Arachnophobia chapter 5

Escape the Nemeses

The brigade was clear as chaos ensued following the explosion in the reactor room, no one (hopefully) would figure out it was a human teen that took out one of the biggest threats to earth and the race that resided on it.

The bridge controls were easy to find, or rather too easy, but it didn't matter, if Jack was able to get out of here and quick, he would take it.

The panel control boards on the other side of the room started to blow up, it seems the chain reaction was happing faster that Jack anticipated, but faster this thing was out of the sky, and in the bottom of the trench, the better.

The vortex swirled to life, as Jack jump from the control panel and landed on the ground.

Using momentum to role; he got up and was already hailing aft. He felt something pushing him out the vortex.

He felt one last thing before blacking out from exhaustion, soft, warm, sunlight, and he could have sworn he heard someone asking if he was alright.

Amanda and Jessica Lockhart might not have blood relate sisters, but they still view each other as such.

A simple day on the beach with their apartment mates Charline and Willa, it was just supposed to stay as such, but fate obviously had other plans.

The four girls all relaxed under the sun, getting a golden tan the will make guy look at 'em and melt over the radiance they produce, unfortunately the said guys were away at Navy basic training and wouldn't be back anytime soon.

So, them being alone was all they could do.

That was until an eerie sound hit their ears.

The four looked to their right, in time to a shirtless young man fall from what they had to guess was a portal.

The boy landed with a 'thud' and rolled twice, throwing sand on every one of the girls who in turn squeaked in surprise.

Amanda was the first to react, after the boy stopped rolling and ended up face down in the sand, she thought is wise to roll him over so he could at least breath correctly.

"Hey, are you alright?!" she asked.

The boy said nothing as it had appeared to be exhausted, and as such, has passed out in the sand.

Not that Amanda couldn't fault him for it, today the sand was just right to take a nap, and when Amanda had gently touched the raven-teen she shivered at how cold his skin was, like he had been stuck in a refrigerator and had just found a way out.

She checked his vitals, he had a pulse, and he was breathing, though it seemed he was breathing easier than before, more relaxed.

Amanda and the other girls that with her started to look closer at the teen, he had bruises up and down his abdomen region, though they weren't dark discoloration, they still tell the young man didn't like them.

Several minutes went by before the teen started to move, Amanda and Jess had asked the other two to back up just a hair so he didn't feel crowded, to which they agree to and scooted back a few feet.

After a couple of seconds when by, the raven-teen's eye's opened, Amanda and Jess would have jumped at the startling stormy colored blue-gray eyes had they not been genuinely concerned about his health.

"Ohh…Wha…Where am I?" than Jack notice the girls that were around him, and blushed a little when he remembered he was shirtless.

"Uh-haha…" Jack said, concerned about what they were going to do.

"Hey, easy, we're not gonna hurt you." The girl to his right said, holding up her hands in calming gesture.

"Where am I? how long was I out? Who are you?" the last question was directed at the girl to his right who spoke.

"In order: Pensacola, Florida Beach… only a couple of minutes….and my name is Amanda…" she gestured to girl to his left, "That's my sister Jess…" she motioned to the blond behind her, "Charline…" and to the raven teen girl behind Jess, "Willa."

"Now." Amanda said, catching the attention of the boy, "Who are you? Where are you from? And what was with the portal?"

The boy looked at her, "Jack…Jasper Nevada…and I have a thing for dramatic entrances?"

"Jasper Nevada? The entertainment capital of the world?" the she-teen asked with a raised eyebrow.

Jack shrugged his shoulders, "Eh, the brochure lied."

"That it did…" She said as she chuckled.

"…Jack and Arachnid have had a past, one that would make one wonder how he pissed her off, but as Arcee had told me, Jack blew up her ship, and in correlation with her collection, in turn, as a human term would have it, 'Pissed her the hell off!' and to get to him, he lured him into a trap involving his mother as bait." The booming voice of the Autobot leader said in explication to the fiery-redheaded cheerleader who also happened to be crushing on the same guy that Optimus just got done talking about.

"And how long has he been working with you guys?" Sierra asked.

"Roughly six months." Came the answer.

Sierra then turned her head to the Second in command, "You're his motorcycle?" she asked.

Arcee raised an eyebrow ridge, "You recognize me?" she asked shocked.

