Note: Woohoo! An overdue update! And it's not even that good! Seriously. Unless you like meh-woah level fight scenes, this chapter's kinda pointless. The next one will be better I promise.
Arcee and Natasha moved to the center of the room while Bee and Thor took a spot by the wall to watch them alongside Optimus and Steve. The two girls dropped into their respective fighting stances and walked along an invisible circle, waiting for the other to slip up and reveal a weakness for her to exploit.
"Hurry up, ladies! Agent Flower wants me to speak with his leader within the hour. I don't have all day," Thor called out.
Arcee spared him a quick glance, which Natasha took as her opportunity to strike. In the split second, the femme had been distracted by Thor, Natasha had cleared the space between them and was jumping into her left knee guard to slice the cabling there. Arcee managed to swat her off before she could do any real damage, but the assassin managed to cut a minor energon line open. Now she had less energy in her lower left leg, which would make her slower by a small, yet significant amount. And it seemed Natasha knew this, judging by the from she was barely holding back.
The two grappled somewhat, Natasha always just put of reach for Arcee to pin down, but having to move quickly to avoid her opponent. For their audience, it looked as if the assassin was monkeying across the Bot's frame. Eventually, Arcee lost enough energon for Natasha to score another slash between the seams of her back plating. However, Arcee's resulting flinch, threw her off, allowing the femme to twist around and hold her wrist blades to her throat, effectively pinning her to the ground.
With no way to escape, Natasha admitted defeat. "Okay warrior femme. You win." Arcee let her up. As Natasha walked away, she murmured, "For now." Arcee pretended not to hear her, but if the woman had turned around, she would have seen a smile on her face.
Note: Yeah, pretty meh. It's supposed to be a moment of bonding, yet I simply do not know how to write these two characters properly. Hopefully, I will improve with time. Actually, if you think about it, Arcee and Natasha wouldn't really be about wordy gushy deep connections. More like, "I approve of your skill, I am happy to work with you." After all, I'm sure they've both have personal losses that affect their ability to form deep bonds.Yeah, that was long and I just wanted an excuse to make this make sense. Leave reviews, cause they motivate me like nothing else. Bye!