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    The Decepticons celebrate a rare and brutal victory after Ultra Magnus is gravely wounded and removed from the battlefield. Megatron opens his private reserves, and for one night, discipline fractures under the weight of High-Grade Energon.

    Soundwave and Starscream, intoxicated beyond caution, fall into an interface neither of them planned. By morning, shame, war, and pride are enough to bury it. They agree it meant nothing. They will not speak of it. They will continue as if nothing changed.

    But something did.

    When Starscream discovers the consequence of that night, he does what he has always done best: he survives. He vanishes from the Decepticons without warning, leaving no signal, no trace, and no explanation.

    Years later, on the farthest neutral colony from Cybertron, an Autobot scout recognizes a hooded tricolor seeker in the crowd and he was not alone...

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