MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! Sorry for being away for so long. I've been dealing with a few things - Friends, family, life, etc. Trying my best to stay alive for my grandmas' sakes (both of them are resting in peace). Anyways, here's the next chapter! See y'all at the bottom!
Disclaimer: B-128 and I don't own Transformers Prime. Hasbro does. Only the OCs and this story belongs to us.
Transformers Blue: The Jasper Chronicles
Chapter 23: Crisscross
It was late in the night when Silas and his M.E.C.H. agents were walking cautiously through a forest. Because they had their weapons ready, it seems that they were looking for something, or someone.
"So what do we do to him when we locate it?" Asked one of the soldiers.
"Suppression fire only," Silas ordered, "We take this one alive."
Behind them, the men felt the sudden rush of air as someone bounced around. Immediately they knew that their treasure caused the rush of air they had felt. Immediate fire was the only option. But their 'treasure' missed every shot fired. Flying in the air from tree to tree. Dancing around them. Taunting them. Eventually, their treasure ran deeper into the forest. MECH followed immediately. However, they did not know of the harm they would find themselves in.
"Tight formation," Silas requested as they went even deeper inside.
They knew of the dangers the forest they were exploring possesses. They knew of the horrors that reside. But that didn't stop them from going deeper within. They found themselves surrounded by webs. Sticky. Unnatural. Webs. Silas used a tracking device in his night-vision goggles to track down their prize. Just when they were nearly close enough to nab said prize, the red flashing light disappeared. Silas was confused and surprised…
Until he heard their surprised and scared screams.
He turned around and all of his men were gone. Nowhere in sight. But he still heard their grunts in fear and struggle as they tried to free themselves from…whatever was holding them hostage. And those grunts were coming from above. He looked up and saw his men trapped in the web. And Silas knew that unless he acted now rather than later, he too would be trapped like his men. Above him, the enemy hissed in excitement. Not only in seizing so many captives in one go.
But what holds in store for her captives and herself.
Rocks crumbled above and around Silas as the enemy prepared to attack them. Instincts told Silas to act now and to act fast. So he shot at the enemy. However, his enemy had faster reflexes than he. Silas suddenly found himself hovering in the air. His gunshot sparks as it was easily crushed in her spider-like hands. Silas knew he was lost. Especially when he was thrown into a rock wall and pinned there by the same webs that trapped his men. He knew there was something about this enemy. Something unusual. Because this enemy is unusual. A familiar face for some.
And that similar unusual enemy… was Airachnid.
"Don't tell me MECH never considered an open channel distress signal from an injured Decepticon might be a trap," she tormented.
"I'll bear that in mind next time," Silas promised.
"Next time?" Airachnid laughed, "Decepticon radio chatter's all abuzz about the work over you gave poor Breakdown. As an Ex-Con myself, I really should eviscerate you for that" she threatened him.
Sure, she's not a decepticon anymore but that doesn't mean that some weak creatures were going to mess with her kind. If anyone had the right to torment and/or mess with them and the Autobots, it is her, and her ONLY!
However, she then calmed down a bit, "But an old acquaintance and her nasty little human 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 to navigate this planet."
"What's in it for M.E.C.H.?," Silas asked.
"I'll let you live," Airachnid answered, "And since you came to collect a…Transformer, was it? I'll throw in what's left of Arcee…. AFTER I've broken her"
Darby Residence - 9:00 P.M.
The dark of night has fallen upon Jasper, Nevada. The crickets chirped an annoying tune, trying to outshine the cicadas in the area. The majority of the lights have been switched off as the town slowly fell asleep. Only a few remained awake.
Among the few was Jack Darby who was just arriving back at the Darby residence after a long day. He went on a mission with the two-wheeler autobot Arcee and decided to hang out with his friends after that until he found out that he lost track of time.
"Thanks for walking me home, Jack. You're a real gentleman," Arcee complimented.
"I don't want you revved up before bedtime," Jack remarked, "And mum's a light sleeper. And I don't think she'd understand that-."
"Understand what, Jack? You're breaking curfew for the third time this month."
