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Airachnid stood in a vast white space. Only her breathing could be heard, desperately trying to cool down her systems.
Her faceplates still burned although not as much as before. She blacked out due to the immense pain. Ler left optic was offline and the spider leg that got hit with the tainted energon hurt greatly but she endured.
She was alone. Only the vast whiteness was keeping her company. She desperatly looked around for a way out.
"What is this place?" She wondered outloud. "I am I-?"
"Dead?" A voice spoke from right behind her. Jack's voice.
She whipped her helm at the sound but found nothing.
"Wha-?" She started. "You aren't dead Airachnid." Again the voice came from right behind her." She extended one of her good spider legs and slashed the air behind her.
Again, Nothing was there.
"W-Who are you?" asked Airachnid somewhat panicked.
"Somewone who cared about you immensely. Someone who loved you." Said the voice.
"LIAR!" Screeched Airachnid. "NOBODY HAS EVER LOVED ME! NOBODY CARED ABOUT ME! NOBODY HAS EVER GIVIN ME ANY COMPASSION, ANY AMOUNT OF RESPECT. NOTHING!"
Airachnid was left panting and shaking slightly.
The voice sighed. "I see you still don't remember Airachnid." Said the voice with a pained expression.
"What?!" Asked Airachnid. "I remember EVERYTHING from my past. Who are you to tell me that I don't?!"
The voice was silent for awhile.
"I already told you who I was Airachnid."
Airachnid shivered when the voice said her name.
"And you are close to figuring it out for yourself."
Airachnid scoffed. "What are you talking about?!"
"You'll see soon enough." Said the voice before the void she was in turned black.
Suddently a shot of pain surged through her infected spider arm. She screamed in agony but found that she couldn't move.
...
'Oh Primus.' Thought Ratchet as he was checking Optimus's vitals as Airachnid began to scream. Bumblebee was also there, worried about their leader but was quickly startled by her sudden outburst.
Airachnid's screams echoed throughout the base. Ratchet quickly went to her side and did a quick scan.
One of her spider legs was getting seveirly infected.
Airachnid opened her right optic, considering it was the only one that worked. She frantically looked around the room and laid optics on Ratchet. More specifically, the symbol on his chest.
Autobot.
"YOU!" She screemed in anger and in pain. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?!"
"NOTHING!" Yelled Ratchet, but then he lowered his voice. "You have been infected with the Cybonic plague! Now calm down and let me see your leg." Said Ratchet as he loosened the straps slightly on Airachnid's berth to turn her over and check her leg.
Airachnid was in agonizing pain. She couldn't even struggle when she felt the straps that held her loosened for a moment.
"By the Allspark." Whispered Ratchet as he looked at her spider leg.
"WHAT IS IT AUTOBOT?!" She yelled in frustration and pain.
Ratchet looked at her in the optics. "I have to pull out your leg right now." He said.
Airachnid's spark froze and her Optic widened. She then blinked once.
Airachnid looked up at the figure infront of her. "W-what?" She asked with energon tears coming from her optics. Although only her right one worked.
"I said to pull it out." Said the figure with a calm voice.
Airachnid looked at her servos and began to tremble.
"Do it. Or your little friend meets the bottom of my pede." Said the figure with malice as it held up a much smaller figure in its servo.
Airachnid sobbed as she took one of her Spider legs and pulled on it, the couldn't do anything in the weak condition she was in. She sobbed harder as she continued to pull but realizing that she couldn't do anything, she let go. She was trembling violently. Her sobs were the only thing that could be heard.
"Oh well. To bad." Said the figure in a sarcastic tone.
Airachnid's helm shot up and fear was plastered on her faceplates. She tried to scoot farther back from the figure but she reached a wall. She was trapped.
The figure slowly walked towards her and it kneeled down next to her.
"If you can't do it." Said the figure as it grabbed her Spider leg.
"P-please." Trembled Airachnid as she closed her optic.
"I CAN do it. But it needs to happen now." Said Ratchet in a stern voice.
Airachnid stared at Ratchet. "Please don't hurt me." She whispered with pained tone and a feeling of fear in her optic.
Ratchet's optics widened as he stared at her. But then he sighed. "It needs to come out now before your body becomes severely infected. The area around the leg has rotted and it should come out easily. It has to come out before more legs are affected! "
He grabbed her Spider leg with a protective film on his servo.
"PLEASE DON'T!" Begged Airachnid with fear in her voice.
