Last time
I was scoping out a warehouse in the middle of the night watching people go in and out.
"You must be really distracted if you notice me coming." my uncle's voice said, walking beside me.
"No, I notice and if you wanted to kill me you would have." i said "plus i need an ear.
"What's wrong?" storm shadow asks "that you couldn't go to your dad about."
"The Shinigami shadow attacked a cobra base last night." i replied
"Yeah, I heard about that." storm shadow replied "i'm surprised you took up the shinigami mask again i thought you swear to never use that mask again."
I took a ragged breath in fear "I did uncle and that's the thing… I don't remember any of it."
On to the story.
"What do you mean?" My uncle asked, "You're the Shinigami shadow, how can you not remember clearing out a cobar base."
"I tell you the truth uncle" I replied "i went to sleep last night and when i woke up covered in blood and i have no clue how it got there."
"How?" my uncle asked
"I don't know but hey look." I said two people I knew came out of a car.
"Who are the two kids?" the uncle asked
"Sierra is the leader of Jasper Underworld and Vince is her bodyguard." I replied
"Ahh your two marks." storm shadow said, out of the walked cobra commander himself.
"Wow, the commander himself is here." i said surprised
"Have you ever thought about becoming The Shinigami Shadow again?" my uncle said, thinking something over.
"What do you have in mind?" i asked
The next day.
Again I was sitting at K.O. burgers enjoying the my time in the sun "darby"
"What do you know about the Shinigami Shadow?" sierra asked
"What dont like my audition." my asked
"Why did you choose something as stupid as the Shinigami Shadow?" vince said he was able to say more when he had a kunai at his throat
"Becoming the Shinigami Shadow wasn't a choice." I said dead serious "I was forced to become the shadow when the mask chose me."
"How would you like to have a job?" sierra said
"Fine." I said "but I'm not working for cobra commander and I'm
not killing any joe's."
"Really, you cleared out a whole base by yourself." vince said
"I cleared out a base of the cobra lackey's but back to the point where, who and how much."
"In Oklahoma city Oklahoma, there is one of my competitors. I want you to take him out for me." sierra said leaning back
"That's where, now who and how much." i said
"Alvin Jones of Oklahoma historical socality and one- thousand." sierra said
"I've heard of him, he has connections with the Irish Mafia, three- thousands minimum." i replied
"That's highway robbery, one-fifty." sierra said
"Call it what you want, there's a one- thousands and three thousands assassins." i replied
"Really like what?" vince said
"How much do you want it to come back to you?" i replied
"One thousand is an amateur job and a guy who does not have a clue and could be traced back to the buyer, three- thousands will buy a person that knows what he's doing and can't be traced back to the buyer. So do we have a deal."
"Deal." sierra said
"Give me three hours and I want half of it up front." i replied, than walked away
"Hey frake." Vince said, he touched my shoulder and I threw him over my shoulder and threw a kunai nicking his throat.
"Try that again and you'll find out why the mask chose me out of twenty people and why the Shinigami Shadow is the most feared ninja out of every ninja of that generation." I replied then left.
Time skip Three hours
I was sitting at the base and on the news "in Oklahoma one Alvin Jones an native, crashed his car on i-44, believed to have a heart attack." the news lady said "now on to later news."
"Prime, we've got a problem." fowler said
"What is the situation, agent fowler." Optimus Asked
"There is an assassin named the Shinigami Shadow, he disappeared three years ago, all departments have been put on alert." Fowler said then he cut the transmission.
I took a few steps back "he's back."
"Jack, do you know this Shinigami Shadow?" ratchet asked
"It's the name every ninja fears the most, when the Arashikage was found a group of ninja's that names were lost to time that was killing people endlessly the leader wore a Shinigami mask, it said that after a long battle their leader soul was trapped in the mask every generation a new Shinigami Shadow is chosen to go after any ninjas that goes rogue but the mask chose the person not the other way around."
Miko spoke up "So who is the new Shinigami Shadow."
"I don't know, I just don't know." I said walking away.
On top of the base.
I was standing there watching the sunset standing next to a pile of rocks "hey partner." when I heard someone walking up to me "heck of a view you got up here" but i didn't say anything "what's wrong." Arcee said
"You all better hope the Shinigami shadow never comes after me" i replied quietly
"Why?" she simply asked
"Because if he does, he'll kill anyone that knows me." I replied "he is our grim reaper."
"How do you know so much?" Arcee asked
"Be-because i was the last Shinigami shadow," I replied. "After my master left I was bullied and grew angry when it came to choosing the next shadow. Twenty of us were chosen. Ten of us were able to hold the mask but only I was able to put it on."
