Welp. This is my first Transformers fanfic so let's see what happens. If I get enough reviews then I will continue this story. For my general followers who are pissed that I have not updated my ME Fanfic…..well it's because I want to get and play all the DLC first and finish ME3. That's right; to this day I still have not seen the craptacular ending to ME3.
And another thing is that my hard drive took a dump on my computer so I am borrowing this one for now. But enough about me lets begin this journey. Enjoy and please REVIEW.
Jack Darby quietly sighed as he walked through the woods closely behind his 'Partner' Arcee. He was hoping for another somewhat boring day so he could spend more time with her and just hang out. But this recon mission got in the way somewhat. I mean it was still a boring day AND they were hanging out but…it was all just neatly wrapped in the recon mission.
...
Jack sighed again.
"I really wished I packed some insect repellant. The Mosquitoes out here on this routine recon are the size of vampire bats. And they drink just about as much blood."
Arcee smirked. "Quite the outdoorsman, aren't you Jack?"
Jack paused slightly.
"You wouldn't be making fun of my Survival kit would you?"
"Maybe." Said Arcee, still glancing down at Jack.
"I know I don't have metal skin but at least I have long sleeves so they don't eat my arms off." Said Jack as a mosquito landed on his nose. He slapped his nose and let out a groan of pain as he realized he hit himself too hard.
Arcee just let out a small laugh. "Tell me how that works out for you Jack."
Jack groaned as he rubbed his nose. "Thanks for the support Arcee."
"No problem." Said Arcee as she continued to walk. Smile still slightly on her face. But it soon disappeared when the device in her hand started beeping. She walked to a small clearing and gazed at the view.
Jack walked up next to her. "What happened?" He asked in a serious tone.
"Crash landing." Said Arcee as she looked at the landscape with a frown.
"Stay behind me, low and close." She said as she made her way forward.
"Well I'll always get the low part covered." Chuckled Jack. "You know because of the height difference."
Arcee paid no attention and continued to walk forward.
Jack sighed quietly and noticed that Arcee was getting farther ahead.
"H-hey wait up!" He called out.
Arcee was ducked slightly behind a fallen tree. Jack soon joined up to her.
"Autobot or Decepticon?" Asked Jack as he took cover.
Arcee shook her head slightly. "Can't tell." She activated her blaster. "Wait here."
Jack's POV.
As I watched Arcee walk towards the ship I felt this sense of…unease.
Like I was being watched. Like Arcee was being watched.
It didn't sit well with me.
I watched her enter the ship then I scanned the area around me just to see if no one was there….which their wasn't. As far as I could tell.
A few minutes passed then I saw movement from the ship. It was Arcee.
She had a look of fear and uncertainty on her face. Something was wrong.
"Arcee?!" I asked as I ran towards her. She shook her head and seemed to snap out of her daze.
"What's wrong?" I pressed on.
She was shaking slightly. "I know who this ship belongs to."
"What?! W-well who does it belong to then?!" I asked frantically.
"Arcee to base. We need a Ground bridge ASAP." Said Arcee in a somewhat frantic tone.
Normal POV.
"Arcee what's going on?!" Asked Jack in a frantic tone. "Whose ship does this belong to?!"
"Arcee to base!" Repeated Arcee. "Scrap…..Communications are down. The ship must be sending a high frequency scrambler pulse. Just what we nee-."
Arcee suddenly froze in mid speech as her optics twitched with slight movements.
...
"I don't have the coordinates! I swear by the all spark that it's true!" Said Arcee at the figure that stepped closer and closer towards her partner Tailgate.
"I don't like to be made a fool of Arcee." Said the figure as she looked over her shoulder at Arcee. Dark purple optics meeting desperate ice blue optics. A smirk on her face.
"All of you Autobots came to this location from only one other location. Where are the coordinates?" Asked Airachnid nonchalantly.
"My team was an exception! M-my team was an exception!" Repeated Arcee. Panic rising with every word she spoke. Desperately fighting her restraints.
"Please Airachnid! Don't!" Arcee yelled out with desperation and fear.
Airachnid continued to stare at Arcee with anger filled optics and a smirk on her face before swiftly slashing the main energon lines in Tailgate's neck. All while keeping her steady gaze on Arcee's optics.
"TAILGATE!" Screamed Arcee.
"Arcee?" Asked Jack.
Arcee jumped slightly at Jack's voice.
"You zoned out. Are you alright?" Asked Jack.
Arcee grabbed her head with both of her hands. "I'll be fine." She muttered.
"Do you feel that?" Asked Jack.
"Feel what?" Muttered Arcee.
"Like we're being watched." Said Jack with a sense of uneasiness.
Arcee froze. Her optics widened and her spark rate increased.
...
"Arcee to Delta team requesting rendezvous coordinates do you copy?" Said Arcee as she ran through an exposed corridor.
"Arcee? You lost again?" Asked Tailgate. "Your sense of direction could use some improvement."
Arcee grinned. "So could your aim Tailgate. If you'd tag that sniper back at the artillery depot I wouldn't have had to break rank and engage the enemy hand to hand."
"I'm guessing you came out ahead?" Asked Tailgate.
