Chapter 3: First Adventure
Our heroes have been sleeping huddled together all night long and the dawn has finally come upon them. The sun slowly rising from the darkness and shines a few rays of sunlight through a window. This in turn hits Jack squarely in the face, telling him to finally wake up from his slumber. At this, he finally groans and opens his eyes and turns his body towards his newly acquired robotic girlfriend. He speaks first "Wow! Sleep sure works wonders, doesn't it?" At this Arcee opened her eyes as her body hummed quietly in the silent hangar.
She responds "Even the mightiest warriors need resting too!" She says with a smile, by now they are both fully awake lying down. Jack, now together with his girlfriend, Arcee they can finally feel like a true couple would. With her by his side he feels like he could go on fun adventures traveling and exploring. Then Jack begins to cuddle closer to Arcee and says "Now comes the important task of eating breakfast". He says with a slight chuckle knowing that his Autobot girlfriend does not require food to survive.
He then gives Arcee a soft kiss on the lips which then surprises her as he says "Time to get up my dearest, Arcee". Since she cannot blush the next best thing was smiling and looking at Jack with her deep blue optics. Jack then proceeds to get up and goes to the makeshift kitchen at the other end of the hangar. Just like his cavemen ancestors he had to finish the important task of foraging for food. The kitchen was just a simple electric stove top and a microwave and a small counter and a regularly sized fridge next to the stove. Finally setting his sights on a box of cereal and a carton of milk.
Finally getting up from resting, Arcee follows where Jack went. Her metallic boots clanking as she slowly walked towards the kitchen. She finally finds her lovely boyfriend who is now a grown man eating kid's cereal. "Is that the breakfast of champions?" She tells him jokingly as she kneels on knee to watch him eat cereal. He responds "Hey, I have saved the world a few times since joining the Autobots, I think I deserve to eat like a king". He chuckles back at her.
He continues eating his cereal and finally finishes it with one last gulp. When suddenly, a thought dawns upon him as he looks at Arcee happily. "Hey, what if we use the ground bridge to travel to somewhere new, maybe we will discover some Autobot artifacts!" With a thinking face, Arcee ponders the idea of a brand new adventure with just the two of them. She responds "Sure honey that sounds like a pretty cool idea". Knowing she would be able to help him in case of something bad happens, she happily agreed to the idea.
"Now we just have to figure out where to go" Jack said as he looks at the map that Ratchet left behind before leaving for Cybertron. "Hmm, what if we visit the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, since it is pretty much next to Jasper, Nevada?" Grabbing his chin he looks at Arcee for confirmation. She looks down at him with her towering figure and says "Sure that sounds like a fun trip, let's just make sure we bring a remote control for the ground bridge so we can return home quickly."
With that, Jack opens up a ground bridge for the mountains and Arcee transforms into her motorcycle form and she shines with her blue paint in the sunlight. "Hop on, my handsome man". His only response was to jump on top as she drove through the blue-green portal. Quickly, they have arrived at their destination as the portal whizzed and then closed becoming silent. Arcee begins to whiz around the forest and Jack was looking at the tall trees that towered over them. She picked a spot that appeared to be a recently cleared patch of forest. Her wheels screech as she stops abruptly and Jack dismounts her and looks around to see that they have arrived at the clearing.
"I love that I now can travel with my girlfriend anywhere on this planet and beyond. The forest here seems quiet but one can tell it is still active with life all around. The silence brings peace." Jack says as he sits down on a fallen log of a Redwood tree. "That is the nicest thing you have ever told me, Jack and I want you to know my life will never be the same and being with you it makes me feel complete." Arcee begins to look up at the trees in amazement as these are the only organisms that tower even her tall frame.
Out in the distance, Arcee spots a cave in one of the nearby mountains. "Well, if we are to have a look around this place maybe we should check this cave out for artifacts or hidden Energon." Looking up at her, Jack holds her leg and says "Yeah, our equipment at the hangar and yourself run on that stuff. It would probably be a good idea to gather resources." Without further question, Arcee transforms again and Jack rides her until they arrive at the entrance of the cave. Going back to her humanoid form she says to him "Even though the Decepticons are disbanded we should still be worried about whatever lurks inside this cave." Nodding in agreement he walks with her as they finally enter the cave. "Well, there is only one way to find out if it's safe, by simply exploring it right?" He said as they slowly walk and are amazed by the size of the cave as if it had been explored before.
