After the events that happened with Breakdown and MECH, they have been trying to find another Cybertronian to study and they became lucky because they were able to pick up ones signal. It was late in the night when Silas and his MECH agents were walking cautiously through a forest. They had their weapons ready so they can take down the Cybertronian they are looking for. Silas is hoping it is ether that truck one or the T-Rex one for he has become intrigued with them specifically and there technology, especially the dinobot.
"Suppression fire only. We take this one alive."
Silas instructed.
They all heard a sudden thump on the ground as they turned around to see an unidentified cybertronian jumping to the trees around them. All the Agents kept firing, but the Cybertronian dodged there blasters and ran deeper the woods. They all followed it to down a crevasse.
Silas uses his googles to scan the area and sees web and the Cybertronians signal."Tight formation." Silas instructed as they went down.
Silas continued to track down his target through the canyon avoiding the rocks. He was getting close when suddenly the signal just disappeared. Then he heard screams from the MECH Agents, he turned around to see his agents gone. But then he looks up and sees that they were webbed up. This was made by the cybertronian they were tracking: the female Decepticon Airachnid, who smirked with delight.
Silas saw a couple of little rocks falling above him, so he fired at Arachnid but she evaded the shots and then grabbed him and then throws him at a wall and then webs him to it, trapping him.
"Don't tell me MECH never considered that an open channel distress signal from an injured Decepticon might be a trap." Airachnid revealed approaching him.
"I'll bear that in mind next time." Silas promised.
Airachnid laughed. "Next time? Decepticon radio chatters all a buzz about the work over you gave poor Breakdown. As an ex-con, myself, I should really eviscerate you for that." Airachnid threatened. "But an old acquaintance and her Dinobot destroyed my ship and skinned my knee. I mean to pay them back in kind, both of them. You see, I make it in and out of places most Decepticons can't, but I'm still learning navigate this planet."
When she said dinobot, it got Silas attention a bit more than it already was."What's in it for MECH?"
"I'll let you live. And since you came to collect a Transformer, was it?, I'll throw in what's left of Arcee and that dinobot after I've broken them."
At Jasper
Jack calmly walked towards his garage with Arcee rolling next to him in the middle of the night.
"Thanks for walking me home, Jack. You're a real gentleman." Arcee complimented while joking at the same time.
"I don't want you revved up before bedtime. And mom's a light sleeper, and I don't think she'd understand about..." Jack said as he opened the garage's door.
"Understand what, Jack?" A voice demanded. Jack turned around to see his mother in the garage. "You're breaking curfew for the third time this month."
"Mom!" Jack yelled in surprise.
"Or why your boss called about you missing another shift at work? Or maybe the email I received from your Art and History teacher who is concerned that you have been falling asleep in class?"
"Well, two words, mom: Art and History."
"Tell me the rumors aren't true, Jack. Tell me you're not racing that Motorcycle."
"No! No! Wait. Where did you hear that?"
"Small town, people talk. I work in an emergency room, Jack. I've seen what can happen. So please, tell me you haven't fallen in with a bad crowd."
"What?! No, no, no, no. My friends are the good crowd! Seriously good!"
"I let you have that Motorcycle because you convinced me you were mature enough to handle it. But I think you may need a gentle reminder."
"Message received, mom. Loud and clear. I'm glad we had this talk." Jack said walking to the garage.
"I meant, let's see if a few weeks without the distraction of your motorcycle will do the trick."
"But..."
"No buts. You're grounded from everything but school and work. And if you need to ride somewhere, you'll pedal!" She gestured to the bicycle, making Jack's eyes widened. "Serious face, Jack! If I see that motorcycle out of the house..." She finished before kissing Jack on the head. "Now go wash up and get some sleep. I love you." She said as she walked towards the door and into the living room, leaving Jack and Arcee to themselves.
"I'll miss you while you're grounded." Arcee said as she was moved into the garage by Jack.
"But don't worry, Arcee. I'll visit you here every day."
"Uh...Jack, I won't be here. Sitting on my back tires for two weeks is not an option. Plus, me and Grimlock got a patrol date coming soon." She said. Her and Grim had been planning to do one of there patrols as a date for awhile now.
