Arcee groaned as her optics flickered slightly in attempts to come back on. She was chained to the wall in one of the prison chambers, her armor stained with her Energon and dented up after the beating and torture she got from Starscream. Her optics finally come on and start functioning again as sharp pains shoot through her body, "Ahh you're finally coming through."
Arcee slowly looks up and sees Starscream in front of her, she just glared at him as she let out a growl. Starscream walks closer to her, "Now, are you gonna tell me where your base is?"
Arcee continues to stay silent, she'll never tell them where the base is, "You're just making this harder for yourself." Starscream added as he walked over to a table, he picks up an electric rod then walks back over to her.
"Get fragged! I'll never tell you!"
Starscream glares at her then jabs her in the abdomen with the rod sending a load of pain shooting through her frame. He pulls back and Arcee just feels her systems starting to go into shut down, she tries her hardest to keep them functioning. She looks back at Starscream being sure not to let her glare falter, she will not appear weak in front of her enemy, "Do whatever you want Starscream, I'll never tell you!" She says with a hiss.
"We'll see about that." He says as he gets ready to strike her again. But before he could strike her the door opened and Soundwave walked in. He brought up an image on his visor indicating that they were at the location in the Arctic where Starscream wanted to go, "Good, good." He then turns back to Arcee, "You're in luck, I must leave to attend to some business. But we will continue this later when I'm done." He then puts the rod back on the table and walks out.
Soundwave looks over at Arcee who was staring at the floor and not paying him any mind, he then turned to walk out.
Starscream goes to the top of the ship where the drones are waiting and he orders them to start up the laser beam to cut through the Earth. After being up there for some time he looks over and sees Bulkhead heading towards the ship, "A lone Autobot? Should be easy to handle."
"Allow me Lord Starscream." Knockout said with a bow, "Breakdown, go get him!" He then told his partner. Breakdown grinned as he started running to the edge of the ship then jumped off and dove to the ground, right where Bulkhead was.
Back at Autobot base Ratchet had put 'Bee into recharge after he was having some complications with him, "You think this has anything to do with the capture of Arcee?" Raf asked.
"No, don't think so. He says he sees Megatron in his head. I believe Megatron followed him back into his mind and has taken it over." Ratchet explained.
"Well you can help him get free, can't you?"
"I will try." Ratchet says as he walks off.
Starscream surveyed the scene as Bulkhead and Breakdown fought and soon became suspicious when he saw that neither Bumblebee or Optimus was anywhere in sight. He turned to one of the drones, "Put guards in front of the prison chamber where the femme is! No Autobot is to get in there!" He ordered. The drone nodded and went to do as he was told.
"You think the Autobots are attempting a rescue?" Knockout asked.
"Knowing how they work it's quite possible."
"Have she said anything yet?"
"No. She's determined to keep her mouth shut and it's aggravating!"
"Well hasn't she always been known for her strong will and determination?"
"She has, and it's been so annoying!" Starscream says as he watches the two fighting down below, he would never admit to any other 'Con that he actually finds her strong will and determination admirable.
While he's watching the two fight he's unaware that Optimus is climbing up the cliffside next to the ship.
Ratchet and Raf boarded the Nemesis following after Bumblebee who had gone on board, being controlled by Megatron. They followed him into the room where Megatron's body is and sees 'Bee hooked up to him by the Psychic Patch. Ratchet runs over to try and stop him but is taken down, then Raf runs over to try and he gets swatted away. 'Bee tries to resist and regain control but Megatron's control was too much and Megatron completely took over his processor. He proceeds on with reviving his body then he transfers over leaving 'Bee a bit dazed and confused. The three then watch in horror as Megatron awakens and gets off the berth.
"Decepticons, your rightful lord and master has returned!" He says as he looks at the drones who came running into the room. He then looks at 'Bee and Ratchet, "Dispose of them." He says as he walks out.
Optimus reaches the top of the cliff and jumps on the ship, he then transforms and charges at Starscream. Starscream gets on the laser weapon and turns it towards him, trying to fry him. But Optimus prevails through it and attacks the Seeker, blowing up the weapon. Optimus is sent flying back to the ground as Starscream was sent off somewhere else. Upon seeing this Breakdown knocks down Bulkhead and heads for the ship.
Optimus laid on the ground having a hard time moving, he looks up to see Starscream heading towards him in his jet mode, ready to kill him, "One mistake Megatron made was letting you live Optimus Prime!" He shouted as he did a nose dive towards the mech.
Optimus then saw Megatron's jet mode fly by and ram into Starscream, flying him back to the ship. He then watched as the ship flew off. Bulkhead came over and helped him up, :: Ratchet, we need a groundbridge. ::
"So do we." Ratchet says as he comes around the corner of one of the mountains with Bumblebee and Raf.
"What are you three doing here?"
"Megatron took full possession of Bumblee's processor and had him go onto the ship and revive his body so we went after him to try and stop him but was unsuccessful."
"Did you see where they could be holding Arcee?" Bulkhead asked.
Ratchet's face dropped, "No, there were too many drones around to get a good look."
"Let's head on back and maybe we can come up with a way to reason with Megatron to let Arcee go." Optimus told them. They just nodded.
Arcee stared at the floor as she tried to come up with a way to escape. She could hear the commotion from out in the corridors and knew her teammates were on board. She wished she could have gotten to them or that they could have found her and freed her. She has no doubt that they tried and just couldn't reach her. She had different equations run through her processor on how she could escape, but none was seeming sensible enough to even try.
The door then opened and her facial expression turned into a scowl as she continued looking at the floor, she refused to look up at the mech that walked in, And so Starscream returns for more torture. She thinks to herself as the footsteps got closer, Wait, these footsteps sound heavier than his. She then sees a pair of pedes come into her sight and they weren't Starscream's. Next thing she knows a hand grabs her chin and forces her to look up, she's met with the red optics of Megatron and her optics widen. She couldn't believe it, the warlord who she just saw laying lifeless on a berth in med-bay, was now up and about and standing right before her.
"You seem surprised to see me. Did you think I was dead? Well I'm still very much alive." Megatron says as he looks dead straight into her optics. He then looks over at Soundwave, "Well done Soundwave." He says as he releases Arcee's chin. He then starts circling her like a predator circling its prey, "I believe I can find use for you."
Arcee just remained silent, not wanting to say anything. She just watched him as he circled her, wondering what he had in mind. But before she could ask any questions a drone came in, "Lord Megatron, Optimus Prime is on the monitor and he wants to speak with you."
"How was he even able to contact the ship?"
"Th-the systems have been malfunctioning a bit."
Megatron let out a snarl, "Very well." He said as he headed out. The others followed him leaving Arcee alone again.