Chapter 8
Jack woke up to the Sunday morning light coming through his window.
He let out an annoyed groan and slowly started to open his eyes, trying to adjust from the bright beam of energy that flowed through his room.
Once his eyes adjusted, he was taken by surprise by what he saw. Arcee's face was a mere inches away from his, still sound asleep with a happy smile indicating the dream she was having. Her body was practically pressed up against his and Jack realized that it was because he had her in a hug which brought her closer to him. Their bodies were so close to each other that he could feel the warmth coming off of her body heat. Jack tried to get up but realized that his right arm was underneath Arcee while his left arm was draped across her body.
Taking it slow, huh Jack? He mentally asked himself.
Suddenly Arcee's eyes started to flutter open, revealing her precious blue eyes that stared into his. They locked eyes and she smiled; her heart racing because of how close they were.
"Hey, you" Arcee said quietly, kissing him gently on the lips.
"Have a nice dream?" Jack asked, smiling back at his girlfriend and secretly admiring her beauty.
"The best" she answered back, kissing him again.
"Well, we should probably get up now. I can hear the other getting ready downstairs" Jack said.
Arcee pouted. "Let me stay like this for a little while longer" she whimpered as she snuggled closer to Jack, placing a hand on his chest. She loved the feeling of his arms wrapped around her; it made her feel safe and protected. She wanted to stay in their position forever, holding each other and caring for each other in a tight hug. Arcee closed her eyes and enjoyed the warmth radiating from his body, letting of a soft sigh meaning that she never wanted to leave.
Jack watched as his girlfriend got comfortable against his chest. He couldn't help but smile at her compassion and caressed her arm with his thumb. Arcee; the brave and stubborn soldier was now whimpering playfully and pressed against his chest. Jack couldn't help but laugh internally, thinking about what the others would say if they saw her like this. This side of Arcee was never seen by anyone except Jack. It was like his own special treat to see her not as a warrior, but as the playful little girl inside. There was nothing he wouldn't do to make her happy because when she was happy, he was happy.
Jack allowed Arcee to stay in her position as he thought back to last night where they had their first make-out session. It wasn't just a series of kisses on the mouth they usually did but full on French kissing, mouth to mouth. He remembered the feeling of his tongue dancing along with hers while they explored each others' mouths. He remembered the sound of her moaning into the kiss that made him kiss back further. He remembered feeling Arcee's passion and emotion she put into her kiss and the thought of how much he loved her run through his head every few seconds.
While to most people, making-out would not be such a big deal. But after taking it slow for about a month, they finally took the next step. It may not have been a big step, but it was a step nonetheless. Jack knew that there was a bright future for them both, but he still didn't want to rush anything. He could feel the darkness inside of him, ready to jump out at any moment. He kept it hidden from everyone else but he knew that Arcee has become suspicious of his strange actions. For this very reason, he didn't want to get too intimate with her and also why he has never told her that he loved her. She was everything to him and if their relationship started to deteriorate because of his darkness inside, he would never forgive himself.
"Hey Cee, I know you're comfortable and all but my right arm is starting to go numb" Jack said, feeling the blood circulation in his arm start to cut of because of Arcee's weight on it.
"You humans and your soft flesh" Arcee joked, looking up at her boyfriend and giving him a playful smile. Jack kissed the top of her forehead before she got up and clambered off the bed and headed for the bathroom.
Jack watched, mesmerized by her swaying hips and amazing curves while stretching his arm out and letting the blood come back.
I said it once, and I'll say it again. I am so lucky.
You're lucky that you're still in control, kid. Came Agent 000's voice inside his head. A frown came across his face as he remembered he had an evil killer trapped inside his head.
While Arcee had a nice and happy dream last night, Jack was so very not. Whenever he slept, he would be sucked into the world inside his mind where Agent 000 is always waiting for him. Sometimes they would end up fighting which almost always resulted in his death. Other times they would have conversations in which Jack would constantly remind himself that he was talking to a ruthless killer. Life was hard right now, and he knew he couldn't tell anyone about this. Other people had their own problems and didn't need to get involved with his. At least not yet.
