Airachnid sat on the top of the Autobot base gazing at the sky. Her left leg dangling off of the ledge.

A few weeks have passed since she 'joined' the Autobots.

You could say that at the start, things were...weird.

FLASHBACK.

When Miko and Raf showed up the following afternoon after school with Bumblebee and Bulkhead, Optimus had called in a team meeting in the central chamber. Everyone showed up, including Arcee.

She hadn't changed since the day before, when she arrived completely emotionless from patrol.

This worried Optimus due to the fact that Airachnid was now a part of team Prime. He didn't know how she would respond.

In fact, he wasn't sure how Bumblebee and Bulkhead would respond, only Optimus and Ratchet knew about this. And of course Airachnid.

She was also there with the others, waiting to see their reactions.

A part of her still couldn't believe that she decided to join the Autobots, it was impossible that she could decide this.

But another part of her felt...relieved?

But why?

Airachnid looked at Optimus with slightly uneasy optics.

Optimus noticed her and nodded in reassurance.

Airachnid scoffed and crossed her arms. When did she need 'Reassurance'?

She then glanced at Arcee who was looking at Optimus, waiting for him to continue. An emotionless face present on her features.

Of course they stood far apart from each other.

Airachnid was expecting total pit from her after Optimus reviles the information about her joining. So that's why she stood far away from her, not because she was afraid of Arcee, no, because she just didn't feel like fighting her, well...that and she killed Jack.

Airachnid grit her denta slightly. Again, WHY DOES SHE CARE ABOUT AN INSIGNIFICANT HUMAN? It simply didn't make sense. They only met once in the forest.

This along with other reasons, Airachnid thought, is why she wanted to find out who she was.

Optimus then spoke up. "I have gathered you all today with an update in regards to the team."

'Here we go.' Thought Airachnid with a tired and knowing expression.

"I have given this a great deal of thought and spoke to Ratchet regarding this decision."

Optimus paused and glanced at Arcee who was in turn looking at Optimus with her arms crossed. Her face unreadable, Her optics in a dead, pensive yet emotional state. Like she was trapped in her thoughts.

"Airachnid will be joining our team from this day forward."

Bumblebee and Bulkhead were completely thrown aback with what Optimus just said. They were totally not expecting it. However when Bulkhead was about to retaliate he noticed Optimus was looking over at Arcee.

Bumblebee noticed that everybody else was looking at Arcee.

Airachnid rolled her optics slightly and looked away as Optimus spoke. She was waiting for the onslaught of negative reactions.

The silence however continued.

Airachnid sighed slightly. 'Just give it a few secon-'

"O.k."

Airachnid froze as her optics widened. She whipped around to face Arcee.

"...What?" asked Airachnid.

Everybody else looked surprised 'to say the least' at Arcee's reaction.

Arcee noticed the shocked reactions from everyone in the room. "What? I said O.k."

Miko then spoke up. "I got less of a reaction when I decided to do my homework instead of spending time with Bulk Then what you just said. What's going on?"

Miko than turned to Optimus. "And...Hello!? Airachnid joining us? When did this happen?"

Arcee spoke up. "It happened yesterday evening." Arcee then looked at Ratchet. "You yell too much. I could hear you and Optimus arguing from my room."

Ratchet scoffed and looked away in embarrassment.

Arcee than looked at Optimus. "Is that all Optimus?" She asked him.

Optimus was silent for a few moments before nodding in conformation.

Arcee then turned around and made her way towards her room.

Airachnid never kept her eyes off of her, a face of bewilderment present on her face plates.

"WAIT!" Said Airachnid in a raised tone.

Arcee stopped in front of the doorway into the hallway. She stood there unmoving, her right servo loosely grasping the doorframe.

Arcee waited to hear what Airachnid wanted to say.

Airachnid stood still. But after a few seconds she realized that she was just standing there. She blinked in slight surprise and asked...

