The Sound Of A Thousand Screams

[11] Two Seekers, One Flys Away While The Other Stays

Chapter 11
{The Emperor And The Prince}
Two Seekers, One Flys Away While The Other Stays
[Back to the Past]
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It was a cold rainy day,
Droplets of water coming down hard and fast, but none of which could be bothered by Starscream.

Starscream had just graduated from the Flight Academy multiple cycles ago when he'd been informed about a mysterious attack on the castle.

An attack that cause Starscream's carrier, Alkes Lynx to come down with a mysterious sickness that was more severe than the cosmic rust.

Starscream had finally made his way to the castle gates, the guards stopping him and telling him that they had moved Alkes Lynx to the castle's garden shed for quarantine.

Starscream nodded and ran past the gates, through the formal ballroom and into the garden filled with flowers known as Alkes Flowers.

Starscream ran through the garden and into the tiny shed at the very end of the garden, only to be stopped by multiple doctors and medics.

"LET ME THROUGH!"
Starscream yelled, frustrated and worried.

The medics continued to try and reason with him that her condition was highly unstable and could infect those who weren't securely protected by it's elements.

Starscream let out a shout of frustration and stomped his way back to the center of the garden, where a water fountain stood.

Starscream sat down on the edge of the water fountain and placed his helm into his servos, water droplets falling onto his back and delicate wings.

Multiple cycles past until the medics had told Starscream that it was safe to see Alkes.

Starscream walked slowly into the shed, staring ahead at his carrier.
Alkes was laying in a makeshift berth, her intakes were horrifyingly slow and uneven.
She was sweating uncontrollably and her frame was overheated.

Alkes noticed Starscream's movements and shifted her helm to look at him.
"Star..?"
Her smooth voice now so weak, stinging Starscream like a knife.
"How was your day..?"

Starscream stared back at her, leaving her question unanswered.
How could he answer that like it was just a normal day?
How can he pretend everything was fine...
How?

"How was my little Emperor...?"

Starscream flinched at the nickname.

That...
That was why...
Because even if she was sick and if she was dying...

She wanted to know that he was alright,
That he was okay.

Starscream gave a small smile,
"I'm fine..."

Starscream grabbed a cloth and rubbed gently at Alkes' sweaty forehelm.

Alkes stared back at Starscream, her optics were dim and half-lidded.
"Star..."

Starscream leaned in, trying to listen to her.
Alkes pulled out an object and placed it on Starscream's forehelm.

Starscream reared back and held his forehelm and winced, he felt a sudden helmache form but only for a few moments.

Starscream than realized what Alkes had placed on his helm.
"The...Diamond of Immortality..."
Starscream grabbed the diamond and tried his best to remove it.
"No-No-No!CARRIER, WHY WOULD YOU-?!"

Alkes smiled as the monitors beside her started dropping.

Every medic and doctor from earlier now rushing in to help her as Starscream slowly stepped back, his servo falling from his helm and covering his gaping mouth.

Starscream turned away and ran off, ignoring his loud sparkbeats and the monitors dropping to 0.

When Starscream finally stopped running, he managed to yank out the red diamond from his helm.

'I could've saved her...'
He thought, staring at the diamond.
'I could've saved her if I just...'

Starscream fell to his knees and cried out.

After every medic and doctor left, leaving Alkes' body untouched for now, A bot slipped into the shed.

They removed the white cloth the medics had covered Alkes' frame with, to look at her grey lifeless faceplates.

A single teardrop fell and landed on her cold grey cheek.

They slowly rubbed the tear away and in the process, moving the cloth further down to reveal a certain item wrapped around Alkes' vocalizer.

A red ribbon.

The bot stared at it in their palm, a tear dropping onto the fabric and staunching it temporarily.

The bot wrapped it around their vocalizer as a pair of pedes fell behind them.

"Emperor Eclipse, A ship above the skies has been located. What shall we do?"

The Emperor didn't turn, they merely stared sideways to where the mech was standing.
"Hail all the troops...We're taking that ship as our base..."

"Yes, Emperor!"

The Emperor covered Alkes with the cloth again once the mech flown off, They walked out and closed the shed door.

'I thought you were better, brother...'
The Emperor thought as they grabbed an Alkes Flower from one of it's glowing bushes.
'But seems like I was wrong...You left her...You left me...Now let's see who will surrender...'

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The end of Eclipse's backstory!
Eclipse is now currently missing during all this!

Like I said, none of this is how it ended at StarStruck but hey!
Retellings are always cool!

But every retelling of how Alkes died, MetalWing doesn't give a fuck but he does go to the funeral cause he doesn't want the media to spread rumors.

No worries!
MetalWing does die.

Hoped you enjoyed and absolutely hate me for making you feel this way!
Tune in next time for the next chapter!
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