Chapter 25: Defender
Autobot HQ…
The whole base was silent after Fowler relayed the message. The entire city was under attack by Cons, but according to Fowler they were just attacking anything and everything with no specific targets.
"Why would Zod just attack New York? He doesn't gain anything," Ultimus said.
"He gains one thing," Faora said. "He understands that Kal cares deeply for humans and that the only way to get you to come to him is by attacking civilians," she said, fists clenched while looking at Jack.
"Worst part is that he's right. Se have to go to New York and evacuate the population before more lives are lost," Jack said.
"And Zod?" Ultimus asked. "What if he has more of that Kryptonite?" he said.
Faora shook her head. "Zod only carried small amounts on himself; the rest was in our ship before it was destroyed. That piece you destroyed was the last of it," she explained.
"Good, then I can end this," Jack said, his voice a threatening calm.
"Kal, you would be outclassed. Evacuate the civilians. I will handle the General," she said.
Jack turned to her. "And how do we know you really are trust worthy!? How do we know this isn't just some elaborate trap you and Zod fabricated to capture and kill me!?" he demanded.
"Because Zod is a monster who will slaughter anything that gets in his way, something I can no longer stomach." Faora said eyes closed.
Jack opened his mouth to respond when Dusk started moaning in pain on the berth. Everyone rushed over to her to make sure she was okay, just in time to see the halfling open her eyes.
"You're okay!" Ben cried happily. "Well, you're awake anyway," he amended.
"Tell the guy with the jackhammer to lay off will ya?" Dusk asked, rubbing her arm.
"What happened?" her boyfriend asked, placing an arm on her shoulder.
"Went a half minute round with a ticked off Kryptonian…" she growled. "And got my aft kicked," she finished.
Bee whirred something at her. "Aw shuddup," she snapped. "I'm not in the mood Bee."
Dusks suddenly noticed Faora and scowled, flames licking up her fingers. "What is she doing here?" she hissed.
"Easy Dusk," Ultimus calmed. "Faora saved Kal's life and in turn yours," he said, though he didn't sound happy about it.
Dusk turned to Jack. "This true?" she asked.
Jack nodded. "Went out to try and save you guys…turns out Zod had one last trick up his sleeve," he said, subconsciously rubbing the area where his ribs had recently healed.
"Anyway, Faora saved me, turns out she wants to help us," Jack explained.
Dusk returned her glare to Faora. "Sure took your sweet time choosing the right time," she growled.
Faora returned the glare. "Betraying my superior, the man who has trained me since I was a child, was not an easy decision, one I imagine you would have as much difficulty going through with if the occasion demanded it," she said.
The two glared at each other before Jack got between them. "You two can try and kill each other later. Right now we need to get to New York," he said
"The Cons will turn that city to ash if we don't hurry," he said.
Dusk sighed and assumed femme form, likely so that Ratchet could repair her as well. "Fine, but don't make me work with her," she warned.
Jack nodded and turned to Ratchet. "How long 'til everyone is combat ready?" he asked.
The medic sighed. "Half hour, hour tops," he said.
Jack nodded and turned to the few that weren't injured, namely Ultimus, Draconus, Smokescreen, and Bumblebee whose injuries were the least hindering to their abilities.
"Ultimus, think you can lead two scouts and a Predacon on evac?" he asked.
An unsure look passed over the Prime's face before he nodded. "I think I can manage," he said.
"We're coming too," Arcee and Kara said.
"Ep, ep, ep." Ratchet said. "You're still being punished femme; you're not going anywhere," he ordered.
Arcee opened her mouth to protest, but a single look from the medic caused her to shut it. Jack turned to his sister. "Kara, stay here. You aren't ready for this. You still need to learn to control your abilities," he said.
"Kal, I can handle myself," she protested.
Jack shook his head. He wasn't going to back down. "Maybe if it was just Cons, but Zod is more experienced and stronger than either of us. I'm not going to let you risk yourself fighting him. I can't lose you, not after I just found you," he said.
Kara opened her mouth to protest, but Jack interrupted her. "Please Kara, stay here and protect the others. If Faora and I fall…" he didn't finish his sentence, everyone knew that if he fell, Kara would be the last line of defense against Zod.
Kara nodded reluctantly. "I…shall stay brother," she said.
Jack nodded. "Thank you," he said. He turned to Arcee, who stood with a hand on her hip.
