Chapter 16: Alp An incubus (plural incubi) is a demon in male form supposed to lie upon sleepers, especially women, in order to have sexual intercourse with them, according to a number of mythological and legendary traditions. Its female counterpart is the succubus. An incubus may pursue sexual relations with a woman in order to father a child, as in the legend of Merlin. Some sources indicate that it may be identified by its unnaturally cold penis. Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, or even death

Lockdown growled. It was not because of the thick smell of vampire in the air, nor was it the fact that he saw Bitzwing trying to grab the seeker's aft. Another roll of thunder echoed through the heavens, and Lockdown refused to come out of the parking garage, even if he was still in vehicle mode. Bumblebee tried coaxing him out of the shelter.

"Come on, Lockdown... We have to find what caused that Decepticon alert to go off..." Lockdown transformed, but didn't move from his spot.

"Kid, we know perfectly well who caused it. You can sense him and me n' Three-Face over there can smell him." He crossed his arms.

"I ain't going out in the rain..." Sari climbed out of the fire truck, who transformed into his bipedal mode. The girl sat on Lockdown's knee, giving him a little smile.

"I take it it's from your jaguar half?" He looked away. Wait... Was he blushing?

"Yeah... I hate it with a passion, Squirt... And nothin's gonna make me budge outta here." Starscream looked over to Blackarachnia, who seemed to take the hint and walked over to the jaguar. She kneeled down beside him, dangling a small bag of herbs. He sniffed, and his optics widened.

"Is that...?" She smiled.

"Catnip... I found some in the forest yesterday..." His face bagan morphing into a more-jaguar-looking one, and he tried grabbing the bag. Blackarachnia was too fast, and she hid it back into her pocket.

"Nuh-uh-uh~" She mocked, shaking her finger for emphasis. "You have to earn this..." His ears drooped.

"You bitch..." She smirked.

"Flattery gets you nowhere, Kitten..." Without another word, he transformed back into his car mode, as did the others save for the two fliers and the femme. As the groundlings drove off, Blitzwing stared at Blackarachnia. She stared back.

"What?" She snapped.

"You're mein hero now..." Starscream rolled his optics before stepping outside and transforming.

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"Aw snap! No one told us there would be evil weeds here!" Starscream ignored the yellow bot's cries of protest as he blasted another vine that had hooked onto his thigh while hovering a little higher. He caught glimpse of Blitzwing and frowned.

"Now's really not the time to think about that..." The triple-changer pouted before freezing more vines.

"Not mein fault your legs are so damn sexy..." Starscream gave him a small glare before turning back towards the monstrous vines that seemed to have wrapped themselves around his ankles. As he shot them with deadly accuracy, Bumblebee couldn't help but voice his envy.

"I wish I could fly... Then I wouldn't be stuck here on the ground where the weeds can-AAAUUGGH!!!" A thick vine had wrapped itself around Bumblebee's ankle and pulled him to the ground.

"Bumblebee!" A vine hit the seeker in the abdomen, making him lose his balance. The seeker shrieked as he started falling, but someone caught him before he crashed into a nearby building.

"You should be more careful, Starscream..." He disentangled himself from the triple-changer's hold.

"Oh, shut up..." He landed on the ground and sprinted with the others as they gave chase to the yelow bot currently being dragged across the broken asphault. Optimus seemed to be very close, chopping away any attacking vines with his axe. Lockdown seemed to be in an epsisode of a tv show humans made about wildlife. If everyone wasn't in such a hurry to save teh young mech, they'd appreciate how the jaguar's black fur shone in the light and how you could see the well-developed muscles in his legs. To Lockdown, it felt so invigorating; The rush of blood to his legs, his heartbeart beating in his ears, his huge, white paws hitting the pavement, sweat trickling down through his fur... If he wasn't trying to save the little dhampir right now, he'd be blissfully happy.

Bumblebee disappeared through an openign in the building, with Optimus close behind. Suddenly, a pinkish fog surrounded teh building, and the malicious vines seemed to form some type of wall in front of the smoke. Blackarachnia, who had been running ahead just a few yards behind Optimus, slid to a halt before she ran into the monstrous weeds. As Lockdown caught up, something shone under him and an invisible force seemed to pin him down. He roared in pain, getting Prowl's attention. The ninja ran over to him, crouching down by his side. Ratchet had caught up to Blackarachnia, who stood still as one of the thorns close to her, which had grown longer as if to protect itself, was inches away from her throat. As Starscream caught up to them, he heard a choking sound behind him and found the vampire on his knees. He ran back to him, kneeling to his level.

"Blitzwing! What's wrong?" The triple-changer looked up, coughing. There was a red tinge to his face.

"It's zhe barrier... It keeps avay vampires... Und by zhe looks of Lockdown-" He started coughing again. Bulkhead had stayed a good distance back, with Sari in the passenger seat.

"Bulkhead, what's wrong with everyone?"

"I don't know, Sari... But I think we'd better stay back here. We wouldn't want anything to happen to you..." Sari brought her knees up to her chest, waiting with Buklhead for a sign that everything was okay. Meanwhile, Prowl could only place a hand on the jaguar's head.

