YAY! Chapter 22! XD OK, time for more OP+BA moments! Enjoy!

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Soulmates; Chapter 22: From Spider to Femme Again

Charlotte rubbed her tired eyes as she sat up in bed from her little nap. She stretched her tiny arms with a yawn and smiled. She took the covers off herself and hopped off her tire bed lazily, grasping onto her teddy bear tightly to her chest. She opened her bedroom door and slipped out. She skipped down the long hall-way, a huge grin on her small face. She didn't quite remember how she got into her room but she didn't really care that much.

All she remembered was a blue, metal, yet gentle hand scoop her up. Charlotte shrugged and continued to skip gracefully down the hall-way. Only to catch a glimpse of a over grown spider woman, swing herself to the next building over. Charlotte gasped in both awe and shock.

Charlotte ran to the entrance of the base- thankfully not running into any of the Autobot's- and ran outside. She gasped as she saw the spider woman transform into an over grown spider, shoot more lines of her webbing and swing herself over to each building. She turned her head to the roof; she saw Optimus waving with a huge grin on his face plate. Optimus then turned and walked back inside. Charlotte blinked twice. Does Optimus know that spider lady? The four year-old pondered curiously. Only one, stupid, careless, thing popped into the child's mind at the moment:

I have to follow her.

And that's exactly what she did.

Charlotte ran into the streets of Detroit Michigan, still holding her teddy bear closely, watching the spider swung herself from roof top to roof top. Some adults gave her weird looks but just passed her anyway. Charlotte ignored the stares and side comments, she just felt that...she needed to follow the spider, that, if she did, she could do...something. Something that could change everything. Something that could- "Hey, kid!" An adult male voice called from behind, interruped her thoughts. Charlotte didn't stop. She kept on running, her eyes fixed on the spider,

Charlotte crept silently as the spider woman got onto a make shift boat and sailed away, towards an island. The feeling to follow her clung to Charlotte like glue. Charlotte glanced at another make shift boat and hopped aboard. She didn't quite know how to sail but she seen it alot in movies.

How hard could it be?

Charlotte grabbed a make shift paddle and rowed into the water, close behind the spider lady. Then they both reached an island that Charlotte's toddler brain told her to explore. Once they docked, the spider woman swung herself, with her webbing, to a tree. Charlotte followed her into the jungle carefully. Then she saw the mechanical dinosaurs. Charlotte gasped as they were fighting with a over sized Wasp.

"Spider lady is me, Grimlock's!" The T-Rex dino shouted at the wasp. "I don't want Blackarachina!" The wasp shouted back. Grimlock growled at the wasp. "That's enough!" Blackarachina shouted at them. The mechs stopped. Blackarachina ridged an optic at the wasp. "Grimlock," she said to the dinobot in a sweet voice. "Please get along with Wasp, for me?" Grimlock thumped around. "For you, Spider Lady!" He said and stalked off. Wasp shook his helm. "What does he see in you?" Wasp exclaimed. Blackarachina glared at him. "Hey!" she exclaimed, whacking him up side the helm. Wasp just grinned and chuckled.

Charlotte blinked at the strange scene she just witnessed. "That was weird," she mused. Then she felt claws pick her up by the shoulders. Charlotte gasped and screamed as she was lifted off the ground by the terodactal bot. "INTRUDER!" Grimlock yelled. Wasp and Blackarachina looked up as Charlotte kicked and screamed violently. "Looks like it followed you home," Wasp mocked silently.

Blackarachina's optics flickered with recognition as she remembered the toddler when the girl was sitting on Optimus' lap asking questions. Charlotte's eyes were wide with fear. "PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!" Charlotte shrieked over and over again.

Unaware what was going on at the base...

"I win!" Bumblebee cheered as Sari's avatar fell to the ground. Sari pouted. "No fair!" she sulked. "Hey," Bumblebee said, turning to her. "Ya snooze ya lose, babe." Sari smiled at the 'babe' remark. Cailey giggled at them from Jazz's leg. The Luke came running in from the hall-way, barking his head off. Cailey blinked. "What's up, boy?" She asked the puppy. Luke just barked some more. Noah jerked his head up from Candy's lap at the sound of Luke.

"What up, Noah?" Candy asked.

