AN: I've got ambiance music in this chapter as swell. Just copy the URL into a search engine. The music is from Youtube. The song is Stellardrone In time.

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Ratchet enjoyed tranquility. He really did, it was part of his job, who he was.

The base was tranquil…serine.

Ratchet exhaled happily as he continued to work.

No kids, No Bulkhead, No obnoxious 'Rock Music.'

Everything was…..

BANG!

…..almost perfect.

Ratched sighed and turned his helm to the door.

Airachnid stood there with wide optics. Almost brimming with tears. Her whole body trembled ever so slightly. Her servo firmly placed on the 'open' button on the wall.

Ratchet raised his optic brow at her.

"What do you need Airachnid? He asked her.

She swiftly walked over to Ratchet and tossed the small data chip on the medical berth.

"Do it." She said with a trembling voice.

Ratchet looked at the chip and then back at her. "Are you sure-"

"I want to know about my past." She simply said with a raised tone of voice.

Ratchet stared at her before sighing. "Very well, I'll prepare everything for the procedure. I'd recommend recharging or at the very least doing something that involves minimal mental stress. Good or bad."

Ratchet smirked. "That involves thinking about Jack."

Airachnid tensed with wide optics and a soft blush. "Jack? Why would I think about him?" She said a little quickly.

Ratchet continued like he didn't hear her. "And I assume that while you two were up there 'something' happed right? Something that made you decide to finally do this?"

Airachnid's digits fiddled with themselves as Ratchet noticed. He also noticed the averted optics and reddening faceplates.

Ratchet chuckled as he turned around to continue working. "Ah young love." Mused Ratchet.

Airachnid's helm shot up. "L-love?!" She said a little too loudly.

Ratchet chuckled. Airachnid scowled at him before quickly turning around and heading to the door for the living quarters. She opened the door and quickly made her way inside.

"W-whoa!"

Airachnid looked up and bumped into someone who was coming through the other way.

Airachnid cursed and looked up with angry optics at…..Jack.

She gasped slightly. "J-Jack!"

"Woah, hey, where's the fire?" He asked with a smile.

Airachnid stammered. "Uh…F-Fire? What fire?"

"Human expression." Said Jack with his hand raised.

"Oh." Airachnid looked down and realized that she was still holding onto Jack.

Her internal temperature rose significantly.

Jack looked down at her and noticed her closeness as well.

They both jumped back slightly and averted their gaze.

Jack smiling sheepishly and rubbing his neck.

'He does that a lot.' She noticed with a deep blush. The spots on her frame that held onto Jack before were now very warm.

'Why? WHY do I feel like this?! I'm supposed to be menacing! Not…this vulnerable.'

"So…"

Airachnid's helm raised to stare at Jack at the sound of his voice.

"….Did Ratchet need anything?" He asked as he looked at the door of the command center/medbay.

"No….." Said Airachnid. "I did…" She then hung her helm somewhat with a downcast expression.

"I'm going to do it." She said simply.

Jack's optics widened. "The memories?"

"The memories." She said. "I just want to know what kind of person I was." She whispered, helm hung lower.

Jack placed his index digit under her chin and raised her helm so they were in optic contact.

Airachnid tensed slightly at the gesture.

"I think you would have been an awesome person." Jack smiled.

Airachnid's mind went blank as Jack said that.

She then smiled. Denta showing and everything.

A true smile with true happiness.

Jack was mesmerized by her faceplates. They held such…..deadly beauty but. Now…he made her smile.

That was something else. There was no malice.

Jack then realized that he was staring. He THEN realized that he had his digit under her chin.

….Boy this was awkward.

He quickly removed his digit from under her chin and placed that servo behind his helm 'as usual' noticed Airachnid.

He chuckled nervously. "I-I think Ratchet wanted to see me for something. See ya." He then went through the door past Airachnid.

Airachnid watched the door close with her mouth ever so slightly open. She lightly touched her chin in the spot Jack just did. A chill went down her frame.

"See ya." She whispered.

…

Jack quickly walked past Ratchet and went down one of the many corridors in the base to a secluded room.

He sighed and walked inside. His expression was dark. Somber…Sad.

Flashback of Jack's first night at the base as a Robot.

Jack sighed and onlined his optics before slowly getting out of his berth. He didn't know what time it was but he didn't care. He wanted some more energon.

He opened his berth room door and went down towards the command center/medical bay.

He opened the door and found Ratchet idly looking at various monitors in front of him.

"Something the matter Jack?" Asked Ratchet. Jack jumped slightly at the sound of his voice.

"That's kinda creepy Ratchet. Knowing it was me." Said Jack.

"I can recognize everybody's pedesteps in this base. But I guess you coming back into the corpses of two Decepticons also 'creeps' me out." Ratchet smirked as he glanced at Jack.

Jack Chuckled. "I can see your point."

"Anyway. Something the matter?" Asked Ratchet again as he turned around to look at the monitors.

"I'd like some energon if you don't mind." Said Jack as he sat down on the edge of the medical berth.

"Of course." Said Ratchet as he grabbed a cube from a small storage container next to him.

"Thanks." Said Jack.

Silence enveloped the comm center as Jack sipped his cube of Energon.

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"Why is Airachnid here?" Suddenly asked Jack.

Ratchet stopped working and turned his helm around with a raised optic brow.

"That was an unexpected and abrupt question." Said Ratchet.

"Abrupt yes….unexpected? Nuh-uh. The last time I saw her she tried to kill all of us. I included. But now she's here, wearing an Autobot Symbol. I think this is a perfectly expected question given the circumstances."

"Point taken." Said Ratchet. "Well it started….."

And then Ratchet told Jack about everything after his death. The toxic energon that nearly off lined Optimus AND Airachnid among other things. Including Arcee's mental state.

After he was finished Jack gave away a sigh. "Man…."

Ratchet nodded slowly before his helm shot up. "And then there is this. How could I forget it?"

Jack raised his optic brow. "Well?..."

"It appears that Airachnid had her memories altered."

Jack's optics widened.

"And Megatron just gave her a chip containing her old memories."

"Megatron gave Airachnid her old memories?!" Said Jack.

"Apparently so." Said Ratchet.

"Oh no." Whispered Jack.

Ratchet's optic brow raised. "Is there something I should know?" He asked.

Jack sighed before rolling his neck and gazing at a spot on the floor. "You know that….there are a couple of things that I found out about Airachnid while I was dead."

"You did say you went to the well of the allspark." Said Ratchet.

Jack nodded. "I did. I met my Mom as well there. Apparently the well of the allspark is Heaven to us humans. I also met my…..dad. It was really nice to speak with him again after all those years after the car accident that killed him. I met Cliffjumper."

Ratchet perked up slightly at the mention of the red Autobot.

"How is he?" Asked Ratchet.

"Heh. He's a hoot to be around. Really fun bot." Smiled Jack.

"However I also met a few other people who were a big part of Airachnid's past."

"Who were they?" Asked Ratchet.

"Well…..One of them was called Tailgate."

AN: As you may or may not know, Tailgate and Jack share the same voice actor. Josh Keaton.

DUNDUNDUN. (BTW I know this twist has been used before but when I started this story I thought I was the first one to use it. Guess the fuck not.)

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