The Insects Last Stand

I think last chapter I said this would be, where is thy sting. I was wrong. Its Predacon's rising. Oh well, sorry for being gone for so long. I was being inspired to write more stories. ON WITH THIS ONE

For the sake of it: I OWN NOTHING

It was late in the night. And as usual when the Autobot human couples want to enjoy themselves, something happens. But this particular mission was of utmost importance. Wasp was spotted coming out of hiding and tearing up the streets trying to find a way to leave. Optimus, The Twins, Bumblebee, The Girls, and Sentinel went after him. Prowl, Ratchet, and Bulkhead stayed behind to work on the Space Bridge.

Optimus had found Wasp traveling the wrong way on a one way street. Wasp powered through any car that came his way, declaring that the Autobots will never take him alive – er, online. Optimus had to use his fire extinguisher extensively on top of dodging toppled cars. So his chase was slow, but he could at least keep Wasp in his sights. "I've got a visual," Optimus informed the others over his com, "its Wasp alright. And he's making a real mess."

Bumblebee, with Rachael riding on top, came driving off an over pass and landed in front of Optimus. "What's his heading?" Bumblebee asked.

"I…don't even think he knows." Optimus sputtered.

"Then that'll make things easier for us," Rachael guaranteed them, "This part of town has a lot of dead ends. Wasp should be stopping soon."

"Let's make it a bit sooner, shall we?" Bumblebee put on the gas, and jumped over a car. With Rachael gripping onto his hood, Bumblebee jumped up and started to drive on the side of a building, catching up to Wasp. "WASP, chill out!" He urged. He pushed himself from the building and cut Wasp off. "We know you weren't the spy. We just-"

"BUMBLEBOT LIE!" Wasp hissed in his usual congested tone. "Wasp not listening. LA, LA, LA, LA!" He skidded around and took off again, down another road.

"SENTINEL, He's coming towards you and Sari!" Rachael alerted them.

"I already have him! WASP IS MINE!" Sentinel roared, jumped down from a building. Optimus and Bumblebee got out of Vehicle mode. Rachael decided to take flight. All three nearly had Wasp when BAM! They collided. Wasp made it passed them.

Sari flew down and slammed her hammer into the ground in front of Wasp, detouring him down another road. "Nice try Sari." Rachael applauded. "That way leads to more dead ends."

"Should we follow?"

"YOU'RE WASTING TIME SENTINEL!" Optimus roared.

"Never mind," Sari squeaked, "Let's stay here." Rachael nodded and the two girls flew over to the soon to be arguing bots.

Sari went onto Bumblebee's head, while Rachael landed on Optimus. "The attack on Ultra Magnus has spread chaos throughout all of Cybertron!" He restated excitedly.

"That's not your concern Optimus!"

"NO, it's yours! You have a responsibility to our home planet!"

"Not to mention a bunch of Decepticons to take to the Cybertron Stockade." Bumblebee reminded him.

"I don't need either of you glitches to tell me my job!" Sentinel retorted proudly. Then he seemed to shy back. No doubt he was trying to find a way to make himself look good after being wrong so many times. "Wasp…knows something about that attack on Ultra Magnus. I'm sure of it."

"The same way YOU were sure that WASP was a DECEPTICON SPY?" Optimus stressed.

Sentinel took a step back, a hurt expression appearing on his face. "I…I was…misled…" he bounced back slowly, "By some bad Intel."

"Not to make you feel worse about yourself," Sari started off apologetically. Her tine switched to harsh, "But that's putting it a little too mildly, don't you think?"

"Sari's right!" Optimus agreed, "If you would have listened and actually done your job the way you were supposed to, Wasp and the rest of us may not be in this mess!"

"No bot is innocent Optimus!" Sentinel was desperately trying to save himself and his diminishing ego. Sari and Rachael almost felt bad for him. "You of all bots ought to know that!"

The girls and bumblebee's eyes flared. They could hear Optimus's engine revving. "You got something you want to say to me?" He snarled.

"I think you know what I'm talking about!"

"ENOUGH!" Rachael roared. "Whatever bad memory you two are sharing right now, can wait!" She scolded, "Unless we catch Wasp and possibly get him some help, Sentinel can't return to Cybertron, and Ultra Magnus will remain unprotected!"

"And there's the possibility that that the Cons we have caught, could escape again." Sari added frantically. "We don't know if there are any more left on earth. They could try to spring them."

"Ugh..." Optimus sighed, "The girls are right. Wasp is the priority now. The only question is which way did he go?"