"Lockdown, what's-"

"It's a fraggin' spell, kid..." The jaguar grunted. "I guess Megatron's got a warlock helping him now..." His ears perked up at the triple-changer's coughing. "Heh... guess this barrier's vampire-proof, too..."

"What's keeping you pinned down, Lockdown? Maybe I can-"

"You can't...guh... Do a fraggin' thing... This spell's strong, and unless Swindle stops it or Bumblebee or Optimus break the circle drawn around the building... I'll be stuck her for a while and Three-Face over there might cough up his own intake chambers if he doesn't get out of the area..."

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"Come on, Swindle! There's no use hiding!"

"Good point..."

"Wha-"Bumblebee felt something connect with his back before he sailed halfway across the room. Everything ached from the 'ride' he got from the vines. Swindle's attacks didn't help the pain much. He glanced behind him, mentally cursing when he found Optimus still struggling to his feet.

"I wouldn't worry about him, darling... It's you you should be worried for..." Bumblebee snarled, showing off his long fangs.

"What are you gonna do," Swindle joked,"Bite me?" The yellow bot smirked.

"Yeah..." He leapt at the arms dealer like a cat leapt for a mouse. He bit down on the vampire's arm, earning a pained roar. He pulled away before the other could hit him. Swindle glared at him.

"You got his powers, didn't you?" Bumblebee only licked the blood off his lips before taking a large steel rod and swinging it at the arms dealer.

"Hang on a bit longer, Boss-bot! I'll kick his aft real good-" His feet were swept up from under him so quickly the pain didn't register until the vampire started mocking him.

"You really should pay more attention, Bumblebee..." Swindle kicked the heavy rod away from him. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm afraid Megatron is a very impatient mech... So I guess I have to kill you now..." Swindle's optics darkened into that deep red Bumblebee saw on Blitzwing when he'd feed off Starscream. Letting out a loud snarl, Swindle made his way towards the fallen dhampir, dagger clutched in his hand...

Until Optimus captured the arms dealer's lips in a deep, passionate kiss, wrapping his metallic, spiked tail around the other's leg... Wait... When did Optimus have a tail? And when did Optimus grow horns on his helm? Optimus broke off the kiss, staring into Swindle's optic with his hypnotic emerald ones.

"I know what you want... I know what you desire..." Bumblebee watched with wide optics as his leader whispered huskily to his 'creator'. Optimus chuckled.

"I can give it to you... I can make all your dreams come true... all you have to give me is your soul... That's all I ask of you..." He licked the dealer's cheek seductively while letting out a strange purr.

"A-all you ask?" The dealer stammered. Optimus grinned, showing sharp, pointed dentals. Bumblebee shivered.

"And I'll be all yours..." He purred, kissing Swindle again. Bumblebee watched them, noticing Swindle's color beginning to fade. Optimus broke the kiss, glancing at Bumblebee. The younger bot flinched.

"Go." He whispered. Bumblebee obeyed, scrambling to his feet and running out of the warehouse. Swindle started sitting up, but the Autobot grabbed his shoulders.

"What are you doing?" He asked innocently. He looked into the vampire's optics, and the arms dealer was under his spell again.

"Don't you love me?" He pouted. He looked down shamefully as he traced small circles on Swindle's chest.

"Y-yes... I love you..." He kissed the incubus, who inwardly smirked. He broke off and smiled, showing off his sharp, deadly fangs again.

"Then give me your soul, and I will be yours. Forever..."

"I-I will..." Small mouths began to form on the Autobot's hand. Optimus placed his hands on either side of Swindle's head as he dove in for another passionate kiss.

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When the team came in to search for Optimus, they found him sitting on a discolored Swindle, licking blood off his lips.

"B-b-boss-bot?" Bumblebee stammered. He never saw Optimus like this: Bloody, glowing green optics, and an afterglow... You just didn't. Optimus was always neat, proper, respectful, and... well... not like that!

"What is it, Bumblebee?" His optics still glowed, making Bumblebee shudder again.

"W-what are you?" Lockdown, still in his jaguar form, trotted past him, sitting next to Optimus. The Autobot leader scratched his ears, earning a deep purr. Lockdon shook his head, making his spiked collar jingle.

"Ain't it obvious, kid?" He smiled, showing off his sharp teeth. "He's an incubus..."

"Incubus?" Optimus stood up, the green glow fading away from his optics. Wiping off the last bit of blood from his lips, he gave Bumblebee a small smile.

"Incubi are demons that feed off sexual energy. That's the same way we can steal souls..." His smile faltered, seeing Bumblebee's blush.

"Bumblebee? Are you okay?" The yellow bot laughed nervoulsy.

"Well, bossbot...it's kinda sudden...you know...finding out your leader and long-time friend's a demon...hehe..." Optimus smiled and placed a comforting hand on his head.

"Don't worry, Bumblebee... You'll get over it..." Blackarachnia groaned.

"I won't... I dated you, for Primus' sake!"

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I always knew Optimus was a slut...*shot*