Chapter 6 A Tangled Web.
Meanwhile Tarantulaus was busy trying to figure out Arachnid's location. He had just left the Autobot base after pulling that stunt with Knock Out. Now he wanted to find his sister so he could try to cure her of the Terrorcon virus.
He knew she hated Arcee and that she would also want revenge on Knock Out for indirectly giving her that virus. Once he found and cured her they would offline them both together.
He had taken a small ship and was currently flying around Cybertron. Then finally her signal showed up on the scanner.
"Don't worry sis I'm coming." Tarantulaus said to himself as he flew his ship to her location on one of Cybertron's moons Luna One and landed there then got out to look around.
"Well well if it isn't my dear brother what brings you here?" Asked a voice from behind where his ship had landed. That turned out to be Arachnid.
"I'm here for you sister I want to bring you back to Cybertron to cure you of that virus that ills you." Tarantulaus told her. "Then we can take revenge on our enemies together."
"Oh but why would I want to be cured of this wonderful gift that I'll now gladly bestow on you Tarantulaus." She answered him.
"What!" "No!" "Wait!" Tarantulaus cried in horror. But it was to late because Arachnid had already brought out her tube and sunk her fangs into him.
"Don't worry you see now we no longer have to forage for energon we can just suck it out of any Autobot or Decepticon that happens to cross our path." Arachnid explained.
"Your right this is great thanks." Said Tarantulaus now liking being a Terrorcon. "Now we can drain the energon of anyone who gets in our way."
"Yes with the Terrorcon virus and my Insecticon army we'll be unbeatable." Exclaimed Arachnid. "And now you and I have transport to Cybertron thanks to the ship you brought."
"Happy to be of help." Tarantulaus told his sister. As the two spiders boarded the vessel and left for Cybertron.
At the Autobot base everyone had been trying to figure out how to stop Tarantulaus and what to do about the Quintessons and the Counsel and the Decepticons who escaped from the holding cells. It seemed like it was just one problem after another.
Bumblebee was in the main room when he got a call on his com-link from Rattrap who with his friend Dinobot had gone back to Iacon.
"Hey Rattrap what's up?" Bumblebee asked as he answered his com-link.
"Iacon is under attack by Insecticons." Rattrap explained.
"Insecticons." Bumblebee repeated knowing if there were Insecticons Arachnid was involved and if she was there Tarantulaus was most likely going to be there too. "This is important tell everyone whatever happens don't let them bite you they have the Terrorcon virus and if they bite anyone they will get it too."
"Got it don't get bitten." Rattrap replied. "You don't have to tell me twice."
"We'll be right there to help fight them off in the meantime be careful." Bumblebee instructed him.
"Will do." Rattrap told him before hanging up.
The first thing Bumblebee did after the call ended was tell Optimus what was going on and they got the team together to go fight the Insecticons. All but Knock Out who was still recovering in the med bay. And Arcee who stayed to watch the base.
After everyone had left Arcee went to check on Knock Out because after what happened the day before she wanted to make sure he was OK. She went down the hall to the med bay. And found him setting up on the berth.
"So Knock Out are you OK after what happened the other day?" Arcee asked him.
"Yeah but I'll be a lot better when the others get Tarantulaus and Arachnid locked up so they can't hurt anyone." Knock Out replied. "And I just hope everyone comes back alive and well."
"I'm sure they'll be fine." Arcee reassured him.
"I hope your right." Said Knock Out in a worried voice Arcee wasn't used to hearing from him. "Last time some bots tried to scrap Arachnid one of them never came back alive."
From the sad look in his optics Arcee could tell Knock Out was talking about Breakdown.
"I don't want to lose anymore friends." Knock Out almost sobbed. "When Breakdown was kill by her before he went on that mission we had a fight you see Breakdown was actually a combiner he was part of a group of Decepticons called the Stunticons who could merge into Minasor and they had called him to go back to Cybertron to leave to go on a mission on Gigantichuon the planet where Metroplex came from."
