Subitayo: Okay- I'm getting a little stuck on keeping to the same characters... So here's a change! >p I want to find out who can figure out who this PoV is before I tell you in the next chapter.
Shiori: Oo This is a little different than normal...
Subi: Well, I need some kind of entertainment...
11. Pains of the Past
It was nighttime in Iacon now, and the sky showed it rather pointedly as the starts twinkled at him from millions of miles away. He was laying out on the grass of his yard, sharply aware of everything around him. A rotocricket chirped its song, and he knew exactly where it was. A metal panel creaked, and he knew what house it was from and the size of the transformer that'd stepped on it. A whistle blew faintly in the distance, and he knew exactly who was whisting and what it was for.
His red optics blinked as he gazed up at the stars, picking out what stars had planets he'd visited with old family, the planets he'd fought on, and the planets he'd fought for and against. As he picked them out, memories flashed through his mind, making him try to pick out planets that he hadn't fought on, and guess at what stars had planets he hadn't been to yet.
It's not working... He told to himself, and with that thought, sat up and looked around at the landscape around him. Everywhere I look I see transformer and human blood- And I smell it too. Why did i have to be such an idiot to have fallen to the illusion that Prime didn't believe in me when we were fighting the Decepticons, causing me to drench my spark in the blood of innocent lives? Growling, he got to his feet, picked a random direction, and started to walk. He had no where he really wanted to go except back in time to undo the bloodshed he'd caused.
I guess I'll just keep walking until I walk myself to death or I find a better way to repay for the lives I've taken during my darkness... Eventually, he began to lose track of time, and he found himself walking aimlessly about the city. He passed Hot Shot's diner a few times, went past both the Autobot and Decepticon command centers at least three times, and passed the library another five times between that. He was going past the Autobot command center for the seventh or eighth time- he wasnt sure which, he'd lost count- when he heard the familiar, heavy footsteps of someone he knew very well. He stopped and waited for the mech to catch up to him.
"I thought you were supposed to be at home resting," He said just before they passed him. The footsteps paused in surprise before continuing on.
"I'm well rested now. You're concern is noted, friend," Optimus said as he started past.
"You wouldn't care if I stayed with you for awhile, would you, sir?" He asked, quickly catching up to the Autobot leader's stride.
"Go ahead. I'm headed to the library to see if I can... solve a very big puzzle."
"How many pieces? Or do you even know?"
"I haven't the faintest idea. Starscream or Jetfire might, but I'm not about to bother them when I can easily find out myself with some data analysis in the library files..."
"I wasn't very good with data analysis. Ever."
"We all have our strengths and weaknesses, friend."
"Not you. You have no weakness at all, Optimus."
"No," Optimus sighed. "I, too, have a weakness. Just one locked so deep it seems to not exist."
They walked on in silence. Optimus sliently chipping away at his puzzle; The other thinking about what Optimus had said. Optimus Prime has a weakness? If he does, he wasn't kidding about locking it deep inside him... He thought to himself. Would I have the courage to lock my weakness away like that for as long as Optimus has?... Probably not. They reached the library and paused outside the door.
"See you later, friend," Optimus said, starting up the steps towards the heavy doors of the Library.
"Huh? Oh, yeah... Later, Optimus," He replied, still somewhat distracted by other thoughts. Still deep in thought, he slowly made his way back towards Hot Shot's diner once again...
Subi: Whoo! Who thinks they know who it is? n-n I like the guess-who games, can you tell?
Shiori: Yeah, we can. >>
Subi: Figures... n-n (too happy to really care) I'm just glad I updated this thing again...