Jack ignored Agent 000's voice and focused on creating a mind barrier. He's had to do this multiple times yesterday and he's gotten better at making them in a shorter time, although, Agent 000 has been getting better at breaking it. Jack hated him, but yet he felt sympathetic for him sometimes. He may be a killer but that's not entirely his fault. He was created by MECH who only taught him to finish tasks and kill. Agent 000 doesn't know anything else and Jack secretly made it his mission to possibly help him, show him what life has to offer. Jack knows that the agent can go into his memories and without him noticing, he's been feeding him memories of joy, happiness, love. He's been trying to show him the true meaning of life, although, because he doesn't exactly know how everything works, he's still learning how to do so.
In around ten minutes, Jack finished his mind barrier and started to get ready for the day. It was a beautiful Sunday morning and he was excited to see what they had planned. Being around the human Autobots was quite amusing and watching them fail at normal human things was hilarious.
Jack was too busy thinking about all the funny things the Autobot humans did yesterday that he opened the drawer to his boxers, only to pull out a pair of panties instead.
"Woah!" Jack yelled in surprise, jumping and dropping the panties back into the drawer. He looked inside and found that Arcee's newly bought underwear took up half of the space while his stuff was pushed to the other half.
"Well I guess I'm sharing now" he muttered to himself, making a mental note to look at what he was picking up before he lifted it.
He quickly grabbed his clothes and headed for the bathroom where Arcee had just come out. The smell of her conditioner overwhelmed him and made him give her multiple playful kisses on the neck.
"Jack, don't do this here" Arcee said, slightly moaning in pleasure as she tried to get her boyfriend to stop kissing her neck.
"I can't help it, you smell good" Jack said, giving her a dumb smile.
She rolled her eyes and gave him a kiss on the cheek before going to their room and changing.
Moments later, they both came out of the two doors at the same time. Jack started to head over to their room and couldn't help but stare at Arcee's new outfit. She had a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a black short sleeve that hugged her body, making her look even curvier. Her features were greatly emphasised and Arcee saw that Jack was staring there. She smirked and moved over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, snapping him out of his trance.
"Come on babe, I thought you knew better than that" she whispered into his ear, using a seductive tone.
Jack suddenly realized they were going a bit too far and quickly regained his composure.
"Yeah sorry about that" he said blankly. Arcee saw that he was no longer playing along so she dropped it, but she still held on to him.
"Jack, I just want you to know that last night was amazing. That was the most intimate we've ever gotten and if you still want to take it slow, I get it" the former two-wheeler said, looking into his eyes.
"Thanks Cee, and just so you know, I enjoyed it just as much as you did" Jack answered. They looked into each others' eyes and smiled before they separated and headed downstairs where everyone was already eating and talking.
"Hey guys, what's for breakfast?" Jack asked as he took a seat at the table.
"Well, June had made a really good omelet but I think Bulk ate your shares" Wheeljack said with a smirk. T
he couple looked over to Bulkhead who was happily finishing off the rest of the omelet. He plopped the last bite into his mouth and enjoyed the taste as he swallowed it. Suddenly, he felt like he was being watched and opened his eyes seeing a laughing Wheeljack and Jack but a slightly angry Arcee.
Bulkhead looked down at the three plates of food he just ate and looked back up. "Oops" he said sheepishly, earning another glare from Arcee.
The former two-wheeler started to get up from her seat, ready to go over to Bulkhead and show him how much she wanted that food when she felt a hand on her shoulder pushing her back down.
"Woah Cee, it's all good" Jack said calmly, making her relax. "I can make some more omelets if you'd like."
"Thanks Jack" Arcee responded with a smile.
Jack collected the empty plates on the table and gave them a rinse before going grabbing some eggs from the fridge.
"Uh, hey Jack, you mind making one for me too?" Bulkhead asked, avoiding the look Arcee was giving him. He was still a little hungry and his size was definitely not helping his appetite.
Jack laughed and shot Arcee a look saying 'it's ok'. "Anyone else want another omelet?" he asked the group. Surprisingly everyone raised their hand which made him laugh again.
"All right then, omelets for everyone!" he stated.
He grabbed the entire egg carton and got to work.
...
About an hour later, the Honda Civic and the Audi pulled up into the Omega One base. One by one, the humans and the former Autobots started to get out of the car when suddenly an alarm went off.
Quickly, the group made their way over to the control console where Ratchet started to type in some commands to shut off the alarm.
"What is it Ratchet?" Arcee asked, looking as the red alarm stopped blinking.
"It seems like our scanner has picked up an energon spike. It's also showing Decepticon activity in the same area" the medic said, pinpointing the coordinates.