"No, no, no. You saw mom's serious face! Look, Arcee, I feel badly enough that I have to lie to her all this time. But if you're not here, she's gonna think I'm blowing her off!"
"Deep breaths, Jack. Your mom works late nights. I'll try to be back in the garage before she gets home. But no promises." Arcee swore.
The next day
Jack finished with his job and prepared to get back home on his bike when his phone sounded, so he picked it up.
"Hey Ma." Jack greeted.
"Jack, I hope you are not planning to eat take-out tonight. I took my break early, so I can cook my grounded son a wholesome dinner." June remarked as she got into her car.
"Organic tofu. Awesome! Hey, car beats ten-speed. I'll be home soon. Love you, bye." Jack replied nervously before hanging up and tried to call Arcee. "Come on. Pick up, pick up, pick up! Arcee, you wouldn't be at home right now?"
She l was currently battling against Decepticon troops inside an energon mine.
"Negative, Jack. Can we talk about this later?" Arcee asked in the middle of a battle while dodging lasers.
"No! Mom's on her way home! If you don't race back there right now, I will be grounded for life! And mom will make me sell you for parts!" Jack yelled as he pedaled as fast as he can.
"Guys, can you handle it?" Arcee asked Bumblebee and Grimlock.
"(Go. Do what you have to do.)" Said Bee as he starts Blasting some cons.
Grimlock crushes a cons head and then turns to Arcee with a Grin." Yep. See ya later partner." Grimlock said.
Arcee smiles a bit." Ratchet, I need a bridge."Arcee requested through the com-link while the others eliminated the remaining Decepticons.
Jack then hung up the phone and peddled as fast as he could to his house so he could beat his mother there. But June was already there and decided to check if Jack's Motorcycle was somewhere there. But when Jack finally arrived at his house...
"JACK!" June shouted as she walked at him angered. "Jack, I can't believe you disobeyed me. Where is the Motorcycle?"
Fortunately for Jack, he noticed a green light in the Garage, so he knew it was the ground bridge.
"What do you mean? She's right where I left her." Jack said showing his mom that the motorcycle was in the garage.
"Did you get one of your crew to sneak it in? Or did you just walk it up again?" She immediately asked.
Jack sighed, knowing that he couldn't hide that from her forever.
"Ok, mom. Do you really wanna know? Fasten your seatbelts. My Motorcycle is a sentient robotic organism from a distant planet, part of a team stationed here on Earth fighting a secret war. And I spend most of my time after school hanging with her crew and her boyfriend who is a giant robot T-Rex."
"Jack." June began, not believing what her son was saying.
"And the coolest thing: this isn't even her actual form. She's really a giant robot who can transform into a vehicle."
"Enough, Jack."
"It's okay, Arcee. Show yourself." Jack encouraged, earning no response. "She's shy. Arcee, really, no more hiding, no more lies." He said again, still earning no response. "Oh come on, Roll out already." He said kicking her, earning no response whatsoever.
"So, hum, the bad crowd you have been hanging out with is a... science fiction club?" She asked, but Jack didn't responded. "I have to get back to work. We'll continue this when I get home." June said getting in her car and driving back to the hospital.
"Thanks for the support, Arcee." Jack said sarcastically.
"Don't blame me. Remember." Arcee reminded Jack.
"I know, I know. You don't exist."
Meanwhile, at some Mech base
"Your ship's black box sustained serious damage in the explosion. But our software was able to reconstruct a few frames of the security feed." Silas explained as he and Arachnid looked over some footage, and they saw Arcee and Grimlock near the ship. They then see Arcee transform to her alt mode and then the footage pauses. " It took us awhile but I'm certain that we have found a way to get the Autobot you call Arcee and possibly that dinobot." Said Silas as a new video pops up and it shows Arcee with Jack riding her while two Decepticon were shooting at them in vehicle mode.
"It seems that she has a human pet. I'll go after him right after I make her watch as I kill that dinobot in front of her." Airachnid thought to herself.
"Our facial recognition algorithm will send the boys image across the web. Another kind of web." Silas informed her. Jacks information pops up on the screen."Ah, the mother lode." Silas said.
