Good evening boys and Ghouls, welcome to the final chapter of Nightmare on Wings!

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Detroit 7:22 PM. October 31st

Bumblebee looked down the hallway, listening for the sound of Ratchet's blow torch. Hearing it Bee raced across the hallway. His yellow paint job now had red covering most of it, with yellow still evident in a few places, such as his face mask.

Bee raced over to a door and pushed it open. The door had been closed for over a year now, for a good reason. Bee stepped into the room and shivered. He looked around. Dust that was on everything, except the tree. Prowl's tree. Bumblebee stared up at it as he began to maneuver past it, but he felt a strange pang of guilt. Then he began to feel like something was amiss; like he wasn't alone. He looked around, before making a mad dash through a hole and landing outside.

"Okay... that was spooky…" He mumbled to himself as he began to walk toward the road. If he transformed and took off the whole plan would be busted, so for the moment he had to keep walking.

Unbeknownst to Bumblebee, a pale blue figure watched him from within the tree, a small smile on its face. Some things never change, the specter thought as it faded away.

Five minutes later, Bumblebee roared toward the Sumdac towers parking lot, transforming as he got there and sliding to make sure he wasn't heard.

"I am good, and early as well!" Bee said as he checked his time.

"Are you trying to get caught?" He turned as heard Sari's voice. She wore an outfit that was cream- and orange-colored with small boots, a cream hat, orange gloves, and a small cream cape around her shoulders.

"Sari." Bee said as she walked over. "You look…uh…cute, I thought you were going to be something scary"

Sari giggled. "Well, I recently got hooked on this old anime; I think the character's name is Hazuki..." She trailed off.

"I can't pronounce the last name." Sari admitted as she looked him over. "You're not exactly scary either, 'Tony'." She said with a laugh. Bee rolled his optics.

"This is the best I can do last minute!" Bee defended as he bent down to pick her up.

Sari hopped into his hand and then was lifted up to his shoulder.

"So how many houses do you think we can hit in one hour?" She asked playfully. Bumblebee smirked.

"Let's find out!" He said with a grin.

Detroit 8:20 PM.

Nightstrike hissed as he unfurled his wings. The sun had finally gone down, allowing him to hunt once more. He cursed his sensitive optics as he flew over Detroit. They were the reason he was forced to flee when the sun came out, but said optics had plenty of uses.

As he flew over Detroit, his optics began to scan the area, searching desperately for an energy signature. He vaulted across rooftops, hoping to find something, anything that could-

Suddenly he spotted something and swooped in low to have a closer look. His optics scanned. Yes there he was: the yellow Autobot. Nightstrike swooped overhead, landing on the roof opposite Bumblebee. He gazed down at him and licked his fangs. He had burned off all of the fuel from Optimus and Jazz, and he was hungry for more. He scrambled to theedge and looked down, seeing Sari sitting on Bee's shoulder with a bag almost full to the brim with candy.

"Okay, I think I have enough candy to last till December." She said with a grin as she sifted through the bag.

Bumblebee chuckled and looked at her. "Hey remember who helped get you most of that."

"Your sacrifice and contributions will be rewarded, with my greatest spell!" Sari said and then kissed the side of his head. Behind his face mask, Bee turned red as Sari giggled.

Nightstrike waited until Bee had walked past his position. The Autobot's back was to him. He leaped, letting out his screech right as he was upon the Autobot. Bee and Sari turned back as Nightstrike slammed into Bumblebee, knocking them to the ground.

Sari's candy bag exploded across the ground as Sari herself landed on it. She got her knees with a groan and looked up.

Nightstrike had pinned Bumblebee to the ground. He was about to take the first bite when Bee converted his arm into a stinger and shot Nightstrike in the leg. Nightstrike flinched and took pressure off Bumblebee's arm, allowing him to free it and punch Nightstrike in the jaw.

"Looks like we found our bat bot!" Bumblebee said as he got up and dodged a blow from Nightstrike. Bee converted both arms into stingers and blasted at him. Nightstrike let out a screech and threw himself at Bumblebee who dodged.

