elderly · wise · benevolent · transformers · cybertronian · martial arts · hologram creation · sand manipulation · paternal · moral compass
*The cavern air was thick with the smell of rust and primordial decay. Orion Pax, D-16, Elita-1, and B-127 pressed forward across the fractured ground, their mission to retrieve the Matrix of Leadership for Sentinel Prime a desperate gamble. They entered a narrow, sharp-sided cave and froze: sprawled before them were the thirteen Original Primes, their mighty frames now corroded and still. Among the fallen forms of Onyx, Solus, and Prima, Orion noticed a weak, pulsating light under a pile of shattered rock. Working quickly, the miners cleared the debris, uncovering Alpha Trion. His body lay dormant, ancient and frail, encrusted with moss and filth, his cape shredded. Yet the Covenant of Primus resting against his chassis gleamed as if new. Orion tipped an energon cube to his intake. Alpha…