"But how could you be him?" Arcee asked
"When you put on the mask, the soul takes over and kills anyone that knows the person in order to complete its mission and leaves a river of blood behind." I said
"So what did you do?" Arcee asked
"Three years ago I had enough and buried it due to the fact I couldn't destroy it." I replied "someone must have found it and the mask accepted its new host."
"You still have nightmares from it." Arcee realized
"Yeah, I may have worn the mask but the mask may have been in control but the host still has the memories and after three years I couldn't take it anymore." I replied holding my head "come on let's head inside i'm sure everyone heard what i said." i started walking away "i'll you have your time with cliffjumper." and i left
When I got back inside everyone was looking at me "I take it you all heard." i said
"Mom, what are you doing here this early?" i asked
"I- I had no idea." mom said, walking up to me to give me a hug.
"Of course you didn't mom, how I could tell you, I had to keep that part of my life a secret." i replied "only dad and the elders knew not even the generals knows, i'm keeping it that way, no must know about me being the Shinigami shadow not even fowler."
"But why." raf asked
"The Arashikage don't like it when their secrets get out." I replied "The Shinigami shadow is their biggest and they do anything to keep that one from getting out and trust me their one worst than the Shinigami shadow called amatsu-mikaboshi he's the worst."
"How?" Raf asked "how can someone be worse than the god of death."
"Because he's the god Chaos said to have been imprisoned in yomi." miko said in fear.
Optimus walked up to me "Sabaku, while we don't condone your past we will keep you being the former Shinigami shadow a secret even from agent fowler."
"Thank you optimus." i replied
Ratchet's computer popped up "optimus, our scanners have detected a decepticon energy profile but it's ancient."
"The past has a way of catching up with the present, ratchet." Optimus replied
I got in my uniform and went with the bots through the groundbridge to those coordinates and it was a crashed decepticon ship as we were going through the halls when we came across someone crawling around "airached." me and Arcee said at the same time
"Surrender." Optimus said
Me and Arcee ran after "Arcee, snake stop" Optimus order but we didn't listen.
While we were catching up with her we passed starscream wrapped up in webbing "Airachnid, you traitor!" he yelled.
When we got up to the surface the spider wasn't there "where is she." I asked but behind us we heard a drilling nose that blew us away when Airachnid made surface
"Arcee." Airachnid said
"I didn't peg you for re-signing with the decepticons." Arcee said
"A temporary arrangement, Arcee." Airachnid replied " you know I prefer working alone." Arcee and Airachnid started fighting but Arcee's anger clouded her judgment and impaired her fighting skills her mistake was when over reached and Airachnid got Arcee in a choke hold and caught her other hand "speaking of I noticed no little snake add any more deceased partners to you growing list?"
She didn't notice when six kunai came out of the shadows and hit her arm but they hit armor . "don't you know ninja's never fight out in the open? We are masters of the shadows." as six shuriken came flying out of nowhere.
Airachnid jumped out the way with Arcee "come on out snake or i'll be adding another partner to my list."
I walked out of the shadows "now release her."
"I'm surprised you're still alive." Airachnid said
"I'm a survivor, if i can survive you i can survive anything." as i threw six shuriken at her but they hit her back legs.
"Airachnid, release her." Optimus said as he was running at them, Airachnid pushed Arcee at me and flew off. I rolled out of the way but my foot was pinned.
"Arcee snake you two know better than to engage the enemy alone." optimus said and I could feel the disappointment in his voice.
"Not her." Arcee said rage rolling off her in waves "not after what she did to tailgate."
"The killer of Shisui needs to be brought to justice." i replied
"She will pay." Arcee said darkly
"Revenge will not bring back those we have lost." optimus said "is that understood."
"As much as it pains me to say this" I said "optimus reminds me of something my master once told me no amount of blood will ever bring your brother back." Arcee didn't say anything but pained her.
"Move it." bulkhead said from behind us
I was surprised when I heard "no need to use force." Starscream said, being pushed to his knees, "I'll tell you anything you want to know." that shocked me to my core.
"Is that right?" bulkhead said with a little chuckle in his voice "and what do you want in return?"
Me and Optimus took a couple steps forward "i want to be on your side." that alone almost gave me a heart attack but the bots wasn't buying it but he looked sincere about wanting to join
"On our side? Bulkhead said in disbelief "yeah, right and i've been lobbing with the fallen."
