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I write a lot of transformers fanfics with ships like Wheeljack x Arcee and Steeljaw x Strongarm, just for example.

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The Beauty and the Predacon

Chapter 30

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Arcee stayed with Predaking for the rest of her heat cycle so he could help her with her heat, and the Autobots continued bringing them Energon, knowing that she's gonna need to drink plenty of Energon to keep up her strength. Predaking made sure to take very good care of her during that time, not just by satisfying her needs, but also by making sure she drank plenty of Energon and got plenty of rest. Arcee couldn't refuse the Energon since Predaking would be so stern about her drinking some.

Even after her heat cycle ended, she stayed a bit longer because Predaking fragged her so hard that she couldn't walk straight. But none of the Predacons minded her sticking around. Skylynx and Darksteel especially didn't mind since Predaking is a lot more tame when she's around.

During the time she was resting, she started getting slight pains in her chest. They started small, so she just shrugged it off and made sure Predaking didn't know about it; she didn't want him to worry. But at one point, she jolted up from recharge, grasping at her chest. The pain was so intense that she couldn't take it.

"Predaking!"

Predaking wakes up, transforms into his beast mode, and stands protectively over Arcee as he scans the room for any possible threat. When he sees there's no threat, he transforms back to bot mode and looks down at Arcee. "What's wrong?"

"I need to see Ratchet… My chest hurts… so bad," she says as lubricant fills her optics. Predaking quickly picks her up and runs out of the room, heading towards the top of the Citadel. Skylynx and Darksteel follow to find out what happened.

"My mate's in pain. I need to get her to the Autobot medic."

When they get to the top, he briefly sets her down so he can transform, then he picks her up again in one servo before taking off. He holds her close to his chest as he flies through the air, with Skylynx and Darksteel following behind him. Arcee calls Ratchet to let him know the situation and that Predaking is taking her to him.

When they get to the headquarters that the Autobots had set up, they find all the Autobots standing outside waiting. They land in front of them, and Predaking carefully sets Arcee down before transforming. He noticed that a few extra 'Bots had joined them, including a few more femmes. 

A femme in pink armor knelt next to Arcee, "Arcee, are you okay?"

Arcee looked up at her, "Elita?" She's happy to see the femme who took her in and taught her how to fight; she was like a mother figure to her, just as Optimus was a father figure. She wants to say more, but she first needs to get rid of the pain in her chest.

"She's getting really bad pain in her chest. I'm not sure why. She was doing just fine up till now. Have her come find us when she's better," Predaking says before transforming.

You're not going to stay with me?

No, I still can't be around your team. Return to the Citadel when you're better. Predaking looks at her one last time while sending her a wave of love through the bond, before taking off with the other two.

Ratchet picks up Arcee to carry her to Med-Bay. He gives her some medication and Energon to help relieve the pain before scanning her to see what the issue is. Arcee is happy to see all the femmes she used to train with, and the fact that they all survived the war.

"He didn't do this to you. Did he?" Chroma asks her. She was always like a big sister to Arcee.

"No, he's been great to me. This pain just came out of nowhere. I had been getting it for a bit, but it wasn't too bad, so I always shrugged it off. But then, out of nowhere, it got worse."

"Well, I found the cause for that," Ratchet speaks up after looking at the scans. "You're sparked."

Arcee's optics widened, "Sparked?" She feels nervous hearing that. She wants to be happy, but she's not sure how Predaking will react to the news. Is it even possible for a femme with her body structure to carry, nurture, and give birth to a sparkling that's half Predacon? Given Predaking's size, she wonders how big the sparkling will be.

Ratchet's calm voice brings her out of her thoughts, "I can tell you're worried. I honestly don't have an answer to how this is going to go since this has never happened before. There's no record or any data to read up on since this is the first half-bot, half-Predacon to exist. But I can assure you, we will work this out together; you won't go through it alone. The only thing I can suggest is talking to Predaking about it."

"I don't know if he even wants a sparkling. We never got around to talking about it."

Elita gently grabs Arcee's servos, "Arcee, I don't know anything about your relationship with him. But from what I saw out there earlier, with how gently he carried you and laid you down on the ground, and the concern I saw on his face. He really cares about you, and I'm certain he wouldn't mind having a sparkling with you."

"Especially since he's trying to rebuild the Predacon race," Ratchet adds. "I know he will be thrilled to hear that you're carrying a Predacon sparkling. You won't know until you talk to him. Recharge for a bit, then you can go see him later and talk with him about it." 

Arcee smiled and thanked them as they left Med-Bay. With how exhausted she feels from everything that happened, she instantly falls into recharge.

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Arcee drives across Cybertron, heading for the Citadel. She's nervous, but Ratchet is right; she needs to talk with Predaking. Besides, she's sure he's worried about her, wondering what was causing her so much pain.

Something slams into her, sending her rolling across the ground. She transforms and brings herself to a halt before getting into a fighting position. She sees Starscream transform from jet mode to bot mode before landing in front of her, chuckling. "It's so nice to see you again, Arcee," he says before attacking her.

Arcee defends herself from his attacks while trying to throw her own punches at him. But Starscream brings out an electric rod, shoves it into her chest before she can defend herself against it, and electrocutes her. Before she goes unconscious, her only thought is that she hopes the sparkling is okay.

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Predaking paces back and forth. He can feel through the bond that something is wrong. When he starts feeling a pain shoot through his body like he had been electrocuted, that's when he is certain that Arcee is in trouble. He lets out a growl, "My mate's in trouble," he says before transforming and taking off with the other two right behind him.

He finds her scent, but he can also smell Starscream's scent along with hers. He's furious. I'm gonna rip that Seeker's spark out.

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Chapter 1

[lifetimeshipper]

Angel From A Dream

Chapter 30

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Strongarm drove through the woods by herself, none of her teammates accompanying her. She stops by a cliffside and transforms, muttering about Windblade and how all of her teammates are just drooling over her. She's always been a little bit self-conscious about her appearance, especially after her ex cheated on her with a femme who had a much curvier body.

"My, this Windblade seems to have really ticked you off."

Strongarm turns around to find Steeljaw standing behind her. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't even notice him following her. "What are you doing here?"

"I've been watching you from a distance, seeing when you will finally be alone. I saw how your teammates just abandoned you and forgot about you once that femme showed up."

Strongarm folds her arms as she leans against a tree, "They keep drooling over her and following her everywhere like lost sparklings. It's like they forgot that I exist, and I'm on the team."

Steeljaw moves closer to her, places one servo on the tree above her helm, while his other servo caresses her cheek, "Don't let that upset you. Whenever they do something like that, just take some time away from them, and come see me. I would never forget about you. I'm always thinking about you." He says as he leans in closer. He kisses her softly, watching her to see how she reacts. When she doesn't push him away, he deepens the kiss.

She could sense how much he missed her by how hungry and desperate the kiss became. She knows she should be pushing him away; she knows she shouldn't be having this kind of interaction with him. But she can't help herself. She's not sure if it's the bite mark making her feel this way or what it is, but he has her hooked. Her spark craves to be close to him, her body craves his touch and kisses.

He moves from her lips to kiss along her chin and down her neck. She rests her servos on his shoulder and helm as she moves her helm to give him more room. She closes her optics as she gets lost in the moment, forgetting about all that stuff that just had her upset. She probably won't admit it out loud, but he's won; he's got her to fall for him. She just hopes that she won't end up getting hurt again.

:: Strongarm, where are you? :: Bumblebee's voice comes in over her comlink.

She rolls her optics as she pushes Steeljaw back. Now he realizes that I'm gone. :: I thought I saw something, so I went to investigate. It turned out to be nothing, so I'm on my way to catch up. ::

:: By yourself!? You should've mentioned something and gotten one of us to go with you! ::

:: I know, sir. I'm sorry. :: Strongarm ends the call and looks at Steeljaw, "They're looking for me, so I'd better get going."

Steeljaw wasn't able to say anything before she ran off. He growled to himself, upset that his fun and time with her had to end so quickly.

When Strongarm caught up to her team, Bumblebee was standing there with his arms crossed. "Why didn't you inform one of us that you saw something, so one of us could have gone with you? That was a dangerous move, Cadet."

"But it turned out to be nothing."

"Doesn't matter. You could have been ambushed by a bunch of 'Cons, or even ran into Steeljaw. There's a chance this Decepticon could have gotten away because we had to wait on you." Once Bumblebee was done, he turned to head toward the location where the Decepticon was spotted.

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Time passed, and Strongarm hasn't seen Steeljaw since that time. They managed to catch Zizza and put a stop to her mind control of the humans. Strongarm eventually worked things out with Windblade, and they got on good terms before Windblade left. They traveled to a western ghost town where Bumblebee tried to get them to see the good things of Earth, and they caught another Decepticon.

But there hasn't been a single sign of activity from Steeljaw and his pack, and Strongarm occasionally wonders what he's doing. The ointment is getting low, so she's gonna have to get some more before it runs out.

One day, Strongarm and Sideswipe are running through the forest, playing a game of tag. Sideswipe tags her before running off. She runs after him, but soon hears him being attacked, followed by Underbite's voice. When she gets to the spot where she heard the noises coming from, she finds Thunderhoof and Underbite standing over an unconscious Sideswipe. "Cadet Strongarm, nice of you to join us," Thunderhoof says when he sees her. "If you come with us willingly, we won't have to hurt you. I would prefer not to hurt you, and have Steeljaw get mad, but if you run, we'll have no choice."

She turns to run while getting onto her comlink, "Strongarm to base, I'm being chased by Underbite…" She cuts off when she trips over some rope before getting hit with a log, knocking her out.

Steeljaw wasn't happy when he saw her unconscious. He growled at the three mechs, "What did you do!?"

"I gave her the option to come willingly, but she decided to run. So, Fracture and his Mini-Cons knocked her out with a log," Thunderhoof replied.

Steeljaw growled as he looked Strongarm over, "You better not have hurt her too bad!" None of them responded as they knew he wouldn't listen while his attention was on Strongarm.

When Strongarm comes to and opens her optics, she sees Steeljaw sitting next to her, holding a rod. She tried to move but discovered that she was tied up. Steeljaw hears her moving and looks over at her, "Are you alright?"

"Other than my helm hurting and my audio receptors ringing, I'm fine." Strongarm looks around and sees Steeljaw's pack building something. When she looks up at the statue that they're in front of, she sees Windblade and Sideswipe tied to it. "What are you doing?"

"We're building an arch that will power up a gateway for the first Decepticon to come through. When he's here, he will help me take over this world and make it a home for Decepticons. I will rule over them with you by my side."

"Steeljaw, this isn't -" She's cut off when she hears the arch powering up, followed by Windblade and Sideswipe screaming. "You're hurting them."

"I thought you weren't getting along with the femme."

"That was then, we're on good terms now!"

"Well, they're helping power up the arch."

Before Strongarm could say anything, Steeljaw got up and looked at the arch before talking, like he was conversing with a bot that she couldn't see. Great, my mate is insane.

Everything happened so fast. Her team showed up, Steeljaw activated the arch to open up the gateway for the first Decepticon to come through. Optimus showed up and attacked Steeljaw, who was standing in front of the gateway. Optimus tried to stop Megatronus from coming through and failed. There was an explosion.

Optimus and Megatronus got into a fight, one of her teammates untied her, Windblade and Sideswipe were untied from the statue. Her team got into a fight with Steeljaw's pack. Everything was happening so quickly, but through it all, at one point, Strongarm saw Steeljaw get into a fight with Megatronus. From his shouting, she suspects that the first Decepticon went back on the deal they made, and Steeljaw is furious.

She sees Megatronus send Steeljaw flying, so far away that she can't even tell where he would have landed. She tells herself that she'll have to try to find him later; right now, she needs to focus on the battle. They manage to take down all the remaining Decepticons, leaving just Megatronus standing. They work out a plan to take him down, but it's not going to be easy.

Eventually, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee figure out that they can join their Decepticon hunters together to get a power-up. But even with the power-up, they still have trouble taking down Megatronus. It was a difficult task, but eventually, they managed to do it.

They gather up all the unconscious Decepticons and take them back to the scrapyard to put them into stasis. "So, now that the threat is over, I guess that means that you'll be heading back to Cybertron?" Russell questions with a disappointed look on his face.

"As long as 'Cons like Steeljaw are still at large, I wouldn't feel right leaving Earth," Bumblebee replied. "But that doesn't mean any of you should -"

"Permission to stay, sir!" Strongarm spoke up a bit too quickly, interrupting Bumblebee before he could finish. "Our work here beats any training at the academy." Also, I need to find Steeljaw to make sure he's alright.

All the 'Bots agreed to stay, even Optimus agreed to stay on the condition that he's treated as an equal instead of a leader. 

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While out on patrol, Strongarm decided to head to the area where she saw Steeljaw flying towards when Megatronus flung him. She knows the search might be futile, given it's such a big area to search, and he most likely got away already. But she wants to check anyway.

She searches the area, looking for any sign of where he might have landed. She found it; some trees were snapped in two or bent from something big hitting them. She transforms and follows the trail of bent trees and disturbed dirt that showed signs of something sliding across it. She remains cautious since she doesn't know what state of mind he might be in. She finds him at the end of the trail, knocked out cold.

She gets on her comlink, "Strongarm to base, come to my location. I need some assistance."

:: We're on our way. :: Bumblebee replied.

Strongarm kneels next to Steeljaw as she looks him over to see if he sustained any injuries. He doesn't seem to have, it seems he was just knocked out from the force of the throw. I need to figure out a way to help him understand that what he's doing is wrong.

It didn't take too long for her team to arrive. As soon as they arrived, they immediately stopped in their tracks. They couldn't believe their optics. "Wait a minute," Sideswipe is the first to start speaking as he tries to process what he's seeing. "Is that Steeljaw?"

"Strongarm..." Bumblebee begins but trails off as he tries to process. "Did you-? How did-? How? How did you find him?"

Strongarm stands up, "I'm not sure. I watched him get flung by Megatronus, and I saw him get flung this way, so I came to this area to search. I honestly didn't expect to find him." Strongarm looks down at Steeljaw, "But it was like I was being drawn to him somehow."

