I MEANT TO UPDATE THIS STORY LAST MONTH, I SWEAR I DID!! But life got in the way and I couldn't get around to it until now. So sorry for taking so long but I hope you enjoy the new chapter. ^-^

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Who is it? Is it the same ones or the others? Whichever ones they are I hope they will be alright. Arcee could do nothing but ponder and worry as she waited for Starscream and the Predacon to return. She listens to the conversation between Starscream and Megatron in hopes of getting information on what's going on.

"...and the Predacon is dealing with the Autobots' pet-human as we speak..."

Arcee didn't hear the rest of what was said as her Energon ran cold, the words just replayed over and over in her processor as she wondered which one it was. She would assume it's Miko because she's the only one who would risk being in the midst of the action. If it is her then that means the 'Bots that are there are Bulkhead and Wheeljack, and most likely Ultra Magnus.

Please don't kill her.

"No use in mourning the loss of one of your pets, not like you were ever gonna see them again anyway," Megatron said coldly bringing Arcee's attention to him. She just glared at him, he doesn't understand how it feels to lose one you care about because he doesn't care about anything. All he cares about is ruling the Universe and causing destruction and chaos everywhere. But Arcee doesn't say anything, she just keeps her mouth shut and waits.

Arcee and Miko didn't get along too well, Miko was always loud and so rambunctious. She would always get on Arcee's nerves with her carelessness, running straight into danger not caring how it could affect her or the 'Bots. But Arcee had gotten used to it over time and Miko has been getting slightly better, though she still likes getting into the midst of battle. She just hopes Miko is alright, more for Bulkhead's sake. Arcee knows how much the big lug cares for the girl, he would go absolutely bonkers if anything was to happen to her.

Arcee started thinking about Jack, she couldn't begin to express how much she missed the boy. The drives they went on together, helping him with his schoolwork, being parked in his garage at night as she waited for him to get up in the mornings. She misses it all. She misses his company. She knows he's safe, her teammates will look after him and make sure he stays as safe as possible. And he still has transportation, Smokescreen is there to drive him to places he may need to go. Arcee still doesn't fully trust Smokescreen with Jack but he has proven himself recently and he's not as careless as he had been, so she trusts him to take care of Jack until she can get back to them.

"Arcee!"

Arcee looks at Megatron who is now halfway to the door. She had been so lost in her thoughts she didn't even notice he had moved or that he was even talking to her.

"We're going to meet up with the beast. Now come!"

Arcee walks over to Megatron and they both walk off the bridge and head to the upper haul of the ship to meet up with the Predacon. They get to the upper haul just as the Predacon flies in and lands, he waits patiently for Megatron to reach him and take his prize. As soon as Megatron reaches him he takes the Predacon fossil and examines it, "Ah, you performed well my pet," he says as he starts petting the Predacon. "This will be a splendid contribution to the spawning of your Predacon brethren."

Just then, Knock Out walks up to Megatron, "My liege, we've located another one of Shockwave's Predacon energy signatures, weak but steady."

Scrap, they found another one. Hope you guys are keeping track as well as they are.

"Excellent. Knock Out," Megatron turns to face the mech, "do not return empty-handed."

"Moi? Don't know the meaning of the word."

Arcee rolled her optics. Knock Out is so damn cocky. I'm sure he'll find a way to mess it up.

"Isn't empty-handed two words?"

The three look over to see Starscream walking towards them. He stops in front of Knock Out as he turns to face him, "You would know. Or did your missing armor turn up?" 

Arcee rolls her optics again and crosses her arms. Here we go.

"Why you wheel bound -"

"Starscream! You have failed me enough for one day! Assume the task for monitoring Predacon energy signatures at once!"

Starscream bows slightly, "Yes, my liege." He turns to walk off while hitting Knock Out in the chest.

"I'm sure you'll find the gig as invigorating as I did, Screamer." Knock Out turns to walk with Megatron as Starscream heads the other way with his servos clenching as he growled. Arcee couldn't help but snicker at the bickering that just happened which caused Starscream to send a glare in her direction.

