Three days have passed since Orion Pax left Nemesis. It had been three days since Arcee was still in stasis after the repairs to heal her injury. Soundwave went to Arcee again, just like the days before.
He walked through Nemesis and thought about everything. In the past three days they had lost one Decepticon relic of the spark vacuum, but had regained a valuable relic of the original thirteen Primes. They obtained the hammer of Solus Prime and as they obtained it, they also took it to the warehouse with the other weapons, since the hammer was activated only by the power of Prime.
Soundwave entered the Medbay and saw that both Knockout and Breakdown had their backs turned, but when he looked at the place where Arcee was supposed to be, she wasn't there.
"Where is she?" Soundwave asked in Megatron's voice and both Breakdown and Knockout almost jumped out of their frames when they heard the voice, but when they turned around they only saw Soundwave.
Knockout went to look at the place where Arcee was supposed to be lying, already awakened from stasis, but when he turned around, she wasn't there. Knockout's sled slowly fell. when did she leave He turned to Breakdown, who had a similar expression, and then to the silent mech. Knockout laughed nervously and didn't know what to say. But Soundwave just turned and walked away. Knockout breathed a sigh of relief, he knew he wasn't going to polish anything today.
Soundwave marched Nemesis and had an idea where Arcee might be. He entered the room where both his and her workplaces were, and she stood there with her hands on the keyboard as she began to decode other coordinates.
Soundwave took off his visor and walked over to her. She probably didn't notice him when she continued, or she just ignored him, because she knew he didn't like to disobey the doctor's orders, even if it was Knockout. He put his hand to hers, but still she didn't stop and her optics were going at a high speed. He grabbed her hand when she finally looked at him.
"Arcee, what are you doing here?" Soundwave asked, looking at her. Her wound that she received from Orion Pax, or later Optimus Prime, had already completely healed, but she had a big scar.
"Helping you with the decoded" she replied and was about to go back to the coordinates when her and Soundwave's communicator activated .
"Soundwave is needed on the bridge" was the voice of Breakdown. Soundwave turned to Arcee.
"Come with me when you can" Soundwave said as he put on his visor and started walking towards the bridge. Arcee sighed and followed him. They came to the bridge and there stood Megatron in his usual confident and proud pose. Megatron turned to him and both Arcee and Soundwave bowed respectfully.
"Soundwave, Arcee I'm glad you're both here we captured a beacon from one of the Decepticons" Megatron announced. Soundwave went to the left side and Arcee stood on his right side. She knew it was Airachnid's place, but she wasn't there at the moment, so Arcee replaced her.
A few minutes later, a tall and massive seeker, blue and yellow with bright red optics, entered the bridge. He walked over to Megatron and knelt down like she had done a few months ago.
"Lord Megatron, I live to serve you" the seeker said and Arcee continued to look at him.
"Stand up, Dreadwing, you don't see that kind of devotion that often, at least not from as many soldiers as it used to," Megatron said, and Dreadwing looked into his optics and didn't make eye contact.
"Mine is deep and right though, but I didn't come here just out of loyalty anyway" Dreadwing said looking at Arcee and then back at Megatron.
"Really?" Megatron asked, watching every movement of the Dreadwing's optics.
"I came to confirm that the one I used to call brother has seriously bonded with the All Spark" Dreadwing said and Megatron was surprised that he knew about it.
"And how did you learn of your brother's death?" Megatron asked.
"My twin and I share sparks, each in our body, but only one life force, and across the galaxy I felt when he woke up from stasis and when his spark was extinguished for good," Dreadwing said, lowering his gaze to the ground.
Megatron turned to Soundwave and on his visor played a recording of the day Skyquake came out of stasis and was killed by the Autobots.
"That's right, Skyquake died at the hands of the Autobots, but no longer under my command" Megatron said and Starscream's face appeared on the visor.
"And that's why I swear that every Autobot on this damn world will pay for this," Dreadwing said as he frowned even more.
