Okay, this is one episode that I've been debating on how to write. But this is how I decided. Please no flames or dissing. I work really hard on these chapters and it would be nice to get some actual feedback from more than 3 people. Thanks to the one's reading and I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN TRANSFORMERS PRIME OR THE WINX CLUB IN ANYWAY! THOSE HONORS BELONG TO HASBRO, AND RAINBOW INC.
Me: look whose back!
Megatron: Not for long
Me: would you get out of my head!
Megatron: Nope, too much fun
Me: Don't make me send Optimus after you
Optimus: Someone call me?
Me: Yes, can you please get megsy out of my head so I can tell the story?
Optimus: Of course. MEGATRON, BE GONE!
Megatron: Nooooooooo! (Fades into oblivion)
Me: Yay! Thanks Boss bot!
Optimus: No Problem.
Me: Don't forget to read and review!
Winx Prime
Chapter 7: Predatory
Bloom was relaxing at the base with her legs up on the coffee table until her head started hurting. She rubbed the side where it hurt and she saw this space ship come into the solar system. "That's weird" Bloom said and Optimus looked at her. "Something wrong Sweet-spark?" Optimus asked walking to the lounge area where she was sitting. "I just saw some kind of ship enter the solar system. I don't know if I'm seeing things or it was a vision. All I know is that it's giving me the worst headache." Bloom said and she saw Jack walking with Arcee. "Hey Cee, be careful out there, Okay?" Bloom asked and she nodded. "How about you come with us, it'll do you some good to get some fresh air" Arcee said and Optimus nodded. "It would be good for you since you've been cooped up here. Go with them Bloom, and take your armor with you" Optimus said and Bloom hefted herself off the couch and down the stairs. Stella walked up to her, and smiled. "Hey, can I go? I'm super bored here" Stella said and Bloom looked at Sunstreaker. "Go ahead Stella. Be careful" Sunny said and they high-fived. "Awesome! Go get your armor Stella" Bloom said and she ran to her bag that had all her cybertronian stuff in it. She pulled out a yellow and silver cube and stood next to Bloom.
They both got into their armor together, and stood with their hands on their hips after they were done. Stella transformed and she was a Lotus Exige 1.8 Touring 190bhp - 2005/05 with FLSH with a yellow paint job and her decals along the sides of the car.
Bloom transformed into her Ducati form, and waited for Arcee to get ready. "You slow pokes ready yet?" Bloom asked as she turned around in her vehicle form. "Bloom, ya gotta be patient. I need the coordinates Ratchet" Arcee said and the doc entered them in her scanner.
"Okay, let's go" Arcee said and the Ground-bridge opened up. They drove through, and Bloom felt so relieved when she saw trees.
Forest somewhere
Jack, Arcee, Starlight, and Stella walked through the forest and Stella looked around so intrigued at the height she was at. "Wow, this is amazing. So this is how you guys see us" Stella said looking down at Jack while he swatted at bugs. "Really wish I packed some insect repellent." Jack said swatting away mosquitos. "The Mosquitos on this routine recon are the size of vampire bats. And they drink just about as much blood" Jack said smacking one on his arm. "Quite the outdoors man aren't you jack?" Arcee asked. "You wouldn't be making fun of my survival kit?" Jack asked while Bloom looked around with her blasters drawn. Stella had her sword in one hand, and her other was turned into a blaster. They had been training nonstop for days with Iron-hide, and Layla was getting the upper hand of Ole hide every time. Stella was just excelling in her target practice and self-defense tactics. She was getting quite good actually.
"I may not have stinger proof metal skin Arcee, but in a pinch, I can use my multi-functional pocket knife, and magnesium fire-starter to cook up some freeze dried mac-and-cheese." Jack said and Bloom sighed as Stella giggled.
