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SPECIAL AGENT FOWLER, PLEASE
COME IN.
WHAT'S PRIVATE DALEY DOING
HERE WITH THAT CAMERA?
HE WILL BE MAKING A RECORD OF
TODAY'S SESSION.
SOLDIER...
TOO CLOSE.
SORRY I DIDN'T DRESS FOR THE
OCCASION.
FORMALITY WON'T BE ANY MORE
NECESSARY THAN USUAL, BILL.
BUT I DO NEED TO INFORM YOU THAT
OUR HIGHER-UPS ARE ON THE WAR
PATH.
THEY WANT ANSWERS REGARDING
RECENT EVENTS.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD BEGIN WITH
THE DEMISE OF OPTIMUS PRIME.
I THOUGHT WE STRAIGHTENED ALL
THIS OUT.
PRIME IS ALIVE AND WELL.
THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR OUR
SUPERIORS TO ACCEPT WITHOUT THE
BENEFIT OF SEEING OPTIMUS AND
THE ALLEGED IMPOSTER.
SIDE BY SIDE?
THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE THE
WISEST OPTION AT THE TIME.
[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIPPING ]
THE SKY JOCKEYS WERE UNDER
DIRECT ORDERS TO DESTROY ANY AND
ALL AUTOBOTS ON SIGHT.
WE WERE IN A HEIGHTENED STATE
OF SECURITY.
LET'S CONSIDER THE POSITIVES.
WE NOW POSSESS GREATER INTEL
REGARDING MECH, PARTICULARLY
THEIR LEADER, SILAS -- THE STAGE
NAME OF ONE
COLONEL LELAND BISHOP,
EX-SPECIAL TACTICS.
THE ARCHITECT OF
PROJECT DAMOCLES.
SATELLITES IN ORBIT FIRING
LASER BEAMS AT ANY TARGET ON
EARTH.
LONG SINCE MOTHBALLED, AND THE
PRIMARY REASON FOR BISHOP'S
DISCHARGE.
HE HAD OTHER WILD IDEAS, WHICH
HE PRACTICED WITH EVEN GREATER
ABANDON ONCE HE WENT ROGUE.
AND STILL, NO SIGN OF HIS
REMAINS.
OF GREATER CONCERN, MECH
AGENTS, LIKE SILAS, MIGHT ALSO
BE SPECIAL TACTICS.
AS IN, CURRENTLY ENLISTED?
ONE OBVIOUS MOTIVE FOR HIDING
THEIR FACES.
I WOULD URGE A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION, AND LEAVE BIGGER
THREATS TO METAL HANDS MORE
CAPABLE THAN OUR OWN.
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN ALLOWED
TO OPERATE AT SUCH DEEPLY
CLASSIFIED LEVELS, PERHAPS YOU
COULD PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND.
[ SIGHS ]
OUR TRANSFORMING VISITORS ARE
AUTONOMOUS, ROBOTIC ORGANISMS
FROM THE PLANET CYBERTRON.
THEY WERE FIGHTING A WAR.
FOREMOST, OVER CONTROL OF OUR
WORLD'S SUPPLY OF ENERGON, THE
FUEL AND LIFEBLOOD OF ALL
AUTOBOTS AND DECEPTICONS ALIKE.
DO YOU RECALL THE PERIOD LATE IN
THE WAR WHEN BOTH SIDES BEGAN
HIDING THEIR ENERGON SPOILS OFF
WORLD?
OF COURSE.
IT'S THE REASON ENERGON DEPOSITS
EXIST ON PLANETS SUCH AS THIS
ONE.
IT IS ALSO THE REASON BATTLES
CAME TO BE WAGED ON PLANETS SUCH
AS THIS ONE.
THESE BATTLES OVER ENERGON,
AND ITS DARK COUNTERPART,
CONTINUE TO THIS DAY.
AND YOU KNOW THIS FOR
CERTAIN?
I'VE SEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH TO
MAKE ME A BELIEVER.
BUT I RELY UPON FIELD REPORTS
FROM TEAM PRIME, WHICH I, IN
TURN, SHARE WITH YOU.
SKIP AHEAD, IF YOU WOULD, TO
THE HISTORY OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT,
AGENT FOWLER.
AS YOU KNOW, I WASN'T
OVERJOYED WITH WHAT I ASSUMED
WAS GONNA BE A BOT-SITTING
ASSIGNMENT.