(Flashback)
"I can't believe your just walking out." Yelled Knock Out as he angrily paced back and forth.
"Knock Out the Stunticons are my family." Breakdown told him. "And they need me back on Cybertron."
"But Breakdown your needed here." Knock Out almost whimper. "Breakdown you've always been like a brother to me and I can't believe your going to abandon me." "Gigantichuon is on the other side of the universe if you go there we'll never see each other again and your the closest thing to a brother or family I have."
"Sorry Doc I have to go." Breakdown said clinching his fist to control his own emotions.
"Then let me come with you I'm sure a medic would come in handy I can help." Said Knock Out.
"No Gigantichon is a planet of giants combiners are the only ones who would stand a chance against them for anyone else it would be a death sentence you would only get yourself killed." Breakdown explained.
"Then stay here." Knock Out practical begged him.
"I can't!" Screamed Breakdown who punched a hole in the wall having had enough.
Just then Breakdown's com-link went off with a transmission from Dreadwing letting him know Megatron had a mission for them.
"I have to go on a mission and when I get back I'm leaving." Breakdown said to Knock Out as he turned to leave.
"Fine because I never want to see you again." Yelled Knock Out as a coolant tear ran down his faceplates.
"Goodbye." Said Breakdown who also shed a tear as he walked through the ground bridge.
A few hours later Knock Out looked at the monitor and saw Breakdown's life signal go offline. "No." "No." "It can't be." "This can't be happening." Knock Out thought in a panic. "It's just a technical error." "Yeah there's just something wrong with the monitor that gotta be it." "Just a glitch." "It has to be a glitch." "Oh Breakdown." Just then Dreadwing returned through the ground bridge.
"Where's Breakdown?" Knock Out almost yelled.
"He didn't make it Arachnid killed him I couldn't find the body." Dreadwing told him.
"No it can't be true." "We have to go back for him!" Cried Knock Out.
"Knock Out he's gone there's no one to go back for." Dreadwing explained. "When we were going to terminate Arachnid she surprised us and Breakdown took off after her by himself."
"By himself you didn't do anything you just let him get himself killed!" Knock Out hissed. "How could you let this happen?"
"Knock Out she webbed me to a tree there was nothing I could have done." Dreadwing told him.
"You let Breakdown run off to his death." Knock Out yelled at him with coolant tears flowing down his cheeks. Then Megatron walked in.
"This is all your fault!" Knock Out screamed at him. "Why did you send Breakdown and Dreadwing to do something you should have done yourself." "You sent Breakdown to die."
Then the next thing Knock Out knew he was grabbed by Megatron and slammed into the wall several times. Then the Decepticon leader held him by the head and told him.
"Just because you are currently our only medic don't think I won't kill you if you ever step out of line again." Hissed Megatron. "Know your place Doctor." "This is your only warning." Then tossed Knock Out across the room where the red mech pulled himself up only to slump back down as the whole world went dark. Then he came to in the med bay a few hours later where he broke down sobbing. "Breakdown I'm so sorry." He cried.
(Flashback ends.)
"My last words to Breakdown were that I never wanted to see him again." Knock Out told Arcee with tears in his optics.
"Knock Out Breakdown knows you didn't mean it." Arcee told him. "Sometimes friends fight but they still care about each other." "The others will be fine they'll bring Arachnid and Tarantulaus back and we'll get justice for Tailgate and Breakdown." Then she hugged him.
"Oh what a touching end to such a sad story." Arachnid mocked from the door. Where she and Tarantulaus were both standing getting the attention of both Arcee and Knock Out.
"We have a score to settle." Said Tarantulaus.
To Be Continued.
"Sorry that was kind of a sad chapter." "It was just a filler." Please let me know if there are spelling mistakes I missed." "I'll try to have the next one up soon." "And the poll for my other story Unlikely Heroes is still up if you want to vote."