"The Autobots and other traitors will pay for this when he sees fit" Megatron said and Dreadwing immediately began to protest when Megatron cut him off "a meeting of interest always results in chaos and disappointment, you should remember that very well, Dreadwing!" You are under my command now and you will follow my orders" Megatron said and Dreadwing kept his head up.
Dreadwing later left and everyone returned to their workplace. Arcee tried to decode, but her thoughts kept going to Dreadwing, she didn't know why, but she had an idea that this time he would disobey Megatron's order and go his own way, just to avenge his brother.
Arcee stepped away from the monitors and Soundwave looked at her.
"I'll be back in a moment, I'm just going to see something," she said and quickly left the room. She continued walking when she came to Dreadwing's door which was open and she heard him contact a marauder named Wheeljack. Arcee smirked under her mask, she hadn't seen this Wheeljack in a long time. Arcee leaned against the door frame and waited for Dreadwing to turn around.
When it happened, he was surprised that he didn't even hear her come.
"What do you want femme?" he asked as he checked his gun and explosives.
"You want revenge, let me go with you, I won't mount your revenge, I'll just watch from the back" said Arcee and didn't move from her place.
"No, this is not for femmes like you," Dreadwing said forcefully and Arcee nodded as she approached him and looked into his glasses.
"And what kind of femme do you think I am?" Arcee asked narrowing her eyes on his. Dreadwing couldn't see her full face and couldn't tell if she was smirking or if she meant it.
"A femme who stands as Megatron's second in command but won't get off the ship to fight" Dreadwing said as he moved closer to her face.
"It's a shame that this description fits on the second lady's ship. Say seeker commander Dreadwing, what does he know about a Decepticon who never appeared before Lord Megatron?" Arcee asked as she turned her gaze on Dreadwing. Dreadwing began to remember how his twin was possessed by her and wanted to capture her and then all the things that then she , blue, Iaconaň, wings, pink highlights, mask for the lower part of the face, blue optics.
"You're the Decepticon" Dreadwing said as he walked in "you can but you'll be left behind, Wheeljack is mine" Dreadwing said and Arcee set it straight very quickly.
"I can't promise you that, I can promise you that I'll leave you a scout or a doctor, but I can't promise you that on the Wreckers or on the Prime," said Arce, she followed him, Dreadwing looked at her, but when she didn't react to it, she kept silent. they continued.
They came to a dark forest and Arcee watched as Dreadwing prepared explosives on the walls of a small canyon.
Another few minutes passed and Arcee did as she said she would be in the background and Dreadwing stood in the center of the small area. He stood there and before long a white marauder came. They exchanged a few words before both threw the bombs and they exploded. Wheeljack then attacked with his swords, but Dreadwing started to run away and slowly set off the bombs that were on the walls of the canyon.
Then she noticed the green clumsy intruder. She let Dreadwing appear, and for a moment, where Bulkhead stood before, there was only a destroyed place, and both vandals were under a rock.
Arcee returned to Dreadwing as he dug up Bulkhead and just as another signal appeared and Arcee coded it around as Optimus Prime signal.
Both Arcee and Dreadwing carried the heavy marauder to the port where the containers were and high enough to maneuver around.
Dreadwing cuffed Bulkhead to the container and timed him. Dreadwing left, but Arcee stayed there, waiting for the marauder to start waking up. Bulkhead opened the optics and was waiting for everyone but her.
"What's it like to be a marauder in this situation?" Arcee asked and came closer to his face she was a little shorter than him but still taller than the scout.
"What do you want?" he asked and Arcee smirked again under the mask.
"This isn't mine, it's someone else's, I just added, I'll wait and watch your energy on the ground," Arcee whispered into the receiver when she heard the voices and went to hide.
She saw and heard Prime and Wheeljack arrive. Bulkhead immediately told them that Arcee was also there and they were even more careful.