"Are you okay, Sari?" Bee called over as Sari struggled to her feet.

"I'm okay…" Sari said between deep gulps of air.

Bee smiled as he looked back and with a yell was attacked by Nightstrike who began to slash at him with his claws. Bee grabbed Nightstrikes arms and tried to push him back, only for Nightstrike to headbutt Bumblebee. Bumblebee fell backward and Nightstrike moved to tear into him.

"Bee!" Sari shouted. She shredded her gloves as her arms converted into their energy blaster forms. She began firing small bursts of energy. The blasts hit Nightstrike and left small burns on him.

Nightstrike turned and looked at her curiously. He could detect something in her systems. She was an organic, but he could care less about that, for he could detect some Allspark energy from her. Nightstrike dropped Bumblebee and flew at Sari with a loud screech.

"Yipe!" Sari squeaked and jumped aside. Nightstrike collided with the building behind her. Sari didn't have time to recover as Bumblebee grabbed her and began running.

"Okay, we need a plan." Bumblebee said. Sari gave him a look.

"Don't look at me, you're the one who wanted to go trick or treating!" Bee shot as they saw Nightstrike fly into the air and spread his wings with another wild screech. His optics focused on the two of them and he leaped at them.

Both Bumblebee and Sari cried out. Bumblebee shifted into vehicle mode. and raced off down the road. Kids and adults stood aside and watched in awe as Nightstrike flew after Bumblebee.

Bumblebee took a sharp turn down an alleyway. Nightstrike grabbed the side of the building and used it to vault toward Bumblebee. He grabbed Bumblebee's roof and dug his claws into Bee's windshield. Sari gasped as Nightstrike began to try and claw his way in. She converted her hands once more and began blasting at his claws.

Nightstrike screamed in pain as Bumblebee bashed his side, and Nightstrike into the wall. Nightstrike's claws ripped off part of Bumblebee's roof as he fell off.

"Gah!" Bumblebee yelled. He hit full throttle and his tire rubber burned.

"We need a new plan." Sari said with a moan.

"We had a plan?" Bumblebee whimpered. Sari looked back and saw Nightstrike fly after them. Sari watched him spread his wings and her processor began to think. It managed to do a quick kind of scan of Nightstrike's wings and figured out how long they were, and then her brain began to think of one thing...tunnels.

"We need to find a tunnel, a narrow one!" Sari shouted. and

Bumblebee went silent. "Why?" He asked.

"He's got a rather large wingspan fully spread. We need to lead him into a tunnel and maybe we can take him down." Sari said.

Nightstrike swooped in low and Bumblebee raced faster than before.

"Okay, tunnel. Where's the nearest one?" Bee asked as he avoided another slash from Nightstrike.

"There's one less than a mile from here; just follow my directions." Sari said as her eyes glowed blue. She began giving out directions to Bumblebee, who followed them to the letter as he tried to avoid Nightstrike. The Decepticon was starting to grow frustrated with his quarry. He flew upwards and saw that they were about to head down a very straight section of road.

"Okay, now make a left and floor it!" Sari ordered. Bumblebee began to run his engine to the max as he turned down the road. In doing so, it got Nightstrike's attention. He soared down at them once again, shrieking. His mouth began to split open in the sides reveling some speakers and he screeched again.

Bumblebee kept on the speed when suddenly he began to slow down.

"Bee, the point of running away is to get away from the bad guy!" Sari cried. However, Bumblebee apparently didn't hear her as he suddenly began screaming.

"No, Wasp, NO!; get away from Sari!" Bee shouted as he transformed into robot mode just a few short feet from the tunnel, dumping Sari onto the ground.

"Bumblebee, what are you talking about?" Sari demanded as Bumblebee suddenly began swinging his fists and blasting at nothing with his stingers.

"Bumblebee, Wasp, is gone!" Sari shouted to try and snap him out.

"Just hold on Sari, I'm gonna free you!" Bumblebee shouted desperately.