Noah ran up to Luke and ran down the hall with Luke. After a few seconds later, they came back, barking their heads off. Candy sat up from Blurr's lap. "What's going on with you two?" Candy asked, only do get more barks in response. Then Optimus came down the hall. He opened his mouth to speak but Luke barked at him, jerking his head down the hall. Optimus was confused but followed the two dogs down the hall-way. "What's going-" He began but then they reached Charlotte's room.

Optimus blinked and opened the door. "Charlotte?" No answer. He opened the room some more.

Empty

Optimus began to panic.

"Charlotte!" Optimus shouted in surprise as he ran in. Luke made a 'I told you so' kind of sound as he did. Optimus looked around the room hastily. "Where is she?" he kept muttering to himself.

Optimus noticed that her teddy bear was gone, too. Charlotte must have gotten out of the base herself, Optimus thought. But why...? Then a idea popped into his processor. "Elita," he muttered. Optimus turned on his heel and ran out. "What's goin' on?" Wave asked. "No time to explain," Optimus said quickly and transformed. The dogs trotted in as Optimus drove away. Wave blinked. "Random," she said, then placing her lips back on Hotshot's again.

Optimus drove down the cities streets, until he came to the docks. He drove into the water, then coming back up to the surface when he reached dry land. "Charlotte!" He called. "Elita!" Optimus ran down the jungle like forest, calling for both femmes.

Unaware of what was happening deep in forest...

"PUT ME DOWN!" Charlotte shrieked once more. "Swoop!" Blackarachina shouted at him. "Put her down!" Swoop gave her a long hard look for a moment before dropping the toddler. Charlotte screamed as she fell to the ground. Blackarachina caught her by her webbing and brought her to the palm of her hand. Charlotte closed her eyes tightly, then opened them when she realized she hadn't hit the ground.

Charlotte looked at Blarkarachina and Blackarachina looked back, both in awe. Wasp just blinked at the two and shook his helm. Then, after a long time of complete silence, they both said at the same time,

"How do yuo know Optimus?"

They blinked and Blackarachina shook her helm. "Who are you and why did you follow me?' she demanded. Charlotte squirmed out of the webbing and said, "I'm Charlotte and I followed you because I wanna know how you know Optimus." Blackarachina vented a sigh and gave her a small smile. The toddler gasped and smiled. "Wait," she said, "your Elita One!" Blackarachina blinked, then remembered about the pictures Optimus was showing the toddler. She gave her a small nod. Wasp scratched his helm in confusion. "Um, you guys mind telling what the frag is goin' on?" he asked.

Blackarachina waved a servo at him and Wasp made a face at her. Blackarachina's optics went to Charlotte's key. "Where did you get that?" Charlotte glanced down and said, "I think the All-Spark gave it to me."

Charlotte then realized that she told Sari those same words and grinned. "ELITA! CHARLOTTE!" A yell broke through the trees. "Optimus!" Both femme and toddler said at the same time, again. They all turned around. The blue and red Autobot emerged from the trees. The Dinobots growled but Blackarachina made a motion for them and Wasp to leave. Wasp cursed under his breath and followed the Dinobots.

Charlotte's grin got bigger. "What are you doing here?" Blackarachina asked.

"To find her." Optimus said.

Charlotte giggled slightly. Blackarachina smirked at him. She started to give him the child, until a loud crash came into the sky. She jerked her servo back, holding the little girl to her chest plate. They all looked up at the sky.

Lugnut.

"Give me the All-Spark key, Autobot!" Lugnut growled.

Charlotte yelped and dug her head into Blackarachina's chest plate, senseing a bond between them. Blackarachina glanced down at her briefly before growling back at Lugnut. Optimus steped closer, taking Blackarachina's hand. "Not on your life, Lugnut!" Optimus shouted at the 'con. Lugnut shook his helm. "You will regret that," he mumbled. Lugnut fired his null-ray gun at them. Charlotte screamed and held onto Blackarachina for dear life. Optimus grabbed Blackarachina by her waist and pushed them all to the ground. "DOWN!" He yelled as he did. Lugnut started to shoot at them with his null-ray again repeatedly. Optimus blocked them with his servo as a shield. Charlotte let out another scream, closing her eyes even more tightly. Blackarachina just started at Optimus. None of them noticed the key glow. Finally, Optimus got up. He took out his axe as Lugnut flew to the ground. Blackarachina set Charlotte behind a tree and joined Optimus.

