Jack frowned, and continued looking through the files. He glanced over his shoulder. Airachnid was leaning against the door frame, looking down the hall, "I can't see anyone. I think Soundwave is in the control room," He nodded, and continued looking through the files.
"I thought for sure Megatron would have something on tainted energon," he said, his optics scanning them, "The Decepticons must have used it in the war," Airachnid looked over at him, "There has to be something in here!"
"Jack, we got Soundwave coming down the hall," she said, "Stop looking and pretend you're blind," She walked over to him, and began placing the files back in their proper places. Soundwave entered the room, and looked at Jack, "Something the matter Soundwave?" The bot pointed at Jack, then shook his helm. Jack had his back to him, pretending to be blind, "It is Starscream Soundwave," Again the mech shook his head, "What is with you Soundwave?"
"I'm not Starscream. It's Jack, Arcee's partner."
Jack froze at the sound of his voice, and turned to Soundwave, "You know?" The 'con nodded slowly, "You've told Megatron, haven't you?" Soundwave shook his helm, "Listen. If Megatron uses that device, then he will infect not only the Autobots, but the Decepticons as well. You don't want to be infected, do you?" Again Soundwave shook his helm, "Well, do you think you can helps us find a cure?" Soundwave didn't respond, just staring at Jack, "Soundwave?" The mech began walking out of the room, then motioned for Jack and Airachnid to follow him, "I'll take that as a yes."
Starscream stared at the ceiling in the Autobot base while around him, Raf and Miko were doing homework, "Uh Starscream? Jack has homework to do too," Miko said, looking up from her math. Starscream snorted, and went back to staring at the ceiling. Miko leaned in closer to Raf, "Tell me again why Optimus is helping that egomaniac?" Raf shrugged.
"Something about it not being the right thing to finish him off while he's in this state," he answered, not really paying attention to her.
"Well, if they don't find the cure soon, they'll have a lot more than getting infected to worry about," Miko mumbled. Raf smiled at Miko, and looked over at Starscream.
"He's not a bad guy Miko. We just need to get to know him better, that's all," he said, writing down the answer from his calulator. Miko frowned, "Miko, he's sick, and stuck in a human body. How do you think he feels?"
"I guess you're right Raf. I'm just hoping that old Megahead doesn't catch on to the switch," she said, erasing something on her paper. Arcee looked over at them, and chuckled. Bulkhead placed an arm around her.
"You know, I'm kinda liking Starscream's new form. He's less of a threat," he said this with a chuckle.
"Ha ha, very funny Bulkhead," Starscream said, rolling his eyes, "You're such a comedian," Bulkhead walked over to where Bumblebee was. The yellow bot was looking over files Raf had printed off. Bumblebee frowned at a page, and placed it down in a pile.
"Having any luck Bee?" Bulkhead asked. The mech shook his head.
Beep. Click beep chirp.
"You're right Bee," he said, "It would help if these pages were in order," Bulkhead sat down at the table, and began sorting pages. Arcee looked over at the screen, and saw something on the radar.
"What the slag?" she muttered, looking closer. Bulkhead and Bumblebee looked up from their papers, "Something's not right, something's not right," She rushed over to the controls, and typed on the screen, "Bulk, Bee, we got a problem. We got 'cons on the radar, heading straight towards us," Bulkhead and Bumblebee jumed up. Starscream's eyes widdened.
"They know I'm here. They know Jack is Jack, and I'm here," Miko looked over at him, "We're slagged," Arcee tapped her chin.
"Unless..." she trailed off, and looked at the monitor, "It will still be a while before they get here. If we can get out before they arrive, we'll be safe," Arcee walked over to the door, and hit the open button. Bulkhead and Bumblebee transformed, and Miko and Raf went over to their guardians. Arcee transformed, and Starscream climbed onto the bike, "Alright, let's go."
