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Who: Blackarachnia, Himura, Anyone else who wants to come find BA (tag yourselves in)
When: 4/28 night through morning; after this
Where: Somewhere around the City.
Summary: BA downloaded Remus' ability and it had a bad reaction with her own spider mutation.
Warnings: Uh...IDK it's a wolf-spider guys!
Format: Whatever.

Fear. Fear was a feeling Blackarachnia knew well and knew how to block out. But tonight was a different story. She'd never run into a beast like that before. She did her best to fend it off and escape but not without somehow downloading from it. Whatever it was it had powers otherwise her download would have done nothing.

Warning bells went off in her head the moment she was sure she'd put enough distance between herself and the beast. She leaned against the wall of an empty alley. Her skin felt as if it was crawling. It itched and then it begin to feel as if it was burning.

It only got worse from there. Her body ached. She could hear her body making noises she knew it shouldn't. And then it all became fuzzy. If anyone was to ask her later what had happened she wasn't sure she could give an answer.

Before she knew it she looking at the world in a different way. To top it off everything felt different. It sounded different. It also smelt different. Not that she held to enough of her mind to analyze it all. Had she been able to she would have reveled in the new sensations. She would have taken note of every last thing.

But instead her mind was racing in another direction. Everything was screaming at her to find somewhere dark it was also screaming at her for food. She needed to hunt and then make her nest to hide away and eat.

Feed.

Hide.

Quickly she scurried up the wall of the alley. It was time to hunt.

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Edgeworth had been informed and was on his way to deal with his fuzzy little problem. Hiruma figured on a job well done and was ready to move on, but more noises caught in his ears. Cracking, stretching, the sounds of pain and transformation. He knew them well, they filled his ears every time he shifted.

Curious, Hiruma followed the noise until it disappeared. Confused, he glided around the area until his nose caught the scent of... well, something similar to the werewolf he'd encountered earlier, but not quite the same. Still, it had the unnatural must that the werewolf had, and he followed it.

What he saw was... well, he wasn't quite sure. It looked like the unholy spawn of a wolf and a giant spider. Of course his first reaction was to get a better look, then take a picture.

Or three. Or four. Or seventeen. Good thing he always had a camera in his bag.

Blackarachnia stopped. Keen ears swiveled around, taking in every sound around her. After a moment of listening she lifted her head and sniffed the air. She could smell it. Something nearby.

Red eyes scanned the area, trying to find what it was that was so close.

She lowered her body as if ready to spring at a moment's notice. She let a combination of a growl and a hiss. She snapped her jaws in the direction of her current prey.

Sheesh, this things's got a good set of senses on it. Hiruma only manages to grab a few shots before he is in danger of being spotted. He skitters away on top of the building, but doesn't stray far. He needs more pictures.

And it's gone. Or rather it's moved. She stalks to the edge of the building, body still low to the ground. Once on the edge she lifts her head again, sniffing the air and listening carefully.

She can't find it now. None of her senses can pick it up. An irritated hiss leaves her as she jumps to the next building. Oh well, there's other prey about.

Hiruma follows, at a safe distance, clicking pictures with his camera when he can. Thank goodness for very good zoom on this thing.

[[ooc: and gonna not tag again for a while in case someone else wants to jump in]]

Blackarachnia continued to move. Feeling out vibrations. Following sounds and scents. She was unaware that her previous prey still followed her, she was too focused on filling her stomach.

After traveling some distance she stopped on a lower rooftop. She scurried to the edge and waited. Below she could smell food. Inebriated but that only made them easier to capture.

Slowly she crept down the side of the building with a soft clicking noise. Closer. And closer. Soon she was within striking distance.

Morning light slowly crept into Blackarachnia's resting place. She let out a groan and shifted, trying to block out the sun's rays. When it became impossible to hide from the light she finally opened her eyes.

She blinked a few times to try and clear her sight. She groaned again as she sat up, hands going to her head. When a light breeze picked up it was then she realized she wasn't in her room.

Once again her eyes snapped open and she finally took in her surroundings. "Where the sla-" A quick look down at herself dragged a deep sigh from her. "Great..."

The femme closed her eyes and rubbed her temples again, trying to recall what had happened the night before. She was able to recall her walk back from the park. And the beast. And then it all became fuzzy.

Slowly she stood and began to walk. She had no idea where she was but she assumed she hadn't gone far from the City. Looking around she figured she must be in one of the rundown parts of the City where no one lived anymore. Maybe she'd be lucky enough to find some clothes so she didn't get stopped on the way back to Autobase.

Another day in the City, another morning's commute to work. Sentinel maneuvered the police car through traffic, one hand on the steering wheel, the other holding the day's first cup of coffee. He paid little attention to the usual sights outside. The parked cars lining the curb, the street vendors emerging and setting up their wares, the strangely familiar naked woman walking down the sidewalk...

...Wait.

Sentinel slammed on the brakes. Fortunately, this was a remote enough part of the City that the sudden maneuver didn't cause him to hit anyone else, or anyone else to hit him. The lone car behind him honked in dismay as he remained stationary in the middle of the road, provoking Sentinel to lean out his window and shout at the other driver to shut up before returning his attention to the matter at hand.

"Blackarachnia?!"

