Autobot Shadowstalker: Woah, don't die on me girl, no need to choke on an apple! Basically Solus and Soundwave danced (a surprise by Soundwave) and he proposed and she said yes! :P

Solus couldn't believe it. Just two weeks ago it felt like the end of the world, Decepticons killed off their leader and the Autobots found out the truth. Now Optimus was back, Smokescreen was on his way to becoming Prime, they had more arrivals, and Nexus was alive. Now to top it all off, Soundwave was to be her sparkmate soon. Now if they could only end the war.

"So tell me again why you're waiting till the end of the war to bond?" Dani asked. It took a while, but everyone had explained what sparkbonding is to the humans (creeping them out a little bit) and Solus and Soundwave decided to wait until after the war to bond. Solus sighed, not liking the fact that she had to explain their reason why…again. The human girl just did not understand the dangers.

"It's dangerous to have a sparkmate in war, especially now that Cybertron's dead. One dies, the other's quick to follow. Besides Megatronus is still out to offline every single one of the Thirteen and any Prime. Until he and the Decepticons are gone, the danger's too big so we have to wait." Solus explained. Soundwave walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He wasn't too thrilled about waiting either, but they knew how dangerous things could get.

"Guys, we got a Decepticon on the mainland not far from civilization." Cody announced. Solus groaned and walked over with the others to the updated computer system that the Rescue Bots now had thanks to Ratchet. Everyone gathered around the monitors as Dani and Blades went ahead to get a visual of who it was. When they got the picture of the con all breathing in the room stopped except for Solus who let out a feral growl.

"Airachnid, that sick sadistic spiderbot." Solus hissed. Jack shuddered, thinking about the day he met her for the first time. He sure had gotten a workout but he couldn't say it was worth it. Soundwave scowled, remembering his showdown with her back on the Nemesis during the Unicron scrap. He sure taught her not to mess with him. "I thought she would've been offlined in the explosion. Blades, Dani, you need to get out of there now! If she catches you then you're dead!"

::What?!:: Blades yelled over the comm. link. Blades and Dani rushed back to the base, in fear of Airachnid attacking them. While they were still flying Solus was explaining who Airachnid was and her past with her and Tailgate. Solus was itching to take down the spiderbot, and everyone could see it. ::Guys a little help! Airachnid's chasing us and I can't shake her! She's trying to shoot me out of the sky!::

"Blades stay calm and stay away from the ocean or populated areas. Keep avoiding her blasts and please listen to Dani if she has any advice. You're going to need all the teamwork you can get just to survive. We're on our way now." Solus responded. She looked down at Cody with a stern look. "Keep the comm. link on and make sure they don't get hurt. Mirage, Silverspark, and the twins, you're with me! Chief, we need a way off this island."

"There's a Ferry that comes every day for tourists but I can get them to leave early." Chief explained with a nod. Solus, Mirage, Silverspark, and the Twins followed him to where the ships were docked. It took a lot of convincing for the captain to agree but soon enough they were on their way to the mainland, but before they did Solus got a comm. saying Blades and Dani were shot down, but alive.

"Well haven't I gotten lucky? A Rescue Bot and a human together! Your helms will definitely go well in my collection." Airachnid mused as she transformed and began approaching the bot and his partner. Blades sat up and clutched his side in pain. Dani was on the ground unconscious not too far from him. He looked up at Airachnid with a glare as she continued to walk to them. "Now who should I work with first? Should I make you watch as your human friend suffer and slowly die?"

"I won't let you hurt her! I was told about what you did to people Airachnid!" Blades exclaimed as he aimed his blasters at her. Airachnid laughed and shot webbing at Blades. He struggled and prayed to Primus that he could keep her at bay long enough for Dani to wake up and escape. Airachnid walked up and used a poison-tipped finger to lift Blades' chin and make him look at her. "Get away from me!"

