The Sound Of A Thousand Screams

19 Spider bite

Chapter 19
{A List Of Victims}
Spider bite
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The Seekers followed the spider like form crawling it's way through the tree tops in the forest silently.
Starscream watched, his wings twitching in nervousness, if this went as planned, Arachnid would be captured...or better yet, Killed...But if this failed...Well...

Starscream didn't want to lose another Decepticon Comrade.

They watched Arachnid's form leap onto tree after tree, they knew they were possibly getting lured into a trap, but if Soundwave was quick enough, he'd come to their rescue.

Arachnid stopped at a nearby cave, through a few analysts and familiarity, it was an Energon Mine.

Arachnid suddenly disappeared from their sights, Starscream looked around than slowly approached the cave.

He stepped toward the cave and looked around, Arachnid was nowhere to be seen. He slowly turned around to address the rest of the team that Arachnid was nowhere to be seen, only to bump into the She-Spider face to face.

"Hello Starscream"
Arachnid said, her voice sultry and sly.

"Arachnid"
Starscream greeted, taking a step back and on-lining his null rays.

Arachnid heaved a sigh.
"I see I'm not welcomed"
She stalked around Starscream like a beast eyeing its prey.
"You're in good shape"
She twirled around and roughly grabbed Starscream's chin with her sharp claws.
"Perhaps Megatron finally took pity on your pathetic frame"

Starscream snarled and pushed her away.
"It doesn't matter what Megatron decides, I'm here to finally finish this"

Arachnid raised an optic ridge,
" 'Finish this'?"
She repeated than let out a chuckle.
"I like to see you try..."
She took a fighting stance, her spider like legs spreading and curling in a threatening way.

Starscream glared at her as he took a fighting stance himself. They glared at each other for a moment before Starscream opened his Comm link and shouted.
"NOW"

"What-?!"
Arachnid stumbled back as Arcee appeared through a flash of purple light, she used her spider limbs to block a punch Arcee threw at her.
Arachnid stood back and smirked.
"Arcee!"
She purred.
"I wouldn't think that you would team up with a Decepticon...least of all Starscream!"

Starscream grimaced, Arcee glared at Arachnid.

"And this is all just to kill me? I'm flattered"
She chuckled mockingly before her spider legs shot forward and grabbed Arcee.
"Alright than! If you want a fight, It's a fight you'll get!"
She wrapped a servo around Arcee's vocaliser and attacked Starscream with her spider limbs.

Starscream dodged but wasn't fast enough to dodge the spider limb that had pierced through his left pede. Starscream fell to his knee joint and let out a groan of pain, Arachnid took this to her advantage and stalked towards Starscream. She chuckled darkly before swiftly raising a sharp spider leg and ramming it down into Starscream. Arcee managed to activate her blaster and shot at the spider leg before it stabbed Starscream. Arachnid let out a surprised pained shout before tossing Arcee away. Arcee hit the wall with a pained groan before collapsing onto the ground, she slowly stood back up and shot at Arachnid again when she tried to terminate Starscream.

Arachnid dodged the attack and glared at Arcee with a smirk.
"You just don't know when to quit do you?"
Arachnid bared her dentas and charged for her.
"That's fine...I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT EITHER!"
She roared and fought with the two wheeled femme.

Starscream got onto his servos and looked at the two femmes attacking each other, he lifted a servo to his comm as Arcee's helm hit against the cave wall with a horrifying 'THUD', she fell unconscious onto the ground with small leaking Energon wounds.
"Arcee is down, We need back up"
He spoke quietly through the comm before he felt a pede stomp onto his servo and crushing the comm link, he let out a pained shout before spider limbs pinned his wings to the wall.

"Calling for back up, little Seeker~?"
Arachnid cooed, placing a clawed digit under his chin before digging it deep until it dug into his protomesh and dragged it down to his neck.
"Nobody is going to save you~ After all you are just a traitor"

Starscream let out a pained groan as he felt Energon leaking out of him after Arachnid removed her digit from him.

Arachnid let out a pleased chuckle.
"You know, knowing Megatron, he must've had such a fun time beating you until you were an inch away from deactivation"
Starscream froze as Arachind leant down and whispered into his audio receptor.
"How does it feel to be a complete and utter failure~?"

Starscream dug his claws into the dirt and closed them into fists, that was the action he could only manage including the heavy breathing causing his chassis to raise and fall at a rapid speed.

Arachnid took great pleasure from this and leant back to take a good look at the trembling Seeker.
"Ah~This must've been what Megatron felt when he managed to make you tremble"
She chuckled again and grabbed his chin roughly.
"So much fear~! It's exciting, isn't it?"

Starscream grit his dentas together to try and stop his lower lip plates from trembling so pathetically.

He was pathetic, that was true, this was proof...!

But...Megatron...

He hurt Starscream so badly...

Through emotions...physical contact...Simple glances, expressions, touches! made Starscream tremble from helm to pede! He felt as if he has the need to plead every second to breathe...

To live...

To love...

Arachnid sighed and let go of him.
"Not like you would know...You will never know what true power is~"
She purred as she flashed her claws dangerously.

He...never experienced love properly...did he?

His carrier died too soon...His sire had beaten him for so long...His twin despised him with all their being...His brothers and Trine mates didn't know anything he was going through...SlipStream was just desperate for someone to care for her...Skyfire died the day he confessed...Soundwave couldn't love him back for so many reasons...and Megatron simply never cared for him...

"I'll just help Megatron end your sad miserable life~"
Arachnid stretched out her spider limbs and pointed their sharp ends at Starscream.

He never and always will...learn how to love...

"Goodbye, Starscream~"
Arachnid dove in and lashed out.

That was until she felt someone blast her from behind.

Arachnid stumbled and held her slightly wounded but burnt back, she growled and looked toward whoever blasted her.

"Hey Chick!"
SlipStream shouted, holding Arcee's unconscious form in her servos.
"Fellow Femmes are all supposed to be kissing, not hurting each other"

Knockout let his smoking blaster fall back to his side as he glared at Arachnid, standing beside SlipStream.

"So how about we kiss,"
SlipStream pulled Arcee close to her chassis and lifted up a blaster of her own at Arachnid.
"And make up?"

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Hoped you enjoyed this chapter, The next chapter is not really finished yet so please be patient.
Tune in next time for the next chapter.

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