Just want to take a moment to say. Thank you for all the reviews and also, if you're wondering at all about it; No. I will NOT be putting any type of slash in this story. (unless you count BlackarachniaxStarscream as slash) other than that no! Sorry. I just had to say it. I don't write Mech/Mech fics unless I'm joking around.

NUMBER 7 Bad Idea

Lockdown followed the signal of the tracer he'd conveniently slipped onto Starscream's wing when he'd attacked him earlier. At first he thought he might have missed his target but the little blinking red light told him otherwise. They won't get away from me this time. I've got them tagged. Now all I got to do is bag them and collect my upgrades. This should be easy, providing a certain Autobot doesn't get in my way again. he turned a corner, zeroing in on their location. It seemed to be in the more suberbane area of the city, away from the prying eyes of humans. For all he knew the locaton choice had been intentional. They're definitely making this easy for me. Maybe a little too easy. Now I wonder what those two have in store for me when I get there? He stopped and transformed, closing the rest of the distance in a more cautious manner on food. "I've been playing this game much longer than either of them," he said to himself. "I'm ready for almost anything."

He took a few more steps then a voice spoke behind him. "Stop right there. That's far enough."

He stopped and slowly looked over his shoulder. Behind him stood Starscream with his arm raised and his canon aimed at the hunter's face. By the look on the seeker's face Lockdown could tell he meant business. "Starscream," he said, turning to face the former second in command. "I figured it was you. Only someone as dirty as you would sneak up behind somebody." he smirked. "Where's the spider? You two have a falling out?"

"Shut up!" Starscream ordered, not liking what he was implying. "You should be worrying about yourself right now!"

"Why?" Lockdown asked then it hit him. "Oh I get it. You and her have something planned, don't you? You're just a distraction so I don't hear her coming up behind me." The smirk turned into a smile. 'Too bad for you two that I already know where she's coming from." he ducked suddenly and Starscream's vision was filled with the image of the fembot flying toward him, off balance because she had tripped over the hunter when he'd thrown himself to the pavement.

She stumbled forward then smacked into Starscream's chest. The things on her shoulders embeded themselves into it and she sucked out his abilities and filled him with venom. "No!" he exclaimed, trying to push her away. "You idiot!" then he fell over.

Blackarachnia got up and stared at his face. "Starscream?" she asked, "Are you alright?" her only answer was a blank expression. "No!" she exclaimed horrified. "I'm sorry!"

"Looks like you just made my job a little easier," Lockdown's voice said behind her. She turned on the bounty hunter. He stood a short distance away, smiling. "Now I only have you to deal with."

"Don't think just because I'm female I'll be easy," she snapped, clenching her fists. "Because female spiders are more deadly than the males!" She lunged.


Prowl had also picked up the signal from the tracer. It had been purely by accident because he'd been scanning for their energy signatures but picked up that frequency instead. He arrived at the spot just as Blackarachnia lunged at Lockdown, her hands smashing into his shoulders and knocking him to the ground. Prowl also noticed Starscream lying on the ground, seemingly incapacitated. Taking advantage of Lockdown and Blackarachnia's current preoccupation, he ran over to where Starscream was and knelt down, ready to slap the stasis cuffs onto his wrists. Before he could Starscream's optics flared back to full brightness and he grabbed Prowl's arm, yanking him forward and glaring at him. "Just what do you think you're doing, Autobot?" he demanded. He noticed the cuffs and smiled. "You're trying to use that trick again. Well let me tell you something." Prowl suddenly came off his feet and flew over Starscream's head, landing on the pavement a few feet away. Starscream stood up, dusting off his hands. "It's not going to work this time."

Prowl groaned as he pushed himself up. He looked at the tall Decepticon towering over him with his arm raised and arm canon aimed at his face. "By all means get back up," Starscream said. "I'll be more than happy to shoot you if you try it."

Prowl ground his teeth together. Suddenly he gasped. "Behind you!"

Starscream smirked at him. "Oh you don't really think I'm going to fall for that one do you?" he asked. "Because if you think I w-" the rest of his sentence was cut off when Blackaarchnia's body slammed into his back and knocked him off his feet. The two Decepticons hit the ground hard, Blackarachnia sitting on Starscream's back. "Get off me!" he shouted, raising his head. "What do I look like? A chair?"

She got up quicky, glaring down at him. "Well sorry," she shouted, putting her hands on her hips. "It wasn't like I could help it!"

He also stood up and noticed Lockdown and Prowl coming toward them. "Now's not the time for this," he told her, raising his arms. "We've got more annoying problems right now."