"Arcee," he started, but the femme interrupted him.
"Just come back alive, Jack. If you die I'm going to kick your aft," she threatened, and Jack smiled.
"I'll keep that in mind," he said and turned to Ultimus.
"You guys ready?" he asked.
"Ready as we'll ever be," Ultimus responded.
Jack nodded. "Good, Jolt, can you open a bridge to New York?" he asked.
The blue medic nodded and got to work on the terminal. While he did this, Jack addressed the group as a whole. "When you're ready meet us in New York. Something tells me that before the end of today, it's going to take our combined might to bring Zod and his forces down," he said.
Everyone nodded solemnly. They knew the stakes; they knew what was at risk. If they failed here, then two dimensions would fall. Two Earths would become Zod's, and the human race would be extinguished two times over. Jack didn't need to explain this to any of them. They knew what to do.
The ground bridge swirled to life, and the six stood in front of it. "You sure you can handle Zod?" Jack asked Faora.
"No, but after everything he's done, I need to at least try," she said.
Jack didn't respond, and the six walked through the ground bridge into a living hell…
New York…
The six froze at what they saw. They knew the Cons were attacking, but still….
Buildings in New York were burning with fire, debris littered the street, and wrecked cars were everywhere. Every once in a while, a squadron of seekers would zoom by over head, and the sound of blaster fire and screaming echoed through the city. If one looked up, they could see the inky black shape of the nemesis flying over head, its massive form blotting out a part of the sky.
The five gawked in horror before Faora got their attention. "You three," she said pointing to Ultimus, Bee, and Smokescreen. "Handle evacuations and destroy any ground troops that try and stop you."
She turned to Jack and Draconus. "Kal-El, destroy any seeker squadrons. Draconus I need a way to the Nemesis, can you fly me there?" she asked.
Everyone looked at her reluctantly, and she scowled. "Don't just stand there, go!" she yelled. "Innocent lives are at stake!" she exclaimed.
Jack turned to the others and nodded before shooting into the sky, colliding with a Seeker in midair. The other three changed to vehicle mode, taking off to help evacuate the city. Draconus turned to Faora growling.
Faora sighed. "Look, I know you're angry with me, but right now I may be the only one to stop Zod, but if you don't take me to the ship, no one will be able to," she said, hands on her hips. "So will you help me or leave your father at Zod's mercy?" she asked.
Draconus snarled angrily before he reluctantly lowered his helm, allowing Faora to climb onto him. Unfurling his massive wings, the dragon Con shot into the air, taking off towards the Nemesis.
Jack, meanwhile, was flying through the maze of streets, currently being chased by a group of three seekers. Flipping on his back while he flew, the boy shot a beam of heat vision at the lead one, burning through its wings. The seeker spiraled out of control, crashing into the ground below and cart wheeling out of control.
Jack shot towards one of the remaining two seekers and ripped its cockpit apart, letting it explode in mid air. Armor and debris fell into the street below, and Jack twisted, flying right into the remaining one. There was a crunch of metal as he shattered the nose of the Seeker, who proceeded to crash into the side of a building.
Jack regained his composure and floated in mid air. "Well, that was easy," he said before more blaster fire caught his attention. Jack turned and looked to see Ultimus and the others trapped behind cover and taking pot shots at a large group of Vehicons approaching them.
Jack scowled and shot forward towards the center of the group. There was a loud boom as he broke the sound barrier and collided with a Con into the ground. Asphalt flew into the air as he collided with the ground, and the Con shattered from impact. Jack leapt off the corpse and landed with a thud on the ground, turning to face the remaining Vehicons.
The Vehicons opened fire, and Jack proceeded to dodge and weave between the shots, disappearing and reappearing in the blink of an eye. Jack shoved his fist through the visor of one Vehicon and used its body as a shield before charging forward and slamming the body of the Con into another one, crumpling both.
Jack leapt towards another Con, only to take a blaster to the side and crash to the ground. He skidded on the ground for several feet, using his hand to slow himself before standing up to try and charge, only to get blasted by a barrage of blasts. He tried approaching, but there were too many; he was being overwhelmed.
Jack fell to his knees as more shots collided with his body, when the sound of several powerful engines roared through the air. Jack turned to see the vehicle modes of the other three drive off, flanking the large group of Vehicons. Bee and Smokescreen transformed to robot mode and collided with the mass of Vehicons, sparks flying everywhere. Ultimus drove to the rear of the group drifting to a stop a good distance away, transforming into a large blue and grey semi-truck.
