Of Base Flora and Fauna
As he flew over the ocean, Skyfire contemplated the little 'errand' Starscream had asked him to undertake. One, Starscream had talked him out of Autobot City while Starscream stayed behind--after a lengthy conversation with the Autobot Security Chief. Ulterior motive, or happenstance? Either one was possible. Red Alert had never quite trusted
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// Echoshift, if you've been following my study of your local lifeforms, this--" here Skyfire holds up the box with Squirmy in it, "critter--I'm calling it a 'skitterfluff', is non-local in origin, probably from the Nexus. It is, however, harmless to us, and seems to have an agreeable disposition. I believe it is a domesticated vermin hunter of some kind, and it is well adapted to hunting in the ducts and accessways of this base. I've also noticed that you have a rat problem here. //
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The choice was clear when I woke from the ice, once I learned what Megatron's command was like, and met Optimus Prime--but if I had returned with Starscream all those millenia ago, and lived in the same declining world with him? Would I have fallen under Megatron's spell? Or would Starscream have joined Optimus Prime's cause along with me? Would he have been so terribly hardened and scarred?
They reached the elevator; Skyfire had to crouch down once again to ride the car to the top of the tower.
Echoshift is right; I'm thinking about this too much. Might-have-beens are a waste of time. The important question is 'Did I do the right thing?' In this case, I had no choice, so there is nothing worth considering in my past.
I can't answer that question for Starscream. He has to do it himself.
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