Blackarachnia glared at the two transformers. "Just what we don't need right now," she muttered and looked at him. "Got anymore bright ideas?"

He smiled strangely. "Funny you should ask that," he said. "Because I think I just came up with one."

She looked at him expectantly. "And that would be-" she began.

Without warning his arms shot out and shoved her toward them. "You distract the while I run away!" he said, already turning tail.

"Hey!" she exclaimed, regaining her footing before she fell into the other robots. She turned around and shook her fist at his fleeing figure. "Get back here, you coward!" she shouted.

"Looks like your boyfriend just dumped you," Lockdown said.

Blackarachnia turned back to the other robots. "He's not my boyfriend," she snapped, backing away from them. "If he was I would have dumped him a long time ago."

"Ah too bad," Lockdown said. "I think you two would have made a cute couple. Now why don't you hold still and make this easier."

She glared at him. "Haven't you heard?" she asked. "It's bad luck to corner a widow. They tend to lunge!" she threw herself forward and crashed into the bounty hunter, knocking him to the pavement.

"Get off me!" he shouted, trying to shove her away.

She came within inches of poisoning him when pain filled her head and she flew off him and hit the pavement. "Ugh..." she moaned, pushing herself up, her head in her other hand. A shadow cast over her and she found herself looking up into the face of Prowl who had kicked her. "You!" she exclaimed.

He stared down at her. "I advice you make this easier," he told her, his voice calm. "I wouldn't want to end up hitting you again."

She glared up at him, grinding her teeth in anger. "I don't give up easily," she hissed at him.

Prowl frowned. He really didn't want to fight with her but if he had to... "Then you leave me with no other choice," he said, reaching down to grab her arm.

"Get away from me!" she yelled lashing out with her foot and kicking him in the stomach. He flew across the pavement and right into Lockdown who was heading toward him after he realized that going after Starscream would have to wait. The two robots fell to the pavement with a clang.

Blackarachnia stood up, wiping herself off. "That should keep them down for awhile-"

"Get off me!" Lockdown shouted, shoving the ninja mech off. He got up before prowl and ran toward her, his left arm turning into a buzzing chainsaw.

"Or not," she said annoyed. She turned and ran, cursing Starsceram with every step. "How dare he leave me to deal with those two myself!" she grumbled. "When I get my hands on him I'll-"

"You'll what?" said a voice above her.

She looked up and saw Starscream hovering in the air above her. Before she could yell at him for leaving her behind, he raised his arm and shot at something behind her. She heard yelping and saw Lockdown and Prowl get floored again by his blast. She looked back up at him and he sneered. "You didn't really think I'd run off and leave you did you?" he asked.

Yes. She didn't say. She was a bit surprised he'd actually come back at all. She thought for sure he'd abandon her like he usually would. Maybe I've been wrong about him this whole time...

Starscream landed and grabbed her arm. "Let's get out of here," he said.

She was all too willing to do just that. "Yes. Let's."

Starscream raised his arm. "But first I think I'll make sure these two don't come after us again."

But, before he could fire, a throwing star flew through the air and clogged the guns barrel. "What?" Starscream exclaimed, looking at the gold star. He looked back at the two robots. Prowl's image flickered then went out. A hologram.

Blackarachnia looked around, trying to catch a glimpse of the Autobot ninja. "He's here somewhere," she said.

Starscream pulled the star out of his arm cannon and threw it aside, making a face. "When I find him he'll wish he'd stayed down."

"Forget about him," Blackarachnia said, pointing. "We still have to worry about the other guy."

Starscream looked back at Lockdown who by then had gotten back up. "You just don't know when to stay down do you?" the seeker asked, raising his arm.

"I could say the same to you," the bounty hunter shot back, rubbing the back of his neck. "But you wouldn't take my advice anyway."

Starscream growled at him then fired. Lockdown dived out of the way. The seeker ran at him, still firing away, while the bounty hunter kept on moving sideways to avoid the shots. Blackarachnia stood where Starscream had left her, still trying to pinpoint Prowl's location. She could sense he was close by but couldn't see him. "Come out, Autobot," she muttered under her breath.

She noticed some movement out of the corner of her optics and turned her head just as Prowl came at her in vehicle mode. She jumped out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit and turned to face him. Prowl went into standard mode and came at her. She kicked at him and he jerked his head back, avoiding the blow.

He retaliated with a punch and she grabbed his fist, pulling it downward. For a second their faces were almost touching then Prowl shoved her back with his other hand and the spider fell back a few steps, trying to regain her balance. The ninja came at her before she could but she jumped in the air as his fist came at her face and he flew forward, shooting underneath her as she shot upward.