Tires squealed against asphalt as he took off, pouring energon into his engine and reaching speeds no normal Semi could reach. There was a loud crash as the Prime crashed into the group of Vehicons, knocking any drone in his path out of the way. He managed to get halfway through the group before transforming and slashing forward with his sword and cutting through the Vehicon in front of him.
By now, the firing on Jack had let up, and he shot forward, ripping into the mass, kicking punching, and blasting Cons. He soon found himself and the others ripping the Cons to shreds, parts flying everywhere and energon coating the streets as their number fell to the Autobot onslaught.
Suddenly, the fighting stop, and the four realized it was because there were no Cons left to fight. Jack slowly stooped, panting and relaxed, dropped his fighting stance, and stood to his full height.
He turned to Ultimus with a smile. "Thanks for the help," he said, and the Prime smiled.
"Anytime," he said.
"Ugh, not to be a spoil sport guys," Smokescreen started, "but we still got a lot of Cons left in the city," he pointed out.
Jack nodded and opened his mouth to say something, when a massive crash shook the entire city. Jack looked towards the noise. "That came from Central Park," he said. "Faora must have engaged Zod. Ultimus, come on, we have to help," he said. The Prime nodded and followed, ordering the other two to keep up the evacuation.
They quickly made their way to the area, where loud booming and crashing could be heard, finally coming to Central Park. Right as they reached the area where it was loudest, Draconus and Megatron crashed through the trees, both covered in dents and gashes.
The two Cons stood to their feet, and Megatron's optics widened at the sight of Jack. "So, you are the one Zod has been so desperately searching for," he growled.
Jack ignored the warlord's statement and asked him a question. "What's happening?" he asked.
"The other female has engaged Zod, and we thought we'd help," Draconus said, changing to mech form. "A chance to end him for certain," he growled.
"But even three against one he was too much for us," Megatron admitted. "But the female seems to be holding her own," he said and turned to the side, allowing Ultimus and Jack to see the fight below.
Faora and Zod traded blows like no one's business, their blows being blocked or redirected as often as they collided. Faora was clearly losing the battle, albeit slowly. Her armor was covered in dents and scratches, while Zod's appeared relatively unharmed, and the woman was actually starting to bleed slightly from a few cuts.
Jack wanted to intervene, but something told him he'd just get in the way. This fight was between those two, and only one would emerge victorious. It was at that moment that the ground bridge opened and the rest of team Prime, and Arcee he noticed, emerged from the ground bridge to watch the spectacle.
Unfortunately, at that moment, Faora tripped up, moving too slow when delivering a punch, and Zod grabbed her arm. In one fluid movement, Zod punched the woman in the stomach with as much force as possible. There was a sickening crunch, and Faora's eyes widened in horror. She looked down and saw Zod's fist had pierced her midsection.
Zod looked down at his fist in horror and slowly removed it from her midsection, and Faora collapsed on the ground, grasping the wound, trying desperately to keep her life blood from spilling into the grass.
Zod cradled the woman in his arms, a guilty look over his face, and he spoke to her, too quiet for a woman to hear, but Jack could. "Faora… why?" Zod asked.
"Y-you…lost your….your way," she said weakly as a small trickle of blood escaped her mouth. "L-lost sight of our…our goal," she coughed. "We w-were to…p-preserve K-krypton, but you…you wished to d-destroy our future," she said, her words growing weaker.
"I only…I only wanted vengeance for what happened," Zod said.
"W-we didn't t-though," she said as her eyes started to close. "W-we o-only w-wanted to go…to go home," she said, and her eyes shut, her last breath escaping. Zod clenched his eyes and placed her body on the grass gently.
"Look at this," Zod said sadly, to who no one knew. "We could have built a new Krypton, but instead you chose the humans, the machines over us," he said and looked up to glare at Jack.
Jack knew what was coming and stepped into the clearing, away from the othersod "I exist, only to protect Krypton," he claimed. "That is the sole purpose, for which I was born." Zod paused slightly.
"And every action I take, no matter how violent, or how cruel is for the greater good…of my people," he said, anger starting to flow into his words. "And now…I have no people."
He scowled. "My soul…That is what you have taken from me!" he yelled and shot forward, crashing into Jack and knocking him across the ground. Jack grunted in pain as he slid to a stop and slowly stood.
