Disclaimer:Transformers belongs to Hasbro, Takara, etc . The only thing in this that belongs to me is Arcee's sister.
It's been a week since June has found out about the autobots and Ratchet was detecting a vehicle approaching the base through the Cybertronian computer system, "Arcee, A vehicular form is approaching."
"Decepticon?" She asked him.
Ratchet zoomed in on the approaching vehicle. First, he zoomed in on the area of the approaching vehicle. Then he zoomed in on the actual car. It was a whit car that was all too familiar to Jack.
"Mom," Jack said as he face-palms spectacularly.
"Again?" Arcee said.
"She worries," Jack answered.
June's car drove into the base, she exited her car, "Hi, honey." She approached her son and hugged him.
"Hey," he said as she hugged him.
"Finished my shift early at the hospital, so I thought I'd swing by," she said before looking at Ratchet, "Good to see you again, Doctor." She looked up, "Arcee," she notices that Optimus was missing, "So where's Optimus?"
"On a scouting mission with Chromette and Bumblebee," Ratchet answered. "Sorry to disappoint."
"And I Wore heels and everything," she teased.
"Mom!" Jack said.
Ratchet suddenly got a signal on the computer, "That's odd. This is an extremely magnetic flux for any planet."
Meanwhile on the Nemesis Soundwave got the same signal, on his visor and showed it to Megatron, "I recognize this magnetic signature, Soundwave. And it would be unfortunate to have a Decepticon invention such as this used against us."
"I will secure the weapon, Lord Megatron," Breakdown promised, as he stepped forward.
Breakdown's appearance has certainly changed since his encounter with M.E.C.H. His chassis and other parts of his body were covered in fresh scars from .H trying to drill their way into his biomechanics and partially succeeding as well. And he never replaced the optic he had lost during the kidnapping. Instead, he sported a mechanical eye-patch over where his optic once was.
"Breakdown?" The warlord scoffed, "If you can be bested by mere humans, what chance do you have against the Autobots?"
"Allow me to redeem myself, Master. What I have lost is a constant reminder that I must never again fail you," breakdown pleaded.
Bulkhead rolled up to the Autobot base in his vehicular mode. Inside were two gushing humans who have just had one of the best times of their lives. It seemed nothing could kill their mood. When Raf and Miko stepped out, they were laughing and smiling.
"Did you feel the Gs on the last turn?" Miko asked excitedly, "Bulkhead's an animal!"
Raf and Miko immediately gasped and froze in their pose. Smiles and laughter gone. They saw June standing there talking to Jack and Arcee.
"Remember when this used to be a secret clubhouse?" Miko mumbled to Raf quietly.
"Uh, don't worry, Ms. Darby. We were wearing seatbelts," Raf reassured the nurse.
"I'm sure you were, Rafael. Hi, Miko. How's school going?" June asked.
"Why? What did you hear?" Miko immediately demanded.
"Let's do this thing, Jack," Arcee said holding a rope, walking past him.
"But, I just got here," June said, I brought sandwiches.
"Mom!" He sighs, "I really need to help Arcee rest her upgraded tracking system."
"Well, just be careful," June pleaded.
There's nothing to be careful about. It's a routine diagnostic," Arcee reassured the worried mother.
"Are you sure you need Jack for that?" June asked her.
That statement Aused Arcee to stop in her tracks and groaned trying to keep her cool.
"Uh-oh," Bulkhead cringed fearfully.
"Bulkhead! I need you back in the field to investigate an odd magnetic disturbance!" Ratchet proclaimed.
"I'll go with!" Miko decided.
"Whoa!" Bulkhead exclaimed as he stopped Miko in her path, "Stay put, Miko."
"Why aren't you going with him?" June asked curiously.
"Someone thinks it's not safe," Miko answered with a pout.
"But it's safe for Jack to go with Arcee?" June asked.
"Mom, totally different," Jack retorted.
Oh how?" June countered.
