay, Bulkhead, then Bumblebee, then Arcee.
Optimus walked over to Arcee as she was in the med-bay with Ratchet.
"Ratchet" Optimus began gaining his old friend's attention. "May I have a word with Arcee in private, with your permission, please?" he asked knowing that in turn of patient Ratchet had the final word on the matter, something he was very happy to respect.
Ratchet blinked for a moment then looked at Arcee.
"Yes, she's in good enough condition, her wounds have healed her parts have been replaced." Ratchet said before turning to leave. "Take your time Optimus" Ratchet went back to his computer.
Arcee looked at Optimus who was watching Ratchet leave, who then turned his attention back to her.
'Oh Primus, here it comes.' Arcee mentally gulped.
"Arcee" Optimus began, Arcee was trying her best not to look scared.
"You know, don't you Optimus?" she asked softly.
"Know what Arcee" he asked in confusion, Arcee stared at him for a moment, perhaps he didn't know.
"What did you mean before about for Jack's sake as well as mine?" she asked trying to clear things up in her processor.
"I meant as you and he are partners and friends, he wouldn't want to lose you and neither would we." Optimus said his face looked plain as it normally did. Arcee imitated a sigh of relief, he didn't know about her and Jack's little affair.
"I'm sorry Optimus" she apologised in her professional tone. "What were you going to say?"
"It's about Jack" he began. Arcee stared, had something happened? MECH, The Decepticons. That Whore Sierra or that Slag heap Vince. "I've noticed him acting a little strangely lately, staring into "space" as they describe it and "spacing out". I was wondering if you knew anything about it?"
Arcee again mentally sighed, no danger, thank Primus.
"No, everything is normal as far as I know Optimus, he hasn't asked me about anything and he know he's welcome to" she said again in her professional tone of voice. Optimus nodded simply.
"Very well Arcee, as his Guardian I will take your word as the final truth, if you believe he is alright, then I am happy to accept that" he gave her a bit of a smile as he finished then looked at the reading next to him before looking at Ratchet. "Ratchet am I to allow Arcee to go? Her systems are green" he voiced loudly to his friend.
"Yes Optimus, you got yourself in the Medical Bay." Ratchet said without turning his head.
Optimus nodded and allowed Arcee to go.
"Thank you Optimus" she said smiling before she left to her room to recharge a little more.
Optimus had refused to say anything specific but the smile she had as she left, the way her saw her optics, that was all he needed, a gentle smile crossed his face before he laid himself on the medical bed.
Mighty doors pulled apart slowly as damaged helicopters and tanks rolled into the large facility. Airachnid having transformed walked in slowly.
"I didn't get it" she grumbled. She readied herself for combat in case of betrayal.
"Now, now Airachnid" came the voice of Silas as he watched her from the catwalk, the fembot looked at him. "There is no need for that." He had noticed her get ready for battle. "You are damaged, we need to fix you." He said simply. "When you are fully operational report to me in hanger 12." He said before walking off.
Airachnid hissed, she was not his pet, she was not his worker. But alas she needed repairs and they had plenty or parts from the destroyed Vehicons, some even customised for hidden weaponry like her new legs and the hidden missile.
She allowed herself into stasis as the MECH surgeons and mechanics removed damaged parts fixing them, upgrading them before reattaching them, they were getting more efficient at doing so, more quicker than the first time. She was pleased, as pleased as she could be. She walked outside the main complex looking into the night sky, it had been a long trek back and a long repair session, but again not as long as the first time they'd repaired her.
Airachnid slowly made her way to the allocated Hanger "12", the door was unlocked and she slid it open carefully, and walked into the darkened area.
"Close the door behind you" came the voice of Silas from the darkness, Airachnid smirked and complied closing the door behind her with one of her new spider legs, there was a mere click of the fingers as the lights came on. Heads decorating the walls around Silas and Airachnid, a little piece of home Airachnid called it, Silas was sat in the middle of the room by a large table which came up high from the floor, big enough for a Cybertronian to sit at, a meal infront of him and some cold liquefied Energon on the opposite side of him.
Airachnid chuckled to herself walking up to table and sat at a chair awaiting her, picking up the liquefied Energon in a reinforced wine glass. She took a sip through her mouth as Silas sipped wine, the look of blood was what appealed to her as some dribbled down his lip soon cleaned with his upper lip.
"Well my dear." He began "A successful mission" he stated in a matter of fact tone, Airachnid tilted her head slowly.
"How so?" she asked sipping her "drink" again. Silas cut up some meat and began to chew it, taking his time, Airachnid didn't mind to much she liked seeing the simple human activities, so strange to her yet not unappealing .
"You showed your new weapon upgrades were sufficient even at low power, and our new equipment is effective against Cybertronians, true not retrieving the package is a disappointment, but regardless two out of three isn't bad" he said his tone a little softer than normal. Airachnid smirked, she didn't know why she and Silas seemed to click, but something did.
"And I take it I've received further upgrades?" she asked receiving a nod from her all so generous host. "Good" she smirked sipping her Energon a bit more.
"I can't have you damaged beyond repair can I? Best way to keep that from happening is to keep you offensive" he said again plainly his voice near devoid of emotion as he looked at the meat he cut into, only looking up when he heard Airachnid deploy her spider legs, all eight of them two had come from her first upgrade prior to her battle with Dinobot.
He looked up seeing her walk over the table and towards him putting her fingers around his head and bringing her face towards his, she smirked a large toothy grin more and more of her teeth were becoming monstrous, but she cared little for it, Silas was unconcerned and unafraid.
Airachnid moved closer and pressed her lips to his, the two secret lovers embraced one another in their sick twisted passion moaning into the others mouth, Airachnid moved one finger between her lovers legs and began stroking him, enjoying the feel at her fingertip and enjoying the warm sound from his mouth.
Their love was an unholy thing born from the depths of Hell and nursed among the breast of insanity, but they cared little to naught, they shared the same goals, in this twisted world and with twisted logic they could trust one another, and that was good enough for them.
For during her battle with Arcee, she too fought for her lover, Her Silas, without Arcee MECH would be one step closer to achieving domination, domination over the Autobots, over the Decepticons.
MECH one day would rule, and Airachnid would be there with them, with him by his side laughing together over their crushed enemies watching their metallic bodies rust crumble and burn.
They would rule together, Silas would make sure to that.