The next day, I wake up, pulling my head from in between Arcee's tits. When I realized what I did just now, I blushed. But I soon remembered what we did last night. My worries faded when her eye fluttered open, and she smirked. "That was fun~" She says, wrapping her arms around me. I smile. "I'd love to do it again some time~" I whisper to her. "I'd love to too~" She says. We were still naked, which we soon realized. I put my clothes back on, and she put her armor back on. She looked at me for moment, then kissed me. I kiss her back, wrapping my arms around her waist. We pull away, she giggles slightly.

"So what does this make us?" I ask. "Well, in cybertronian terms, this would make us sparkmates." She says. "So we're dating basically?" I ask. "Mhm~" She hums. She grows back to her normal height. I look up at her, admiring her beauty. She notices, and giggles. "You enjoying the view down there?~" She asks teasingly. "You have no idea." I say. We both chuckle a bit, and leave the room. We walk side by side down the hall, soon coming to the main room. When we do, Optimus looks in our direction. "Ah, F/n, Arcee. We have a mission." He says. "What is it?" I ask. "Ratchet has found an energy reading of a mass amount of raw energon. The mission will be the two of you to clear out the cave of any possible decepticon presence."

"Sounds easy enough." I say. "Pretty much is, vehicons are  pretty dull." Arcee adds. "Yes, but that doesn't mean you just go in guns-a-blazing." Ratchet calls out. "Ratchet is right. We don't know which decepticon is there. It can be any of them." Optimus says. "Right. So when will we be going?" I ask. "Soon. After you two clear the cave, send us a message, and Bulkhead, Bumblebee and I will start moving the energon into our storage room." Optimus explained. "You ready?" Arcee asks me. "Oh hell yeah I'm ready! Since I first used my abilities I wanted to use them again." I say. "Alright, you and Arcee will be sent as soon as Ratchet activates the ground bridge." He says. Arcee goes and leans on the wall. I go over to the table I left my guns on. I grab the revolver and shotgun for easy use. I don't have a holster, so I just pocket the revolver in my waist band. Luckily, the shotgun has a sling on it, so I just sling it over my shoulder, no pun intended.

I quickly grabbed some ammo from some left over ammo boxes from when the military left the bunker. I pocket the rounds. I need to make more drum magazines for my shotgun though. Soon, Ratchet opens the ground bridge. It takes the form of a green rectangle. I look at Arcee. "You ready?" She asks me. "More than ready." I reply. She transforms into her bike form. "Hop on." She says. I get on her bike form, and grab her handlebars. This apparently earns a small moan from her. I don't mention it, as it appears no one else heard it. She drives forwards, and through the ground bridge. 

We make it through. The cave is decently far away. She drives over to the entrance and stops. I hop off of her, and she transforms. "This the cave?" I ask. "Yeah, be careful, cons could be anywhere." She says. She forms her blasters, and we slowly creep into the cave. I draw my revolver, in case of anything goes south. Far out of the cave however, we fail to notice a familiar face watching us. "There you are human~ I guess you've already claimed him Arcee. Don't worry, I'll take him from you too~" Airachnid said to herself. 

We walked into the cave, seeing no signs of any decepticons. We walk through slowly and sneakily. My vision glitches, and Johnny walks in front of me. "I don't like this kid." He says. "I don't either." I say to him. We continue walking. Soon, we come up to the energon deposits. Arcee speaks to Optimus. "Optimus? Arcee here. Caves clear, no signs of decepticons." She says. "Alright. Bulkhead, Bumblebee and I are coming soon. Stand and watch." Optimus says. She closes her comms, and sits on a rock. "So, waiting for Optimus?" I ask. "Mhm, said he'll be here soon." She replies.

I still feel on edge, which she seems to notice. "You okay love?" She asks. "Yeah, just, a bit on edge." I say. Johnny walks over, and sits on a rock. "Love? Wow, what'd you two do when I was gone?" He asks, chuckling. "On edge about what?" Arcee asks. "I don't know. Just the fact about, why would there be a giant energon deposit here, and no decepticons?" I say. She nods her head. "I understand. It does seem suspicious, but we have no other choice really to hope the cons didn't find this yet." She replies. In the shadows, Airachnid was stalking us. I feel a pair of eyes staring at me, I turn around, seeing nothing. I look back, before having to take a piss.

"Hey Cee. I'll be right back. Gotta take a leak." I say. "Okay, be careful." She says. I walk off to a part of the cave to use the bathroom. Arcee sat on the rock, waiting for my to return. Soon, she's put in a hold, restraining her. "Well hello Arcee~" Airachnid says into her ear. "A-airachni--" Arcee's interrupted by Airachnid putting her hand over her mouth. "Shh, wouldn't want to alert your little sparkmate would we?" Airachnid says sinisterly. Arcee tries to scream, but is muffled by Airachnid's hand. But before Airachnid could do anything, a shot goes off, hitting Airachnid in the side. It puts a golf ball sized hole in her side. "Ah!! Who the hell did that?!" She yells, looking at my direction. But I was already eye level with her, and throw a punch at her, sending her back a couple of feet.