Then Jack notices something from the corner of his eye, he sees a blue glow coming from the darkness of the cave. "This must be an Energon mine that was abandoned by the Decepticons as they left their digging equipment behind" Arcee said as the two held hands and walked towards the raw ore that was in front of them. "This is a huge score and we should totally take a few pieces to take back to the hangar". He said smiling while touching the cold blue rock. "I am just glad there is nothing here guarding it" Arcee said as she picked up the huge ore samples.
Little did our heroes know, they were being silently stalked by an Insecticon that had stayed behind to protect the Energon mine. It was watching them as soon as they entered the cave. It is sitting and waiting for the perfect time to strike down our protagonists. As Jack and Arcee begin to walk away from collecting a few pieces of raw Energon. The Insecticon begins to slowly climb down ready to pounce on them. With an eerie feeling Jack stops walking and tells Arcee "Honey, I do not think we are alone. I have a very bad feeling about this.." Slowly making strides towards our heroes the Insecticon roars and Arcee quick like a ninja arms herself with her blasters. She sees the brute and it beings to charge at them like a raging bull. Arcee begins to shoot at the beast and it does little damage. Saying to herself "Scrap that did not work as planned". The Insecticon finally reached where they stood and Jack ran behind her as they both dodged the charge. It swipes with its giant claws at Arcee but only misses and hits the earth below.
She lands a shot right at its neck and that appeared to do something because the brute began to whimper. Then as if something from a zombie movie the Insecticon opened its mouth and a tongue came out as it yelled out "Energonnnnnn" Jack looks at it in horror at this zombie-like robot trying to murder them. "We need to get out of here ASAP!" He proclaimed to his partner as the two titans fighting and dodging each other's attacks. Thinking on his feet, Jack grabbed one of the samples of Energon that they collected and threw it at the Insecticon. Arcee knowing his intentions and knowing that Energon is highly reactive to fire. She shoots the piece of Energon as soon as it reaches near the beast's chest as it explodes in a flash of blue light. The explosion tore a hole in the robot where its spark once laid and the mindless brute fell down with a loud thud. Looking to make sure Jack was safe she saw him standing near the huge pile of ore that they had collected. "We need to get home pronto!." Nodding in agreement Jack took out his remote and a ground bridge appeared in the cave. Hauling the majority of the ore, Arcee strolls with jack as they both travel through the portal.
Exhausted they both collapse on the floor. Arcee laying down with the pile of Energon says "That was a close one for sure" With a worried look on his face "It sure was, but it leaves many questions that need to be answered. What was an Insecticon doing in an Energon mine and why was it acting like a zombie? No one has access to Dark Energon around here." Looking puzzled Arcee answers him "Yeah, something doesn't add up since the Decepticons are no longer a threat to us." Agreeing with his girlfriend Jack nods and says "This has to be the work of a rogue Con that still wants to eliminate us" Walking over to her he holds her blue chest plate and says "For now let's just get some rest and tackle this mystery another day." Moving her large arms she wraps them around her human boyfriend and responds "Yeah that sounds like a plan we should probably go to sleep soon." The moon was just emerging as it announced it was finally night time. She leans her massive body gingerly to kiss Jack on the lips and she says "Now it is my turn to return the favor." She smiles as she cradles him kissing him some more..
Meanwhile on a remote moon of Cybtertron, a familiar foe begins to stride around her subjects. She begins to walk around and talks to herself "Now that I have an army of Insecticons and have my newfound mix of Dark and Synth Energon, I am more powerful than ever!" She continues "I shall finally be able to kill my age old rival. Arcee shall finally know what it feels like to bite the dust!" She then proceeds to walk to her subjects as they say in unison "ALL HAIL AIRACHNID!"
To be continued…
(I know Airachnid was simply feeding on Insecticons but the show made it appear she had control over the impulses) (Next Chapter will be on 2/4/15) (Thanks for the helpful feedback in the continuation of the story) (My first attempt at an action sequence)