"You wouldn't betray the decepticons." Arcee said
"Wouldn't i." Starscream said "what have they done for me lately besides humiliate, spy on me and demote me. Megatron tried to extinguish my spark in cold blood, then all but replaced me with that traitorous Airachnid, she abandoned me and left me for scrap so why not rat them out?"
"He does have a point, the cons have never been the nicest bots around." i said "not even my master was that nice till i got on his good side and that alone took weeks."
"See, listen to the little ins- I mean human." starscream
"This little insect can do a lot more than you think." i said as i jumped on bulkhead
The bots turned around to talk among themself "He's telling the truth about Megatron trying to scrap him, i saw it with my own eye's" Arcee said
"Maybe we can trust starscream." i said
"You're not saying you actually trust starscream?" bulkhead asked
"A ninja trusts no one." i replied "but there are times when someone has had enough of a dictator."
"I agree, trust him? Never" Arcee said " but this may be the one time our objectives align."
"You are right to be wary bulkhead but agree with Arcee and snake." optimus said
We traveled to the location that starscream give us
i got off Arcee and her, bulkhead and bumblebee transformed "what do you know." bulkhead said
"Could still be a trap." Arcee said
"Starscream's loyalty to Megatron has always been questionable." Optimus said walking up to us "if he has truly split from the decepticons our prisoner's knowledge of their agendas could make him a valuable ally."
"He does have a point with starscream's knowledge that could bring any means to an end." i said
"You don't mean permanently, like keys to the base and everything?" bulkhead said
"That would not be smart, an enemy is an enemy until proven otherwise." i said thinking it over
"Agree snake, however unlikely that scenario, every sentient being deserves an opportunity for redemption." optimus said
"Even bot killers." Arcee said angrily, "even Airachnid."
"without that hope, we may never achieve lasting peace." optimus said
"Optimus, a person that kills without reason, can not be reason with." i said walking away
"Did your master teach you that?" bulkhead asked
"No." I sharply said "experience has."
we walked back to the trailer and bulkhead opened it pulling starscream out saying "rise and shine, screamy"
"We're here, where's the ship?" Arcee command
Starscream looked around "it's through the arch, among the stones." he said
"Bulkhead, bumblebee with me." optimus comdend "Arcee, snake remain with our prisoner."
"Optimus please." Optimus turned back to us "for tailgate/ shisui ." we both said at the same time
"Your desire to avenge your friends will only continue to cloud your judgment." than he walked
I turned back around when I heard some grunting "is the clamp really necessary? I promise not to fly away, it really giving me a crick." starscream said
"I can shove you back in the trailer." Arcee said, starscream didnt like that answer much.
"Are wings on a seeker connected to their spin or something like that?" i asked genuinely interested "i asked my master once but he didn't give an answer"
"Yes human, with the clamp on it's more like a back muscle spasm." starscream replied
"Ouch not fun by the way I go by snake." i replied
I brought out my energon saber and pointed at him "i'm giving you a fair warning, hurt any humans on my watch" I turned the sword to his wings "I'll clap your wing permanently."
Arcee kept on walking back and forth. I was just sitting on top of the trailer. "I'm not really so bad, you know Megatron, he's the evil one."
"Now that's something we both can agree on." i said
But Arcee simply said "tell it to someone that cares."
"like whom, Arachnid?" starscream asked "What i wouldn't do to get my hands around her wretched throat"
"Get in line she is not a warrior, she is a killer and wrose of all a child killer." i said
"So, we can agree on one thing, all three of us hate Arachnid." Arcee said as she stopped pacing.
"Oh, you have no idea." Starscream replied "she showed up one day and the next thing you know, she's acting like she runs the place, she whispered lies into megatron ear, maneuvered to rob me of my rightful place."
"Let her have it." i replied
"Why human." Starscream asked "I've worked eons to become megatron's second in command."
"Then she can be used as Megatron's punched beg when something goes wrong." i replied
"You may have a point, human." starscream replied
"We'll she terminated my partner." Arcee said
"What, she taking credit for scraping him now too." Starscream said "that was my doing."
"What?" acree sharply asked starscream gasps fingering out they were talking about two different people "you weren't there." she said
"Oh boy here we go." I said getting ready to jump in.
"Of course I wasn't." starscream agree trying to think of a way out of this situation "I don't know what i was thinking."
"Who are you talking about?" Arcee asked
"No one who you are talking about?" starscream asked
"Tailgate." Arcee replied
"Uh, who's tailgate." starscream asked
"You were the one." Arcee said "you extinguished cliffjumper."