"Mom!" Jack yelled in surprise.
"Or why did your boss call 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!" June begged her son.
"No! No! Wait. Where did you hear that?" Jack demanded.
"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." June asked out of concern.
"What?! No, no, no, no. My friends are a good crowd! Seriously good!" Jack quickly replies. However, June didn't believe it.
"I let you have that bike because you convinced me you were mature enough to handle it. But I think you may need a gentle reminder," June decided.
"Message received, mum. Loud and clear," Jack promised as he went to wheel in Arcee, "I'm glad we had this talk."
"I meant, let's see if a few weeks without the distraction of your motorcycle will do the trick," June corrected as she walked back inside.
"No buts. You're grounded from everything but school and work," she explained, "And if you want to take a bike to either, you'll pedal." She pointed to his bicycle which showed signs of not being used for long periods of time, he looked at it, "Serious face, Jack. If I see that Motorcycle out of the Garage…" she kissed the top of his forehead, "now go wash up and get some sleep. I love you." She walked inside the house.
"I'll miss you while you're grounded," Arcee told Jack, as he walked her into the garage.
"Don't worry, Arcee. I'll visit you everyday" Jack promised. However, that only made the two-wheeler confused.
"Uh…Jack, I won't be here," Arcee announced, "Sitting on my back tires for two weeks is NOT an option.
"No, no, no. You saw mum's serious face! Look, Arcee, I feel bad 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!" Jack began freaking out.
"Deep breaths, Jack. Your mum works late nights. I'll try to be back in the garage before she gets home," Arcee swore, "But no promises.
"Thanks, Arcee…" Jack said with a smile.
The Road - 12:45 P.M.
Jack finished with his job and prepared to get back home on his bike when his phone rang, so he picked it up.
"Hey mom." 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?"
…
Arcee then answered, "Negative, Jack. Can we talk about this later?" The two-wheeler asked in the middle of a battle 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.
"Guys, can you handle it?" She asked the twins.
"Leave it to us, Arcee," BJ replies with a smile.
"Go. Do what you need to do." Bee beeped.
"Ratchet, I need a ground-bridge"
...
By the time that Jack had gotten home, he was panting desperately for breath. Sweat dripped all over his body as he slowed to a stop on the driveway.
"JACK!"
"Oh no," Jack muttered before walking in.
"Jack, I can't believe you disobeyed me. Where is the motorcycle?" June demanded.
A light flashed in the garage behind June. Jack gasped a bit, knowing what it had meant. Arcee had made it back into the garage. However, it wasn't in time. So he couldn't visibly melt in relief.
"What do you mean? She's right where we left her!" Jack defended as he went to open the garage.
June turned around as the garage door rolled open automatically behind her. Honestly, she was expecting to tell Jack off for lying to her about Arcee's whereabouts. However, she saw Arcee in her motorcycle form sitting there. Untouched. Immediately, June assumed the worst concerning Arcee's sudden appearance.
"Did you get one of your crew to sneak it in, or did you walk it up again?"
"OK, mum. Do you really wanna know?" Jack questioned.
Arcee tilted her from the wheel and walked up a little, "Fasten your seatbelt. 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." He walked into the garage with the bicycle.
"Jack," she said with disbelief.
"And the coolest thing, this isn't even her actual form. She's really a giant robot who can transform into a vehicle," he went on.
"Enough, Jack," she said, getting irritated at what he was saying.
"It's okay, Arcee. Show yourself," he said to Arcee, she didn't transform, "She's, she's shy," he said after a few seconds. "Arcee? Really. No more hiding. No more lies." She still didn't transform. "Oh, come on, roll out already." He kicked her alternate mode.
"So, uh… the bad crowd you've been hanging out with is a science-fiction club?" His mother asked him before looking at her watch, "I Have to get back to work. We will continue this when I get home." She entered her car and drove away, back to work.
Jack then turned to face Arcee, who remained in her vehicular mode.
"Thanks for the support, partner," Jack thanked sarcastically.
"Don't blame me. Remember," Arcee began reminding Jack.
