Poisoned (BOOK TWO OF TRANSFORMED)

Chapter 1

I'm sorry guys, I didn't get to mention this last chapter. I just want to thank Geeky-Tiger for convincing me to make a second book. It was her idea for a second one to happen and the basic story line so I'm giving her some credit for this story. I hope you guys can give her some credit too ;) now, on with the story.
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Bumblebee's pov

It's been a couple months since the... incident. Raf and I are racing on the wii right now. And of course, I'm winning. The golden dagger of sentinel Prime has been locked up and no one has touched it since the... um, second incident. I really don't like talking or thinking about it. It still haunts me, seeing Arcee dead... But she's here now and that's all that matters. Optimus has been quite lenient about letting us be together.

"Aw man! Why are you so good at this game Bee?" I hear Raf complain as I cross the finish line.

::Woo Hoo! I won, again. You sure want to continue the tournament or should we just say that I win?:: I joke with him. He looks up at me and pushes up his glasses.

"Rafael Esquivel never goes down without a fight!" He confidently concludes. I smile under my intake guard.

::That's what I like to hear, little dude!:: I say and we start the next round. Arcee walks over and shoves me slightly, causing me to crash and allowing Raf to cross the finish line.

::Hey, woah woman, that's cheating!:: I call back at her. She slowly turns around.

"Did you just call me woman?" She asks and my optics widen slightly. I laugh nervously.

::What, no! Never... That... that would be rude! I don't even know who in their right mind would call you woman... it's offensive... hehe...:: I try to get out of her coming and kicking my tail pipe. Soon enough, Smokescreen, he's a newbie on the team, and Bulkhead are watching us intently, as if at any moment, one of us is going to attack the other. Jack, Miko and Raf are watching too. I turn back to Arcee who is in a fighting stance.

"Come on Bumblebee, don't be such a sparkling and fight me. I mean, if you're brave enough to call me woman, surely a little sparring won't be any worse..." She says and I sigh.

:: I'll go easy on you. Wouldn't want to injure you too badly.:: I say, and with that, she charges at me. I block her attack and throw a punch at her. She dodges it and comes at me with one of her blades. She knocks me over and i quickly roll onto my back and keep her off of me. I kick her back and tackle her. I point my gun at her.

:: Do you yield?:: I smirk.

"Nope." She says and kicks me into the wall. As I look up, I see that she now has her blade up at my throat.

"Do you yield?" She questions and I panic slightly. Her blade is just touching my throat but it still freaks me out.

:: Cee, my throat.:: I say and she quickly pulls away.

"Sorry Bee, I forgot. Here, let me help you up." She says and I hesitantly take her servo. Since I didn't yield, technically, the spar isn't over yet... So, I'm not sure if i should trust her or not. She pulls me up, and surely enough, she goes back to a fighting stance.

"Now, let's finish this." She says and I nod. We start circling each other but before anyone can make a move, Optimus comes over.

"Sorry you two but we've got cons on the move. You'll have to continue later." He says and we nod. We all go over to the groundbridge and Ratchet pulls the lever down. We all transform and drive through. On the other side is a clearing. But no cons. I move forward slightly, looking for any sign of the cons. But, I don't see anyone or anything. I pull out my weapons, it could be a trap. I walk forward a bit more before realizing it was really quiet. I turn around and the others are passed out on the ground. Okay, something's not right here... suddenly, I feel a sharp pain between my doors and I quickly turn around to find no one there. I suddenly feel very dizzy and unable to support myself and I fall to the ground. The last thing I remember seeing is a set of long skinny legs running into the woods.

Arcee's pov

It's dark. My helm hurts, a lot. I slowly open my optics. I think. It's too dark to tell. Suddenly, a bright light shines in my face and I'm blinded for a moment as I wait for my optics to adjust. When they do, I see a figure standing before me. It's tall, with eight legs... Airachnid? I think. I haven't seen her in a long time. We were best friends before the war. But then she chose the cons and I chose to be an Autobot. I haven't seen her since then. Until now.

"Arcee, long time no see." She says, with a hint of slyness in her voice.

"Yeah... " I say. "Why am I here?" I ask and she chuckles.

"To give me information of course. And, I have some inspiration for you too, if you need a bit of help answering my questions." She says and I furrow my optic ridges. I look to my side and see Tailgate, my partner.

"Gates?" I ask and he weakly looks up.

"Hey Cee." He says weakly. I snap my helm towards Airachnid.

"What have you done with him?!" I snap. She chuckles.

"Nothing nearly as bad as what I will do if you don't answer my questions." She responds. I shudder, not wanting to think about what might happen.

"Okay, what are your questions?" I ask. She smiles.

"I knew you'd understand..." She says before continuing. "I want the iacon codes." She says and I realize what she's talking about. I don't know the codes but I do know what she's talking about.

"I don't know what they are." I say and she scowls.

"Don't lie." She says and points one of her long, sharp legs at Tailgate's throat.

"Now, tell me what I'd like to know, or he gets it." She seethes and I spit on her.

"I. Don't. Know. Them." I say and she slices my cheek.

"Tell me, now!" She yells and I scowl.

"I don't know them! It's the truth, okay?! I don't know the iacon codes! I was never told!" I scream at her as she gets closer to Tailgate.

"No, you leave him out of this, Airachnid I swear to Primus, if you touch him I will hunt you down!" I say and she backs off slightly.

"Then tell me the codes." She says and I growl.

"I don't know them!" I snap and she moves back over to Tailgate and in one swift movement, slits his throat.

"No, Tailgate!" I scream and just as she's about to harm me, two bots storm the joint and scare her off. I never caught their names at the time but one was red with two silver horns and the other was yellow and black. My mind was fuzzy. I couldn't vent properly. All I could think about was how I'd failed Tailgate. How I'd let him die. How I was unable to save my partner...

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"Ahh!" I yell as I wake up. I look around the room to find I'm in the med bay but, it seems a lot bigger... I look around to find four humans laying in separate berths next to me. I lay back down. Wait, four?! I sit back up and look at my arms. I'm... I'm human!! But, how?! What?! I stand up just to fall back down again. My legs are too tired to stand right now. I look at the other four and recognize the one next to me as Optimus, and next to him is Bee. I can't quite see past them but I know the other two are Bulkhead and Smokescreen. Well, having them waking up should be interesting. Especially Smokescreen since he hasn't experienced this yet... Well, the next little while should be interesting... I'm human again. Joy to the world...