Previously on Transformers,
After fighting with Shockwave, June Darby gets a new ally- Blackarachnia. The two female Autobots attack Nemesis and rescue Jack, while Megatron almost kills Jack Darby. June then successfully performs a surgery on her son, using her medical knowledge as well as the Solus Prime's wisdom. Slipstream joins her brother Starscream.
After Jack's operation was performed and the boy lay on the bed, Optimus Prime looked at the June, Arcee and Jack and decided to learn on what had occurred in the adventure. "June Darby, could you please provide me with details of the event?" asked the stoic Autobot leader.
The tall Autobot looked at the disciple of Primus and nodded. "I arrived at the coordinates provided but learned that Jack and Arcee were transferred to a different location. Shockwave managed to beat me before another Autobot femme found me. She introduced herself as Blackarachnia"
"Never heard of a bot with that name before. Are you sure she was an Autobot? " Questioned Bulkhead
"She was an Autobot as she had an Autobot insignia and acted very friendly towards me. She was as tall as me, with black and purple paint. However, what surprised me was that she told me that even though Shockwave had disabled the communications, the femme bots could still communicate between each other, and that was how Blackarachnia was able to find the location where Arcee was taken" June looked at the Team Prime and was surprised when Arcee had threw up Energon over the floor.
"This cannot be! There are only four female Autobots who could even communicate through this frequency not all femme bots. Arcee is my sister and thus Shockwave was able to communicate with me. I have no clue where my daughter Moonracer is but she definitely does not fit your description. The only possible femme bot that could fit that description. No, she is not alive. Optimus, she died, right?" asked Chromia suddenly which confused June.
"Autobot Commander Elita One was not killed after her recovery from Kaon's adventure. However, she left the Autobots and flew somewhere in the galaxy. " Replied Optimus and Chromia stared at her leader.
"You mean to tell me that my favorite sister is not only alive but also on Earth? Why, on AllSpark, did Chromia arrived instead of her?" spoke Arcee as she squeezed a pipe in her hand.
"I needed that," shouted Ratchet but after Arcee glared at him he stopped talking.
"Whether Elita One or Blackarachnia as she goes nowadays decided to join us or not is entire her choice but I will not tolerate such infighting between Autobots, especially when we are so outnumbered compared to the Decepticons. Is that clear?" spoke Optimus Prime as he looked at the two arguing femme bots.
"Optimus" started Arcee but the Autobot leader looked at the blue Autobot.
"Arcee, whether you have issues with Chromia or not, please resolve them on your own but I wish none of this bickering to influence this team."
"Optimus Prime, she has a right to be angry since her own sister did not come to save her. June defended Arcee.
"All right, so could you continue Nurse Darby?" asked her Optimus
"Well after Blackarachnia arrived, she sparred and easily defeated me. Upon her suggestion I decided to meditate and realized that I had a Matrix within my chest as well, although it was not the Matrix of Leadership" stated June Darby, as the rest of the Team Prime was confused and astonished.
"As I tried to communicate with the Matrix, an ancient Autobot Solus Prime appeared before me and told me that she had chosen me to be the new Prime representing her line of Primes. " June then told the rest of her story to the Team Prime, who was extremely surprised.
"Now, maybe someone might help me to change my appearance back to human?" she asked.
"Nurse Darby, we will do everything we can to help but I am not sure on what we can do now. The relic AllSpark transferred you into a Cybetronian, so it stands to reason that it would be able to transfer you back." Reasoned Optimus.
June was happy to hear that and together with Ratchet the two prepared the apparatus to change June's appearance once again. Ratchet connected the apparatus to the AllSpark and switched the machine on. However, when the medic bot did that, many energies flew from the AllSpark, scattering everywhere.
"Are you sure Ratchet that the procedure will go as planned?" asked Optimus cautiously but before he could get a reply, an electric jet from the AllSpark flew in the Jack's direction. Being Jack's guardian, Arcee immediately jumped at the ray, blocking it from hurting Jack.
"Junimus Prime. I have chosen you as the Prime that will continue my line of Primes. I do not wish you to become a human again" spoke Solus Prime before totally shutting her image and sounds from June's mind. Ratchet saw that the procedure was not going well and had to abort it, switching off the machine. The AllSpark broke into pieces, scattering its crystals everywhere in the base.
"Are there any changes, Nurse Darby?" he asked June but was disappointed when he saw June Darby still being an Autobot. "Where is Arcee?" was his next question.
Everyone searched for any signs of Arcee but the female Autobot was mysteriously absent. Strangely enough, a human female stood next to Jack. She appeared to be in her early twenties, with blue hair and a pink streak. The woman wore a black tank top shirt with long sleeves and navy pants, with a navy motorcycle like sports bra on top of her black shirt. "Guys, its me" spoke the girl" It took the Team Prime a while to realize what has happened before Ratchet spoke.
"Arcee?"
"That complicates things" spoke Jack as he sat in his bed.
"Ratchet, call agent Fowler. Only he would be able to resolve this situation" spoke Optimus. "In the meantime, I think it would be best for us to leave Jack alone with his mother and Arcee, as they need some privacy" spoke Optimus gently but everybody understood that it was an order.