"Government database?" Airachnid asked curiously.
"Social networking page."Silas corrected."Everything worth knowing about the boy is right. Name:Jack Darby. Age: 16. Jasper, Nevada. Mother: June Darby, a nurse. Maybe we can make him come to us and bring his special friends with some persuasion." Silas suggested.
Airachnid grins a bit for she likes that plan.
At the hospital
June had just finished her shift and walked toward her car in the night.
"Maybe I'm being too hard on Jack. But he lied, and the only way he's going to learn is if I stick to my..." June said to herself until she suddenly heard a van pull up behind her and then she turned around to see a guy pointing a gun at her in front of her.
Before she could say anything, a MECH soldier pointed his weapon at her charging an electric shot, next everything went black.
At Jacks home
Jack just arrived at home. He open the Garage and sees Arcee there." Arcee, is mom home yet? I didn't see her car." Jack asked.
"Don't know. I just bridged from base to beat her here. Oh! And there's a package for you."
Jack saw the orange envelope on the table and picked it up. He turned it slightly and a communicator came out.
"Hello, Jack." A voice greeted from the device.
"Silas."Arcee said with anger as she transformed.
"What is it? What's going on?" Jack asked nervously.
"MECH."
"They know where I live?"
"We know things about your family that even you don't know. For example: do you know where your mother is?"Silas revealed.
"What did you..."
"Understand, Jack. We have no intention of hurting her. In fact, we'd like to reunite the two of you as soon as possible. I just need you, Arcee, and that Dinobot to follow the GPS coordinates programmed into this communicator. It'll lead you to the temporary facility I've set up."
"Ratchet."Arcee whispered through her com-link, but suddenly she clutched her head in pain and screamed.
"Arcee?!" Jack yelled as he ran to her side.
"Did I not mention our communicator scrambles the signal and your brains? Any break in communication and attempt to reach the other Autobot except for the dinobot and Ms. Darby...well, I wouldn't want to feel responsible for the outcome."Silas warned as the communicator turned off.
Arcee knew she had to listen to what Silas said or jacks mom might not live." Grimlock. I need you to meet me at these coordinates and what ever you do,Don't try to tell the others."
"Why? Is something bad going on?" Asked Grimlock. He was walking through a forest because he was told to patrol this area.
"I'll explain later, just hurry up and get to the location of the coordinates I'm sending ." Arcee said as she sent him the coordinates.
"You got it partner." Grimlock said as he ends communications and then transforms to dino mode and begins running.
Jack went with Arcee. She was speeding through Jasper as she followed the GPS coordinates. He was scared, better said terrified, for what Silas might do to his mom.
"If anything happens to her because of my connection to all of this, I..."
"Jack, MECH are only interested in me and Grimlock. Once they get what they want, they'll let your mom go." Arcee said, trying to comfort him.
"That's not exactly reassuring. You and Grim family too."
They finally arrived at an abandoned factory. The moment Jack put the GPS in his back pocket they saw a lot of MECH Agents aiming at him.
"So, what's the plan?" Jack asked.
Arcee was about to answer her but then a loud roar stopped her. It was Grimlock who had just Arrived. MECH agents turn there attention to Grimlock and start shooting at him. The bullets don't affect Grimlock at all. He swats them away easily and gently so he doesn't kill them."That was boring." Said Grimlock.
Arcee drives inside the warehouse and then stops so Jack can get off of her. Grimlock walks in after they made it inside.
"Mom?!" Jack called out.
"Looking for June? She's hanging around here somewhere."Airachnid said from the ceiling and then got down.
"Airachnid!"Arcee growled as she transformed.
Grimlock was about to charge at her, but then she webbed Grimlocks arms and legs to a wall. He tries to break free, but then she webbed him up again to make sure he doesn't break free.
Arcee tried to charge at her, but was webbed up and she tried to break free, but the web was to strong.
"What's she doing here?" Jack demanded as Airachnid and MECH walked in.
"Help them, please. They are human like you. You can't let Airachnid..."Arcee pleaded.
"You better let them go or I'm break all your bones!" Said Grimlock as he tries to break free.