"Mother knows best, you two. Wait up, Bulkhead!" Arcee called after Bulkhead, "I'm coming with!"
Jack watched as Arcee walked through the Ground Bridge portal with Bulkhead, groaned in frustration and turned to glare at his mother. If she had kept her mouth shut, he would've been helping Arcee test out her upgraded tracking system instead of being stuck at base while she's out in the field for recon.
"What'd I say?" June asked him, wanting to know.
In a desert region, Breakdown was holding a tracking device, "Jackpot," he said.
Slowly and carefully, Breakdown approached a pile of rocks. He didn't know whether or not there was an enemy nearby. So he had to be careful. Especially since he lost one of his optics after his last time out in the field. He unfolded his hammer from his hand and began pounding at the rocks to obtain the object he desired. It only took two swings of his hammer before the object was revealed. Carefully, Breakdown removed the crumbled rocks aside and placed the object in his hand. It was an interesting object. A silver metal design shaped like a square with black handles at the end for easy grasping. And it would later be identified as a polarity gauntlet.
But just as he stood with the gauntlet in his hand, he heard someone approaching. He immediately stood upright and charged the small triangular cannon on his shoulder. But he didn't see or hear anything as soon as he did. Then he heard the sound again behind him. He looked up and saw a familiar face holding herself up in the air by placing her spider claws on the rocks next to her. He saw Arachnid.
Airachnid chuckled before jumping down, heading towards Breakdown. One of her spider claws slapped Breakdown across the face. The fortunate news from Breakdown is the fact that Airachnid didn't have any acid in her claws. So he was safe from having his face eaten by the green substance. However, he did have to worry about losing the gauntlet after the second slap Airachnid gave him. Taking her opportunity, Airachnid raced to where the gauntlet was and held it in her hand.
"For me? You shouldn't have," She said.
"I didn't," Breakdown retorted as he punched Airachnid away from the gauntlet, "I heard a rumor about a rogue 'Con. How about I hog-tie you and haul you in?"
"Huh. The primitive type," Airachnid observed as she dodged his swings, "Not much for depth perception anymore, are you?"
"Well, not much for looks anymore," Breakdown shot back as he aimed his cannon at her.
The shot Breakdown fired hit the rock underneath instead of Airachnid. The shot allowed Airachnid to run away from the crumbling rock. Breakdown thought he had seen the last of Airachnid. That he was able to go free with the gauntlet. However, when he heard the drilling underneath his feet, he knew he was wrong. His fears grew even stronger as he felt Airachnid's spider claws grab his body. Before he knew it, he felt himself being pulled deep into the underground. Breakdown isn't known to go down without a fight. Despite the recent blow his reputation had received after his intense encounter with M.E.C.H about two weeks ago.
Despite Breakdown's intense resistance against Airachnid's tugs and pulls, he soon found rocks blocking his vision and making his world a dark cold oblivion. Airachnid had done the exact thing that would give any humans the chills.
She buried Breakdown alive.
Not far from where she buried Breakdown, she broke through the surface and grabbed the gauntlet. She chuckled before saying, "It was a lovely burial."
As she began to walk away, she can hear the familiar muffled grunts and groans. She concluded that Breakdown was trying to break his way through the rocks and reach the surface before he wound up dying someway, somehow.
"Sorry. Can't quite understand you," Airachnid tormented as she walked on her own legs.
She definitely turned around the sound of groundbreaking roars. Breakdown had broken his way out of what would have been his grave. Then the fights started all over again.
Arcee and Bulkhead continued to scout the area, with Arcee taking point. However, Arcee couldn't take her mind off of June's actions back at the base. Bulkhead noticed and tried to comfort the femme, "Don't take it so personal, Arcee," Bulkhead said, "Jack's mother's just protected."
"Well, I protected her son for months before she had a clue. Suddenly she wakes up to reality, and I'm not enough," She said.
"No kidding," they heard a familiar voice say from behind them and the two Autobots turned around to see Miko behind them, "Can't we ban her from the base?"