"It could be because you two are mates," Drift suggests. "Even though you guys aren't sparkmates, there could still be some kind of connection through the mark he gave you."

Bumblebee thinks it over, "That could be. I mean, we know nothing of how Wolf-Cons and Predacons mate. Anyway, let's get him back to the scrapyard before he wakes up."

Grimlock picks him up with ease, and they head back to the scrapyard. When they get back, Strongarm asks that Steeljaw not be put in stasis, but Bumblebee wasn't planning on putting him in stasis anyway, since he doesn't know if it might affect Strongarm in some way. So instead, they put him in a makeshift holding cell where he will be constantly guarded.

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I decided to go ahead and end this book here. So, this will be the last chapter. But I'll be making a sequel that will follow the events of season 2. I'm just not sure yet if I'll do it into season 3 since I don't really have any ideas up to that point. So far, I only have ideas for this story going into season 2 with Decepticon Island and Starscream returning, only because I have an idea involving one of the mechs that follow Starscream.

I'm gonna try not to take too long to get started on the second book. I plan to get started on it when I get started on the second book for No End In Sight.

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Chapter 1

[lifetimeshipper]

My Little Dancer

Chapter 8

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Hey, sorry it took a while. I had this chapter written out a few weeks ago; I actually got started on it right after I posted chapter 7. But after I finished writing it, I had some stuff to do. So, I did what I needed to do, and when I finished, I ended up getting sick with a fever because I overworked myself while sleep-deprived. So, make sure you all get plenty of sleep!

Enjoy!

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Arcee and Megatron have indeed met again multiple times, most of the time being on the battlefield. But there have been a few times where they met up in secret, just to have some alone time together away from their teams and the fighting. They're not Autobot and Decepticon, they're just two sparkmates enjoying some time together away from the battlefield.

Each time Megatron got into a fight and got injured in any way, Arcee could feel it and was always in pain herself. It made it difficult for Optimus to fight Megatron, knowing that Arcee could feel each hit. But she was strong and pushed through the pain every time. When Bumblebee pierced Megatron in the chest with Optimus' sword, Arcee fell to the floor, grasping her chest. Ratchet quickly picked her up and rushed her to Med Bay, all of them hoping and praying she would pull through. Ratchet did what he could, but he knows that it's really up to Arcee to pull through.

Jack stays by her side, begging her not to leave. It was an intense wait, but she did pull through. She couldn't leave Jack or her team. They revived Cybertron, then took the kids back to Earth, where they said their farewells. Arcee hated saying goodbye to Jack, but she needed to return home to help rebuild their planet.

Arcee slowly walked through the city where she met Megatronus, and it all began. Memories flooded her processor as she looked over the ruined buildings. She came across the club she danced in, where she first met Megatronus and he bought her. Lubricant filled her optics as she thought over everything that happened. She wondered what happened to the other femmes that she was dancing with. Are they all dead? Are any of them still alive? The club is now only half standing, showing the effects of the war. But she can still remember the way it looked before, all the bots that drove by in their vehicle form or walked past while talking to each other.

She continues walking until she comes across the apartment building. She wanted to come here as soon as they got back to Cybertron, but she wasn't able to. She had to help gather up the remaining Decepticons that were still on the loose, as well as help rebuild, then they found out that there were new Predacons on the planet, and then Unicron showed up in Megatron's body. It was such a shock for her to see him back from the dead again. It was quite the battle to take him down, along with his undead army, but with the help of the Predacons, they were able to do it. When they finally managed to free Megatron from Unicron, he looked at Arcee then flew off.

That's part of the reason she's here, to see if he might have returned to his old home, but she hasn't seen him anywhere. She looks up at the apartment building as she debates with herself whether she should go inside to see the old apartment. As she's debating with herself, she hears the sound of transforming followed by a loud thud behind her. Her spark quickens as she hears the sound of footsteps coming towards her.

"Reminiscing about our past again."

"I can't help it. Being here brings back so many memories."

"Look at me." Arcee turns to look at Megatron, who is kneeling beside her to be at her level. He brings up a servo to wipe away the lubricant that had escaped from her optics. "Would you be willing to give me a second chance?"

Arcee leans in to kiss him, Megatron wraps his arms around her to pull her closer to his body as he kisses her back. Of course. He broke from the kiss to pick her up and carry her into the building. Some of the apartments on the ground floor were missing doors, so he walked into one of them and went straight to the bedroom, where they renewed their sparkbond.

When Arcee finally reunited with her parents again she couldn't have been happier. They were so happy to see that she survived the war. Not only that, but she also found out that she's sparked, and when they found out, they were overjoyed. Megatron, on the other hand, was hesitant. He's not sure if he would be a good sire, but Arcee was able to soothe his worries.

Even though he never saw himself having any sparklings, as long as it's with Arcee, he doesn't mind.

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Unfortunately, this is the last chapter. I have to end it here. I'm out of ideas, and honestly, I was never planning on making this a long book; it was originally supposed to be only 2-3 chapters, but I was able to make it 8.

But I'm so glad you guys were enjoying it. I hope you will continue enjoying my other stories. :) 

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Chapter 1

[lifetimeshipper]

My Little Dancer

Chapter 7

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I actually finished writing this chapter a few days ago, before New Year, but I never got around to posting it. Whoops. XD

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Some time passed, Megatron didn't want to keep Arcee locked up in his quarters, so he allowed her to walk through the ship, as long as she had an escort. But he quickly realized that it wasn't such a good idea. The news spread quickly throughout the ship about Breakdown's capture by the humans.

Arcee heard the conversation between Starscream and Megatron, and how Megatron was so willing to just leave Breakdown in the hands of M.E.C.H. The more stuff she witnesses him doing, the more she realizes that Megatronus really is gone, the mech before her is Megatron, the warlord. She knew that he was turning into a cold-sparked brute, she recalls hearing about how he hunted down and mercilessly killed the old couple that kidnapped her. But to be this way with his own soldiers who have been faithfully following him, and putting their lives on the line for him, it's helping her see just how much of a tyrant he's really become.

She wants to help free Breakdown, but she would have to figure out how. She overhears Starscream talking to some of the drones about disobeying Megatron's orders and rescuing Breakdown. "I want to help."

Starscream looks over at her and sneers, "You, an Autobot, want to help rescue a Decepticon?"

"I know it's unusual, but even if he is a Decepticon, he doesn't deserve to be left in their hands to be tortured."

Starscream scans her face for a moment, wondering if he should take her along. Then it occurs to him that if the Autobots get her signal, they will come for her. He could arrange it so that they take her back and she's no longer on the ship. He knows it'll mean getting another beating from Megatron, but it would be worth it if he didn't have to see her around on the ship anymore. "Fine, you can come. But stay close to us, we don't need you running off."

It came time for them to leave, but Arcee was Ground Bridged to the destination where Breakdown's signal was coming from. She comes out and hears shooting nearby. She runs over to where the noises are coming from and sees Breakdown and Bulkhead fighting side by side against M.E.C.H. She was just about to run in and help, but before she could, she saw M.E.C.H pulling out and leaving. She was about to question why they left when she heard the sound of jets closing in.

"Your backup?" Breakdown asked Bulkhead.

Before Bulkhead could respond, Starscream and the drones flew in, transformed, and landed in front of them. Arcee ran over, "Bulkhead!"

Bulkhead looked over at her in surprise, "Arcee!?"

"Commander Starscream!"

"Consorting with the enemy, Breakdown?"

"But, Bulkhead got me out of there."

"Many spark felt thanks, Autobot," Starscream says as he does a slight bow with an arm over his chest. "Now destroy him!"

Breakdown looks over at Bulkhead before looking back at Starscream, "But -"

"Do you plan on joining their ranks anytime soon!? No!? Then be done with it already!"

"I won't let you touch him!" Arcee says as she gets into a fighting stance.

Bulkhead puts a servo out in front of her, "Arcee, no. This is between me and him."

"Tough break, Bulkhead. Maybe in another life," Breakdown says before attacking him. But Bulkhead takes him down with ease.

"Attack hi-!" Bulkhead hits Starscream, cutting him off. The drones went to attack Bulkhead, but he picked up Breakdown and swung him at them.

Arcee looked at the Decepticons lying on the ground, "Good job, Bulk."

Starscream and the drones got up and ran towards them to attack them, but just then, the other Autobots showed up. They came in blasting at the enemies. Starscream and the drones transformed and flew off, and Breakdown transformed and drove off. Arcee watched them leave, surprised that they actually left her. But she's not upset, she's happy that she can rejoin her team again.

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Arcee can't help but be surprised that Megatron never came after her. She's had encounters with other Decepticons; she had another run-in with Airachnid, and recently she and Bulkhead got into a fight with Airachnid and Breakdown over a Cybertronian device that was found. But no sign of Megatron. She could feel through the bond how angry he was after she escaped, but after that, there's been nothing.

The next time she sees Megatron is when she's in a cave with Jack. They're walking through the cave when Jack suddenly reacts to seeing something. Arcee looks over and sees Megatron and Starscream, with Starscream on his knees and Megatron pointing his baster at him, getting ready to kill him. Starscream was the first one to notice them, and by looking over at them, he drew Megatron's attention over to them. Arcee and Megatron look at each other, both obviously conflicted with what they should do right now. Sparkmates on opposite sides of the war.

Megatron shifts his blaster from Starscream to Arcee and starts firing, but he aims more around her than directly at her. Arcee quickly grabs Jack and moves to the side. What are you doing?

As you said yourself, we're enemies now. Megatron continues firing as he walks towards her.

Arcee transforms her servos into her blasters, and when she gets an opening, she starts blasting at him. She aims at his arm, causing his arm to move upwards, making his blasts hit the top of the cave. With his blasts hitting unstable rocks, they end up causing a cave-in.

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Arcee looks around for Jack, but there's no sign of him. The last thing she remembers is rocks falling down around her and the ground giving way underneath her, causing her to fall in. She found herself surrounded by rocks and had to dig her way out. She starts looking around for any signs of Jack, Miko, and Bulkhead, but so far found nothing.

She eventually hears the sound of drilling and follows it, but when she gets to the spot where she last heard the drilling, she finds Megatron trying to free himself from a pile of rocks. He briefly looks at her before getting back to working on moving the rocks. "I don't suppose you would be willing to help out your mate, would you?"

Arcee says nothing and just starts walking away, but then she stops. Even though he's now her enemy, she can't just leave him. Being her sparkmate, she has to help him. She turns back around, goes back over to him, and helps him get from under all the rocks.

When he's finally free, he looks down at her, "I suppose I should thank you for that."

"Don't bother, I just figured that I couldn't leave you since you are my sparkmate. Even though you did try to kill me not too long ago."

Megatron laughs like he doesn't even care that he could have killed her, "Are you going to hold that against me now? I didn't even aim at you; I aimed around you. But you can't talk, you shot my life support in order to kill me." Arcee's expression turned to one of guilt, looking like one would when they've been caught. "Did you think I wouldn't find out about that?"

Arcee turns to walk away, "I have to find the members of my team."

"I encountered your human pet. He headed in that direction." Megatron pointed in the direction he saw Jack go. Arcee was about to question why he was helping her, but he spoke up before she could, "You helped me, and now I have helped you. We will meet again." Megatron walks off to either look for the exit or try to find Starscream, while Arcee walks off in the direction he pointed to.

She finds Jack and Miko first, and they lead her to where Bulkhead is, and she finds Starscream there as well. She makes Starscream hold up the pile of rocks that Bulkhead was holding so he could get out. The four leave the cave but look back as they question if they should help Starscream and Megatron get out. They mutually agreed not to and started heading back to base. But Arcee took one more look back at the cave, hoping that Megatron would eventually find his way out.

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Chapter 1

Next Chapter

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My Little Dancer

Chapter 6

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It took a bit of searching, but by the time Arcee's parents were discharged from the hospital, Megatronus had found an apartment in the same building where he was staying. The apartment became vacant after the couple who were staying in it decided to move to another city, and Megatronus instantly snatched it up for Arcee's parents. He even helped Arcee fix up the apartment, putting furniture in, making sure everything was working and up to code. It was all set for her parents to move into when they left the hospital.

Little by little, Megatronus was earning Arcee's love. Arcee started looking at him differently. One time, while Megatronus was sitting in one of his chairs, relaxing, Arcee walked over and got into his lap. He was surprised but allowed her to get onto his lap. She placed her legs on both sides of him as she sat down on his lap, looking into his optics. She wraps her arms around his neck and hugs him. "Thank you for helping me find my parents. I'm so happy I met you." Megatronus wraps his arms around her and holds her, making her feel safe.

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Even now, as she lies in Megatron's arms in his berth, she still feels safe. Even though he's become a tyrant and her number one enemy, there's still that sense of safety when she's in his arms. Her optics scan over his features as he sleeps; his appearance has changed so much. She still remembers when she first started seeing his changes, first his attitude, then his appearance. She couldn't believe it. Sure, he told her about everything that happened to him, from his parents abandoning him to being found and raised by a gladiator who taught him how to fight and become a gladiator himself, the one who started him on his journey to gladiator fighting.

He felt abandoned and betrayed by society, and watching the way the High Council was handling things just made him feel even more so. He kept going before the council, asking them to change things and help Cybertron become better. But they refused to listen to him each time. She could recall the times when he would return home from those council meetings feeling so angry. By this point, they had already sparkbonded, so she could feel his anger and hatred through the bond. It broke her spark to see him fill with so much hatred that he started changing from the kind mech that saved her and helped her find her parents, to this tyrant who had no issue with starting a war to get his point across.

"Stop thinking about that. This is who I am now, and I'm not changing."

Arcee sees him open his optics; she didn't even realize that he had woken up, or that he was able to see what she was thinking about. Arcee scoffs, "I pretty much got that when you shot me on the Space Bridge, sending me flying off into space."

"I was trying to hit the other two. I didn't expect one of the blasts to hit you. I didn't know it had hit you until I felt the pain and felt that you were dying." He tightened his hold on her, "I'm glad you pulled through."

"Remember when we sparkbonded?"

"Of course. You saved my life."

