This chapter is starting with a flashback for a change. I wanted to go ahead and end the flashback segment in this chapter because, for one, I ran out of ideas, and secondly, I want to start focusing more on the present. So starting in the next chapter the story will be more focused on the present time.

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WARNING: There is a small sex scene in this chapter, there will be lowercase xs before and after.

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When Arcee arrived at Megatronus' house he wasn't there, so she went to the gladiator arena to look for him. When she arrived at the arena she asked around for him until she came across one of his friends who was with him at the club, "Hey, you're the femme that Megatronus bought."

"Yeah. I'm looking for him. Do you know where he is?"

The mech points toward the fighting area of the arena, "He's out there fighting. Want to watch?"

Arcee was unsure at first, she'd never seen a gladiator fight before, but she needed to speak with Megatronus, "Sure."

The mech leads her to a good spot where she can watch the fight at a safe distance. Megatronus is fighting a beastly creature which worries Arcee, but he's standing his ground and looks like he's actually beating the creature. He fights the creature with everything he has until he finally kills it, the crowd erupts in cheers as he stands victorious. Arcee is amazed.

When Megatronus heads to the back to get cleaned and patched up he spots Arcee, he instantly makes a beeline for her. "Arcee, you're back. Did you find your parents?"

Sadness fills her optics as she looks down to the ground for a second before looking up at him again, "Can we talk somewhere private?"

Worry started gnawing at Megatronus when he saw the sadness in her optics, "I'm done fighting for the day, we can go back to my place after I get patched up." Arcee looked at his body and saw the damage the creature did to him, he didn't even show any signs of being hurt while he was fighting. She follows him to the infirmary and once he's patched up they leave to go to his house. "What happened, Arcee?" He asks once they're inside.

"They're dead. From what I was told they tried to fight Holo to stop him from taking me and he killed them." Megatronus hugged her as she started to cry, she should not have had to go through any of this. "For so long I thought that they were still out there looking for me, never knowing that they were dead."

"I'm sorry, Arcee. My parents were also killed when I was a sparkling and I was taken by a high-class bot who trained me in fighting before selling me to the great gladiators of Kaon where I was trained to be a gladiator and forced to fight for the amusement of the upper-class society and High Council." His demeanor suddenly changed when he spoke of the upper class and the High Council and Arcee could pretty much feel how much hate he had for them.

Arcee looks up at him, "I'm sorry that happened to you, Megatronus. I always wondered why bots would want to become gladiators and put their lives on the line just to entertain others, it never occurred to me that you guys were forced into it. But now that you're older, can you not just quit fighting?"

"I can but I've been fighting for too long, I can't see myself doing anything else. Other gladiators feel the same way."

"I can understand that, I've been dancing for so long that it kind of feels weird not dancing anymore."

"You can still dance for me, I'd love to get a private show," he says with a smirk.

Arcee's face tinted blue as she moves away from him, "Does that mean I'm allowed to stay here?"

"Of course. By the way, I did research on that couple and I found out that they've been taking young femmes for years, there are many reports of femmes going missing. Also, after digging deep enough, I found a record of the femmes that were sold, unfortunately, a lot of them didn't have the fortune of ending up with a good mech." Megatronus brought out a datapad to show her the reports as he continued, "Most of them were found dead, killed by the mech that bought them."

Arcee looked over the reports as her spark broke, "Those poor femmes. How did you find this stuff?"

"I have a friend who is an archivist, he's an expert at searching things, I asked him to help me research them and that's everything he found. I tried reporting it but it was overlooked because they were too popular." Megatronus sneered at the thought of those two being left free to do whatever they wanted.

"That's not right, they need to be stopped."

"I agree but there's nothing we can do."

Arcee turned off the datapad and handed it back to him, he was right. Megatronus caresses her cheek, "At least you're now free from them. They will never touch you again." Arcee's spark quickens, she can't believe how gentle he is for a gladiator.

As time passed, Arcee got to know Megatronus more, and in time she started falling in love with him. Megatronus was more than thrilled when she told him, he had fallen even deeper in love with her to the point where he couldn't see his life without her. They started fragging but they held off on sparkbonding for a while because Arcee needed to build up the courage to take that step, she saw it as a big step to take in their relationship. But in time she finally decided to take that step.