"Miko, how did you-" Bulkhead started.
"Gonna, need a bridge," Arcee said, activating her comlink.
"Wait! Don't send me back to Helicopter Mom!" Miko pleaded, "it's just that, I miss the way things were."
"Strike that, Ratchet. It's only recon,"She said, deactivating her comlink, and turned to Bulkhead "She's safe with us." She walked forwards.
Bulkhead put his hand in front of Miko for her to climb on, Sweet!" Miko cheered as she jumped onto his hand and jumped Onto his shoulder, "Crank up track seven, Bulk!"
"Track seven?" Arcee repeated in confusion.
Bulkhead pressed a button hidden in his chest compartment and music began blaring. Miko and Bulkhead began dancing in happiness as they walked. Arcee, however, didn't find the happiness and joy in heavy metal.
"Don't you think that's a little loud for recon?" Arcee asked him, Bulkhead immediately turned the music off and earned a moan of disappointment from Miko, "A scout should be silent but deadly."
Bulkhead and Miko both looked at each other as the femme said that and started laughing as well as snickering, as they knew what 'Silent, but deadly' meant on earth, Arcee however was confused on why they were laughing.
"What?" She asked them, confused.
"Silent, but deadly means something completely different on Earth," Bulkhead told her.
"Bulk, let's get our recon on," Miko said.
"I always take point," Arcee said, beginning to protest.
"I know, but Miko likes to be up front so she can see," Bulkhead explained before walking away.
"No matter where I turn, In the third wheel," Arcee grumbled before following them.
"Looks like Ratchet's magnetic flux is coming from-." Bulkhead said but stopped in mid sentence as when they heard grunting and the sound of clanging as two different sources of metals crashed into one another. They hid behind some rocks and saw the gauntlet skidding across the ground. Then they saw Breakdown taken a dozen or so hits from Airachnid.
"...Airachnid," Arcee growled with anger.
"And Breakdown. Both of your archenemies, and they're mashing it up," Miko said.
"Over that," Bulkhead pointed out at the activated Polarity gauntlet in Breakdown's hand as Arachnoid tried to take it from him but only to be kicked backwards by him.
"The source of the magnetic disturbance," Arcee realized.
"All right, what's the plan?" Miko asked, excitedly.
Miko pouting at Bulkhead as he lowered her onto the ground. Obviously, she wasn't going to get involved in this fight as it's too dangerous.
"Miko, don't move," Bulkhead said, "I mean it."
Bulkhead activated his mace as he approached Arcee, who activated her blasters, they looked at each other..
Airachnid dodged an attack by Breakdown with his mace, she jumped in mid-air and shot a web at him in the back, knocking him to the ground. She went to grab the gauntlet when Arcee shot the gauntlet away.
"Arcee," Airachnid said as she saw Arcee from above with Bulkhead, "And look you brought me a new partner for me to snuff."
"That would be Bulkhead," Breakdown said, getting up.
"Who asked you?" Airachnid asked.
"Launch me," Arcee said.
He held his hand out for Arcee. Immediately, she placed both of her feet into his hand and braced herself. Bulkhead moved his hand back and threw Arcee into the air with all his might. While she flew through the air, Arcee fired at Breakdown and Airachnid. Avoiding the raining shots, the two danced around on the ground with Airachnid being more graceful than Breakdown. Arcee stopped shooting as she came close to the ground. She landed gracefully and began charging at Breakdown. He also went to charge but Airachnid stopped him.
"No, she's mine," Airachnid told him before going for Arcee.
Breakdown was distracted because of Airachnid stopping him halfway from her. So he didn't see Bulkhead come and hit him from behind. Until it was too late.
"Watch out for-" Bulkhead said, beginning to warn his comrade.
"Got it," she said as she deployed her blades and began to attack Airachnid with them, who blocked her melee attacks with her spider claws till she attacked the Arachnicon in the face with one of her blades.
