The next morning was his birthday. No, no it wasn't Knockout's; it was my fathers. Well it would be if he were still alive. I walked through the iron gates at the entrance of the cemetery. It was mid-fall so all the leaves had fallen off the few trees that grew there. I found his grave and kneeled down. I placed a single white lily on his tombstone.
"Daddy, I know you may not hear me;" I said as tears started to roll down my cheeks. "But I wanted to say happy birthday." A raven cawed off in the distance. "Everything's so confusing right now. I met someone in the park. He was funny and smart and friendly; but he has a secret. The boy I met turned out to be just a holoform of a robot alien! They have car forms and can transform into giant robots. I was only confused until he told me the decepticons are evil and that he's one of them; and that's when I got angry. Papa I don't know what to do! I met the autobots who are good and they say to stay away from him!" my stomach clenched and my heart ached as I wiped my eyes. I heard leaves crunching and someone clear their throat. I turned to see Knockouts' holoform standing there watching me.
"Who are you talking to?" he asked and kneeled down.
"My dad." I said solemnly.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he wiped away a tear that was rolling down my cheek. His hand felt warm and I barely stopped myself before I leaned more into it.
"This is his grave. He died ten years ago in the 9/11 attack. He had been on a business trip to New York and was in the Twin Towers when they…" I trailed off as I started to cry. I covered my face with my hands and he sat there not knowing what to do.
"I know how it feels to lose someone close to you." He said as he put a hand on my shoulder. "I've lost many friends in this war."
"When the Towers were destroyed it started a war. But ours don't last long compared to the war you're in." I said and looked up at him.
Knockout's POV
Shayla was sitting in front of her father's grave crying. At one point she told me that today was his birthday. I noticed the single white flower on his tombstone. I questioned her about it.
"White lilies were his favorite flower." She said while staring at it. She must be hurting pretty bad to be crying for this long; or maybe it's just me thinking like that because we rarely cry within the decepticon army.
"That's why you brought it?" I asked and she nodded.
::Starscream to Knockout:: Where are you?
::Knockout to Starscream:: Out.
::S to K:: Where?
::K to S:: Nowhere sheesh can't I have a little fun?
::S to K:: Not when work on Megatron needs done, now get back here!
Starscream ended Comm.
I sighed and Shayla looked at me.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Starscream's pissed that I left again and wants me to return right away." I muttered. Starscream really pisses me off sometimes.
"Why do you let him push you around?"
"Because he's second-in-command; I have to follow his orders." And the fact that Megatron's gone for now makes him leader…for now. I thought to myself.
"Well…thanks for coming." She said.
"No prob." I answered and smiled. I double checked to make sure no one was around and deactivated my holoform and drove off.
I don't like Starscream and I may have said it before but I don't care. But in Transformers: Prime his eyes are so beautiful!