"Arcee, please don't do something you're going to regret." i said
"Cliffjumper." starscream said Arcee brought out her side blades ready to punch his lights out "no! no, no, no, you misunderstand." starscream said while grading her arm"it wasn't like you think, the troopers mortally wounded him i was trying to help cliffjumper, put him out of his misery he beg me too" Arcee brought out her other blade and kicked him back "okay, okay it was a mistake, i've made many but i've changed, you wouldn't terminate a defenseless prisoner would you" Arcee a few steps back and throw down the key to his cuffs "what– what is that?"
"The key to your cuffs." Arcee said
"Arcee stop!" i yelled
"The key to your cuffs." She said she was too angry to listen to me.
"What for?" starscream asked scared
"Cliff would have given you a fighting chance." Arcee replied
"No, please! I-i don't want to!" Starscream begged "what's past is past i'm one of you now." Arcee brought out her blasters "no! Please no!"
"Take it." Arcee order starscream picked it up but dropped it again.
"Your pathetic." Arcee said and drop the of her blasters
I had all I could take. I jump in-between the two "Arcee this has to stop, this is war cee people die on both sides, Arachnid is different she kills for the fun of it."
"What, your taking his side, he killed cliffjumper." Arcee said
"I killed countless people cee, Arachnid, my brother sending me straight the Shinigami shadow and a life full of anger and blood, I'm trying to keeping you from my mistake." i yelled the last part
"Step aside shadow." Arcee said
"You do this and your no better than megatron ." i said, the next thing i know i was kicked away a minute of flight i landed on the ground and hit my head after coming to a rolling stop
Normal pov
Starscream used his claws and stabbed Arcee in the side Arcee gasped taking a few steps back she was leaking energon from the wound starscream get the cuffs off and tossed them in front of her "something wrong Arcee? I thought you wanted a fight." Starscream said walking close to Arcee.
Arcee was panting while trying block Starscream hits but she wasn't doing to good she was being forced back by his hit but she did managed to kick him in the face making him send him back a couple of steps "your tougher to scrap than your former partner– even the human was weak do you think he'll make it he is just an insect after all at least the one i scrapped was tailgate weak like cliffjumper and the insect."
"Just keep talking starscream." Arcee said as try to hit him but starscream kick her in the face and then the gut and elbow her to the ground than kicked her down the hill.
"You should have finished me when i was helpless to flight just like i finished cliffjumper and that pathetic insect was trying to protect me how pitiful." Arcee try to get back up but she was in to much pain "now, prepare to reunite with your partners and once i'm done with you i'll finish that weak will human your's maybe i'll keep him around as a pet." Arcee was mumbling something "what's that i can't hear your last words."
"This…." she said in ragged breaths "is for cliffjumper!" she yelled and under seconds flat brought out her left arm side blade punched on the side of his face and than the other, she span around and hit him in his chain bring them to the ground.
"Good on, do it, megatron will only terminate me for treason, if i dare return to the decepticons." Starscream said "you may as well be the one to put me out of my misery."
"As if i need an convincing." Arcee said darkly getting ready to give the final blow
"What?! Wait! No!" starscream yelled
it wasn't until she looked up and there was bumblebee holding an unconscious snake in his hands "You do this and your no better than megatron" rang it her ears and with that all the fight left her, she deactivated her side blades and started walking away.
"What, why." starscream said confused
"Because snake is right." Arcee said as she was walking away she got a couple of step and than fell to the ground as starscream walked on by as bumblebee slipped down the hill with snake in hand.
Later that night.
"The damage looked bad but it was a snap to repair," ratchet said while holding the immobilizer, a decepticon that could freeze a bot "allowing us to reverse its effects on you." ratchet said while bulkhead and optimus was trying to get feeling back in their arms and legs "you should gain you full range of motion before long."
"And Arcee and snake?" optimus asked
"Arcee is ratchet resilient for a two- wheeler and snakes is still unconscious he should awake some time soon."
Optimus turned to Arcee, she was on a med breath holding an unconscious snake she looked back as optimus came up to her "it is the external wounds which heal the quickest."
"I thought settling scores would allow me to move on." Arcee said holding snake close to her chest "instead, I chased away our hope for ending this war anytime and above that jack got hurt because of me."
"Wisdom cannot be granted, Arcee." Optimus said "it must be earned sometimes at a coast and young snake will be alright he is a strong warrior." Arcee held Jack closer to her.
"But what i don't get is why jack brain weave activity is off the chart." ratchet said
tell me what you all think
electro prime sighing off
Last time
I was scoping out a warehouse in the middle of the night watching people go in and out.
