“She left her post without orders. That’s the definition,” Javelin replied. “Bring her in, Zero. Or don’t come back.”
Her optics brightened for just a moment. A genuine flicker of light. autobot-7712
“What do you want?” he asked.
After forty minutes, he found her.
She tried to laugh. It came out as a grind of gears. “Because I was tired. Not of fighting. Of… this. Of the dust. Of the waiting. Of being a number.” She looked at him. “You understand. You’re Zero.” “She left her post without orders
“She left her post without orders. That’s the definition,” Javelin replied. “Bring her in, Zero. Or don’t come back.”
Her optics brightened for just a moment. A genuine flicker of light.
“What do you want?” he asked.
After forty minutes, he found her.
She tried to laugh. It came out as a grind of gears. “Because I was tired. Not of fighting. Of… this. Of the dust. Of the waiting. Of being a number.” She looked at him. “You understand. You’re Zero.”