WHAT UP! Sorry for the long wait, but i just started back in school and i had to put that firs before this, so sorry. Anyways on with the chapter.


Chapter 12

It has been a week since his mother's death and funeral and Jack has coped the best he could. Living within the Autobots was a unique experience, in that he could see what the 'bots get up to when him, Miko and Raf were around the base. Most of the time they would patrol Jasper, in case of an attack, other times they would simply be out hunting for Energon. While Jack kept to himself in his restored lab, he would sometimes leave it to watch the sunset, or have J.A.R.V.I.S GroundBridge him to his mother's grave.

While the Autobots understood what Jack was going through, they also worried that he had not spoken to anyone the whole week. While he said things to J.A.R.V.I.S, they were more orders than actual conversation. Arcee and Miko had tried to speak to him several times in the week, all with unsuccessful results. Even Anthony could not bring him out of his silence.

Not only were they worried about Jack, they were also worried about when Agent Fowler would take him away from them, as is the law concerning minors, and Jack was still underage. While Jack seemed unconcerned about when the government would take him away, Miko was getting more and more nervous, whenever she wasn't at school, she would either be with Jack in her suit training, or playing with Anthony, keeping Jack company.

It was after school and Miko and Raf were in the base playing a racing game, while Jack was in his lab. He was currently injecting himself with several computer chips in his forearms.

"39…40…41…42" J.A.R.V.I.S said after each shot. "The last of the chips have been injected sir."

"Right. J.A.R.V.I.S, let's see if the propulsion system works." Jack said as he made his way to the centre of the room.

Looking at the nearby gauntlet, Jack thrust his left arm forward, palm open and facing upwards. When nothing happened, Jack tried again, only for the same results. Looking at his forearm, he smacked it, the sound of electricity fizzled in his ears.

Thrusting his arm out again, the gauntlet shook and then flew towards him, wrapping around his hand and forearm. The shoulder and upper arm came next. Smiling, Jack turned to the other gauntlet and did the same thing, causing the other gauntlet to fly towards him and wrap around his forearm.

"Alright J.A.R.V.I.S, send the rest." Jack instructed.

Watching as the other parts flew around the room, Jack lifted his right leg as the boot and leg parts wrapped around him. He quickly raised his other leg as the other set flew to him. Once it was wrapped around him, the back part of the armour slammed into him, making him fall forward. It was his use of his repulsors that allowed him to stop himself from face-planting on the floor. Getting his footing back, Jack saw and felt the codpiece slam into him, then the front chest piece attached to him. The rest of the right arm then attached to him, as well as the helmet and abdomen. The only thing missing was the faceplate, which at that moment slammed on to the table and falling to the floor.

The faceplate hovered upwards and flew towards him, unfortunately it had hit the corner of the table and was now upside down and facing outwards. Activating his right hand and leg repulsors, Jack flipped sideway, so that he was upside down to allow the faceplate to attach to him, then thrust his right arm forward and used the momentum to slam his fist on the ground, in a pose dubbed the superhero landing by Miko.

Standing up, Jack checked everything with his HUD to make sure that everything was working. While the suit was still a prototype, Jack made sure to make it combat ready should anything happen.

"Sir, Agent Fowler is requesting your presence. It would seem that he had brought General Bryce and a squad of armed men as well." J.A.R.V.I.S spoke.

Nodding, Jack made his way to the main area where, the Autobots were all assembled. Flying up to where he knew Miko and Raf were, Jack landed on the floor and looked at the people around him. Miko and Raf were behind him, while Fowler was standing to the side. Next to him was a man with brown greying hair and moustache in uniform, while twelve men all stood, their hands on their weapons.

Turning his attention to the Autobots, Jack saw that Bulkhead and Bumblebee, were both tense, while Arcee was standing within arm's reach of Jack, should anything happen. Ratchet was standing next to his consoles as usual, but his hands were near his tools, while Optimus stood next to him, his face and optics betraying nothing, but he too looked ready to intervene.

Turning back to Fowler and Bryce, Jack asked. "What do you want, Fowler?" Speaking to someone other than J.A.R.V.I.S for the first time during the whole week.

Gulping, Fowler stepped forward. "Well Jack, the boys up in the Pentagon are requesting that you hand over the Iron Man suits that you built and to come with them." He explained, all the while trying not to look at Jack in the faceplate to long, his eyes darting away.

