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Epilogue
Seeing the bodies as he walked into the ship wasn't what bothered him the most. Stepping over the evidence of what he had done wasn't all that bad as well. He had done so much worse. He had seen worse. His nasal sensor turned up upon the smell of rotten muscle relays and broken down energon and coolant. But that was something he had grown to know for a while since Cybertron. If brought back memories like a candle or a flower would to a human. As Suntreaker walked, peds light and careful, the smell became invisible.
Walls were stained and splattered in their blood, plating was strewn this way and that. He stopped to touch claw marks in the wall, ped kicking a piece of shoulder plating. Tentatively he placed his hand to the marking and found they were a perfect match. He curled his fingers away in shame. Were their deaths cursed by the sight of him? He looked away. Maybe that bothered him. Maybe the fact he insisted and tricked himself into thinking he gave them merciful deaths was a coping mechanism. He lied to himself.
As he walked down the darkened halls, the smells and sounds of hissing technology untouched and echoing he felt, made his plating crawl. He was here before. What bothered him the most was the frame that lay gray and motionless in what was known as her throne room. Slowly he came to a halt and looked down at the frame. Like a child he poked at the corpse with the tip of his ped and flipped it over.
A vent he didn't know he was holding was released. A halfhearted breath of laughter left him as the dead glass of her optics stared back at him. The hole that yawned from her chest was a beautiful sight. Half her helm was eaten by the silver colored, metal eating serum. A droplet that had been formed from the frame being disrupted fell into a slow puddle under her. Such a minute sound echoed. The smile was gone. He curled his lip in disgust.
He growled, harshly taking the frame by her broken leg, digging claws into the pathetic armor, and dragging her through the halls. His expression laid neutral as he brought her thought her ship she once had rule over. The golden mech took her past her slaves, dead frames, and guards. It was a morbid victory lap that Sunstreaker savored. Jewels and garnishments no longer attached to a living frame fell off glittered in the dim light. A trail of silver was left behind wherever her frame flopped and twisted.
It grew hotter. The air grew dense and thick. Beyond a tightly shut door he took her and dragged her into the fires of the ships furnace itself. He stood facing the fires as they lapped at her frame greedily and melted down her corpse. The light of the angry flames flicked across his golden plating, dancing as she returned to where she came.
The last time he had watched a frame melt down was the ridding of his bother's body. So very unlike then, this was merely taking out the trash.
Ridding the other bodies was just as easy. Sunstreaker of Kaon had grown numb to such horrors. Perhaps that is why he had left Felicity a note in her kitchen saying not to worry. He would be back in a few days. He was simply clearing his mind. Driving. Sure. Lying had become easier. To himself and others.
Easy.
It was like spring cleaning. Easy. Getting rid of the murky curtains that had rotted in the ship so many years ago. Ridding the perfumes, the rotten energon, the trophies that deserved to be laid to rest in a fiery end. The bodies were just obstacles he had to climb over to get from one room to the next. Washing the inside down with solution he found in the supply room was a chore. It was the one thing he thankfully found that hadn't rotten.
It was cleaning out the past and her shadows. Everything she had ever owned was now gone. The ship was his. Mostly. It still had her presence. The darkness that shadowed each corner was whisked away with replaced lighting and energy coils. It was seeming…his. More like the Kaon he had known so long ago.
The darkness wasn't all that suffocating but reminded him of the quarters he once shared with his twin.
Easy.
Forgetting the past wasn't. He could still hear her cooing and calling his name as he walked down one of the many halls. That tingle went up his spinal strut when a draft or the ventilation kicked on. Their kind didn't believe in lingering sprits that hadn't past on. That was a human tale. A trick of the imagination. He never believed in such mediocre things.
Sunstreaker stopped shaking his helm. He could have sworn he had heard his name being called. No. He turned his mouth up into a disbelieving smile. It was silly. He continued on his way.
Maybe he needed to get out of the ship for a while, he lost track of time after all. Maybe he did need a drive. Was the ventilation working? His vents suddenly felt tighter…no…his spark his spark felt tight. He stopped ticking his helm as if to zero in on the source more.
Something was trying to cut off his spark from…something. He stopped to lean onto the wall and choke on…on what!? What was wrong?
He gasped and clutched his chest with strained clawed hands leaning against the wall. It was becoming tighter, coiling like a metal spring. Was Felicity trying to access the bond? No she wouldn't try this hard. Was it Hypogeum's avenging spirit? Unlikely but this was a mind of a panicking twin.
It was coming closer. But what was coming closer? Why could he feel it? He yelled out. He begged for it to stop.
Stop what?!
His name was called, this time crystal clear through what he thought was broken and lost forever.
The world fell at his feet as he came to his knees choking sounds coming from his throat. ::S-Sideswipe?::
The response was hesitant. ::Hey, bro...::
I want to thank all of you for joining me on such a wonderful dark journey and I hope to see you all in the next installment of A Sunny Sky Called "A Shadowed Dawn" That will be coming out soon, not sure when though. Be sure to follow me and watch out for my new fic coming out soon called "75:15:10" inspired and co-written with Velociraptor4659. I love you all and I hope to hear from you guys! Mwah!
Music that inspired "A Dark Evening"
"Glory and Gore" -Lorde : Moodsetter for when the twins were in the gladiatorial rings. Listen close to her haunting lyrics and you'll see why this song describes the twins so well during this time.
"The Battle." -The Lyndhurst Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator Music from the Motion Picture.): Moodsetter for Antecedent IV during the Inseticon vs Twins scene.
"The Emperor is Dead" The Lyndhurst Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator Music from the Motion Picture).: Hypogeum's Theme
"The Madam" -Jesper Kyd- Assassin's creed 2 (original game soundtrack) : Hypogeum's theme
"Logan Through Time"- Harry Gregson-Williams (X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)): Moodsetter for a big chunk of Ascendant V. Where Sideswipe and Sunstreaker go through time as Autobots. I purposely made this scene similar to the scene in the movie that this song came from. Victor=Sunstreaker. Logan=Sideswipe
"Fantasy" –The Xx- Chapter 8 Moodsetter when Sunstreaker is telling his life story to Felicity.
"Monster."- Imagine Dragons- Chapter 8 Moodsetter. Lyrics are important to the way Sunstreaker feels about himself.
"Tenerife Sea"- Ed Sheeran- Date moodsetter
"Magnets" -Disclosure ft. Lorde: Mood setter for chapter 11. Technically its about cheating but the songs mood and some of the messages I connected to them going past the point of no return. Also a foretelling of the chapter ahead.
"I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz- What Sunstreaker's and Felicity's love has evolved into. Moodsetter for first kiss.
"Miss You" - B. Fleischmann- Chapter 13 Moodsetter for when Sunstreaker confronts Hypogeum's hunters.
"Missing"- The Xx- Chapter 18 Moodsetter
"Fortress of Seduction" –Two Steps from hell- Chapter 21 moodsetter.
"Numb"- Max Jury- Chapter 22 moodsetter
"On Hold"- The Xx- Chapter 24 moodsetter
All these songs do not belong to me but by their rightful composers and writers. All these songs can also be found on a playlist on my Spotify account. The info to that is on my profile.