But Arcee wasn't paying attention to him, she was more focused on what Megatron was telling Knock Out. Worry grew inside her as she heard Megatron mentioning the Predacon army Shockwave was working on. She wishes there was some way she could get hold of her team and inform them, but she knows it's impossible so all she can do is hope that they will figure it out and find a way to stop it.

"What are you lurking about for?" Starscream speaks up drawing Arcee's attention over to him, "Get back to your kennel!" He kicks the Predacon's tail. Arcee was fixing to say something but before she could the Predacon lifted its tail to whack Starscream, but Starscream moved out of the way and the tail landed on the control panel which operates the communications network. Starscream lands on the ground and then gets back up as he looks at the damage the Predacon did, "You mindless brute! Look what you've done!"

"If you didn't kick his tail, Starscream, he wouldn't have done it."

Starscream grunts and walks past her to go into the ship, "Let me find a couple of Vehicons to fix this before Megatron has a fit."

"Starscream, wait."

Starscream stops walking and slightly turns his helm, "What, Arcee?" Frustration was evident in his voice.

"Did the Predacon actually kill her?"

"Bulkhead's human pet?"

I was right. "Yes. Please tell me."

Starscream thinks for a moment which puts Arcee on edge. There's nothing worse than one stalling to answer the question you really need to know the answer to. "No. The pest is still alive." With that he went inside, leaving Arcee alone with the Predacon once more. She lets out a heavy air cycle as relief washes over her knowing that Miko is still alive.

She looks over to the Predacon who is watching her closely. She can tell that he still keeps his guard up around her but he's not being as menacing. She walks over to the corner she was in earlier and grabs the cube of Energon that was still there, she walks back over to the Predacon and cautiously places the cube in front of him. The Predacon looks at her then at the cube then back at her with confusion.

"With your big form, I'm sure you need more than I do."

The Predacon dips his head and starts drinking while Arcee goes to look at the damaged communications network panel, "Wonder if they actually know how to fix this thing." Her attention was drawn away from the panel when the Predacon screeched. She looks at the Predacon in confusion, "What?"

Not able to speak, the Predacon just looks at her. As much as he appreciates the fact that she's willing to give up her share of Energon to make sure he has plenty he can't deprive her of Energon. He moves to where he can get his helm behind her and he nudges her over towards the Energon cube. He doesn't know what's driving him to do this, but something in him is making him want to care for this femme.

Arcee didn't know what to make of his actions. She just looks at the cube, which still has some Energon left in it, then looks back to the Predacon, "I promise you, I didn't do anything to it." The Predacon growled before nudging her again, "Are you letting me have it?"

The Predacon dips his head as a conformation and Arcee picks up the cube, "Well if you're sure you don't want it." She finishes off the Energon and puts the cube down. She looks at the Predacon again and gets an idea. She wants to see how much of his trust she has earned so she decides to do something really stupid. She puts out her servo towards the beast and slowly moves it to his helm, all the while watching him closely to make sure he doesn't try to attack her.

The Predacon watches her as he wonders what she's up to. The only ones that have ever touched him or pet him were his creator Shockwave and his new master Megatron, so to see the Autobot femme reaching out to pet him was a surprising sight. This femme has shown such kindness towards him that he can't help but trust her, trust that she will not try to harm him. Though given their size differences he doubts that she could do any damage anyway. He leans his helm in and lets her servo rest on it, he starts purring as she strokes it.

Arcee smiles as her servo glides over the beast's helm and a little giggle escapes when she hears him start to purr. Not once in her life did she ever imagine that she would pet a Predacon, she never thought that she would even see one. But here she is, face to face with a Predacon as she's petting it. Blue and yellow optics meet as the pair feels a strange bond forming between them, something neither of them can explain.

But it was short-lived as Starscream returned with two Vehicons. He instructs the Vehicons to get started repairing the panel and they get right to work. Arcee removes her servo from the Predacon's helm and he lets out a disappointed growl, not happy at all with the interruption.