A few minutes passed, she saw Dreadwing talking to someone and that's exactly why he lost sight of Prime. Optimus had a small speech to Dreadwing, which he didn't take as usual and started shooting. Dreadwing ran and tried to destroy Prime. While the other two mechs were doing what they were doing, Bulkhead managed to free his arms and started running in different directions. Wheeljack followed very quickly.
She saw how Dreadwing got caught in Prime's trap and had to agree to help the Autobots and disconnect the bomb, but let the ones he left all over the port explode. He then ran away and the Autobots shot at him.
Arcee stood on one of the containers and walked through the fire, the first to notice her was Prime. Optimus looked into her optics. Arcee disappeared in the fire and started to run, Optimus chasing after her. Arcee stopped where Bulkhead was originally cuffed. Optimus caught up to her and was looking at her back and saw her wings moving.
"Arcee" he addressed her and she turned to look at him.
"Prime" she said and Optimus looked her up and down as he stopped by her stomach. She had a freshly boiled wound there. Arcee was noticing the look.
"You're looking at what you left me," said Arcee, and Optimus looked at her with horrified eyes.
"I didn't mean to, I don't remember, I'm sorry I-" he didn't finish when Arcee cut him off.
"I don't want your apology, you can save that for your adopted son, just watch your back, you never know if you have an enemy behind you," Arcee said as she slowly started walking away.
Optimus stood there for a moment as he was about to go after her. He caught up with her, but when he went to grab her hand, she transformed and left with screeching tires. She drove for a few more minutes when she called the underground bridge to Nemesis.
Arcee was walking after Nemesis when she got to the room where Dreadwing was. She went in and picked up a random weapon that was lying on the table and it was a knife in one hand. Dreadwing watched her with an interesting look.
"This will stay between you and me, no one will know that you save an Autobot's life instead of killing it! Arcee said in a harsh tone, even harsher than Megatron had ever given as she stuck the small knife into the metal plate and it got stuck.
Arcee left the room, leaving only a scowling Dreadwing. When she got to her workplace, which she left a few hours ago.
She stood in front of the monitors and picked up where she left off. She didn't know how long she stood there, but she stopped when she felt a familiar touch on her shoulder.
"You've been here since you left Dreadwing and it's been a few hours," Soundwave said. Arcee sighed, she wanted to finish these coordinates but probably needed to recharge.
Arcee took her hands off the keyboard and looked at Soundwave. She walked over to the wall, sat down on the floor and leaned back.
"Arcee," Soundwave said, his blue optics engulfing her. Arcee pulled her knees to her chest and had absurd thoughts, but what if those thoughts were true, what if Lockdown was right then.
She raised her eyes and looked at him "do you like me or are you just doing it out of obligation to know me?" She asked as he took off his mask.
"Arcee-" he couldn't finish when she cut him off, her eyes softening.
"I don't want to talk about it, just answer, do you like me or are you just doing it out of duty?" She asked as a single tear began to run down her face. Soundwave walked over to her and knelt down in front of her. He reached her cheek and wiped away a tear.
"Sweetspark I love you and I would give a spark for you, you are more than just a sparkling I found, you are my daughter, you are my sparkling femme" A wave of sound as you pulled her close and at that moment Laserbeak disconnected from his chest , so he could give Arcee more comfort. Arcee didn't hesitate for a second as she hugged him and tried to calm the tears that were falling from her eyes. Minutes passed as Arcee calmed down and fell asleep.
Soundwave looked at the femme sleeping next to him. He was surprised when she asked that question, she never, or at least he thought, never doubted that he liked her. But he stopped at one phrase "he's doing it out of duty because he knows her" he wasn't doing it out of duty, but she was probably wrong about one thing and he doesn't want to admit it either when she joined the Decepticons. He thought he knew her, but the more time he spends with her, the more he knows that this is not the little femme he sent to a neutral city.
He also knew that she was hiding something from him. She doesn't speak some part and he was planning to find out what it is and what happened in that part that turned a shy femme into a femme that kills and doesn't even blink an optic.