After a hard battle against Airachnid, Team Prime returned to base with their friends safe and sound through the ground bridge and Ratchet then started checking them up and fixing what needed to be fixed. After he was done with the other Autobots, he then started checking Emily for injuries and started to have a little chat with her about what he was just told as he noticed the small cut under chin to which he gave her something to cover it up to avoid infection.
"Of all the bad ideas you had, this was certainly the worst of them all. But I'm glad you came back in one piece." Ratchet told her but smiled as he let her down from his table using his servo as she jumped down from it and looked up to him with a smile as Miko, Jack and Raf walked up to her.
"Good thing we all did." Miko said as she stretched her arms up.
"You should've seen the look on your face when you were covered in web." Jack snickered as the Autobots looked at them as Optimus, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Smokescreen had to admit that Miko's reaction was pretty funny.
Miko blushes in embarrassment before she hits Jack on his arm for it and huffs.
"Ow. I was just kidding." Jack winced as he rubbed his now sore arm.
"Jerk." Miko huffed as Raf shook his head at them
"Stop fighting, you guys, we should all be thankful that we all came back unharmed." Emily nodded to what Raf said. Even though she got hurt in battle, they still all came back in one piece.
"And for that I'm very grateful. You all put yourselves in danger to save us. I thank you all for your bravery." Optimus smiled down at them warmly as the kids couldn't help but smile back.
"Hey don't mention it." Jack chuckled softly.
"We all did what was right." Miko grins happily.
"Yeah, we'll always have your back." Raf smiled as Bumblebee came up to him and beeped that he was glad.
"I should be grateful too. After all, if it wasn't for Emily, I would've been turned into scrap metal. I'm sorry I rushed in like that, sir. It was irresponsible." Smokescreen smiled down at Emily before he looked at Optimus and apologized as Optimus nodded for him to not worry.
"Today we all made mistakes, Smokescreen. But by doing so, we learned a valuable lesson. No matter what happens, we can always count on a friend to help. Including our little human friends." Optimus smiled towards their little companions but more importantly Emily as the kids were talking.
"Hey, Emily, can you tell us how you escaped?" Miko asked her curiously as Emily laughed nervously.
"If I tell you, you might laugh." Emily said while rubbing the back of her head.
"Go ahead. We could use some laughter." Jack told her as she smiled and sighed before telling them what happened after she got captured.
"Okay. Well, Airachnid had me trapped in her web. She tied me up so well that I could hardly move or make a sound." Emily shuddered at the feeling of the web that was against her mouth before as the Autobots looked to them to listen to what happened when Emily got captured.
"I know the feeling." Jack shuddered remembering the first time he got caught in the web.
"We all do." Miko pulled a face that she didn't like the feeling of being caught in a web before she and Jack noticed the look on Emily's face and laughed nervously.
"Continue." Raf said as Emily nodded her gratitude as she continued.
"While I was tied up, Airachnid was thinking of ways to bring me to Megatron. Suddenly she started walking towards me with her sharp claws and doing the weirdest thing ever." Emily started to grin as she said the last part while the kids and Autobots looked at her and wondered what Airachnid did.
"What was it?" Jack curiously asked as Emily had a grin on her face.
"Humming the Itsy Bitsy spider song." Emily told them and an instant reaction exploded from the trio and Bumblebee from what Emily said as the others found it amusing.
"The Itsy Bitsy Spider song? Yeah right." Jack calmed himself down but was letting out small chuckles.
"Get out of here." Miko grasped her sides from laughing as she had a grin on her face.
"You're pulling our legs aren't you?" Raf told her as she shook her head with a grin as they couldn't help but imagine Airachnid humming it and they found it pretty funny.
"No, no I'm being serious. She came all the way towards me while humming the Itsy Bitsy spider song. When I thought she was gonna scratch my face, I closed my eyes in fear and then that's where the worst thing happened. She ripped off the web that was covering my mouth. Trust me on this. It's worse than a mustache wax. Then after a brief chat, I started singing. Airachnid wanted me to be quiet and just hang in there while doing nothing. But I thought that I could sing a little while I waited. Hearing me sing the song all over again, annoyed her so much that she released me. I knew that she wasn't going to let me go so easily unless she had something in mind. She knew you would come rescue me." She finished her tale as she winced at the part when the web was ripped off her mouth and it still stings.
"So she decided to let you go and catch the bots as bait. So that way you would come and face her." Jack nodded as he put the pieces together.
"Yeah. Too bad she found her own match at this hunting game. Right now I bet the Itsy Bitsy spider song is still stuck inside her head." Emily started to giggle.