"Ratchet, contact Agent Fowler immediately and relay this information to him" Optimus commanded, earning a nod from the medic.
A couple minutes later, they had Agent Fowler on the line.
"Prime! We got your message and we are sending drones to the coordinates." The agent said through the com-link. Suddenly four video boxes popped up on screen showing the camera perspective of the drones.
Not too long later, the flying machines reached their destination, splitting off into different directions to get different points of view.
"What's it look like Prime?" Agent Fowler asked, also looking at the videos.
The group watched as one of the drones got closer, readjusting its camera quality to get a better picture. It revealed over three dozen Vehicons cutting and drilling energon from a half open mine.
"Wow, look at all that energon" Bumblebee gasped. There was already a large pile of energon ready to be departed and a lot more un-mined energon crystals that glimmered in the light.
"I say we blow it up. The less energon the 'cons have, the better for us" Wheeljack stated. The wrecker loved explosions and he's been craving to see one recently, especially since he's turned into a human.
Optimus looked at the large energon mine and thought about Wheeljack's statement. Eventually he made up his mind and nodded his head.
"Agent Fowler" he said into the com-link, "you have my permission to proceed in sending a strike team. It is merely a Decepticon energon mine and it would be best if we destroy it before Megatron has a chance to collect the energon."
"Copy that, strike team deployed" Agent Fowler answered over the microphone.
The group watched as the drones started to fly away, still getting a view of the energon mine. A couple moments later, half a dozen jets flew by; sending missiles into the half open mine. The explosion rocked the drones, wobbling the camera as a huge light blue cloud appeared over the area of detonation. The group, mostly Raf and Miko, looked in awe as they smoke rise up, creating a perfect mushroom cloud.
"Energon and explosives don't mix" Wheeljack chuckled and fist bumped with Bulkhead.
Once the dust settles and the drones were able to get a better picture, the half open energon mine was no more but a hole in the ground. Not a single Vehicon could be seen and there was nothing left of the Cybertronian essence.
The group cheered and through the com-link, they could here military officials cheering as well.
"Mission success" Agent Fowler said through the com-link, a big smile on his face. "I'll be over there in a bit to go over some documents with you Prime."
"Very well Agent Fowler" Optimus answered, giving Ratchet the nod to end the transmission.
"It's too bad we couldn't grab some of that before we blew it up" Bumblebee said.
"Bee, we're humans now. We won't be needing energon anytime soon" Arcee responded to the scout who smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Optimus, I believe Bumblebee does have a point. Perhaps next time we should collect some energon, it wouldn't hurt to add more to our storage" Ratchet said to the Prime who thought for a moment before responding.
"I understand your concern old friend but as of right now, we do not possess any means of transporting the energon, nonetheless attacking the next mine we come across." Optimus reasoned. "I believe our main concern at this moment is fixing the Genetic Exchanger as well as continue monitoring for Decepticon activity. Today may have been an easy victory, but I fear our next encounter may be different."
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"Lord Megatron, our scanners indicate an energon signal disappearing in sector 8N42."
"Oh? And what caused this disappearance Knock Out?"
The commanding Decepticons on the Nemesis crowded around the control console as Knock Out and Soundwave worked on retrieving the data.
Suddenly, Soundwave shot out a tentacle, attaching to the computer as the data started to transfer over to his arm. He showed a picture of the crater that once was an energon mine on his screen as Knock Out looked at the information.
"Lord Megatron, it appears that one of our level 3 energon mines has been completely destroyed" Knock Out stated proudly, smirking at his handiwork.
Megatron swatted him across the chest, startling the medic slightly and making him stumble back. "I can see that Knock Out, your pathetic attempt of trying to impress me is not working."
Airachnid, and Breakdown chuckled at the medic's humiliation as he looked down in shame.
Megatron studied the data shown on Soundwave's visor. "So the Autobots caused this damage? Why did the miners not report when they were under attack?!"
Soundwave didn't say anything but shook his head. Suddenly his screen changed pictures, showing the footage from one of the drones' perspective as the military jets bombed the mine, destroying everything inside.
"Hmm, now this is interesting" Megatron said, watching as Soundwave replayed the video. "So the Autobots were not the ones who destroyed my mine but the organisms that inhabit this planet."
"We shall see who dominates over whom."
