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Black-Arachnia groaned, hauling herself up over the lip of the long-dormant volcano.  It had taken her far too long to escape Africa's interior.  She'd been worried that Waspinator would hunt her down to Dinobot Island, but her epic-fail of an experiment had vanished somewhere around the Caribbean.
"Lucky little bugger's probably sipping energon on some random beach right now."  She hissed bitterly, rubbing her left arm, although she was sore all-over.  "Five solar cycles hiking in the brush, two more finding a ride, and after that, nearly three orbital cycles spent crammed in crate in some cargo ship's hold!  Oh well, at least Wasp's gone, for now.  So now I can actually relax for once in my li-" Crack!  "Oh slag."  The small part of the volcano she had been sitting on abruptly crumbled, sending her sliding down the slope on her butt.
"Oomph!" Black-Arachnia grunted as she hit the forest floor, hard.  "Well, it's all down-hill from here!  Pun not intended."  She giggled, standing up and proceeding to brush twigs, rocks, dirt, and Primus knows what else off her armor.  "Fantastic, now I'm talking to myself.  At least no one's here to see it."  A sudden roar made her jump.  "Oh, come on!" she shouted as the ground began to shake.  The trees in front of her suddenly fragmented, the familiar shape of Grimlock's alt mode bursting into sight.
"Me Grimlock destroy inturd-…  Spider-Lady!"  He shifted faster than she had ever seen, and knelt down in front of her, hands on the handle of his un-ignited fire-sword, looking just like a medieval knight.  Except for the fact that he was over two tons and would probably just ignore the draw-bridge and bash straight through the wall.
Thank Primus the doors in the lab are automatic. She thought, as Swoop skidded to a halt, careening past her and becoming tangled in his mace as he made contact with the side of the deep crater.  Black-Arachnia giggled, realizing just how much she had actually missed these guys.  Her joy was short-lived.
"Where'd Snarl go?"
"Snarl traitor!  Dinobots not pets!"  Grimlock said, clearly distressed about the M.I.A. Dinobot.
"Pet?  Oooookkkaayyy… um, what about the lab?"
"Oh, we Dinobots clean and fix as best we could, Spider-Lady!  But weird birdy-thingy and small robot move in.  They lock Dinobots out…"
"Soundwave."  Black-Arachnia muttered under her breath.  "I'll unlock them, come with me.  She sighed in frustration, "Then I'll use the labs computers to track-down Snarl."  She added gently.  A look of relief washed over Grimlock and Swoop's faces.  They followed her eagerly over to a very out of place metal door, set into the side of the volcano's interior.
"Time to face the music, Soundy…"  she coed softly into the labs speaker/mike as the door's hydraulic locks released with a hiss, and opened to reveal the cool, damp, dark passage-way into the island's heart.
Deep within the complex, Soundwave both heard the message and sensed the door opening.
"Very well then, Black-Arachnia.  He droned in his mechanical, tone-less voice. "Come to me, let us decide each other's fates.  I look forward to it."  He added, gently stroking the top of Laserbeak's head.

*Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Cybertron's moon*
"Waspinator… you have arrived at last, my child."  A deep, disembodied voice echoed repeatedly through the hollow chamber.
"Yes master, Waspinator is here."  The techno-organic's distorted voice cut through the silence as dim, red light flooded the circular room.
"Excellent."  The voice hissed and boomed at the same time.  "I trust you have brought it."
"Would Waspinator be here otherwise?"
"No."  The voice replied flatly.  "Sideways, the time has arrived.  Announce my return to my brother."
"Of course, Master Unicron."   A orange and black bot replied.  "Primus shall be informed.  Shall I do it with a bomb, or just murder someone important?"
"I'm in a good mood today; you can do both, Sideways.  The time is for my revenge is drawing near.  Waspinator, gather the Mini-cons while your brother is away.  Soon, Cybertron will be nothing more but a smoldering ash, crushed beneath my heel!  Then Earth will follow.  And we… shall rise again.
"Unicronians, transform and devastate!"