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Arcee looks over at the door when she hears it open to see one of Megatronus' friends come running in. "Arcee, Megatronus was badly injured in a fight. He wants to see you."

"Take me to him." The friend leads her to the gladiator arena, where Megatronus is being kept in the infirmary. She runs in to find medics all around him, tending to his wounds and trying to keep him from offlining. "What happened?"

"He thought he could take on two beasts at once, but they overwhelmed him, almost killed him. Took a lot to take the beasts down and save him," the friend explained.

"That idiot."

"We got him stable for now," one of the medics finally said. Relief washed over her; she didn't want to think of the possibility of losing him.

"Will sparkbonding help?"

"It can as long as the feeling is mutual and you both want to be sparkbonded."

"The feeling is mutual."

Megatronus' friends are in the room, and they all look over at her in surprise after she said that. They knew about his feelings for her, but didn't know that she had the same feelings for him. They started cheering as they left the room, feeling happy for their friend. The medics gave her the go-ahead and left; it was just Arcee and Megatronus in the room.

Arcee walks over to the berth and climbs on top of him. She removes his armor to reveal his spark before removing her own. She lies down on top of him, and their sparks merge; she could feel the love he felt for her. She heard him groan before feeling his arms wrap around her. "Arcee… thank you."

Lubricant rolled down her cheeks as she lay her forehelm against his, "I was afraid I was gonna lose you."

"No, I'm a gladiator, I wouldn't have offlined that easily. But I'm glad you decided to do this. I've been wanting to sparkbond with you since I saw you."

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"That's one of my fondest memories. Later, after you fully recovered, you fragged me so hard I had trouble walking for a couple of days."

Megatron chuckled, "I waited so long to frag you that I was getting frustrated, so when we finally did it, I let it all out."

"Why can we not go back to that? I know you can be that way again."

Megatron pushes her away from him as he gets up off the berth, "I told you, that's in the past. I'll never be that way again."

Arcee sits up, "I can feel that you still have feelings for me. The Megatronus that I knew is still in there."

Megatron turned around to face her, and her optics widened as fear coursed through her, the anger he had in his face… "Megatronus is gone! The mech you knew is no more! You'll be better off if you just accept the fact that I, Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, am your mate!"

"I won't accept it! I refuse to believe that the mech I fell in love with is completely gone!"

"So you're just going to keep living in this fantasy that someday things will go back to the way they were?"

"I'm gonna keep having faith that one day you will see reason and change. Optimus thinks the same way."

Megatron started laughing, "You two can keep believing that, but it doesn't mean it's ever going to happen. This is who I am now." Megatron turns to head for the door and walks out of the room. Arcee continues sitting on his berth as she thinks over what he had said. Is there really no way to get him to change?

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"You guys are lucky you were able to get off the ship in one piece," Optimus tells Ratchet and Jack after they got back to base and the two informed them of what happened.

"Yes, but Megatron now has Arcee," Jack said with worry in his tone.

"Don't worry, Jack. Megatron will never harm her," Optimus says to comfort the boy. "I knew them both before the war started. He always treated her well. Even after the war started and he turned into Megatron, he never caused her any harm. She stood by his side at the beginning, but after a while, she chose to leave his side and became an Autobot. I remember how furious he was after she left him, but despite that, he never tried to harm her. Even when he sent troops in to attack, if she was present, they never went after her, because he gave orders that none of them harm her in any way."

"If that's the case, then why were there a couple of 'Cons that tried to kill her?" Jack asked.

"Starscream always wanted Megatron out of the way so he could rule the Decepticons, so naturally, he would go after Arcee as a means to do that," Ratchet explained.

"And Airachnid just doesn't care. She wants Arcee dead and it doesn't matter to her that she's sparkbonded with Megatron," Bulkhead added. "Or maybe she doesn't even know."

Optimus lets them all talk before speaking again, "Either way, even though she's behind enemy lines, as long as she's with Megatron, no harm will come to her. But we will work out a way to save her."

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My Little Dancer

Chapter 5

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Megatron dragged Arcee through the corridors towards his room. "Let me go, Megatron."

"No, we made a deal, don't back out of it now." Arcee goes silent. She now wishes that she hadn't agreed to that deal, but she had to get the cure for Optimus. But, even though she won't admit it out loud, she did miss Megatron; the feelings for him are still there.

Megatron drags her into his quarters and sits her on his berth, "Stay here while I finish with some business." He walks out and locks the door, leaving Arcee sitting on his berth with worry sketched on her face. Her spark quickens as she thinks over what he meant by needing to take care of some business. Is he going to kill Optimus? She lies down on the berth, hoping that he won't actually kill him. Those two were friends for so long.

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"Arcee, I want you to meet my friend, Orion Pax. He's an archivist; he can find records on stuff that you would think was buried and forgotten."

Orion looks at Arcee and smiles, "It's nice to meet you."

Arcee smiles back at him, "Likewise."

"Give him any information you can remember, and I'm sure he'll be able to find where your parents are."

For the first time in years, Arcee had hope. She's finally gonna see her parents again. She told Orion everything she could remember about the place she was living at before she was kidnapped, what her parents looked like. Orion looked into everything, including the history of the old couple who kidnapped her. What he found was disturbing.

They had been doing this for decades; some cities even have warrants out for their arrest. He also found information about the femmes that were sold; a lot of them were killed, but most of them are being sold from one bot to the next, in a never-ending cycle of abuse. Arcee's spark breaks hearing that, she hates to think of what those femmes must be going through. But there are a few who were sold to good mechs and are happily mated with them.

"I believe I found your parents," Orion says as he brings up pictures. "Do they look familiar?"

Arcee studies the pictures carefully, bringing forth old memories. "Yes! That's them! Where are they?"

"They're in the next city over in a hospital. It says here they were both badly beaten." Arcee's spark breaks as Orion gives her the location of the hospital. She thanks Orion and leaves with Megatronus, but questions run through her processor. Who beat up her parents? Are they going to be alright? She hates to think of losing them just when she found them.

Megatronus wastes no time in making arrangements for the two of them to go to the next city to see her parents. She's nervous about seeing them again after so long, but also excited. It took a bit of time to find where her parents were when they got to the hospital, but she did eventually find them. She stood in front of the door to their room as she composed herself. Will they remember her?

Megatronus places a servo on her shoulder, "I'll be right by your side. You can do this."

She looks up at him before looking back at the door. She's so grateful to him for doing all this for her and being so supportive. She opens the door and walks in. The couple in the room looks at her, and their optics widen, "Arcee?" Lubricant fell from Arcee's optics as she ran over to hug each of them. Both of them were so relieved that they finally found her and could hold her in their arms again.

They tell her how they had gone all over Cybertron looking for that couple to get her back, but they always managed to stay out of reach. The times they were able to get close, they were attacked by one of the guards who was watching over the femmes. "Three weeks ago, we arrived here because we found out that they were here and were going to be performing," her mom starts explaining, "We got into the club you were dancing in, and we saw you on stage."

Her father started speaking, "We tried to get to you, but we were stopped by two of the guards. They took us outside and gave us a beating, putting us in the hospital."

"But we've been slowly making a recovery and were gonna start searching again as soon as we got out of the hospital. We thought you were long gone from here. How are you here? How did you get away from them?"

"We went to the next city over to perform, and there I met Megatronus." Arcee walks over to Megatronus to stand beside him, "He's a gladiator who lives in that city. He was at the club we were performing at with his friends. After the performance was over, he bought me to get me away from them. It's because of him and his friend that I found you and was able to come see you."

"I fell for your daughter the moment I saw her. When I met Holo, I felt there was something off with him. I didn't like the thought of buying her like she was property, but I felt that I needed to get her away from him."

"Is he treating you right, Arcee?" Her mom asked.

"He is. He's very polite, he's never done anything to harm me, and he's been really supportive and helpful in finding you guys."

"Thank you, Megatronus, for saving our daughter and getting her back to us," her father said with sincere gratitude.

"It was my pleasure. When I get back to the city, I will see about getting a place for you there, so you will have a place to live when you get out of the hospital."

Arcee's mom smiles at him, "That would be great. We've been moving around so much that we never thought to get a place of our own that we could go to after we found her."

"Then I shall return to the city so I can get started on that." Megatronus places his right arm over his chest as he bows to them. When he straightens up again, he looks over at Arcee, "Do you want to return to the city with me or stay here with your parents?"

"I'll stay right now. After all, I just found them again, I don't want to leave them already."

"I'll give you some alone time with your parents then." Megatronus takes her servo and kisses it. He looks back up at her, "I will return later, my little dancer." He then turns to leave the room, leaving behind a blushing Arcee.

Megatronus returned to the city and started looking for a place for them, even getting Orion to help with the search. He returned after a bit, and Arcee would go back with him to help look. She was getting more and more acquainted with Orion the more time she spent with him. She could tell there was a strong friendship between the two, not knowing that eventually a war would break out, which would divide the two friends.

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Arcee paces back and forth as she waits for Megatron to return. She hears the sound of the door unlocking and turns toward the opening door to see Megatron walking into the room. "Megatron, please tell me you didn't kill Optimus."

She could hear him growling before he spoke, "No, I went after Starscream. I needed to punish him for what he did. I'll worry about Optimus later." He walks over to her and places his servo on the side of her helm with his thumb carefully caressing her cheek. "I almost forgot how beautiful you are." He slowly leans in, giving her a chance to push him back, and kisses her.

Arcee allowed the kiss because she missed doing this; she missed having his lips on hers. But when she felt his servos go down to her thighs, lifting her up to place her onto the berth, she pushed him back. "We can't do this, Megatron. We're enemies now."

Megatron vented out a sigh as he laid his forehelm on her shoulder, "Let me at least hold you in my arms." He wraps his arms around her, pulling her body against his. She doesn't object. She wraps her arms around his neck, and they stay like that for a while, just enjoying being in each other's arms again.

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My Little Dancer

Chapter 4

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The chapters I did before weren't really what I had originally planned on writing. When I updated this story, I was trying to force myself to get back into writing, so the ideas weren't flowing naturally, and I couldn't remember what I had originally planned to do for this story. But recently, I was re-watching the first season of Transformers Prime, and the ideas I had for this story started coming back to me, and I just needed to write it out.

So, these new chapters contain the original storyline I had planned for this book. Some of the stuff that was in chapter 4 before will remain; it's mostly the flashback part of the story that got changed for this chapter. But the following chapters will be a completely different storyline. Enjoy!

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Arcee walked away from the rest of the group and headed down a nearby corridor. You followed me back?

Of course I did, I wasn't going to stay where I was after becoming aware. Besides, I needed to make sure you keep up your end of the bargain.

It feels weird talking to you like this when you're inside my processor. We haven't had any connection in so many years...

I'm not the only one who blocked off our bond to hide secrets, Arcee.

Arcee debates with herself on whether she should tell her team that Megatron followed her back. I miss the old you, when you were so kind.

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After getting some Energon and helping Arcee get a vehicle form -she chose to get a hover motorbike- Megatronus leads Arcee back to his place. When they arrive, Arcee is in amazement at how nice his place looks. It was one of those nice apartments that she had seen but never imagined herself being in one. They use the elevator to go to the fifth floor, where Megatronus's apartment is. Arcee walks into the apartment to find a huge living room, it's really just average but to her it's huge, a storage area where she sees loads of Energon, and looking down a corridor, there are at least five rooms.

Megatronus leads her to the room she's gonna be staying in. She walks in and looks around. It's a lot bigger than the rooms she's used to sleeping in. "You have free roam, you can explore and get to know the place. As you saw, there's plenty of Energon, so just help yourself whenever you need some."

Arcee just nods to let him know that she heard him. She stays quiet as she looks around the room. She's doing a good job at hiding it, but she's really nervous right now. She's heard stories of what happened to some of the femmes that got sold off; they usually end up as sex slaves for the mech that bought them, to either pleasure himself or gain credits from her pleasuring other mechs. Is Megatronus going to do the same with her?

"I know it's going to take some time, but I will prove to you that you can trust me. Good night, Arcee." Megatronus walks out of the room, and the door closes. Arcee relaxes, but she knows that she can't let her guard down just yet. She walks over to the window to look out; she gets such a beautiful view of the city. She always had to sleep in a closed-off room for as far as she can remember, so she never got a view like this before; she could look at it for hours.

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Megatronus vents out a sigh as he holds Arcee in a tight grip. She is currently draped over his shoulder, wiggling to get free, but his tight hold won't allow her to. "What is this, your fourth escape attempt? I'm trying not to come off as a bad guy, Arcee, but I can't just allow you to run away after I've paid so much for you. I need you to talk to me, tell me why you keep trying to get away."

Megatronus had just returned from a fight to find Arcee trying to run off again; it had become a common occurrence for the past two weeks. Irritation started creeping in when he saw her. He's all battered and sore from his fight; he just wants to patch himself up and get some sleep. But he returns home to see that he has to catch Arcee again and practically drag her back to the apartment. After they get into the apartment, he locks the door and sets her down on one of the chairs in the living room. He pretty much falls into one of the other chairs, feeling exhausted.

Arcee looks at him, and she feels guilty for putting him through so much when he's been so kind to her. Not once has he tried to force her into anything she's uncomfortable with or caused her any harm. She gets up and walks over to the storage area to grab a cube of Energon. She walks back over to him and hands it to him. He looks up at her with a questioning look, but he takes the Energon cube without a word. While he's drinking the Energon, Arcee goes to get the supplies that she's seen Megatronus use to patch himself up.

She walks back over to him and gets to work, first stopping the Energon that is leaking out from his wounds. There was silence between them as she worked on patching him up, and he just relaxed, until Arcee spoke up, "That old couple kidnapped me when I was a sparkling; they took me away from my parents." Megatronus was drinking from the Energon cube, but when she started speaking, he immediately stopped and looked over at her, surprised that she, for one is talking to him right now, and two was finally opening up to him about her past. "They took me away from my parents. I haven't seen them since. I think about them all the time, wondering if they're still alive and if they're looking for me. I'm sorry for being so difficult. I don't run away to get away from you; I just want to find my parents. I want to know if they're still alive."

