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Oh, misty eye of the mountain below
Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls
And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
Keep watching over Durin's sons
Starscream watched as his beloved city burnt to the ground.
Vos...
The Seekers. His Seekers. They were dying, screaming as they're home was incinerated.
He let out a sharp hiss and clenched his fists. How could it have come to this?
How...
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night
One of Vos's prided towers began to slowly collapse to the ground, it's supports giving away.
Hysterical flyers fled and screams of agony filled the night, as wings were crushed under the fiery hail.
Calling out father oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side high
Starscream took off, hovering over his burning city.
Save them.
He had to. He had to.
And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time
Starscream landed in the burning turmoil to find himself almost blinded by the heat
All he could hear was the crackling of the cursed fire and yet another building surrendering to the ground.
That and his flyers. He's Seekers, being killed for nothing more than being a possible threat.
Calling out father oh
Prepare as we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Oh yes. The great and glorious Senate. Starscream growled at the mere thought of those hypocrites.
Terrified in their berth's because of the possibility of a rebellion.
What? A single gladiator trying to rally the dredges of the world?
Starscream laughed bitterly and dodged a falling ember as he moved further down the street.
But, no. The Senate couldn't risk letting the warbuilt Seekers join with the trouble maker.
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
And I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
A child was screaming. Starscream rushed forward to find a Seekerlet trapped under fallen debris.
Starscream slashed his claws to bits as he frantically dug out the terrified sparkling. He didn't care though.
All he could see was the hated face plates of the Senate as they sat back. Quite pleased with themselves. Away from the reality of their solution.
Oh, should my people fall
Then surely I'll do the same
Confined in mountain halls
We got too close to the flame
The sparklings wing nubs were melted.
Starscream stared almost uncomprehendingly as the tiny flyer faded in and out of consciousness.
How?
His race, so proud. How could they fall like this?
Calling out father oh
Hold fast and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side
Desolation comes upon the sky
Another round of fire bombs fell from the sky.
Blazing orange balls of inferno dropped onto the sea of flames that was his city.
The sparklings optics sparked and faded. His paint, tinted orange from the flames, dimmed to grey.
Now I see fire
Inside the mountain
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
And I hope that you remember me
Starscream ran.
Uncaring of the heat that scorched his wings.
All he could see was his people suffering.
In a mindless haze he pulled Seeker after Seeker from the ruins of buildings.
Some he could save, some he could not.
He didn't stop, he simply ran to the next voice and tried to forget the energon staining the street.
And if the night is burning
I will cover my eyes
For if the dark returns
Then my brothers will die
And as the sky is falling down
It crashed into this lonely town
And with that shadow upon the ground
I hear my people screaming out
His brothers where calling out to him.
Frantic as they tried to find their brother before the blazing city swallowed up yet another Seeker.
Starscream slowed, vents heaving as they tried to cool his over-heating body.
His people, they were dying.
No, no, no, no!
Starscream shrieked at the headless heavens
And I see fire
Inside the mountains
I see fire
Burning the trees
I see fire
Hollowing souls
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
Someone was beside him.
A purple blur trying to grab onto him.
There was an almost delirious buzzing assaulting his audios.
Starscream stared blankly at the frenzied Seeker beside him.
CPU trying to process something besides the driving need to protect his people.
Suddenly they were outside the city. The other Seeker holding up most of Starscream weight. He seemed to be babbling at some other flyer. But Starscream heard none of it.
He gazed in a sort of dream state at his smouldering city bellow.
And suddenly all went black.
I see fire (oh you know I saw a city burn) (fire)
And I see fire (feel the heat upon my skin, yeah) (fire)
And I see fire (fire)
And I see fire burn auburn on the mountain side
Starscream walked soundlessly amid the ashes of what had once been his home.
Light grey flakes of soot floated down from the sky, swirling slightly in the wind.
Vos was no more.
The Senate was no more.
They had fallen
Shortly after the looming war broken out.
Starscream gave a sour smirk which held no humor. After the Senate bombed Vos to the ground, the surviving Seekers began to en masse enlist for the Decepticons.
The very method used to annihilate the threat, sparked a come back that even the Senate had not anticipated.
Starscream gazed up at the sky above him.
It was almost impossible to see through the cloud of white dust that hovered over the city like a fog.
Starscream swiveled on his heel and transformed.
Flying off to the Decepticon base. Where undoubtedly Megatron would be waiting for an explanation in regards to his absence.
But for now Starscream just flew.
Leaving the screams of his people to rest.