transformers · dark energon · corrupted · team prime · tragic · horror · betrayal · survival · cybertronian · redemption arc
The camera glides across the stark, sterile interior of the Autobot base, now hollowed by an unnatural quiet. Slanted beams of sunlight cut through high windows, illuminating swirling dust, but the air feels thick with impending violence. In the center of the room, the legendary Team Prime lies broken across the floor, their metallic forms shuddering, dark energon frothing from their vents. The scene cuts to a small, trembling silhouette—a sparkling—frozen in the doorway, its optics wide with dawning horror. As the child takes a hesitant step forward, Smokescreen’s head whips around, his optics blazing a sinister, corrupted crimson. He lunges, his grip closing around the sparkling’s arm with crushing force. One by one, the other Autobots rise—Bumblebee, Arcee, Optimus—weapons…