As the Years Fade Away
Optimus Prime was old. Even by Cybertronian standards. He had recently come upon his one hundred millionth cycle. It had already been some 85 million years since his kind had left planet earth. In that time Cybertron had been rebuilt to be even greater than it had been before the war.
Optimus could feel it coming, the tide of time was against him, yet he did not fear the night ahead, rather he welcomed the embrace of the darkness. It would give him a way back to those that he cared about that were now long gone.
Optimus stood from his chair in the library of Iacon and looked to the Hall of the Primes. Even though he could not see into the Hall, he knew that Jackson Prime sat upon his throne over Cybertron. He also knew that at his left hand was Arcee, and that at his right hand was Airachnid.
Such was the way of things, though Optimus could still remember his time on Earth so long ago. He could still remember the woman that had been Jack Darby's mother.
June Darby at times felt like a figment of his imagination. It had become harder to remember the amazing woman that Optimus had admired during his short time near Jasper, Nevada.
However, her son did well to remind Prime of the resilience of his mother. Optimus could never forget her bravery, cunning, or her compassion, making her, in Prime's eyes at least, a gem amongst all the organisms of the universe.
The sun was setting in the sky, just as Optimus reached his residence chamber. Even now he could feel that it was time. He was ready. Optimus laid down on his berth, just as the cold of the Cybertronian night seeped into his coils as it swept over the heart of Iacon.
The darkness enfolded Optimus, his optics no longer registering the surrounding areas. One by one, his systems went offline, until just his audio receptor were functioning.
"Come home Optimus" a soft sweet feminine voice registered to his receptors.
"It is time?" Optimus breathed out.
The voice sounded again, "Come home to me Optimus. I have missed you."
"It is you. And it is time." Optimus breathed out once more.
"Yes come back to me. It has been too long."
Suddenly light registered in Optimus' optics, he could see her finally, "I am ready...June Darby."