Finally! Done! Now, I'm going to shut up and let you read the story. ^-^
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The entire ship was shaking. "Arcee! What is going on?!" Ratchet yelled through a comm. link.
"We're under attack by Insecticons" she responded, and opened a comm. link to Megatron immediately. "Megatron! We're under attack!"
"I noticed, I'm on my way. Shockwave is on his way as well, and so is Soundwave" he said, but didn't get an immediate response, because another blast hit and Arcee fell down.
"Hurry!" she yelled. Megatron didn't waste any time on confirming, but flew as fast as he could instead. Meanwhile, Arcee opened another comm. link, one to the entire team, and the (former) Decepticons. "Guys," she said, "We're under attack. I'm bridging you back immediately."
"Don't have to bridge me, Arcee, I'm already here" Ultra Magnus said.
"Who's attacking?" Wheeljack asked.
"Airachnid's army, but the spider herself seems to be missing" she said as she looked out of the window.
"I'm not surprised," Knockout said, "last time she attacked the warship, she was nowhere to be seen."
"That wretch flees with every opportunity she sees" Starscream added.
"Yeah, well the moment she'll show her face I'll shoot it off her body" the angry femme said as she opened the groundbridge to let Wheeljack through.
"Primus" he said as he looked out the window, "That's a lot of bugs."
"And you haven't seen them up close" Bulkhead said as he walked- ran- in with Starscream.
"You guys okay?" Arcee asked without taking her eyes off the screen.
"Of course they are" Wheeljack said, " 'Bulk can take enough punches for the two of them."
"Well, as long as they weren't bitten, I'm not concerned" she said as another groundbridge opened to let Smokescreen through. A sudden increase of explosions drew their attentions, especially because they weren't the ones exploding.
"It's Megatron" Starscream said, seeing the Cybertronian jet fly outside.
"Well I say we go give him a hand" Smokescreen said.
"Now there's a good idea" Megatron said. You could almost see his typical grin.
"I'm already on my way" Bumblebee said through the comm. link.
"Be careful" Ratchet said, "The cure is far from complete."
"Shockwave," Arcee said while the rest left, "I'm bridging you directly to the med. bay."
"No, right now he's needed more on the field than in there" Megatron said.
"Understood." Concluding she had no further business on the bridge, she left to join the team.
oOoOoOo
Outside was a mess. Insecticons were all over the place, both dead and alive ones. So when Arcee got there, she shot the first Insecticon she saw, straight in the spark. Another one down, a countless more to go. A small group saw her, and flew towards her. "Energonnn…" they growled.
"Scrap!" she said, and jumped back while shooting them. Five more, four, three, now only two… But she couldn't shoot them anymore. They were too close, and jumped on top of her. She tried to get free, but they were too heavy. Only a second later, she was surprised by a sudden blast and a light on the backs of the Insecticons. They fell next to her on the floor. When she sat up, she saw Starscream standing a bit further away, arm pointed towards her, rocket launched. "Thank you" she said, and he nodded.
"No problem." But there were still hundreds of them flying over the place. They got into fighting positions, and shot as many Insecticons as possible. Side by side, backs against each other, she fought with her second least favourite person in the universe. But she didn't waste any time on thinking how much she hated him. She thought about survival, for herself, her planet and her team. She started to realise as well that Starscream was becoming a part of that team. 'Dammit, Arcee, focus!' she thought.
A bit further away from them were Ultra Magnus and Megatron, battling some more Insecticons hand to hand. "Megatron, I need a hand!" Ultra Magnus said. An Insecticon was pushing him back, until he almost fell off the ship. A blast from behind him saved him, however, Megatron was standing in front of him. He turned around, and saw Shockwave standing down below. The two nodded to each other, and Shockwave started to climb up the ship. Ultra Magnus gave him the cover he needed, and he was up not that much later.
"Where's Soundwave?" Megatron asked. His question was answered immediately by the black drone flying over the scene. He fired at some more Insecticons, the ones that were targeting Wheeljack and Bulkhead.