Megatron landed on the ground, dragging Optimus with him, "Did you really think that you could hide this from me?" he hissed, "Yes, I did think that Jack was Starscream for a while, but when I noticed him looking at the screens. That's when I knew it wasn't Starscream," Optimus remained silent, as Megatron dragged him to the entrance, "Open it."
Optimus sighed, and walked over to the entrance. It slowly opened, and Megatron walked inside. Optimus looked around, hoping that they had managed to get out. He heard Megatron roar, and storm out of the base.
"Where. Are. They?" he snarled, "There is no one in there!" Optimus said a silent prayer, "You liar!"
"Megatron, this is the base. They must all be out on patrol, or recon," Optimus said. Megatron's optics narrowed, as he began circling Optimus.
"It seems pretty convient that when you were forced to reveal the location of your base, that the Autobots, along with Starscream, seemed to have mysteriously disappeared," he said, walking around Optimus, "Why is that?" Optimus spotted Arcee out of the corner of his optic.
"Coincidence?" Megatron growled, and wrapped his hand around Optimus' vocal processor. Arcee's optics went wide.
"I think not," he hissed, and threw Optimus into the cliff, "I see we're going to have to do this the hard way," Knock Out and Breakdown pushed Ratchet and Wheeljack down on the ground. Bulkhead looked out, and saw Wheeljack.
"Jackie," he said, "Arcee, we got to do something."
"I know," she said, "Follow my lead."
Arcee lead Bulkhead through the trees, and stopped when they were behind the Decepticons. Knock Out smiled down at the three Autobots, "Now, who do I start with?"
"How about you?"
Knock Out turned around, and saw Arcee's gun pointed in his facial plating. Bulkhead had his wrecking ball aimed at Breakdown, "Well, Arcee. Nice to see you."
"Same to you Knock Out," she said, less than friendly. Megatron looked around, and saw Bumblebee come out of the woods, his cannon aimed at the Decepticon Lord, "Hands where we can see them."
Knock Out, Breakdown and Megatron raised their hands while Bumblebee released Wheeljack and Ratchet. Optimus stood up, and nodded at Arcee, "Good work Arcee," She smiled at him, and Optimus turned to face Megatron, "Yes, it was convient that they disappeared, because I alerted them to your prescence," Megatron's optics narrowed.
"This...isn't over Optimus," he snarled, "And with Jack still on board the Nemesis, you might want to choose your next move wisely," He smirked at him. Optimus said nothing, "Why so silent Optimus? It's not like...Jack is trapped with Airachnid," Arcee gasped.
"No."
"Oh yes," Megatron said, "And along with Soundwave, they may just find the location of the actual cure, and...perhaps destroy it?"
"You can't do that Megatron," Ratchet said darkly, "Do you want our race to perish? And do you want to lose your second-in-command?"
"No, not our race. My plan is, medic, to lock you and your Autobot friends in a cell, with the distributor and of course Starscream, and watch from outside as you slowly go offline, leaving Earth to me," Starscream heard this from the woods.
"We have to get that cure before Airachnid and Soundwave do," he said to Miko and Raf, "We have to find out where the location of the actual cure is."
"But...isn't that on the..." Raf began, but Starscream cut him off.
"Nemesis, yes," Starscream said, "and I know how to get on there," he said with a smile. Miko pumped her fist in the air.
"YES! We're going to get to see the inside of the Decepticon warship. Finally. Just one question. How do we get past the others?" Starscream smiled, and saw the Nemesis off in the distance.
"Follow me."
They quietly made their way towards the location of the Nemesis, and stopped when they were below the ship, "Uh Starscream? How do we get up there?" Raf asked. Starscream looked up, then back at Raf.
"You have your computer?" Raf nodded, "Can you make it so I can request entrance?" Raf nodded again, and quickly typed on his computer.
"Ok," Raf said, holding a microphone out to Starscream, "Just speak into this, and whoever is up there will hear you," Starscream took it.
"This is Commander Starscream, requestion permission to dock the Nemesis," he said, and waited. Soon enough the ship lowered down on the ground, and the door opened, "Alright. We're in."