"I know. I know. You don't exist," Jack mumbled as he walked inside of the house.
Meanwhile, there was another reunion on a secret place.
"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 Arcee looked over some footage, and they saw Jack hiding behind the ship.
"That's him. My Jack." Arcee recognized.
"Our facial recognition algorithm will send the human's image across the web. Another kind of web." Silas informed her, "Ah, the mother lode."
"Human government database?" the eight-legger asked curiously.
"Social networking page." Silas corrected, "Everything worth knowing about Jack Darby is right here. Age: 16. Jasper, Nevada. Mother: June Darby, a nurse."
...
Later at the hospital, June Darby just got out of work as she approached her car, "Maybe I'm being too hard on Jack, but he lied, and the only way he's gonna learn is if I stick to my-"
June's ramblings were cut off by the sound of a black van with tinted windows driving at high speeds near her. When they pulled to a stop next to her, a bad feeling began forming in the pit of her stomach. Her instincts were telling her to run. But for some reason, she couldn't. Her feet felt like dead weight on concrete. And her fear turned into a simmering fire into a red hot inferno when she saw the men in black exit from the van and point their guns at her. She didn't know who they were. She didn't know what they wanted with her. But she certainly knows this: She didn't get the chance to scream before her world went black.
Late Evening
Jack just arrived at home as he saw Arcee inside of his garage.
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.
He opened up the envelope and a communicator fell out of the envelope, "Hello, Jack," Silas said from the communicator and Arcee transformed.
"Silas," she growled.
"What is it? What's going on?" he sputtered.
"M.E.C.H." She explained.
"They know where I live?" Jack said with confusion.
"We know things about your family that even you don't know," Silas said, "For example do you know where your mother is?"
"What did you-" Jack was about to say
"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 and Arcee to follow the GPS coordinates programmed into this communicator. They'll lead you to the temporary facility I've set up."
"Ratchet? Arcee said, activating her comlink only to get a processor ache and screamed in pain, clutching her head, hoping the excruciating sensations would vanish.
"Arcee!" He cried with worry as he rushed over to his guardian.
"Did I not mention our communicator scrambles the signal and your brains. Any break in communication or any attempt to reach the other autobots or Miss Darby… well, I wouldn't want to feel responsible for the outcome," Silas finished.
...
It took seconds for them to be driving around the town following the coordinates provided by Silas. There was so much that could go wrong and so many chances to screw up. Jack was scared for his mother. He did not want to think of what could happen to her if he failed.
"If anything happens to her because of my connection to all of this…" Jack said with fear and worry of his mother dying as he followed the GPS on the communicator from Silas.
"Jack, Mech is only interested in me," Arcee reassured him, "Once they get what they want, they'll let your mom go."
As Silas heard all of this though his own communicator, he smirked to himself. Oh, if only Arcee knew how right and wrong she was. She was right about them only being interested in her. Jack and June were just bonuses to them. But she was wrong about them letting their hostage go when all of this was over.
"That's not exactly reassuring," Jack told her, "You're family too, your sister can be considered family as well."
When Arcee turned that corner, they saw that they had arrived at the coordinates. They saw that it was an abandoned factory located on the outskirts of Jasper. Upon first initial look, neither of them could tell what kind of factory this once was. But he didn't care. All that mattered was meeting M.E.C.H. and finding out what they want.
...
The Warehouse - 9:00 P.M.
As soon as Arcee came to a stop inside the warehouse within the factory, Jack found dozens of lasers hovering over his body. They were target lasers. From M.E.C.H. operatives. Obviously, if he made a wrong move or said the wrong words, they would be shot immediately and any hope of rescuing June would die with him.
"So, what's the plan?" He asked Arcee.
"The usual," she answered.
Slowly, Arcee began edging forward towards Silas who stood there looking smug. Arcee gained speed, performing a wheelie as she drove forward. M.E.C.H. began shooting at him as Arcee, Jack ran over an operative. She drove into another warehouse. One with much better lighting. Immediately, Jack climbed off of Arcee and tossed his helmet aside.
"Mum?!" Jack called out.