As luck would have it, the Twins called in with Wasps location. "Jetfire to Sentinel Prime. We have spotted fugitive wasp heading north northeast."

"Moving to intercept." Jetstorm finished.

"Roger that! On my way!" Sentinel sneered at Optimus one more time and then went into Vehicle mode. He skidded around and dashed off for Wasp.

Rachael and Sari took to the skies. They caught sight of the twins not far off. They kicked their jets into high gear and went for them. They managed to see Wasp heading for a four way intersection. "TWINS!" Sari called to them. "The intersection! Cut him off!"

"RIGHT!" They both flew down.

Wasp kept going straight. He was nearly home free. Fire and Storm landed into front of him and readied their elemental cannons. Wasp made a U-Turn and headed back the way he came. Sari and Rachael got in his path next. He was going to try his luck and barrel passed them. The girls brought out their hammers. They their hammers back. Wasp increased his speed. With a roar, Rachael and Sari lashed out. Their hammers connected with Wasps front bumper. They knocked him back into the center of the intersection. Optimus and Bumblebee barred the right road and Sentinel the left. They all moved in, restraining Wasp to his place. He drove in a circle, desperately trying to seek out a means of escape. But there was none. "PUT IT IN PARK WASP!" Sentinel demanded. "You're not getting out of here without getting a few dents."

He came out of Vehicle mode and readied his stingers. "Wasp never go back to stockade!" he declared venomously. "Never…"

"You're not going back Wasp," Optimus reassured him, "The spy charges against you were dropped."

"Stay out of this Optimus!" Sentinel warned him. "This is a dangerous fugitive! And I'm taking him in!"

"HOW IS HE DANGEROUS?" Sari spat, "He's more confused than dangerous. I doubt he could hurt a mech fly!"

"You want to bet," Wasp aimed his stingers at Sari, "MECH FLY!" She took a step back.

Rachael put her staff protectively in front of Sari, "Wasp, you shoot my cousin and I'll take you offline myself!"

"Wasp would like to see wing organic try!"

"WAIT A NANO SEC!" Bumblebee cried, getting in between the girls and Wasp. "There's no need for that. You don't need to run anymore Wasp. We know who the real spy is." Wasp blinked his pink optics with confusion. "You know…you're…going to find this funny." Bumblebee laughed dryly. "But the real spy – the one who tricked me into believing you were the spy – was LongArm. HA! Can you believe- GAH?" Wasp put a stinger in Bee's face. The yellow mech ran behind Sentinel and hid. "Hate to say it, but sentinel's got a point. I'd feel a lot safer with Wasp behind bars." Sentinel brought up his shield as Wasp shot at him.

"That's not your call to make Bumblebee." Optimus said. Wasp shot him next. Optimus deflected it with his shield.

"It's not you call to make either Optimus. It's mine!" Sentinel snarled. "I'm in command."

"On Cybertron! Earth is my jurisdiction!" The girls and twins watched as the bots argued back and forth. This was going to be one of the longest nights of their lives. "So it is my call."

"This is a Cybertronian fugitive! I'll enforce my authority as the…uh…Primer Prime!"

"Did you just make that up?" Optimus gasped.

"No."

"There's no such thing as a primer prime."

"It's a real term. Look – it – up."

"I'm not looking it up!"

"Afraid I'm right?"

"HEEEEY!" Sari and Rachael screamed, getting everyone's attention. "Can someone remind us why we're out here at midnight?" Sari snapped.

"Because we're chasing a dangerous fugitive!" Sentinel answered.

"We're trying to help Wasp!" Optimus strained, trying to drill the idea into Sentinels hard locked processor.

"Apparently not because WASP IS GONE!" Rachael roared. The bots looked at the center. Wasp really was gone. "Why don't you two glitch heads sort out your little feud somewhere else, so that the rest of us can do our jobs and get Wasp?" Rachael continued to reprimand. "With how much you two are arguing, it'll take us another two nights before we ever catch him again!"

"TWINS!" Sari shouted, "He went that way! Let's jet!" The twins nodded and took flight. Sari and Rachael landed on them and hitched a ride. As they neared Wasp, a familiar Pteranodon scooped him up. "Isn't that Swoop?"

"It is! Storm, let's knock him out of the sky!" Rachael encouraged.