Megatronus raises his servo to her chin to raise her helm so he can look into her optics. His spark breaks when he sees lubricant building up in her optics. It also angered him, thinking about how much that couple had put her through. He sees some lubricant rolling down her cheek, and he wipes it away. "You will never have to deal with that couple ever again. You're with me now." He caresses her cheek as he looks at her lovingly, "I will help you find your parents."

She smiles at him, and he melts. He still can't believe that this femme had managed to capture his spark and make him fall so deeply in love with her in such a short time.

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That's in the past. Don't expect me to be like that again.

I wouldn't dream of it.

Arcee was doing a good job at keeping her composure around her team at first, but in time, she started slipping. She started having random outbursts of anger at her teammates, and she was forgetting to pick up Jack. Her team quickly picked up that something was wrong. They started wondering if her going into Megatron's processor was bringing back memories, or if being in his mind somehow affected her. Ratchet and Optimus confronted her about it, and she finally spoke up.

"I keep seeing Megatron; he's in my processor."

"You mean you can't stop thinking about him?" Ratchet asked, confused.

"No. I keep seeing visions, his memories, and it's not from us being sparkbonded. I see his face, hear him speak to me."

"I think you just need to be put on power-down mode to let your mind recover." Arcee wanted to argue, but she knew that Ratchet was right. Maybe going into power-down mode will help. So, she lets him put her in power-down mode, which upsets Megatron. But he wasn't gonna be deterred from his plans. He forced Arcee out of power-down mode and had her Ground Bridge herself to the place where he knew there was a Dark Energon shard.

Arcee keeps fighting to regain control of her body, but it's no use. Stop controlling me!

I will once I have revived my own body. And once I do, I will make sure that you stay with me and be by my side as you were supposed to be from the beginning, but you went against me and became an Autobot instead!

You were turning into a tyrant!

She makes her way back to base with the Dark Energon shard in her servo. Ratchet tried to question her, but she punched him. Jack had been watching the whole time, trying to figure out what was going on with her. Still under Megatron's control, Arcee opens up a Ground Bridge to where Optimus, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee had gone, and she makes her way to the Nemesis.

She makes her way through the ship with ease, fighting any Vehicons that get in her way, obviously using strength and fighting skills from Megatron. She gets to the room where Megatron's body is, and she uses the Cortical Psychic Patch again to connect her to Megatron. Ratchet comes running into the room with Jack to stop her, but Arcee manages to take him down with ease. When Jack tried to intervene and stop her, she just swatted him away. She felt bad for hurting them, but she wasn't in control.

After Arcee had put the Dark Energon shard into Megatron's body to revive it, Megatron returned to his body and woke up. Arcee and Ratchet watched in horror as Megatron got off the medical berth. She couldn't believe that he used her to help him revive his body.

"Decepticons, your rightful lord and master has returned!" Megatron looks over at Arcee and Ratchet. He grabs Arcee's arm and starts walking off. Arcee tried to protest as she tried to get out of his grip, but he refused to let her go. "Finish these pests! I have my own extermination to perform," he says as he walks past the Vehicons, dragging Arcee along with him. Ratchet grabbed Jack and ducked for cover as he looked for a way around them and off the ship.

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The Beauty and the Predacon

Chapter 29

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A few days passed, and the reconstruction of Cybertron is well underway. The Autobots drive around to different areas to assess which ones can be repaired. Arcee makes her way to the Citadel to scout the area and see if there would be a way to change it to something else.

When she gets into the proximity of the Citadel, two Predacons land in front of her, stopping her in her tracks. She quickly comes to a stop and transforms, "Whoa! I didn't know you guys were using this as your refuge now."

Darksteel and Skylynx transform, "You're the femme from before," Skylynx states. "Are you Predaking's mate?"

"I am. Is he around here?"

Before either of them could answer, Predaking lands beside her and hisses at them before looking at her. He lowers himself closer to the ground so she can climb on. Climb on, now! She was surprised by his tone but climbed on, and he flew off toward the Citadel. When he landed, she got off him, and he transformed. "Follow me," he says as he walks away.

"Predaking, what's wrong?" Arcee asks as she follows him. She's feeling a multitude of emotions from him right now. He remains silent until they get to the room that he had claimed as his sleeping quarters. Once the door closes, he makes sure it's locked so the other Predacons can't interrupt them for any reason. "Predaking?" Predaking knelt in front of her and pulled her into a hug. Arcee could tell that he missed her a lot, even if he was not saying it. "I missed you a lot too, Predaking."

"I hate the thought of other mechs being around you while you went into heat." He sniffs to get her sweet scent but gets nothing. He pulls back and looks at her in confusion, "Did you not go into heat?"

"I did, but Ratchet gave me something to suppress it so none of them would try anything."

"Good thinking, as I would have torn apart any who dared to touch you."

"But I am going to have to get back to get some more because the suppressant I'm on now is about to run out."

"Stay here. I'll take care of your needs."

"Predaking, I really -"

"Arcee, you're my mate, which makes it my duty to take care of your heat."

Arcee didn't try to argue, she knew she would lose if she did because if he's determined to do something, he will do it.

It didn't take long for the suppressant to run out. Ratchet was trying to contact her to get her to return so he could give her another dose of the suppressant, but she couldn't respond. Predaking had her pressed up against the wall as he mercilessly rammed his spike into her port. He held her legs open as wide as they could go as he went deeper and deeper until the base of his spike was beating against her port. Arcee grips his shoulders for dear life as she lets out a mixture of moans and screams. It hurts, but it feels so good.

Subconsciously, Predaking knows he shouldn't be this deep, but the sweet smell of her heat is clouding his processor and making his Predacon instincts go wild to the point where he's barely aware of what he's doing. But Arcee isn't complaining, because she's so stuffed with his spike that she feels no ache or anything else that would make her heat cycle miserable. She feels satisfied.

When they both hit their climax, they could feel it through the bond, which made it so much better. Arcee whines when Predaking pulls out; she feels so empty now. Predaking lays her on the ground, on her stomach, before transforming. His large frame hovers over Arcee as he lines up his spike to her port. She shifts her rear so he can easily sink his spike into her port. He growls and hisses as he sinks his spike in, and continues making noises as he pounds into her. He holds his head upwards towards the ceiling as he closes his optics. Your port is so tight… Ohh, you feel so good, Arcee.

Arcee can still hear her comrades trying to contact her, so she turns her comlink off before scraping her digits across the floor as she moans. Even though this position feels good, she more prefers him to be in bot form. But she'll take any position he wants to do as long as it keeps her heat under control and she doesn't have to suffer.

Predaking looks down to see her face, her helm is lying on the floor, her cheeks are blue, and her mouth is open in a silent moan as her optics roll back into her helm. He decides that he wants to see more, so he pulls out to transform and flip her over onto her back. He quickly sinks back in before Arcee can complain about him pulling out. He lifts her hips to put them at a better angle, and he starts thrusting again. She lies there motionless, her optics closed while moaning in complete bliss, as Predaking continues to abuse her port.

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"Still no word from Arcee?" Bumblebee asks as he walks up to Ratchet.

"No. I hope she's alright."

"She probably just ran into Predaking and they're spending some time together, but with Shockwave and Starscream still on the loose, we'd better check." Bumblebee gets Bulkhead and Smokescreen, and they go out to look for Arcee.

"Where was she last heading?" Smokescreen asked.

"I believe she headed back towards the Citadel to see if we can somehow turn it into something else," Bumblebee responded, and the three made their way toward the Citadel.

Before they can get close, they're suddenly attacked by Skylynx and Darksteel, who knock the three back before transforming and glaring at them. "What are you Autobots doing here?" Darksteel asked with a snarl.

"Predaking has claimed this area as Predacon territory, you Autobots are not allowed here," Skylynx added.

Bumblebee, Smokescreen, and Bulkhead transform. Smokescreen and Bulkhead get ready to fight, but Bumblebee takes a more peaceful approach. "Hold on there. We're looking for our comrade. A femme named Arcee, she was last known to be heading this way. Have you seen her?"

Darksteel starts laughing, "Oh yeah, we saw her. Predaking took her to the Citadel."

"Judging by the screaming and moaning we heard when we went inside, they're doing something you don't want to interrupt," Skylynx adds.

"We had to come out here because they were getting too loud."

Bumblebee vented out a sigh, "That's a relief. We thought something had happened to her. We just wanted to make sure she was alright. We will go now." Bumblebee, Smokescreen, and Bulkhead transform and drive off. Skylynx and Darksteel watch them leave before getting back to their play fighting.

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After going multiple rounds for hours, Arcee is out of it. Predaking carries her to one of the washrooms to clean her up. Afterward, he takes her back to his sleeping quarters and lies down on the floor with her. He feels guilty for going in so deep and being so rough with her. He holds her sleeping form as he watches her, still in amazement that a femme as beautiful as her is his mate. He thought about how, even though she and her team weren't happy about there being other Predacons, she was still supporting him when he was trying to find the other two Predacons. He really appreciates her for that.

His thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the door, he growls as he gets his armor on before opening the door. He glares at Darksteel and Skylynx as he steps out of the room so the door can close and keep the two Predacons from seeing his mate without her armor. A look of confusion crosses his face when he looks at the Energon cubes in their arms.

"Where did you get these from?"

"The Autobots were here looking for the femme earlier, we told them she was with you. They returned just now to give us some Energon for her and us," Skylynx explained.

"They called it a peace offering. We accepted it because we need Energon, and I'm sure she does too."

Predaking wants to refuse the offering, but Darksteel is right. They need Energon, and Arcee needs Energon after all the fragging they just did. He takes two cubes of Energon. "You each take one cube and store the rest. We need to make sure it lasts."

"They also wanted us to give her this." Skylynx brings out a datapad to hand to Predaking. Predaking places one of the Energon cubes between his arm and his body so he can take the datapad. Before anything else can be said, he turns to go back into his quarters.

He sets the Energon cubes and datapad down before sitting on the floor next to Arcee. He picks her up and pulls her into his lap, waking her in the process. "I have some Energon for you." He picks up one of the cubes and brings it to her mouth to help her drink it.

"Where did you get it from?"

"From what Skylynx and Darksteel told me, your team came looking for you earlier, and they told them that you were with me. It would seem that they returned to give us some Energon, to make sure you are good on Energon," he responds as he helps her drink from the cube. "They also wanted us to give you this." He picks up the datapad and hands it to her. 

Arcee reads what's on it and laughs, "It's a note from Ratchet. It says: Arcee, you better take care of yourself and drink plenty of Energon, you need to keep up your strength. If you don't look like you've been drinking plenty of Energon the next time I see you, whether Predaking is there or not, I will smack you in the head with a wrench. And he has the last sentence in capital letters with multiple exclamation marks."

Predaking watches Arcee as she continues laughing, "He better not smack you with a wrench. I will tear him apart if he does."

"Settle down, it's a harmless threat. I mean, he will smack me with a wrench, it's one of his things. But he means well. He's our doctor, and he wants to make sure we take care of ourselves, and I've especially been the one not taking care of myself, so he's harder on me."

"I will see to it that you take better care of yourself. Now, drink your Energon." Arcee giggles as Predaking helps her drink some more of the Energon. 

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Angel From A Dream

Chapter 29

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"Clampdown, open these pods and set our Decepticon brethren free."

Strongarm watched as Clampdown headed for the pods. Panic started setting in as she tried to think of a way to stop this.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!" Fixit shouts as he rolls forward and Steeljaw pushes Clampdown out of the way. "Um, the pods can only be opened from the command console, or, or, or..." Clampdown smacks him on the back. "Or they explode."

Good thinking, Fixit.

Underbite steps forward and sniffs him, "He's lying." Another sniff, "I can smell it."

Steeljaw grabs the Mini-Con and throws him into the command center. "Then you'll open the pods."

Fixit laughs nervously, "Sure. I'll-I'll be happy to."

Strongarm glares at Steeljaw as she tries to figure out what his angle is. Steeljaw notices her glare and looks at the others, "Make sure the Mini-Con opens the pods. I'll be right back." He then walks over to Strongarm, grabs her arm, and walks her away from the rest of his pack.

When they get far enough away, Strongarm jerks her arm out of his grip and faces him, "Steeljaw, what are you playing at? Why are you doing this?"

"I'm freeing my Decepticon brethren, so I can create my world for Decepticons. I will rule them, and you will be right by my side."

"No, I'm not. This is the path your sire wants you on. You know your carrier doesn't want you doing this stuff."

Steeljaw growls at her and she takes a step back, "Don't bring them into this."

"What about the time we shared yesterday? You're seriously doing this after that?"

"That has nothing to do with this."

"The reason you were in the area to begin with was because you were scouting out the scrapyard! I can't believe I'm actually falling for a mech like you!" She immediately shuts her mouth after she realizes what she said.

Steeljaw smirks at her, "You're getting feelings for me, Cadet."

"No! I'm not!"

"You shouldn't lie, Cadet."

Strongarm vented out a frustrated sigh, "Fine! I'm starting to catch feelings for you! I haven't been able to stop thinking about you since we left the island!"

Steeljaw's smirk turned into a grin. "Really? For that long?"

Strongarm narrowed her optics, "Don't -"

"Steeljaw! The humans!" Fracture's voice cuts in, interrupting Strongarm.

With a growl, Steeljaw grabs Strongarm's servo and runs over to where the others are. "What happened!?"

"Underbite was supposed to be watchin' 'em, but he got distracted and they ran off," Thunderhoof explained.

"You and Clampdown go find them!" Thunderhoof and Clampdown look at each other, Thunderhoof sneering at the thought of working with the crab. "NOW!" Steeljaw shouts as he stomps his foot, and they both hurriedly transform and drive off to search for the humans.

Strongarm is happy that the two humans were able to get away. She hopes they can get out of the scrapyard and help the others get in somehow. Eventually, Denny was caught, but Russell was still free, so she remained hopeful that he was able to get to the rest of the team. That's when Steeljaw's plans started spiraling downhill, between Fixit constantly finding excuses to delay in opening the pods, and Russell working with Bumblebee and the others to help them get back into the scrapyard, the Autobots were able to get back into the scrapyard and take down Steeljaw and his pack in no time. They subdued the Decepticons that were trying to get out of their pods and, with Denny's help, closed all the pods.