Arcee and Bulkhead stood behind each other, side by by side, Miko watched from the cliff, "Woah! They're really good together,"'she said before taking her phone out to take some photos, "Smackdown for the scrapbook."
Arcee and Airachnid were having their own little battle. Breakdown and Bulkhead were having theirs. And for the two mechs, a little game of mercy was involved…until Bulkhead head-butted Breakdown and threw him into the nearby rock wall.
Arcee bounced back a few times as Airachnid jumped towards her with her spider claws, Arcee soon kicked the Arachnicon in the face, sent her flying back in the air and crashed into Breakdown, who was just started to get up when Airachnid knocked him back down. Arcee walked over to Bulkhead and stood there next to him. Watching them. Airachnid was slumped against a pile of rocks groaning in pain from the hit. Breakdown was on his hands and knees trying to get back up once again.
"Thank you," Breakdown thanked as he grabbed the gauntlet and activated it.
"Do you even know what that does?" Airachnid asked, "It's not a toy!"
Airachnid knew what was going to happen. Especially with Breakdown having the gauntlet in his possession and not knowing how to even use it. And she didn't want to be around for when that happened. So Airachnid took off running. Arcee noticed this and activated her blasters and began running and shooting at the Arachnicon. Airachnid began drilling a hole in the ground with her spider claws to make her escape, Arcee ran to the hole and continued shooting. She was hoping she would get lucky and one shot would hit her.
"Hey!" Miko said as her phone and several coins began flying from her towards the gauntlet.
Breakdown turned to Bulkhead, the wrecker fell down and found himself being pulled to Breakdown.
"What is going-" Arcee said as as she found the magnetic pull suddenly drawing her in.
Suddenly, they found themselves in front of Breakdown. That was when the dragging stopped. But they didn't break free from the magnetic pull drawing them in. They soon found themselves levitating high in the air by Breakdown raising his hand.
"What's this switch do?" Breakdown pondered aloud as he presses a switch.
His answer was a discharge as Miko's phone flew out towards and sticked onto Bulkhead's chassis. Bulkhead and Arcee were then sent flying into a pile of rocks. Miko looked at the rocks with worry and slid down the rocks that she was behind.
"Megatron's gonna love this," Breakdown chuckled before transforming into his alternate mode and driving away.
"Bulkhead" Miko cried as she ran up the rocks to reach the groaning bulkhead, "The 'Cons getting away!" She noticed her phone was on his Chassis, "Hey! My phone!" She went to grab it, however she had a hard time getting it off of him, groaning, "It's stuck!"
"Where's Arcee?" Bulkhead asked as he stood up.
"Why don't you just marry her?" Miko groaned.
"I'm right behind you," Arcee suddenly said from behind them.
"Where?" Bulkhead said as he looked around for her, as he didn't see her behind him.
"Let's just say she's got your back," Miko said as she sees Arcee was attached to Bulkhead's upper back. And she didn't look too happy about her current situation. Arcee was only thankful that it was only her back that was stuck. She still had free range of movement with her head, arms and legs.
"Scrap," Arcee said as she tried to disconnect herself from Bulkhead…and failing.
"Breakdown here. I'm gonna need a bri-."
Breakdown didn't get to finish his sentence. A rock fell onto the road near him. He immediately swerved out of the way of the oncoming giant rock boulder. Then he found himself wrapped in a sticky web. He transformed, hoping to break the webs and free himself. But that wouldn't be the case. The web just stuck itself all over his body. And despite his struggling, he could not break the bonds. He heard the sounds of walking metal above him. He looked up and saw Airachnid. He should have known it was her when he found himself trapped in her webs. The woman is an Arachnicon after all.
They contacted Ratchet as Miko was struggling, separating them "You've been magnetized together?" he asked them.
"They're inseparable," Miko said giving up.
"And the device that did this is on its way to Megatron," Bulkhead added as Arcee sighs.
"A polarity gauntlet, a deceptively simple but diabolical creation," Ratchet realized.
