Jack, Arcee and Elita-1 had gone through the groundbridge and arrived in a canyon.
" Be on your guard, we don't know what they are doing here. " Dracarys said
The trio continued to walk, with Arcee having trouble catching up her two tall friends, who could do long strides.
" Jack, Elita, wait up, I'm not a giant. " Arcee said
" You're welcome to ride on my shoulders, Arcee. " Jack teased her, making Elita chuckle
Arcee was blushing at the suggestion, for she was not entirely against it. As they continued walking, Jack then winked at Elita who winked back.
" What are you planning, you two ? " Arcee asked
With a surprising speed for his size, Jack picked Arcee up with one hand and placed her on his left shoulder.
" Jack ! " Arcee squeaked, blushing madly while Elita was clearly enjoying herself.
" What ? I'm just helping you to not be left behind. " Jack teasingly responded.
Blushing, Arcee turned towards Elita who was struggling to not laugh.
" Do not tell the others about this. " Arcee begged them
" Not a word. " Elita promised
" My lips are sealed. " Jack added
They continued their walk until they arrived near the decepticons activity. A lot of vehicons were there and were led by a dark Green and silver insecticon and another who was brown.
" Move faster, worms. Lord Megatron wants this fossil for his predacon army. " The green insecticon bearated his troops
" You heard Bombshock ! Do it or I'll tear you to pieces. " the other insecticon added
" Yes, Captain Sharpshot. " The vehicons answered before they continued digging
Meanwhile, Dracarys put Arcee on the ground.
" You can handle the vehicons while I deal with the two brutes ? " Jack asked
" We'll be fine, Jack. " Elita assured him
" Yeah, don't worry about us, partner. " Arcee added
The three then charged at the enemies, firing at them. Some vehicons fell but the insecticons yelled their war cry and charged towards Jack, who stopped to fight them.
Arcee let out her wrist blades and striked vehicons with rapid attacks, while Elita took a spear from her back and slashed any vehicons attacking her.
Meanwhile, Jack was punching Sharpshot away before Bombshock tried to claw at him but Dracarys caught his hand and tried to punch the insecticon leader who caught his fist and the two tried to push each other.
" So that's you, the new leader of the autobots ! Bringing your head to Lord Megatron will be a pleasure ! " Bombshock stated
" Dead bugs are my speciality. " Jack responded before headbutting the insecticon and uppercutting him. The insecticon then changed into his beetle form and rammed into Jack who pushed back with difficulty.
Sharpshot came back to his senses and saw his brother struggling to gain the upper hand against Jack. He turned towards Arcee and Elita then he changed into his beetle form before ramming into them, then he took them and flew above a Cliff.
" Prime ! What will you choose ?! Your friends or us ?! " Sharpshot called before letting Arcee and Elita fall. Elita planted her spear into the Cliff to slow her fall and Arcee held on her legs.
At this moment, Jack felt something switch inside him. All his systems suddenly flared up, alerting him that he now had full access to all his functions, but he ignored all that. His rage began to build and without realizing what he was doing, his body began to transform…
But it wasn't into any vehicle. No, rather into something with wide unfolded wings as they unfurled from his back and his torso started to lengthen upward, giving his body a longer, slender frame and his head disappeared into his torso as the draconic chestplate on his chest came up and a long, thick neck rose up and extended out a long wide jaw. His arms bent inward as his hands vanished and his blades moved at the ends of the talons on his hands, leaving huge wicked taloned feet,. His legs bent in two places as they curled, staying mostly the same as his feet only bent enough for a better support angle for his legs.
Parts of his arms unattached itself and somehow worked its way behind and re-attached itself to his back of his pelvis as it opened up to give his thick back legs a wider spread. It uncoiled like a whip and thrashed back as it became a thick, spiky plated tail and the spear-tip end extended out and spun like a drill as it unfurled into six rows of blades. The beast's head's eyes glowed the same golden optical lighting, and the creature that now stood there let out a roar that shook everything around it.
Bombshock and Sharpshot had seen Shockwave's predacon once and they were sure that the beast before them was taller and longer than it.
" By the allspark ! He is a predacon too ! " Bombshock yelled
Jack unfolded the bladed wings and willed himself to start flying. Adrenaline worked in his favor and he flew down the canyon where Elita and Arcee were falling. Dracarys saw them barely holding onto a wall thanks to Elita's spear but it began to let go. Jack then caught up with them and they landed safely on his back.
" Jack ?! " The two shouted in shock
" Hold on ! " Jack responded, before going back to the cliff.
Elita was holding onto one of Jack's spines while Arcee was holding onto his neck. The blue autobot was feeling safe doing that.
Jack then landed on the ground, the two fembots got down from his back while he ran towards the insecticons who hurried to take the predacon fossil out of the wall.
Jack then rammed into Bombshock, sending him away before Sharpshot attacked him. The brown insecticon tried to claw at his side but Dracarys turned towards him and bited him before sending him away with his jaws. Sharpshot transformed in his beetle form in mid-air and charged at Jack who swiftly turned around and slapped the brute with his tail against the wall, impaling him on his blades. Sharpshot weakly yelled before succumbing.
Bombshock returned and was enraged by Sharpshot's defeat. He charged towards Jack but the latter easily stopped him and, using his tail for balance, he stood on his hind legs and used his front paws to force open the insecticon's mouth. A sound of something recharging was heard at the same time Jack's chest and throat glowed blue.