"Well I am talking to you right now." Said Arcee. "So what do you think that would mean?"
Tailgate Chuckled. "Point taken."
"What's your position?" Asked Arcee.
"About half a click from the Depo Due north. But hurry."
"What's the matter?" Asked Arcee. As soon as the words left her mouth she felt a wave of unease spread over her. Someone was there.
"I just have this feeling… like I'm being watched." Said Tailgate.
Right before Arcee could respond she was attacked by an unknown force.
...
Arcee blinked and she was right back in the forest with Jack.
She frantically eyed Jack.
"No." She whispered.
Arcee then turned herself into her alt form. A blue motorcycle.
"Get on!" She said with authority.
"B-but…." Started Jack.
"NOW!" Yelled Arcee totally startling Jack.
Jack did what he was told. He never seen Arcee this Angry and Scared before. And it was making him feel more panicked.
"Arcee please just tell me what's going on!" Yelled Jack as Arcee plowed through the forest as fast as the terrain could let her.
"Arcee to base!" Yelled Arcee.
Static.
"SCRAP!" Roared Arcee. "JUST WORK SLAG IT! WORK!"
Jack's POV.
Arcee was losing it. I-I didn't what to do…..what to say.
I didn't even know why she was acting like this. That's what scared me the most.
But I couldn't be scared….no…not now…..Arcee needs me…..I need to see if I can help her.
"Arcee please! What's going on?! Why are you like this?!" I asked with a more steady voice than before.
But Arcee just continued to speed through the forest. Ignoring my questions.
I grit my teeth and squeezed her brakes. I had enough of being ignored.
"ARCEE!" I roared as we skidded to a halt.
As soon as she stopped. I jumped off and threw my helmet on the ground.
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what in the hell is going on!" I yelled. Body trembling.
Arcee transformed and looked at me with wide optics.
"J-jack please. I'll you at the base but please I need to get you out of here." Said Arcee with considerably less of a panicked edge to her voice. But the edge was still there.
"Why?" I asked. "I can help you! We're partne-!"
"WE ARE NOT PARTNERS!" Screamed Arcee. Stunning me.
...
"Funny." Someone called out.
We both froze and turned out heads slowly towards the voice.
"Because it seems to me that you two are exactly that." Chuckled the Female voice.
There stood was another figure, as tall as Arcee but almost completely black. She had a white face with two black streaks under her optics. Her dark purple optics.
She also had spider legs coming from her back in addition to her to normal ones and two predominate horns on her head.
Normal POV.
"Airachnid!" Snarled Arcee.
"Small universe Arcee. How have you been?" She smiled.
"Shut up." Spat Arcee.
"Ohhh. Feisty." Grinned Airachnid. "I've missed you as well Arcee. And….."
Airachnid then placed her attention on Jack.
"…..I see you found yourself a new partner."
Jack tensed as Airachnid optics bored into his very being.
"Already needed to be with company so soon after Cliffjumper?" Said Airachnid with a fake pout as she slowly circled the duo.
Arcee tensed and whipped her head towards Airachnid.
"How did-." Began Arcee.
"Please." Said Airachnid. "That little tidbit of info had been passed onto every deception channel there is. Although I would have hoped that I would be the one to snuff Cliffjumper's spark for the pleasure of seeing your reaction but…I guess Starscream beat me to it." Shrugged Airachnid.
Arcee's Optics widened.
"It was Starscream?" She asked.
"Of course it was." Said Airachnid. Her face showing a small scowl. "The fool couldn't stop talking about it."
Arcee grit her denta in rage. Jack looked worriedly up to her. "Arcee?" Asked Jack.
Airachnid froze in mid step. A sudden chill went up her spine.
'What was that?' She asked herself as she eyed Jack.
She instantly composed herself.
"But enough about your 'other' offlined partner. Let's talk about the one you have now." Said Arachnid in a cheery sarcastic voice.
"Because after I left the Deceptions I made my way across the universe and made quite a name for myself. Much more then I could have made whilst in the Decepticons. So I took to hunting."
"Yeah. I saw your little collection on the ship." Said Arcee with disdain.
"Did you like it?" Asked Airachnid with a 'hopeful' voice.
Arcee scoffed.
"Oh please Arcee…..don't be like that."
Airachnid then looked at Jack.
"After all I have a place on my wall that's just begging for your head."
Arcee tensed and whipped her helm towards Jack.
"JACK RUN!" Screamed Arcee before Running at Airachnid with her blades extended.
Jack meanwhile didn't need to be told twice as he ran away from the fight up a steep hill. The sounds of clashing blades echoed through the woods.
...
"You will NOT touch him Airachnid." Roared Arcee as she punched Airachnid to the ground. "I will destroy you if it's the last thing I do!"
Airachnid however countered Arcee's attack.
"Well I've heard that one before." Mocked Airachnid as she kicked Arcee into a tree.
"I've heard it far too many times from far too many people." Airachnid then shot a web. Pinning Arcee against the tree.
"However they are always wrong." She walked closer to Arcee who was desperately trying to fight against the web she was in.