Sari was now confused, Bumblebee was acting like he was a having a nightmare, except he was awake. As confused as she was, it was quickly lost to terror as Nightstrike landed on the ground in front of her.

Nightstrike folded down his wings and grinned. The Autobot was suffering from his trick, and the girl filled with Allspark energy was defenseless. He reached down to grab her but Sari scampered to the side. Nightstrike growled as he pounced at her.

Sari jumped again and transformed into her robot mode, shredding the majority of her costume, minus the skirt and top. Sari landed and went to one knee. She looked up as Nightstrike growled at her and then grinned. With her transformation, Sari had pushed the energy and her energon to the front, making this much easier for him. With a screech he pounced at her and Sari began blasting him with the energy blasts. Nightstrike howled in pain and slashed at her. Sari threw herself into Nightstrike's face and gave it a hard kick. Nightstrike slammed into the tunnel wall and got on all fours, staring Sari down the whole time.

Sari herself stood in a battle ready pose. However, she knew that without her jetpack she had no means of running away, and her other weapons had been disabled by Ratchet after her upgrade.

"Okay Sari, let's see if what Prowl taught you will pay off," Sari whispered. She ran forward and threw a punch at Nightstrike. Who He jumped out of the way and then threw himself back down, hitting Sari and pinning her to the ground. Sari struggled as Nightstrike curled his claws around her. His optics were aflame as he lifted Sari toward his fangs. Sari struggled to break free and let out a small scream as Nightstrike moved to dig his fangs into her.

Then, there was the sound of something transforming and a magenta leg smashed into Nightstrike. He screamed as a hand grabbed and tore Sari from his grip and skidded to a stop.

"Arcee?" Sari gaped up at the face of her rescuer. Arcee, however, had a stern frown on her face. Sari giggled.

"So...how long did it take you to figure it out?"

"Fifteen minutes ago, when your dad walked in looking for the meat between two slices of bread he lost." Arcee said and set Sari down. "Now stay put while I give this naughty Decepticon detention."

"But you don't have weapons!" Sari said, watching as Nightstrike began to recover. Arcee tisked Sari a little.

"Do you really think they would send someone with the codes to Omega Supreme out without some means of protecting herself?" Arcee asked. From her back kibble, she pulled out two blue energy blades.

"This time I'm not some fem in distress." Arcee said. Sari grinned as Arcee began to walk forward.

Nightstrike cried out and flew toward Arcee who threw up her blades, blocking his advance. As Nightstrike fell back, Arcee jumped and slashed at him, slicing his chest armor. Nightstrike screeched and dug his claws into her side. Arcee bit her lip and kicked once again, hitting Nightstrike in the nose. She threw one of her blades and hit him in the shoulder. As Nightstrike howled in pain, Arcee kicked him once again. Nightstrike found himself pinned to a wall as Arcee gently pulled out her blade from his shoulder. Nightstrike hissed and grabbed Arcee's leg, digging his claws in. Arcee let out a yelp of pain as Nightstrike threw her off.

While this was going on, Sari had made her way over to where Bumblebee was. The poor bot was now punching a wall, still trying to "save" Sari from Wasp.

"Bumblebee!" Sari shouted. Unfortunately, it did nothing to get his attention.

Sari huffed and then shot off an energy blast into his left leg. Bumblebee yelped in pain and looked around. Sari fired another blast that hit his chest and knocked him to the ground.

Bee sat up and shook the fuzzies from his processor.

"Sari...w-where's Wasp?" He asked anxiously. Bee looked around frantically and then saw Arcee trading blows with Nightstrike. "And when did Arcee become a fighter?"

Sari shook her head. "Arcee caught onto us, just in time. There's something in that Con's screech that causes you live a certain fear..that's a guess based on what you were yammering about." Sari said, blushing beneath her armor.

"Umm… what was I yammering about?" Bumblebee asked as they heard a clang and turned.

