A/N: Random. Sorry, it was 11:30 at night and I just had this totally random scene that flickered through my mind. Anyway, again, this is just random angst (I guess you could call it that). Make of it what you will.
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It really had just been a matter of time. I realize that now, even as I silently watch the countdown...
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My expression does not contain a flicker of doubt. I am resigned to my fate, the fate of being discarded...
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I have been abandoned like some useless piece of trash. After centuries of tirelesswork and unrelenting faith...
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He has simply chosen to use me as any other pawn in this life and death game of chess...
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My resolve has been tested, and I have found myself to be without fault...
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If anything, I have but one regret. My children. My family. Our bond. It will never again be whole...
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Will they make it through unharmed? Or will they perish as I am about to...?
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My fate draws ever closer, and still I stand, as if frozen by some unseen force...
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It is the ultimate price to pay, giving up one's life. I do not do it for him. I do it for the cause, for the lives of my younglings...
3... 2... 1...
I have made mistakes. Sometimes I do not do the right thing. Despite this, even now I know with certainty that this selfless sacrifice will not go unnoticed...
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A/N: If you cannot possibly figure out WHO it is that I am talking about, it is Soundwave.