"Looking for June?" Airachnid said from the ceiling, and Arcee transformed.
"She's hanging around here somewhere," Airachnid tormented.
"Airachnid!" Arcee growled before getting shot with Airachnid's sticky spider webs from her hands, which covered her entire torso, pinning her arms to the sides of her torso on both sides, she immediately began struggling against the webs but it was too strong and thick for her to break through.
"What's she doing here?" Jack demanded.
"Help them. Please. They're human like you," Arcee begged desperately, "You can't let Airachnid-!"
"A few human lives are a small price to pay for a miracle of science like yourself," Silas retorted, smugly.
With those words said, a M.E.C.H. operative shot a tranquilizer at the Autobot. Arcee cried out in pain as electric shocks filled her and burned at her nerves. Unable to stand any longer, Arcee fell onto her side on the ground unconscious.
"Arcee!" Jack said with worry.
"You and I will have a private session later," Arachnid told the unconscious Arcee, "Promise."
"Gentlemen," Silas said and two M.E.C.H agents approached the teenager and took the communicator and his phone from him before walking back to Silas.
"I'm still learning about humankind, but one thing is clear to me, Jack, you people care deeply about family," Airachnid told him, "Therefore the sweetest revenge I could possibly devise would be to make you watch as I take your family apart."
"If you hurt my mother-" Jack began to threaten.
"You remember how much I enjoy sport, don't you, Jack? So I'll give you the opportunity to save your mother. I've stashed her close by," Airachnid began explaining as she pointed to the clock behind her, "If you can rescue her before the stroke of twelve, I will let both of you go unharmed. Deal?"
"And if I can't?" Jack demanded.
"What do you think?" Airachnid retorted as she backed away.
"Please! Don't let her do this! Let us go! We won't tell anyone!" Jack pleaded as he clung to Silas' shirt.
"Enough!" Silas snapped as he shoved Jack away hard enough to knock him to the ground.
"Yes, Jack. Man up already," Airachnid teased before turning to the clock, "Six minutes?"
That was all Jack needed. He stood up and took off running from the warehouse. Airachnid and Silas watched on, impressed. Their plan was falling into place. Their satisfaction only grew as they heard Jack's desperate pants and calls.
"Mom? Mom!"
...
"Now, I know we promised the spider bot that she would have first crack at you, but something tells me that she plans to turn our mutual crisscross into a double-cross," Silas remarked to the unconscious Arcee. He knew that Airachnid was NOT to be trusted. Even if she actually decides to let them live after this, who's to say that she won't go after them again in the near future.
"Silas, we don't have the means of transplanting it right now," one of the operatives informed him.
"We'll have to cut and run," Silas declared, "Open her up."
...
Minutes have flown by. Jack now had just under two minutes to find his mother and rescue her. His legs shot painful sensations all over his body. His lungs burnt in protest. And his heart pumped faster. Both from adrenaline and the workout Jack was giving his body as he raced all around the factory trying to find June. He felt Airachnid all around him. His own senses were tingling in fear. The hair on his arms and the back of his neck were standing on end from intense fear. Just when he was ready to give up, he saw Airachnid standing there looking smug. She only pointed behind her. Jack saw a water tower of some sorts. A white substance was hanging from the top of the bars supporting the tower. Webs. Peaking out among the substance was a black dot. He immediately knew. Jack didn't need to hear anymore.
"Mom!" Jack yelled as he took off running towards the tower, "Mom!"
"Jack?" June gasped as she slowly came to.
Jack immediately ran to one of the support beams of the tower. It wasn't enough. But it would have to do if he wanted to reach his mother before the deadline. Airachnid just stood there looking smug and amused. She knew he wouldn't make it. It would take too long for him to climb and reach her. Let alone rescue her. So she jumped up ahead of Jack, ready to surprise him upon arrival.
Jack continued to climb the ladder to reach the top of the tower. His fingers burnt. His palms were slick with sweat. And breathing became even more difficult. But he didn't care. Nothing separated a child from his or her mother. Not even giant robots from another planet that can kill him in an instant.