Steeljaw growled in frustration as he looked around at the Autobots who were surrounding him. "I will have a world for the Decepticons. This world!"

"Not today, Steeljaw," Bumblebee says before getting knocked down by one of Fracture's Mini-Cons. The Mini-Cons jump onto Steeljaw after he transforms, and he drives off through the open path that Strongarm made for him. When Strongarm looks back at Bumblebee, she sees him giving her a stern look. "Why did you open a way for him to escape?"

"He's my mate, Lieutenant."

"He's a highly dangerous Decepticon! The most wanted Decepticon on our list!"

"I know! I'm so confused about everything! I know we need to lock him up, but part of me doesn't want to lock him up because he's my mate and I'm catching feelings for him!"

"Whoa, wait a minute!" Sideswipe shouts, "You're catching feelings for a 'Con criminal? That's not like you. Who are you and what have you done with Strongarm?"

"I know it's wrong, but I couldn't stop it. It just happened."

"How many times have you let him escape before?"

"One. I encountered him yesterday, and I let him get away."

"You're not allowed to go anywhere by yourself. From now on, you will be accompanied by one of us. You clearly cannot be trusted to make the right decision when it comes to Steeljaw."

Strongarm casts her optics downward, "Yes, sir."

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The Decepticons make it back to their hideout, and Steeljaw is so outraged that he can't look at the others right now. "Get. Out." He says with a vicious growl. The others scurry away as fast as possible, leaving Steeljaw alone with his thoughts. He was so close to having his Decepticon army and ruling over Earth. But now, all of that has been taken away from him, and he once again had to leave Strongarm.

As he's sitting there thinking about the mission's failure, he hears a voice suddenly start calling out his name. He looks around but sees nobody; he's still alone. Then one of the metal pieces that was sitting on the floor next to him starts rising into the air with a face appearing on it.

"Call not your allies. I speak to you, and you alone."

"Who are you?"

"I am the first Decepticon. I was responsible for the Alchemor's crash and thus your freedom. I freed you and your pack to serve me."

Steeljaw couldn't believe what he was hearing. This supposed first Decepticon is saying that he freed them so that they could serve him? "You? The pack obeys my orders."

"You are to prepare my gateway. I will advise you with instructions shortly."

"I will not take orders from you."

"You will obey. Just because I'm in a different dimension does not mean I cannot hurt you." The first Decepticon clenches his fist and squeezes the metal to prove his point.

"Play all the tricks you like, I do not scare. And I will have a legion of Decepticons, no bot will interfere with my plans to rule this planet."

"I appreciate your ambition, Steeljaw. Truly, I do. Prepare my way, and I shall give you this world, along with whatever else you may desire."

"Hmm." Steeljaw thinks it over. If this first Decepticon is telling the truth and gives him whatever he desires, then he can have this world to rule and have Strongarm by his side with no bot to interfere or try to separate them. "Deal." The first Decepticon disappears, and the metal falls to the ground. Steeljaw watches it fall as he starts to smile, "For now. Just until I get what I want."

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[lifetimeshipper]

Angel From A Dream

Chapter 28

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Two months have passed, and Strongarm is fully recovered. Sideswipe is still on the mend, but he's also close to being fully recovered. Wheeljack, Arcee, Smokescreen, and Knock Out are all relieved to see their sparklings recovering from their ordeal. They can now leave knowing that they are well. They all bid farewell with heavy sparks as team Prime takes their leave.

Everything starts getting back to normal as 'Bee's team continues hunting down Decepticons, and once Grimlock and Sideswipe are fully healed, they join them. Bumblebee couldn't be happier to have his team back together and whole once more.

But unbeknownst to them, a pair of optics is watching them from the shadows of the trees and bushes that surround the scrapyard. A Wolf-Con sits out of view of the Autobots as he watches them and the humans, surveying the area closely. He notices that his cadet is nowhere to be seen, so he wonders where she could be.

When he finishes surveying the area, he begins to leave. When he gets further into the woods, he starts hearing music, a soft melody flowing through the forest. He follows the sound to where it's coming from, and he comes to a pond surrounded by rocks. He looks around and quickly spots Strongarm sitting in the water, washing dirt off her armor. He smiles as his tail wags. It's been a while since he last saw her.

It takes him a moment to realize that the music was coming from her as she starts humming along with the melody. Then a female voice starts singing, and Strongarm is singing along with her...

Pride can stand a thousand trials; the strong will never fall

But watching stars without you, my soul cried

Steeljaw quietly walks into the pond as he listens to her sing, walking towards her with his optics locked onto her. His spark's pulse picks up in speed as he gets closer.

Heaving heart is full of pain

Oh, oh, the aching

He gets right up behind her without her hearing him.

'Cause I'm kissing you, ohh

He leans forward to whisper in her audio receptor, "This feels familiar."

Strongarm gasps as she turns around, "Steeljaw! What are you doing here?"

"Though the last time this happened, you weren't singing. But if I had known you had such a lovely voice, I would have gotten you to sing for me back then."

"Answer my question, Steeljaw!"

"I was just walking through the woods and heard this music. I got curious and investigated. Good thing I did."

"I don't believe that for a minute."

"Believe it or not, it's the truth." Steeljaw grabs her servos when she tries to move away from him and pulls her closer to him.

"You can't be in this area..."

"I have a right to see my mate." His tone was firm, leaving no room for arguing. Strongarm tried to pull her servos out of his grip so she could get out of the water, but he held onto them firmly, not wanting to let her go. He pulls her closer to him and wraps an arm around her as he looks into her optics. "I've missed you," he whispers. Strongarm could see the sincerity in his optics and could tell he meant it.

A shade of blue covers her cheeks as she tries to think of a response. As the music goes from singing back to instrumental, Steeljaw leans in and kisses her softly. "You don't have to say anything, let your actions speak for you." When he goes back to kissing her, it's more passionate, the passion increasing more and more as the kiss goes on. Strongarm grips his forearms as he holds her close to his body, both arms wrapped around her in a way to ensure she can't escape if she wanted to. But she's too lost in the kiss to even think of trying to get away from him.

Ever since Steeljaw saved her from that Squirrel-Con, she hasn't been able to stop thinking about him. She eventually came to the realization that Steeljaw had finally gotten to her. She was starting to catch feelings for him. She was in complete denial at first, because she didn't want to accept the fact that she could be falling for a 'Con criminal, but in time she came to the conclusion that no matter how much she denies it, the feelings are still there.

Steeljaw moved down to her neck, licking and kissing over the mark he had left there. "You're mine, and you always will be," he said with a hint of a growl. Strongarm could hear the possessiveness in his tone; he really means it, and he really is not gonna let her go so easily.

He runs his claws over her body as he continues kissing her neck. She moans as she closes her optics, not realizing that Steeljaw is inserting some kind of chip into her body. He hears Fracture in his audio receptor, through the comlink, asking where he is. He growls as he pulls away from her, "Unfortunately, we have to cut this short. I have to go. I'll see you later." He kisses her one last time before getting out of the water, but then he turns back around to face her again. "Almost forgot..." He brings out a vial of the ointment and tosses it to her, "I'm sure you're almost out by now."

Strongarm catches the vial and watches him leave. She can't believe she's falling for a mech like him. What was that encounter all about, anyway? She still can't shake her suspicions about why he was in the area.

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Steeljaw meets up with his pack, who gave him confused looks. "Why are you dripping wet?" Underbite asked with a raised optic-ridge.

"I went for a swim. Now, let's get to planning." The others have more questions, but they decide to leave it alone and focus on the plans. They proceed with their planning to break into the scrapyard and break out the other Decepticons.

The next day, they sit in the bushes outside the scrapyard as they watch the Autobots interact with the human child. Steeljaw sets his optics on the stasis pods they need to get to, and they start setting their plan into motion.

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The Autobots look at the Decepticon tied to a tree with his mouth covered. "'Bee, do you have another group we don't know about running around here catching Decepticons?"

Bumblebee comms Fixit to find out what Decepticon this is. After they get the information, Strongarm takes the tape off the 'Con's mouth. "Uh, I don't suppose you bots could use a sidekick."

"No. We already have Sideswipe."

"Hey!"

"Oh, then how about a different kind of sidekick?" Kickback asks before kicking Strongarm and breaking free from the ropes. He kicks Bumblebee before transforming and driving off. Bumblebee felt that something was off, so he tried comming Fixit but got nothing but static. Worried about Fixit and the humans, they make their way back to the scrapyard.

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Strongarm looks around at her team as they bend over in pain from the defensive field subsonics that Steeljaw had placed at the front gate. She wondered why she wasn't being affected by it. Strongarm glares at Steeljaw when he kneels down and puts two claws at Russell's face. He's seriously doing this after the moment they just shared the previous day? Her spark breaks as she starts feeling like she was played. This is why he was in the area; he was scouting out the scrapyard.

"Let us discuss my team's demands. Throw down your weapons!"

The Autobots had no choice but to throw their weapons onto the ground; Denny's and Russell's lives were in danger. Steeljaw told Thunderhoof to get them. He protested at first, but then he begrudgingly got them. After he tossed them further in, where the Autobots can't reach them, he walked over to Steeljaw and asked, "Why isn't the cadet being affected by the subsonics?"

"Because I gave her the chip. Strongarm, come here!" Strongarm clenched her dentures. How dare he talk to her like that. Steeljaw growled as he stepped forward, "Strongarm. Come. Here."

Not wanting Steeljaw to get angry and hurt the humans, she walks over to him. "I'll get you for this, Steeljaw," Bumblebee says, trying to bear through the pain.

Steeljaw laughs, "You can try, but I would advise you all to flee instead. Because soon you will be far outnumbered and torn into spare parts." Steeljaw smiles as he puts an arm around Strongarm and walks her away from her team. The Decepticons followed them; they had a feeling Steeljaw would somehow save his cadet from the subsonics.

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The Beauty and the Predacon

Chapter 28

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Predaking saw the explosion on the side of the ship and could see the ship falling to the ground. His spark raced as he grew concerned for Arcee. Is she alright? Arcee! Arcee, answer me!

I'm here, Predaking. I'm fine.

Thank Primus.

Arcee looked around at the others to make sure they were okay. Once every bot was back on their feet, they made their way outside. When they make it outside, they see Unicron and his army heading straight for the well. Predaking, Darksteel, and Skylynx transform and drop down right behind them. They hear Unicron order his army to attack Primus, and they all look to see the Terrorcon Predacons fly towards the well. "We're the last line of defense," Bumblebee says as he raises a fist.

"I would recommend leaving that to those who are more suited for the task," Predaking says before looking at Arcee. Their optics meet for a brief moment, and they feel that same connection they felt before. 

Skylynx and Darksteel look at her as well. Is this the femme we were smelling? Is she Predaking's mate? They both questioned in their processors before they heard Predaking speak again.

"Skylynx, Darksteel, allow nothing to enter the well!" He says before transforming, they both transform as well. The three of them jump over the Autobots and run straight towards the swarm as they build up their fireballs.

Please be careful, Predaking. I don't want to lose you either.

You won't. I'll see you again when this is all over with. Predaking shoots out the fireball first, with Skylynx and Darksteel following his lead. They keep their fire focused on the swarm, but it doesn't seem to be doing too much to stop them. After a few moments, the swarm overpowers them, and they're pushed back into the well along with the swarm as they make their way to Primus.

The bots all go over to the edge of the well and look down. "Really? This is how it ends?" Bulkhead asks.

"We're not losing our planet. Not without taking Unicron with it," Bumblebee says as he turns to look at the mech who is standing a distance away.

Arcee continues looking down into the well. Predaking!

I'm alright. But I'm trapped, there's no way to get free.

Before Arcee could make a response, they heard a ship overhead. They look up to see Magnus' ship and all of them are overjoyed to see Optimus and Wheeljack return, "Optimus."

"I never thought I'd be so happy to see that big rig!" Knock Out exclaims.

Optimus exits the ship and flies towards Unicron, attacking him as he throws a Dark Energon spear at the ship, causing it to crash to the ground. "Jackie!" Bulkhead shouts before transforming and driving away to the crashed ship. Arcee transforms and drives after him. 

They both get to the ship and pull Wheeljack out of the wreckage. As they're helping Wheeljack walk away from the crashed ship, Optimus comes flying over and lands right in front of them. "So, how are we gonna get that thing to safety?" Wheeljack asks as he points to the casing that's holding the AllSpark.

"By the only means available to us, under these most dire of circumstances. The very survival of our species on this, or any world, depends upon it." He grabs the AllSpark's casing and flies off with it.

Unicron gets free from the magnetic hold of the polarity gauntlet and transforms into his jet mode. He flies off after Optimus, and when he has him in his range, he shoots at him. The blast hits Optimus and sends him crashing to the ground. After Unicron transforms and lands, he walks over to him and snatches the casing out of his servos. "I shall devour your AllSpark whole." He opens the casing to find it empty, "What!? A trick!" He says as the thing starts sucking Unicron out of Megatron's body and into the casing.

Megatron falls to the ground as Optimus picks up the casing that is now holding Unicron. "As a being comprised of pure energy, Unicron's antispark was vulnerable to this reliquary of the Primes."

"But if he's in there. Where's...?" Smokescreen begins questioning before he's interrupted by Starscream.

"Praise the AllSpark!" Starscream says as he flies towards Megatron, he transforms, and lands next to him. "Master, you're alive!"

"Indeed," Megatron says as he stands up.

"Your new battle armor will take things to the next level, my liege. Together we will reunite all Decepticons and once again grind Cybertron under your mighty heel."

"No!"

"What? Why?" Starscream asks in confusion as Megatron walks away from him.

He walks a few paces before stopping in front of Optimus. He looks over at him before speaking, "Because I now know the true meaning of oppression, and have thus lost my taste for inflicting it."

Starscream laughs as he walks over to him, making him turn to look at him. "You've clearly been traumatized, master. A good power down and a stroll around the smelting pit will put you back in touch with your inner warlord."

Megatron clenches his left servo, "Enough! The Decepticons are no more, and that is final!" He tells Starscream before running off and transforming, flying off to another part of the planet.

