Chapter 5: Fulfilling Revenge
Standing there in the middle of the cave, Airachnid stood there with her tongue fully exposed, ready to sap the energron from Arcee's body. This rogue con no longer fights using logic and cunning. She has turned into a mindless robot that only needs to satisfy one thing, and that is hunger. Like a flash of darkness, she begins to charge at Arcee with her long spider-like appendages. Just as quickly, Arcee dodges the strike to the right and arms herself with her hand cannons. All the while, Jack is hiding behind a boulder as he thinks of a plan on how to help his girlfriend fight her arch rival.
Quick on her feet as usual, Arcee fires her cannons at Airachnid who narrowly avoids the blasts. Instead of speaking all that Airachnid could muster is a loud hiss just as a snake would as it stalks its prey. "What do you want from me? The war between the Autobots and Decepticons is over!" Arcee managed to speak first. Airachnid just looks at her with her deep purple optics and closes her secondary mouth and responds "It's simple, really... All I want to do is settle our differences by ending your pitiful life. Yes, the war may be over, but our personal battles will never end until one of us is dead." She said coldly. Arcee's response was simply to shoot at the cave ceiling. Large boulders came tumbling down as Airachnid looked up and dodged the falling rocks.
Airachnid lunged forward and scratched Arcee's paint on her chestplate, and with that she let out a moan of pain. Arcee fired a shot on Airachnid's shoulder which appeared to do little damage to her since she has that hybrid mix of synth and dark energon coursing through her veins. Now enraged, Airachnid tries to lunge again with her razor sharp limbs but this time misses Arcee and ends up scratching the cave wall. Arcee says to herself "Scrap, that was a close call for sure!"
Meanwhile, Jack is still huddled behind a rock as the two female titans duke it out inside the abandoned energon mine. He begins to think of a plan, as he hears the two females punching and shooting each other. Jack is always known to think quickly on his feet and he beings to formulate his plan. It is a rather simple plan really; he has to find a way to distract Airachnid without putting his own life in danger. So he sees some more energon ore laying around and he picks it up and aims for Airachnid's head. He manages to hit her directly on the head as the rock hit her head with a loud clang as it hit her metallic body.
Angry at the human she hisses some more and focuses her evil glaze on him. Now seeing an opportunity to strike, Arcee shoots her dead center in her chest, the shot did not penetrate her body but the blast sent her flying as she slammed against the cave wall. "That's some quick thinking, Jack!" Arcee shouted at her boyfriend. Quickly recovering from the blast Airachnid gets back on her feet and begins to charge at Jack seeing how he is practically defenseless. Knowing he is in mortal danger, he tries to run behind the rock that he was hiding earlier. In pursuit, Arcee chases Airachnid and shoots her in the back multiple times, trying to stop her from grabbing Jack. Ultimately she fails in her mission and Airachnid manages to swipe at Jack and picks him up as if he were a twig.
"How fitting, it appears you will lose another partner just like you lost your other partners! That is your weakness, Arcee. You develop feelings for others and then you always end up getting hurt when they end up dying on you!" Airachnid said evilly as she has Jack in her clutches. The only thing Arcee could do is stare at her boyfriend who is struggling. She too has to think quickly or else she will lose a third partner. "That is where you are wrong, Airachnid. Feelings are what make an individual stronger, especially if they are with someone that they love. Love will always conquer fear!" As the tall robotic woman stands firmly and aims a well-placed shot on the arm where Jack is. Airachnid drops Jack and begins to fall towards the ground. Arcee, swiftly runs towards his position and dives to catch him just like a baseball player would.
"You sure are quiet the catch, Jack." She smiled at him, his only response was blushing. She places him back on the floor, he runs back to his spot as the two robotic warriors continue their fight. "I think it is time to end this once and for all!" Arcee said with a loud yell, she switches her hand cannons with her small blades. Even though the blades are small they are no less dangerous. With one swipe she lunges towards Airachnid and is able to slice a part of her pitch black chestplate. All Airachnid could do is yell in pain as a little bit of the green-purple liquid begins to drip from her wound. Angrily she swipes at Arcee with her extra limbs but misses since she is in a blind fury.
Airachnid begins to shoot her sticky web trying aimlessly to pin Arcee down so that she can end this fight quickly. Arcee is as nimble as a ninja and is able to easily dodge all of the webbed attacks that Airachnid could muster. Eventually, Airachnid was able to place an accurate shot of web on Arcee's left leg. This made her frustrated as she could not escape quickly enough from the trap. "Trapped like a fly in a web." Airachnid said sinisterly, as she slowly walks to her trapped foe as she shoots more webs at Arcee, who now has both her legs stuck. Airachnid then tackles Arcee to the ground and pins her down "Well well, it appears the end is near for you. You have nowhere to run nowhere to hide. This ends here and now!" Airachnid begins to release her energon sucking tongue and slowly makes her way to Arcee's face.
"No this cannot be the end!" Arcee said outloud as the tongue slowly crept closer. With all her might Arcee yelled and forced one of her small blades into the chest of Airachnid. She closed her energon sapping tongue and all she could do is yell again in pain. She looked down with her puple optics and noticed the blade deep within her own chest as Arcee smiled and threw Airachnid to the ground. Arcee then proceeded to break free from the webs using her blades and looked at the lifeless body of her formal rival. "I guess this is the end of the road for her." Arcee said as she looked at the damages she suffered during the fight.
"Let's get out of here Arcee before her Insecticon army begins to wonder where their dark queen went." Jack said with a worried look on his face as he walks to his Autobot girlfriend. He hugs her leg and she kneels on one knee and gives him a soft smooch and agrees that the two of them should leave this dangerous place for good. Without further question, Jack reaches for his pocket and takes out the remote control for the Ground Bridge and a blue-green portal begins to whirl next to their position. "Let's head home and rest our souls after what we experienced today." Jack said with a soft smile on his face. The two love birds held hands together and begin to walk slowly to their portal back home. Without a trace the two victors of the battle leave the abandoned energon mine and the portal closes and the cave returns to silence.
Suddenly, another portal opens up and in comes Shockwave and two Insecticons. "This is the location of where our queen traveled to." Said one of the Insecticons. "Then we must search the cave and look for her." The three former cons walk into the cave until they reach a body that appeared to be lifeless. With his one red optic Shockwave looks at Airachnid and says "What happened to you?" With the sound of his voice, she wakes up and begins to cough up the hybrid looking energon. "Just a small flesh wound is all, take me back to the base. I need to recover from my wounds. I was outsmarted once again by Arcee but next time I come, I will have my army with me." She said as she grasps her chest where the blade sliced through her. Without another word one of the Insecticons carries their injured but not dead queen towards the blue-green portal. All four of them head to the Bridge and head back to Shockwave's secret lab on Cybertron.
To be continued…
(Sorry for the delay, school got in the way. Next story will for sure be posted by Friday the 19th) (Any feedback is appreciated) (I hope to continue this story throughout the semester and that you have enjoyed it thus far.) (Have a good Valentine's Day )