"I'm going to make them suffer Kal," he snarled as he stalked towards him. "These humans and machines you've adopted, I will take them all from you, one by one,"
"You're a monster Zod," Jack said and flew up, floating in front of the general, "and I'm going to stop you," he said.
With that, the two Kryptonians shot toward each other, Jack kicking up dirt as he flew towards him, and Zod leaving small craters in the ground as he ran towards him. The two collided in a massive shockwave as dirt and grass shot everywhere, obscuring the two from vision momentarily.
Jack and Zod shot from the cloud, Jack slamming through three different buildings before crashing through a fourth one and separating. Jack let go and crashed through several desks before stopping. Jack stood to his feet while Zod stood as well.
Zod grunted in pain as his eyes began to glow a bright red, and two beams of heat vision shot from his eyes. The vision lanced out, cutting clean through the building under Jack and he floated up as it began to collapse underneath him, the damaged building collapsing around him.
Jack ignored the collapsing rubble and shot forward, launching Zod and himself out onto the street below. Jack crashed at the foot of a building, while Zod landed in front of him. Jack stood to his feet in time to see a car flying towards him at high speed. He barely caught it in time, flinging it out of the way as Zod charged towards him.
Jack shot straight up, avoiding the charging general who collided with the entrance of the building. Jack shot up towards the top of it and floated above Zod as he broke free of the rubble.
The general charged up the side of the building on all fours, like an enraged animal, and Jack shot towards him. The two collided in midair, a shockwave spreading out and tearing the face of the building apart. Both crashed into the street, leaving large craters in the street as they landed.
Rubble crashed around them as the two got back to their feet, glaring at each other. "There's only one way this can end Kal," Zod yelled. "Either you die or I do!" he yelled and shot forward, punching Jack in the stomach.
Jack doubled over in time to receive an uppercut, launching him head over heels backwards. Jack managed to stick the landing though, and blocked Zod's hook, punching him in the midsection, then in the face. The two proceeded to trade blows, each one creating miniature shockwaves from each hit.
Jack tried punching Zod in the side, only for his arm to be grabbed. Zod twisted his arm and kicked Jack in the chest knocking him back through a parking garage. Smoke billowed as he crashed through concrete pillars, only to crash through on the other side where Zod was waiting.
As Jack flew towards him from the impact, Zod raised his fists over his head and slammed down on top of Jack, slamming him into the pavement with a loud crash. Zod kicked him up into the air and grabbed him by the throat before slamming him back down into the pavement. The ground shattered from the impact, and Zod kicked Jack in the side, launching him up into a construction zone.
Jack twisted through the air and skid to a halt, just in time for Zod to leap towards him with a large metal beam in his hands. Jack quickly used his heat vision to melt through the beam. The longer half fell, and Zod missed his original strike. He quickly corrected this though by backhanding Jack with what was left of the beam.
Jack crashed back into a support beam while Zod stood in front of him hunched over. "I was trained since birth to adapt and change to any combat situation," Zod said and wrenched his torso sideways. Armor cracked and fell off him at the seams. He repeated it, and more armor fell off, until his armor was gone, leaving him in a black suit similar to Jack's.
The remaining armor never hit the ground as Zod slowly lifted into the air, arms spread. "Where did you learn to fight Kal? On a playground?" he snarled and shot towards Jack, punching him through the construction site. Jack went flying out the other side, only for Zod to appear waiting for him. Jack stopped himself and floated in front of the general only for a moment before charging towards him at top speed.
He collided with him and proceeded to repeatedly punch Zod, each punch hitting with the speed and ferocity of a cannon shot. There was a loud boom as Jack punched Zod so hard he flew across the city, crashing through the side of a building, Jack chasing after him.
He punched Zod again, launching him farther, and again, and again, until he crashed through several smaller buildings below. Glass and concrete shattered, bathing the area in rubble through an evacuated part of town. Zod shot out from the rubble, and the two engaged in hand to hand, flying upwards.
Jack grabbed Zod by the arms as they began to reach Earth orbit and flung him away from the planet towards the moon. Zod was able to stop himself by grabbing a passing satellite before twisting and flinging it at Jack.
Jack grunted in pain as the satellite collided with him, causing him to fly to the ground, heating up as he did. He and the satellite lit up the sky as the two began to burn up in re-entry until Jack managed to slow and steady himself.