Ratchet stared at Airachnid before closing his optics and ripping her leg clean off.
Airachnid screamed bloody murder before passing out due to the pain.
Ratchet stared at Airachnid with sorrowful eyes. He sighed and placed the severed leg into an isolated container.
Bumblebee watched with a look of worry in his optics. Airachnid was truly terrified.
"Ratchet." Said Optimus with a tired voice. Still breathing heavily. "W-will she be alright?"
Ratchet looked at Optimus for a few seconds before returning to his work. "I do not know Optimus. The same goes for you."
Ratchet sighed. "Why even bring her here?" he asked.
"You saw it d-didn't you?" asked Optimus.
Ratchet raised an optic brow.
"H-her optics, voice. She was scared Ratchet. I-ive never seen or heard of her being afraid of anything."
Ratchet sighed and looked at Airachnid. "I did see her but...I don't know."
"I believe she is c-changing, old friend." Said Optimus.
Ratchet continued to stare at Airachnid's energon soaked face before sighing and continuing his work. But first he had to call the Autobots to tell them about the events that transpired. Primus knows how Arcee is going to take this.
...
Starscream paced back and forth in the command center. Airachnid still hasn't returned and her life signal had disappeared.
She must have been captured because for a split second, Soundwave managed to find an Autobot groundbridge that opened for a few seconds.
Starscream grumbled. "She should have taken the backup. Now look what's happened to her. Pffft. The glitch got herself captured. And now lord Megatron will have my aft in his lounge so he can have something to glare at while he drinks his high grade!"
Starscream realized that he shouted the last part of his statement and now everyone's attention was on him. Well... besides Soundwave.
Starscream cleared his vocalizer. "What is everyone looking at? Get back to work!"
Starscream then quickly made his way out of the command center and towards the towards the Med bay. Anger in his optics.
He opened the door and found the medbay to be empty. Strange. Knockout should be here.
He walked up to the body of Megatron and glared at his 'lord's' faceplates.
"How do you do it?" Asked Starscream. "How can you not die?" He spat.
"I just know that no matter what I do. I will never win. Right?" He asked.
Silence.
"I know you will pull out of this and beat me to an inch of my life. But I assure you that you will not win in the end my 'lord'."
Starscream walked towards the door of the medbay. But before leaving.
"Your biggest mistake isin't letting Optimus Prime live for as long as you have."
Starscream stepped though the door and right before it closed he took one last look at Megatron.
"It will be letting ME live for as long as you have. 'Master'."
And with that the door shut.
...
Jack woke up with a jump because he had set his alarm clock too loud the previous night. He quickly shut it off and let his head fall on the pillow with a sigh escaping him.
But then he realized something. Today was saturday. No work or School.
That made him jump from bed towards the bathroom.
After a quick shower he got dressed and went to the garage.
"-Understood." Finished Arcee as Jack entered the garage.
Jack rose an eyebrow. "Who was that?" He asked as he opened the garage door.
"Ratchet." Said Arcee. "He needs us at the base. Something's happened. Bumblebee's already there and Bulkhead is on his way."
"Something serous?" Asked Jack as he got on Arcee and drove away.
"Ratchet told me to come as soon as I could." Said Arcee.
"I hope it's nothing too serious." Said Jack. "Today's Saturday. I was hoping we could hang out." He said with a cheerfull voice.
Arcee blushed. "I-I would like that." She replied softly.
...
After a few minutes they arrived at the missile silo. Arcee and Jack went through the tunnel before Jack hopped off and Arcee transformed, both making their way towards the main room.
"I heard about this nice driving road in Switzerland that we could go to." Said Jack as he walked behind Arcee.
Arcee laughed softly. "We'll see partne-."
Arcee froze.
Jack continued to walk, not knowing that Arcee stopped.
"Let's just hope that this group call isn't something serious." Said Jack as he walked closer to Arcee. But he noticed her silence.
"Arc-?" Started Jack as he looked ahead. Right in time to smack his face slightly into the back of Arcee's leg.
Jack groaned. "Why does it always have to be the nose?" He asked as he rubbed his nose trying to alleviate the pain.
He looked up at Arcee. "Arcee?" he asked.
She was frozen. Her Optics glued to something.
Jack followed her stare towards...
The hairs on his neck stood on end.
"Airachnid?"
AN: ANOTHER cliffhanger. D'oh. Anyways. Please review!