Starscream laughs awkwardly as he turns to look at the Autobots, "Yes, well, we all have plenty to think about. Don't we?" He then transforms and flies off as well.

Since the whole ordeal is over and done with, Arcee goes running over to the well to see Predaking, but stops in her tracks when she sees him fly out with the other two. He looks down at her from the sky as he flaps his wings. I told you I would see you again when this was all over with. But right now, you should stay with your team to get things sorted, and I need to get things sorted with these two Predacons. As well as find a place to live. We'll see each other again.

Neither of them wants to be separated from each other again, but they both know that now isn't a good time to be reunited. They both need to sort things out with their own kind, but they will find each other again real soon.

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Not at the end just yet, but I'd say we're getting close. I would say we have maybe about 10 to 15 more chapters before we reach the end, but I can't really say for certain. I know what I want to do from this point, I just don't know how many chapters it'll take to do it.

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[lifetimeshipper]

Angel From A Dream

Chapter 27

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Strongarm sits on the berth in Med Bay as Knock Out examines her, she had to use the ointment that Steeljaw gave her shortly after he left and she explained to her parents and the others what Steeljaw had told her. They grew concerned for her well-being after hearing about the affects the bite mark can have on her, and they became even angrier at Steeljaw for putting her in this situation.

When she got back to the scrapyard and got into Med Bay, she saw Sideswipe lying on a medical berth with machines still hooked up to him. He looks over at her and smiles weakly, relieved to see that she's okay and the rest of the team was able to save her. Her spark broke at the sight of him, even though they were able to save him, he still looked like he was about to join Primus at any moment.

"Everything checks out," Knock Out says once he finishes with his examination. "The biggest concern is that bite mark, you will need to make sure that you use that ointment regularly. My biggest worry is when you run out of it. You said that each Wolf-Con has an ointment specifically made for their bite mark, correct?"

"That's what Steeljaw told me."

"That means we can't just make another ointment, so we'll have to figure out what we can do when the ointment runs out."

"I think the best thing would be to capture Steeljaw and lock him up, then we can get information from him on how to make this ointment," Arcee suggested. "Or to at least have him in close range of Strongarm."

"That would be the best way to do this."

"But how will we capture him?" Strongarm questions, "He's very clever, he won't allow himself to get caught that easily."

"We'll have to think of something."

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Steeljaw walks with his pack back to their hideout, with Underbite lagging behind. But surprisingly, the others are going at a slow pace so he can keep up with them. He doesn't know if they're going at a slow pace for him or if they're exhausted from everything that happened. Most likely the last one.

"I'm surprised you let the femme go, I thought you would'a fought harder to keep her," Thunderhoof says to Steeljaw.

"We made a deal, I let her go and she gives me a chance to win her spark."

"Will she even keep up her side of the deal?" Fracture asked.

"She said she will. I have to trust that she will."

It takes them a while but eventually they make it back to their hideout and Underbite goes to look for some metal he can eat to regain his strength. Steeljaw stands outside as pain shoots through his frame, he hates being away from his mate like this, and he doesn't know when he will see her again. He didn't think he would be feeling this much pain just being separated from her.

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The Autobots worked on cleaning out the place where Brendon and his team were holding their equipment, and after a few days, they got everything out. They kept an optic on Strongarm and made sure she kept up with using the ointment while watching out for any changes. Sideswipe started making a recovery, and everyone was relieved that they didn't have to worry about him joining the AllSpark anytime soon. Though sometimes Strongarm wishes that he was unconscious again when he starts getting on her nerves.

In time, Strongarm is well enough to go on a mission. She goes with Bumblebee, Grimlock, and Wheeljack to hunt down four Decepticons whose signals popped up on their monitors. Wheeljack mainly went to keep an optic on Strongarm. They came across four Squirrel-Cons, each one having sharp claws and missiles attached to their tails. They have a brown and white color scheme and small ears on their helms, looking just like squirrels.

"Autobots!" One of them shouts to alert the other three before aiming his tail and firing missiles at the 'Bots. The Autobots disperse to avoid the missiles, and the Squirrel-Cons take the opportunity to attack and separate them from each other. Strongarm is too busy defending herself to notice that she's been fully separated from the other three. She blocks the mech's claws that are trying to slice her open, but she's not able to block his tail in time before it hits her and she ends up on the ground.

The Squirrel-Con continues swinging and slashes her arm, cutting the metal deep enough for wires to be exposed. Strongarm screams in pain as she tries to get the mech off her. She begins to realize that she's not back to full strength yet, and she regrets being so quick to go out on a mission, not listening to Ratchet or Knock Out, who were trying to tell her that she needed a bit more rest. Now she's lying on the ground with her weapon out of arm's reach and a Decepticon on top of her, attempting to kill her. The 'Con raises his claws for a lethal strike when he's suddenly tackled off of her and to the ground.

Strongarm is in shock, her processor trying to understand what was happening. She looks over and sees Steeljaw fighting the Squirrel-Con, the 'Con trying the get the upper hand, but Steeljaw is tearing him apart. "No mech is to ever touch or harm my mate!" Steeljaw snarls. He slashes the mech's arm, making a bigger and deeper wound than the one on Strongarm's arm. Steeljaw is so ticked off he's getting ready to kill this mech.

"Steeljaw, stop!" Strongarm shouts when she finally comes to her senses. "Don't kill him. We're gonna lock him up."

Steeljaw turns and growls at her, but he listens and knocks the mech unconscious instead of killing him. "What were you thinking coming out here and facing a Decepticon like that?" He asks as he helps her get up off the ground. "You're obviously not at full strength! You could have been killed! Why did they let you go out on a mission?"

"Um… Well…" Strongarm steps away from Steeljaw, feeling nervous, "I was actually told by both of our medics that I shouldn't go, but I-"

"Didn't listen!" Steeljaw growls again. "You're too stubborn for your own good!"

Strongarm is baffled, she starts stumbling over her words, trying to find the right response. He's not wrong, she can be pretty stubborn. But coming from him? A 'Con? 

She sees Steeljaw move closer to her, and she moves back. "What are you even doing here? How did you know I was in trouble?"

He stops moving so he doesn't make her feel uncomfortable, "I was out scouting for other Decepticons when I suddenly caught a whiff of your scent. I followed it because I wanted to see you again, then I found myself overcome with panic and I knew you were in trouble. I quickly followed your scent to where you were and found you on the ground with that 'Con on top of you." He pointed at the Squirrel-Con still unconscious on the ground.

"Thank you for helping me." She wants to ask him to return to the scrapyard with her, but she doesn't want him to feel like it's a trap. She's feeling so nervous around him now, the same nervousness she felt whenever she was around her ex. But she refuses to believe she's falling for this 'Con.

"You 'Con scum!"

Strongarm hears her father shouting before seeing him run towards Steeljaw with his katanas already out. She then sees Bumblebee and Grimlock walking over with the unconscious bodies of the other three Squirrel-Cons. She's relieved they're all okay.

Wheeljack attacks Steeljaw with his katanas, trying to knock the mech out. But Steeljaw blocks each swing with his claws as he tries to get the upper hand over the veteran Autobot. "You're coming with us, Decepticon! I'll knock you out and drag you back to the scrapyard if you don't want to come willingly!"

"Am I supposed to just willingly go back to the scrapyard with you and be placed in a pod?"

"That's not it at all, Steeljaw," Strongarm speaks up, "They're worried about what will happen when the ointment you gave me runs out."

"That's not the only vile I have." He smirks mischievously, "But you will have to come see me to get another one." He quickly transforms and drives off. He usually doesn't run from a fight, but he's trying not to hurt those that Strongarm cares about.

Wheeljack is ready to go after him, but Bumblebee stops him, "Wheeljack, don't. We need to get these four 'Cons back and put them in pods. Plus, Strongarm was injured and needs medical attention."

Wheeljack reluctantly agreed as he put away his katanas and went to pick up the Squirrel-Con that Steeljaw had knocked out. He walked next to Strongarm as they headed back to the scrapyard.

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The Beauty and the Predacon

Chapter 27

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Darksteel slams into Predaking, wrapping his arms around his waist, but Predaking slams his fists onto his back before hitting him hard enough to send him flying back. Darksteel slid across the ground a bit before stopping and looking up. Skylynx is in Predacon form, flying towards Predaking from behind. Darksteel laughs.

Skylynx grabs Predaking from behind and flies off with him, slamming him into the ground and sliding him across it, until he slams him into the side of a metallic cliff. He lands on top of the cliff and holds Predaking by the shoulders to keep him in place. Predaking looks up and sees Darksteel in Predacon form, charging at him. He grabs Skylynx and throws him at Darksteel, knocking them both back and landing on the ground.

I won't let these Predacons lay a talon on my mate! They will understand that she's mine and only mine! Predaking runs towards them, transforming into his Predacon form on the way. He launches at them, and they try to fight him off, but he easily takes them down. He pins both of them to the ground and builds up a fireball. They both transform as they look up at him, slightly trembling. "All hail, Predaking," Skylynx says as Predaking looks at Darksteel before looking at him. "You can have the femme."

Predaking hears footsteps and looks up to see Shockwave standing there, "An impressive display from my creations. But would it not be more logical to employ your might elsewhere at this time? Especially you, Predaking. If you don't help your mate, you might lose her."

Predaking's spark froze for a second. Arcee's in danger!? He wastes no time in flying off towards Arcee's location. Skylynx and Darksteel look at each other as questions filled their processors, they then transform and fly after Predaking. 

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Bumblebee and Bulkhead looked at Arcee with concern while Knock Out was confused, "Are you alright, Arcee?" Bumblebee asked.

"Yeah," Arcee responded as the pain subsided, "Predaking was just in another fight, but it's over now."

"I wonder with who," Bulkhead wonders out loud.

"I believe the other Predacons, while he was fighting, I kept getting this feeling from him like he needed to prove that he was king and more superior than them. He was also feeling very protective of me for some reason."

"You're his mate, I'm pretty sure he'll be protective of you over anything," Bumblebee states.

"Well, anyway, we should get Starscream into a brig before he tries to make a break for it," Arcee says as she walks over to Starscream, who is still lying on the ground unconscious.

"Are you sure you're good to do this?" Knock Out asks her.

"I'm sure, Knock Out. Pick him up and let's go, we'll free Smokescreen on the way."

"Okay," Knock Out says as he picks up Starscream. As they walk through the corridors of the ship, it's silent until Knock Out speaks up. "So, you actually sparkmated with the Predacon?"

"I did. I sparkmated with him and he marked me."

"So that's why you were in pain back there, you could feel everything he was feeling while fighting."

"Unfortunately. That's the only thing I hate about the sparkbonding."

Knock Out didn't know what to say. They still have to get used to each other's company, and he can tell that Arcee still doesn't trust him enough, so he decides not to ask too many personal questions. He leads Arcee to the area where he left Smokescreen trapped in the wall, and they release him. Then they go to the brig to lock up Starscream. While they were heading back, Arcee asked Knock Out the question that's been plaguing her.

"Why'd you do it, Knock Out? Why'd you turn against Starscream?"

"Even if I had helped him cease this ship, he probably would have just fired me out of the first airlock." He looks off to the side, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Oh, and he's rude."

Arcee, where are you?

I'm on the Nemesis with my team, we're heading to the Well of AllSparks to stop Unicron and his army from destroying Primus.

No! That's too dangerous!

We can't just stand around and watch Unicron destroy our planet after we fought so hard to revive it!

I'm on my way with the other two Predacons to assist in the fight. You stay out of it, I don't want to lose you.

Arcee walks onto the bridge with Smokescreen and Knock Out as the conversation ends. "Are we there yet?" Smokescreen asked.

"Right on schedule," Bulkhead responds as he looks at the screen.

"And so is Unicron," Bumblebee adds. They fly towards Unicron's undead army and start shooting at them as they fly over. They then circle around to come back and shoot at them again. 

The Terrorcons head up to the sky to fly towards them and attack. The Autobots shoot them down one by one, but there are too many of them. They began to swarm around the ship, and one landed on one of the windows, scaring Knock Out, who screams and jumps back while Bumblebee and Smokescreen come over to stand in front of him with their guns ready.

A fireball suddenly comes out of nowhere and hits the Terrorcon, knocking it off the ship. They all look out the window to see more of them being taken down, and Arcee sees Predaking and the other two Predacons shooting fireballs at them. "Predaking," she says as she smiles.

"Predacon allies. You called it, 'Bee. And to think that Optimus almost passed down the matrix to me."

"Whoa, what?" Bumblebee asks, looking at him in disbelief.

"Yeah, I said it. But right place, right time, does not mean right bot, I know that now."

"Well, I'm pretty sure I'm not the reason they're here helping us right now," Bumblebee says as he looks over at Arcee. "No doubt Predaking came to save Arcee, and we're just being included."

Smokescreen looks over at Arcee as well, "Yeah. You can really see how much he cares about her and what he's willing to do to keep her safe."

They could hear the Terrorcon Predacons attacking the side of the ship until one side explodes and the whole ship starts going down. "Brace for impact!" Bulkhead shouts and they all grab onto something to brace themselves.

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The Beauty and the Predacon

Chapter 26

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As the Autobots look at the screen, they see Megatron's life signal suddenly pop up, "Megatron's life signal."

"So, somewhere in that new body armor, he's still alive?" Arcee asked in disbelief.

Ratchet turns to look at her, "He's perished and returned before. A phenomenon no doubt aided by the blood of Unicron which has coursed through his veins."

"The coordinates indicated he has left Darkmount," Bumblebee points out.

Ratchet turns back to the screen, "Triangulating his exact position."

They all watched as Ratchet brought up Megatron's current position, "We were there, earlier today," Bumblebee says.

"Predaking's refuge?"

"Unicron's retracing our steps?"

"Whoa, hold on," Smokescreen says as he steps forward, "What in Alpha Trion's beard is that?" He asks as they watch a big energy mass form on the screen.

"Seeing as we're dealing with Unicron, the big energy mass can be only one thing, Dark Energon," Ratchet explains, "But for what purpose?"

"We all saw it, the valley was filled with Predacon bones."

