The Beauty and the Predacon {ON HOLD}

Chapter 11

Arcee was still in amazement as she walked through the corridors with Predaking. She can't believe he just stood up for her like that, she can't believe he was willing to attack Knock Out and almost rip him to pieces to protect her. When he stood in front of her all protectively like that she felt something stir in her spark, she's not sure what it is, if she's starting to love him, or if it's just a deep appreciation for what he did. But whatever it was she felt it and it helped her feel safer around him, she no longer feared him as she did. She looks down at her servo wrapped up in his claws as she moves a bit closer to him and leans on his arm.

Predaking looked down after he felt her lean on him and he looked at her slightly surprised. Does this mean she feels more at ease and comfortable with him now? It warms his spark to see her like this and he can't help but smile.

After they get their Energon cubes, they return to the upper haul deck where they've been staying and sit and drink their Energon in silence. When Arcee finishes drinking her share of Energon that she can take in she places the cube with the rest of her Energon down on the floor and looks over at him. "Thank you, Predaking. I would have been able to handle Knock Out but I really appreciate you sticking up for me like that."

Predaking stops drinking his Energon and looks over at her, "It was no problem. Predacons get very protective over their mate, we would do anything to keep our mate safe."

"Why do you keep saying mate?"

"Because that's what it's called," Predaking responds as he looks at her confused, "Do you not call it that?"

"Not really, we use sparkmate. We'll use mate as a short way of saying it but we usually say sparkmate."

"Sparkmate. I did not read enough about spark bonding. I was going with mate because it's what Predacons called it. I believe we did not mate the way you do, we did not sparkbond."

"Then how did you bond with your mate?"

"I think it was through biting and marking our mate. I do not remember too much, I mostly been going off my Predacon instincts."

That would make a lot of sense, they are like animals, "Is that why you bit me while we were sparkbonding?"

"Yes, I was marking you so all other mechs know you are mine. Also, I believe I sent a chemical into your systems to help bond you to me."

"That must be why we were able to sparkbond. The thing about sparkbonding is that both parties of the bonding must be in love and willing to bond, if one is against it then the bonding won't take. I don't love you and I was against the bonding but it still took. It must have been the chemical."

Predaking growls a bit, "I'm gonna lay down and recharge for a bit," he says as he lays down and closes his optics.

Arcee nodded as she watched him and she wondered if maybe she took it too far by telling him she didn't love him. He clearly loves her so she probably hurt him by saying that. She gets up and walks across the deck to the back of the ship, she needs some fresh air in her vents. She shouldn't care that she's hurting him because he's supposed to be the enemy, but she does care. She doesn't want to hurt him but she also doesn't know if she could love him.

She will admit he is pretty good-looking and has a really nice body. He's very strong and powerful, he could probably even beat Megatron in a fight. But what will her team think of her if she comes to love him? They're already gonna be very upset when they find out she's sparkmates with him. How will they feel if she actually comes to love him? He's their enemy, he's been trying to kill them, it would probably seem like she's betraying them.

She lets out an air cycle as she sits down on the edge with a foot dangling over the side. She wishes she could see her team again she misses them so much. Even Smokescreen's crazy aft. She hopes Smokescreen is doing a good job looking after Jack, though she knows the rest of the team is there as well to help him. The poor boy is probably worried sick about her.

"Arcee, what are you doing!?"

Arcee heard Predaking growling behind her before hearing the heavy footfalls on the floor, she turned to see Predaking running towards her. She raises her servos as she starts to stand up, "Predaking, wait! I'm --" She was suddenly cut off when her foot slipped off the edge and she fell over the edge, she tried to grab hold of something but her digits couldn't grab anything and she went hurtling towards the Earth.

"ARCEE!!" Predaking shouts before he transforms and flies after her. His spark races as he watches her fall towards the ground, he flaps his wings as hard and fast as he can. Arcee is looking at him with fear in her optics as she reaches up for him. He soon reaches her and grabs her, he pulls her against his chest as he comes to a halt. He flaps his wings as he hovers in one place for a moment looking down at Arcee as she hugs him tightly, that was too close. She's not going near that edge again.

He flies back to the ship and sees Shockwave there waiting on them. He transforms and lands with Arcee still in his arms. He walks in further before he sits down holding Arcee as he calms his spark. "What happened?" Shockwave finally asked him.

Predaking looks at Arcee for a moment as she snuggles up against his chest, she really doesn't want to deal with Shockwave right now. Predaking looks up at Shockwave, "She was sitting on the edge so I ran over to pull her back and make sure she didn't fall but as she stood up her foot slipped and she fell off."

"And you flew after her to save her."

"Of course. I wasn't gonna let my mate, my sparkmate, fall to her death."

"So she's talked to you about that."

"Yes, she told me that you guys prefer to use the term sparkmate."

"Did she also tell you that you can feel each other's feelings and pain?"

"No. But that would explain why I felt more fear and panic while I was flying after her, I was feeling hers as well as mine."

"Yes. And when you were fighting the Autobots she could feel every hit."

Predaking looked down at Arcee, he didn't know she could feel all that, "Do you know how we were able to sparkbond even though she doesn't love me?"

"It is strange. But I believe you bit her, did you not?"

"I did."

"Then that would explain it. Your kind is known to send chemicals into the systems of the one you are biting to mate with, it helps bond you together. It would also help her see you as her Alpha which would make her systems and functions obey you."

"But I thought that kind of thing would only happen to Predacons."

"Our CNA might be different from yours and we might have a lot of different traits but there are very few that we did get from your kind, and that is one of them. Some of us have the Alpha trait in our system and some of us have the Omega trait. Arcee has the Omega in her system so when you bit her and sent your chemicals into her system her Omega had awoken and saw you as Alpha. That's why you were able to sparkbond without any trouble."

"Then why are we not as connected as we should be?" Arcee asked, she had been quietly listening to their conversation.

"Even though you are sparkmates there is still resistance from your side, as long as that's there and you refuse to return his love the connection won't be complete. But the bond is still strong enough that it cannot be severed either."

The two look at him before they look at each other. Arcee realizes that no matter how much she might fight to keep from loving him it won't matter, she's sparkbonded to him for the rest of her life. She might as well work on strengthening the connection between them since they're pretty much now each other's lifeline.

"If everything is well now I shall go inform Lord Megatron," Shockwave says before he heads to the door.

Arcee stays snuggled up to Predaking as she goes into recharge. She feels very comfortable and at ease like this.

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 Excuse the Alpha and Omega referencing, I had been reading a lot of Alpha and Omega stories. I just couldn't resist adding something about it in one of my stories. ^^