"You must be really distracted if you notice me coming." my uncle's voice said, walking beside me.
"No, I notice and if you wanted to kill me you would have." i said "plus i need an ear.
"What's wrong?" storm shadow asks "that you couldn't go to your dad about."
"The Shinigami shadow attacked a cobra base last night." i replied
"Yeah, I heard about that." storm shadow replied "i'm surprised you took up the shinigami mask again i thought you swear to never use that mask again."
I took a ragged breath in fear "I did uncle and that's the thing… I don't remember any of it."
On to the story.
"What do you mean?" My uncle asked, "You're the Shinigami shadow, how can you not remember clearing out a cobar base."
"I tell you the truth uncle" I replied "i went to sleep last night and when i woke up covered in blood and i have no clue how it got there."
"How?" my uncle asked
"I don't know but hey look." I said two people I knew came out of a car.
"Who are the two kids?" the uncle asked
"Sierra is the leader of Jasper Underworld and Vince is her bodyguard." I replied
"Ahh your two marks." storm shadow said, out of the walked cobra commander himself.
"Wow, the commander himself is here." i said surprised
"Have you ever thought about becoming The Shinigami Shadow again?" my uncle said, thinking something over.
"What do you have in mind?" i asked
The next day.
Again I was sitting at K.O. burgers enjoying the my time in the sun "darby"
"What do you know about the Shinigami Shadow?" sierra asked
"What dont like my audition." my asked
"Why did you choose something as stupid as the Shinigami Shadow?" vince said he was able to say more when he had a kunai at his throat
"Becoming the Shinigami Shadow wasn't a choice." I said dead serious "I was forced to become the shadow when the mask chose me."
"How would you like to have a job?" sierra said
"Fine." I said "but I'm not working for cobra commander and I'm
not killing any joe's."
"Really, you cleared out a whole base by yourself." vince said
"I cleared out a base of the cobra lackey's but back to the point where, who and how much."
"In Oklahoma city Oklahoma, there is one of my competitors. I want you to take him out for me." sierra said leaning back
"That's where, now who and how much." i said
"Alvin Jones of Oklahoma historical socality and one- thousand." sierra said
"I've heard of him, he has connections with the Irish Mafia, three- thousands little minimum." i replied
"That's highway robbery, one-fifty." sierra said
"Call it what you want, there's a one- thousands and three thousands assassins." i replied
"Really like what?" vince said
"How much do you want it to come back to you?" i replied
"One thousand is an amateur job and a guy who does not have a clue and could be traced back to the buyer, three- thousands will buy a person that uses what he's doing and can't be traced back to the buyer. So do we have a deal."
"Deal." sierra said
"Give me three hours and I want half of it up front." i replied, than walked away
"Hey frake." Vince said, he touched my shoulder and I threw him over my shoulder and threw a kunai nicking his throat.
"Try that again and you'll find out why the mask chose me out of twenty people and why the Shinigami Shadow is the most feared ninja out of every ninja of that generation." I replied then left.
Time skip Three hours
I was sitting at the base and on the news "in Oklahoma one Alvin Jones an native, crashed his car on i-44, believed to have a heart attack." the news lady said "now on to later news."
"Prime, we've got a problem." fowler said
"What is the situation, agent fowler." Optimus Asked
"There is an assassin named the Shinigami Shadow, he disappeared three years ago, all departments have been put on alert." Fowler said then he cut the transmission.
I took a few steps back "he's back."
"Jack, do you know this Shinigami Shadow?" ratchet asked
"It's the name every ninja fears the most, when the Arashikage was found a group of ninja's that names were lost to time that was killing people endlessly the leader wore a Shinigami mask, it said that after a long battle their leader soul was trapped in the mask every generation a new Shinigami Shadow is chosen to go after any ninjas that goes rogue but the mask chose the person not the other way around."
Miko spoke up "So who is the new Shinigami Shadow."
"I don't know, I just don't know." I said walking away.
On top of the base.
I was standing there watching the sunset standing next to a pile of rocks "hey partner." when I heard someone walking up to me "heck of a view you got up here" but i didn't say anything "what's wrong." Arcee said
"You all better hope the Shinigami shadow never comes after me" i replied quietly
"Why?" she simply asked
"Because if he does, he'll kill anyone that knows me." I replied "he is our grim reaper."
"How do you know so much?" Arcee asked
"Be-because i was the last Shinigami shadow," I replied. "After my master left I was bullied and grew angry when it came to choosing the next shadow. Twenty of us were chosen. Ten of us were able to hold the mask but only I was able to put it on."