He brushed off some debris and waited to cool, steam rising off his suit. He only had a brief moment though as Zod slammed into him, the two spiraling towards Earth punching and kicking as they did.
Jack and Zod separated as Jack crashed through a large skyscraper, causing a chunk of it to fall to the city below. Zod managed to steady himself and shot after Jack, who had emerged from a crater in the ground.
He elbowed the boy in the face, stunning him, before grabbing him by the cape and spinning faster and faster as he flew through the city. Jack's face slammed into the side of a building while he spun, and Zod let go. Jack went flying, crashing into Grand Central Station with a massive explosion of dust and debris.
He crashed into the main lobby and slid across the smooth tile floor, coming to a stop in the middle of the station. Jack got to his feet just as Zod flew in and landed with a BOOM in front of him, knocking Jack on his aft.
He grabbed the teen by the collar, and proceeded to punch him repeatedly in the face. Jack tried to stop him, but Zod was relentless, ignoring Jack's attempts as if they were annoyances.
Several bolts of energy slammed into Zod, and he looked up to see Jack's Arcee standing there, blasters raised. Zod snarled and dropped Jack, who tried recovering from his onslaught but was still weak.
Arcee unsheathed her blades and struck at Zod, only for the blade to shatter against his face. Arcee reared back, screaming in pain, and Zod grabbed her by the throat. "You Autobots have been a thorn in my side long enough!" he yelled and slammed Arcee into the ground, crushing her throat with one hand.
Jack slammed into the madman but was unable to knock him off her. Instead, he opted to put Zod in a strangle hold, trying to pull him off the woman he loved. Zod simply applied more pressure to Arcee's neck, crushing the tubing and metal.
"YOU CARE FOR THESE THINGS SO MUCH KAL!?" Zod screamed as his eyes turned red "THEN YOU CAN WATCH THEM DIE!" he screeched, and heat vision poured from his eyes, inches from Arcee's face.
"Zod you don't have to do this!" Jack pleaded, trying to hold the general's head away from Arcee.
Zod just cackled as the beams moved closer and closer to Arcee, who was trying to keep her head away from the beams and struggled against Zod's iron grip to no avail. Jack realized he wasn't going to be able to stop Zod and saw only one way out.
Twisting his hands, there was a loud CRACK! as Zod's neck broke, and the general fell on his side his grip on Arcee fading and his eyes losing their red color. Jack stood back, looking at Zod and then his hands in horror before falling to his knees.
"GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHH HHHHHHH!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, in pain, in horror, in guilt at the deed he'd just done, and slammed his fists into the ground, shattering the floor.
Jack had just killed a man, not a faceless soldier, or in a rage, but fully aware of his action and its consequence. He'd killed Zod in cold blood when there could have been a different way, any other way than that, but no, he'd taken the easy route and killed one of the last remnants of his people.
And despite all that Zod had done, all the pain he caused, Jack felt nothing but horror for taking his life away. Zod only did what he did because he was raised that way, was incapable of thinking of any other way to rebuild Krypton. He was a product of his society.
Jack realized this all in an instant and started sobbing, tears flowing from his face. He felt Arcee embrace him and nuzzled his head against her for any form of comfort as the tears continued to flow.
"Shhhh," she said comfortingly. "It's okay Jack, everything will be okay…It's over, it's all over," she cooed.
Jack continued to cry and sob, though they grew weaker, even when the others finally arrived, and spent the next few minutes in Arcee's arms, sobbing and crying at the horrible deed he'd done…
Later…
Jack lay in the temporary quarters alone, curled into a ball. After everything that'd happened after he…after he killed Zod, the Decepticons had retreated, and the Bots had returned to base. Faora's body was taken to be buried among the fallen heroes of America. True, she'd once been on Zod's side, but she'd died for the right reasons, and in the end it was the least they could do.
Now though, Jack just wanted to be alone, to be away from everyone. They'd tried comforting him before he'd disappeared, telling him it wasn't his fault, that there was no other option. Jack knew they were wrong. Jack had killed Zod, not in rage but because he hadn't considered other ways to get him off Arcee, and he could have.
He could have flown up with Zod in hand, used his hand to cover his eyes, though it would have hurt, or done something that didn't kill him. But no, in the end he took the easy way out and killed him, snapped his neck like a twig. There was no excuse, plain and simple; Jack was a murderer.