"As you wish, Wingy." Jetstorm fired his wind cannon. Swoop effortlessly dodged the attack. Rachael swept her trident, sending a shockwave towards him. He looped around and continued his course for Dinobot Island. Jetfire tried to intercept him, but Sari pulled him back. Swoop was too low to the water. Jetfire could burn out. They watched as Swoop flew for the island. The four looked down to get confirmation to give chase, but once again Sentinel and Optimus were arguing. "Should we…stop them?"

"If they're going to keep arguing, we should move on without them." Sari advocated strongly. "Unless we do, we may never catch Wasp or Swoop."

"Then take me with you!" Bumblebee cried. "I have to talk to Wasp. I have to tell him I'm Sorry." Twins nodded. They came together and lowered a grapple. It magnetized Bumblebee and they carried him off.

"HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" Sentinel hollered after them. But the five were out of earshot. "I don't believe this! I've been over ruled by a couple of organics!" he exasperated.

"We both have." Optimus grumbled. "Believe it or not, they do this a lot. Whenever Myself or the others start arguing they immediately take over."

"And you allow this? What kind of leader are you?"

"The kind that listens to the suggestions of others and learns from his mistakes." He pushed passed Sentinel. "That's something someone like you could never hope to understand." Optimus went into vehicle mode and dove into the water, splashing Sentinel.

"OH NO YOU DON'T," He roared, "You aren't taking the credit for this one!" Sentinel dove in after him.

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Bumblebee, The Twins and Sumdac girls were right on Swoops Tail. Just a few more inches and they would have Wasp again. The Twins flew up more so that Bumblebee could grab hold of him. The yellow bot stretched out as far as he could, desperately trying to grab Wasp. As his hand started to scrape Wasp's foot, a funnel of fire shot between them, blowing the back. They all looked down and saw Grimlock and Slag. "Those two are going to be a serious problem if they follow us." Bumblebee commented.

"The let us to be handling them," Jetfire said, "You three go after flying robot dino."

"But yellow bumble cannot fly." Jetstorm remarked tactically.

"Between me and Sari, we should be able to carry him. NOW SWITCH!" Sari and Rachael flew down and grabbed Bumblebee by his hands. Fire and Storm let him go. The girls were jerked down a bit, but managed to get back on track. "When you guys are done, come looking for us!" Sari and Rachael put their jets on full power and went for Wasp.

"Is too bad we have to leave soon," Jetstorm pouted, "I am enjoying being bossed around by those two."

"Bumblebee and Prowl are such lucky bot turds." Jetfire snorted.

"I think the term is bat turds. Or is it bastards?"

"WHATEVER TURDS! We need to get organics of our own." They dove down and tackled the two ground dinobots.

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Swoop dragged Wasp down into a giant crater. He flew into a tunnel, vanishing from sight. The girls and Bumblebee landed on the side of the crater. The girls were out of breath. Bumblebee was a lot heavier than they thought. Bumblebee put his hands to his head and moaned. "Maybe apologizing to Wasp isn't such a good plan. He's not going to believe me, either way."

"Maybe he would if you would stop making excuses and just say you're sorry." Sari advised him.

"What if sorry isn't good enough? What if he just slags me and runs away?"

"We'll deal with that when it comes to it." Rachael said. "Right now we need to save Wasp first if you want to apologize."

AAWWHHOO! Swoop flew back out of the tunnel. He rammed his head into Bumblebee knocking him back and out of the crater. "BUMBLEBEE!" Sari cried. Bumblebee was caught by a friendly hand. Optimus's hand. "Boy, are we glad to see you!" Sari chimed. "Where's Sentinel?"

"Making his way up the crater." He pointed. The girls looked to the side and Saw Sentinel had reached the top. Now he was sliding down. "You two go with him and go after Wasp. Bumblebee and I will handle Swoop." They nodded and flew down for Sentinel. Swoop curved around and dove straight down for Bumblebee. He threw on his stingers and hit Swoop in the face, ruining his flight pattern and causing him to crash. Optimus jumped onto him, holding him down.

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With Sari and Rachael hanging onto his shoulders, Sentinel powered through the base. He was following a Trans warp signal his scanner. He followed it to the letter. Going down every hall, every corridor that the signal seemed to be coming from. He wanted to catch Wasp more than anything. And he would have ran his engines past their limit. He finally came to a door. He threw up his shield and held his sword at the ready. Sari and Rachael went behind his head and waiting for the impact. Sentinel charged forward and rammed the door down. No one was inside. Sari and Rachael went to the ground. There was a pod surging with energy and it had something inside. Or maybe someone. "Wasp?" Sentinel called.