"A few human lives are a small price to pay for a miracle of science, like you two." Silas stated. A MECH agent fired an electric shot at her, making her screamed in pain as she fell to the ground unconscious.
"Arcee." Jack said sadly putting next to her.
Grimlock struggles more." When I get out of here I'm gonna tear you all apart!" He threatened.
Eight Agents were about to shoot a electric shot at Grimlock, but Silas stops them." Let him watch." He said.
"We will have a private session later." Airachnid smirked as she looks at Arcee and then at Grimlock.
Two agents take the GPS and Jack's phone.
"I'm still learning about humankind, but one thing is clear to me, Jack. You people care deeply about family. Even though you and your family have done nothing to me, Your friends with Arcee and Grimlock. So I've decided to teach you a lesson on who you should befriend by making you watch as tear your family apart."Airachnid said directly to Jack.
"If you hurt my mother, I..." Jack began.
"Have Arcee and Grimlock tell you how much I love sport? I love it so much that I'll give you the opportunity to save your mother. I've stashed her close by. If you can rescue her before the stroke of twelve, I will let both of you go unharmed. Deal?" Airachnid explained. There was a monitor with a clock on it and it said 11:53 on it.
"And if I can't?" Jack asked as he turns back to Airachnid
"What do you think?"
"Please. Don't let her do this. You can let us go. We won't tell anyone." Jack said as he run at Silas.
"Enough!" Silas said pushing him to the ground.
"Yes, Jack. Man up already. Six minutes." Airachnid said looking at the clock.
Jack bit his lips before he ran out of the warehouse to look for his mom.
"Mom?! Mom!"
A monitor shows Jack running off to find his mother."Now I know we promised the spider bot that she would have first crack at you two. But something tells me she plans to turn our mutual crisscross into a double cross." Silas suspected as he looked at Arcee and that Grimlock who continues to struggle.
"Sir, we don't have the means of transporting her or the big one right now." A MECH Agent informed Him.
"We'll have to cut and run. Open her up." A chainsaw starts up and it was aimed at Arcee.
The moment he said that Grimlock anger rises more than it already has. He yells in rage as he tries to break free.
Silas sees this and laughs." It useless to try to break free..." He was interrupted by the sound of web being torn off.
Grimlock finally breaks free. All the Agents fire there weapons at Grimlock. Grimlock slams his fist to the ground, cause the ground shake and crack. The whole warehouse shakes. The Mech Agents quickly flee from the Warehouse, along with Silas who glares at the dinobot before leaving.
Grimlock calms down a bit before tearing the web off Arcee, freeing her." Arcee. Wake up. I need you right now partner." He said.
Arcee opens her eyes and then gets up." Thanks for the save." She said.
Grimlock smiles." Your welcome." Said Grimlock.
"Jack, your mother wants to know. Don't leave her dangling." said Airachnid through the screen.
Arcee heard that and then looks at the Monitor and sees Airachnid with June and Jack.
"You monster! Stop this!" June demanded.
"We have to get to them now!" Said Arce as she transforms and drives off to hopefully save Jack and June.
Grimlock transforms as well and runs after her.
With Jack
"Well Jack, if you won't decide, I guess its ladies choice." Airachnid said getting closer to June.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Jack apologized.
"No!" June screamed.
Then Airachnid heard a familiar engine sound and turned to see Arcee speeding towards her. She transformed and kicked Airachnid away from June, while Jack took advantage to get his hand free and grab the webs where his mom was trapped.
"Jack, your Motorcycle?" June started.
"I can explain, mom. Wait, I already did."
Arcee did a couple of back flips on a chute as Airachnid tried to hit her. Arcee activated her wrist blades as Airachnid did the same with her spider legs.
"MECH lost Breakdown, what were the odds they could hold onto you?" Airachnid told.
Arcee tried to swing at Airachnid , but she dodges some, until Arcee kicked her in the face. Then Airachnid kicked Arcee on the ground and she rolled over. As Airachnid was about to attack again, she moved out of the way and began to climb with Airachnid following her and began to fire lasers at her, but Arcee managed to evade all of them. But one of the lasers hit the platform where June was on, causing it to bend. Jack grabbed the ledge of the platform before he fell over as June screamed.