"No." was the answer Jack gave.

At this General Bryce stepped forward. "Son please, we are asking you nicely to hand them over and to come quietly."

Laughing at him, Jack lifted his faceplate and looked at the general in the face. "Well you can't have them. The suit and I are one, besides I know what you're going to do with them. So my answer is still no."

"Jack please. I know you're still mourning for your mother, but please don't do something rash." Fowler pleaded.

"I assure you Mr Darby, I have no idea what you are talking about." Bryce said.

Frowning, Jack called out. "J.A.R.V.I.S, pull out Phase two."

"Yes sir." J.A.R.V.I.S answered, and a moment later, schematics were shown on every screen.

"Weapons, using Cybertronian technology. Not only that, you're going to build your own army of Iron Men using said weapons." Jack explained, much to the shock of everyone, including Fowler, who seemed to have been kept in the dark.

Turning back to the general, Jack raised an eyebrow. "What I want to know is why you guys think it's such a good idea to build Weapons of Mass Destruction with Cybertronian tech?"

Sighing, General Bryce stared at Jack before pointing to the Autobots. "Because of them."

"US!?" said Autobots, baring Optimus shouted in alarm.

"Two years ago we had visitors, who brought a war that left their home a desolate wasteland here. And now with their return and the resurgence of M.E.C.H, we find ourselves hilariously outmatched and outgunned, so we had to think of something." General Bryce explained.

"A nuclear deterrent. Because that always works." Jack mocked. "My answer is still no."

The General sighed and signalled his men, who held their weapons up and aimed them at Jack. The other Autobots held their weapons out and aimed them at the soldiers, while Miko donned her Rescue Armour and Raf hid behind the couch.

Jack simply looked at Bryce. "You sure you want to go down this road Bryce?" he asked, his faceplate slamming shut.

A tense silence fell around the base as everyone prepared to fight. Suddenly J.A.R.V.I.S spoke up, startling the soldiers. "Sir, there seems to be an Energon signal coming from the Dixie National Forest in Utah."

Nodding, Jack turned away from the soldier and faced the Autobots. "J.A.R.V.I.S, open the GroundBridge to the coordinates." He ordered as he looked at Arcee. "Shall we?" he asked.

Smiling, she picked up the Energon scanner and walked towards the GroundBridge. Turning back to Bryce, he looked at him. "I suggest you shut down the project, before I shut you down myself." He said as he flew through the GroundBridge, Arcee following right behind him.


Landing on the ground, Jack scanned the area, as Arcee looked at the scanner and followed where the signal was coming from. As they made their way through the dense forest in silence, Jack wondered what General Bryce was going to do, now that he and everyone in the base knew that the government was making weapons. While he hoped that Bryce would listen to reason and not go through with the project, he doubted that would be the case.

"You okay Jack?" Arcee suddenly spoke up.

"I'm fine Arcee, just a lot on my mind." Jack answered as they continued to make their way to where the signal was coming from.

"Does this have to do with the fact that the government has decided to create weapons to fight us? Or is it the fact that they want your armour?" She asked.

"Both." Jack answered. "I sure hope Bryce doesn't do something stupid."

Arcee was about to answer when the scanned beeped. Looking at their surroundings, Arcee looked at the scanner again, before going to the right and towards a large crash site. "A crash site." She stated.

"Think whoever survived it?" Jack asked.

"Let check." Arcee answered back.

As they made their way to the ship, they made sure to keep a look out in case it was a trap, when they came to a large ramp, Jack activated his flashlight, illuminating the dark ship. Arcee activated her blaster, while Jack prepared his repulsors, as they made their way through the ship.

"Recognise anything?" Jack asked.

"It's a transport ship, though there have been changes." Arcee stated.

The lights suddenly turned on and illuminated the area, and what they saw made them blanch. Skulls of various species floated in tanks with the Cybertronian language written at the bottom of the tank. They all lined the sides of the ship as if they were some sort of trophy to be displayed.

Arcee seemed to stagger at the sight, her optics wide and her face etched in fear. Worried, Jack looked around in case they were attacked. "Arcee? Arcee!? ARCEE!?" he shouted.

That seemed to have snapped her out of whatever happened. Scanning the area one last time and finding nothing, Jack looked at Arcee in concern. "Arcee, are you okay?" he asked.

"I know who this ship belongs to." She whispered out.

