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Ch. 13

Jack's return celebration was a simple thing; June Darby was brought to the base and when she saw Jack in his uniform, she burst into tears as she hugged her son. When she regained her composure, she looked Jack over before speaking up with a happy tone. "God, you look so much like your' father." Jack was in his own little world at this time, he was seeing faces that he hadn't seen in five years.

Jack had been happy to know that a new Autobot had reached earth. Another member of the Wreckers named Wheeljack; a great friend to Bulkhead and a serious pain to Ratchet when they played thrash ball inside the control center. He had learned that Miko was enlisted in the Air Force and had been doing physical training and development for the last 4 years.

Rafael hadn't changed much and was a great help to Ratchet in operating and maintaining the internal systems of the base. It was a great time but Jack knew there was one person, or rather one Autobot that Jack wanted to spend some personal time with. He walked out of the control center and walked down one of the halls in the base before stopping at a particular door.

Jack gave a light tap on the door and a few seconds later it opened to reveal an empty room. Jack walked into the room and as he reached the center of the room, the door closed behind him and locked itself. A smile grew on Jack's face as he turned to see Arcee step out of the shadows with a smile on her face as well. With everyone preoccupied and talking to one another, Jack knew no one would come for them unless it was an absolute necessity.

Jack looked into Arcee's eyes as a new smile grew on her face that could only be described by one word: Predatory. Jack gave a smile of his own, knowing exactly what Arcee had in mind. "At least let me change out of my uniform before you attack me Cee." Jack had a happy tone in his voice as he walked over to one of the smaller storage areas in Arcee's quarters and changed into a pair of simple black sweat pants and a black sleeveless shirt.

He walked in and Arcee then had her optics glued to Jack's body. She watched from her berth as Jack walked up the set of steps and sat down next to her. Arcee sat there with one thing on her mind. 'How should I tell him this?' While Jack had been away, Arcee had busied herself in her free time by studying about her own race; which according to the files that were at the base, had come in contact with the human race more than once in the past.

She had discovered, and confirmed with Optimus and Ratchet, that there had been Autobots, and surprisingly even a few Decepticons, in the past that had fell in love with a human and that they were able to spark bond as easily as if they were both Cybertronian. Jack could sense that Arcee had something on her mind that was giving her a bit of pause in their shared time together and so attempted to find out what had his blue lover troubled.

"I'm sensing there's something you want to talk about." Arcee looked up with a smile on her face. 'He's still able to read me after all this time.' "There is, but… I'm not sure how to go about talking about it." Jack could see that she wanted to talk badly about what was on her mind but she couldn't seem to think of a way she felt was safe for her to bring it up in.

"Arcee, you can tell me anything; I'm not gonna run away, I'm not gonna treat you any different then I always have, and I'm not gonna care for you any less." Arcee felt her spark pulse like a live wire at those simple words coming out of Jack's mouth. 'Oh Primus hold me back before I ravage him where he sits!' Jack could see Arcee tense up when he said this and it brought a cocky smirk to his face.

'God almighty; sometimes she's easier to get riled up than Miko used to be.' Suddenly Arcee stood up and walked over to the small circular window that was in her room and looked out at the desert before speaking up. "While you were gone, I did some research about past interactions between humans and Cybertronians." Jack sat up straight at this, he was always interested to learn new things and this was no different.

"Apparently, there have been situations like ours in the past; a Cybertronian and a human falling in love. I did some searching through the files we have about these couples and…" Arcee suddenly looked away from the window, but she didn't look at Jack either. "Apparently they can do … anything and everything that two Cybertronians can do." Jack sat up as he suddenly understood what was worrying his blue lover.

"I'm guessing you found out that a human and a Cybertronian can spark bond with each other." Arcee suddenly went rigid and felt her spark go cold as fear began to penetrate her mind. 'Oh Primus he knows!' Arcee couldn't make herself move and it was only Jack's voice that snapped her out of her thoughts and back to reality as she answered Jack.