After everyone has left, Jack looked at his mother and now also the new form of his guardian and did not know what to tell. "Mom, Arcee, umm" he started before June interfered.
"Jack, I understand that I can no longer be a human but I think it is very fortunate that Arcee has a human form now. After all, you need a guardian since I am no longer available." Spoke Junimus Prime.
"June, I will take care of your son. It might be a little bit more difficult for me to defend him now, but since I am his guardian I will protect his life until my dying breath." Spoke Arcee reassuringly.
"Thank you Arcee. So, let me tell you about our place" she began describing their modest house in Jasper, Nevada.
A couple hours passed and the trio heard an all familiar voice. "Where is Prime?" asked Agent Fowler
After everyone assembled, Agent Fowler looked at the situation, not knowing what to say at first. "Ms. Darby, look, I am sorry to say but in your current standing you cannot be Jack's guardian. However, as Prime had informed me over the phone, Arcee had turned human and could be Jack's guardian in your place. I already spoke in appropriate places and created an appropriate documentation for Arcee." He spoke, giving some official papers to Arcee.
"From now on, you are Arcee Darby, Jack's cousin who upon June's death became his guardian. I also enrolled you as a new PE teacher into Jack's school, so that you could further protect him" spoke Agent Fowler.
It was clear that June was not happy that her now official human status was that she got killed but at least Arcee was put in a position where she could protect her son.
Next day, Jack and Arcee came to pick Raf, while riding inside of Bumblebee. "This seems very weird to me" spoke Arcee as she looked at her partner.
"Common, Miko, Raf and I do this all the time, you will get used to it" tried to reassure her Jack while looking sadly at the pavement through the glass. Bumblebee made some usual noises, to which strangely Arcee responded.
"No Bumblebee, it is not funny" she spoke as she looked at Jack.
"Wait, how could you understand him? I know that Raf could but he is a tech genius," asked her Jack
"Well, Bumblebee is my great nephew and closely related bots tend to understand one another better than normal Autobots. Besides, after his grandmother abandoned him when his mother was captured, we got even closer. I still do not understand how Chromia does not feel anything towards her him. She only sees her duty, and only either follows orders or issues them, not caring about any personal enjoyment" spoke Arcee as the car arrived at Raf's house.
"Hey Jack." Spoke Rafael as he climbed into the car only to freeze as he saw Arcee.
"Who are you? I have not seen you before. I did not know that more humans learned about Autobots" spoke Raf quickly but was stopped by Jack.
"Raf, you know her. Right Arcee?" spoke Jack as he looked at his new cousin.
"Rafael, its me Arcee. It's a long story but basically while June became not only an Autobot but also a Prime, I became a human. " She spoke. "Don't worry; you will see me quite often, as I am your new PE teacher. Jack explained to me yesterday the job description of what a PE teacher is. I am now officially Arcee Darby, Jack's cousin" she spoke
Raf was confused at first but decided that he would get used to it. The group arrived to the school, and after Bumblebee opened his door, the trio existed it. Arcee for the first time saw the school students up front and personal, unlike her previous experiences, where she waited for Jack in her motorcycle form. Raf left to go to his first class, meeting some new girl called Sari and showing where her new class is, while Arcee headed to talk to the Principle of the school.
A girl approached Jack. "I am so sorry to hear that Jack, it must be hard to lose your mother. Believe me, I know how this feels. My father abandoned my sister and me right after she died and my older sister now is the only person I have left. If you want to talk about this sometime later, feel free," said Sierra as she left an extremely confused Jack.
Another person approached Jack. "Heard about your family troubles. Don't worry, if you leave Sierra alone, I would not bother you much" he spoke as he smiled. However a teacher almost immediately appeared between them, and she looked not amused.
"Leave Jack Darby alone" she spoke
"And you are?" asked the boy not caring about this new strange woman.
"I am your new PE teacher Arcee Darby, Jack's cousin. You bother my younger cousin, you deal with me" she spoke as she looked harshly into Vince's face
"Yes Madam" he spoke before walking away.
"You will pay Darby, one day you will pay!"
Somewhere else, a woman in her early thirties looked at her computer and smiled. I finally found your secret information father!" she looked at the files, before finding information regarding the Autobots.
"So these are the Transformers who gave you trouble father? Don't worry, I will show you that they will be destroyed." She smiled even further as she saw the instant similarities between a few Autobots in their vehicular modes and a few cars that dropped off some kids at a school nearby.
"Jack Darby, huh? It will be a pleasure to meet you" she smiled further, thinking about the horrors she would do to the boy. If one did not know she was a human, one could easily have mistaken Carly Bishop as a relative of Airachnid.
A/N
I decided to put a few references in this chapter, one from Transformers 1 as a first name for one of the future characters; the other from Transformers Animated. Also, I used some ideas about humanized Arcee from some fanfictions I read about this matter as well as her human form from a picture of humanized Arcee from Deviant Art. Next chapter will be more action packed.