"Unicron's raising an undead army." Predaking's not gonna like that. He just cannot catch a break.

Not gonna like what?

Predaking, are you okay?

Of course I am. But I am sorry that you had to feel that pain. Now answer my question.

Unicron is at your refuge and seems to be raising an undead army with the Predacon bones that are there.

I'm gonna kill him! Predaking said as he growled to himself. Arcee could feel his anger and hatred for Unicron through the bond.

"...towards the well of All-Sparks." Arcee hears Ratchet saying as she tunes back into the conversation, "The most direct route to Cybertron's core, and Primus. Unicron clearly seeks to access our planet's core from the same point of entry that we used to restore it."

"No doubt with every intention of undoing our efforts."

"So, what do we do?" Bulkhead asks.

"We put ourselves between Unicron's army and the well," Bumblebee replied, and everyone looked at him with uncertainty. "Our strongest assets are this warship and whatever relics might be stored in its vault."

"Last time I looked, just the polarity gauntlet and the immobilizer," Smokescreen states.

"Hopefully, the genuine article this time," Arcee says, looking at Smokescreen.

"I'll round up the secret weapons," Smokescreen says before walking off.

"Bulkhead, think you can pilot this ship?" Bumblebee asks.

"'Con engineering. User-friendly, right?"

Bumblebee turns to look at Ratchet, "Ratchet, you've given your all to save this world once already."

They drop off Ratchet and Ultra Magnus somewhere safe before flying off to meet Unicron's army of the undead.

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As they're flying towards their destination, Bumblebee checks the weapons of the ship. "Primary fusion cannons, null rays, ion blasters, everything we need to stand a fighting chance against Unicron's army."

"'Bee, in case I never get another chance to say this, you've really proved your metal."

"I'd like to think my actions always spoke louder than my words, Arcee. But it didn't hurt to watch and learn from the best."

"Would be nice if Optimus showed up right about now."

"I was referring to a powerful little two-wheeler I know." Arcee smiled at him and he continued, "You're like a sister to me and I'm glad we were able to work together."

"I am too. All of you are like a family -"

"Autobots, surrender this warship," Starscream says as he enters with all the Decepticons he had freed. The Decepticons point their guns at them, and Arcee and Bulkhead do the same. Bumblebee starts to move towards Starscream, but he brings out the immobilizer and points it at Bumblebee, causing him the stop. "Funny how the immobilizer can freeze bots in their tracks before it's activated."

"And in case you are wondering, Smokescreen is in no position to come to your rescue right now," Knock Out adds in.

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"Skylynx, look. One of us," Darksteel says as he points at Predaking, who is flying towards them.

"Indeed, Darksteel. Most likely our predecessor," Skylynx says as a growl escapes, he doesn't like that there's another Predacon around because that means competition for this femme that's going into heat. The smell still has them all riled up. They both watched as Predaking lands and transforms before looking around at the area.

"The burial ground, desecrated. Strip-mined of all that remained of our ancestors."

Darksteel laughed, "You should have been here to see them all rise and shine."

Predaking turns to look at him, "They live?"

"If you call being undead living," Skylynx replies. He and Darksteel are trying their best to keep from growling, but it's difficult as it's becoming harder and harder to keep their Predacon instincts under control.

"Dark magic, perpetuated by the demon who lives in Megatron's skin."

"Just be glad you're alive so the demon can't pull your strings!" Skylynx says with a growl.

Predaking notices that there is something off about them, they're acting like Predacons who just noticed a femme in heat for the first... Wait... He sniffs the air and smells that sweet scent that Arcee had left behind, so that's it. He tries to ignore it, "Do you not comprehend the scope of this tragedy? We three are living proof that our mighty race might once again have flourished. Their remains must be reclaimed, if for no other reason than to be laid properly back to rest," Predaking says as he walks past them.

They both growl at him as their Predacon instincts completely take over, "And who made you boss?" Darksteel asked with a snarl. They need to find this femme, now.

Predaking snarls in return, "I am not your boss..." He swirls around and glares at them, "I am your king!" He unleashes his claws ready to fight. Not only are they opposing his role as their king, but they're about to go after his mate. No mech, whether they be Autobot, Decepticon, or Predacon, will get anywhere near his mate.

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"Nah, 'Scream won't use it," Bulkhead says as the Decepticons move closer to them, "He needs us if he's gonna stand any chance of surviving Unicron."

"You misunderstand," Starscream says as he swings the immobilizer around to point it at each bot. "I do not intend to use this ship for battle, but for quickly getting as far as possible from this doomed planet."

"Earth would be nice, now that Unicron no longer seems to be calling it home," Knock Out suggests.

"Shut up you!" Starscream shouts at him before turning to the Autobots once more, "Now, move away from the controls, Bulkhead, or get stiff."

Bulkhead puts up his servos as Bumblebee starts talking, "There's just one thing you've overlooked, 'Scream. That device you're holding, not the immobilizer."

"What? What do you mean?" Starscream asks in confusion. Bumblebee charges him to take the device away from him while Arcee starts shooting at the Vehicons, taking them down. Knock Out ducked to get out of the line of fire while the Vehicons were shot down one after the other.

"I will silence you forever," Starscream tells Bumblebee before gasping as a servo phased through his chest to grab the immobilizer. Once the servo and the immobilizer phase back through his chest, he turns around to see Knock Out holding it before he hits Starscream with it, breaking it. Starscream falls to the ground unconscious, and Knock Out looks up at the Autobots, "Now will you believe I'm joining the winning team?"

"Knock Out, we needed that," Bumblebee tells him.

"Wait, it really was the immobilizer?"

Arcee gasps as she feels pain shoot through her body again. Dammit, Predaking. You're in a fight again? 

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Chapter 25

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"What do you mean it could be a problem?" Bumblebee asked in confusion.

"Think about how we are when we're in heat, we can get aggressive," Ratchet responds. "Being a Predacon, Predaking will be worse in heat, he will constantly want to frag and most likely will kill any bot that gets in his way. We will have to stay clear of him during that time, and Arcee, you will have to be careful that he won't unintentionally hurt you."

"That would be worrisome. But won't it be great to use against Unicron?" Bulkhead questions.

"If he would go into full heat right now..."

"Can we stop talking about it and discuss the situation at hand?" Arcee was getting tired of hearing them talk about Predaking and his heat; that's not the big issue right now. "I mean, how exactly is this happening? We put out a call to all refugees, inviting them back to Cybertron, and Unicron's the first in line?"

"Not to mention those Predacons. What have we come home to?" Bulkhead added in.

"What are we supposed to call him, huh? Megacron? Unitron?" Smokescreen asks.

Arcee looks at him with a raised optic ridge, "Really? That's your biggest issue right now?"

Smokescreen looks down, "Right, right." He looks back up at Arcee, "So, what's the game plan?"

Bumblebee turns to walk over to the monitor, and they watch him as he starts messing with it. After a moment, Ratchet starts speaking, "While Unicron may inhabit a mortal form, he is still a god and thus, cannot be defeated by customary means."

"Optimus? Wheeljack? This is Bumblebee. We have an urgent situation," Bumblebee tries to call out to Optimus, but doesn't get a response. "Optimus, can you hear me? Come in, please... Wheeljack, do you read?... Nothing."

"You have your voice back, now's not the time to go radio silent," Arcee says as she walks up to the monitor. "Optimus, in the event that you can hear us, Unicron has found his way back to Cybertron. Repeat, the chaos bringer is here on our soil, in possession of Megatron's body."

"So, what now?" Bulkhead asks, "I mean, besides hoping that Optimus got the message."

"We figure out why Unicron's here," Arcee responded.

"And what he wants," Bumblebee added.

"...To destroy the spark of his archenemy, Primus," Ratchet says with a sad tone.

"But that's the core of our planet," Smokescreen says with worry.

"It isn't fair. How many times do we have to save a world, have to fight for the survival of our home?"

"Regrettably, the struggle between creation and destruction is an eternal one. And the battle lines which separate the two run through the very spark of Cybertron. Good and evil, order and chaos. One victorious, one vanquished. Each forming the core of their own separate worlds, Cybertron and Earth. And now, the darkness has followed us all the way home."

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As the Autobots walked through the corridors heading to the bridge, Arcee started to feel pain all through her body. She lagged behind as she started to worry about Predaking, she stops walking and leans against the wall as the pain worsens.

Smokescreen noticed that she had stopped walking since she was walking next to him, he turned to look at her, and worry filled his face. "Arcee, are you alright?" His question drew the others' attention, and they all looked at her.

Ratchet rushed over to her, "What's wrong?"

"P-pain... all over my..." She trails off as she grabs her helm, "Predaking's getting a beat down!"

"Scrap, there's nothing I can do. You're just gonna have to endure it," Ratchet says as he places a servo on her back.

Bumblebee kneels in front of her and puts a servo on her shoulder, "But we're gonna stay right here with you."

Arcee looks up at them with warmth filling her spark. These guys have been with her and helped her through so much. They're her family, and she loves them so very much. She keeps feeling the blows coming one after another until the final blow hits, which almost knocks her down. If it weren't for Ratchet and Bumblebee being there to hold her up, she would have fallen right to the floor. She keeps a servo on her helm as the pain starts subsiding, "It's over now, it seems Predaking was knocked out."

"It must be Unicron, he's the only one I can think of that would be capable of giving Predaking a beat down," Bulkhead says as Ratchet and Bumblebee help Arcee stand up.

"It was Unicron. Looking into Predaking's thoughts, he was really pissed to see Megatron not knowing that it was Unicron in Megatron's body. Unless he did know and didn't want to believe it, I'm not sure."

"Can you talk to him?" Bumblebee asked.

"No, he's a bit out of it right now."

"Let's continue to the bridge, but you guys stay close to her and let me know if something goes wrong," Ratchet says before walking off. The rest followed him while staying close to Arcee.

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Skylynx and Darksteel arrive at the Predacon boneyard with Shockwave and Starscream and begin pulling out the bones for Shockwave. But it didn't take long for them to get distracted by a sweet smell. "You smell that, Skylynx?" Darksteel asks as he begins to follow the smell.

"I do, Darksteel."

They both follow the smell to an area where they find some fluids lying on the ground, and they sniff it. "A femme," Skylynx says with a growl.

"What are you two doing? Get back to work!" Starscream yells at them.

Darksteel and Skylynx growl at him, making him flinch, "We smell a femme! Where is she?"

"A femme? There's only one femme on this planet, and she's an Autobot, our enemy! Now stop messing around and get back to work!"

Darksteel and Skylynx look at each other, they don't care if she is an Autobot, they need to find her. Her scent smells so good they're not gonna pass her up just because she's an Autobot. They will get back to work right now but the first chance they get they will hunt down this femme, she's going into heat and the smell is making their Predacon instincts go nuts. 

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No End In Sight

Chapter 33

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Arcee watches as Megatron falls to his knee while holding his helm. She's amazed that Unicron can bring down the warlord so easily. But she suspects that Unicron might be using Megatron to lure them into a trap.

"Unicron grows ever stronger," Megatron says before looking over at Optimus. He stands up and begins walking again, passing Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee as they watch him pass them.

"How do we know Unicron isn't using Megatron to lead us all into a trap?" Arcee asks Optimus as he walks past her.

"We do not," Optimus replies. Arcee transforms her servos into her blasters to be ready for an attack.

After some time of walking, they stop to look around at the area they came upon, a pulse echoing throughout the chamber. "Unicron's spark is near."

Arcee walks forward only to stop and turn towards Megatron, "After you," she says in a snarky tone as she puts out a servo to gesture her words.

Megatron looked at her as a small smirk crossed his mouth. "You're so flattering, my dear. I'll be sure to tell Soundwave," he says as he walks past her.

Arcee stiffens as her pulse quickens. She quickly glances over to Optimus before looking back at Megatron. Optimus was looking at her with a questioning gaze. She can't look at him right now; she doesn't want to tell him. She begins following Megatron as she hopes that Optimus won't question Megatron's comment or her reaction.

Optimus watched Arcee; he could tell she was unsettled by Megatron's remark. He watches her servos clench into fists as she follows Megatron, clearly avoiding his gaze. Did Soundwave do something to her? Or is she hiding something from them? He'll be sure to question her about it later when they're done with this mission. Right now, they need to stay focused on taking down Unicron.

Megatron can't help but chuckle as he glances back at Arcee and Optimus. So, she didn't tell them about what happened between her and Soundwave. I thought they shared everything and kept no secrets. I wonder, should I tell them her little secret?

Arcee and Optimus look back at Bulkhead when they hear him stumble and groan. They see him holding his helm as he tries to keep his balance, "Bulkhead!" Arcee shouts as she runs over to him, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, 'Cee. Just a little woozy."

"The Dark Energon. It's starting to affect you," Arcee says as she grabs his arm to help him along. "Steady as you go, Bulk."

Optimus was getting ready to go help them when Megatron turned around and spoke, "He's preparing to expel us."

They hear screeching, and they look to see a group of some kind of Cybertronian creatures flying towards them. Bulkhead and Arcee transform their servos into their blasters. "What are those things?" Bulkhead asks as they get into fighting positions.

"As we are within Unicron's body, it stands to reason that they are some sort of antibody," Optimus replies as he transforms his servo into his blaster. The antibodies start heading for them to attack, and they all start shooting. When one heads straight towards Optimus, he switches from his blaster to his blade to slice the thing in half, then switches back to his blaster to keep shooting.

One head for Arcee, and she flips over it as she shoots at it, she gets hit in the back by a shockwave from the thing exploding, and falls down to the other walkway down below, punching one of the antibodies on the way down. She lands on her feet and looks up, she sees Bulkhead punch away two of them with his wrecking ball before he starts getting woozy again.

He falls over the edge of the walkway but manages to grab the side of it to keep from falling all the way down. He tries to hang onto it as long as he can, but he's getting too weak. Optimus cuts down one of the antibodies as he stands back to back with Megatron, fighting these things. He glances over and sees Bulkhead hanging onto the side, and he rushes over to help him. He grabs his servo just in time as it slips off the edge.

