𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 (Hiatus)

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"Thanks for letting come along Jack." You said, smiling at your friend while Arce walked in front of you with a scanner.

"It's no problem." Jack replied, swatting his hand as several bugs flew around his head. "Ah, really wished I brought some insect repellent. The mosquitos out here on this routine con are the size of a vampire bat and they drink just about as much blood!"

You smiled sheepishly as the fact no bugs were flying around you was simply since you had no human organs or blood for that matter.

"Quite the outdoorsman aren't you Jack?" Arce teased looking away from the scanner.

"You wouldn't be making fun of my survival kit?" Jack questioned with a smirk.

"Bee?" She questioned

"I may not have stinger proof skin Arce but in a pinch I can use my multi pocketknife and magnesium fire starter to cook some freeze dried mac'n cheese." Jack said coly, making you roll your eyes at him and shake your head.

"You have your tools I have mine." Arce said just as a blimp appeared on the scanner she was holding "That's odd. Ratchets satellite scans are accurate. Subterranean energon deposits don't cause this kind of serge."

Running after the bot as she took a few big steps towards where the scanner was leading. A vast majority of the forest was cleaned out by what could be seen as an escape pod.

"What happened here?" Jack questioned looking up at Arce who had squinted her optics at the pod. "Crash landing. Stay behind me and stay close." Arce told the both of you as she went ahead. Something about this made an uneasy feeling be felt in the pit of where your stomach would of been.

"Can't tell. Wait here." Arce ordered, leaving you and Jack alone to sit back and watch. Looking at Jacks expression you could tell straight away that he wanted to follow Arce. It's another object from space, but even you could see that considering you are from space.

It was probably no more than fifteen minutes until Arcee came out of the spacecraft with a sluggish walk.

"A-Arcee! What's wrong?" Jack questioned looking up at his guardian with a concerned expression watching as Arcee glanced at the ship grimacing like it was the most ugly thing before contacting base to send a groundbridge only to get interference. Looking out towards the dense forest as fog rolled in she stood and without glancing down ordered "Wait here" before walking in.

Looking at Jack seeing as he had the same expression as you did. Pressing your lips together you looked over your shoulder to look back at the ship. Something gave you sense of formality. Jack had ran off after Arcee so it was just you and you decide to climb aboard the ship.

Looking around gave you flashes of what the decepticon wars were like on their side. Many good and bad as you remember being nothing but a war messenger having to dodge oncoming missile fire by hiding behind blown up parts of buildings but the rewards for bravery was never missed. Grabbing onto a shallow ledge you hoisted yourself up and onto a small control panel. When looking around you could see jars filled with green goo with heads of different species of animals you haven't even seen before.

Jumping along the panel to turn it on. Awkwardly you had to use both hands in order to navigate the holo screen. Coming upon a file labeled in cybertronian: Lesser times. Squinting your eyes as you opened the file seeing it was a recording:

"What do you have there mite?" A femmes voice came from behind the recording as they tilted their head up from the ground showing a translucent dark gray and blue sparkling standing in front with a piece of pipe in their tiny servos.

"Um, I just found this pipe... and all these weird ghost things started running away." The sparkling explained looking up at who was recording as they stood over them casting their shadow. Showing their reddish brown optics as they looked up.

"You always do find the strangest things Mite." The femme recording chuckled as they lent down what looked liked a servo but was actually a leg for the sparkling to grab onto.

When the recording ended and the holoscreen turned off. You quickly left the ship and started calling out for jacks name. Finding his abandoned campsite you hurriedly searched around. To your luck you caught him running down a steep creep.

"Jack!" You called out his name sprinting towards him. Sliding down the creep to see Acree trapped in a giant web and seeing Jack beside her arguing he wasn't going to leave as he tried pulling at the webbing.

"You sure have trouble hanging on to partners don't you?" A femmes voice that matched the one I'm the recording came. Out crawled a decepticon femme with the form of a spider. "We both know what happened to tailgate. But I recently picked up some decepticon radio chatter regarding the passing of Cliff jumper. At some point you really have to ask yourself Arcee. Is it them or is it me?"

You were too focused on watching the decepticon femme that you didn't hear Jack call your name until when the femme glanced over at you. 'You idiot' you thought glaring at Jack as you screamed and jumped off the creep as the femme swiped at you snapping a few trees that you ducked for cover before scrambling back and running up the creep the same time Jack took the time to run in the opposite direction.

Night had fallen and your energy for your holoform was making your legs feel like weights to where you had to lean against a tree and rest. Looking around figuring out which way to go. Since she was chasing both you and Jack it would take her awhile to find the both of you. Your body stiffened up when seeing Jack's figure run right past you along with the decepticon femme.

"Where are you hiding?" The femme sang, watching her walk over the log Jack was hiding under. Shaking your head and calling yourself stupid you ran out in plain sight for her to see you. "Hello my dear, I see you are being cooperative. Tell me where your other friend is and I promise that you will be spared."

You just stood there shuffling your feet looking up at her while also taking quick glances at Jack to see if he was inching away from underneath the log. "He ran after I did. I wouldn't know where he's hiding." You answered truthfully as she stood right over you.

Fiddling with your thumbs as a way to keep yourself busy just so she couldn't see you were nervous. Just when you had her distracted there was a twig that snapped coming from Jacks hiding spot. The femme turned around seeing the petrified Jack as he scrambled out, while she smirked and lifted her hand you quickly glanced at Jack and yelled as loud as you could "RUN!"

Running off but only making it by ten feet that you were snatched up in webbed cage begin held up to the decepticon femmes face. "To think you are getting away that easily my dear." She said through gritted teeth as her purple optics glowed around you. She was about to say something else until Arcee's vehicle mode came and transformed kicking the decepticon femme into a ravine as they began getting into a tussle.

"(Y/N)!" You heard Jack call out your name. Using his pocket knife to cut away at the web and setting you free. Looking down at Arcee's fight you quickly grabbed Jack by his arm and started running towards the crashed ship.

"No time to ask questions! Just light it up!" You yelled anxiously all while looking around to see if arachnid would be coming back. Bitting your nail until hearing the stomps of arachnids feet and the metal taps made you freeze. Glancing over at Jack before looking down into a puddle of lubricant that leaked from the ship seeing her reflection.

"Ja-!" Your sentence was cut short when there was a spark and the ship immediately exploded sending you and him flying. You looked at what remained of the ship seeing it as nothing but flames now. Even though you were dazed you were still able to allow Jack to help you up and waited until Arcee came to collect you guys.