"But how could you be him?" Arcee asked
"When you put on the mask, the soul takes over and kills anyone that knows the person in order to complete its mission and leaves a river of blood behind." I said
"So what did you do?" Arcee asked
"Three years ago I had enough and buried it due to the fact I couldn't destroy it." I replied "someone must have found it and the mask accepted its new host."
"You still have nightmares from it." Arcee realized
"Yeah, I may have worn the mask but the mask may have been in control but the host still has the memories and after three years I couldn't take it anymore." I replied holding my head "come on let's head inside i'm sure everyone heard what i said." i started walking away "i'll let you have your time with cliffjumper." and i left
When I got back inside everyone was looking at me "I take it you all heard." i said
"Mom, what are you doing here this early?" i asked
"I- I had no idea." mom said, walking up to me to give me a hug.
"Of course you didn't mom, how I could tell you, I had to keep that part of my life a secret." I replied "only dad and the elders knew, not even the general knows, I'm keeping it that way, no one must know about me being the Shinigami shadow, not even fowler."
"But why." raf asked
"The Arashikage don't like it when their secrets getting out." I replied "The Shinigami shadow is their biggest and they do anything to keep that one from getting out and trust me their one is worse than the Shinigami shadow called amatsu-mikaboshi he's the worst."
"How?" Raf asked "how can someone be worse than the god of death."
"Because he's the god of Chaos said to have been imprisoned in yomi." miko said in fear.
Optimus walked up to me "Sabaku, while we don't condone your past we will keep you being the former Shinigami shadow a secret even from agent fowler."
"Thank you optimus." i replied
Ratchet's computer popped up "optimus, our scanners have detected a decepticon energy profile but it's ancient."
"The past has a way of catching up with the present, ratchet." Optimus replied
I got in my uniform and went with the bots through the groundbridge to those coordinates and it was a crashed decepticon ship as we were going through the halls when we came across someone crawling around "airached." me and Arcee said at the same time
"Surrender." Optimus said
Me and Arcee ran after "Arcee, snake stop" Optimus order but we didn't listen.
While we were catching up with her we passed starscream wrapped up in webbing "Airachnid, you traitor!" he yelled.
When we got up to the surface the spider wasn't there "where is she." I asked but behind us we heard a drilling nose that blew us away when Airachnid made surface
"Arcee." Airachnid said
"I didn't peg you for re-signing with the decepticons." Arcee said
"A temporary arrangement, Arcee." Airachnid replied " you know I prefer working alone." Arcee and Airachnid started fighting but Arcee's anger clouded her judgment and impaired her fighting skills her mistake was when over reached and Airachnid got Arcee in a choke hold and caught her other hand "speaking of I noticed no little snake add any more deceased partners to you growing list?"
She didn't notice when six kunai came out of the shadows and hit her arm but they hit armor. "don't you know ninja's never fight out in the open? We are masters of the shadows." as six shuriken came flying out of nowhere.
Airachnid jumped out the way with Arcee "come on out snake or i'll be adding another partner to my list."
I walked out of the shadows "now release her."
"I'm surprised you're still alive." Airachnid said
"I'm a survivor, if i can survive you i can survive anything." as i threw six shuriken at her but they hit her back legs.
"Airachnid, release her." Optimus said as he was running at them, Airachnid pushed Arcee at me and flew off. I rolled out of the way but my foot was pinned.
"Arcee snake you two know better than to engage the enemy alone." optimus said and I could feel the disappointment in his voice.
"Not her." Arcee said rage rolling off her in waves "not after what she did to tailgate."
"The killer of Shisui needs to be brought to justice." i replied
"She will pay." Arcee said darkly
"Revenge will not bring back those we have lost." optimus said "is that understood."
"As much as it pains me to say this" I said "optimus reminds me of something my master once told me no amount of blood will ever bring your brother back." Arcee didn't say anything but pained her.
"Move it." bulkhead said from behind us
I was surprised when I heard "no need to use force." Starscream said, being pushed to his knees, "I'll tell you anything you want to know." that shocked me to my core.
"Is that right?" bulkhead said with a little chuckle in his voice "and what do you want in return?"
Me and Optimus took a couple steps forward "i want to be on your side." that alone almost gave me a heart attack but the bots wasn't buying it but he looked sincere about wanting to join
"On our side? Bulkhead said in disbelief "yeah, right and i've been lobbing with the fallen."
