I do not own Transformers. Here, we find out a secret about Arcee and June.

After locking up Arcee, Starscream turned and headed for Airachnid's room. He opened up her door and entered her room. Airachnid was curled up in a fluffy ball, with a muffled snore coming from its center. Starscream couldn't help but chuckle at the femme, and with one servo, he began stroking her. Her silky white fur was very fluffy and soft. It was a pleasant feel, and Starscream loved it whenever the femme would caress his wings with the fur.

A muffled yawn came from the fur, and then it began uncoiling, revealing Airachnid. "Good evening, my serpentine beauty" said Starscream as he gave a bow. "Still trying to court me, are you Starscream?" asked Airachnid. "Well, how can a seeker like myself resist a femme with such a furry pelt as yours?" replied Starscream. Airachnid chuckled a bit, and then began scratching Starscream beneath his chin with one of her spider legs as she said "And to think, that we've hated each other when we were on the Nemesis."

While Airachnid was talking to Starscream, her body began coiling around his, then she said "Just imagine what would have happened if I were to offline you. I could finally have my freedom from being a breeder, and I could offline that pet that you call 'Arcee.'" "Huh?" said Starscream before he screamed as poisonous barbs penetrated his protoform. A final sting from Airachnid's tail knocked him unconscious as the femme began uncoiling her body.

The lamia poked her head out of the doorway and looked around. With the coast being clear, she slithered to Arcee's room and undid the locks. Opening the door, Airachnid saw Arcee sleeping in a corner. Slithering across the floor, Airachnid approached Arcee as she raised her tail in the attack position. Her tail barbs spread out, and without a second passing by, stung Arcee. Arcee screamed as poison filled her body.

Airachnid watched Arcee squirm as her mouth foamed, optics rolling to the back of her helm, tail trashing, and her limbs kicking. The dragoness continued this for several seconds, until…stillness. Withdrawing her tail, Airachnid smiled at her former foe. "Ironic, isn't it Arcee? You defeated me while you were a normal transformer, but I was able to defeat you as a Predacon. You took out Megatron and the entire Nemesis as a Predacon, but you were no match for me," said the lamia before she began drilling her way out of the base.

Shockwave came down the hallway an hour later with Hun-Gurr. Hun-Gurr was wagging his tail at the chance to mate with Arcee. "Oh boy! Oh boy! I get to spend the night with Predaqueen," sang the Predacon. "Hun-Gurr, this is serious business," said Shockwave, "I need you to mate with Arcee to produce protoforms for the growing Predacon army. Even with Skystalker and Megatron, we still can't defeat Optimus and Predaking. We need to make our army stronger. Our only advantages are the fact that we have Arcee and we have control over the energon mines. I need to get Abominus online."

The scientist stopped walking when he saw Arcee and Airachnid's doors opened. He walked up to them and peered inside. He saw both Starscream and Arcee, but they weren't moving. He looked at Hun-Gurr and said "I'm afraid that breeding with Arcee will be delayed, Hun-Gurr. The both of them need immediate medical attention."

Starscream groaned as he woke up several hours later. He felt violently ill, as his optics couldn't see straight. "So, you're awake," said Knockout. Starscream moved an optic and stared at him as Knockout said "We've almost lost you and Arcee to that treacherous spider. Worse, she's escaped. Just what happened, Starscream?" Starscream tried to form words, but they came out as unintelligible words.

Knockout shook his head, then headed over to Arcee. Arcee was still sleeping, but she whined. A few tears came out of her optics as she dreamed. Some heavy pedesteps came from behind Knockout as Shockwave said, "Since we only have one breeding femme, we have to find Ripclaw." "Who's Ripclaw?" asked Knockout as he turned to meet Shockwave's optic. "She was Predaking's mate eons ago, but we lost track of her on Cybertron. If we were to find her, we might be able to get Predaking back" said Shockwave.

Back at the Autobot base, Predaking was playing with his two sparklings. Ratchet was able to fix up sparkling energon for them, but he could only make a small amount. Energon stores were at an all-time low, and the Autobots were starving. It wouldn't be long until Shockwave had enough Predacons to defeat them in one last battle. Jambi and Viginti were still skinny, and if the Autobots lost, Predaking knew that Shockwave's Predacons would kill his offspring in an instant. He lost his mate to the Predacons, and the pain was just as sharp as ever. Casting one last look at his two sparklings, Predaking got up and left. He had to prepare himself for the final battle.

In the Predacon's lair, Arcee was coiled up in a ball, her optics blank and glazed. All of Shockwave's Predacons hurt her, putting her in her place as the breeding femme pet. Her spark sent out a message, asking Can anyone hear me? Elita, Chromia, Moonracer, Firestar, I'm sorry that I failed you. If you're still online, I'm sorry. I failed to defeat Airachnid and I failed to stop Shockwave. I failed to protect my sparklings and I failed to protect my partners. I failed the Autobots. I'm sorry about everything. I don't think that Primus will have mercy upon my spark. I'm sorry.