"Jack! What are you doing here?" June cried as Jack ran to her, "Who are these people? How did I get in this…stuff?"
"Don't worry, mum. I'm going to get you out," Jack promised.
Suddenly, June began gasping and whimpering in absolute fear. Familiar hissing and chuckling could be heard. That was when Jack knew. It was Airachnid. Jack recalled the deal they had made.
"Jack? The robots are real?" June gasped fearfully.
"I beat your deadline!" Jack proclaimed.
"Afraid not, Jack! The task wasn't for you to find your mother by midnight. You had to Rescue her!" Airachnid corrected.
Jack realized that Airachnid was indeed right. And he also realized something else as the final seconds ticked by.
"And time's up!" Airachnid declared as the clock reached midnight, "Now…"
Airachnid shot a small amount of web at her human enemy. Jack cried out as he suddenly felt himself falling to the ground. He sat up and tried to stand. However, he found himself unable to do that action. He looked down and saw that Airachnid's web was pinning his hand to the walkway near the bars on the railings. Immediately, Jack began struggling, hoping to loosen them enough to allow his hand to easily slip out. But it's not an easy task.
"Take a seat, sit back, relax and enjoy the horror show."
...
Back inside the warehouse, Silas watched the events unfold through security footage. Behind him, numerous operatives worked to free Arcee from her sticky binds. But for Silas, they were going to slow. Much too slow for his liking.
"Make haste, gentlemen. And don't worry about making a mess," Silas advised.
...
"You know, Jack. She's your mum. Why should I have all the fun? So you get to choose. Agonizing or excruciating?" Airachnid offered her choices to Jack.
Jack felt as if he was about to cough up his insides. The thoughts of the gruesome activities Airachnid could do to his mother made him feel sick in the stomach. The sight that made him even more sick was the acid drooling from Airachnid's mouth. Some landed on the walkway and rail bars and began to incinerate both.
"No!" June whimpered as Jack ripped a metal bar free.
M.E.C.H. were certainly making haste at cutting through the webs that was trapping Arcee as she regained conscious "Jack, your mother wants to know. Don't leave her dangling," she heard Airachnid say from the footage Silas was watching.
"You monster!" June shouted at Airachnid, "Stop this!"
Arcee closed her optics as the M.E.C.H operatives finished cutting through the webs.
"We only have time to take one part. Go straight for the heart," Silas ordered.
One of the operatives activated a drill as he brought it closer to her when she snapped her optics open and swatted the drill away, and swatted the operative away. Another one approached her with a chainsaw, on the other side of the table who she swatted away as well. She kicked an operative that was standing in front of the table, who was sent flying next to Silas and two other operatives aimed guns at her. They began shooting at the femme. However, she blocked the guns ammo, transformed into her alternate mode and went to find Jack and June, to save them from Airachnid.
One of the M.E.C.H. soldiers was about to go after the two-wheeler when his boss stopped him.
"Let her go," Silas proclaimed, "No matter the outcome, the spoils will be ours."
...
Jack continued to single-handedly loosen the web trapping his hand. So far, it wasn't going so well. And the constant feeling of Airachnid looming over his shoulder did not help his dilemma. But this feeling of Airachnid looming over his shoulder was correct.
"Well, Jack, if you won't decide, I guess it's lady's choice," Airachnid said as she crawled down to the whimpering June.
"Mom, I'm sorry," Jack sobbed.
"No!" June screamed.
The familiar sound of a blue motorcycle ripped through the air with June's screams. The motorcycle transformed revealing that the motorcycle was Arcee, who yelled in determination as she kicked Airachnid away from the humans.
Jack finally freed his hand and approached the ledge to rescue his mother.
"Jack, your motorcycle?" June said as she realized that he was telling her the truth earlier.
"I can explain, Mom," he said before remembering that he told her earlier but she didn't believe him, "Wait, I already did."
...