"No!" The three looked up, "Spider."

"ARACHNIA!" The girls shrieked. Sari brought out her blades and Rachael her trident. "So you did survive!" Rachael snarled.

"I'm a survivor, Rachael. I have been for stellar cycles." Arachnia chortled.

"Look I don't care what organic monster you are," Sentinel struggled to say, "But if that's Wasp in there, I WANT HIM NOW!"

"Full of yourself as ever, eh Sentinel?" Arachnia mocked.

"You…you know me?"

Arachnia went into her bot mode. "I did once." She hissed.

Sentinel's processor beeped when he was trying to make sense of the situation. "A robot? With an Organic mode? EWWW! There is no way I'd ever have anything to do with a mutant freak like you!"

"Oh we beg to differ." Sari mumbled. Rachael twanged her trident nervously. The two were fully aware that Sentinel didn't know who Black Arachnia really was. But they didn't know how to tell him either. So they were going to let things play out.

Arachnia strutted over to Sentinel, appearing to mean no harm. "That's not what you said to me when you dragged me on your little treasure hunt to a decepticon war ship. You remember? The one with the unstable energon cubes? THE SPIDERS?"

Sentinel took a step back and pointed a shaking finger, "ELITA 1!"

"It's Black Arachnia now, Sentinel. Thanks to you and Optimus."

"But…I thought…you went offline."

"Well," she smirked, "At least you two get your stories straight."

He moved further away from her, raising his sword to create a small wall between them. "I never forgave Optimus for leaving you behind," he explained. And as usual he was trying to make himself look good. Even when he hasn't seen an old friend in such a long time, Sari and Rachael still couldn't believe that Sentinel would slander another friend. "It was his idea you know. And…and…and Ultra Magnus!" Rachael's eyes flared. "He wouldn't even let us go back to recover your shell."

Arachnia became crestfallen at the tale. "Then I guess no bot is innocent." She shook her head.

"I just…just…" He trailed off as Rachael flew up. She connected her fist with his face. She knocked him into Wasps pod, cracking it slightly. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"Don't you DARE BLAME OPTIMUS FOR YOUR SHORT COMINGS!" She bellowed, her fangs bared and eyes slits. Sentinel was taken aback by her tone. Sari and Arachnia just gawked at the fuming demon. "You always try to make yourself look good by slandering and insulting Optimus. You don't listen to anybody besides yourself. And to top it all off, you blame Magnus for your own cowardice?" She aimed her trident. "WELL I'M TIRED OF HEARING IT!" He trident started to charge.

"WAIT-WAIT A MINUTE!" Sentinel panicked, shuffling away, "What are you doing?" Rachael raised the trident. STOP!" And she did. Not because Sentinel asked her to, but because the chambers started to overload. The Trans warp field was malfunctioning. Rachael and Sari dove behind a control panel. Sentinel hid behind his shield. Arachnia scrambled up to the ceiling. The two chambers collided, shorting each other out. The chamber that Wasp was in fell forward, cracking open like a cocoon. Emerging from it was an upgraded Wasp. Only something was wrong. When he opened his mouth, gibberish fell out along with saliva. He couldn't form coherent words for people to understand. And when he moved, he twitched and fidgeted like he had some sort of glitch. He tried to step out of the pod, only to fall on his back. He looked like a fly that had been hit with a fly swatter. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM?"

"I tried to turn him into a techno organic like me and Sari here. But it looks like your little fall interrupted the process." Rachael eyes widened. When she punched Sentinel he fell back into the pod. It was her fault Wasp was like this. She did this. "Oh well, spilt milk."

"FIX HIM!" Sentinel demanded, pointing his sword to Arachnia. "Fix him!"

"Please! I can't even fix myself. So how am I supposed to help him? Besides if you want to get mad at someone, get mad at her," she smirked to a frightened Rachael, "She knocked you into it."

"That maybe. But that Trans Warp field was unstable from the beginning." Sentinel explained. Rachael looked over to him with hopeful eyes. "Even if I didn't bump into it, Wasp would have turned out like that either way." He raised his sword. "So in reality, you're the one who did this! You're the reason why he'll soon go off line."

OFFLINE! Sari and Rachael cried in their minds. They couldn't believe it. Wasp spent most of his life in jail, got chased through five different galaxy's, only to come to earth to be put offline. "So now what?" She shrugged. "You're going to slag your old friend, Elita 1?"

