by Galactus » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:46 am
Tantalum nearly curled in on himself when the mech's shadow loomed over him. As always, being looked down on like everyone did. And it really didn't surprise him- not until Sixshot stated his brother wasn't dead, and then, he was a bit baffled. "I d- deactivated him with my own servos, you dunce. How about you search m- my memory banks while y- you're still invading my processor?" He hissed right back, optic narrowing when the larger mech grew closer. He lay still when the.. the monster aimed his displacer rifle at his chassis, servos shaking slightly- though it wasn't visible. The bleeding out seeker looked up at the towering mech, then realizing their faces were only mere inches apart, but he didn't hesitate in locking his gaze with his attacker's. But, he quickly broke the eye contact when he felt wires being torn through- very sensitive wires,- in his still horridly injured, remaining wing. And just like before, where his other wing was now elsewhere and not attached to him anymore, the other barely hanging on, he writhed in pain but did it in silence. Almost like his systems going haywire, sort of speak. He did catch a glimpse of Sixshot's smile; that disgusting, sadistic, sickening smile; and he just wanted to curl up and go into stasis forever, right then. Because he had a gut feeling- what was left of his innards, anyway- that he wouldn't forget the image, the rifle so close to his spark chamber that he could literally feel it, and he squirmed. Again. Why was he acting like this? It was disturbing him. He could still feel the mech's presence in his mind, and it was driving him mad. But all of the movement only put him in greater pain and caused his energon to spill out more, but he didn't care. He wanted to get away. He wanted to run. Tantalum only watched as the mech stood and transformed, and at that moment his 'blood' was starting to travel up his throat-tubes and pool into his mouth, and he spat it all at Sixshot's back, the rest dripping from the corners of his scarred lips. He clutched the ground, wanting something to hang onto. Someone to hold as he held on for dear, dear life. He could even feel half of his internal systems that were supposed to be in his abdomen outside of the gaping hole in his side. And his remaining wing, dented, torn through, and completely wrecked, and torn wires where his other wing once was burned. And hurt.
Everything hurt.
The same pain he felt when his family and him were ambushed. He didn't want to feel it again. It hurt.
Would he be dragged carelessly away like last time?
No. Groht had actually carried him.
Groht.
At the thought of his brother, he immediatley sent out a distress comm. link to the speakers in his bunker. "Ngh.. Gr-" A bit of static. Nothing more. "Groht.. I need you h- here immediatley. Bring help. Now." And with that, he closed down the weak link, activating his antenna to blink a rapid, continuous red, so he'd be easier to find. Not that a 'bot completely torn and slaughtered sitting in a huge puddle of his own life fluids wasn't obvious enough. By this time, he was near going into an emergency stasis- optic dim as he stared blankly at the sky. "How.. f- familiar." He joked with himself- it seemed to be the only thing keeping him barely awake at the moment. Other than the nerveracking prescence of Sixshot still in his mind.
He knew it was wrong the entire time. He was a fool, indeed.
Maybe he is weak.
((OHMYGAWD THIS JUST GOT
SUPER FREAKIN SAD YO ;A;))
--- Sunstreaker grew a little uneasy when his brother came back over the bond, and at that moment he could feel his pain. And it stayed. He shoved the table he was hiding behind fiercly away from him, knocking it over in the process and standing back up to his full height. When Electrix yelled his name, it hit his audial fins as a murmur, and he merely brushed past the femme. It was hard for him to move. He didn't like feeling the other part of him hurt. He didn't like it at all. Sunstreaker reached the pile of scrap metal, shortly finding Sides amongst it- and he grabbed the red mech's other servo and pulled him out, before setting him back down on top of it. He kneeled down, staring at his brother.
His twin, for Primus' sake. A rare thing. The bond was different- closer, like bondmates but brothers, you could say. And he felt everything Sides felt. Sides felt everything he felt. And that included emotions.
He was clearly PO'd, his yellow-blue optics glowing furiously. But he still managed to send waves of reassurance over the bond, taking a servo and placing it over Side's- the one that held his helm. "What happened?" He asked calmy, though his body language showed that he was not anywhere near calm.
"If you want peace, prepare for war." -Tantalum