"Just tell me you can unitch us, Ratchet," Arcee asked him.
"It may simply be a residual magnetic charge providing your current... attraction," Ratchet said as he struggled to find the right word to describe the current situation Arcee and Bulkhead found themselves in and settled with 'attraction'.
"They're not attracted to each other!" Miko exclaimed.
"But I'm afraid retrieving the gauntlet is our surest bet for reversing its effect. Once Megatron gets his hands on the Gauntlet," Ratchet went on before trailing off.
"He'll use it for a whole lot more than attaching notes and family photos to the fridge," Jack added.
"Jack, I'm not following," June said.
Ratchet turned to her, "Madam, we are forged of metal alloy. If Megatron could repel us with a flick of a switch, we might never again have another shot at him."
"Instant force shield," Raf explained.
"Worse yet, he might use it to meld us all into a scrap pile," Ratchet remarked before turning to the cybertronian computer monitor, "The good news is, the gauntlet hasn't traveled far. I would strongly advise pursuit."
"We can catch up faster on wheels," Bulkhead said before pounding his fists.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. And snap me in half?" Arcee objected.
"Right," Bulkhead said as he walked forward.
"Sweet, Miko cheered jumping off of the rock, "I'll take point."
"Not this time, kid," Arcee said.
"What? But you said-" Miko said as she began protesting.
"That was recon. This is war. I'm not risking your well-being just so you can hit your daily adrenaline quota," Arcee explained to Miko, "Ratchet, Miko needs a bridge."
"Coming up," Ratchet said.
Miko, groans in frustration, "You think Jack's mom is bad?" She asked Arcee, "You sound just like her!"
June turned to her son, "Is that such a bad thing?"
"Wh- uh…" Jack stuttered before signing, "I'm gonna go over here," he said walking away from his mother.
At an abandoned gas station, with oil pumpjacks in the distance, Breakdown was securely webbed up to the building, while she held the polarity gauntlet in her hand.
"It fits!" She exclaimed, "You know, a girl can never have too many accessories."
"You were a Decepticon once. We can bring the prize to Megatron together," Breakdown offered.
"Go back to that boys club?" She said with disbelief, "I struck out on my own because I don't like to share. This will provide the perfect repellent against Bots and 'Cons alike."
They send Miko back to base before following the signal of the polarity gauntlet, "Never had eyes in the back of my head before," Bulkhead told Arcee, "Or blasters to cover my rear and you get a built- in shield." He added as he touched his chassis.
"Bulkhead, you don't really think I sound like June, do you?" Arcee asked Bulkhead, nervously.
Um…" Bulkhead hummed nervously.
"She's over-protective. I'm just protective," Arcee explained.
"Totally different," Bulkhead agreed nervously.
"I also wonder if Chrome thinks I sound like June," Arcee added, "I doubt she would think I do as me and her are twins and very close."
Before any of the two autobots could say anything else, they heard beeping going off. "The gauntlet's close," Bulkhead said as he glanced at the scanner Ratchet had given them for the recon mission and noticed that the same magnetic disturbance was occurring nearby.
Soon the two autobots reached the abandoned gas station, Bulkhead looked inside the gas station before activating his blaster, he walked forward when he heard Breakdown grunting, he turned around and saw him trapped in Airachnid's webs, including his face had webbs on it. Bulkhead saw Airachnid above.
"I assume Arcee isn't far behind," Airachnid said walking down from above.
"You might say that," Bulkhead said.
"Blaster hands in the air and turn around," she ordered.
"Whatever you say," Bulkhead smirked.
He deactivated his blaster and raised his hands in the air. Slowly, he turned around until his back was facing Arcee…and Arcee was staring at her firing blasters. Airachnid couldn't help but be honest concerning the sight. She did not see that coming. She still avoided the shots Arcee kept on dishing out; not wanting to add any more injuries to the scratch Arcee had given her before the incident with Breakdown and the polarity gauntlet. One particular shot hit Airachnid's hand and the polarity gauntlet flew out of her hand onto the ground below. As soon as the gauntlet hit the down, the gauntlet was activated by itself. Anything that was made if metal was immediately unable to resist the magnetic pull emitted from the machine. Even Breakdown a little bit and he was pinned against the wall. However, when he broke free, he deactivated the machine.