Dusk claimed that compared to killing someone in a rage and not remembering it, only standing over the bloodied corpse of your enemy was worse. Jack had to disagree. With the rage one could use it as an excuse, or often the person wasn't haunted by the process. Even Jack's rage induced fit that had occurred when Kara was hurt he barely remembered.
Not Zod's death, he would remember that death for years to come, every little detail of the fight and the details of how he ended that life was seared into his memories. At least Dusk didn't have to remember the details, if only to remember them in her dreams.
Jack heard the door to the room open and clenched his eyes shut "Go away," he mumbled.
The person didn't leave, and he felt a servo on his shoulder. He looked up slightly to see Arcee standing over him. The femme kneeled beside him, a concerned look on her faceplate. Jack just turned his head away from her in shame.
"Jack, talk to me," she said quietly. Jack didn't respond.
Arcee sighed. "Jack, what happened wasn't your fault," Arcee said.
Jack mumbled something in response. "What was that?" Arcee asked softly.
"Yes, it was," he said. "I could have done something different, found some sort of way to beat him without…." he trailed off, unable to finish his sentence.
Jack finally looked to Arcee. "I shouldn't have killed him; I never kill," Jack said.
"You were placed in a tough situation and had to make a quick decision," Arcee said.
"I still could have made a better call," Jack muttered.
"Jack, listen to me," Arcee said. "Everyone makes a bad call they regret; I've made plenty, but you have to put this behind you," she said. Jack looked away, but Arcee wasn't going to let that happen.
"Listen Jack," she said, again turning his face to face her. "Do you think you and I would ever have wound up together if I'd spent my days moping over the loss of my partners?" she asked.
Jack slowly shook his head. The femme had a point. "Then you have two choices Jack: stay here and brood or come out and be with your friends…and me," she said softly.
Jack opened his mouth to respond, but stopped when he thought about what Arcee had said. She had a point. Arcee had suffered much from losing her partners, and though it hurt, she didn't let it ruin her life and continued to fight and do her job.
Granted, she had almost shut everyone out, but she hadn't had anyone to help her through it. Jack did, and maybe instead dealing with this pain alone, he could let others help, like they had with his dreams.
Jack smiled. "Thanks Arcee," he said.
Arcee returned the smile. "Anytime partner," she said and stood. "Now, how about we head on out to the others, pretty sure they're worried about you," she said.
A smile crossed Jack's face as he stood. "I think I have a better idea," he said.
"Oh?" Arcee asked, hands on her hips. "And what might that be?" she asked.
Jack smiled and grabbed Arcee, dipping her as he kissed her for several moments. "That," he said as the two broke apart.
"I don't know," she responded playfully. "Our track record so far hasn't been very good," she said. Jack ran a finger between the seam on her winglet and back, causing Arcee to shiver.
"But hey, what the heck," she purred and pulled him in for another kiss.
Suddenly… "Well it's good to see you back to normal, Kal," Dusk said, surprising the two. Jack let go of Arcee in surprise, and the femme fell to the floor with a clank.
"Doesn't anyone knock!?" Jack exclaimed as he helped his girlfriend to her feet.
Dusk smirked "No, not really," she said, and Jack glared at her. "Anyway, the others were wondering if you were okay, so they sent me to check on you when Arcee didn't come back," she said, and Arcee turned a pale blue. "Now we know," she said with a faint smile.
Jack sighed and hopped off the berth, Arcee behind him and walked out of the room. "Arcee," Dusk said, and the femme turned to her. "Can I talk to you alone for a moment?" she asked. Her voice was slightly nervous, but Jack dismissed it, it was probably just Dusk being nervous about talking to the femme. After Arcee chewed her out, he wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.
Arcee nodded before turning back to Jack. "I'll meet you out there in a minute," she said.
Jack nodded and walked off, mumbling about lack of privacy as he did. Arcee turned to Dusk. "So, what did you want to talk about?"
A/N: Once again, another cliffhanger. So ends the Zod saga. It lasted far longer than the original three or four chapters I had planned, didn't it? I am sad to say that the crossover shall be ending soon, though I have a feeling this won't be the last time our stories cross over. On a side note, Elhini will be uploading her half later today or early tomorrow, just a heads up. Anyway, remember to Review with Critique, or PM us with plot based questions or ideas. Bye!