"Okay then, well do you think this person survived the crash?" he asked again.

Arcee growled and narrowed her optics. "Let's hope not." She said as she pressed her finger to her comm link. "Arcee to base, do you copy? Base, can you hear me? Damn, comms must be jammed."

"I'll see if I can find what's causing the jam, while you watch my back." Jack said as he continued towards the cockpit of the ship.

Making his way toward the ship, Jack wondered who this ship belonged to and why Arcee seemed so terrified. It could be that the skulls remind her of the war back on Cybertron, or it could be that she remembers someone who used to collect trophies during the war. Hopefully it was the former and not the latter, he hoped to not meet someone who could do that to him.

Opening the door, Jack found the cockpit of the ship and begun to go through the data and ship analysis, hoping to find the jammer. Finding nothing, Jack looked at the schematics of the ship and found the jammer to be located at the top of the ship, while also learning that the ship belonged to a Decepticon. Nodding to himself, he quickly left the cockpit and made his way out of the ship.

On his way out, Jack noticed that Arcee seemed to have left the ship, perhaps to scout ahead? Exiting the ship, he quickly flew up to the top of the ship and found the dish that was giving off the signal. Firing off his repulsors, Jack destroyed the jammer and flew down to the ground.

"Jack to Arcee, can you hear me?" All Jack got was static. Sighing, Jack tried contacting base. "Jack to base, can you hear me?" he asked, only to get the same results.

Frustrated, Jack scanned the entire area, hoping to find a trace of Arcee. Finding tire tracks leading into the forest, Jack followed the trail for about ten minutes and found the Autobot stuck to a Cliffside by what looked like webbing. Just in front her, a female Cybertronian with six appendages attached to her back. While Arcee was mainly blue with pink highlights, this 'con was black with purple highlights.

Not wasting time, Jack flew towards Arcee, firing his repulsors at the unknown Cybertronian getting her attention. Dodging a shot of webbing shot from the 'con, Jack fired a few more powerful shots at the Decepticon, sending her crashing to the ground. Quickly while she was down, Jack shot towards Arcee and tried to pry the webbing off of her. When that failed, he used his repulsor to fire a beam and started to cut through the webbing, freeing Arcee from her trap.

"Who's the Decepticon?" Jack asked as he and Arcee saw the Decepticon get up.

"Airachnid." Arcee growled out. "A former Decepticon that used to assassinate her targets, as well as torture them. Now she roams the galaxy hunting for 'endangered' species, and collects them." She answered.

"Good to know." Jack said.

As Airachnid stood up, she looked at her two new adversaries and snarled at them before spinning at started to drill underground. Chasing after her, Jack and Arcee looked down the hole, only to find darkness. Arcee screamed in rage as she saw her old enemy escape. Sighing, Jack looked at the hole in the ground again, before he looked at the direction where the crashed ship was and quickly flew there.

"Jack! Where are you going!?" Arcee called out.

"Airachnid's ship! We must get rid of it!" Jack answered back as they came to where the ship was.

Flying forward towards where the engines were leaking Energon, he quickly fired a blast from his repulsors, causing the Energon to ignite and trail upwards into the engines. A moment later, the entire ship exploded, sending Jack to crash into the ground from the shockwave of the explosion.

Getting up, Jack watched as the flames of the ship continued to burn. Hearing Arcee transform behind him, Jack continued to look at the flaming wreckage. Now that the ship was destroyed, he hoped that communications were up again and decided to test it.

"J.A.R.V.I.S?" Jack called.

"Yes sir?" J.A.R.V.I.S answered.

"A GroundBridge, please." Jack asked.


Jack continued to look at the schematics of the Phase two weapons. While the Pentagon wanted to have his armour and build their own little army, Jack knew that he could not let them get their hands on them. While he could not blame the US Government from wanting to have a fighting chance in the war, the fact that they were trying to build WMD's was disconcerting. He ran the simulation, should they use a single one of them, and the results would be catastrophic. While a normal nuke could wipe an entire city, a nuke with the made from Energon and Cybertronian tech could destroy TWO states, what with its higher explosive energy.

Luckily, when he checked, he noted that none of the WMD's were in production and that they were simply an idea. Thinking about it some more, Jack decided to help them in a way. He just hoped that Optimus would understand his decision.

"J.A.R.V.I.S, get me General Bryce." Jack said.


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