Dracarys took a deep breath and he unleashed a blue beam of energy down Bombshock's throat which beheaded him from the inside. Jack fell back on his paws and roared in victory, before turning towards Arcee and Elita-1.
The two fembots hadn't move a muscle since they were too busy being in awe of Jack's transformation. Arcee made the first move and went towards Jack, who now looked at her with loving optics.
"You are magnificent, Jack." Arcee murmured softly as she reached up to stroke his metallic-scaly nose, receiving a pleasing near-purring sound emitting from him.
"Are you all right?" Jack asked out of concern.
" Yes, we are alright, thanks to you. " Arcee replied and continued to pet his head. " What are you exactly ? "
"This is what humans call a 'dragon'. It's a fearsome and powerful mythical creature that was said to breathe fire and rule the old world." Jack explained
Elita decided to scout around in the cave, to make sure they won't have nasty surprise from decepticons. Jack's new instincts were filling him with a teasing mood while Arcee was feeling more drawn to her partner.
" It was also said that dragons loved to take virgin maidens back to their caves to devour to appease them from unleashing their rage upon the people," Jack said with a husky tone in his voice-box.
Arcee raised a non-existing eyebrow as her left optic widen more than her other. "Oh? And just how would the dragon devour this virgin maiden?" She responded in kind
Jack moved his mouth closer to her and let a forked, metallic-like tongue slither out and lick her neck teasingly. "The good kind of devouring." He purred into her audio-receiver.
" Not now, smooth operator. " She said, even though part of her was shivering in delight at his implied statement.
Meanwhile, Elita, having found nothing in the cave, was thinking about what she Optimus had before and during the war and what they couldn't anymore due to his death. She was a little jealous of what she could see between Arcee and Dracarys but she decided it didn't matter to her as long as they were happy.
She then returned to her two friends.
" You two can kiss after we find the fossil. " She teased them
Jack and Arcee then turned towards her and Dracarys thought to himself on how to change back to his robot-form and felt his body comply as his body began reconfiguring itself to take on the form he was familiar with. He did note that his wings appeared to move as he wished now, extending out or folding back in as he wanted like another pair of arms. He ran a full system analyses, not really sure how he knew how to do that, only that he did. It was faster than he ever expected and he now had a full understanding of how his body worked and he smirked inwardly once he did.
Arcee and Jack joined Elita-1 and saw the predacon fossil.
" What do we do about it ? " Arcee asked
" Since Shockwave must have microchipped these, it's safer to destroy it and disperse it to the wind. " Jack answered before taking it.
He then crushed it between his hands, rubbed them, reducing the bone into powder, and blew on it, making it fly to the horizon.
But without any of them seeing it, some of the remains entered into Arcee.
( Nemesis )
Megatron was walking with Shockwave towards his laboratory, after the latter returned from his successful mission.
" You and Soundwave did well in this mission, Shockwave. This dear Jazz still is a dangerous enemy. You are too much of an asset to risk yourself out there. " Megatron stated
" Then I will stay in my laboratory and focus on creating more predacons for you, master. " Shockwave answered
" I trust you hadn't any difficulties with the test subjects I gave you ? " Megatron asked
" None, Lord Megatron. " Shockwave answered as the door opened
On four tables of operation were restrained Breakdown's corpse, Dreadwing's, Airachnid and Silas, the latter two screaming as syringes were planted into their bodies. Megatron darkly chuckled.
" So little man, I trust that you are feeling well on this table. " He sarcastically asked
" Enjoy it while it last, Megatron. Because I'll rip off Shockwave's spark and make you eat it. " Silas responded
" And you, treacherous spider, when your time as a template come to an end and the autobots are nothing more than trophies on my wall, then I'll give you my permission to die. " Megatron threatened Airachnid
" You, destroy the autobots ? Don't make me laugh. If you were a tenth of the leader Optimus was... " She retorted
" I destroyed Optimus Prime ! " He yelled, backhanding her
" From the safety of your ship, like a coward. How the mighty gladiator has fallen. " She smirked at him
" It doesn't matter : The autobots will be easily destroyed, now that Optimus's sucessor is his human pet. " Megatron continued
" Jack made you retreat when he still was a human. Now that he is a Prime, he defeated you, rather easily might I add. Face it you so-called mighty lord : You are nothing compared to my Jack. " Airachnid taunted
Megatron snarled and took a prod to shock her, making her spasm and scream.
( With Jack, Arcee and Elita)
" We finished what we came for. Let's go to the base. " Dracarys stated
They called Ratchet who opened a groundbridge, which they went through, but as they emerged on the other side, they heard raised voices.
" For Primus's sake, Ratchet, are you even listening to yourself ?! What do you think, Jack will say when he learns this ?! " Smokescreen said
" When I learn what ? " Jack asked, which made them all freeze, like children getting caught while searching the cookie jar.
Jack looked around and saw that his mother wasn't in the room.
" Where is my mom ? " He asked, having a bad feeling
Jazz, Wheeljack, Bee, Raf and Sierra looked at each other, like they had to tell very bad news.
AN : I'll skip on Jazz, Bee and Smoke's mission because I want to go straight for the main story. Just know that it happened like in the episode of the third Season.
So next Time : We'll see what happened to June.