Arcee kills a couple more of the antibodies that tried to attack her. When she finishes, she looks up to see Bulkhead safely back on the walkway. "Arcee!" She hears Optimus yell as a sign that it's time to get going. She runs along the walkway she's on and jumps onto one of the antibodies. She makes the thing fly her up to meet with her team and Megatron. Once she's up there, she kills the antibody and jumps off, landing on her feet in front of the mechs before turning and running into the tunnel. The three mechs follow her, with the antibodies coming after them, still shooting at them.

They continue shooting at the antibodies as they reach a door. Megatron grabs his helm as he falls to his knees. Unicron is in his processor, trying to get him to kill Optimus. He looks up at Optimus, who turns to look at him. "Megatron!"

Megatron grabs at his helm again with a scream before he pushes Optimus out of the way and starts shooting at the attacking antibodies. "Unicron's spark lies just beyond," Megatron says as he points at the closed door that's keeping them from Unicron. He turns to run to it with Optimus behind him.

"How do we get inside?"

"By fooling Unicron's defenses into believing we are not a threat." Megatron looks down at the glowing Decepticon symbol on his chest. Optimus looks at the purple glowing Decepticon symbol, and he begins to understand what Megatron means. Megatron turns around and positions his chest at a hole by the door, and the door opens.

Megatron proceeds to walk through the opening without a word. Optimus looks at him for a second before turning to his team. "Autobots, I will need you to keep our attackers at bay for as long as you can," he says before firing another shot. He then turns to follow Megatron.

Bulkhead and Arcee keep shooting, "We gotta hold fast!" Bulkhead tells Arcee, "For Optimus!"

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When Optimus makes it to the chamber where Unicron is, he sees Megatron gazing up at the big ball of purple light. Optimus stands next to him as he looks up at the thing as well, until Megatron turns to speak to him. "Optimus, swiftly," he says with a gesture of his helm.

Optimus walks forward, having to push himself through the force of power that's emanating from the orb. Waves of power come out and hit them at full force, and Megatron's processor is once again bombarded by the voice of Unicron, "Megatron..." Megatron cries out in pain as Unicron continues, "Destroy the Prime! I command you!"

Fighting for control over his body, his blade shoots out as he walks towards Optimus, who is still on his knees, fighting against the power that's still emanating from the orb. Megatron raises his arm, but he manages to take control over his body again, and he slams his arm into his servo to stop himself from slicing Optimus. "Megatron is commanded by no one!"

Optimus hears Megatron yelling in pain before suddenly dropping to the floor. Determined to keep Unicron from destroying the planet, Optimus pushes himself up so he can complete his task. "Matrix of leadership, I call upon you," he says as he pushes himself up to his feet.

Megatron rises again, completely under the control of Unicron, and Unicron speaks through him. "You cannot defeat me, disciple of Primus. I have transcended physical being! By my will alone, all upon this world shall fall into chaos!"

"Not while I still function, Unicron." Optimus turns to face the orb as he fully stands up and crosses his arms over his chest, making an X. "The power of the matrix will light our darkest hour!" He says as the matrix powers up inside him. He removes his arms as his chest plating opens up and the matrix shoots out a beam into the big glowing orb as Unicron shouts out a no from behind him.

Megatron is pushed back and knocked out, with Unicron leaving his body and processor. Optimus slides back a bit due to the force of the power, but he manages to hold his ground. When the matrix is done shooting out the beam, Optimus falls to the floor. Unicron screams out before exploding and vanishing, leaving little purple particles behind.

Megatron is the first to get up. He shakes his helm before looking over at Optimus, who groans as he starts pushing himself up off the floor. "Teamwork, hmph," Megatron says before his blade comes out. He walks over to Optimus to end him while he's still disoriented.

Optimus looks up at him with blurry vision, but when his vision clears and he can see clearly again, he looks around in confusion, "Where are we, Megatronus?"

Megatron halted as a look of surprise crossed his face for a quick second, Optimus was somehow reverted back to Orion Pax. He smirks slightly as he pulls in his blade before helping him up. "Don't you remember, old friend?"

Optimus just looks at him as he pulls back his battle mask. They hear some noises and they look towards the door to see Bulkhead busting through, "Optimus, are you okay?" He asks as he makes his way into the chamber with Arcee right behind him.

"Why did he call me that?" Optimus asks in confusion.

Bulkhead and Arcee run towards them before they come to a halt and get into fighting positions. "What did you do to him?" Arcee asked with a glare.

"Who are they?" Optimus asked before a Ground Bridge opened up behind him.

Optimus and Megatron look over at the Ground Bridge before Megatron replies, "Our mortal enemies." He places a servo on Optimus' shoulder, "Go on through, I'll cover you!" He says as he aims his blaster at them and begins shooting, aiming more at Bulkhead. Optimus turns to run through the portal while Megatron runs over to Arcee while shooting at Bulkhead. "Arcee, let's go!" He says as he reaches out to grab her, but Arcee jumps out of his reach as she transforms her servos into her blasters.

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Arcee points her blasters at him and starts shooting.

Optimus looks back to see Megatron trying to capture the femme, "Megatronus, why are you trying to take the enemy with us?"

Megatron growls in frustration. There's no way he can capture her and make her go back to the Nemesis with them without raising suspicion in Orion. He'll have to leave her for now and devise a plan to get her back later. "Never mind that, just go!" He says as he starts heading towards the portal while sending out a few more shots. Optimus decides not to question him any further and runs through the Ground Bridge. Megatron shoots a couple more blasts before turning to follow him.

As Megatron walks with Optimus through the corridors of the Nemesis, he feels outraged that he couldn't get Arcee back to the Nemesis with him. Everything was going according to plan; all he needed to do was get Arcee back to the ship. But it's just a minor setback; he will get Arcee back so he can complete his plan.

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I'm gonna end this book here, I have so many ideas for this story crossing over all three seasons that this book would probably end up being close to 100 chapters by the end. That would make this book too long. So I decided to cut it up into three books, each one following a season. This one followed the first season, the next book will follow season 2, and the third book will follow season 3 and the movie.

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Chapter 1

[lifetimeshipper]

No End In Sight

Chapter 32

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As soon as Arcee gets through the Ground Bridge and into the base she's so familiar with, she's caught up in a big bear hug by Bumblebee. All the 'Bots make it through the Ground Bridge with Optimus being the last one through, all of their sparks swelling with happiness to have Arcee back with the team once more.

"Arcee!"

Arcee looks over at Jack, who is looking at her with a mixture of happiness and concern. Arcee smiles at him, "Hey, Jack. Hope you've been staying out of trouble."

Jack scoffs, "You know me, Arcee," he says, trying to be nonchalant about it. "It's good to see you again, and I'm happy you're back to normal."

Arcee's spark breaks when she thinks of what she could have done to her team, her friends, while she was under Megatron's control. "I'm sorry for anything I may have done if I had hurt you in any way." She looks to the rest of her team, "All of you."

Optimus walks over to her. "Nobody here is mad at you, Arcee. We know you weren't in control of your own actions. Megatron used you to get to us and take us down, and for a bit there, he almost succeeded. We were all worried about you and just wanted you back."

Arcee smiled at him before Ratchet led her to Med Bay so he could scan her for any injuries or any kind of tracker that the Decepticons could have put on her. He finds nothing, no hidden injuries and no tracker, and he feels relieved. He then proceeds to reactivating her weapons while they told her about what's been happening with them while she was gone.

While Optimus is watching them, he can't help but have some skepticism rise in his processor. Megatron has never been willing to just let Arcee go, he's been fighting them all this time to keep Arcee his prisoner. So, why is he so willing to let her go now? He's happy to have Arcee back to make their team whole again, but he can't shake the feeling that there's more to this than just using her as a deal-breaker to win them over.

When Ratchet finished with Arcee, he walked over to Optimus, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He asks in a hushed tone.

"That Megatron is up to something?" Optimus asks back in a hushed tone as well.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm happy she's back with us. But I can't shake the question in my processor. Why did he let her go so easily? He has to be planning something."

"That's the exact thing I was just thinking myself. We will just have to wait and see what the outcome will be."

"So, what are we going to do about Megatron?" Bulkhead asks.

"I know that desperate times call for desperate measures, but bringing Megatron here?" Ratchet says as he walks away.

"How can you even think of bringing that monster near these children after what he did to Raf?" June asks in a scolding manner as she stands behind Raf and puts her hands on his shoulders.

"He will be closely monitored," Optimus reassures them. "And only allowed to linger long enough to send us on our journey, not one moment more."

"What's gonna stop the 'Con from calling in an airstrike if he knows where you live?" Fowler asks.

"By Ground Bridging Megatron here, he will be unable to get a fix on our coordinates."

"Optimus, what's gonna happen to you when all your matrix energy is released?" Jack asks.

"The power within the matrix has not previously been utilized in this particular manner," Optimus responds.

"But, you have an idea. Don't you?"

"Autobots, if humankind is to be saved, I have no choice but to proceed. But you do."

The other Autobots think it over for a moment, but it's an easy choice for them. "Well, I don't know about humankind, but I'm willing to do it, for Miko," Bulkhead speaks up first.

"For Jack," Arcee follows as they look over at the kids.

Bumblebee looks back at Ratchet, who is standing behind them, but before he can ask the question, Ratchet speaks. "No, Bumblebee, you're still not fit for battle." Bumblebee is disappointed, but he understands; he still has a long way to go before he's fully recovered and ready to get back into action.

"Don't worry, 'Bee, I know you would help defend us if you could," Raf says with a smile, and Bumblebee nods. He certainly would.

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Megatron continues shooting at the Unicron manifestations as more forms. He shoots at one, bringing him down to his knee. He flies up and circles around to go in for another attack when he hears Optimus on the comm.

 :: Megatron, we are sending transport. ::

"You can always be relied upon to listen to reason, Optimus," he says as he flips over and flies to one of the manifestations. He transforms and punches the thing in the head, making it crumble, before transforming back into jet mode. He flies closer to the ground and transforms again, landing on his feet as a Ground Bridge opens up in front of him.

Megatron walks through the Ground Bridge and comes out the other side to find the Autobots all standing in front of him. They transform their servos into their blasters just in case Megatron decides to make an attempt at attacking them. Megatron pays them no mind as he looks around at the base, "So, this is where the magic happens. Quaint."

The humans all peered around the corner to look at the warlord and Raf is filled with rage at seeing the one that almost cost him his life. Raf runs out to confront him with the others trying to stop him to no avail, "You...!" Raf says as Jack grabs him by the shoulder to stop him.

Megatron looks down at the boy, "Ah..." He begins speaking as he takes a step towards him, but Arcee runs over to get in his way with her blasters pointing at him. "...you're looking much better than the last time we met, little one. Humans, resilient."

Jack takes Raf by the shoulders to pull him back, "Come on, Raf, he isn't worth it." June walks forward to take Raf back to where they were.

Jack glances up at Megatron before turning to walk away, only to be stopped by Megatron speaking. "And you, I never forget a face, even that of a human."

Jack turns back to look at him again then turns to walk away. Miko watches Jack walk away before she looks at Megatron. "You double-cross anyone, mine is the face you'll never forget! NEVER!" She shouts at him before Fowler grabs her and carries her away.

Arcee shakes her helm as she laughs a bit, same old Miko. Her attention is drawn back to Megatron when she hears him chuckle, and she finds him looking at her. "I see they wasted no time in reactivating your weapons, my dear."

Repulsion and anger fill her, she hates it when he calls her that and she knows he does it to annoy her. Oh, how she wants to blast a hole in his spark chamber and make him pay for everything he has put her through.

Optimus stands next to Megatron, "Ratchet, obtain the destination coordinates from our guest." Megatron walks around him to go over to the monitor. Ratchet walks over to the monitor as well and starts typing while Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee keep their blasters fixated on Megatron.

Optimus walks over to the humans who are heading to the back. "Jack." Jack turns around to look at Optimus. Optimus looks back at the others before kneeling down to his level, "Will you keep something for me?" He asks with a hint of hesitation.

Jack can tell that he's a bit worried about something but doesn't know what and he doesn't question it, he just shrugs, "Sure." Optimus brings out an object to hand to him, the thing transforms to a smaller size and Jack takes it from him. "What is it?" Jack asks as he looks at it.

Optimus looks away, "It is..." Optimus pauses for a second before looking at the boy again, "The key to the Ground Bridge power supply."

"Okay, but shouldn't Ratchet have this?"

Optimus looks down, "Perhaps." He takes another momentary pause before looking up at him again. "But I've been impressed by how much you have matured since we first met. As such, I feel you have earned the responsibility of safeguarding this device until I return."

Jack looks down at the thing in his hand, then looks up at Optimus, "I won't let you down."

Optimus stands up as he looks down at him, he then turns and walks away. Optimus walks over to the others to see Ratchet just finishing putting in the coordinates Megatron was giving him. Ratchet opens up the Ground Bridge and Megatron goes to stand next to it and waits for them.

Arcee looks up at him as they come to a stop in front of him, and he looks down at her. "You first," Arcee says with a gesture.

"As you wish," Megatron says as he does a bow. He turns to walk through the Ground Bridge, and Arcee, along with the rest of the 'Bots, turns to look back at the humans who walk over to them.

"Wish there was more time for us to catch up," Arcee says to Jack.

Jack smiles at her, "We'll have plenty of time to catch up when you return."

Arcee just smiles as she turns to walk through the Ground Bridge with Bulkhead following her. Optimus stops to look back at their human allies one more time before following the other two through the Ground Bridge. Bumblebee and Ratchet walk over to watch them leave, and Bumblebee feels bad that he can't go with them and help.

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Megatron, Optimus, Bulkhead, and Arcee walk through the other side of the Ground Bridge and they look around, they find themselves on one of many of what looks to be walkways with pulsing purple lights running along the sides. They stop for a second to have a good look around at their surroundings. Arcee walks towards Megatron to ask the question, "So, how long before Unicron knows we're here?"

Megatron glances back at her over his shoulder, "Make no mistake, he already does." He starts walking and Optimus starts walking as well to follow him. Arcee and Bulkhead look at each other before they start to follow them. They don't know what awaits them inside Unicron but they're going to keep their guards up and take on anything that Unicron throws at them.

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