(Remember kids, fire bad)
"You have your tools, I have mine" Arcee said and her scanner beeped. "That's Odd; Ratchet's satellite scans were accurate. But subterranean energon deposits don't cause this kind of surge." Arcee said and made sure the two femmes were behind her. "You two, let's go" she said and Stella stopped looking in a hole in the tree while scaring a poor little owl family. Starlight shook her head at her and walked after Arcee. After walking a while, Arcee saw a large trench where trees were knocked over, burnt, and the ground looked like it was carved by something. "Whoa. What happened here?" Starlight asked. "I don't know, but it must have been big whatever it was" Stella said bringing out her own scanner and the results were confusing. "It looks like a crash landing" Stella said and Arcee looked at her with a "What made you think that" look. "Stay behind me girls. Low and close" Arcee said, and they proceeded with caution. When they got closer, Starlight could feel something coming from the ship. "Uh, Cee, I think this is the ship from my vision" Starlight said and Stella looked at her curiously. "Vision, what vision?" Stella asked and the young Prime waived her off. "Later" Star said and they walked closer.
(Cue title sequence.)
Jack looked at it while Star and Stella stood behind them. "Autobot or Decepticon?" Jack asked. "Can't tell, wait here. All of you" Arcee said looking at the two bots behind her.
Just as she left, Jack quietly slid down the embankment. "I thought your guardian said to stay here?" Star asked and Stella smiled. "Since when did you listen to yours?" Stella asked. "That one time was to save his life. He apologized for it later" Star said and Stella rolled her eyes. "You got grounded anyways" She said and Star glared at her. They watched Arcee walk to the entrance of the ship, and point her gun at it. She walked in and a few minutes later she came stumbling out. "Arcee!" Jack yelled and the two femmes behind him rushed to her side. She looked up, and remembered a horrible moment in time while trapped on that ship.
It was a dark room and the only light came from a small florescent light on the ceiling. A decepticon known as Arachnid (a giant spider bot) comes into the picture as she prepares to scrap Tail-gate. She slashes at him and his energon appears on the wall.
Arcee snaps out of the flash back, and sees Jack walking up. "Arcee, what's wrong?" Jack asked. "I know who this ship belongs to" Arcee said and she walked away while Stella looked at the ship. "Man, this is creepy major" Stella said and Star shook her head. "Stella, pay attention" Star said and Arcee tried to reach base. "No use Arcee. This ship is giving off a high frequency scrambler pulse. That means No comm-link" Star said crossing her arms. "Well I you two to stay with Jack." Arcee said and started walking away. "Arcee, Arcee you're kinda freaking me out here." Jack said and Starlight sighed. "Wait here" she said while looking into the misty forest. She walks through the trees, and spots several scratches on the tree trunks. She kneels on the ground, and spots several foot prints along the earthy ground. She looks up and has another flashback.
She's hanging from the ceiling by these electro-magnetic cuffs, and Arachnid walks up. Arachnid takes her finger and scratches her cheek with it.
She's snapped out of it when Jack comes up to her. She transformed into her vehicle mode, and Jack looked at it confused. "Climb on" she said and Starlight joined them with Stella in their vehicle modes. Jack climbs on, slips his helmet on over his head, and they speed off into the forest. A little faster than Stella and Starlight would have expected, but it wasn't something they couldn't catch up with. They sped after her while Jack screamed like a little girl, and jumped over this trench in the forest floor. Stella being a 4-wheeler had a hard time getting the speed she needed to jump the trench so she revved her engine a little before the trench came into view. She successfully jumped the trench and inwardly cheered. "Was that really necessary" Jack yelled and Arcee activated her Comm. "Arcee to base. (Nothing) Scrap" she said as she rolled forward.
"Look, I've seen danger before," "Wait here, I mean it this time" Arcee said and jack scoffed. "Okay first you shut me out, now your ditching me? I thought I was your partner." Jack said. "No Jack, you're a kid. Your only here cause it was supposed to be no risk, Got it?" she asked and sped off. Starlight sped after her while Stella stayed with jack. "Climb in kid. It'll help you stay warm" Stella said opening her door. Jack shook his head and he headed for the trench to follow them.
Somewhere else in the forest
Arcee and Starlight sped through the trees equally as fast and when she stopped of a sudden; Starlight had to drift in a circle to keep herself from tipping over.
"Geez, warn a girl when you wanna stop all of a sudden" Starlight said transforming, and following her. "Stay quiet." Arcee said and Star nodded. They both activated their blasters, and walked around. Arcee stopped at a smoking stump, and Star had to cover her nose because it smelled so bad. "Man, is that Acid?" Star asked getting a little closer while Arcee had another flashback.
