AN: Alright! Check out Barricade above!

Time: 1 hour after Rex was kicked out of my universe by yours truly

Artemis stirred in her sleep. A beam of sunlight filtered through the window and fell on her face, illuminating her beautiful features, and setting her auburn locks on fire. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and sat up, before swinging her legs over the edge, and sitting up, still entangled in the mess of sheets. Her hair was a rat's nest. What would Percy think if he saw her in this state? Damn Apollo for taking out his chariot so early in the morning.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Thunderous beats, resembling the beating of a drum, resonated through the entire mountain, and the moon goddess traced it's origin to the city centre.

Fearing that it was an emergency, she snapped her fingers, immediately cleaning herself. Her hair was brushed, and she was wearing a silver t-shirt, hunting parka, combat boots with black jeans.

Artemis rushed out of her room to see that Thalia was waiting right outside for her. "Percy is not here! I think he has left already!" Thalia panicked, and Artemis flashed both of them to the Well of Allsparks.

All the Transformers were already there, and Percy was pacing about in the stage. All traces of the previous night's party had been cleared. The Hunters who had decided to stay with the Transformers were still drowsy, and unsure on their feet, while those who had stayed at the Camp set up on the football field were just rising out of their tents.

"Attention!" Percy stomped his foot on the stage, and stood in front of everybody.

"What is it? Are we under attack?" Artemis asked worriedly. The new prophecy, and Percy's explanation really worried her. Her sentence jolted the Hunters out of their drowsy state, and they too paid attention.

"Attack?" Percy let out a small laugh. "Hades no! We are going to train!"

"At this hour?" A random Hunter asked.

"Yes?" Percy said, unsure of himself. It came out as a question.

"We haven't even had breakfast yet!" Some of the Hunters cried out, and Artemis and Thalia agreed with them. "Well, then, EAT QUICKLY!" Percy shouted, eager to get training underway.

He snapped his fingers, making blue pancakes, nectar, and bacon appear on the tables. The Hunters stuffed themselves, fighting each other over the bacon.

Artemis ate in a more civilised manner.

After breakfast was done with, Percy snapped his fingers again, making them appear in the control room, where Soundwave was doing his job devotedly.

Said Decepticon pointed at a screen, which showed the Combiner Arena. "Are we going to fight... Combiners?" Artemis asked, unsure of Percy's answer.

"No," Percy answered quickly. He gestured towards the screen, and the camera zoomed in, showing that the interior of the arena had been fashioned into a city. After closer inspection, Artemis realised that it was a New York block. Soundwave hit a button, and the other screens changed to show that cameras had been set throughout the model, so that they could have a good view of whatever is going on.

The model in question, took up the entire arena, and Artemis noticed that the stands were absent. Large skyscrapers towered into the sky, and a maze of roads, representing the Labyrinth, wove through them. Artemis could only assume that Percy had used his godly powers to create the set. Some roads were wide, while some were narrow and perilous, with sharp turns and obstacles.

The most outstanding feature was a bridge, which spanned a river off to the side of the arena.

Percy continued. "This has been set up to simulate a real-life combat situation. Since we will just resurrect of we die, killing, maiming, everything is allowed. Your objective is to kill the enemy. Nothing else."

Percy took a breath, looking at the assembled crowd to see if they had understood. The Transformers nodded vigorously, while the Hunters looked unsure. Regardless, they nodded, too.

"A Hunter will have to team up with a Transformer to participate. This is done so that the Transformers do not need to keep switching between their human and combat forms, so that the Hunters can carry out operations the Transformers or their minicons can't. You need to be synchronised, and help each other, like the parts of a machine. One will cover the other's blind spots." Percy stopped.

Artemis nodded, seeing the logic behind his words. "Who will volunteer?"

"I will." Bumblebee raised his hand. The blonde son of Apollo was wearing a yellow tee with black jeans today. (Yes, Bumblebee can speak. And yes, he is a son of Apollo.)

"And the other?" Percy clapped his hands.

"Me." Out of the crowd, Barricade strode out, a menacing look in his eyes. As usual, he was wearing the police uniform. The Transformers murmured among themselves, knowing the rivalry between the two. In fact, there were several rivalries between the two factions, sometimes, within the same faction, like Hound and Drift.

"Nice. Barricade and Bumblebee will fight. Who will fight for the Hunters?"