"You wouldn't betray the decepticons." Arcee said
"Wouldn't i." Starscream said "what have they done for me lately besides humiliate, spy on me and demote me. Megatron tried to extinguish my spark in cold blood, then all but replaced me with that traitorous Airachnid, she abandoned me and left me for scrap so why not rat them out?"
"He does have a point, the cons have never been the nicest bots around." i said "not even my master was that nice till i got on his good side and that alone took weeks."
"See, listen to the little ins- I mean human." starscream
"This little insect can do a lot more than you think." i said as i jumped on bulkhead
The bots turned around to talk among themself "He's telling the truth about Megatron trying to scrap him, i saw it with my own eye's" Arcee said
"Maybe we can trust starscream." i said
"You're not saying you actually trust starscream?" bulkhead asked
"A ninja trusts no one." i replied "but there are times when someone has had enough of a dictator."
"I agree, trust him? Never" Arcee said " but this may be the one time our objectives align."
"You are right to be wary, bulkhead but agree with Arcee and snake." optimus said
We traveled to the location that starscream give us
I got off Arcee and her, bulkhead and bumblebee transformed "what do you know." bulkhead said
"Could still be a trap." Arcee said
"Starscream's loyalty to Megatron has always been questionable." Optimus said walking up to us "if he has truly split from the decepticons our prisoner's knowledge of their agendas could make him a valuable ally."
"He does have a point with starscream's knowledge that could bring any means to an end." i said
"You don't mean permanently, like keys to the base and everything?" bulkhead said
"That would not be smart, an enemy is an enemy until proven otherwise." i said thinking it over
"Agree snake, however unlikely that scenario, every sentient being deserves an opportunity for redemption." optimus said
"Even bot killers." Arcee said angrily, "even Airachnid."
"without that hope, we may never achieve lasting peace." optimus said
"Optimus, a person that kills without reason, can not be reason with." i said walking away
"Did your master teach you that?" bulkhead asked
"No." I sharply said "experience has."
we walked back to the trailer and bulkhead opened it pulling starscream out saying "rise and shine, screamy"
"We're here, where's the ship?" Arcee command
Starscream looked around "it's through the arch, among the stones." he said
"Bulkhead, bumblebee with me." optimus comdend "Arcee, snake remain with our prisoner."
"Optimus please." Optimus turned back to us "for tailgate/ shisui ." we both said at the same time
"Your desire to avenge your friends will only continue to cloud your judgment." than he walked
I turned back around when I heard some grunting "is the clamp really necessary? I promise not to fly away, it really giving me a crick." starscream said
"I can shove you back in the trailer." Arcee said, starscream didn't like that answer much.
"Are wings on a seeker connected to their spin or something like that?" i asked genuinely interested "i asked my master once but he didn't give an answer"
"Yes human, with the clamp on it's more like a back muscle spasm." starscream replied
"Ouch not fun by the way I go by snake." i replied
I brought out my energon saber and pointed at him "i'm giving you a fair warning, hurt any humans on my watch" I turned the sword to his wings "I'll clap your wing permanently."
Arcee kept on walking back and forth. I was just sitting on top of the trailer. "I'm not really so bad, you know Megatron, he's the evil one."
"Now that's something we both can agree on." i said
But Arcee simply said "tell it to someone that cares."
"like whom, Arachnid?" starscream asked "What i wouldn't do to get my hands around her wretched throat"
"Get in line she is not a warrior, she is a killer and wrose of all a child killer." i said
"So, we can agree on one thing, all three of us hate Arachnid." Arcee said as she stopped pacing.
"Oh, you have no idea." Starscream replied "she showed up one day and the next thing you know, she's acting like she runs the place, she whispered lies into megatron ear, maneuvered to rob me of my rightful place."
"Let her have it." i replied
"Why human." Starscream asked "I've worked eons to become megatron's second in command."
"Then she can be used as Megatron's punched beg when something goes wrong." i replied
"You may have a point, human." starscream replied
"We'll she terminated my partner." Arcee said
"What, she taking credit for scraping him now too." Starscream said "that was my doing."
"What?" acree sharply asked starscream gasps fingering out they were talking about two different people "you weren't there." she said
"Oh boy here we go." I said getting ready to jump in.
"Of course I wasn't." starscream agree trying to think of a way out of this situation "I don't know what I was thinking."
"Who are you talking about?" Arcee asked
"No one who you are talking about?" starscream asked
"Tailgate." Arcee replied
"Uh, who's tailgate." starscream asked
"You were the one." Arcee said "you extinguished cliffjumper."
