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Jack was becoming increasingly worried about Bumblebee. After the scout had finally stopped gagging from Airachnid's acid he had been completely silent. The human knew that the acid must have caused the Autobot a lot of pain – his own arm was still stinging from it – but every time that Jack asked Bumblebee if he was okay, the only answer he received was silent.

"'Bee please answer me," Jack tried again. "Are you okay?"

"Y-ye-yes," Bumblebee managed to beep out. Scrap he hadn't felt this much pain in his throat since Megatron had torn out his voice box! "A-ar-are you o-okay?"

"Maybe you shouldn't, umm, speak 'Bee," Jack said, not missing the expression of pain in Bumblebee's optics. The teen shifted a bit and noticed that the webbing trapping him wasn't as tight as it had been before.

Maybe if he could get them to loosen a bit more, he could get out. And then he could help Bumblebee get out of his webbing and they could escape. The only problem with the plan was Airachnid. The femme was currently gone and there was no telling when she could reappear. If she caught them trying to escape, Jack had a feeling that it would end badly for him and Bumblebee. But still they couldn't just stay trapped here. Arcee would come eventually, but how much more torture would he and 'Bee have to go through before then? It would be better for them to get out now and find Arcee.

With his mind made up, Jack started to wriggle out of the webbing while keeping a close eye on the area where Airachnid usually entered. After what felt like several minutes he was able to get his arms and hands free and started to work on trying to get the remaining webbing off of his legs. A few minutes later he finally got it off and he hurried over to Bumblebee. Immediately he started to tug at the webbing that was holding the scout hostage.

"Come on Bumblebee, let's get out of here."


It had taken them longer to get the webbing off of Bumblebee than Jack had expected and it was a miracle that Airachnid hadn't shown back up yet. Now all they had to do was find their way out of wherever they were being held. Bumblebee glanced around until he saw a small opening in the ceiling. It was too small for him to fit through, but it was large enough for Jack to get out. When the teen got out he could go get help – Bumblebee thought he could hold off Airachnid long enough for backup to arrive – all he had to do was communicate his plan to Jack. The scout lifted the teen up to the opening, which caused Jack to look at him in confusion. Bumblebee used his free hand to point at Jack and then at the opening, hoping that the human would get the message.

"You want me to go through there?" Jack asked to which Bumblebee responded with a nod. "But what about you?"

Bumblebee let out a small warble to indicate that he would be fine.

"I'll find Arcee as soon as I get out. I have my phone, but I don't have any service down here. As long as it's still working I should be able to call her as soon as I can get a signal."

The scout gave Jack a thumbs up before he crawled through the opening and out of his line of sight. Now he just had to wait for Jack to get Arcee. If he was lucky it wouldn't take long and by the time Airachnid returned, he'd be long gone. But as the sound of drilling filled the room, he realized that toady it seemed luck was anything but on his side.


Jack had dove behind a rock when he had heard the sound of an approaching helicopter. Airachnid was now drilling her way back down to where Bumblebee was still at. If he didn't hurry and call Arcee, the scout was going to be in deep trouble. He pulled out his cellphone and punched in the numbers as quick as he could. Fortunately Arcee answered after one ring.

"Arcee you have to get here fast!" he quickly said.

"Jack what happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Bumblebee helped me get out, but now Airachnid's back and Bumblebee is still trapped down there with her."

Arcee was silent for a moment before she responded, "Jack, I'm on my way. I'm having Ratchet send a GroundBridge for you. You're going through it, no arguing."

"Fine," he replied. He could tell by Arcee's tone that even attempting to argue with her would be a bad idea. While he wanted to stay to see that Bumblebee was fine, he figured that it would be better to put his partner's mind at ease for at least one thing. "Just be careful Arcee."

"I will be," Arcee promised as she sped off towards the location where Jack had called her from.

By the time she had got there, Jack was gone. She felt a small bit of relief knowing that her human partner was safe back at base and away from where Airachnid could get him, but that relief was overshadowed by the worry she currently had for Bumblebee. Arcee knew that as far as Airachnid knew, Bumblebee had no ties to her, and because of that the Decepticon wouldn't hesitate to make Bumblebee pay now that she no longer had Jack. Arcee jumped into the hole that led to the underground cave that Jack and Bumblebee had been held prisoner in. The first sight that greeted her was energon splattered across the floor. Whose energon it was she could only guess.

Please be alright Bumblebee, Arcee thought to herself as she brought out her blasters and continued to walk down the corridor.

"Well it's about time you got here Arcee."

Arcee spun around to see Airachnid standing behind her.

"Where's Bumblebee?"

"The scout? I've taken care of him," the sadistic smirk on her face sent chills through Arcee.

"What did you do to him!"

"Why don't you see for yourself," the femme gestured behind Arcee.

Arcee hesitated, but eventually turned around and walked in the direction Airachnid had pointed. She wanted to attack her foe right then and there for all she had done, but the more rational side of her told her to see what had happened to Bumblebee. But the moment she finally saw him, her rage consumed her.

"Airachnid!"

She spun around to lunge towards the spider femme, but she was already gone. Arcee knelt down next to Bumblebee's broken body and placed her hand on his head. Bumblebee's optics dimly swiveled back online and he looked up at her.

"'C-Cee?" he managed to faintly beep out.

"I'm here 'Bee. You're okay," she assured.

"Hurts."

"I know. Don't try to talk. I'm going to comm Ratchet so we can get you out of here and fixed."

Arcee glanced down at Bumblebee's wounds. Slashes marred his yellow armor and blue energon was still rapidly oozing from them. His right arm looked like it was about to fall off and there was a large gash on his chest that had her a bit worried.

"Just stay online for me until Ratchet can look over you, okay?"

"O-okay."

"Ratchet we need a GroundBridge and Bumblebee needs medical attention," Arcee said through the comm while keeping her optics on Bumblebee.

When the GroundBridge opened up Arcee carefully helped Bumblebee up and let him lean against her to support his weight. She couldn't help but notice how exhausted he looked. As the two of them headed through the GroundBridge, Arcee couldn't help but wish that Airachnid hadn't fled so she could have made her pay. It made no sense that Airachnid had fled like that when she could have attacked while she was checking on Bumblebee. She knew the reason couldn't be good, but she didn't have time to focus on that right now, Bumblebee was barely hanging on.