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY HER NAME!" Sentinel roared, charging at her. Arachnia dodged from side to side. Sentinel brought his sword up, barely missing Arachnia's chest plate. He then kicked her in the stomach, knocking her into the wall. Arachnia straightened her helmet, baring her fangs at Sentinel. "Elita 1 went offline a long time ago. Now all that's left is a disgusting shell that should have stayed offline."

"Then why don't you try to rectify that!" Arachnia launched herself forward, landing on Sentinel. Sentinel managed to keep her fangs from his armor with his shield. He jabbed her in the side with his sword and managed to roll on top of her.

Optimus and Bumblebee came running in and saw the fight. Bumblebee however was more concerned with Wasp. "WASP!" He ran over to the malfunctioning bot. Optimus went over to help Sentinel. Bumblebee dropped down to Wasp and listened as he gurgled in pain. "What's wrong with him?"

"It's something to do with the pod he was in," Sari explained rapidly, "Something went wrong and now he's going offline."

"WHAT! NO!" Bumblebee cried. He watched Wasp cough up more fluid from his mouth. His body was starting to become immobile. His color was slowly starting to fade from him. Bumblebee took Wasps hand in his. "Listen to me Wasp! You need to pull through this! You have to! There's so much that you need to do in this world!"

"Wazzp…tire…bum…bot…" He slurred languidly. "Wazzp…sleep."

"YOU CAN'T SLEEP!" He begged. "If you sleep, you won't wake up!"

"Wazzp…not…want…"

Wasp's optics bounced between closing and opening. He was slipping away. In a way, Wasp was hoping for this. Even if the charges are dropped or if he got to go live somewhere else, the nightmare of him being chased and being put in the stockade would haunt him for the rest of his life. Bumble shook his head, fighting back tears. "Okay…" he sniveled, "You listen. I'M SORRY!" He bellowed. "I'm sorry for everything. Getting thrown in prison, not believing in you – everything! NOW PLEASE," The tears came down, "DON'T DIE WASP!"

"Bum…bot…" Wasp whispered. Bumblebee brought his ear to Wasp. "You…oh…kay…" Bumblebee's eyes flared. That was the first compliment that Wasp had ever given him. Wasp's optics finally closed, never to open again. His body had lost all of its color. His spark was out and Wasp was gone.

"Wasp…" Bumblebee sobbed. Rachael and Sari dropped their heads. Sari buried her head onto Rachael's shoulder. Rachael rubbed her back, telling her it would be alright. As a result of this war, the first Autobot life was lost. And it happened to one who's life took a turn for the worst. Bumblebee began to rev his engine angrily. His anger rising. He looked back and saw Optimus and Sentinel fighting Arachnia. Bumblebee saw a sharpened piece of pipe on the floor. He picked it up and hobbled for Arachnia.

Arachnia had kicked Optimus into Sentinel. The two fell into the broken pods. Arachnia prepped her fangs to bite down into them. "Now I will finally take my revenge on both of you." She bent down over Optimus. He fangs were an inch away. "ARRRRGGGHH!" She cried. Bumblebee stabbed the pipe through her spark chamber. He pushed it in further and dragged her off of Optimus and Sentinel. He pulled the pipe out of her and rammed her into the control panel. Arachnia huffed and puffed angrily. She glared up to Bumblebee through her blurry optics. Bumblebee's expression was impassive. "To think…that I'd be…taken down by…a small fry like you." Bumblebee raised the pipe. Arachnia closed her eyes, accepting her fate. Bee then threw it into the control panel. Sparks flew from it, causing it to over load further.

"Let's go." He said emotionlessly. He dashed over and grabbed Sari and Rachael. Sentinel hoisted Optimus to his feet. Optimus wanted to help Arachnia. But Sentinel wouldn't let him. He threw Optimus over his shoulder and made his way to the exit.

{^!^}

Jetfire and Jetstorm had the Dinobots subdued. They heard the commotion coming from the base entrance. Bumblebee, the girls, and Sentinel with Optimus had dashed out. The girls took flight, while the bots went into vehicle mode. The twins took that as a sign to run away from the base. The Twins and Dinobots got up and ran from the ready to implode base.

As they made it to the top, they watched as the base turned into ashes and cinders. Count four Decepticons and an Autobot now added to the well of Alspark's. They all stood and bowed their heads in respect. Though Wasp and Elita had turned for the worst, they were remembered for the Autobots they once were and how much they will be missed.

Ending it here. More to come. Next is the human error Christmas chapter. Stay tuned. And yes I went half assed towards the end. LOL