They were in his room, where she found herself to always be since they started their relationship, their armor already off as she lay underneath him. He's getting ready to penetrate her when she speaks up, "Megatronus, I'm ready to sparkbond."

He looks down at her, "Are you sure? I want you to be absolutely certain before we get started."

"I'm sure. I love you and I want to sparkbond with you."

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Megatronus kisses her as he removes her chest plating to reveal her spark before removing his own. He pulled away from the kiss to look at her as he stuck his spike into her port before holding her close so their sparks could connect. Arcee gasps at the feeling of their sparks connecting combined with the pleasure of him slowly thrusting into her. She closes her optics as she holds him close, "This feels so good," she says before letting out a moan.

Megatronus groans as he starts thrusting faster, "I love you so much, Arcee," he says as he buries his face into her neck. They could feel each other's pleasure through the bond that was forming which caused even more ecstasy in both their bodies. Never thought it would feel so good this way.

Neither did I. Are you doing okay?

I'm fine. Arcee gasps when Megatronus starts pounding into her, his spike hitting all the right spots in her port. Keep going just like that.

Megatronus lays his forehelm against hers as he looks into her optics. Feels good?

Yes.

One thing that Arcee found out in all the times that she fragged Megatronus is that gladiators can frag for a really long time before they get tired, she's always the one who gets worn out first and then they have to wait on fragging again for a little while to let her body recover. This time is no different, even after the sparkbonding ends they continue fragging, doing every position that Megatronus likes to do, going for hours. In the morning, Megatronus could feel through the sparkbond how sore Arcee felt and he could better understand why she always wanted to wait for some time between frags. Megatronus feels bad for being so rough but he knows that Arcee can take it, if she couldn't then she would let him know. Arcee knows that if it gets too much for her she just needs to speak up and he'll stop.

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As time passed, Arcee noticed more changes in Megatronus' attitude and demeanor. He started speaking up more about the injustice being done to the lower-class bots. He started coming up with his own solutions for the issues, all of which Arcee couldn't see herself getting behind. As much as she loved him, she couldn't get behind the stuff he proposed, and he knew it.

Then the attack on the High Council happened, Arcee felt like she was in a nightmare that she couldn't wake from. Her sparkmate, the love of her life, started killing bots and is starting a war. He changed his look and his name, and one of the first things he did was track down the old couple and kill them in the most brutal way he could think of, no bot could stop him.

Arcee knew Orion Pax, Megatronus had introduced her to him and they became friends, so when she found out that Orion Pax was selected to be the new Prime she knew that she had to make a choice, stay with Megatron and become a Decepticon or join Optimus and become an Autobot. She wanted to stay with her sparkmate but she didn't agree with the Decepticon cause and couldn't follow it, so she became an Autobot which really angered Megatron. He tried countless times to get her back but failed and in time he decided that if he was to go through with his plans he would have to let her go for the time being.

Arcee had little to no contact with Optimus throughout the war on Cybertron but she didn't mind, she just fought and tried to stay alive. She was the first one to start cutting off the bond so Megatron couldn't find where she was or discover any of the Autobots' plans, but in time Megatron started doing it too for the same reasons.

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"Let me go, Megatron!" Arcee demanded as the warlord practically dragged her through the corridors, she kept trying to get free but his grip was too tight.

"You're in no position to be making demands, Arcee. I'm not letting you get away from me again."

"Did you really think that I was going to follow you and your plans? I disagreed with them from the beginning, you knew I did."

"I expected you to stick by my side as my sparkmate."

"If I had known that you would end up changing and turning into a tyrant I wouldn't have sparkbonded with you."

Even though the words came out of her mouth, Megatron can feel that only part of her feels that way. He knows that despite everything she still loves him. He growls as he opens up the door to his quarters, he drags her inside and makes her sit on his berth. He grabs her chin to make her look into his optics, "I don't ever want to hear you say that again!" He releases her chin and turns to head for the door, "I have some business to take care of, I'll be back later." He walks out and closes the door, he locks it to make sure Arcee can't escape.