Arcee had managed to kick Nightstrike toward a lamppost and he had grabbed the edge of it. As Nightstrike looked directly into the light, he let out a screech of pain. Nightstrike slashed the pole and then ripped it from its stand and tossed it aside. He stumbled to his feet and held his head with a grunt. His optics were fuzzy and there were flashes of light in looked up and managed to see Arcee's foot right before it collided with his face.

"His optics are sensitive to bright lights!" Both Sari and Bee shouted. Sari paused.

"Wow, really playing up the whole vampire thing." Sari mumbled. She turned to her boyfriend. "Okay Bumblebee, I have a plan." She smirked as she looked at all the streetlights.

In less than a minute Sari had been placed atop a light hear the tunnel. She began to twist it toward the road near where Arcee and Nightstrike were fighting. Bumblebee did the same and both of them began going from streetlamp to streetlamp, twisting it so the lights were pointing at the same spot.

"Arcee!" Sari called out and Arcee looked at her. Sari pointed at the collection of light and Arcee nodded.

Nightstrike flew at her again with a scream. Arcee caught him with her arms and then kicked his chest. Nightstrike flew backwards and Arcee jumped and elbowed him into the collection of lights.

Nightstrike slashed at her only, for Arcee to jump back as Nightstrike's optics began to act up. He screeched in pain as he moved his hands up to block the light. He stumbled a bit trying to find an out, but he could barely see. White light was now obscuring most of his vision. Nightstrike stumbled back and toward the tunnel, and Arcee kicked him once again. With an almighty crash, Nightstrike slammed into the tunnels. Arcee pinned him up to wall and, with another punch, knocked him out.

"Woo Hoo! Go, Arcee!" Sari shouted as Bumblebees grabbed her from the lamp. Arcee smiled as she shakily stood up.

"Well...that..was fun." Arcee said with a small smile. She stumbled due to her leg injury, but stood tall and proud

"Nice plan to use the lights, Sari." Bee said. Sari giggled before looking back at Nightstrike.

"Not too tough now, are ya?" She asked, full of confidence. Said confidence dropped when they heard someone clearing their throat. The three turned, to find Ratchet glaring at them.

"Oh… Hey, Ratchet... looking good..." Bumblebee said weakly.

"Oh, we're in trouble." Sari mumbled.

"No kidding." Ratchet said with a slight growl as he began to walk over. "Do you have a malfunction in your audio processors? I said don't leave the base at night and what did you go and do?" Ratchet asked, placing his hands on his hips.

Bumblebee and Sari looked down and aside. "Umm...we can explain?" Both of them said, flashing grins. Ratchet let out a grunt and walked over to Arcee and Nightstrike.

"So that's the Con who's been taking out our bots, eh?" Ratchet asked and pulled out a pair of stasis cuffs. He clamped them down hard onto Nightstrikes hands, before pulling out a mouth clamp and putting it over his mouth.

"Nice work taking him down though." Ratchet mumbled and Bumblebee stepped forward.

"So does this mean that me and Sari are...off...the...hook…" Bumblebee trailed off as Ratchet shot them a look.

"Don't push your luck kid. I'm going to let Prime decide your punishment when we get back to base." Ratchet said and transformed into his ambulance form. "Now put him onto my roof and get Sari back home."

Bumblebee and Arcee walked over and grabbed Nightstrike before lowering him onto Ratchet's roof. Arcee then transformed and she and Ratchet drove off, leaving Sari and Bumblebee alone.

"Well...that could have gone worse…" Bumblebee said with a sigh before looking at Sari. "Ya know, he said to take you home... he didn't say when. Wanna try and make up for lost time trick or treating?" He asked hopefully.

Sari shifted her robot mode back to normal. The majority of her costume had been shredded, leaving only the top and skirt left. "If it's all the same to you, dear… I think I just may want to go home..." Sari said, looking tiredly at Bumblebee.

Bumblebee retracted his face plate and smiled before transforming. Sari climbed in and Bumblebee began to drive back to Sumdac Tower, at a slow pace for once in his life. As they headed out, they didn't notice the spectral figure watching them.

With a smile, Prowl watched them leave before turning and fading into the night once more.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!