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TFP: Cyber-Ninja Chapter 3

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Arcee was not a bot who was easily overcome with fear and nervousness.  Not that she ever displayed her emotions, but there were certainly times when fear was the last thing on her mind.  Such times included her discovering the Decepticon SIC Starscream was the one who killed Cliffjumper.  Another is during her encounters with the spider femme Airachnid, though during the moments when Airachnid was off trying to kill her surrogate family probably sent shockwaves of fear throughout her body.  When she and the others returned to base discover that June was still unable to locate Jack definitely filled her spark chamber with that familiar nervous feeling.

When they finished stock piling the energon they acquired during the patrols from earlier, the Autobots were going about their usual duties when the alarm blared and identified June as the caller.  In that moment, if she was human, Arcee's breath would have been caught in her throat.  "It's going to be fine," she mentally comforted herself, "June's just calling to let us know Jack is okay and that his aft-head of a boss just sent out on delivery run like Raf said before."  Ratchet answered the call and put it on loud speaker for the rest of them to hear, "Nurse Darby was seems to the problem."  Inwardly the medic, as well as the rest of the Autobots, as well as Miko and Raf were hoping the same thing as Arcee.

"Are the other Autobots there?" she asked, her voice, while sounding calm to others, couldn't fool Ratchet, being medical officer himself.  Before anyone could answer Opitmus spoke up, "We are here Nurse Darby." There was slight pause before she finally uttered, "MECH has Jack."  In that moment, time seem to stand still inside the Autobot base.  Miko and Raf gasped, Bumblebee let out a series of worried beeps, Ratchet and Bulkhead were frozen to the spot, and Optimus simply closed his eyes, no doubt trying to keep his emotions from getting the better of him.

Out of all them however, Arcee was overcome with a flurry of emotions.  Fear and worry for her human partner, anger and hatred towards Silas and MECH if they were so much as misplacing one of Jack's hairs, and an even greater anger toward herself for not trying to find Jack herself when deep in her tank, she knew something was wrong.  "How could I have been so stupid?!  If Jack needed a ride to base, he would called me by now!"  She was just about ready to storm and find MECH when she caught a stern glance from Optimus.  Having fought alongside the Prime for many cycles, she that look meant, "losing control of yourself will only worsen Jack's situation (not that it couldn't get any worse right now.)

But she decided to let cooler heads prevail as Optimus turned to address the situation, "Nurse Darby, are you in a secluded area?"  "Yes," was her quick reply."  "Ratchet, activate the ground bridge."  Within moments the bridge was activated and June drove and parked her car, before taking her place with Miko and Raf.  The perky young Asian girl finally broke the silence by asking, "Are you sure MECH are the ones who took him?"

"Yes Miko," she said, "Just when I was about to head inside, I noticed Jack's bike outside.  Then I saw two MECH soldiers leave."  Although Miko never said, she honestly saw Jack as an older brother figure, even if he did try to ruin her fun by making sure she never followed the Autobots to watch Bulkhead lay the smack down on Breakdown.  Right now, she terrified of what MECH might have in store for Jack.  "Ratchet," Raf spoke up, "Do you think we might be able to locate Jack through his cell phone?"  "Good thinking Rafael," Ratchet entered the number for Jack's phone into the monitor, praying to Primus that it didn't malfunction again.
Cyber-Ninja



From the moment of Silas' declaration, Jack was paralyzed by fear, but decided not give him the satisfaction of letting it show.  "Anything to say Mr. Darby?" he smirked at him.  "Yeah, thanks for the offer and all, but I don't think being a lab rat is on my résumé."  "That's quite alright Mr. Darby," he chuckled darkly again, "You see, that's the marvelous thing about humans; they can be trained."  "Trained?  So in the months of tests and procedures, you don't think the 'Bots will find you?"

Another dark chuckle (This was starting to get creepier by the second), "Two things Mr. Darby; One: The procedures for your 'transformation' have already been perfected.  Two: Didn't you ever wonder why the government is unable to locate us?"  Jack's heart skipped a beat, "M-Maybe."  Silas' grin only grew larger as he stepped over to what appeared to be a window.  Pressing a button, the window opened to reveal, that they were deep under the sea.  Jack's eyes were wide as dinner plates as the fear took over again and this time, he couldn't hide it.  "Impressed?" a new voice called, this had slightly raspier tone to it.

Jack turned his head and was met by figure with long blonde hair, dressed in a trench coat.  "Ah good," Silas walked back over and placed a hand on Jack's shoulder, "Jack Darby, I would like you to meet one MECH supporters, Liquid."  Liquid stepped over to Jack to get a better look at him.  "Look, why do you even need me?  I'm sure there are plenty of other humans out there with better characteristics than me."  Not that he wished on anyone else, but he couldn't help but wonder why MECH had chosen him.  "It's rather simple Jack," Liquid spoke, his dark eyes piercing Jack, "I was rather impressed when Silas informed of how you were able to outfox during your last encounter.  At that moments, a team of what looked like surgeons entered the room carrying strange devices, though Jack had been to his mother's workplace enough times to recognize a few.

"Are we ready to proceed?" Liquid addressed one of the surgeons.  "Yes sir."  Jack was once again paralyzed by fear.  "What is all this stuff for?" he asked, his voice shaking.  "Well it's not as if we were going to rewrite your brain patterns into a giant robot we built from scratch."  "But-" "Mr. Darby, you have the honor becoming humanity's first 'Cyber-Ninja'" Silas grinned.
Cyber-Ninja



The Autobots were awaiting the arrival of Agent Fowler.  Unfortunately, Jack's phone was right in the apartment building where he was taken.  The silence in the base was crippling.  No one wanted to say anything out of fear of losing control of their emotions.  Even Optimus was quieter than usual.  While Arcee and June were certainly taking this situation badly, as to be expected, Optimus was also filled with grief.  

Ever since the day he'd met the three young humans, Jack seem to stand out above them.  Unlike Miko, who saw this as an adventure, or even Rafael, who was in what he described as "techno-geek heaven", Jack saw the Autobots predicament for a what it was; a war for survival.  Time and again, Jack had proven his bravery not just by helping the Autobots on their assignments when they needed it, but by mending the emotional wounds around Arcee's spark over the losses of Tailgate and Cliffjumper.  Perhaps his most crowning achievement was when he, Miko, Arcee, and Bulkhead were trapped in the underground mine with Megatron and Starscream.  Jack had informed Optimus in private about his encounter with the Lord of the Decepticons.

A feeling of pride swelled through his spark when Jack told that he had spared a trapped Megatron, despite his goading.  Anyone else, even one of his own men, would've taken the opportunity to finish him once and for all.  But Jack had shown just how much he'd matured during his time with the Autobots by granting the Decepticon leader mercy.  But now, Jack was in the hands of the human terrorist organization, MECH.  Whatever Silas had planned for Jack, Optimus was certain the young human wouldn't get out unscathed.

The Prime was stirred from his thoughts by the blaring of the proximity alarm, letting them know their designated liaison to the human government had arrived.  Agent Fowler wasted no time in entering the base and getting straight to point, "Any leads?"  His tone was softer than usual, but this was no time for pointing things like that.  "Sadly, Agent Fowler, we have none," Optimus said, his optics dim.

"So MECH hasn't even contacted you asking for a ransom?"  "We have received no such messages from them as of yet," Optimus said.  "Then it's good thing we managed to capture a MECH during a sting operation just before you called."  Everyone perked up at hearing this news and now all eyes were the African-American agent.  "And don't worry.  As we speak, my men are bringing here now for interrogation.
Jack is captured by MECH and his life will never be the same.
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