[IDW] All the Queen's Treasure 08

Part Eight

The changes came more swiftly, after the first stage. More noticeable. Sunstreaker fell into recharge post-upload, and onlined with new growths, new adjustments. Sometimes, it was so subtle he almost didn’t notice. Sometimes, they came with a lingering ache which kept him aberth, Hardshell never far from his side, offering him energon and coolant and sometimes calling the carers for him. 

It was nice to lay in the berth and be spoiled. The carers were more like drones, and they scurried over his frame, cleaning and polishing, chittering to each other, and occasionally Scuttle would come out and pounce on one in a form of play. 

Sunstreaker settled into his frame, and the changes, with an acceptance he hadn’t felt before. Cybertron. The war. Sideswipe. Ironhide. It was part of a life that wasn’t his anymore. Something he’d left behind, as if he was leaving ‘Sunstreaker’ behind as well. Or at least, the old version of himself. 

He committed to being Queen. 

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