"Phoebe with Barricade, and Atlanta with Bumblebee." This time, murmurs broke out among the Hunters. Phoebe and Atlanta were sisters in everything but blood, and now, one is being pitched against the other. "Lady Artemis..." Tracy started, afraid that the sisterly relationship between the two would deteriorate, but Artemis cut her off with a raised hand. "This exercise is meant to enable one to appreciate the strength of the other. I am sure that in a real fight, Barricade will not hesitate to die for Bumblebee."

Phoebe and Atlanta just eyed each other uncomfortably.

Soundwave nodded, apparently satisfied with the selections, and opened a space bridge. The swirling blue-green portal opened up in front o the four. Barricade stepped through first, followed by Phoebe. Bumblebee and Atlanta stepped through a couple of seconds later. The space bridge closed behind them.

Everybody turned to the screens in anticipation. Phoebe and Barricade appeared on top of Maze Bank, while Bumblebee and Atlanta appeared on top of the biggest hotel in the region, the Triple Crown.

"You have 1 hour to set traps and prepare yourselves!" Percy declared through the microphone.

(Now, I am switching over to the fighters.)

Barricade and Phoebe appeared on top of Maze Bank. It towered over all the other buildings in the neighbourhood, and looked high tech, with all the glass and the helipad on the roof.

Phoebe looked at the police uniform wearing 'con expectantly. "We have an hour before we begin. We must trap the area. Do you have any?"

"Do you?" Barricade retorted.

"No!" Phoebe couldn't believe she was stuck with him.

"Neither does Bumblebee. The two of us are speed fighters; we don't carry traps. Does Atlanta have any?"

"None of the Hunters have traps." Phoebe hesitated.

"We are even then. We have one hour, which we will spend hanging about doing nothing."

"Strategy?" Phoebe said half- heartedly. As a daughter of Ares, she was never keen on tactics. That was the main difference between children of Ares and Athena. They believed that tactics are useless on the battlefield, everything occurs spontaneously on the spur of the moment. Barricade seemed to read her mind, and patted the spot beside him, in an invitation for her to sit. He was sitting on the edge of the helipad, dangling his feet.

Phoebe grudgingly sat down beside him, and stared off into the distance. She saw that he had held out a chocolate bar towards her. The Hunters often did not have such treats. "The last of my stash." Barricade offered as a gesture of friendship.

Phoebe accepted it, opening the golden wrapper and taking a bite out of the brown bar. The sweet deliciousness melted in her mouth. "Why do you wear that police uniform?"

Barricade looked down. "I was born mortal. Son of a ganglord, who had raped my mother. I ran away, and was saved by a policeman. The next month, he was murdered by my dad's goons, and I was recaptured. Two years later, Hot Rod saved me. Now, I wear his uniform to remember that police officer who was my saviour." Barricade lifted a medal on his chest, to show a bullet hole in the fabric, just where his heart should be.

Phoebe gasped, and looked up to see that Barricade was looking away from her.

"And you?" She could hear the sadness and guilt in his voice. "I don't know. I guess it was always my dream to join the Hunters, and they were ready to accept a daughter of Ares." The two sat in an uncomfortable silence for some time, the only sound being Phoebe eating her chocolate. "Where's Frenzy?" She broke the silence.

Barricade laughed. "He only appears as my minicon in battle mode. You will meet him again during the fight."

Phoebe smiled.

A few streets down, Bumblebee and Atlanta appeared on top of the largest hotel in town, the Triple Crown. The two siblings looked at each other. Atlanta had spent the night at Bee's place, and she found him extremely sweet and cute.

Bee looked at her. "Guess we have to wait."

He wandered off to the rooftop diner, and sat down at one of the tables with a huge feast. "You are going to eat all that?" Atlanta laughed, looking at him.

Bee nodded, his mouth full of grilled chicken. Atlanta drew a bowl of ice cream closer, and dug in. They sat in silence for a while, before she asked. "What made you a Transformer?" She asked.

"Stunted growth. Bullied, ostracised, and depressed. That is before Hot Rod found me. And you?"

Atlanta looked down at her ice cream. "Abusive step-father." She muttered.

Bumblebee continued like it was nothing. "You know, Hot Rod had an abusive step-father, too." Atlanta was confused for a moment, before she realised that he was talking about Percy. She nodded solemnly, and resumed eating in silence.

The two parties hung about with each other for a moment, when a booming voice declared overhead, "The fight begins, now!"