She was in Kaon during the war and she was running around while avoiding any shots from cons. "Arcee to delta-team, requesting rendezvous coordinates, do you copy?" Arcee asked. "Arcee you lost again?" a voice asked. "Your sense of direction could use some improvement." The voice said again. "So does you aim Tailgate" Arcee said running under a broken down bridge. "if you'd tagged that sniper back at the artillery depot, I wouldn't have to break rank and engage the enemy hand to hand" she said, "From the sound of things, I'm guessing you came out ahead?" tailgate asked. "Try waiting up for me this time and I'll give you the blow by blow" Arcee said and she looked around the buildings she used to call home. "What's your position?" Arcee asked. "About a half a click from the depot, due north. Think you can find it partner?" Tailgate asked. "Trust me tailgate, my navigation abilities are" she was interrupted when a shot of a web smacked into her and pinned her against the wall.
The last thing she saw was some kind of bot and it shot a web at her face.
Later in a dark chamber
Arcee was hanging from the energon cuffs, and she was trying her hardest to get free. She heard footsteps. "Piece of advice, make yourself comfortable, you're going to be here for a while" Arachnid said and took out her claw. She scratched it across her cheek and then the flash back stopped.
She came back to the real world after Starlight shook her shoulders. "You okay?" Star asked. "Yeah, just some old memories I thought were locked away for good" Arcee said walking ahead.
With Jack and Stella
Jack had set up a tent (with what, I have no idea. How could a tent that size fit in his survival kit?) for the two of them, but Stella sat on the hill while in her bot form. She heard a voice but she ignored it.
"My first local, time for human kind to know my sting" Arachnid said while turning back into her spider form. Just as she was about to strike, Arcee came and tackled her to the ground. They wrestled for a while until Arcee smacked her back against a wall of rock.
"Arcee, small universe" she said with a smile. "Too small arachnid" Arcee said and the spider-con got closer. "You're still holding a grudge? The war's been over for mega-cycles." Arachnid said. "tell that to the decepticons" Arcee said and Arachnid smiled. "These days I travel solo, in pursuit of my new hobby" she said.
Flash back to when Arcee was on the ship
She walked onto the ship, and saw a row of heads in glass cases.
Flashback over
"I got a look at your souvenir case" Arcee said with a glare. "You mean my trophies? I collect endangered species. Of course, they aren't really endangered until they meet me, and I have a slot reserved for Human" Arachnid said and Arcee growled. "Not gonna happen" Arcee said and tackled her to the ground. Starlight came running in and saw the two fighting. "Arcee! You stay away from her you giant bug!" Starlight said and she blasted her in the face. "Who might this be?" Arachnid asked. "Name's Starlight Prime. I'm here to squash you" Star said charging her ion cannon. "That's interesting" Arachnid said and Arcee started firing at her. "Star, get out of here!" Arcee said and Star shook her head. "Never. Rule number 5. Never leave a comrade behind" Starlight said and Arcee had her arms wrapped with webs. She pulled on it, and it pulled Arachnid out of her position and onto the ground. She knelt and cut her binds off. Starlight stood behind a tree, and watched her friend, and sister fight to the death. She eventually couldn't take it anymore and started distracting the spider. She shot at her, and watched as Arcee swung around the tree like a big metal monkey, and kicked Arachnid to the ground. She heard rocks crumbling and saw Jack sliding down the hill while Stella snuck up behind Star. "Stella, why didn't you stay with him?" Star asked turning around. "Sorry. He kinda ran off when I fell asleep." Stella said and Star shook her head. Arcee was knocked back, and pinned against the rock wall with webs. "ARCEE" Jack yelled and Arachnid hissed. Arcee cut off one of the webs and shot at the spider while sending her back away from the kid. "I told you to wait for me!" Arcee said. "Well partners don't ditch partners." Jack said trying to get the webs off. "Get this through your thick head. We're not partners, you're a liability!" Arcee said. "I don't believe you, I can see it in your eyes. You're afraid Arcee, your never afraid" Jack said and that brought back another flash back
Arachnid was pacing back and forth infront of her, and she smiled. "Ya know, for an autobot, your resilience is quite impressive. In fact, I'm guessing no matter what I do to you, you'll never crack. Am I right?(Arcee looks up) that's what I thought" Arachnid said and the doors opened. She looked up and looked broken. "Tailgate" Arcee asked and they put him into the same cuffs. "What have you done to him?" Arcee asked. "Nothing much, yet" said Arachnid and walked to the newly arrived autobot.