PRIME!
WAIT. DON'T TELL ME.
HE'S OUT PANCAKING A MINI-MALL.
BUT ITS OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
TURNED OUT TO BE SURPRISINGLY
SEVERE.
BRING THE PROD.
AND, BY NOW, THE BOTS HAVE
SAVED MY BACON MORE TIMES THAN I
CAN COUNT.
OF COURSE, I'VE RETURNED THE
FAVOR A TIME OR TWO...
[ BUZZES ]
ANY TIME, FELLA.
GROUND FLOOR'S COMING FAST.
...SOMETIMES EXERCISING MY
AUTHORITY...
[ GRUNTS ]
THE GIRL COMES WITH ME.
...SOMETIMES RELYING UPON QUICK
THINKING.
WE WERE JUST...CALIBRATING THE
SUBSYSTEMS, AND WE, UH, HAD A...
SURGE.
BUT IT'S FINE NOW.
HOW ARE YOU?
AND I'VE MADE A FEW MISTAKES.
[ ENERGY ZAPPING ]
UGH!
AH! NOT AGAIN!
AH! NOT THIS AGAIN!
IF YOU WOULD, AGENT FOWLER,
PROVIDE A ROLL CALL.
SO, WE'LL KNOW WHO'S WHO IN
THE EVENT ANOTHER BOT SNAPS?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, THERE'S...
BULKHEAD.
ARE YOU A CAR?
I BET YOU'RE A TRUCK -- A
MONSTER TRUCK!
DO YOU LIKE HEAVY METAL?
HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH?
EVER USE A WRECKING BALL FOR A
PUNCHING BAG?
LOOK, MIKO, BEFORE I BECAME A
WARRIOR, I WAS A LABORER --
CONSTRUCTION.
I CAN BUILD STUFF.
I CAN BREAK STUFF.
AND THAT'S IT.
OF COURSE, BIG FOOT AND I
DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE.
DON'T USE THAT PHONE.
IT'S...
OUT OF ORDER.
HE MAY NOT BE THE MOST AGILE
BOT...
WHOA. WHOA.
DON'T LOOK DOWN.
[ HIGH-PITCHED SCREAMING ]
AND HE'S THE FIRST TO ADMIT
HE'S NO ROCKET SCIENTIST.
COME ON, DOC.
THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE TO
SCAN.
SWITCH IT BACK!
I WANT TO SEE THE HOEDOWN
SHOWDOWN!
BUT HIS BRUTE STRENGTH IS
INVALUABLE.
UNH!
THANKFULLY, THE SCIENCE ANGLE
IS MORE THAN COVERED BY RATCHET.
THE DOC CAN BE A LITTLE...
TIGHTLY WOUND.
WITHOUT MY SUPERVISION?!
YOU WANT THEM TO BE RIGHT, DON'T
YOU?
CONTROL FREAK.
BUT HE BRINGS HIS "A" GAME
WHEN THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IT.
HYAH!
OOF!
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
THEN THERE'S ARCEE.
THE MOTORCYCLE?
DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE
SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
SHE LEAVES A MARK.
[ ENGINE ROARING ]
[ GUNFIRE ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
UGH!
HYAH!
OOF!
UNH!
BUMBLEBEE'S THE TEAM SCOUT.
BUT THE WARRIOR-IN-TRAINING
SEEMS PRETTY ACCOMPLISHED, IF
YOU ASK ME.
ARCEE MAY BE A BOT OF FEW WORDS,
BUT BUMBLEBEE DOESN'T USE ANY --
THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND.
[ BUZZES ]
I-IT WANTS US TO GET IN.
NO, JUST ME.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
IT SAID SO.
TURNS OUT IT'S WITH GOOD
REASON.
DURING THE WAR FOR CYBERTRON,
THE POOR KID GOT HIS VOICE BOX
TORN OUT BY MEGATRON.
SO, THE AUTOBOTS AREN'T QUITE
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE WAR MACHINES
WE'D HOPED.
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
UGH!
THEY CAN TAKE SERIOUS
PUNISHMENT.
ARGH!
UNH!
BUT THEY DO HAVE THEIR...
VULNERABILITIES.
[ HIGH-PITCHED SCREAM ]
DID YOU JUST SCREAM LIKE A
LITTLE GIRL?
NO!
MAYBE.