"Still up for a truce, muscles?" Airachnid asked Breakdown.
"Only because I hate Bulkhead more than I hate you," he told her and immediately he began to fight his nemesis with his mace, Bulkhead punched him, Arcee and Airachnid then immediately began fighting as well, Arcee was having more success than Bulkhead was having.
"What?" Arcee said as Bulkhead suddenly spun around during his fight with Breakdown. The action caused Arcee to feel the Cybertronian equivalent of motion sickness. When she faced Airachnid again, the Airachnicon punched her square in the face. "Bulkhead, would you stay still?"
"My bad," Bulkhead said before punching Breakdown hard, knocking him down, flying backwards, he then turned around at Airachnid, "Need a hand?"
"No, she's mine," Arcee objected.
"Two bots, one stone," Breakdown said, activating the gauntlet.
He aimed it at one of the nearby oil pumpjacks, which just happened to be made of metal. For a tool of drilling that weighs the equivalent of a ton, it held no resistance against magnetic fluctuations. Slowly, it fell apart and a hammer-shaped like part hovered in the air above Arcee and Bulkhead. Since Bulkhead and Airachnid were preoccupied in their little battle, Arcee was the only one who noticed.
"Bulk, duck!" He turned around and saw the hammer coming towards him. The hammer hit him in the face and knocked him to the ground on his back. Since Arcee was connected to Bulkhead's back, she fell onto her stomach and he landed on top of her, almost crushing her.
"Bulkhead, get...up!"
"Pinned like a bug," Airachnid said, smirking as she stepped on Arcee's hand."Of course, I can think of one permanent way out of your predicament." She raised her spider claws, causing Arcee to widen in fear, and began trying to move away.
"I'll take topside," Breakdown said as he raised his hammer high in the air and raised it down fast, ready to kill Bulkhead. What he did not expect is Bulkhead to fight back and block the attack. With all his might, Bulkhead threw Breakdown far away from them. The gauntlet flew out of his hand as he was thrown across the ground. Arcee and Bulkhead were suddenly separated, not conjoined anymore and Arcee happy about this as they both jumped up ready to fight their rivals.
"I'm free," Arcee cheered.
For Arcee, Bulkhead, Airachnid and Breakdown it was a race to the gauntlet. Breakdown went for it, but Arcee stopped him by kicked it out of the way and kicked him on the back, hard. She dodged him as he went to grab her and she began punching him, he soon pushed her away from him.
Airachnid saw the gauntlet behind Bulkhead," Want to dance?"
"You're not my type," she replied.
Airachnid jumped on top of Bulkhead and used her dangerous drilling techniques on him. Bulkhead grasped and exclaimed in pain from the sensations. Eventually, Airachnid got tired and jumped onto the ground, reaching for the gauntlet.
"Scrap," he said.
"Let's leave the boys to themselves," Airachnid suggested as she activated the gauntlet and aimed it at Arcee, who was pulled back towards her, "That would be the 'up close and personal' setting."
The two femmes began to fight, as they both held one of their hands on the gauntlet, Arcee kicked her, Airachnid punched her and Arcee kicked her again.
Just like Arcee and Airachnid were caught in their own little fight, Breakdown and Bulkhead were locked in theirs. Punches were thrown in turns and neither was able to block them. Especially a powerful punch that knocked Bulkhead to the ground. But he didn't stay down for long. As soon as he stood up, he activated his blaster and pointed it at Breakdown before firing a shot. Breakdown was hit square in the chest by a shot and sent flying into the pumpjack, destroying it upon impact.