"What's goin'-?" Wasp said. Then he saw Optimus swinging his axe at Lugnut; the 'con fighting back and Blackarachina trying to fight, too. "Oh," he murmured. Wasp hung back behind the trees, still no one noticed Charlotte's key glow brighter. Optimus swung his axe at Lugnut and sliced his shoulder plate. Lugnut screamed in agony and stumbled backward. He gawked a Optimus "You will pay for that, Autobot!" he said through his dental plates. Blackarachina shot a web at Lugnut but she missed. She cursed under her breath as Lugnut shot another ray from his null-ray gun. They dodged it just in time. Optimus turned on his com-link. "-Hello?-" Ratchet said through the com-link. "Ratchet! Its me, Optimus!" Prime said. "-What is it? Did ya find Charlotte?-" Ratchet asked in a ramble. "Yes, I found but I also found Lugnut! We need reinforcements!" Ratchet was silent on the other end for a while, until he said, "-We're on our way.-" Ratchet turned off the com, just as Lugnut shot an ray at him. He grunted in pain and fell to the ground. Blackarachina gasped. "Optimus!" she wailed. Tears stun Charlotte's eyes. "No..." she whimpered. Optimus got up slightly. "I'm alright," he gasped. Blackarachina breathed a sigh of relief. The key glowed even brighter. As they fought, Wasp was trying to decide whether to help or watch.

"OPTIMUS!"

They all looked over to see the others had came. They took out their weapons, ready to fight. "I'll help," Wasp decided. "Wasp? !" Bumblebee exclaimed. Wasp smirked at Bumblebee's shock and confusion with a chuckle. "Yep, I'm back!" Wasp said to Bee. Bumblebee smiled at Wasp as the ran into action. Wave blinked. "Anyone else confused right now?" Wave asked. Hotshot laughed as he took out his flame throwers. "Kick aft now! Ask questions later!" Hotshot boasted. Wave grinned and took out her swords. They all fought back Lugnut as he struggled to fight them all back at once. Blackarachina was going to kick him when he shot her-right in the chest plate. Blackarachina made choking sounds as she fell to the ground. "ELITA!" Optimus yelled as she did. Energon and blood was coming out of her chest plate. She groaned in pain. "ELITA!" Optimus yelled again, crouching down to her. "Elita," he said more softly.

Lugnut smirked. He flew away saying, "I'll leave you here to mop," And he was gone. Optimus glared at him as he did. "Elita," he whispered to her. She moaned and shifted. "Still very confused." Wave muttered. They all crowded around her. Her body was graying. Charlotte watched in terror. "No," Charlotte said. "No. No. No, no, no, NO!" The key glowed even brighter that it couldn't be ignored; it burned her chest. But Charlotte was to focused on the dying body. Her four year-old emotions, combained with the All-Spark key, made it grow even stronger.

Wet, hot, tears rolled down her little cheeks like a water-fall. "NO!" She screamed at the very top of her tiny lungs. Everyone looked up to see the key's glow cover up the genral area of the island. "Wha...?" Cailey said in confusion. They all had to block their eyes/optics from the blue light because it was so bright. The light lasted about ten minutes until it died down for everyone to see again.

Wasp looked at himself and smiled; his organic half was gone! Even optics were blue again! He was back to normal. "I'm back!" Wasp cheered in excitment. Bumblebee grinned with Wasp. "Awesome," Bee breathed in awe. "The All-Spark combained with Charlotte's emotions must have caused it!" Red Alert explained. Blackarachina's injures were even gone just by that. "Elita?" Optimus said, glanceing down at her. Then a grin came on his face plate while he said,

"Elita!"

YES! Its done! XD Sorry to keep ya waitin'; I was at a loss with this chappie. Anyways, I know that this isn't the best chappie you probably ever read but its all I could come up with, so, there. XP Just so your not confused, lets recap,

1) Wasp is back to...Wasp o_O?

2) Optimus&Elita are an item

3) Blackarachina is back to Elita

And 4) Fern and Iron Hide were...some where O_O

'Till next time! Review!

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