9. Spider webs
Pink silk webs glistened high among the treetops, but the spinner paid no heed to their beauty. Blackarachnia paused in her flight to catch her breath and to check for pursuers, when her scanners and other senses detected nothing she sighed with relief and spared a glance at the limp form she carried. The small mechs frame was dented and scratched and even though he was unconscious tremors wracked his frame. The femme knew she had to get Prowl back to his team soon or the poison that flowed through his tubing would kill him, the only thing she had to figure out was how to do it without being captured herself. The femme busied herself with spinning a web while she tried to come up with a plan, and upon finishing gently placed the mech so the webbing gently supported his body. Blackarachnia shook her head as she recalled how she had gotten into this mess in the first place. When she had first seen the bounty hunter she had hidden herself and let pass unhindered, but when he had returned carrying the battered ninja something in her had snapped. She wasn't sure why she cared about Prowl's wellbeing but she had a feeling it stemmed from the fact that the ninja for some unfathomable reason didn't see her as a freak. Whatever the cause she had attacked the bounty hunter, taking him by surprise and quickly knocking him out with her stingers. If her new venom work as she thought it would when Lockdown woke up he would have no memory of the last few hours. Judging by the lack of pursuit however, her venom had done its job. The web shook under her feet as particularly violent convulsion passed through Prowl's body. The techno-organic knew she had little time left when a plan crystallized in her mind. Blackarachnia quickly secured the ninja to her web before taking off through the trees at her top speed.
Jazz swore in every language he knew as Lockdown's trail vanished. He had been on patrol with Bulkhead when Prowl's distress signal had been activated, but they had been too late to stop the bounty hunter form capturing him. Jazz had commed the rest of Prowl's team and had ordered Bulkhead to wait for backup while he followed Lockdown. Now the trail was gone and he didn't know where to look. He didn't make it very far when he walked into an ambush. Before Jazz knew it he was bound and gagged by the decepticon femme's webbing. He was about to radio for help when he caught sight of the object in the femme's hand. Blackarachnia waved one of Prowl's shurikens under Jazz's nose and when she was sure she had his attention she hissed, "You will do exactly as I say if you want to see your friend to live. You will not contact with your team. You will follow me without asking questions and you will not try to attack me or try to escape. Do I make myself clear?" with that she peeled off the gag. Jazz could only nod mutely as the implications on the spider's words nearly stalled his processor; luckily Blackarachnia accepted that and cut the rest of his bonds before taking off through the trees.
It took all of Jazz's skill to stay with her as she ran but he managed, and when he saw the web high in the trees he knew they had reached their destination. Jazz leapt into one of the trees supporting the web and quickly ascended. Reaching the web he was horrified to see the femme sting his friend, but before he could react he once again found himself bound. He settled for snarling "You said you wouldn't hurt him!!" The femme was unaffected by his words and replied, "I didn't hurt him. The bounty hunter dosed him with something, I don't know what it was but my venom seems to slow its affects. I'll leave you with the antidote to my venom but you'll have to figure out the other antidote on your own." Jazz considered his options before nodding and quickly found himself free of his bonds. As he knelt by Prowl's side he couldn't help but ask, "Why'd you help him?" The spider shrugged, "Let's just say I had a score to settle with Lockdown." Jazz knew he wouldn't get any more out of her so he merely replied, "I'll give you a breems headstart before I contact my team, so you better get going." Blackarachnia transformed and sped off into the forest; as Jazz watched her leave he couldn't help but wonder for a moment about her true motivations before he activated his comm. :Jazz here, I found Prowl. Requesting medical assistance immediately. :