Prowl twisted around while still falling and threw two ninja stars at her. She dodged them both then landed cat line on the pavement, glaring at him and clenching her teeth together. Prowl landed on his side and scidded back a moment then righted himself and ran toward the femme who had also gotten up and was running toward him.

Both bots met each other about half way and swung a fist at the others face. Both punches missed as they jerked their heads out of the way. Blackarachnia kicked Prowl in the stomach and he fell back but not before hitting the fembot on the side of the head and knocking her down as well.

She got up, holding the side of her head. "Hasn't anyone ever told you bot to hit a femme?" she demanded.

"Yes," he replied, also getting up, "but that doesn't apply to female Decepticons." and threw another star at her.

Her hand came up and grabbed the projectile. "Then maybe you should change your convictions," she informed him, throwing it back just as hard. "Because this Decepticon is not going to let you get away with it!"

Prowl dodged the star and lunged toward her. She didn't have time to move and he tacled her to the ground.

Meanwhile Lockdown and Starscream were still duking it out. Starscream was using his nullguns to block the blows of Lockdown's hook. The seeker realized the bounty hunter wasn't easy to defeat. "You're good," he said, blocking another blow. "But not as good as me!"

"You're right," Lockdown agreed. "I'm not as good as you. I'm better!" His other hand turned into a chainsaw and he dug it into Starscream's torso.

The Decepticon jet screamed in agony and fell back. "Slag," he grunted, holding onto the wound that was dripping blue mech fluid. "I forgot about that." He raised his arm. "Fortunately I only forget things once." he fired.

The bounty hunter ducked to avoid the blast then charged at Starscream again, swinging his chainsaw arm. Starscream waited for him to get close enough then grabbed his arm and pulled him close. Lockdown saw Starscream's smirk before he was punched in the face and sent flying backwards and into the pavement.

By then Blackarachnia had lost her own advantage as she struggled with Prowl on the ground. He was stronger than her and she couldn't get him off her. Plus she was getting worn out and couldn't keep this up much longer.

"Get off of me!" she hissed, trying to kick him away.

He took the blow without flinching then grabbed her wrists and slammed them down onto the pavement. She glared at him, wriggling around, trying to break loose. His grip didn't even loosen . Nothing she did was going to get him to let her go.

Prowl decided he had had enough of her struggling and used one hand to hold her down while raising his other arm. Her optics widened when she saw the EMP device come out of his arm and aim at her. "I did not want to do this," he told her. "But you gave me no choice." and fired.

She screamed when the beam hit her then went limp as her systems shut down.

Starscream had heard her scream and got distracted, turning his head and seeing Prowl getting off the unconscious spider. He ground his teeth and turned toward the Autobot. "That was a bad move, Autobot," he growled, raising his arm to fire.

Unfortunately for him he didn't see Lockdown get up and come at him from behind. All he felt was the pain from the blow and nothing as he fell to the pavement, unconscious.

"You never should have turned your back on me," the bounty hunter said, then knelt down and yanked off one of the seekers nullguns. "But this should pay for my troubles." he noticed Prowl and turned his attention onto the Autobot who was just finishing putting the stasis cuffs on Blackarachnias wrists. "You're still functioning I see," he commented, sounding like he couldn't believe it.

Prowl said nothing. He straightened himself and looked down at Blackarachnia, making certain she hadn't come back online, before he retorted. "I've fought Megatron. She is not as powerful as him." he looked over his shoulder and met the hunter's optics. "and I wasn't doing this to help you."

Lockdown shrugged as if he didn't care and pulled out the pair of stasis cuffs he had taken from the escape pod. He knelt down again and slapped them onto Starscream's wrists. "I didn't think you were," he said in a neutral voice. "That's just how it turned out." he finished up and stood again. "Now we have a problem. We both want these Decepticons but only one of us can have them. I am going to take them to Megatron and I know you want to take them to the Autobots." he folded his arms. "This is going to be tricky. One of us will have to let the other one have them."

Prowl lifted his arm and activated the EMP. "That somebody is not going to be me," he said flatly.

"Hold up," Lockdown said, putting up his hands. "Maybe we can have it both ways."

Prowl looked at him wearily. "And how do you think that?"

"It's simple," the hunter said, walking over to him. "I want them and you want them and I know you won't leave me alone until I give them to you so I figured." and here he grabbed Prowl's arm. "I'll just take you with me as a bonus!" and brought his other hand down on the back on the Autobots neck.

The Prowl didn't even have a chance to defend himself. Something hard and heavy smacked into him then all he saw was darkness before he fell to the pavement, senseless.