"Your paint job!" the red-head said in a tone that said, 'what I really meant'

Arcee nodded, "Smarter than I first pegged you for…" she said in a low voice, Sierra heard it, but chose not to comment on it.

"So how do we get Jack back…" Sierra was cut off by an alarm, Jack's life signature; has reappeared in Florida.

"Looks like we can stop the search, we found him…" a second alarm went off, cutting off the medic.

"By the allspark, there is a huge energon source being detected over the nation of what I believe to be Japan, and it looks like it's burning!"

"What Japan?! Or…" Miko asked, fearful for her home.

"The Nemesis!" Bulkhead exclaimed.

"Yes, Bulkhead I believe you are right The Nemesis has just been knocked out of the sky and is headed…here!" he pointed at the monitor at one particular spot on the map.

"The Marina Trench!" All the human's exclaimed.

"The where?" Arcee asked.

Raf answered, "The deepest part of our ocean. Three plus miles in depth, if you want something gone and never seen again…this is where you go!"

"But what I want to know is: how is The Nemesis, in a burning heap, crashing in the deepest part of the ocean?" Ratchet asked.

"It stands to reason that it is Jackson who is responsible for the carnage!" The Prime said.

"As intelligent as Jack is I would highly doubt that he would be able to blow that ship out of the sky!" Ratchet scoffed.

"I don't know Ratch, he did blow up Arachnid's ship." Bulkhead stated.

"With an energon leak!" The medic shot back.

Arcee butted in, "Unless he was able to make it to the reactor core!"

Ratchet pondered on that, "That may be plausible!" He admitted.

Yet another alarm went off, though this time it was Agent Fowler calling.

"PRIME!" The man called out, Optimus was not amused.

"Agent Fowler!" Came a low growl from Optimus.

"Satellite scans have picked up a fiery inferno blowing up in the Marina Trench near Japan, are you trying to draw more attention to yourself than what you already have?!"

"Actually, Agent Fowler, we believe it was by Jack's hand that the Nemesis is in the 'trench'." Optimus said.

This intrigued the federal agent, "Really?!" he asked

At the nod of the Bot, Fowler continued, "Well If that is indeed true, Jack may get a metal for this." A slight grin crossed the man's face.

"A metal?!" June yelped.

"Metal of freedom, the highest award any civilian can obtain." Fowler explained.

"Wow, Metal of Freedom recipient, and barely old enough to drive." June said rubbing her face.

"Don't worry June, the president is the only one capable of handing out the Metal of Freedom, and from what I understand about how you two feel about the new president, I don't think you need to worry too much!" Fowler said.

June just nodded, "Can we get Jack back first? I would really like to see if he is alright!" She said motherly.

"Locking onto coordinates!" Ratchet said, punching a couple keys on the board, and doing just what he said.

Amanda was amused by the raven-haired teen in front of her; he was the kind of a guy she would want as a boyfriend.

However, her musing was cut short when another portal, like the one Jack fell out of, appeared a few feet away.

A semi-truck drove out of the vortex, a primarily red paint job with blue flames.

"Optimus…" Jack breathed, Amanda gave him an odd look.

The truck stopped in front of them.

The doors on both sides opened, four figures hoped out of the truck.

"JACK!" The voices cried.

Not a second later was Jack on the receiving end of a dog pile of a hug.

Then the grill of the truck shifted and broke apart, along with the rest of the cab.

Mesmerized, the girls only reaction was to stare at the transformer.

A few seconds after the truck had broken apart, it had taking on a tall robotic form, towering easily over the girls, and everyone else on the beach at the time.

He knelt to get closer to jack to inspect him of injury.

After that he looked Jack in the eye's, "Are you alright Jack?"

"Am I alright?! Shoot! Point me to another enemy boss-bot, I'll handle them with my bear hands and wits!" Jack said with a smile.

A small smile graced the Prime's faceplate, "Let's get you home Jack!"

And CUT! PRINT! And SHIP! It's done (not quite)

So, what happened to Arachnid? where was she? How is she? For Danny Phantom 'Phans' Clockwork is popular for saying something like "All in due time" so I'll leave it at that!

So, Jack is on solid ground now, and I think two more chapters are in order, unless I pull it off in one but who knows?!

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