"Is this your only response to this? What's going on with you Arcee?" Asked Airachnid with frustrated curiosity.

A few seconds had passed before Arcee slowly let her servo drop to her side. "Nothing's wrong..." She said lowly.

Arcee slowly turned her helm towards Airachnid.

Airachnid was slightly shocked.

Tears were softly falling from Arcee's optics. She had a look of sad determination on her faceplates. But no anger.

"...It's just that Jack would have given you a second chance."

Airachnid's spark painfully throbbed after Arcee muttered those words.

But Arcee just turned around and made her way towards her room.

Silence engulfed the central room. Airachnid slowly turned towards Optimus.

In turn he nodded and smiled slightly.

And in that moment...Airachnid felt like...she was finally part of a family.

END FLASHBACK.

Airachnid sighed and looked at the Autobot symbol that now adorned her. She chuckled slightly and stretched her neck.

Being an Autobot huh? Never would have imagined it.

But that brought her to something else.

Her past.

Curiosity has been eating away at her for the past few weeks. But the Deceptions have not showed up at all lately.

So for now she had to wait.

Airachnid sighed and got up.

She heard a small sound from behind her. Her helm shot at the direction.

"Who's there?" She asked.

"Just me." Spoke Miko as she walked around the rock that she was hiding behind.

"Why were you hiding?" Asked Airachnid with her optic brow raised.

Miko shrugged. "I guess it's still a novelty watching a former Con look at the sunset."

Airachnid chuckled. "Yeah...I could say the same thing about that. But just because I'm a crazy psychotic killer doesn't mean that I don't like walks on the beach and looking at sunsets. I just haven't had the time to do any of those things."

"You like walks on the beach?" Asked Miko.

Airachnid chuckled. "Figure of speech. I'd get sand in my joints."

"Yeah... I was about to say." Said Miko as she sat down.

Silence engulfed the area before Miko spoke up again.

"So how are things between you and Arcee?"

Airachnid's helm shot up slightly in surprise.

But then she relaxed slightly. "I haven't spoken to her since I joined. I'm not about to cause an argument in the base between her and I anytime soon. But I can understand why we're not on 'speaking terms'. If she doesn't want to talk to me than so be it."

Miko looked up at Airachnid.

"Do you want to talk to her?" Asked Miko.

Airachnid remembered Arcee stabbing Jack in her nightmare. She shook her head.

"No...I don't."

...

"Progress report." Said Silas as he looked over a giant room with two transformers inside.

"Well sir." Said a male human. "All of the major components from the deceased transformer have been transferred into the new frame but we were unable to power it."

Silas raised an eyebrow.

"However we did scan what little energy the 'corpse' possessed and we realize that it only responds to that."

"How much of this 'energy' do we possess at the moment?" Asked Silas.

"Only what we got from the 'corpse'." Said the man.

"How much would that last in a test?" Asked Silas.

"Half an hour...tops. IF we could get it to work."

Silas turned around and walked away.

"Get it done." He simply said.

...

Ratchet was working at his terminal when an alarm went off.

"Optimus, we've detected an Energon reserve somewhere in the Rockies."

Optimus nodded and called everyone to the main room.

A few moments passed before everyone was present.

"What's going on?" Asked Airachnid.

Optimus looked at her before speaking. "This will be your first mission."

...

Soundwave completed his report to Megatron.

"An Energon reserve huh?" Asked Megatron.

Soundwave nodded in conformation.

"Knockout and Breakdown: Tell to deploy?" Asked Soundwave.

"That will not be necessary." Said Megatron as he got up. "You and I will go. I need to stretch my legs."

After a few moments Soundwave nodded and left the Bridge to go and get ready.

Megatron continued to stare at the blinking dot on the map.

...

Airachnid looked like she was going to throw up.

"I know that you two aren't for this decision, however it is final. Airachnid and Arcee will be partners for this mission." Said Optimus.

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