The next morning when they woke up, it was to the sounds of cheering from a few blocks away. When Airachnid finally opened her eyes she saw that Airaneae was crouching at the edge of the roof, curiously looking in the direction where the cheering came from.

Airachnid joined her sister at the edge, still a little bit tired but determined to find out what caused the commotion. She already had a vague idea of what, or rather, who it could be.

Airaneae seemed to have the exact same thoughts as she suddenly jumped up, looking ready to leap off of the edge as she excitedly said, „Do you think it's Megatronus?!"

The older femme almost laughed at the overjoyed expression on her sister's face. Airaneae had heard about the famous gladiator a few weeks ago and couldn't stop talking about him ever since. She always told Airachnid about the gladiator's plans of revoloution and that he wanted equality for everyone, so no-one would ever have to live on streets anymore.

Airachnid never really thought that Megatronus would be able to make a change, but he seemed to have a huge impact on the citizens of Kaon, almost everyone knew who he was and what his intentions were. She never voiced her thoughts aloud because it was better for Airaneae to have something to hope for, it made life on the streets a little bit easier if your thoughts weren't constantly filled with negative things.

„Come on, let's go! We already missed him last time he held a speech, i don't want to miss this one too!" The smaller bot was jumping around on the roof excitedly, a huge grin on her face as she looked at Airachnid expectantly.

„What about visiting Striker, hmm?" The older bot teased with a smug smile on her lips.

Suddenly, Airaneae stopped jumping and pondered for a few moments, looking puzzled, as if she only now realized that they had originally planned to visit their friend.

„Well, yes… but, Megatronus…" She trailed off, fidgeting on the spot while glancing in the direction where the huge crowd and the gladiator would be.

„Hah, it's okay, we can still visit Striker later. I'm sure he can wait another hour." Airachnid assured her sister, smiling once again as Airaneae grinned widely.

Airachnid gathered the energon cube's they managed to get the day prior and both of them climbed down from the building, since the next building would've been too far away to get onto, and the others went in the exact opposite direction they wanted to get to.

The purple spider-bot hid the cubes in her arms as best as she could and luckily nobody payed too much attention to them, most bot's attention were caught on the loud, cheering crowd that was now not more than two blocks away.

Airachnid chuckled as she saw her sister skipping ahead a little. She had to call her back every once and then so they wouldn't loose each other because in a crowd this huge, it would be nearly impossible to find someone again.

At some point, Airachnid convinced her sister, after much complaining, to go back a little bit, because there were a couple of buildings close to each other, so they could watch the whole event comfortable from there.

Once they were on their choosen spot, Airaneae eagerly scanned the area, looking for her personal hero. Airachnid had to, once again, stop herself from laughing at how ridicioulus her sister looked while looking for Megatronus. At some point, she couldn't hold back her laughter anymore, wich, apparently, her sister didn't find that amusing.

After Airachnid had calmed down, Airaneae had resumed her task of looking for the gladiator, although she stopped looking a few minutes later, a disapointed look on her young face.

„Hey, what's wrong?" Airachnid asked her sister, concerned as to why her sister was suddenly so sad. Usually, Airaneae was always beaming with happines, especially when she told her sister about things she'd discovered or when talking about Megatronus.

„He's not here…" Airaneae huffed, her eyes flicking to the crowd once more, wich was slowly but surely dissolving.

„I think he was here…just, maybe we missed him?" Megatronus was obviously gone, Airachnid noted, that's why the people began to leave again. If he was still here, then surely the crowd would grow, not shrink.

„C'mon, let's go, you said you wanted to visit Striker, right?" She said, trying to lighten the mood a little, wich seemed to work perfectly as Airaneae smiled brightly again.

„Okay." She hummed happily, and so they made their way to their friend, Striker. They came across him a few weeks ago, when they were scavenging for remaining energon cubes. Airachnid had noticed some energon coming from an old, wrecked building, on the outskirts oft he city. They went to investigate and found him lying in the corner of a room.

He had a large wound across his abdominal plating, where the energon was coming from. Airaneae had immediately pressed herself closer to her sister's side at the sight, scared that the one's who hurt the bot might be still around. Airachnid had closed the wound with webs as best as she could, to prevent further energon from leaking out.

Striker had thanked them, then procceded to tell them how he got the wound, making Airaneae cringe throughout the whole story. At the end of the story, the spider-bot looked about ready to throw up.

Airachnid shook her head in amusement about how they met and promptly noticed that they were almost there. She could already see the wreck of a building in wich Striker lived. Airaneae picked up the pace and her sister followed suit and they finally reached their friend.

„Hello, Striker! How are you?" The young bot called as she entered the building, heading toward the room she knew Striker was in. The old bot jolted, having probably slept as the two spider-bots entered his home.

„Wha- who is there?!" He barked, momentarily disorientadet before he realized who stood before him. He had to squint a little, since his opticts weren't functioning properly, but he recognized the two femmes nonetheless.

„Ah, you two, nice ta see ya again. Where have ya been, already forget about me?" He said and promptly coughed afterwards. Airaneae kneeled down next to him, while Airachnid stood guard at the door, making sure no-one could sneak up on them.

„I'm sorry we didn't visit sooner, i promise we'll visit you more often." Airaneae explained, smiling apologetically. Suddenly, her head perked up and she looked at her sister.

„Airachnid, do we still have enough energon to share?" She asked the other spider-bot, hoping they still had some energon cubes, since she dropped hers on their last, not-so-succesfull raid.

Airachnid took a look at what they still had. Only two and a half cubes, that was barely enough for both of them, much less for three bots. With a sigh, she handed her sister both full cubes and took the half-full one for herself. Airaneae smiled gratefully and handed one to Striker, making sure he didn't drop it with his shaking hands.

As she drank, the older sibling noted that an infecton had started spreading from the old mech's wound, his plating starting rust and crumble. He probably wouldn't last much longer. Once again, she wished she could do something, but she had not medical skills whatsoever and they couldn't ever hope to afford a medic.

The younger spider-bot chatted with Striker for a while before Airachnid decided they should get home. She had seen a group of not-so-friendly looking mechs pass a few minutes ago, luckily not noticing her. They bid their goodbyes to Striker before silently creeping out of the building, hiding in the shadows beside the wreckage, looking out for any gangs that might be waiting for them.

Airachnid smiled as she looked behind her and just barely saw her sister, who had decided to use her great hiding abilities to blend in with the shadows. She had changed her green and golden colours to a duller, lifeless grey, the only thing giving her away were her bright red optics.

Some minutes passed before they dared to come out of the shadows. They swiftly made their way up a building and looked for a place that was safe enough for them to stay the night that was quickly approaching.

End of chapter two

A/N: Hey, i'm really motivated to write currently, so i was able to write another chapter, as you can see. Your opinions, thoughts, etc. are welcome.

Bye! :D