Arcee and Airachnid continued their fight along the chutes connected the towers. Arcee did back-flips down the chute and Airachnid slowly walked towards her. Knowing that the blades have been known to be her most dangerous weapon as well as her sisters most dangerous weapon as well, Arcee deployed her blades from her arms and stood ready to fight the now ex-Decepticon who had kidnapped her, tortured her, killed her partner, Tailgate centuries ago and wanted avenge him for what she did to him.
"M.E.C.H. lost Breakdown. What were the odds they could hold onto you?" Airachnid asked her rhetorically.
The fight officially started there for Arcee and Airachnid. Arcee went to jump and attack her from behind. But Airachnid grabbed her with her spider claws and threw her in front of her once again. Arcee ran up to Airachnid and started swinging at her. There were some hits Airachnid was able to block. However, there were some hits that Airachnid was unable to block. Such as the kick where Arcee knocked Airachnid to the chute next to her and jumped down in front of her.
However, this time, Airachnid gained the upper hand over the Autobot femme. With one slap, Arcee fell and rolled on the ground before standing once again. She back flipped away from Airachnid and began climbing the tower. Airachnid immediately followed. The two managed to sustain some hits during the climb. The situation escalated when Airachnid began firing laser beams from her hands. The shot rocked the tower and caused the walkway holding June to bend. Jack almost fell off, but he managed to grab the ledge tight.
"Jack!" June cried.
"Mom!" Jack cried.
"Jack!" June wailed as Airachnid climbed closer to her.
Arcee jumped from the other side of the tower and attacked Airachnid who knocked her off, causing the autobot to nearly fall over the edge towards the ground. Thankfully, she grabbed the railing and pulled herself up over the edge before fighting Airachnid once again.
"Jack pulled himself back up onto the walkway, he accidentally activated a switch that was nearby on the controls, he heard a lurching sound just behind him and saw one of the chutes and saw concrete spilling out and into one of the towers, causing him to think of an idea.
Arcee and Airachnid continued their little fight, oblivious to Jack's plan Airachnid hit Arcee hard enough to knock her over the edge of the tower. But she didn't fall. She grabbed one of the railings and climbed back up, dodging Airachnid's hits. Arcee jumped in the air, flipped and went down feet-first on top of Airachnid, knocking her into one of the concrete containers below. Arcee then jumped onto a pipe and looked at Jack who was standing at the controls. She winked her left optic at him and Jack made some changes to the control system. He activated the concrete-pouring mechanism and Arcee kicked the pipe until it was over Airachnid. Airachnid looked up and realized what was about to happen.
Airachnid screamed and sat up as the concrete was poured all over her. She began to fight the effects. But there was nothing that she could do. The concrete had already begun to set and Airachnid was frozen like a statue. Unable to move. Her purple eyes still glowed among the dull grey that outlined her body.
Arcee looked at Airachnid, covered in concrete, as she finally avenged Tailgate and countless species that she hunted to extinction.
"Jack!" She heard June scream for Jack's help.
Arcee immediately turned to see that June was still hanging in webs from the tower in fear. As Arcee went to rescue her, the concrete encasing Airachnid cracked as Airachnid began to work to set herself free from encasement. However, Arcee was oblivious as she began to climb the tower.
"Hang on, June," Arcee said.
Suddenly, a web grabbed her from behind and pulled her to the ground. Arcee fell with a surprised yell. And when she landed, Airachnid's webs pinned her down, leaving her unable to stand. Airachnid chuckled as her concrete form stood over her vulnerable captive.
Suddenly they heard helicopters whirring above them. Everyone looked up and saw three helicopters rapidly approaching the scene. Leading the pack of helicopters was Agent Fowler himself.
"Aim for the creepy crawly," Fowler ordered his men.
The soldier next to him pressed a red button on the helicopter's control stick and the helicopter began shooting at Airachnid, the rest of the helicopters followed. They went all across the ground, slowly heading towards Airachnid. She grunted as she tried to shield herself from the pelting bullets.
...
Silas watched as Fowler and his men were shooting at Airachnid. Honestly he was confused and angry. He was angry over their plans being spoiled and that they were found so easily by Fowler and his men. But what confused him is how Fowler had managed to find them so easily.