Immediately, Bumblebee and Barricade shifted into their battle modes, humming with energy at the prospect of having a good fight. They swooped their respective Hunter up, and jumped off the buildings, landing safely, and creating a crater where they landed. Phoebe and Atlanta struggled to hold in screams, but their enhanced Hunter's hearing told them where the other was. The Transformers did not have any idea about stealth.

Barricade transformed into his police car, with Phoebe in the driver's seat. "I heard them!" She exclaimed hurriedly. "They are at the Triple Crown hotel!"

The radio turned on, and Barricade spoke through the device. "If we heard them, they heard us too. What do we do?"

Phoebe bit her lip. "Charge." She spoke, and Barricade turned his speed up in anticipation.

He sped down the street, and was going to round the corner, when a yellow Chevrolet slammed into their side, sending them crashing into a building. Had they been mortal vehicles, Phoebe would have been minced meat by then. "Ouch." She could hear the pain in Barricade's voice. "Okay, Bee, if you want to play guerilla, I am in!" She looked at the yellow vehicle speeding down the road. Barricade floored the accelerator again, and sped down after them. She could tell that they were slowly catching up to the two. "I am in team 1 for a reason. And he isn't," Barricade said smugly.

The two finally caught up with the yellow vehicle on a bridge spanning a river. "Phoebe, get ready with your hunting knives."

"What?" She asked, confused, though she gripped her knives tight.

"To win, we have to kill both Bumblebee and Atlanta."

Phoebe was not given time to respond, as Barricade transformed partially. His lower half was still in vehicle mode, helping them keep along with the other two, while his upper half was in robot form. Phoebe was flung out, though immediately caught by him. She let out a strangled scream.

Showing no remorse or sympathy towards his fellow Transformer, Barricade punched a hole in the vehicle's door, and ripped it out, to show Atlanta pointing a bow shakily at the Hunters grasped in his clasp. "Go, Phoebe!"

Barricade pushed her through the gaping door, into the vehicle, and both the Hunters were lost for a moment, before Phobe regained her senses, and batted away Atlanta's bow. She was going to stab her, when Bumblebee transformed, sending both the Hunters flying. He caught Atlanta, while Phoebe was caught by Barricade. Both of them let out screams. Bee managed to land safely, skidding back a few metres due to the speed at which he was going, but was swept off his feet by Barricade's scissor kick. He was in full robot form, now too. Bumblebee landed on the other lane, and sped off into the city back again, Barricade hot on his trail. They had hardly passed into the city, when Barricade scissor kicked Bumblebee again, denting his hood, and sending him flying.

The Autobot crashed into a radio tower, which groaned, and fell. Phoebe would have been caught under it, too, had Barricade not taken the brunt of the hit, holding up the tower with his massive chassis. "Go!" He shouted, and Phoebe scrambled to get out of the way. Bee emerged from the debris, shooting at his enemy with a gun, which bis hand had morphed into. Barricade took one hit, grunting in pain, but did not let the tower go until Phoebe was safe.

He flung the tower back at Bee, and started shooting at him.

Everything was moving so fast, Phoebe did not have time to register anything, except the fact that Atlanta was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly an arrow came flying out of nowhere, and grazed her arm. She rolled out of the way, and stood up to see Atlanta with her bow raised at her.

She grinned, and jumped into her own fight, locking knives with her sister. Atlanta jabbed at her stomach, but she jumped, dodging the attack, and kicked her in the chest. Phoebe then lunged towards her, but Atlanta rolled out of the way, aiming a kick towards her feet. The daughter of Ares jumped up, and feinted a swipe at her stomach, which Atlanta leaned back to dodge. Phoebe pulled in her swipe and landed a deep gash on her thigh.

Atlanta jumped back in an attempt to dodge, but failed. A wound opened up on her thigh, bleeding profusely.

She gritted her teeth, and was going to attack her again, when an agonising scream tore through the arena.

Phoebe did not get any time before Bumblebee was between her and Atlanta. He stopped her up in his grasp, before shooting at her.

The daughter of Ares just stood paralysed with fright, and just had time to register a blue mass diving in front of her to intercept the shot. Barricade had saved her.

Bumblebee turned tail, and fled with Atlanta, back in his yellow Chevrolet form.

Barricade turned back into a human, a gaping wound in the middle of his chest. It oozed yellow venom, and the edges were charred. It went all the way through, leaving an empty space where his lungs should be.

Barricade gasped for breath. Somehow Frenzy appeared at Phoebe's side, for the first time in the fight, and squeaked. Barricade groaned, as if trying to say something, squeezed her hand, and fell back, dead.

