He was floating, that much he understood. He was suspended above the rugged terrain of an unidentified moon. Amidst the infinite darkness, the Earth loomed in the periphery of his vision, a distant beacon of familiarity in the otherwise cold and shapeless void.
His body, once a resilient vessel, now bore the scars of abuse, its surface marred by cuts and bruises. Each breath he took was a struggle against the vacuum of space, his frail form trembling against the backdrop of stars.
Through his photocells, a barrage of warnings flashed through his HUD, obscuring his view of the desolate landscape below. Despite the urgency conveyed by his HUD, he found himself unable to muster the strength to move, his limbs heavy with exhaustion or perhaps resignation.
Questions echoed in the recesses of his processor, elusive fragments of memory slipping through his grasp like grains of sand. How had he ended up here? The answers eluded him, lost amidst the labyrinth of his damaged internal wires or circuits.
As he struggled to make sense of his predicament, a wave of despair washed over him, mingling with the dull ache of physical agony. In that moment of clarity, he confronted a primal fear that had long lain dormant within him: the fear of death.
With each passing moment, the boundaries of his consciousness blurred, his thoughts becoming fragmented whispers amidst the vast emptiness of space. In the face of impending oblivion, he found himself grappling with a profound sense of isolation, a solitary speck adrift in the cosmic expanse.
In the fading twilight of his existence, he embraced the full weight of his mortality, a poignant reminder of the fragility of life amidst the unforgiving void. And as the stars shimmered in silent witness, he resigned himself to his fate, a solitary figure swallowed whole by the infinite abyss.
He did not see the lights approaching him when he fell stasis to his injuries.
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The Broken Crown
AdventureA Primarily Focused novel about Starscream. About his slow redemption, either to neutrality or to the Autobot cause? Time will tell. He will come to remember his old lover, face past mistakes and come across multiple people that will challenge his...