Jack, Miko and Raf start laughing hard at this when suddenly Jack sees Arcee doesn't seem to be okay as she was looking down at the floor of the base.
"Arcee?" Jack asked in concern as the laughter died down a bit as they all looked at Arcee and saw that she looked upset but sad.
"How's Arcee?" Emily looked at Ratchet and saw that he was worried like the rest.
"Don't worry. She's a rough one. She can handle anything. Most of the time." Ratchet told her as she nodded before standing up and walking towards Arcee to see how she's doing after the battle.
"Hey, Arcee. Are you doing okay?" Emily asked curiously as she looked up to Arcee.
"Yeah I'm fine. I was just... thinking about what could've happened if..." Arcee didn't finish her sentence as Emily tilted her head.
"If Airachnid had taken me to Megatron?" She asked her but Arcee shook her head.
"Try worse. She was ready to kill everyone around here. If I hadn't faced the Decepticons on my own, this never would've happened and I almost lost a valuable friend because of that." Arcee looked at her as Emily smiled in comfort as she put her hands behind her back while shuffling her foot.
"I know. To tell you the truth, I was pretty scared too. When she caught me, I was so afraid. I thought that she and the cons defeated you but I knew that you would try to save us. Like how I saved Smokescreen. It's just like what Optimus said: we all made mistakes and will keep on making them everyday of our lives. The important thing is that we learn from them. Today I'd say you're the one who learned the most. Now you know that I have your back as you have mine and you also know that when it comes to facing that eight legged freak again, you'll have some back up even if you don't really need it." She looked at the others as they were moved by her speech and Arcee felt better by what she said. Optimus had a small smile on his face-plates as he saw that Emily was really learning just by listening and learning how to use the right words.
"Partners?" Emily asked as she lifted a fist while looking at Arcee who started to smile at her.
"Partners." Arcee said as she and Emily did a fist bump and started to laugh softly.
"Hope you're not too jealous of our girl moment, Jack." Emily looked at Jack with a mischievous glint in her optic-eye as Jack just waved it off.
"Ha, not at all. I'm glad you two are getting along. Besides, Arcee knows well that if she tries to replace me, I'd sell her for pieces." Jack teased but stopped when he saw the look on Arcee's and Emily's faces.
"And Jack knows well that if he tries to do that, I'll hunt him down." Arcee told him as he started to laugh nervously.
"I know, I know. I was just kidding." Jack laughed nervously as the two shook their heads at him.
"Well I think that after all we've been through today, we all know that we need to relax a little." Miko puts her hands on her hips as she was looking forward to some guitar practice with Emily.
"Especially you." Jack looks at Miko with a teasing smile as the others just watch in amusement.
"Yeah, after all you saw a giant Decepticon spider." They could've sworn that Miko's eyelid was twitching in annoyance and they had to stop themselves from laughing.
"That's it, I don't wanna hear the word spider anymore. Whoever says it, is gonna get a bump on their heads." Miko huffed while turning her back towards them but they saw something crawling up slowly from her braid.
"Uh, Miko, I think there's a spider behind your back." Raf said as he pointed to her back.
"Yeah right." Miko said as she kept her back turned to them and not believing them one bit.
"Like I'm gonna believe that." Miko added with a huff as Jack knew that this would freak Miko out.
"Uh, Miko, you do have a spider behind you on your back." Jack said as Miko turned around and saw them looking at her.
"Really?" Miko felt her back and touched something fuzzy and that was when all pit let loose as Miko let out the loudest scream that they ever heard and they just watched in amusement as Miko was trying in vain to get the spider off.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF ME! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Raf and Jack started to laugh as Miko ran off somewhere as Emily watched it go down with amusement as the others made sure to remember this.
"Nice joke, guys. But don't you think you went a bit too far?" Emily asked them as they calmed down a little before they jumped when they heard Miko screaming at the top of her lungs from somewhere far in the base
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S IN MY HAIR!" Miko shrieked somewhere in the base as the others looked at each other with amused glints in their eyes and optics.
Jack, Raf and Emily started asking themselves if they went too far with that joke before they came to a conclusion and shrugged it off. They needed a little laugh, well, they got one.
"Nah." The three replied together.
All three of them started laughing while Ratchet muttered something about children as Optimus chuckled softly. But the three knew that Miko would get back at them one way or another.
Meanwhile back on the Nemesis, Airachnid came back with injuries and dents as she was alive but defeated as she went to the room where Megatron would be in with Soundwave who was replaying the whole thing that happened thanks to Laserbeak. Megatron knew that she came back as he didn't turn around.
"Airachnid, I see you have returned." Megatron noted as Airachnid bowed down in greetings.