"How did they find us?" Silas asked. That was when it dawned on him. He felt around his pockets. And he put the two and two together.
*Flashback*
Moments Earlier, after trapping Arcee, Jack was begging for Silas to let them go, "You can let us go. We won't tell anyone." He swore as he clung to Silas' chest armor.
But as Silas swatted him away, Jack discreetly reached for his pockets and took his communicator. When he was clear he used the communicator to contact Agent Fowler.
*End of Flashback*
Back in the present, Jack held Silas' communicator, "Thanks for coming, Agent Fowler," he spoke to Fowler with the communicator.
"If I'd known 'Cons were involved, I would have called in Prime," Fowler remarked.
"That might have been too much for Mom to handle in one night," Jack retorted.
Fowler nodded in understanding as he and his men continued to fire at Airachnid. She continued to defend herself. Dust began to build up around her. The dust blocked their target so Fowler and his men ceased fire. Well… that and they ran out of projectiles.
When the dust cleared, Airachnid was clear from the concrete casing. Her purple optics turned green as she scans Fowler's helicopter with her scanners. Fowler was annoyed that a Decepticon was scanning a government-issue aircraft to use as their vehicular mode... again!
"Argh! Not again!" Fowler exclaimed in annoyance as he pounded his thigh.
Inside the warehouse, Silas watched with interest as Airachnid scanned her new vehicular mode. He was amazed at how easily they adapted to the planet's technology… with a few of their own modifications of course. He watched as Airachnid jumped into the air and transformed into her new Alternate mode for the first time, a black helicopter resembling an RAH-66 Comanche.
"No!" Arcee screamed as she saw Airachnid fly away.
...
M.E.C.H watched as Airachnid flies away.
"So that's how it's done. Genius," Silas remarked as he shut down the footage. With a click, the lights went out and Silas was gone.
...
Moments later, Jack and June were sitting on a crate on the ground. After Arachnid and Silas made their escapes, Fowler and his men worked to free June and Arcee. June had a blue blanket over her upper body, and was shaken up concerning the whole experience she had gone through with the kidnapping and her captors dragging Jack into this. But Jack knew that she would get over it eventually and everything would return to the way things were.
"Mrs. Darby, I'm Special Agent William Fowler," Fowler said approaching them, "It's time you knew the truth. For the past several months, Jack has been interning for me at the Agency," Fowler went on trying to cover up what was really going on.
"Agent Fowler, Mom's not gonna buy it," Jack told him.
"He's got that right," June agreed with her son.
"Agent Fowler," one of Fowler's men called, approaching him.
"Let me guess, without a trace," Fowler guessed, the soldier nodded with confirmation, "Argh!" Fowler walks away with irritation.
Arcee approaches Jack and June, "And she would be your…" June asked him.
He stood up, "Motorcycle, Guardian, Autobot, Friend," Jack listed as Arcee knelt before them.
"Call me Arcee," she said.
"Thank you, Arcee," June said.
"I think it's time for that ride you once made me promise," Jack said.
The Next Morning - 8:30 A.M.
The next day, Arcee drove into the Autobot base with Jack and his mother. June then saw everyone in the place - Miko, Raf, Leo, Bumblebee, Blue Jacket, Blowout, Hubcap and Ratchet. She then sees Optimus Prime, the Commander of the Autobots.
June took off her helmet as Arcee stopped in front of both Optimus and her sister, "Mom, meet my Science-Fiction club," Jack said.
Team Prime crowded around Arcee, Jack and June to greet them. Miko, Leo and Raf stood on the ground with them. Everyone was smiling. Nervously, June smiled and waved at them.
And that's the end! The next chapter will come up sooner or later! Anyways, I'll try to get back to the Wreckers Unite story once I deal with some real-life stuff. I do get to go to the I-Fly place next weekend so I might not come back to write, heh. Once more, I gotta thank B-128 for everything... And for being my best friend! Merry Christmas, best buddy!
Also, check out my other stories while y'all wait! I'm still going to help my friend with his story once his other friends show up to do it as well.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MAY GOD BLESS US ALL!