THIS MAY NOT BE THE FINISH
THAT WE HAD PLANNED, BUT IF THIS
IS INDEED THE END, IF WE ARE TO
BECOME ONE WITH THE ALLSPARK...
NO.
CLIFFJUMPER'S LIFE SIGNAL JUST
WENT OFFLINE.
IF CLIFF'S GONE, STANDING
AROUND HERE SULKING WON'T BRING
HIM BACK.
WE LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY
WHEN WE LOST CLIFFJUMPER.
AND, FOR THE RECORD,
CLIFFJUMPER WAS THE LAST AUTOBOT
CASUALTY?
I TOLD YOU.
THE LIFELESS AUTOBOT YOU HAVE IN
STORAGE ISN'T PRIME.
IT'S A KNOCKOFF!
WE HAVE ONLY YOUR WORD TO GO
ON WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF SILAS OR
THE ALLEGED TECHNOLOGY MECH
UTILIZED TO CONTROL SAID
KNOCKOFF.
A CLEAN SCRUB IS MECH'S M.O.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW IT!
YOUR LAST DEBRIEFING
INDICATED THAT OPTIMUS PRIME HAD
JOINED THE DECEPTICONS.
NOT WILLFULLY!
PRIME HAD AMNESIA.
I KNOW I WAS CLEAR ON THAT.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUTSIDE
OBSERVERS MIGHT CONNECT THE DOTS
TO THE RECENT ATTACK ON OUR
BASE.
BILL, THE FIVE-STARS HAVE GROWN
NERVOUS THAT WE'VE BEEN PLACING
OUR TRUST IN BEINGS WHO COULD SO
EASILY INFLICT HARM IF THEY
CHOSE TO TURN ON US.
THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN ASKED TO
DETERMINE WHETHER I SHOULD BRING
YOU BEFORE A TRIBUNAL.
TRIBUNAL?
THEY COULD SHUT DOWN OUR
OPERATION -- PUT ME IN JAIL.
GENERAL BRYCE, PRIME IS NO
LOOSE CANNON.
HE'S ANYTHING BUT.
THE BOTS MAY BE BIG, BUT THEY
WATCH WHERE THEY STEP.
HECK, EVEN THE KIDS --
KIDS?
UH...[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR IN-HOUSE
SUPPORT TEAM.
[ ELECTRIC GUITAR STRUMS ]
I WASN'T AWARE YOU WERE
UTILIZING ANY OF OUR RESOURCES
OTHER THAN YOURSELF.
THEY'RE...NOT ENLISTED.
YOU'VE INVOLVED CIVILIANS IN
A CLASSIFIED OPERATION?
HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED
CIVILIANS WHO CONTRIBUTE
SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE IN...
COMPUTER SCIENCE...
MEDICINE...
UH...COMMUNICATIONS.
I LOVE BREAKING STUFF!
[ IMITATES REVVING MOTOR ]
TWISTED.
BRING THE HURT!
NERD ALERT.
DUH.
ZOMBIE!
SMACKDOWN IN OUTER SPACE.
[ CHUCKLES ] THAT WAS COOL.
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
SO, THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE
ORDERS.
YOU...COULD...SAY THAT.
WELCOME TO K.O. DRIVE-IN,
WHERE EVERY PATTY'S A KNOCKOUT.
MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER?
BUT WHAT THEY LACK IN
MILITARY DISCIPLINE, THEY MORE
THAN MAKE UP FOR WITH
OUTSIDE-THE-BOX PROBLEM-SOLVING.
[ SIGHS ] NOTHING.
GEE, IMAGINE THAT.
THE FOURTH DIMENSION HAS LOUSY
CELLPHONE RECEPTION.
WAIT, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
THE PHONE RANG.
WE'RE GETTING A SIGNAL.
MAYBE THE AUTOBOTS CAN'T SEE
OR HEAR US BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING
AT HYPERSPEED OR SOMETHING.
THEIR COURAGE IS TO BE
ADMIRED.
HYAH!
YAH!
UNH!
UNH!
HOLD HIM STILL!
[ GRUNTS ]
THEY'VE PROVEN, TIME AND
AGAIN, THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO
PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR
THEIR COUNTRY...
AND THEIR PLANET.
SO, YOUR CIVILIANS HAVE MADE
ENEMY CONTACT.
I NEVER FORGET A FACE -- EVEN
THAT OF A HUMAN.
YOU DOUBLE-CROSS ANYONE, MINE
IS THE FACE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!