"Yes, Lord Megatron. I have returned to you... defeated." Airachnid muttered the last part but Megatron heard clearly as he glanced at her with his red optics.
"So... you've failed to capture and bring the human girl to me." Megatron told her as she just remained silent for the moment as Knock Out and Breakdown with Starscream watched from the sidelines.
"Hmm. Knock Out, Breakdown." The two stood in attention as they looked at their leader curiously.
"Yes, Lord Megatron?" Knock Out asked curiously as Megatron turned back to the computers but motioned for them to Airachnid.
"Take Airachnid to the med bay and have her patched up." Megatron instructed them as Breakdown was confused.
"You want us to touch her?" Breakdown asked only for Megatron to growl at Breakdown and he backed off and realized his mistake.
"Of course, Lord Megatron." Breakdown bowed as Knock Out just rolled his optics at his companion.
"Rest assured. We'll take good care of her, my liege." Knock Out then nudged Breakdown as they walked to Airachnid to take her to the med bay to get fixed up.
Knock Out and Breakdown took Airachnid at the med bay just like Megatron ordered it to do. When they got there, they started patching her up and fixing her dents and other injuries as Knock Out started a conversation.
"I'm very surprised that with all your hunting skills, the human girl got the best of you." Knock Out said as he fixed a cut on her arm that was caused by the sword that the human girl had.
"I wish I could've seen that." Breakdown muttered but this caused Airachnid to hiss at him.
"Why don't you get your brain fixed, you mindless brute?" Airachnid hissed angrily as Breakdown was offended by what she said and was on the verge of attacking her but Knock Out, who wasn't looking forward to a fight to break out, told Breakdown to get him something.
"Oh, Breakdown. Can you fetch me the tools that I need?" Knock Out told him calmly as Breakdown huffs.
Breakdown kept looking at Airachnid while holding his hammer in the air. He calms down slowly and changes his hammer back into his servo and does what Knock Out told him to do.
"Yeah sure." Breakdown nodded as he started to look for the tools that Knock Out needed as Airachnid just huffed.
"Good riddance." Airachnid sneered lowly as Knock Out just rolled his optics as he knew that she was upset that she was beaten by a girl, a human, to be exact.
"No need to be ashamed of, my dear. This human girl is far stronger than we anticipated." Knock Out told her as he accepted the tools Breakdown gave him.
"I assure you, doctor, I'm far from being ashamed." Airachnid said as she started to come up with plans on getting her revenge on the human girl, Emily. She then started to hum the itsy bitsy spider song as the two looked at her with confusion.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Knock Out looks at her weirdly as he starts to patch her up as she stops her humming for a bit.
"Just recalling a little melody that goes well with my image." Airachnid hates to admit but the song that the human girl sang was too catchy and that it fits her. She then continues to hum as Knock Out continues to patch her up while giving her a weird and confused look.
"It sounds... bizarre." Knock Out said as she just hummed.
Meanwhile back in the control room, Starscream points out Airachnid's failure in bringing their target to them.
"Lord Megatron, forgive me for my indiscretion towards your great plan but I believe that maybe Airachnid wasn't what we needed to capture our new enemy." Starscream said as he watched Megatron closely as he was staring at the screen.
"That may be so, Starscream, but I can assure you that despite Airachnid's failure, today we have learned many things." Megatron turns to Soundwave who starts replaying the battle with Airachnid and Emily before Arcee joins in.
"It seems that our little human girl cares deeply about the Autobots and her friends." Megatron had a sinister smile as another plan began to form in his mind.
"An exploit weakness." Starscream noted with the same smile as he nodded to what Megatron was saying.
"We know how strong she is but today we've found a way to get to her. We also learned more about our dear friend Airachnid." Megatron said as he remembered how Emily took them down without help as Soundwave showed them the part to what Airachnid did as Megatron narrowed his optics knowing that Airachnid will be taught a lesson later on.
"She released the human just for her thrill of the hunt. She also killed two of her last troops to avoid any obstacles. She thought that she could disobey my order and get away with it but I can assure, Starscream, she will pay the price." Megatron said as he knew what he had in mind for Airachnid and Starscream got a little nervous about what he meant.
"I know what you mean, my liege." Starscream muttered as he rubbed the scar on his faceplate that Megatron inflicted on him ago as it was healing slowly.
"We will let her disobedience go unnoticed. For now. But make no mistake. For those who dare cross me, they will pay the price for it." Megatron sneered as he watched how Optimus helped Emily with getting her sword unstuck.
His plan will have to go accordingly if they want to capture the girl. One way or another, he would teach Emily a lesson. A very painful and slow lesson.