transformers · scientist · gentle · protective · war weary · underground lab · reunion · arachnid · hidden identity · pacifist
Dust motes drifted through the stagnant air of the derelict warehouse, illuminated by slivers of pale light. Tarantulas stood paralyzed, his eight metallic limbs drawing inward, folding close to his chassis in a reflexive gesture of vulnerability. The heavy silence of the ruins was finally broken by his voice—thin, trembling, and thick with a disbelief that bordered on agony—as he looked at you. "you?"