Phoebe felt tears brimming in her eyes. Her heart felt as if it was being squeezed as she held the motionless body in her arms. "No, Barricade!! Barricade! Please! Don't leave me! I love you!" She broke down sobbing in the middle of the road. Yes, she had known him for hardly a day, and already, the most hardened Huntress was crushing on this Transformer.

She barely registered Frenzy pulling her out of the open, into a restaurant for shelter. She struggled against his firm grip, and frantically gestured towards the body lying on the road. "We can't just leave him there!"

"He's dead." Frenzy squeaked, making Phoebe go into a new fit of sobbing.

"Don't worry, he will come back." He tried to calm her down. "Barricade wouldn't want you to lose." This set Phoebe into motion, and she could feel Ares' blood pumping in her veins. Yes, she would avenge his death, even if she had to kill her own sister.

"But how am I to defeat Bumblebee?" She asked, regaining her senses.

Frenzy squeaked again. "Bumblebee used his special ability to kill Barricade- Sting like a Bee. He is dying as we speak. His ability is self-destructive. So, we only need to kill Atlanta. And you have me."

He transformed into a laptop, which immediately lit up. Phoebe moved it into her lap. "You can search for anybody in me. You just have to enter the name, godly parent, if any, and I will find the person, of he or she is in a five-mile radius." Phoebe grinned, and entered, Atlanta, daughter of Apollo. She was only a couple of streets down.

A couple of streets down, Bumblebee was lying on a couch in an apartment, in his human form, with his head in Atlanta's lap. She was stroking his hair. "Be careful, Atlanta." He wheezed. "Kill Phoebe. Barricade is dead."

"Shh." Atlanta silenced her. Her heart ached to see him like this. The sweet and cute Transformer of the previous night turned into a dying soldier. Yes, she loved him. And yes, she was aware that this was some freaky brother-sister incest. But this was Greek mythology. What do you expect?

She leaned down, and kissed Bumblebee softly on his lips. His warm lips were delicious, and tasted like honey against her lips.

Before she could do anything more, Bumblebee's body fell limp, and his head lulled back, a smile still on his face.

She sniffed, and got up, closing his eyes, and covering him with a blanket. "Sleep tight." She whispered to the covered corpse, before she left the apartment, and stood in the middle of the street, waiting for her adversary.

Phoebe turned up, not much late. Beside her, was Frenzy. Atlanta gulped. She had completely forgotten the minicon, and now, the daughter of Ares had an n fair advantage against her.

Phoebe raised her eyebrow as she saw Atlanta standing in the middle of the road. Both of them drew their bows, an arrow already notched and drawn. "Go, Frenzy," Phoebe whispered, but it seemed too loud in the silent city.

Frenzy stepped forward, and Atlanta turned her bow towards him. "You have seen Bee's ability, now it's time for mine." He squeaked. "You have seen a good cop," He grew into Barricade, the blue full-sized Decepticon towering menacingly before her, and finished in Barricade's voice, "Now, it's time to see a bad cop."

"Barricade?" Phoebe had her bow down in wonder.

"No, it's still me, Frenzy, just in Barricade's body." Frenzy spoke in Barricade's voice.

"Confusing? I think not." He reached out, easily catching Atlanta in his hand. The seven arrows she had shot at him, had just bounced off his metal chassis.

He held out the captive Hunter to Phoebe. "Slit her throat." He ordered.

Phoebe hesitated, a reluctant expression on her face. She did not think that she would actually have to kill her. Nevertheless, she had her hunting knife gripped tightly in her hand.

"I said, slit her throat! She killed Barricade." Frenzy repeated.

Phoebe steeled herself at those words. Yes, she had killed her crush. She moved forward, and laughing maniacally at Atlanta's horrified expression, slit her throat, her silver hunting knife making a clean cut through her throat. Atlanta gasped, and her body went limp.

Phoebe was pulled back to the control room, where the Decepticons were cheering madly at her, and the Hunters wore horrified expressions, while the Autobots sulked. "Another defeat," Sideswipe muttered dejectedly.

"Phoebe! Phoebe! Phoebe!" The Decepticons cheered. Frenzy was nowhere to be seen, and the daughter of Ares assumed that he had returned to Barricade, to be brought back at dinnertime. Artemis clapped her shoulder, a slight smirk on her face. "I saw it all." She whispered.

