OOOOOH DAMN! The morning after Arcee's and Jack's night of Steamy Goodness! Hehehehehehe. Hope everyone likes this next chapter. I'll try to update more often. ONWARD!

Ch. 14

Arcee was the first to wake up and as she looked down at the human sharing her berth, she remembered the night before. 'Primus, that was intense. And he never missed a beat.' She smiled as she looked down at the human lying on his back with his dog tags resting on his well toned chest. She got up and walked over to the window in her room and looked out at the scenery.

It was just before sunrise and there were pink clouds on the horizon, catching the first rays of sunlight from earth's primary star before even she could see the sun itself. Arcee had been so caught up in her gazing that she missed the sound of two human feet walking around in her room and then walking up to the catwalk behind her. "Morning hot-wheels." Arcee turned to see Jack leaning on the side of one of the catwalks overhead with a smile on his face.

Arcee walked over to one of the lower catwalks in the room and waited as Jack came down to her level. They stood there for a moment looking at each other and then closed the gap between them with a kiss. Jack couldn't be happier. 'Primus, could she be anymore perfect?' Jack was brought out of his thoughts as they separated and Arcee spoke up. "Sleep well Jack? Primus knows I did."

Jack smirked as he remembered everything they did the night before. "Best sleep I've had in a long time." Jack smiled as he began to descend from the catwalks to the ground to take a shower in his room that was connected to Arcee's quarters by a small corridor. Arcee waited as Jack got himself cleaned up and when he reappeared, he was clad in nothing more than a black towel around his waist. Arcee watched Jack as he walked to his suitcase.

While Jack was pulling out his ACU, he could feel a pair of cobalt blue eyes looking at his back. 'Who knew Autobots could admire a human physique?' Arcee was looking at the toned muscles in Jack's back as they moved as he pulled out his uniform. Arcee was dragged from that line of thought when the towel fell from around Jack's waist and she saw what she neglected to observe the night before.

'Primus, I wouldn't mind a more in depth observation of that body of his.' Jack pulled on a pair of black briefs that came down to just above his knees and Arcee suddenly saw the striking contrast of the black against Jack's toned muscular body. Jack continued to pull on a pair of socks as well as his ACU bottoms and boots. Jack was about to reach for his undershirt when he felt a long, slender finger run up his back.

Jack hadn't noticed that Arcee had snuck up behind Jack and was inching towards him. Jack couldn't help the affect that Arcee's touch had on him. Jack suddenly felt his head lull to the side and Arcee struck quicker than a bullet. Arcee moved her head forward and latched her metallic lips onto Jack's neck and began applying slight suction. 'Oh shit, is she seriously doing this!?'

Jack felt the belt in his hand fall to the ground as he reached up with a hand and placed it on Arcee's cheek. Jack felt as though he was going to go insane; but as quickly as it began, it was over. Arcee unlatched her lips from Jack's neck, but not before placing a soft kiss on the small love mark left where she had attacked her lover's neck. Arcee stood back up before turning around and walking over to the door to her quarters and leaving Jack with one thought. 'That little Minx, she must have been studying more than she let on!'

Arcee walked down the hall leading to the control center with a smile on her face. 'Mmmmm, sweet as high grade energon.' The thought was rolling through her head as she realized something. 'Aside from the Cons and the war, life is actually pretty good.' Arcee reached the control center and saw Ratchet standing at his usual place hunched over one of the monitors in the large room.

Arcee continued walking and as she reached the old medic, the grouchy old bots' head shot up like a bullet with a look of utter shock on his face. Arcee couldn't help the smirk that crossed her face as Ratchet recognized the scent that Arcee was giving off. 'OH PRIMUS! DID SHE AND JACK ACTUALLY…!' At that moment Optimus walked in and soon was in a similar state as the Autobot medic.

The surprise was obvious on the Prime's faceplates but when he saw the smile on Arcee's face, Optimus found himself smiling as well. "I trust you slept well Arcee?" Optimus had a tone that said, 'I know what you did and I'm okay with it.' Arcee smiled up at her leader and was about to answer when the three Autobots heard a pair of human footsteps coming toward them.

Arcee felt her spark pulse as she saw Jack in an entirely new light as he walked in wearing an ACU, or what humans called the Army Combat Uniform. The sleeves came down to his wrists and were wrapped tightly. He had a haircut that was referred to as a 'High-and-Tight.' Jack walked up and climbed up to the catwalks before getting his day started. "So, what's on today's agenda Optimus?"

At this everyone seemed to snap out of their shock induced states and happy thoughts. "Ratchet has discovered what appears to be an untapped energon source; I need you and Arcee to go to the coordinates and see if we've found a significant amount or not." With this, Jack ran for the cargo elevator and rode up to the top as Arcee prepared to go through the ground bridge.

Arcee walked through the bridge and found herself in an area with tree's and red clay ground. 'Why do I feel like I've been here before?' Arcee continued walking and soon reached a cliff; as she looked down she saw a large crater that had black marks all over large rock formations. Arcee looked for a few more seconds before a sense of dread came over her. 'This is where Cliff was caught…'

Arcee was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts when she was hailed through her comm. Link. "Arcee, it's Jack; I got a visual on you. Anything down there we can bring back to base?" Arcee looked up to see Jack's Apache flying overhead. "That big crater down there used to be an energon deposit. There might be some smaller deposits nearby but I can't see anything from here."

There was a slight pause between the two of them as they continued to search for the hidden energon source. Arcee couldn't help but let her thoughts drift to the last time she was here. 'Cliff…I'm sorry.' "Arcee, talk to me, what's on your' mind?" Jack's voice was soft and concerned. 'How did he know how I felt?' Arcee was hesitant about talking about Cliff but she did want to trust Jack. "Is it about Cliff?"

Jack spoke once again in a soft voice as he brought Arcee out of her inner struggle. "I can't help but think of him now that we're here…" Jack was flying overhead looking down as he saw Arcee walking through the woods. He felt pained knowing he couldn't be down there with her when she was in obvious emotional pain. "Arcee, whatever it takes, I'm here for you."

Arcee couldn't help but smile at this. 'Just like 'Wolf,' he cares so much about others…' Jack was waiting for Arcee to respond. 'Let it out Cee…' "Thank you Jack." The words shocked Jack to his core. 'I was expecting something between anger and sadness.' Suddenly, Jack looked down as the radar in his cockpit detected a group of signatures heading in Arcee's direction. "Arcee, you got contacts heading right at you, eyes up!"

Arcee suddenly turned with her blasters primed aiming at the unknown contacts. Arcee stood completely still, eyes glued in one direction, while Jack circled over head watching the tracks on his radar. 'What are they up too?' Jack waited as the tracks began to move slowly towards Arcee. Arcee suddenly heard a group of bots speaking to each other. She dropped down into one of the large groups of bushes as the group came into view.

"Jack, we got Con's; they're carrying energon somewhere." Jack heard Arcee as she whispered to keep from being detected. As soon as he saw the group of Vehicons, he felt a pent up rage as he remembered who these bots followed. Suddenly, Jack flew into action flying right at the small group of Decepticons. "Time for 'the Ripper' to come out…"

O_O" Oh scrap... Jack The Ripper is fixin' to go on an all out Rampage. What's gonna happen next? I'll get the next chapter up soon so you all can find out. Farewell until then. :)