"You're the one bound, not me." Airachnid hissed. She cut his cheek and let the poison sink into his energon. He screamed in pain as his faceplate seemed to be on fire from the inside. There was a roar of a motorcycle engine and both Cybertronians turned just in time for Solus to jump in her alt form and run right over Airachnid's faceplate. The rogue con was sent flying back and Solus transformed and began to free Blades. She got worried when she saw the burning cut on his cheek. Primus knows that she knew what it felt like to have Airachnid's venom in your systems.

"Blades as soon as you're free take Dani and run. Don't stop until you get back home. Make sure Ratchet checks out that cut on your cheek, she's more dangerous than you think." Solus ordered, leaving no room for argument. Blades nodded and stood once he was freed. He transformed around Dani but hesitated to leave Solus alone. Blaster fire erupted as Airachnid began to fight back. Solus turned to him with furious optics. "Run!"

"Aw, Arcee you made me lose my trophies! Where's your sense of sportsmanship?" Airachnid jested as Blades flew away. Mirage, Silverspark, and the twins came out of their hiding spots too and prepared to fight her. "Ah, it looks like you got back part of your team back! Who was it that caused the death and disappearance of most of them? Sentinel Prime? Betrayed by your own teammate hurts doesn't it…Solus Prime?"

"So you've been hearing the rumors about me being a member of the Thirteen." Solus observed with a growl. She was worried, why didn't Airachnid just attack? The Autobots and Decepticon stood there at a stalemate, waiting for someone to make the first move. This was putting Solus on edge and she didn't like the situation. "What are you waiting for? Don't you want to kill me? What do you want?"

"Please, I know the dangers of attacking a Prime, especially the member of the Thirteen who somehow survived being offlined by The Fallen. I also learned the hard way not to get in Soundwave's way or to mess with him." Airachnid spat. Solus froze and stared at her with wide optics. "Lord Megatron's gotten desperate to turn the tables of the war in his favor. Your brother is actually an interesting mech. He told me that he raped that femme so he could have an heir. That's what led to Soundwave I guess."

"Don't talk about him like he's some sort of hybrid freak! Besides, how do you know about any of this stuff Airachnid?" Sideswipe snapped. Solus smirked and kept her weapons trained on the Decepticon. There was definitely something off about Airachnid, more so than usual. How was she able to find out so much of her past if she was a rogue? Airachnid laughed at their surprised expressions and shook her helm.

"You Autobots really are dense, aren't you? I rejoined the Decepticons and I was sent to weed a few of you out, namely Solus. This is the perfect group for the first strike." Airachnid taunted. Solus put the pieces of the puzzle and took a step back in fear. Decepticons surrounded the five Autobots and had their weapons drawn. "Now how about a game to pass the time? I'm sure it'd be a fun way to die."

Kade paced the room while waiting for news from the others. He kept grumbling about how stupid it was to have to wait. He was pretty much ignored considering the others had more important things to do than to listen to him being impatient. No one was aware of the ongoing battle between the Decepticons and their allies. Kade suddenly lashed out and hit the table with all his might. Everyone jumped and turned to him in surprise.

"Blades and Dani are in trouble and we're going to sit around doing NOTHING? We should all be out there trying to stop the con! Not just a few people who probably have never fought her and one girl who has!" Kade snapped. Miko got angry and slapped him hard. He stood there, stunned. He couldn't believe this teenaged girl actually had the guts to slap him. Heatwave fought the urge to snicker and remained silent along with the others.

"Do you EVER think before opening your mouth? These guys have been in life and death situations more than you can even count! Not everyone comes home in the end but they always come back, sometimes in perfect health and sometimes at the brink of death! Bulkhead was almost killed by Hardshell and Ratchet expected him to still be in rehab but he's able to fight! Why? Why do you think that is? It's because he has a family to come home to and he still has hope. We all had faith in Ratchet as a medic and you better have faith in Blades and the others out there to get Dani back safe and sound!" Miko snapped. Bulkhead was surprised when she brought up the fact that he had been near death after his fight with Hardshell. Everyone was surprised when she said that the Autobots were a family too. "Solus is an awesome fighter and she can take down Airachnid, especially now that she has Mirage, Silverspark, and the Twins with her. You just gotta trust me when I say that they're all going to be just fine."