Deep in space, four femmes heard Arcee's message. "Did you hear that, Elita?" asked one femme. "Yes, yes I did. Our sister Arcee is still online. We have to find her. It's been too long since we've last seen her" said the one known as Elita. She walked down the corridors of the spacecraft until she came to the main control center. "Rhinox" said Elita, "I have received news that Arcee is still online. I need your help in finding where her spark message came from." "If Arcee is still online, then maybe Optimus is as well," said Rhinox. Elita placed a servo over her spark as she said "I haven't heard anything from him for the last few meta-cycles. Perhaps if we find Arcee, then we could find Optimus. He was the leader of her team, but…he could have traveled to a different star system." She then looked up at Rhinox and said, "There was one thing that Arcee said over the spark message. She said that she had sparklings." Rhinox turned around and stared at Elita and said "Sparklings? In the middle of the war? But how? The last sparklings were born at the beginning of the war, when Megatron came into power." "I know. That's why we must find Arcee. She's out there with sparklings to care for, and she's possibly alone. We have to find her."

Rhinox stared at Elita hard, then said "Over to the medical bay. I have to use your spark to find Arcee's core consciousness. If she didn't offline, then we can find her in the star system she's in."

The mech led Elita to the medical bay, and she sat on the berth as Rhinox began activating the machinery on her spark. Hours went by, and then Elita woke up. "I know which planet she's on," said Elita, "She's on a planet called Earth."

The two headed for the control center as Rhinox and Elita began setting coordinates for the ship to travel to Earth. A gigantic white dragon walked in as he asked, "What is going on?" "We just found out that Arcee is still online" said Rhinox "We're heading to the planet that she's on." "My sister is in trouble" said Elita "Something happened to her that made her send out a spark message to me and my sisters. What's more, she has sparklings. We have to get to her before it's too late." "If anyone needs to be rescued, then I Skylynx will be there," said the dragon. "No doubt about that" said Rhinox "Luckily for us, we have the Dinobots and the last Maximals on the Ark. Hopefully, they'll be enough to defeat the Decepticons."

Elita couldn't help but think about the message that Arcee sent to her with her spark. She sounded to be in a lot of pain and she was scared. Arcee, I'll find you. I'll find you and your sparklings thought Elita.

Back on Earth, Predaking was trying to find the lair of the Predacons. He smelled lots of caves, trying to find their scent, but he couldn't find a cave that had the scents of all of them. Predaking had managed to find a few deposits of energon to fuel him up to full energy, but he still needed to find Arcee.

It took him a few days, but he managed to find Starscream flying in the sky. Following from far behind, Predaking flew after Starscream to Shockwave's lair. So, that's where they're keeping Arcee thought Predaking Soon, my queen; I'll get you out of there and back home.

Arcee was in her room when Hun-Gurr entered. She looked up at him, and began backing away in fright. He approached her and snapped at her. Arcee gave out a feeble hiss, and then she ran. One of Hun-Gurr's mouths clamped down on her tail, and then began pulling her back.

Arcee began crying when one of Hun-Gurr's mouths clamped down on her neck as the other began licking at her in certain spots. "Please, why must you torment me like this?" she asked as she cried. "Predaqueen, don't you know that you're my mate? I fell in love with you ever since I first saw you. You're to produce all of my offspring and you'll bond to me. You'll be mine forever" said Hun-Gurr.

The two of them heard loud screams, but one of Hun-Gurr's heads said "Better mate with Predaqueen now. We're under attack." Hun-Gurr then pushed Arcee down on the ground as she continued to cry, then screamed "Predaking, help me!"

A loud roar was heard echoing through the halls, before a tearing sound was heard. Hun-Gurr turned his heads around to find Predaking in the doorway, and he looked very angry. "Predaking, help me" screamed Arcee as Predaking gave off a loud roar, then charged at Hun-Gurr. One of Hun-Gurr's necks was in Predaking's jaws as a sickening snap was heard.

Arcee watched Predaking shake Hun-Gurr like a ragdoll before tossing him aside. Predaking lowered his head and asked, "Are you ok, Arcee?" "I am now," she said as she stood on all fours. Predaking led the way as Arcee followed him. She saw Predacons injured all over the place, and then called out "Wait." Predaking stopped as Arcee headed for one of the computers. She came back momentarily with two metal meteors as she said, "We can't forget the Primal and Transmetal Drivers." Predaking nodded, then led the way out. Once outside, the two dragons took flight into the skies above them.

The dragons landed at the Autobot base, and then entered it. Arcee stopped when she saw the starving Autobots, then looked at Predaking and asked, "How long have I been gone?" "Several weeks" said Predaking as he went up to Ratchet. "Ratchet, I am here to report that I singlehandedly defeated the Predacons" said Predaking proudly. "Good, now go find us some energon" he said as his legs gave out from under him.