Sentinel's yell stopped the femme dead in her tracks. She slowly looked over her shoulder. Great. Of all the people she had to run into out here.

On the bright side she could get a ride back home.

She turned around and didn't bother to cover herself any. Really, who should she?

"Um... Hi."

"Don't just stand there," Sentinel barked, obviously flustered by her unclad appearance. It technically wasn't the first time he'd seen her naked - and yet, at the same time, it was - but it was close enough to be nerve-wracking. That she was walking around like that in public was even worse. "For Spark's sake, get in the car!"

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Blackarachnia made her way to the car and got in. She couldn't help but snicker in amusement as she settled into the passengers seat. However her amusement died off quickly.

She closed her eyes as her head rested against the seatback. She felt so tired and she really wasn't sure why. She wished she could recall everything that happened last night.

As soon as Blackarachnia was safely inside the car, Sentinel pulled an abrupt U-turn and began heading back toward the base. Work could wait; being in charge meant he could be late without having to answer to anyone for it.

"All right, now what in the Pit were you doing out here?"

Blackarachnia didn't bother to open her eyes. "I don't know. I woke up out here."

Sentinel glanced over at her, his expression one of irritation tinged with worry. If someone had hurt her, they'd live to regret it, no mistake. And if she'd ended up out here out of her own recklessness - just as likely a possibility, knowing her - well, he'd have to deal with that, too.

"Well, then what's the last thing you do remember?"

She opened her eyes a crack and glanced over at Sentinel. "I was walking back from the park. I...don't know what it was. Some beast jumped out of the bushes and attacked me. I managed to fight it off and get away but somehow during it all I downloaded from it."

She paused, bringing her hands up to rub at her temples again. "I'm not really sure what happened after that. I put distance between myself and it. I...stopped and then I... I don't really remember."

"You downloaded from some strange creature?" Sentinel shook his head and sighed in aggravation. "Small wonder you're having problems. That was a stupid move. Who knows what kind of side effects that had on you?"

She let out a low hiss. "I didn't mean to! I panicked and it happened. And I don't think it was just any creature, it had to have been an import."

She sighed and rubbed at her temples again. "I...vaguely remember roaming the City. I..." she grins a bit, "I was hunting."

Sentinel did not like the look of that grin. He liked the sound of what she was saying even less. "Hunting for what, exactly?"

"Food." she replied in a nearly flat tone. She licked her lips as her thoughts slipped back to last night. Bits and pieces became clearer in her head. It'd be freeing and almost like being herself (or at least what she'd become over the past thousand years) again to be like that.

Well, this was getting downright disturbing.

"I don't think I want to know what you mean by 'food.' Well, at least it's over now." he replied with a shudder before bringing the car to a stop in front of their building. It occurred to him that the last thing he wanted was to have to explain why he was bringing a naked female into the base to anyone who might be hanging around. He spent a moment considering his options before unfastening his seat belt, removing his jacket and tossing it at her.

"Here, put this on until we can get you some real clothes."

The femme looked down at herself. "Can you be sure it's over?"

She frowned as he tossed his jacket to her. She rolled her eyes and put it on. "Ashamed of me or something?"

"Well, yeah. Why wouldn't it be?" It was logical enough, as far as Sentinel knew. The problem was caused by a download and the download had worn off, hadn't it?

"And no, I'm not. It's just not socially acceptable to walk around with your clothes off in front of everyone."

She shrugged.

"Okay maybe not in public but in the house? I hate clothes." complaints, she's full of them.

"Not if the others are around!" Sentinel replied, instantly and thoroughly scandalized. He could only imagine how Vector or Blurr would react to coming across a naked Decepticon female in their base. Or worse...Pete.

"So you're saying it's find as long as I'm alone?" she grinned. Not that it mattered what Sentinel said she was still going to wear (or not wear) whatever she wanted.

She put his jacket on and felt warmer. She hadn't realized how cold she felt before.

"If you're alone, I guess that's okay..."

It still wasn't his preference - as far as he was concerned, humans were supposed to wear clothes unless they were showering. Or, well, mating, but he wasn't about to follow that train of thought, not with a near-naked Blackarachnia in his passenger seat. But if she was by herself and wanted to be naked, there wasn't exactly much he could do about it.

Sentinel got out of the car, half-consciously shielding her from public view as he escorted her through the front door and into the elevator.

Her grin didn't fade any as they got out of the car.

She helped a little by moving closer to him, practically pressed against him when they got into the elevator.

Sentinel instinctively backed away, finding himself with no place to go as she cornered him in the confined space of the elevator. At least there was no one else in there.

"What are you doing?" he asked, hoping it came out more demanding than panicked.

She licks her lips and grinned up at him. However she let her grin fade into an almost innocent expression.

"I just wanted to be close to you. I'm chilly."

"...That's what the jacket is for."

It was all he could do to get the words out without stammering. She was so close to him, and with that expression on her face she almost looked like Elita.

She pouted up at him. "But it's not quite enough."

Sentinel swallowed reflexively, still attempting to fend off his body's all-too-human response. Apparently his night of experimentation with Elita had knocked a few of his proverbial screws loose; he could think of no other reason why he'd suddenly be desiring something he still thought was disgusting.

"Then...what would be enough?"

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