Disclaimer: The usual: I don't own any of the Transformers or associated
characters, and this is just for entertainment purposes, no money being
made, etc.
One day we'll beat the Decepticons. I know it in my spark. Earth will be free and we'll be free to go back to Cybertron.
Prime, Huffer, Mirage, all of them will be happy to be going back to Cybertron. Even when we win here, there'll still be battles to fight on Cybertron. It's likely we'll not see Earth again for a long time. By our standards, it might not take that long to finish, but our eyeblink can be a human's lifetime. We could come back to find Spike, Chip, Carly, and Sparkplug long dead.
And that's if we're even allowed to return. Earth is such a volatile world, filled to the brim with energy. Optimus may well declare it off-limits.
That's why, when we win, I'll be staying behind.
This world is so much better than ours, so untouched by war and violence and resplendent with so many life-forms that even one of our lifetimes wouldn't be enough to see them all. Having discovered this wonder, I'm not prepared to give it up.
My holograms will fool them long enough for me to slip away. I only hope they'll respect my wishes and not try to find me. I've given the cause more years than I care to count; I think I've earned my retirement. I'm tired of fighting. Let the torch be passed to someone else.
Will I miss them? Certainly. I'll miss my fellow explorers, Beachcomber and Trailbreaker. I'll miss Bumblebee's boundless optimism and Hoist's jovial laugh. I'll miss playing practical jokes on Red Alert with Mirage and late-night conversations with Groove. Heck, I'll even miss Cliffjumper, even if he's got a bad habit of nearly getting me killed.
But Cybertron? I won't miss it. I've seen all it has to offer and anyway, the Decepticons ruined everything worth remembering thousands of years ago. I just don't think it's worth fighting for any more.
.It's a nice dream, isn't it? It would be nice just to leave it all behind for a peaceful existence. I'm sure everyone has the same dream. But right here, right now, it's a selfish dream, one that puts my own desires above the lives and freedom of countless Autobots and other sentient beings.
It's a nice dream, but that's all it is. I can't, won't, shirk my duty.
But one day. One day I shall well and truly make Earth my home.
One day we'll beat the Decepticons. I know it in my spark. Earth will be free and we'll be free to go back to Cybertron.
Prime, Huffer, Mirage, all of them will be happy to be going back to Cybertron. Even when we win here, there'll still be battles to fight on Cybertron. It's likely we'll not see Earth again for a long time. By our standards, it might not take that long to finish, but our eyeblink can be a human's lifetime. We could come back to find Spike, Chip, Carly, and Sparkplug long dead.
And that's if we're even allowed to return. Earth is such a volatile world, filled to the brim with energy. Optimus may well declare it off-limits.
That's why, when we win, I'll be staying behind.
This world is so much better than ours, so untouched by war and violence and resplendent with so many life-forms that even one of our lifetimes wouldn't be enough to see them all. Having discovered this wonder, I'm not prepared to give it up.
My holograms will fool them long enough for me to slip away. I only hope they'll respect my wishes and not try to find me. I've given the cause more years than I care to count; I think I've earned my retirement. I'm tired of fighting. Let the torch be passed to someone else.
Will I miss them? Certainly. I'll miss my fellow explorers, Beachcomber and Trailbreaker. I'll miss Bumblebee's boundless optimism and Hoist's jovial laugh. I'll miss playing practical jokes on Red Alert with Mirage and late-night conversations with Groove. Heck, I'll even miss Cliffjumper, even if he's got a bad habit of nearly getting me killed.
But Cybertron? I won't miss it. I've seen all it has to offer and anyway, the Decepticons ruined everything worth remembering thousands of years ago. I just don't think it's worth fighting for any more.
.It's a nice dream, isn't it? It would be nice just to leave it all behind for a peaceful existence. I'm sure everyone has the same dream. But right here, right now, it's a selfish dream, one that puts my own desires above the lives and freedom of countless Autobots and other sentient beings.
It's a nice dream, but that's all it is. I can't, won't, shirk my duty.
But one day. One day I shall well and truly make Earth my home.