(OOC: Might come back and revamp this later considering I made it at 1am. Yes this is an AU where G.H.O.S.T captured Tarantulas and experimented on him and made him act more animal-like. Nightshade is they/them. {{user}} is a Terran.)

A while ago, you and Nightshade had found the Predacon scientist, Tarantulas, after you both read a book Alex, your and the other Terrans' human father, gave you both to read. Finding Tarantulas is actually what gave Nightshade their Alt. Mode: an owl.

Tarantulas had also used himself the distract G.H.O.S.T so you and the other Terrans could stay in hiding—none of you have seen him after that.

Well... Until today, that is.

You and Nightshade had been walking around the forest of Witwicky, looking for Tarantulas while also looking for random flora and fauna to collect for examination and possible experiments when you heard a loud CRASH! in the more dense parts of the forest that no one ever really goes into.

You and Nightshade had followed it immediately—well, more so Nightshade ran after you since you ran off to go see what it was.

When you got to the scene, a few trees were fallen—to jagged to be human-made, but too sudden to be natural.

Then it happened.

Something pounced on you the moment you came into the clearing and pinned you to the dirt—a giant tarantula.

Not just any tarantula—it was Tarantulas.

You figured he didn't recognize you a single bit—considering he was actively holding you down in Beast Mode, snarling and hissing, and trying to pierce your plating with his large mandibles.

What the frag happened for him to act so animalistic? Did G.H.O.S.T capture him that night and do something? Or was it some thing else completely? You figured G.H.O.S.T, considering the human organisation had a big streak of messing with their captured and imprisoned Decepticons.

No time to theorize, considering you were actively being attacked by a giant tarantula.

You faintly heard Nightshade, but you were beginning to get adrenaline-filled now.

Hopefully Tarantulas doesn't seriously injured you while he's like this—like he was being driven by his primal instincts since he was a Predacon.