"Just tell me what I want to know, or, well, you're a smart Bot. I'm sure you can imagine what happens to Tailgate next?" she asked and Arcee freaked out. "I don't know the attack coordinates. I swear upon the all-spark it's true!" Arcee said as the spider walked away. "We shall see." She said and then the horror show started, "No, please?(Arachnid slashed the spark out of Tailgate and then Arcee broke.) TAILGATE!" she yelled and then the flashback ended.
"You right Jack, I am afraid. Of losing you!" Arcee said and Jack looked up at her and then Arachnid came closer. "You sure have a hard time hanging onto your partners don't you. We both know what happened to Tailgate, but I've recently picked up some Decepticon radio chatter regarding the passing of Cliff-jumper" she said and Star growled. "How dare you say his name witch!" she yelled but her attempts were put off when Arachnid pinned her against the wall next to Arcee. "At some point you really have to ask yourself Arcee, is it them, or is it me?" Arachnid asked. "You get it now Jack? She's not interested in me, she hunts indigenous species. And she's on earth, which means humans, you! RUN" she yelled and Stella drove up. "Hop in kid" She said and jack jumped into the passenger seat. Stella took off, and Arachnid laughed.
"And that's why I prefer to work alone; it's so sad when bad things happen to those close to you. But don't get me wrong, I fully intend to snuff out your spark. And believe me, I will make it hurt. But that won't compare to the pain you'll feel knowing I'm adding your human to my collection" Arachnid said and watched as Stella sped away. Arachnid jumped off the rock, and started chasing the speeding car.
Stella and Jack sped away as Arachnid followed. "Man, she's fast" Stella said and kicked up the speed. "That's the spirit Jack, play hard to get!" she said and then we switch back to Arcee and Star.
Arcee was still trying to break away from the webs until she got another flashback.
She was still hanging from the ceiling, and she had just witnessed the murder of Tailgate. Arachnid was about to finish her when the door exploded and Arachnid ran off. Then out of the dust came Bumble-bee with his cannons drawn, and firing. Cliff-jumper came in behind him, and freed her from the cuffs. Bee, and Cliff helped her walk and Arcee was devastated. "I couldn't save him, I couldn't save my partner" she said and the flash back ended.
"Jack I'm sorry, I never should have looked back" Arcee said. "Ya know moping won't get us out of here" Star said hanging on the wall next to her. "I should have, kept driving" she said with an "Aha" moment. She pushed on the web and Star repeated her movements. She pushed the web enough to transform, and push the web off of her while Star copied her.
Jack and Stella were driving through, and when they got to a clearing, they stopped so Stella could rest, and Jack got out. "I think you should run the rest of the way. I'll cover you. I'm no good if I'm in my vehicle mode the entire time" Stella said and activated her blasters. Jack hid under a log, and Stella activated her Camouflage setting. (Thanks to Tecna, they all have a invisibility mode so they wouldn't be spotted by enemies.) She hid behind a large tree, and waited until Arachnid came by. She crouched by the log Jack was hiding behind, Stella shook her head with a silent sigh. Arachnid walked over it, and away from them. He saw the con's legs infront of him and then she stuck her head in his face. "Hello Jack" she said and Jack screamed. He climbed over the log, and Stella ran after them while dropping her invisibility setting. "Hey bug! Stay away from him!" Stella shouted while shooting at her tail. She fired a web at him, but he turned a corner and evaded it. Stella ran after him, and picked him up in her hand.
Meanwhile with Arcee and Star, they were still trying to escape the Web. "Keep pushing Arcee. These things can't hold us forever" Star said, and Arcee smiled. Once all the webs snapped, they took off like they were shot from a sling-shot, and drove into the woods.