Mom!" Jack called out.
"Jack!" June screamed as Airachnid attempted to grab June again, but Arcee punched her , but then Airachnid threw her at another platform.
Mom!" Jack called out.
Arcee managed to climb up and continued to dodge Airachnid's claws. Jack managed to climb up to the platform; he accidentally pushed a lever, causing concrete to fall into a cement truck. Airachnid jumped and kicked Arcee in the face, causing her to fall over. But she grabbed the railing and climbed back up. She dodged a couple of attacks before she jumped into the air to kick Airachnid into a concrete container, while Arcee landed on a pipe. Jack looked down to see Arcee nod her head. Then he pulled the lever back down and concrete began to flow into the pipe, while Arcee kicked the pipe above Airachnid, who regain conscious. Before Airachnid could register what was happening, concrete spilled all over her. She got up and screamed, trying to get the concrete off, but she was frozen solid.
"Ah! Jack!" June screamed.
Although Airachnid began to break the concrete to get free, Arcee decided to help June.
"Hang on, June." Arcee said climbing at her.
But then, Airachnid fired a web at her and pulled her to the ground, leaving her stuck to the ground. Airachnid chuckled as she was about to kill Airachnid, but then she heard the sound of loud and heavy footsteps behind her. She slowly turns around to see Grimlock in front of her. She was about to fire at him, but then he roared loudly in her face before uppercutting her and sending her flying. Grimlock smiles at his work and then transforms and tears the Webs off Arcee." Are you okay?" Asked Grimlock.
"Yeah. Though I wish you got here sooner partner." Said Arcee.
"I tried but I'm not that fast." He said.
Everyone heard a chopping sound. Everyone looked up to see three helicopters coming their way. Inside one of them was agent Fowler.
"Aim for the creepy crawly." Fowler ordered.
The three helicopters fired at Airachnid, who covered her face as the bullets hit her.
Jack was watching how the helicopters were keeping Airachnid from getting away. "Thanks for coming, agent Fowler."
"If I know a con was involved, I would've called Prime."
"That might have been too much for mom to handle in one night."
Fowler nodded his head in understanding as they continuing firing. After some time they stooped to see what appearance had now Airachnid , but she took the chance when the dust cleared as her eyes turned green and she scanned Fowler's helicopter.
"Ahh! Not again!" Said Fowler. This was like the second or third time this happened to him.
Airachnid glared at them before transforming into a helicopter and flown away.
"No." Arcee cursed.
Grimlock places his hand on her shoulder." It's okay Partner. We'll get her next." He said with a reassuring smile.
This makes Arcee smile a bit.
Moments later, the helicopters were on the ground as Jack comforted his mom who wrapped herself in a blanket. Right then, Agent Fowler reunited with them.
"Ms. Darby, I'm special agent Fowler. Its time you knew the truth. For the past several months, Jack has been...interning for me at the agency."
"Agent Fowler, mom's not gonna buy it." Jack warned.
"He's got that right." June agreed as she glared at Fowler.
"Agent Fowler." A soldier called out.
"Let me guess,without a trace?" Fowler guessed, earning a nod from the soldier. "Maybe next time." He said before walking back with the soldier.
Jack and June turned to see Arcee and Grimlock walking towards them.
"And they would be your..." June trailed off.
"Motorcycle, Dinobot, guardians,Autobots, friends" Jack said as Arce and Grimlock knelt down.
"The names Grimlock ma'am." He said with a grin.
"Call me Arcee." She introduced.
June smiled as she got up from the crate. "Thank you,Arcee and Grimlock."
They both just smiled.
"I think it's time for that ride you once made me promise." Jack said.
The next day
Jack and June were carried by Arcee into the tunnel of the Autobot base. June looked in awe as they drove to the main room. When they reached there, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Raf and Miko looked down to see Jack and June. June looked up to see Ratchet turn and looked at her, and then she heard large footsteps and looked up in shock to see Optimus Prime.
"Mom, meet my science fiction club." Jack introduced.
All the Autobot stood before them, so June smiled nervously and waved at them.