Starscream's senses swam as he started to come around. The first thing he was aware of was that he was lying in a completely uncomfortable position and felt cramped. The second thing was that his head hurt. His optics flickered then came on, showing him that he was lying on his side on the floor of... somewhere. What? How did I get here? Where am I anyway?

He lifted his head and looked around. He was in some kind of room or cell in what looked like it was in a space ship. He knew what Megatrons headquarters looked like because he'd been in it a few times and this room didn't fit the layout. He wasn't in the base yet, he was somewhere else. And to make matters worse, he looked at his arms and saw his canons were missing. That no good bounty hunter took my weapons! he thought angrily.

He tried to move his arms to a more comfortable position but his fingers gripped metal on metal and realized they were going to stay where they were. First he takes my weapons now I'm in stasis cuffs? This day couldn't get any worse...

Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by a moaning behind him. He froze then cautiously looked over his shoulder. Somebody was lying on the floor behind him. Somebody with black and dark purple colors. Blackarachnia? he ground his teeth. He stuck me in a cell with that no good femme?! All well. At least he would have somebody to talk to and manye it would make getting out of there easier.

He nudged the femme with his elbow. "Hey," he said to her. "Hey!"

The femme moaned again then her optics flickered and came on. She lifted her head and groggily looked over her shoulder. She saw the seeker looking back at her. "Mind giving me some personal space?" she asked, only half aware of where she was, but fully aware at how close he was.

He stared at her a moment then said, indignantly. "If I was able to I would have!"

"And why can't you?" she asked, her voice getting stronger. "It shouldn't be too hard for you to-"

He swung his leg back and kicked her shin. "I can't because I can't really move with stasis cuffs on!" he shot back.

She looked confused. "Well why in the world are you wearing stasis cuffs?" she demanded.

"It's not like I put them on myself!" he shouted back to her. "Are you even fully functional yet?"

She shook her head, clearing the rest of the cobwebs out of her processor and finally took a good look around. She saw they were no longer in the city of Detroit but in some kind of cell. "Did they have to put us together?" she asked out loud, trying to shift.

He glared at her. "I thought you liked being in close confines with mechs," he shot back.

"What kind of femme do you think I am?" she demanded.

"I don't know," he retorted. "What kind of femme should I think you are?"

Her optics flashed angrily. "I'm not like that!"

He raised an eye ridge. "No?" he asked, sounding like he didn't believe that for a moment. "From the way you act I wouldn't expect anything else from you."

"Well you're wrong," she shot back. "I've never done anything like that!"

He looked at her strangely. By the way she acted around all the mech on the ship, he would have thought she had a lot of experience in that area. "Never?" he asked again.

She looked away. "Never," she replied, sounding as if she was confessing a crime. "Can we change the subject? Now isn't the time to be discussing such things like if I am experienced in that area or not. We should be thinking of a way to get out of here."

He looked away from her and glanced around again. They seemed to be boxed in on all sides by solid, dark gray, metal walls. There seemed to be no doors or windows. It made him feel claustrophobic. He saw no way out, no easy way out anyway. "We could-" he began but she cut him off.

"Could you kindly move your aft?" she grumbled, trying to scooch away from him. "This room isn't that small, you know."

He looked back at her and got an idea. He reached out the best he could and grabbed her cuffs in his hand before she got too far away. "Maybe it would be best if we stayed close together," he suggested.

She glared at him again, not liking that he was keeping her from him. "I don't want-" she started to say then saw the look on his face and didn't finish her sentence. Instead, she asked him. "Why?"

"Because," he said, looking away with a haughty expression. "Maybe we can help each other get loose." here he looked back at her and asked. "Do you still have the key for these things?"

She thought a moment then nodded. "Why?'

"Well," he said again looking superior. "Since you can't use them on yourself I figured you could use them to free me from these things and then I can use them to free you."

She frowned at him. "And why would I want to do that?" she asked, suspiciously. "How can I be sure you won't leave me here after I set you free?"

"You won't," he told her then saw the look on her face and admitted grudgingly. "I might need your help so leaving you here might be a bad idea, especially if Megatron ends up being here somewhere."

She was speechless. She coudl tell by the look on his face that it had been hard to admit such a thing. Maybe he isn't as so bad after all... "All right," she agreed, after a moment. "We'll do it your way."

A/N

The fight scene part was so hard and freaking complicated to do. I'm not sure I really like it but at least I finished it. Is the story close to being done? Not by a long shot. Why aren't they on tables you might ask. Because I'm the author and I say I don' t want them on tables, that's why XD