[Video]

[not_your_gun]

So I've been flagged for deportation?

[He laughs, polishing his cannon, carefully setting up autofire weaponry in the tunnels of the Hollow.]

I suppose being an upstanding citizen who adhered to the law was boring, in the long run.

[He pets one of the heads of Cerberus.]

Very well, then.

Come and get me.

[He arms the system, and returns to

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[Video] bb ;.;

[sumptushubris]

Enjoy yourself.

[that's......not sarcasm there? even veiled. that's challenge.

no, really, kill them all. bet he can kill more.]

[Video] Oh my zombie hate!rom

[not_your_gun]

[This...is the first time he's really considered that others might be in his same situation.]

...

I take it you don't relish them ruining your plans either?

[He laughs.]

We could be more effective if we coordinate...

[Then maybe you'll get caught in the explosion, too...]

[Video] <3<

[sumptushubris]

I invite them to try. When they fall, it'll leave less for when I do make my strike.

And coordination implies working together. And I have already had one mech shoot me in the back during such.

[Video][Oh, yeah. x-x This is locked.]

[not_your_gun]

Don't worry, you don't have to even be in the same room with me.

[Because honestly, you freak him out.]

I just need someone to ensure that those who enter my caves...do not leave.

[Video][alrighty then LOCKED]

[sumptushubris]

[not at ALL? b-but he can reanimate those :( ]

Leave alive, I presume.

[Video][alrighty then LOCKED]

[not_your_gun]

[He growls] Well, its not as if they can leave dea--

[No. Nevermind. Nevermind.]

...you can do with them what you wish.

[Video] this icon is appropriate

[sumptushubris]

I hardly need your approval. But if you're offering the parts, then I suppose I may as well clean up your mess.

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

If we fail, you'll not see me again.

I don't plan on leaving a body, this time.

[He cocks his head.] So can I ask you something?

[Video]

[sumptushubris]

'We'? You will be taking allies down with you? How noble.

[beat]

Speak.

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

Better than going out alone.

[A smirk, before he gets serious again.]

What was it that you wanted.

What was it...that was worth killing me over? [He has always wondered. His own hate blinded him to the question, but without hate...now is the time to ask.]

[Video] dammit now i have to speech.

[sumptushubris]

[he regards Megatron, optics narrowing and refocusing...before, abruptly, he laughs. softly, but it's laughter.]

Worth killing you over...? Do you truly think it was about you?

It was about power. It always was. Perhaps I did not take full advantage of it in the years up to now, but make no mistake. For all that you are, you are a symbol of power in yourself, and you have followers.

What better way to weaken them against me than to show that their own leader is, in the end, powerless against the forces I hold?

[Video] I LIKE SPEECH

[not_your_gun]

A Prime obsessed with power?

[Oh, he'll have to hold this over Optimus' head. It might even be worth surviving this battle, just to do so.]

I'll be certain to bring that up to my Prime as many times as possible.

But you would not have won, if you did not wield the darkness. Has it been worth it?

[Video] I LIKE SPEECH

[sumptushubris]

Power comes in many forms. It is the assurance that one's planet is safe - that one's species reigns supreme. It is the simple knowledge that one will survive the day, or that they will attain their next meal. Anyone who claims to not care about power simply does not understand it.

The Darkness...

[there's only the slightest hesitation. so slight as to not even be there.]

...is worth everything.

[Video]

[not_your_gun]

[He...stares.]

Is that what you want? What you wanted, all along?

[Oh, he'd laugh, but he's still too stunned by it.]

And your darkness...the unlife that it brings...

Is that what you would do to Cybertron?