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It was around 1:22AM.
Arcee sped through the lone ribbon of tarmac in between the many canyons of Nevada.
She was distressed. To say the least.
"I'm going crazy." She said to herself as she turned off the main road towards the same abandoned parking lot she was in before she picked Jack up from work. Before he washed her.
Arcee scanned her surroundings before transforming into her robot form.
She looked down at the dirt lot, noticing her old tire marks she had left.
Arcee sighed and walked around the lot, lost in her own thoughts.
Her thoughts however were a mess. It made her head hurt the more she thought of what she did.
But then she thought of something. Someone.
Airachnid.
A tinge of fury went through Arcee. But then she froze.
That's what did it. Her anger towards Airachnid killed Jack.
Arcee sat down against a rock wall and looked up at the sky. Her servos were loosly beside her. She was as relaxed as she could get at the moment.
She looked up at the stars and towards the general direction of Cybertron.
"Nice isn't it?"
Arcee jumped to her feet and found...
"Bulkhead?" Said Arcee with surprise. She then relaxed. "How did you sneak up on me?"
"Me? Sneak?" asked Bulkead before laughing. "You give me too much credit Arcee."
Arcee smiled slightly.
Bulkhead sat down on the ground. "It looks to me like you were zoned out." He said.
Arcee sighed and took a seat next to Bulkhead. "I guess I was Bulk."
Arcee then noticed something. "Shouldn't you be at the base? Y'know incase Bee needs backup?"
"It's fine. Ratchet will just send a groundbridge here and then another one to Bee. No problem."
Arcee shrugged in understanding.
"You okay?" He asked.
Arcee scoffed before resting her helm against her servo.
"Of course not." She said as she stared at the ground between her pedes.
"I killed the person I loved with my rage." Whispered Arcee.
Bulkhead stared at Arcee. "You loved him too?"
Arcee nodded solemnly.
Silence passed for a few seconds.
"Jack wouldn't have wanted to see you like this, Cee." Said Bulkhead.
Arcee glanced at Bulkhead before returning her gaze at the floor.
Bulkhead pressed on.
"He said he wasn't mad for what you did."
Arcee scoffed again.
"Yeah right." She said dryly. "He should be every bit as mad at me for what I did. I know I am."
"That's your problem Cee." Said Bulkhead.
Arcee looked over to him. "Problem?" She asked.
"You never let go. You have too much pent up aggression, especially towards Airachnid. I mean I know I have an I.Q of a single digit but even I can see what the issue is." Said Bulkhead.
Arcee sat in silence. Thinking.
"He did feel sorry for you Cee. For the anger you had."
Arcee sighed before speaking.
"It's hard to ignore the person who killed Tailgate in cold blood and who almost killed me, is in our base Bulkhead. She is ruthless, sadistic and is proud to boast those facts to everyone."
Bulkhead remained silent.
"I owe it to all the people she's killed, Including Tailgate. To end her life." Said Arcee with a clenched and slightly trembling servo. "But she always wins. She always gets what she wants. Well...except for killing me and Jack. And I guess my losing streak has had an effect on my temper."
Bulkhead looked back at the stars.
"If she wanted to kill Jack, why couldn't she?"
Arcee froze.
"And why after learning about Jack's death was she so torn up about it? Why was she crying?"
Arcee was looking at Bulkhead with wide optics.
"She cried?" Asked Arcee. "Airachnid wouldn't be caught dead crying."
Bulkhead got up from the ground. "Well she was. Right after you left."
...
Airachnid stared at the tunnel to the entrance of the Autobot base. Her face was stained with dried energon tears.
But now she just sat motionless, unmoving, completely... frozen. She had an expression of thoughtful pain, you could say.
Ratchet had noticed this but kept quiet. He wasn't in the mood to try to 'cheer' up the monster next to him.
Heck he wasn't even good at cheering himself up even if nothing was going on.
But having a Con here? This Con?
Ratchet sighed. He didn't even want to try and remedy the emotional situation to what he has been presented with.
He glanced at Airachnid.
His optics widened.
He quickly walked over to her and looked at her face.
Her optic was working again.
"Impossible." He muttered.
Airachnid snapped out of her daydream of sorts.
"Find anything you like?" She asked with sarcasm.
"Hardly." Said Ratchet. "Now stay still." He said as scanned Airachnid.