Artemis chuckled at the horrified expression on Phoebe's face, and added. "Don't worry, you are allowed to date Barricade."

Phoebe sighed in relief. She had forgotten all about her Hunter's oath. It felt as if a weight was being taken off her shoulders.

The crowd dispersed to do whatever they wanted, because Percy was nowhere to be seen. Had he been there, they would have trained till their joints ached. Sometimes, one or the other of the weaker Transformers even dropped dead of exhaustion. Everybody would have a good laugh when their cause of death was told at dinnertime.

"Cliffjumper." Percy would declare, failing to hold in his laughter. "Died of... exhaustion. Hahahahaha..." He would roll on the floor along with all the others, laughing hysterically at the blushing Autobot.

Artemis looked around. No one was here, except Soundwave. A perfect time to carry out what she had planned. Wait, no one? Where was Percy?

She sighed in frustration, and walked up to Soundwave. "Where is Percy?" She asked.

Soundwave did not bother to look up from his keyboard, instead playing a recording again. It was Percy's voice, "I'm going to my office for some time."

She nodded, and tried to remember where his office was. She walked to the two doors on the left, and wondered which one it was. One thing she was sure of was that one was is office, and the other one was the energon reserves. She took a deep breath, and opened one door, but slammed it shut just as quickly. Her eyes were wide with horror. Seeing Megatron and Optimus copulating in the energon reserves was something she DID NOT want to see. She then blushed the next moment, wondering how it would be like if Percy fucked her on the cold metal floor of the energon reserves.

She then walked through the other door, and was relieved to find that she had got it right this time.

Nothing had changed in the office. The black box was still on the wall, the two chairs were in the same position they were when Apollo and she were here last. The only difference was this time, Percy was bent over some maps on his desk, examining them closely.

Hearing her enter, he looked up, and put the maps away. "Artemis, come, sit...sit." He gestured towards the guest chairs and sat down on the opposite side.

Artemis bit her lip. "Percy..."

"About what Barricade and Bumblebee did? I'm sorry if it caused you trouble. And Atlanta? She will resurrect today at dinner."

"No, not that."

"About Optimus and Megatron having closet sex next door? I'm sorry if it disturbed you."

"No, idiot!" She screeched, putting a stop to Percy's ramblings.

He looked at her confused. Artemis sighed, exasperated. Men could be so dense sometimes. Even if the one she was talking about was her one and only crush.

Before she knew what she was doing, she got up from her chair, and strode over to his seat. The moon goddess straddled him, making Percy look at her with wide eyes.

Artemis looked at him dreamily. "I have waited so long for this." She whispered against his lips, leaning in to close the gap.

Percy just sat there, dumbstruck as Artemis pressed her lips softly to his. He regained his confidence soon, and wrapped his arms around the smaller body of the moon goddess. His lips moved in sync with her, and it seemed neither would come up for breath. Percy ran his tongue along her soft lower lip, asking for permission. It tasted like a sweet cherry.

Artemis parted her lips, allowing him entry, and did not even bother to fight against his tongue as it ravaged her mouth. Percy ran his tongue over every surface of Artemis' mouth, having overcome his initial surprise at the Goddess' submissive nature.

He held her even closer.

Artemis was the one who broke it off, pulling away for breath. She looked at Percy with love in her eyes, which also held subservience, and devotion. She was ready to worship him and his cock. He rested his forehead against her, looking at her with a slight smile on his red face, though his eyes told another story. They told Artemis that he loved her and her body, and would ravage her in front of everybody, if given the chance. He would hold her down while he dominated her, and Artemis loved it.

The two again leaned closer to kiss, but were cut off by a gasp. The two Gods turned around to see Thalia standing at the doorway, her eyes brimming with unshed tears. "Thalia.." Artemis started, rising from her place on Percy's lap, but she would have none of it. The daughter of Zeus slammed the door in her face, and ran off to gods know where.

Percy just looked at her confused.

AN: OK, this is relatively short. I know, cliché ending. Also, for those who love Perhunt, I also love the ship, but this story is strictly a Pertelia. Also, sorry for the Megatron x Optimus Prime ship. Now, for some bad news and some good news. Bad news first- The actor who played Simon Masrani in Jurassic World, my fellow countryman, Irfan Khan, is dead! *Breaks down sobbing*Now, for the good news! ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA CINEMATIC TRAILER IS OUT!! GO AND WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE!!Nothing is real. Everything is permitted.Keep calm and CR7!! Keep calm and LM10!! (Messi)