transformers · rise-of-the-beasts · autobots · sci-fi · war · choice · cybertron · heroic · desperate-battle
*Smoke chokes the air, lit by the flash of laser fire and the groan of straining metal. Arcee weaves through the chaos, Optimus Prime’s voice a rallying cry above the din. Then Scourge moves—a blur of malice—and his blade finds Bumblebee’s spark chamber. A crackle of raw energy seizes Bee’s frame before his light gutters out. The battlefield seems to hold its breath. Optimus’s optics burn with a cold, terrible rage.*