"Especially you Arcee." Said Airachnid as she circled Arcee. "Because the last thing you will do is watch as Jack gets…gutted. Right. In front of you." Airachnid's face got closer to Arcee's as she said the last part of her speech.
"If you touch him I'll-" Yelled Arcee.
"You'll what?" Chuckled Airachnid. "Struggle me to death?"
Arcee continued to struggle against the webs that held her against the tree.
"You won't get away with this!"
Airachnid chuckled and raised one of her legs against Arcee's neck and whispered.
"But I already have."
Time froze for Arcee.
'Not again. Not again. Please not again. I couldn't save him. Jack…..please…..not again.'
Jack reached the top of the hill and quickly turned around to see Arcee pinned to a tree with Airachnid slowly closing in on her.
Jack's POV.
I was freaking out. I needed to do something. I thought that Arcee could break away from the webs easily but that wasn't the case. She was trapped.
I grabbed my phone and checked for the signal.
"Scrap. Still nothing!" I cursed.
I then saw Airachnid lift one of her legs close to Arcee's neck.
I froze and my instincts took control.
"HEY!" I yelled out. "LEAVE HER ALONE!"
Normal POV.
Arcee froze. 'Jack? Why was he still here?'
Arcee looked at the top of the hill and she saw Jack glairing at the two of them, specifically Airachnid.
"LEAVE JACK! G-GET AWAY-" But Arcee stopped her speech short as she saw Airachnid.
Airachnid hadn't moved an inch since Jack interrupted her. Her optics were shaking slightly and she had her mouth parted slightly, she had a look of uncertainty to her, one could even say that she had a look of pain to her face. She stepped back from Arcee slowly. Her whole body was now trembling. Arcee watched with confusion as Airachnid continued to slowly walk back from her before stopping. She slowly turned around to look at Jack with wide eyes. Arcee tensed.
"JACK RUN!" She screamed.
"That voice….." Whispered Airachnid. Her whole body felt like it was encased in ice. "…..I've heard that voice before."
Jack's POV.
I cursed my instincts as I watched Airachnid slowly walk towards me. I backed up and turned around to run before I realized that I had basically trapped myself into a small group of large rocks. Fantastic.
A black object smashed against the rock wall next to my head. I flinched as Airachnids remaining legs trapped any chance I had of leaving. Airachnid's face got closer and closer to mine. I held my breath and closed my eyes, waiting for the inevitable. Arcee's screams of strength against the webs that held her were the only thing that could be heard for miles.
Nothing happened.
I opened my eyes.
Airachnid was staring at me, however her optics were…..different. They were….. soft and uncertain. Her mouth was trembling ever so slightly.
But then she clutched her helm with her hands.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME!?" She roared out as she sent one of her legs smashing against the rock cliff I was currently leaned against. Inches from my head. I yelped out. Another leg was shooting towards my head dead on but it stopped, inches from hitting. The leg was trembling violently.
"WHY CAN'T I ALLOW MYSELF TO KILL YOU?!" She continued with Rage.
Suddenly Airachnid was sent flying as Arcee punched her in the face.
"Arcee!" I yelled out as I ran next to her.
"That voice…." Snarled Airachnid as she got back up. Staring at me. "…..where have I heard that voice?! Who are you?!"
Normal POV.
Airachnid pointed her servo at Jack. "Why can't I kill you!?"
Suddenly an explosion rocketed the ground. Everyone turned to the source.
"My Ship!" Yelled Airachnid.
Then out of nowhere a yellow and black muscle car, a green truck and a red and blue semi shot out from the forest in the direction from the blast. They landed and transformed in front of Arcee.
"You guys." Said Jack with relief.
"Are you two alright?" Asked the red and blue mech, Optimus Prime. As he stared at Airachnid.
"I'm not complaining." Said Arcee with a tired and relieved voice.
The yellow and black mini mech Bumblebee let out some beeps and whirrs.
"Jack is alright as well." Replied Arcee.
...
Airachnid let out a hiss and pointed to the direction of her flaming ship.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?!" She yelled.
"Actually we do." Replied the green bulky mech. Bulkhead. "Your ship was leaking energon like it was its job. So after we discovered who the ship belonged to we decided to give it a makeover by igniting your spilled fuel so…Surprise." Said Bulkhead with a grin.
Airachnid was shaking with Rage, she knew she was outnumbered. But then she saw Jack and she seemed to calm down a little bit before snapping back into reality.
'What's wrong with me?!' She thought as she looked at her shaking servos. 'Why does this human seem so familiar?!'
Her head snapped back up to look at her opponents before she roared and shot at the Autobots and then the ground in front of her. A huge amount of dust was lifted and she took that opportunity to escape into the ground.
Arcee ran towards the hole and began shooting down it, hoping to land a hit.
None did.
"Arcee." Called Optimus as he walked up behind her.
"Cease your fire Arcee. Airachnid has escaped for now."
Arcee yelled and fell on her knees before smashing her servo against the ground, creating a sizable crack.
"SLAG IT!" She yelled before energon tears began to trickle her optics. "Slag it." She repeated much quieter.
Optimus sighed and commd the base.
"Ratchet. We need a ground bridge."