"Thank you!" The big green 'bot said in return. He in his turn smashed the bug that wanted to attack Wheeljack, who threw a grenade. That grenade exploded in the middle of a group flying Insecticons attacking Bumblebee and Smokescreen.
"Guys," Smokescreen said, "I think we could really use those relics now."
"I'm on it!" Knockout responded through the comm. link.
"Thank y- ouch!" he half-responded when another Insecticon jumped him. 'Okay, mental note: Don't get distracted' he thought. Shockwave saw this and ran towards him, shooting the Insecticon. The bug fell off the ship, transforming too late and crashing into the ground.
"Are you harmed?" Shockwave asked.
"No, I'm fine. Just a bit shaked up." The scientist nodded, and continued shooting their enemies.
"Relics, coming through!" Knockout yelled as he entered the scene. He was carrying the Phase Shifter, the Apex Armour, the Polarity Gauntlet and the Resonance blaster. Smokescreen went for the Phase Shifter immediately, Bumblebee took the Polarity Gauntlet, the Apex Armour went to Starscream and Smokescreen gave the Resonance blaster to Soundwave.
"I've had a first-hand look of how handy you are with this thing." Soundwave nodded, and took the weapon. Bumblebee started to swing them away, Smokescreen made them run into each other (which was a pretty funny sight), Soundwave blasted them off the ship, and Starscream beat the scrap out of them. But it was hard to hit them in the right places. Just swinging them back wasn't nearly enough. They simply kept on flying back, getting closer each and every time.
"We need something else" Arcee said.
"Knockout" Ultra Magnus said as he smashed another Insecticon, "go to the bridge and ask the Predacons for help. And bridge them here, instead of making them fly all the way."
"Understood, I'm on my way" he responded. Knockout was already in the corridors again, making his way towards the bridge. He decided to transform and drive, what was ten times faster.
"Knockout" Ratchet said through a comm. link, "how's the situation outside?"
"In one word: messy. There were more Insecticons than I can count."
"And Shockwave? Has he arrived?"
"Yeah, but trust me when I say that his help is needed more outside. They can use every help they can get."
"How about the Predacons?"
"I'm on my way to the bridge right now, going to ask them for help."
"Good, and when you're done, please come back to the med. bay. I think I might have an idea for the cure."
"Copy that" he responded, and said nothing more. He had arrived at the bridge, and went straight to the communication panel. Pressing some buttons, he tried to contact the Predacons. "Hello? Predaking? Darksteel, Skylinx? Anyone there?"
"This is Predaking. Knockout, is that you?" he responded.
"Yeah, and we have a problem. We're under attack by infected Insecticons."
"Has any of you been infected yet?"
"No, not yet. But we'll all be if we don't get any help soon."
"We're on our way."
"Wait, I'll open a groundbridge straight into the battle zone. I just need your coordinates."
"I'm sending them now" another voice said. Knockout saw them appear on the screen and opened a groundbridge immediately.
"Thank you" he said as he heard them walking through the portal.
oOoOoOo
Arcee was covering for her team, when she saw a groundbridge appear. The three Predacons flew through, and shot fire to the Insecticons immediately. The heat was so intense that she could feel it from where she was standing. It reminded her of the summer on Earth, in Jasper.
After the Predacons had arrived, things were over as quick as they had started. They were making sure every Insecticon was dead, and Ultra Magnus was thanking everyone for their help.
"Smokescreen, are you all right?" Bulkhead suddenly asked him. The 'bot did looked strange, optics less bright than usual.
"Yeah, just a little… dizzy." He suddenly fell to the ground, straight on his behind, and muttered: "I just need to sit for a moment…" Wheeljack ran over to him, and did a quick check.
"Uh-oh" he said quietly. "Doc, we have a problem" he said through a comm. link.
"What's the situation?" Ratchet responded.
"Bad, really bad" he said as he was watching the small bite-mark on Smokescreen's arm.
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I feel so evil right now… :D
And I am absolutely sorry *again*, but with those fragging exams coming up, I won't be able to write that much. *inner voice: Like that's going to make a difference… me: SHUT IT!"
But I plan on writing a lot during the summer, so I'll make it up to all of you! *please forgive me*
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