"Arcee, please don't do something you're going to regret." i said
"Cliffjumper." starscream said Arcee brought out her side blades ready to punch his lights out "no! no, no, no, you misunderstand." starscream said while grading her arm"it wasn't like you think, the troopers mortally wounded him i was trying to help cliffjumper, put him out of his misery he beg me too" Arcee brought out her other blade and kicked him back "okay, okay it was a mistake, i've made many but i've changed, you wouldn't terminate a defenseless prisoner would you" Arcee a few steps back and throw down the key to his cuffs "what– what is that?"
"The key to your cuffs." Arcee said
"Arcee stop!" i yelled
"The key to your cuffs." She said she was too angry to listen to me.
"What for?" starscream asked scared
"Cliff would have given you a fighting chance." Arcee replied
"No, please! I-i don't want to!" Starscream begged "what's past is past i'm one of you now." Arcee brought out her blasters "no! Please no!"
"Take it." Arcee ordered starscream, picked it up but dropped it again.
"Your pathetic." Arcee said and drop the of her blasters
I had all I could take. I jump in-between the two "Arcee this has to stop, this is war cee people die on both sides, Arachnid is different she kills for the fun of it."
"What, you're taking his side, he killed cliffjumper." Arcee said
"I killed countless people cee, Arachnid killed my brother, sending me straight the Shinigami shadow and a life full of anger and blood. I'm trying to keep you from my mistake." i yelled the last part
"Step aside shadow." Arcee said
"You do this and you're no better than megatron ." i said, the next thing i know i was kicked away a minute of flight i landed on the ground and hit my head after coming to a rolling stop
Normal pov
Starscream used his claws and stabbed Arcee in the side Arcee gasped taking a few steps back she was leaking energon from the wound Starscream got the cuffs off and tossed them in front of her "something wrong Arcee? I thought you wanted a fight." Starscream said walking close to Arcee.
Arcee was panting while trying block Starscream hits but she wasn't doing to good she was being forced back by his hit but she did managed to kick him in the face making him send him back a couple of steps "your tougher to scrap than your former partner– even the human was weak do you think he'll make it he is just an insect after all at least the one i scrapped was tailgate weak like cliffjumper and the insect."
"Just keep talking starscream." Arcee said as try to hit him but starscream kick her in the face and then the gut and elbow her to the ground than kicked her down the hill.
"You should have finished me when I was helpless to fight just like i finished cliffjumper and that pathetic insect was trying to protect me. How pitiful." Arcee try to get back up but she was in too much pain. "Now, prepare to reunite with your partners and once i'm done with you i'll finish that weak will human your's maybe i'll keep him around as a pet." Arcee was mumbling something "what's that i can't hear your last words."
"This…." she said in ragged breaths "is for cliffjumper!" she yelled and under seconds flat brought out her left arm side blade punched on the side of his face and then the other, she spun around and hit him in his chain bringing them to the ground.
"Good on, do it, megatron will only terminate me for treason, if i dare return to the decepticons." Starscream said "you may as well be the one to put me out of my misery."
"As if I need an convincing." Arcee said darkly getting ready to give the final blow
"What?! Wait! No!" starscream yelled
It wasn't until she looked up and there was bumblebee holding an unconscious snake in his hands "You do this and your no better than megatron" rang in her ears and with that all the fight left her, she deactivated her side blades and started walking away.
"What, why." starscream said confused
"Because snake is right." Arcee said as she was walking away she got a couple of steps and then fell to the ground as starscream walked on by as bumblebee slipped down the hill with snake in hand.
Later that night.
"The damage looked bad but it was a snap to repair," ratchet said while holding the immobilizer, a decepticon that could freeze a bot "allowing us to reverse its effects on you." ratchet said while bulkhead and optimus was trying to get feeling back in their arms and legs "you should gain your full range of motion before long."
"And Arcee and snake?" optimus asked
"Arcee is ratchet resilient for a two- wheeler and snakes is still unconscious. He should wake up some time soon."
Optimus turned to Arcee, she was on a med breath holding an unconscious snake she looked back as Optimus came up to her "it is the external wounds which heal the quickest."
"I thought settling scores would allow me to move on." Arcee said holding snake close to her chest "instead, I chased away our hope for ending this war anytime and above that jack got hurt because of me."
"Wisdom cannot be granted, Arcee." Optimus said "it must be earned sometimes at a coast and young snake will be alright he is a strong warrior." Arcee held Jack closer to her.
"But what I don't get is why jack brain wave activity is off the chart." ratchet said
tell me what you all think
electro prime sighing off