Time passed on and things got worse for Cybertron, Megatron was gathering up forces into a great army while Optimus was doing the same, the war everybot feared would come has come. It got harder and harder for Wheeljack and Arcee to see each other, on their last meeting they made arrangements for her and her father to leave with Wheeljack. Arcee went to get her father ready while Wheeljack got ready himself.

Wheeljack has gotten his ship already which he named the Jackhammer and he is getting it ready for Arcee and her father when he gets the news. "Wreckers listen up!" Impactor ordered. The Wreckers group had grown a bit since they first started out so Impactor had more to deal with. Everybot stopped what they were doing and listened. "We got orders from Prime himself to move. We're going to another part of Cybertron to help in the battle. So gear up we leave asap!"

I just can't win. Wheeljack thought to himself as he let out a sigh. He was going to have to call Arcee to let her know about the change of plans.

"Maybe you can sneak them on board your ship somehow," Bulkhead suggested.

"I don't think I can do that, Bulk. I'm not going to put Halogen and Arcee in danger if there's going to be a battle," Wheeljack replied as he set down a crate.

"What are you gonna do then?"

"Call her and hope that she'll understand the situation."

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"Bulkhead, you okay?" Ratchet asked. "You stopped talking and started looking off at nothing."

"Oh, sorry, I was just thinking over some things," the Wrecker sighed.

"Did Wheeljack ever call Arcee?" Bumblebee beeped.

"He tried to but couldn't get through for some reason."

"Why not?" Jack asked with concern.

"I'm not sure. All I know from that point is that we left to go where Prime sent us and that was it. I know nothing of what happened to Arcee after that, just that she became a soldier seeing as we're now on the same team together."

"I wonder what happened," Raf spoke softly.

"I can tell you exactly what happened," a voice came out from behind them all. They all looked and saw Arcee walking into the room.

"Are you sure, Arcee?" Optimus asked gently.

"I'm sure. Since Bulkhead already told the most part I may as well tell the rest," she said as calmly as she could as she went to sit down with them.

"Why couldn't Wheeljack get in touch with you?" Jack asked.

"A device was set off in my area which disrupted all communications and caused what you humans would call a blackout, our comms wouldn't work so we couldn't get any calls or call out. I had just gotten home and was talking to Dad, telling him of the plan about us leaving with Wheeljack when everything just went out..."

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Arcee froze in place when the lights went out, she tried calling Wheeljack but all she could get was static. After trying again a few more times with the same result she realized that something didn't feel right. "Dad, do you have any idea of what's going on?"

"Seems the Decepticons have taken out our power source and communications."

Hearing a knock at the door one of the servants went to open it thinking that a neighbor might have come by to ask what was going on. Once he opened the door he was met with the end of a gun, the bot held a finger to their lips signaling for the servant to be quiet with a smile.

Halogen looked out and saw a group of Decepticons surrounding the house. Then he saw two more flying in and land, Soundwave and Megatron. "Scrap Megatron is here," Halogen said as he turned to Arcee. "Need to get you out of here."

"I'm not leaving," she whispered. "I will not let him take you or me."

"Yes you are, I'll distract them and you get out and get to Wheeljack."

"No Dad, I'm not leaving you by yourself with him. He nearly killed you last time," she argued as a servant ran towards them.

"Sir, they're inside."

"Alright, take Arcee and get her out of here," he tells the servant before turning to Arcee again. "Do not argue with me, get going."

Closing her optics in frustration she gave him a quick hug, "You better find us," she told him before letting go of him. Arcee ran out with the servant but after hearing Megatron entering she stopped and crouched behind a door, she peered through the crack to look at Megatron as she was curious about what he looked like now. Her optics widened in fear and shock when she saw him, the spikes on his shoulders, the sharp teeth, and the claw-like fingers, he looked just terrifying. 

She watched as he approached her father, "Where is your daughter?" Megatron asked Halogen.

"Not here, Megatron. I see you're showing your true self with this new change," Halogen growled, standing tall.

"Did you forget about our agreement?"

"I called it off. I would never allow my daughter to become mates with a bot like you."

Megatron was outraged, he hit Halogen knocking him down then kicked him, sending him into a wall. Megatron looked at the soldiers that were with him, "Split up and find the femme, do not harm her, she is to become my mate! Harm her and you will answer to me!" He ordered.

"Yes, sir!" With that, they all split up and searched the house. 

Halogen coughed as he tried to get air through his vents, "It will take a lot more than that to keep me down, Megatron."

"Oh really?" Megatron asked sarcastically as he pointed his arm cannon at him. 

Arcee watched in horror and sparkache as Megatron shot her father right in the spark chamber, then watched as his body fell to the ground, offlining. She covered her mouth to hide her scream so Megatron couldn't hear her, as lubricants started streaming down her cheeks. "Miss, you need to get out of here now," the servant said trying to pull her up and get her to leave.

She couldn't move, her body was frozen in place. Dad!

"You need to get to Wheeljack and escape. Let's go before they spot you."

Tearing her optics away from her father she quickly, and as quietly as possible, made her way out of the house. I'll come back for you. I promise.

They get outside the house and see more 'Cons walking around. "We'll distract them while you escape," one servant said.

"Please be careful," she begged them.

"We'll try," the servants said as they went to distract the 'Cons. 

Arcee managed to get around all the 'Cons with the distraction, but on her way, she heard shooting followed by screaming. When she looked back she saw all the servants getting killed. Her spark broke even more, first her father now her servants that she came to see as family, all she has now is Wheeljack. I need to find Wheeljack. She tells herself as she pushes herself to move on. 

She felt like this was all her fault, it was her that Megatron wanted. However, she wasn't going to let her father's, or the servants', deaths be in vain. She had to make it to Wheeljack. She headed over to the Wreckers' base. She could hear guns firing in the distance and bombs were exploding all around. She heard cries from soldiers who had been hit and wounded, which echoed through her processor, but she stayed focused on getting to Wheeljack. 

After some time she finally made it to the Wreckers' base. She goes in to look for Wheeljack but sees him nowhere, in fact, she finds the place abandoned already. All the Wreckers had already left. "What? Wheeljack said he would take me with him and he just left without me," she said as she felt her spark breaking even more. 

She felt betrayed and felt as though she was being lied to all this time. She goes out to find a place where she'll be safe, but as soon as she leaves the base a bomb hits the place, and she is knocked out.