Arcee and Predaking went out to find some energon from the mines. With all the Predacons defeated, which left the mines open for raiding. The two dragons managed to find some very large supplies of energon crystals that they brought to the base.

After Arcee finished eating her share of the energon, she went to feed the sparklings. Predaking heard a loud yelp coming from down the hallway, and then he looked at the Autobots. He found it amusing on how they were devouring the energon like hyenas. Predaking shook his head, and then went to look at the Transmetal Driver. He poked it with his snout. Nothing happened, so Predaking poked it again with his snout.

The whole time, Jack was watching the Autobots devour the energon from the recreation area. He looked back at Miko and Sierra. They were painting their nails, but they stopped and they were staring at the Autobots. "Even when I was living with Arcee and Predaking, I never saw them devour energon like this" said Jack. "Did you?" asked Miko. "I ripped out deer's throats, but even when I was eating, I didn't devour my meals like that," replied Jack.

June was in Optimus' room, and she was rubbing her stomach. She'd been feeling strange for several weeks, but she wasn't suffering anything that she could identify as a fever or an illness. She thought a stomach virus, but she wasn't suffering the usual symptoms. She sighed, then got down from the berth and walked to the medical bay area.

She entered the main room of the base, and she stopped. She was horrified by the Autobots' eating habits, then she marched right up to Ratchet and said "Ratchet, I need you to scan me." "What for?" he asked with his mouth full of energon crystals. "I…" she said before she dropped to a whisper "I think that I'm pregnant." "What?" he said while some drops of energon flew out of his mouth. "I said that I think that I'm pregnant," shouted June. This time, all of the Autobots stopped eating and Jack's jaw dropped open. Optimus' optics widened, then he began choking. Bulkhead saw this, and then he punched Optimus hard in his abdomen. Energon came spitting out of his mouth as he began gasping.

After Optimus stopped choking and gasping, he said to June in a raspy voice "You're pregnant?" "I said that I think that I am. I just want Ratchet to do a scan on me to make sure," said June. "You'd better not," shouted Jack. June turned to Jack and shouted "Jack, I'm you're mother. If I want to get pregnant with Optimus' children, then I'll get pregnant." "Where's the coat hanger?" shouted Jack as he stomped away.

Predaking was still poking the Transmetal Driver when Ratchet came in with June. "Will you still please stop touching that? We don't know what that will do," said Ratchet. Predaking grumbled as Ratchet said "I need to get something from the supply room. Wait here" he told June as he left.

June looked up at Predaking as he was poking the Transmetal Driver. She watched him sniff it and bite it, but no reaction. "Ok, I got what I needed," said Ratchet as he came in with a special scanner. He scanned June, then facepalmed himself as he shouted, "Optimus, get in here." "Yes, old friend?" said Optimus. Ratchet turned and glared at Optimus and snarled "June's pregnant with your sparkling. What do you have to say for yourself?" There was a loud THUD as Optimus fell back in a dead faint. "Uh, Ratchet, how long is a Cybertronian pregnancy?" asked June. "Two and a half years" said Ratchet before he heard a second THUD as June passed out.

Ratchet then turned to Predaking and said, "In six month's time, June's body won't be able to support the sparkling. I need to borrow Arcee's womb if Optimus and June's sparkling is to survive." Predaking growled, then stormed off.

"Dad? What's wrong?" asked Jack to Predaking. Predaking turned his head, and explained the whole situation to Jack. Jack was silent, then said "Listen, June is my real mother and Arcee is my second mother. No matter how I look at it, I'm getting another little sister or even a little brother. We need to talk to Arcee to see what she thinks." Predaking was silent for a moment, then said "You really love both of your mothers, don't you, son?" Jack nodded, Predaking sighed then said "Ok. I'll talk to Arcee and see what she thinks of it. I don't like lending out her womb to other males to carry their sparklings." "And I'm against the idea that Optimus knocked up my mom. I still would have preferred Agent Fowler knocking her up. But, if she loves Optimus that much, then I'm happy for her" said Jack.

Arcee had just finished nursing her sparklings. She felt dry, hollow, sore, and tender after the nursing as she rubbed her sore nipples. Her sparklings were teething, and they were biting really hard on Arcee. There was a knock on the door, as Arcee wrapped her wings around her body as she said, "Come in." Predaking came in and walked up to his mate before he sat down in front of her. He stared at her for a moment, then said "Arcee, my mate, there is something important that I have to talk to you about." "Ok, what is it?" asked Arcee. "Ratchet says that he needs your womb to hold June's sparkling," said Predaking. "What?" said Arcee in confusion.

Predaking had explained the whole thing to Arcee as she stared at him. She was silent for several minutes, and then looked up to Predaking and said, "Ok, I'll carry June's sparkling. Since we're on the subject about sparklings, we have to cube-feed Jambi and Viginti from now on. They're biting my nipples and they hurt. Ratchet needs to make me a special pump so I can pump out my sparkling energon." Predaking nodded, then leaned in and licked his mate on the cheek, then got up and left.