With Jack and Stella, the yellow bot had Jack in her hand, and she was running between trees. Arachnid was still following them, and she was enjoying the game of cat and mouse. They stopped at the trench and Stella jumped the gap no problem. Jack had to hold onto her hand for dear life, and she landed with one knee on the ground, and one hand bracing herself.
Arachnid jumped the gap, and they kept running. He pulled out his pocket knife, and scoffed. "What am I thinking?" he said and Stella giggled.
"Your making this too easy Jack, and I do not like being bored" Arachnid said as she approached the ship. Jack ran into the ship, and Arachnid followed. Stella had her camouflage on and she hid near the front in order to intervene when things got really dicey. "Now, where did you scamper off to?" she asked to herself, and looked around. Jack wasn't far; he was hiding behind a metal pillar, and was trying not to be noticed. Like an idiot, he looked around the pillar, making sure she wasn't there, and darted to the entrance. Arachnid walked on top of the ship, and crawled to the entrance. "odd." She said and she jumped down to the front while putting her legs where they were supposed to be. "If you wanted a tour Jack, all you had to do was ask" Arachnid said and she walked into the ship. "Did you spot the empty space, I hope you like it, it's where you'll soon hang your head." she said and Jack was on the opposite side. He stepped in a puddle and looked down to see Energon dripping from the ship. "Energon, Perfect" he said and got out his fire starter. He started scrapping the fire-starter against a rock and stick and nothing happened for a while. He kept at it until he heard footsteps. Stella crouched beside him, and lit the stick on fire with a little inferno spell. He nodded at her, and he threw it in the engine. Stella transformed around him, and drove away like crazy. She swerved a little when the ship went BOOM!
Stella got to a safe distance, and let him out. She looked at the inferno that was once Arachnid's ship, and smiled. "It's over" she said with a sigh and sat on the cliff next to Jack. "It's never over" Jack said and she looked at him funny. He walked away and his foot got stuck with a web. "Man, not again!" Stella yelled and started shooting. Arachnid was in the trees while her armor was charred and blackened by the volatile Energon. She shot another web at him and it stuck him against the trunk of a tree. She walked up to him, and was about to cut off his head until 2 pairs of headlights could be seen and 2 engines roared loudly. Starlight and Arcee transformed together and smacked Arachnid in the face and sent her flying back. Arcee charged forward and kicked her, while she punched left, punched right, and then finally she kicked her back into a lot of trees. She turned back to Jack and panicked. "Jack, are you okay?" Arcee asked. She pulled the web off and Jack got his feet back on the ground. "Yeah, of course, survival kit." He said and Stella scoffed. "Hello! Autobot!" she said and Starlight snickered. They heard drilling and saw Arachnid drilling into the earth to save her hide. Arcee fired multiple shots at her, and screamed. "ARACHNID!" and she sighed. "So much for closure" Arcee said and Jack looked up at her. "And now Arachnid's stuck here on earth. I'm not sure that's such a good thing" Jack said. "I'm sorry you had to face my demons today. You were pretty fearless there Jack." Arcee said and Star crossed her arms. "And what about us, what are we chopped liver?" Star asked and Arcee smiled. "Actually I was terrified. Mostly for you" Jack said. "Ratchet, requesting ground-bridge" Arcee said and another mosquito flew up. Jack squashed it against his chest and Arcee smiled. "I need to get my partner away from any oversized insects." Arcee said and the bots behind her snickered. "Partner huh?" Jack asked. "Junior partner" Arcee said and Jack smiled.
"What in primus name is going on over there? I've been trying to contact you for hours." Ratchet yelled over the comm-link.
"Jeez Doc, no need to blow out our eardrums" Star said and Ratchet sighed. "Starlight, Optimus would like to speak with you when you return, something about failing Art, and Geometry."
"Aww man" Starlight whined and they all went back to the base.
Me: Wow that was a cool chapter.
Arcee: That it was, I got to beat the scrap out of Arachnid.
Me: Ya know, revenge isn't everything
Arcee: Oh shut it. It felt good.
Me: yeah, but did you get closure?
Arcee: No, but it felt good to shoot at her. And make her fly into all those trees.
Me: (scoots over a few inches and clears her throat,) Okay then, let's leave Arcee to her issues.
R & R please?