The next day the team woke up to find Waspinator was missing and went to look for the Insecticon. Starscream and Thundercracker were searching from the sky in their jet modes.

"I don't know where he could have gone?" Said Thundercracker. "I'm not seeing him anywhere."

"Me either but he has to be around here somewhere so we need to keep looking." Starscream told his brother. "It doesn't make since why would Waspinator just take off like this?"

"There was no sign of a struggle so he left of his own accord." Thundercracker said to Starscream. "But why?"

The two seekers continued look for their friend from the air. While Knock Out and Jailbreak searched for him on the ground. They had split into two teams to look for Waspinator thinking it would be a bad idea not to have back up in case the one who shot Thundercracker down a few day early was still near by.
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"How could Waspinator just vanish?" Asked Jailbreak.

"I don't have a clue." Knock Out replied. "But between the four of us we have to find him sooner or later right Sis?"

There was no reply and Knock Out didn't hear Jailbreak's tire's anymore. She was gone.

Now panicked Knock Out started looking around frantically trying to figure out what happened to his sister. First Waspinator now Jailbreak why were bots disappearing? Was someone picking them off one by one?

Fearing for his sister's safety Knock Out decided to call Starscream and Thundercracker over his com-link to let them know what was going on. He put his finger to his com-link but before he could make the call he was suddenly hit by something hard across the helm then Knock Out fell to the ground as everything went dark.
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Knock Out woke up a while later restrained by webs and saw Jailbreak next to him who was webbed up as well.

"Jailbreak are you OK?" Knock Out asked his sister.

"I think so but who knocked us out and webbed us up?" She asked.

"I have an idea who it was and I don't like it." Knock Out told her. "We need to get out of here and the sooner the better."

"Don't worry I'm not an escape artist for nothing." Jailbreak said to her brother as she changed one of her servos into a saw similar to the one Knock Out had and cut herself free then did the same for him.

"Way to go Sis now let's get out of her." Said Knock Out as the two of them started to walk away.

"Leaving so soon?" Said a voice that made Knock Out whence.

"Arachnid you stay away form us!" Knock Out yelled as he got his saw ready to defend himself and Jailbreak.

"I enjoyed scrapping Breakdown I just hope you'll be as much fun to offline when I reunite the two of you." Arachnid hissed at Knock Out.

"Run Jailbreak tell Starscream and Thundercracker what's going on I'll hold her off!" Knock Out screamed to his sister not wanting her to suffer the same fate as his best friend.

Jailbreak didn't want to leave Knock Out but knew Starscream and Thundercracker could fight Arachnid better then she could and went to get them right away.

Knock Out was relieved thinking his sister would be safe so he could deal with Arachnid without having to worry about her being hurt or worse.

Arachnid shot her webs at Knock Out but he was able to dodge them. Then he used his saw and managed to cut Arachnid right across the face but this only mad her mad. Knock Out ran off into a wooded area knowing Jailbreak had enough of a head start to be safe.

But Arachnid had her Insecticon army and Knock Out found himself having to fight one Insecticon after another some of them infected with the Terrorcon virus and trying to suck his energon but he was able to beat most of them and avoid being bitten. And not all of them had it but Knock Out had to be careful just the same.

Then Waspinator showed up and started attacking him. Luckily Waspinator was one of the uninfected ones and Knock Out noticed he kept grabbing his helm and shaking it. And could tell poor Waspinator was being forced to attack him because all the Insecticons had to obey Arachnid and being an Insecticon Waspinator didn't have a choice.

"No!" "Waspinator not want to hurt Knockbot!" Waspinator not want to hurt friend!" Waspinator wailed as he was trying hard to fight Arachnid's control.

"Waspinator you have to fight it don't let Arachnid control you!" Knock Out pleaded. "Don't let that monster win you decide who you wanna be!"

Just then Knock Out was shot with webs and pinned to the ground. While Waspinator was still holding his helm in agony. Knock Out struggled against the webs that held him. But it was no good he was trapped.

"I think I'll wait before I kill you or turn you into a Terrorcon till I catch that sister of yours so when I kill her you can watch her suffer." Hissed Arachnid.

"No!" Knock Out yelled as he struggled in vain to free himself. "Don't you lay a hand on her!"

"I'll rip her in to more pieces then I did Breakdown." Arachnid mocked. "But first I'll mess up that pretty red paint job of yours."

Then Arachnid used her acid to put a gash on Knock Out's cheek then another across his chest plat making him cry out in pain. And continued to use her acid on him.

"No!" "I won't let you hurt my friends!" Yelled Waspinator who suddenly flew into Arachnid and knocked her off of Knock Out.

Knock Out didn't know if he was more surprised that Waspinator had managed to break free from Arachnid's control or at the fact that he had just used a regular sentence instead of referring to himself in third person.

"How dare you defy me!" Roared an angry Arachnid as she stabbed Waspinator with her legs then tossed him into some trees where he fell to the ground and just laid there lifelessly.

"No!" Knock Out screamed.

Then Arachnid started to go back to torturing the red medic but was suddenly shot through the spark with a missile and killed instantly.

"Knock Out are you all right?" Asked Starscream who ran over to the red mech and got the webs off him as Thundercracker and Jailbreak rushed over there as well.

"I'll live but Waspinator!" Said Knock Out who was very shaken up and trembling after what he'd just been through but as soon as he was free he rushed over to where the Insecticon was still laying and was relieved along with the rest of the team to see he was still alive but badly hurt.

Everyone rushed Waspinator back to base just hoping they'd get there in time and that Knock Out and Mason could save him.

After getting back to the cave Starscream, Thundercracker and Jailbreak stayed outside while Knock Out got to work trying to help Waspinator. Then Kate and Mason got there and Mason went to help Knock Out anyway he could while Kate waited with the others.
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A few hours later Mason came out and said Waspinator was going to be fine thanks to Knock Out who Mason had just helped fix his own damage. Then they all went in to see them.

"We're glad your OK Waspinator we were worried about you and Knock Out." Said Starscream.

"Waspinator fine Waspinator happy to be back with friends." Waspinator told them. "Thanks Knockbot for saving Waspinator."

"Your welcome and you saved me first." Knock Out told him. "At lest we don't have to worry about Arachnid anymore thanks to Starscream."

"I wanted her gone as much as you did that psycho spider gave me the creeps." Starscream explained.

"Agreed." Everyone answered at once.

Then they all decided to call it a night and get some rest because Knock Out and Waspinator both really needed it after the day they had.
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That night Starscream was having trouble recharging almost three days had gone by since Optimus Prime gave him his mission and he hadn't gotten anything done and was nowhere near finding out what was happening to the Autobots.

But at least Arachnid was no longer a threat but he still needed to find out who had tried to kill him and Knock Out on Cybertron and who had shot Thundercracker down and if they were one and the same or not.

Starscream decided to sleep on it he needed to get some recharge time in. He managed to go into recharge when suddenly he and the rest of his team were awakened by a big boom from off in the distance.

To Be Continued.

Well they don't have to worry Airachnid any more. But what was that boom about Feel free to send feedback.