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Black-Arachnia groaned, hauling herself up over the lip of the long-dormant volcano.  It had taken her far too long to escape Africa's interior.  She'd been worried that Waspinator would hunt her down to Dinobot Island, but her epic-fail of an experiment had vanished somewhere around the Caribbean.
"Lucky little bugger's probably sipping energon on some random beach right now."  She hissed bitterly, rubbing her left arm, although she was sore all-over.  "Five solar cycles hiking in the brush, two more finding a ride, and after that, nearly three orbital cycles spent crammed in crate in some cargo ship's hold!  Oh well, at least Wasp's gone, for now.  So now I can actually relax for once in my li-" Crack!  "Oh slag."  The small part of the volcano she had been sitting on abruptly crumbled, sending her sliding down the slope on her butt.
"Oomph!" Black-Arachnia grunted as she hit the forest floor, hard.  "Well, it's all down-hill from here!  Pun not intended."  She giggled, standing up and proceeding to brush twigs, rocks, dirt, and Primus knows what else off her armor.  "Fantastic, now I'm talking to myself.  At least no one's here to see it."  A sudden roar made her jump.  "Oh, come on!" she shouted as the ground began to shake.  The trees in front of her suddenly fragmented, the familiar shape of Grimlock's alt mode bursting into sight.
"Me Grimlock destroy inturd-…  Spider-Lady!"  He shifted faster than she had ever seen, and knelt down in front of her, hands on the handle of his un-ignited fire-sword, looking just like a medieval knight.  Except for the fact that he was over two tons and would probably just ignore the draw-bridge and bash straight through the wall.
Thank Primus the doors in the lab are automatic. She thought, as Swoop skidded to a halt, careening past her and becoming tangled in his mace as he made contact with the side of the deep crater.  Black-Arachnia giggled, realizing just how much she had actually missed these guys.  Her joy was short-lived.
"Where'd Snarl go?"
"Snarl traitor!  Dinobots not pets!"  Grimlock said, clearly distressed about the M.I.A. Dinobot.
"Pet?  Oooookkkaayyy… um, what about the lab?"
"Oh, we Dinobots clean and fix as best we could, Spider-Lady!  But weird birdy-thingy and small robot move in.  They lock Dinobots out…"
"Soundwave."  Black-Arachnia muttered under her breath.  "I'll unlock them, come with me.  She sighed in frustration, "Then I'll use the labs computers to track-down Snarl."  She added gently.  A look of relief washed over Grimlock and Swoop's faces.  They followed her eagerly over to a very out of place metal door, set into the side of the volcano's interior.
"Time to face the music, Soundy…"  she coed softly into the labs speaker/mike as the door's hydraulic locks released with a hiss, and opened to reveal the cool, damp, dark passage-way into the island's heart.
Deep within the complex, Soundwave both heard the message and sensed the door opening.
"Very well then, Black-Arachnia.  He droned in his mechanical, tone-less voice. "Come to me, let us decide each other's fates.  I look forward to it."  He added, gently stroking the top of Laserbeak's head.

*Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Cybertron's moon*
"Waspinator… you have arrived at last, my child."  A deep, disembodied voice echoed repeatedly through the hollow chamber.
"Yes master, Waspinator is here."  The techno-organic's distorted voice cut through the silence as dim, red light flooded the circular room.
"Excellent."  The voice hissed and boomed at the same time.  "I trust you have brought it."
"Would Waspinator be here otherwise?"
"No."  The voice replied flatly.  "Sideways, the time has arrived.  Announce my return to my brother."
"Of course, Master Unicron."   A orange and black bot replied.  "Primus shall be informed.  Shall I do it with a bomb, or just murder someone important?"
"I'm in a good mood today; you can do both, Sideways.  The time is for my revenge is drawing near.  Waspinator, gather the Mini-cons while your brother is away.  Soon, Cybertron will be nothing more but a smoldering ash, crushed beneath my heel!  Then Earth will follow.  And we… shall rise again.
"Unicronians, transform and devastate!"