A few seconds passed.
"By the all spark. How is this possible?" Said Ratchet as he also scanned Optimus, who was sleeping.
He then read the results from both of their scans.
Ratchet then looked at Airachnid with wide optics.
"You're getting better." Said Ratchet. "You're healing...But how? The cybonic plague is deadly. It destroys from the inside out."
Airachnid's breath hitched, her optics widened and she parted her lips and began softly laughing. Ratchet didn't hear it however. He was busy looking at the information on the screen in front of him.
"You received a substantial quantity of the tainted energon to your face and optic. Your optic at this point should be ready to fall out...but its working. Your whole body seems to be rejecting the viru-..."
Ratchet slowly turned his helm towards Airachnid. She was laughing loudly now.
"I can't believe it's still there." She said before laughing again.
"Is what there?" Asked Ratchet as he walked closer to Airachnid.
"After all this time." She continued. "I was certain it would be gone...they even said it probably wouldn't last."
Ratchet was getting impatient. "What are you talking about?!"
Suddently there was a beep from the main console.
Bumblebee.
Ratchet rushed over.
"Ratchet to Bumblebee. Do you hear me?"
"I hear you just fine but I don't have much time left up here and I can't find anything that'll help Optimus." Said Bumblebee as he quietly left the medbay before Knockout showed up again.
Ratchet then looked at Airachnid who in turn stared back with a smirk.
"I'll send you a groundbridge then. No sense in looking for something that isn't there."
"What about Optimus?" Asked Bumblebee.
"I think I've found something here we could use."
"Understoo-"
The transmission was cut.
"Hello? Bumblebee? Do you copy?!" Said Ratchet with a raised tone.
Airachnid scoffed. "You sent your scout aboard the Nemesis? With Soundwave's watchful optics? Good luck with that."
"Shut up." Said Ratchet before getting on the comm. "Bulkhead, Bumblebee need's your help. I believe he's engaged with the enemy."
"Send me a groundbridge and I'll be ready to kick some tailpipe."
Said Bulkhead over the comm.
...
Arcee straightened herself up. "Do you need help?"
Bulkhead waved her off. "I'll be fine. I just get in, grab Bumblebee and get you."
"Whatever." Said Arcee. "I'll go through the bridge with you. I'll just stay at the base incase you need help big guy."
Bulkhead nodded. "Fine by me."
The groundbridge appeared in front of them.
They both ran through.
...
"Bumblebee you sure are brave to come aboard all by yourself." Said Knockout as swung his energon prod at Bumblebee. "But you should know better than to underestimate Soundwave's surveillance."
"What's the matter Knockout?" Said Bumblebee as he dodged another one of Knockout's swings. "Are you as slow on the road as you are at fighting?"
"Ohhhh. Hitting it where it hurts? Nice try but we both know that I've got the looks AND the speed to beat you." Said Knockout as he struck Bumblebee with his prod. Bumblebee clattered to the floor.
"I rest my case." Said Knockout as he powered up his energon prod to its maximum setting.
Suddenly a servo collided with Knockout's jaw, sending him flying down the corridor.
"You okay Bee?" Asked Bulkhead as he grabbed Bumblebee's servo and pulled him up.
"I feel like slag." Said Bee.
Bulkhead chuckled. "At least your honest." He then called Ratchet.
"Ratchet! I have Bee, send us the bridge!"
"Copy." Said Ratchet.
The green vortex appeared in front of them.
"Come on let's go!" Said Bulkhead as they both ran through the groundbridge.
...
Arcee was waiting impatiently at the base. As far away from Airachnid as she could in the same room.
She even avoided looking at her. But she could feel Airachnid's glare burning through her.
Bulkhead and Bumblebee finally arrived. Arcee could now concentrate on other things.
"Do you have it?" Asked Arcee. "The cure?"
Bulkhead asked the same thing.
Bumblebee looked down. "Nothing..." He said with sad beeps and whirs.
"Slag!" Cursed Arcee.
"Hold it." Said Ratchet. "We may have something."
"What happened Doc?" Asked Bulkhead.
"I happened." Spoke up Airachnid.
"Now Explain what you mean before I find out for myself." Said Ratchet, extending his arm blade.
Airachnid glanced at Ratchet before continuing.
"The cure for the Cybonic plague resides within me."