"How did you survive the attack and make it out of the city?"

The question settles in Arcee's processor as she looks at the mech before her. Since he told her his backstory she feels obliged to tell him hers. But can she trust him? She knows it's been many years and none of it would matter now, but it's something personal to her. But when she looks into his purple optics she can't help but feel calm as she starts to feel like she can trust him. She doesn't know what's going on but she suddenly starts talking, spilling everything like he's become her best friend.

"My sire got me out. He took me out of the house and we went through the streets, through the chaos of everything that was happening. We didn't stop until we reached the military training unit where he worked at and trained soldiers."

"He was a soldier?"

"Yes, and a great one. He taught me how to fight and made me who I am today. He left me at the unit with a couple of his most trusted soldiers so I could get the special training I needed to become a warrior. They lead me and other civilians to a secret tunnel that was an emergency escape way in case the city was ever attacked. The tunnel lead us outside the city and we fled."

"What happened to your sire?"

"He went to counter the Decepticons and I never saw him again. I lost both my sire and my carrier that night."

Soundwave's spark sunk at hearing that. It pains him greatly to know that he's the cause of the death of his future mate's sire and carrier. No wonder Arcee despises the Decepticons so much. He wants to tell her the truth but he just can't, even though he knows she's bound to find out later he can't tell her. He can't stand the thought of her hating him even more than what she already does, because then she'll never come to love him back.

So in order to change the subject, he decides to ask about something he had been wondering about all these years, "Did the city really transform? I've heard stories of it from Decepticons that managed to survive but I found it hard to believe."

Arcee widens her optics in shock, she didn't think any Decepticons lived to tell about what happened. She still remembers driving away from the city and looking back in her rearview to see the city start to move. She watched as two servos extended out of the sides of the city and smashed into Decepticons flying overhead, making them crash into the ground. Other Decepticons fired upon it as it started transforming into a bot but the blasts did nothing, didn't affect it one bit.

"Yes. It's how we were able to stay off your radar. I had heard stories about the city we were living in being a transformer but I never really believed it until I saw it transform that night to fight off the Decepticons. It took them down with such ease."

"And you left such a safe haven?"

"No, we went where ever it did."

Soundwave reached up and wiped some black liquid from her optic that she didn't even know had escaped. She stared at him as he gently caressed her cheek, "Your sire did a great job. You're such a great fighter and the toughest femme I've ever met. As well as the prettiest."

Arcee stares into his optics as he moves closer to her face. She knows she should pull away from him but she can't, his optics are so alluring it's like they're sucking her in and she can't escape. His lips touch hers in a soft and gentle kiss, she tells herself that she really should be pulling away because he's a Decepticon and her enemy but she doesn't move. She starts kissing back then closes her optics as the kiss gets more passionate.

Soundwave moves Laserbeak back onto his chassis before he pulls Arcee closer to his body. He feels her arms snake around his neck and his spark jumps for joy. The love of his life is in his arms and returning his kiss. His cable starts to harden as it begins pressing against his interface panel. What he wouldn't give to be able to frag her right now. To just pound her into the dirt-covered ground they're sitting on. His servos glide over her back, making her shiver before they settle on her aft. He pulls her forward a bit more to where her interface panel was right over his.

The two break the kiss when they hear drilling coming from the other side of the rock. They look over to where the sound is coming from and Arcee gets up from Soundwave's lap, allowing him to get up off the ground. Arcee knew better than to hope for it to be her team because she knows only the Decepticons have drills. She can only hope that her team will manage to break through before them or just as they do, just in time to save her from being taken captive again.

Soundwave, on the other hand, was more than happy that it's his side and not the Autobots. Of course, he's a bit disappointed and irritated right now that they came just as things were happening between him and Arcee but at least he doesn't have to worry about being taken prisoner. He picks up his visor and puts it back on just as the Vehicon drills through the rock making a pathway to them.

Megatron goes through first with the Vehicons right behind him, "Soundwave, glad to see you're still alive and doing well. You too Arcee. I can't afford to lose my greatest assets."

Arcee glares at him as her spark sinks. The Decepticons broke through and her team is nowhere to be seen. She tries to think of a way she can get out of this but there is none. Being trapped in a cave she has nowhere to go and no way to escape. She looks over at a rock pile when she hears some noises coming from the other side of it. When the rock pile is removed she can see two of her teammates.

Bulkhead and Bumblebee carefully remove the rocks out of the way to see Arcee standing next to Soundwave with Megatron and some Vehicons standing in front of them. Bulkhead and Bumblebee transform their servos into their weapons and points them at the 'Cons, "Give us Arcee and you won't get hurt." Bulkhead says as he looks at them menacingly.

Megatron laughs, "Do you seriously think you're a match for me? I can take you both out with a servo behind my back."

Arcee glances over at her teammates before she turns and throws a swift kick to Soundwave's side. But Soundwave predicted it and he caught her leg then swung her around to slam her into the rock wall next to them. Arcee fell to the ground as some Energon trickled down her mouth. She felt a bit... spark broken? She's sure she's feeling more than just physical pain. Is she seriously falling for this 'Con?

Soundwave starts to panic a bit when he sees the Energon coming out of her mouth. He didn't mean to slam her that hard. As Arcee begins to get back up his spark breaks as the realization hits him on what he must do next, I'm so sorry for this my love. He sends his appendages towards her and shocks her to the point of unconsciousness.

Bulkhead and Bumblebee are busy fighting the Vehicons when they hear Arcee yell. They look over to see her unconscious and Soundwave bending over to pick her up. Adrenalin rushes through them as panic sets in at the thought of losing their teammate and good friend to the Decepticons once again. They kill off all the Vehicons then charge towards Megatron and Soundwave as a portal opens up. Bumblebee heads towards Soundwave as he heads for the portal with Arcee, but Megatron counters 'Bee and stops him by punching him in his side where the wound he received from Arcee is still healing. Bumblebee grabs at his side as he doubles over in pain and Bulkhead comes running past him with his servo transformed into his wrecking ball and aims at the warlord's face. But Megatron catches it and throws the mech with ease into the wall.

Cracks started forming in the rocks as the cave shook. Megatron smirks with triumph as he turns to run into the portal, getting back to his ship. Bulkhead got ready to charge the warlord again but stopped when he felt the shaking. He ran over to Bumblebee and pulled his arm, he practically dragged 'Bee along as they headed for safety. The two make it out of the cave before it completely collapses but barely, they ended up having to dive out onto the ground just to keep from being crushed by the rocks. They felt grateful to still be alive and out of the cave but spark broken that they couldn't save Arcee. She's once again at the mercy of the Decepticons.

I know it's being a bit repetitive and I'm sorry. But it's for a reason, everything I do in the story is for a reason. She needed to be recaptured in order for me to be able to do what I have planned in future chapters. Also, the original name of this story is No End In Sight and it's called that for a reason.