She lets go of Arcee, who takes a breath. She gets in a fighting stance. Airachnid stands up, visible pissed. "You little shit. I'll make your punishments so bad, you wished I'd kill you~" She says sinisterly. My iris's are outlined in a light blue color. Arcee's about to strike at her, but I throw myself at Airachnid, punching her over. She falls to the ground. She tries to get up, but Arcee kicks her in the jaw, knocking her out. She breaths heavily, looking down at Airachnid's unconscious body, before looking at me. "Are you okay?" She asks, scanning my body. "Yeah, I'm okay. Are you?" I ask. "Yeah, she just muffled me a bit." She says. Soon, Optimus, Bulkhead and Bumblebee walk into the cave, seeing us with Airachnid's body. 

"Woah." Bulkhead says. Bumblebee beeps in surprise, while Optimus stares at her body. "Is she offlined?" Optimus asks. "No, just unconscious. F/n saved me before she could do anything..." Arcee says, catching her breath. "Thank you for helping Arcee F/n." Optimus thanks me. "No problem, I mean we are sp--" I stop myself from speaking. "We're partners." I say. Optimus's optics narrow at me, before agreeing. "That is true. Now, Arcee, will you help us move the energon?" Optimus asks. Bulkhead and Bumblebee are already moving large portions of it through the newly opened ground bridge. Arcee stands up, and walks over to help them. Leaving me and Optimus standing there. "You two are sparkmates?" He asks, making me immediately freeze in place. "Umm, is it that easy to read me?" I ask. He smirks a bit, before letting out a light chuckle. I barely know Optimus, but it seems rare that he ever smiles nonetheless laughs. "It's alright F/n. I'll keep your secret if you wish. But now, we have to move the energon, and Airachnid, before any decepticons arrive." He says. 

After about ten minutes, the energon deposits were transported through the ground bridge. As Bumblebee pushes the last large cube through the ground bridge, Arcee picks up Airachnid, and throws her over her shoulder. I walk beside Arcee, looking at the two. I notice that up close, and not at her mercy, Airachnid is actually pretty hot as well. I don't say anything about it though since I plan on living today. We walk through the ground bridge, coming back to the autobot base. The energon is already moved to the storage room. "Ratchet, do we have any spare rooms?" Optimus asks. "Why? Is there another autobot you found?" He asks, not looking from his computer. "No, to keep Airachnid in." Optimus says. Ratchet's eyes immediately shoot up. "Airachnid?! Why in Primus would you bring her here?!" He asks, sorta yelling. "It's a better alternative than her being out on the loose." Optimus says. "Optimus, I have to agree with Ratchet. Keeping her here is a risk to us all, especially F/n." Arcee adds.

"Exactly!!" Ratchet says. Optimus ponders for a bit. "Ratchet, do we have any?" I ask. Both him and Arcee look at me immediately. "Why are you asking?!" Arcee asks me, a bit angry. "Well, like Optimus says, its better than having her on the loose. And better yet, if we keep her in here we can interrogate her for info on the decepticons." I say. "Yeah, like she'll ever talk to any of us." Ratchet says, going back to his work. "There's an extra room, highest security in the base. Down the hall, all the way at the end." Ratchet says. "Thank you Ratchet." Optimus says. "Arcee, bring Airachnid to the room, and leave her there for interrogation." Optimus tells Arcee. She wants to protest, but doesn't. She walks down the hall, me following. We walk for a bit. I can feel the tension between us. "Why did you ask?" Arcee asks, a hint of annoyance in her voice. "Well, like I said, we can interrogate her for info." I reply. "Even if we get her to listen, she won't say anything." She says. "You're worried, aren't you?" I ask. She sighs, her posture loosening up a bit.

"I'm worried about you. I don't want Airachnid taking you away from me like she did Cliff." She says. I remember her telling me that Cliffjumper died. I put the pieces together, realizing that Airachnid must've killed Cliffjumper. "Don't worry hun, I'll be fine. I promise." I say. She smiles, and looks at me. "You better." She says in a playful tone. We reach the room Ratchet described. The door was more reinforced than any of the other doors, other than the main door and the storage door. The door opens, and we walk in. Arcee lays Airachnid onto the berth, and we walk out. The door closes, making a loud and mechanical locking noise. I look at Arcee, who was giving me a stare. "What?" I ask. "Oh, nothing, just wondering how I got someone as kind as you~" She says. I smile. Looking back on it, my life has changed drastically in the past week. And, I love it. 

I love it.