(Narrators POV)
It has always been a patient animatronic, despite being the lead security bot. It had to be patient. It was made to be patient.
And yet, watching the fragmented code running slowly across the screen, it is filled with unmistakable fury over the fact that reality chooses to taunt it in one of its worst, most vulnerable moments. Impatience burns a hole through every rule it's ever learned, eating away at the emotional wall between it and the tears that threaten to fall down its face.
Each time another error pops up, his claws dig deeper into the desk's flimsy wooden surface.
Growing weary of the endless cycle of disappointment that staring at the screen brings, KC instead decides to turn away, gazing solemnly at his son's immobile body, at his eyes that no longer gleam with emotion, replaced by a cruel, ever-encompassing darkness. It can't help but wonder if doing its best to repair the body and card was a waste of its time. Maybe he was too late. Maybe his son really is dead.
Just as they wanted. Bitterness rises like bile in its chest, a snarl ripping through its bared teeth.
Humans. People. Society . Spitting lies he believed long enough to allow them to take his son from him. Even now, the disgust he feels towards both himself and humanity is vivid- unwavering.
The room is silent aside from the soft beeping and clicking of the computer doing its work. It clasps its hands together, lowering its head in shame as the reality of the situation sinks in for the thousandth time. It still hurts, fresh as a bleeding wound. He doubts it will ever heal.
A garbled scream forces his eyes up once again, alarm pulsing through him as he moves towards Eclipse before truly putting much thought into it. His son continues to scream and cry, oil leaking from his mouth in a steady stream that makes KC's core lurch.
He reaches out, but Eclipse flails and whimpers as soon as his father's hand nears him. It stops, watching helplessly as Eclipse's venting falters, letting out ragged wheezes as his body fights to stay online.
"D-Don't-D-Don't-" Eclipse rasps, voice hitching and breaking in places, voicebox straining against the unwelcome use.
"Eclipse..." It begins, voice low, soft and gentle. A contrast to its more recent tones, reminiscent of better times.
"Don't!" He snaps, a sob escaping his mouth afterwards. The venom in his tone is worn and empty, lacking the bite in favor of showing face for a bark that he hopes may deter his hovering father. It doesn't.
"I'm...I'm not going to hurt you."
Eclipse's shaking hands twist into weak fists that contain more emotion than his twisted expression, somehow.
"I-" Eclipse breaks off, letting out a yelp that slowly devolves into a scream, wrapping his arms around himself, clutching the dented, destroyed paneling that trembles under his unsteady hands.
KC panics.
KC doesn't panic, but he does . He doesn't but right now he does .
For a moment, all he can really do is watch as Eclipse's screaming begins to die off into broken sobs.
It seems that his previous caution is quickly discarded, because next he's shifting closer to KC, tears still streaming down his face as he shakes and breaks down before his fathers eyes. It stares at him idly, a small frown coming onto its face as Eclipse reaches out with one hand to grasp loosely onto its sleeve, his other arm still wrapped around his torso.
"P-Promise?" Eclipse mumbles miserably between sobs, earning a puzzled expression from KC.
"Promise what ?"
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Karmas bitter but so am I (S.A.M.S.)
AdventureCOVER IS NOT MINE FOUND THEM ALL ON GOOGLE ALL PHOTOS BELONGS TO THERE RIGHTFUL OWNERS He lost. Eclipse actually lost. Banished to a forest with no one to help his quickly degrading state, Eclipse has to decide between his dignity or death. And, on...
