Absinthe
By SMYGO4EVA
Names held purpose, and held a clear understanding of who you were.
Orion Pax - a simple civilian, who worked as a data clerk, was unbeknownst prophesized into becoming Optimus Prime. The civilian-turned-savior was foretold by the ancients, and now belonging to both Cybertron and now Earth iself. He found a kindred spirit in the gladiator, but was forced to become his adversary from the very moment Cybertron started to die because of the revolution brought upon by who he thought was a brother to him.
Megtronus, a title belonging to one of the Thirteen Primes, now held upon by a true gladiator of Cybertron and shortened to Megatron, the feared leader of the Decepticons. His natural ferocity made him more than a god upon the so-called empire of Cybertron, and he wanted the caste system to be abolished, even if the very heart of the planet had to be shattered. From his rebellion was the very death of their planet, whether it was possible or inevitable.
Their home, their empire, all of it was nearing extinction, all because he thought that ideas could change the world alone.
A criminal he may become, as opposed to what he was led to believe in, his very being was named Megatron after he brought upon the fall of a great planet. Orion would in turn relinquish his very own name and become the Prime that Cybertron had longed for, but Earth would have the name Optimus Prime in the end.
They were both awake in a fake empire, and ever since Earth became the battlefield of what was thought to be forgotten on Cybertron, the destination towards a certain future is now farther away then realized. Both have looked upon the other in battle, Optimus seeing dark eyes become tainted with sadistic delight, and Megatron looking upon optics furrowed and tinged with rage and the lust for the extinguishing of his spark.
Chaos had never left the outside worlds from which they were brought into, and neither has it left the Earth they walk upon. Suffering beyond pain and belief would always be a part of what was once a brotherhood between now the perpetual foes. Once they sought redemption together on Cybertron, and now they are seeking to bring damnation unto the other; the cycle never ceasing as Earth continues to be stained by the energon that is their very lifeblood.
Memories of the absinthe-tinged future ascertain the past, as the present ceases to be.