Arcee activates her blades as her fight with Airachnid continues, Airachnid's spider claws clashed against Arcee's blades and used them to scratch her face again, before suddenly being pinned to the ground.
"One hand tied, five more to play with," Airachnid said as she punched the ground near the junction that linked Arcee's neck to her shoulder.
"Quality, not quantity," Arcee retorted.
Arcee maneuvered her free hand around the traps Airachnid's legs provided and hit the switch on the polarity gauntlet. Within moments, the two were separated and Airachnid no longer had the weapon in her possession. She hoisted herself, using her spider legs to support her and glared as Arcee claimed the weapon. Angry at the loss of the weapon, Airachnid charged at Arcee. Thankfully for Arcee, the weapon game to life in her hand and she punched Airachnid away from her.
"Opposites do not attract," Arcee remarked with a smirk.
Breakdown threw the remnants of the pumpjack off of him and Bulkhead activated his mace Breakdown did the same and charged at his longtime Autobot foe. Battle cries evaded their vocal chords as they went to collide hammers. However, a magnetic force stopped the collision and pushed the two enemies apart. Breakdown, this time, fired a missile at him. Again, Bulkhead repulsed the missile and it flew off in a different direction, heading for Breakdown. Like it repulsed Bulkhead, the missile repulsed Breakdown and it flew to the skies before exploding.
"We can't touch metal," Breakdown observed.
"We're polarized," Bulkhead realized.
"Always leave on a high note," Airachnid remarked as she uses a spider web to reclaim the gauntlet and transformed into her alternate mode.
"Bulkhead, the gauntlet!" Arcee cried.
Bulkhead ran up some buildings before grabbing Airachnid who immediately began swerving around. Breakdown got up and began running away as he knew what was going to happen, Bulkhead threw Airachnid at Breakdown in mid-air. Breakdown turned around just in time to have Airachnid crash into his chassis. The two landed in the old car park by the 20th century petrol tanks unconscious. Neither of them had the gauntlet in their possession. So Arcee walked up and claimed it.
"Let's finish this," Bulkhead suggested excitedly.
"And risk becoming twins again?" She retorted, as she walked away, "Besides I already have a twin."
After getting back to base, it was sundown Optimus, Bumblebee and Chromette were still on their scouting mission as Arcee gave the gauntlet to Ratchet.
"Souvenir, but…" Bulkhead started.
"We don't advise indoor use," Arcee finished.
"Ew! They even finish each other's sentences," Miko said.
"Miko, check it out. New battle scars," Bulkhead said to Miko, pointing at the scratch marks on his left shoulder. Miko had her phone back and took a photo of Bulkhead's battle scars.
"Arcee! Hey!" Jack said as he approached Arcee.
"Let the adults talk," June told Jack before approaching Arcee, "Arcee, I think I owe you an apology."
"You do?" Arcee said with shock.
"I worry, especially when I feel like I can't control things, which with a teenager, is all the time. Jack and I have always been close, especially after his dad left, and I guess it's just, hard to accept all that's changing," June explained, "I mean, I knew it would someday, but you're not quite the type of girl I thought Jack would be ditching me for."
"I think we've all been a little guilty of staying attached to the way things were," she replied as deep down she had a small crush on Jack and he had one on her as well, but kept it to themselves as Arcee would outlive him unless if there was a way for him to become a cybertronian.
Back on the Nemesis, Megatron was waiting for Breakdown's report on the retrieval of the polarity gauntlet but saw him approach him without the gauntlet.
"Breakdown, you dare return empty-handed?!" Megatron exclaimed at him.
"No, Master," Breakdown said and turned around with Airachnid stuck on his back like Bulkhead and Arcee were.
"Airachnid," Megatron said as he saw the Arachnicon, "It has been some time."
"Lord Megatron, what can I say? It's good to be back," Airachnid remarked.
Next is Rock Bottom
Note: I ship Jack and Arcee, If I do ship them in this story it will be later, probably in season 3 and the next chapter will be yet another one without Chromette but she'll appear in the one after that.