Remember
By Diane Kelley
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers nor do I own the song "I will remember you" Hasbro owns the one, and Arista Records owns the other.
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life
Pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Skyfire stood in front of the memorial marker inside the Decepticon hall of leaders. .. the one that held only a broken crown, a purple cape, and ashes. His optics were free of the fluid that passed for tears among his kind, but barely. "Oh, Starscream." He whispered sadly.
Remember the good times
That we had
We let them slip away from us
When times got bad
He picked up some of the ash, and as those blue crystals were covered by their protective membranes, memories flooded him in a chaotic rush of images.
How clearly I first saw you
Smiling in the sun
The first memory he had of the red and white seeker whose remains lay here were just that . . . the brilliant smile of the one eager to explore and learn everything there was to see. He wore no crests then, that youthful boy with optics that captured every detail and the photographic memory that would be able to recall all of it when needed.
I wanna feel your warmth upon me
I wanna be the one
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life
Pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Skyfire knew he would need to enter recharge cycle soon, but he had no desire to. ..he only wanted to stay here with the memories and the presence of this one he had loved more than life itself. Even when he had been forced to leave that brilliant star behind, he had never stopped loving him.
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standing on the edge of
Something much too deep
The big scientist curled up around himself now. It felt like a huge gulf had formed inside his being as he watched the shadows.
It's funny how we feel so much
But we cannot say a word
How we are screaming inside
Oh, but we can't be heard
"You were screaming inside, so many times . . . the one I had known so well in your past warring with the hardened Decepticon soldier you had become. But you never could let it show on the outside " Skyfire set a hand on the polished plate on the front of the pedestal upon which was carved. "Here lies he who shall not be named." Those optics filled at last, the emotion too much to hold back.
But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
One of the most precious memories came to mind now.
flashback
"Skyfire! Did you hear? We're going on an exploratory mission to a place no one has charted!" Starscream's expression then was one of excitement and longing. He threw his arms around Skyfire's neck, nuzzling the bigger jet's cheek with his own with just the slightest whisper-scrape of metal against metal.
Then, the image changed. .. to the scowling and snarling warrior who screamed out his feeling of bewildered betrayal. "You betrayed me!" It was all Starscream said, but Skyfire could hear more that was unspoken. You promised you'd never abandon me! You promised never to leave me. . . I find you after all of these vorns only to have you side with my enemy . . . how could you?
end flashback
I'm so afraid to love you
But more afraid to lose
Clinging to a past
That doesn't let me choose.
"You never had the choice, my friend, my star bright mate. You were never given the chance to choose. You could only choose to either become what you did, or have that spirit forever crushed."
Once there was a darkness
A deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had
Oh you gave me light
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life Pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Skyfire felt a gentle hand on his cheek then . . . And looked into a face he'd never thought to see again except in memories. The ghostly figure only shook his head, not a word spoken. As that hand settled against the flex-metal it was if Skyfire could hear him say "Don't weep for me, my friend, my love . . . I will never know pain nor fear nor sadness or grief again. I am free."
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories. ..
Weep not for the memories.
The end