"Well what do you know? You're just a kid!" Kade snapped as he stormed out of the room. Miko glared at his retreating figure as everyone stared at her in shock. She heard clapping and turned to look at the excited boy. Cody was happy that someone finally stood up and said something about Kade's attitude, even if he didn't listen. Everyone soon joined in and Miko blushed as Chief Burns walked up.

"Kade sometimes has problems admitting he's wrong, especially when it comes to things like this. He likes to think he's above everyone else I think his ego took a blow there." Chief observed with a chuckle. Miko shrugged with a smile. She was just tired of how he treated the bots, especially his own partner. It's like he doesn't even trust them or something. He doesn't realize how powerful they really are.

::Guys big problem, there was an ambush attack and we're about to become captives. Blades and Dani should be coming back soon. We're….sor…sorry.:: Silverspark's scratchy voice came over the comm. link. It was obvious that she was hurt. Everyone froze in fear as the link was cut and all communications with their fellow Autobots were lost. Soundwave looked close to punching something at that moment, but merely left the room and went for a flight to think.

"Silverspark…Silverspark come on sweetspark wake up!" Solus said softly as she shook her niece awake. Silverspark groaned and slowly opened her optics. She had obtained the most injuries since she hadn't fought a lot after she returned. She was in one battle but she wasn't vastly outnumbered like they had been today. She was sore and weak and had problems sitting up. Her teammates helped her slowly sit up straight, wincing whenever she let out a small whine of pain. "Slaggit Silv's how many cons teamed up against you?"

"Fifteen vehicons and Knockout," Silverspark reported with a groan. She really wished she would've trained more before returning. She had grown so weak even after being trained by her friend/mentor Jazz! She went from the toughest Autobot to a weak femme who could barely hold her own in a fight. The twins, who viewed her as a Carrier (they lost their sparkparents as sparklings and Silverspark raised them), immediately knew what was going through her processor and gave her a hug.

"Hey c'mon Sparky! You fought more cons than Sunny and I combined! You can kick aft just as good as the rest of us!" Sideswipe exclaimed. Sunstreaker whacked him upside the helm and growled something about not calling him Sunny. Silverspark smiled and shook her helm. She honestly had no idea how she was able to raise the twins without going crazy. They heard clapping and everyone turned (they were in Decepticon captivity in the dungeon) to see The Fallen approaching with a smirk. All five Autobots, despite the pain, jumped up and prepared to fight back even though they had no weapons. "Well if it isn't the devil himself."

"I must say, I'm impressed at how protective the twins are over little Silverspark Prime over here. I know there must be a story behind that but I won't ask. I bet you all want to go home, especially you my dear sister." Megatronus taunted. Solus narrowed her optics and made sure to be in front of her teammates in case he attacked. "Alright, I'll let you free on one condition…Silverspark must stay behind and…"

"YOU'RE FRAGGING CRAZY IF YOU THINK I WILL EVER LET HER STAY BEHIND YOU SLAGGING AFTHEADED SON OF A GLITCH!" Solus screamed at him. She knew that Silverspark would be hurt in many…cruel ways if she stayed behind. She knew that Starscream was undercover but he couldn't be there to keep her safe all the time. Silverspark stepped back in fear but otherwise stood her ground. "You're wasting your time Megatronus, we won't let her stay behind and be at the mercy of you and Megatron."

"Oh come on…all we're asking is that she becomes my sparkmate…" a voice from behind Megatronus said. The Fallen moved out of the way to show…

CLIFFHANGER! MUAH HAHAHA!

Who's the mystery mech?

What will Starscream do when he finds out what the cons are planning?

Will Kade ever think before speaking?

Find out next time on...

AFTER THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN!

Reviews are welcomed haha :)