Drone
Chapter Thirteen
Starvation
Word Count: 200
Finding the mine was easy. Finding the Energon? Not so easy.
Because of the Autobot presence on this planet, Starscream had always ordered the mines be completely stripped of the Energon quartz within them. We couldn't allow the enemy to come in afterwards and take what we hadn't collected. That was just bad strategy.
I don't know how long I wandered the tunnels in search of Energon, energy levels steadily falling as I pushed myself through pain and exhaustion. My need was simply too great at this moment to even care.
The first sight of blue crystal brought me to my knees. I scrambled to free it from the rock and held it up so that its many faces reflected the concentrated light from my headlights.
Raw Energon wasn't the best to consume. It didn't have a nice texture, and it certainly didn't go down easy. But that little crystal was like a feast I never knew I wanted. Auto-repair and the inability to regularly refuel had pushed me to a level that I had never experienced. It made me wonder about the Vehicons who protested for more. Had they suffered through this state of starvation before?
"Who's there?"
Scrap.
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