User blog:Spikewitwicky/March 23rd, 2017 - Spike's Journal Entry



Zetar's dead.

He died a few days ago, when the Autobots were battling Trypticon. Apparently, he sacrificed himself to save Dust Devil's life.

I've been fortunate enough to not see any of the "original" Autobots who landed here lose their lives. Still, this shows that it CAN happen. And it does happen on a pretty regular basis on Cybertron.

I've written about Zetar earlier. And I'd rather have those comments remain. I wrote about him being occasionally annoying. I wrote about him routinely saying "I thought that was your job." And, as a Transformer, I wrote about him in a way that I'd always assume I'd see him again. He was annoying, and the next time I saw him, he'd probably be annoying again. But in a few years, maybe he wouldn't be. But that's not going to happen now, obviously.

Without him, we would never have reached the plasma energy chamber in time. And for days, it was just Encore, Dust Devil, myself, and Zetar. So, I did get a chance to know Zetar, albeit briefly. I guess he's sort of like one of those people you meet, and spend a disproportionate amount of time with for a very brief window of time - think like a road trip where a person you don't know tags along - for days. And then, you just never see him again.

He's not the type where monuments are going to be built, or parks are going to be open to celebrate his memory, sadly. He's joining the list of the milions of Autobots who have died in this battle.

Farewell, Zetar. May your wires never cross, and your luster never dull. Cybertron owes you an incredible debt.