"Yes, there are signs that show if the two are capable of doing it and descriptions of what they are capable of doing during the bonding itself." Jack could tell Arcee was struggling to talk about this. Jack hated seeing Arcee troubled like this. "What are the signs that show capability between the two?" Jack hadn't realized he said it until the words were already out of his mouth. 'Damn it! Smooth job there Darby…'

While Jack was worried about his sudden question, Arcee was thinking something totally different. 'Oh Primus! He wants to know, does that mean that he…' Arcee felt another surge of hope fly through her spark chamber. Suddenly, Arcee looked back with a neutral face and spoke as nonchalantly as she possibly could.

"Whenever they touch hands, their palms will glow, the cybertronian will have a glow coming from their chest and the human will have a similar glow in their eyes." Jack could tell that Arcee was much like a young teenage girl who was always worrying; she was self-conscious about herself. 'She thinks she's gonna scare me off.' Jack then decided enough was enough and that he would face this issue head on.

"Arcee, I know where this is leading; I'm not going to run off. If you want to try this, then tell me; I'm not gonna think any different of you." Arcee turned so suddenly that Jack didn't think he had actually seen her move. She had a look on her face plates that was a mix of shock, fear, and for a split second, what Jack thought was pain.

Jack was suddenly worried that Arcee was still worried that she might hurt him in some way; but that idea was thrown out the window when Arcee practically flew across the room and pinned Jack to her berth with her lips. Jack had not been expecting this but he was suddenly overwhelmed with a sense of happiness, he was finally back and with the love of his life.

Jack reached up and held the side of Arcee's helm with one hand and as she pulled back, she looked at him with a sense of fear still visible in her cobalt blue eyes. Jack knew she was still worried about what might happen so he held his hand up and waited. Arcee looked over and slowly raised her hand and held her palm against Jack's smaller one.

They waited for a few minutes, but when nothing appeared to happen, Arcee's optics fell slightly and Jack could see energon tears about to fall down her face. Arcee was emotionally distraught. 'We can't do it…' At this, the floodgates began to open and the tears Arcee had been trying to hold back flowed down her face plates. "I'm sorry Jack…" Arcee had a pained voice and Jack felt his heart practically rip at the sound of her voice.

Jack suddenly reached up and wiped the tears from his blue lover's face and raised her face so they were looking each other in the eyes. "Cee, we may not be able to spark bond but I still want to be with you, more than anyone in the world." Arcee perked up slightly at this and when Jack leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on her lips, she practically short circuited from the simple, but unbelievably intense action.

They kissed passionately for a moment before pulling apart with their foreheads touching. Arcee was actually panting slightly and Jack couldn't help but smirk when she spoke to him. "Did I say you could turn me into a puddle of warm energon?" Jack could hear the desire in her voice and the excitement was very much present.

Jack was suddenly having second thoughts on what he said and was thinking of just letting Arcee have her way with him even with the current circumstances. "Arcee, you might just get what you are wanting if you keep using that tone." Jack was starting to heat up and sweat was starting to gather on his skin.

Unbeknownst to him, Arcee knew just what kind of affect she was having on her human; she had adjusted her vision and could see that not only was Jack's body temperature going through the roof, but blood was starting to rush downwards in his body and was starting to engorge an organ both human and cybertronian females are very familiar with in the male anatomy. She readjusted her vision to where it was normal again.

'Oh Primus, damn me to the Pit but I am going to do this!' Arcee suddenly became a blur of motion and suddenly Jack was on his back on Arcee's berth with a very aroused femme straddling him. Jack locked eyes with his femme and they both looked over each other's bodies. Suddenly, their lips collided as they practically ripped Jack's clothes off, and then they couldn't hold each other any closer as they felt each other in a totally new way to them.

OOOOOOOOOOOH SCRAP! Arcee's gettin' a little frisky frisky! Rofl. I wonder just what's in store for our buddy, Jack, tonight! Only time will tell. ;) Anywho, i'll get the next chapter up as soon as possible everyone. Read and review. ROLL OUT!