MY NAME IS TAILGATE AND I WAS FORGED FROM A HOT SPOT THAT IGNITED IN THE RIVETS FIELD ROUGHLY SIX MILLION YEARS AGO. I WAS TWO WEEKS OLD WHEN THE ARK-1 LAUNCHED. I WAS GIVEN THE DUTY OF SANITATION AND WAS SUPPOSED TO CLEAN THE COOLANT TUBES OF THE ARK-1 BEFORE IT LAUNCHED, BUT I WAS LATE TO WORK AND TRIED TO TAKE A SHORT CUT THROUGH AN AREA KNOWN AS MITTEOUS PLATEAU.
I FELL THROUGH A WEAK SPOT AND IT COLLAPSED...AND, WELL, I WAS TRAPPED AND BADLY DAMAGED. I WAS RESCUED, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SHORT TIME AFTER MY ACCIDENT, BUT I ACCIDENTALLY MIGHT'VE, YOU KNOW, PASSED OUT FOR SIX MILLION YEARS. I WAS RESCUED BY A GROUP OF AUTOBOTS WHO WERE LEAVING ON A NEW SHIP CALLED THE LOST LIGHT - AND THEY TOOK ME WITH THEM! WHICH WAS NICE, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BE LEFT ON A PLANET THAT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE HOW I HAD LAST SEEN IT.
NOW THAT'S WHERE MY ADVENTURES BEGAN! I MET A LOT OF BOTS AND TRIED TO ACT LIKE I WAS A BIG SHOT TO MAKE MORE FRIENDS, WHICH TOTALLY WORKED SINCE BOMB DISPOSAL IS WAY BETTER THAN WASTE DISPOSAL. I MET ANOTHER MECH NAMED CYCLONUS, WHO WAS PRETTY GRUMPY AT FIRST, AND HE EXPLAINED THE WAR THAT HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS OUT COLD. A SPARK EATER ATTACKED THE SHIP, BUT CYCLONUS AND I TALKED ABOUT ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED, AND I GOTTA SAY I SYMPATHIZED WITH THE DECEPTICON CAUSE. THE AUTOBOTS DIDN'T LIKE THAT MUCH THOUGH AND, AFTER SOME EXPLANATION, I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE AN AUTOBOT.
EVERYTHING AFTER THAT IS TOTALLY TRUE AND CRAZY, AND I GOT SHOT AT A LOT, BUT I MEAN I HAVE CYCLONUS WITH ME? AND THINGS ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD. WE'VE SAVED THE UNIVERSE EVEN! OR HALF OF IT? I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN IT ALL, YOU'D BE SITTING HERE ALL DAY!
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