NEVER!!
THEY'VE [SIGHS] PRETTY MUCH
SEEN IT ALL.
MIKO, LOOK AWAY!
BUT --
TURN YOUR HEAD AWAY!
[ GRUNTING ]
WHOA.
REST ASSURED, THE SAFETY OF
THESE HUMANS -- OF ALL HUMANS --
REMAINS THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF
THE AUTOBOTS.
THEY HAVE NO PROTECTIVE
SHELL.
IF THEY GET UNDERFOOT, THEY WILL
GO...
SQUISH.
THEN, FOR THE TIME BEING,
RATCHET, WE MUST WATCH WHERE WE
STEP.
AND OUR COLLEAGUES WOULDN'T
HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
I'M LIVING A DREAM HERE IN
"BOT"-SWANA.
AND I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU OR
ANYONE ELSE TO SHATTER IT!
THEY'VE FORGED MEANINGFUL
BONDS WITH THE BOTS.
WHERE'S ARCEE?
[ GROANS ]
WHY DON'T YOU JUST MARRY HER?!
I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
UH, UH...
HUH?
AND THEY PROVIDE VALUABLE
ASSISTANCE WHENEVER I'M
OTHERWISE ENGAGED IN THE FIELD.
YOU'VE REACHED SPECIAL AGENT
WILLIAM FOWLER.
I'M CURRENTLY ON AN INTENSIVE
TRAINING RETREAT AND
UNAVAILABLE UNTIL TUESDAY.
I HATE TALKING TO MACHINES.
BUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WAS
NEVER INTENDED TO BE ANYTHING
OTHER THAN HUMANITARIAN -- TO
PROVIDE THE AUTOBOTS WITH THE
MEANS OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING
LIFE ON OUR PLANET.
A SCOUT SHOULD BE SILENT BUT
DEADLY.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
WHAT?
MAYBE IT NEEDS ONE OF THESE
DOOHICKEYS.
YOU'RE A MOTORCYCLE, ARCEE.
SHOULDN'T YOU KNOW HOW TO BUILD
A MOTORCYCLE ENGINE?
YOU'RE A HUMAN, JACK.
CAN YOU BUILD ME A SMALL
INTESTINE?
YOU WANT ME TO NOT ONLY
BRIDGE YOU INTO A CONFINED SPACE
BUT ONE TRAVELING AT 90 MILES
PER HOUR?!
I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER OF
WAYS THAT CAN GO WRONG -- MASS
DISPLACEMENT, TRAUMA, TWISTED
LIMBS, METAL BURN.
WELL, MAYBE NOT THE LAST ONE.
SADLY, WE HAVEN'T BEGUN TO
TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THEIR
SCIENCE.
I MEAN, I CAN PILOT MY VTOL
WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO WEAR A
FLIGHT SUIT.
WHAT KEEPS YOUR ORGANS FROM
EXPLODING?
A MODIFICATION RATCHET
PERFORMED ON THE CABIN-PRESSURE
REGULATOR.
I LIKE TO BE COMFORTABLE.
WE...MAY BE GETTING OFF
TRACK.
PLEASE ADDRESS WHY WE HAVEN'T
YET BEEN SERVED MEGATRON'S STEEL
HEAD ON A SILVER PLATTER.
NO!
THE LEADER OF THE DECEPTICONS
HAS NINE LIVES, PLAIN AND
SIMPLE.
WELL, I'M STARING RIGHT AT
HIM.
GOOD NEWS IS, MEGATRON ISN'T
EXACTLY STARING BACK.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVEN'T
TRIED.
RAAAAH!
THE SICK PART IS, THE MOMENT
WE MIGHT HAVE PULLED IT OFF, WE
NEEDED HIM.
MEGATRON ACTUALLY HELPED US SAVE
HUMANITY.
OPTIMUS, OUR PAST
ALLIANCES -- AUTOBOT,
DECEPTICON -- NO LONGER
MATTER -- NOT WHILE UNICRON
LIVES.
ELABORATE.
WE FOUND OURSELVES FACING AN
EVEN GREATER THREAT THAN MECH OR
THE DECEPTICONS.
LITERALLY AN ENEMY WITHIN --
UNICRON.
I KNOW THIS IS GONNA SOUND
CRAZY, BUT WHAT IF I HAD TOLD
YOU OUR PLANET'S CORE ISN'T MADE
UP OF WHAT SCIENCE HAS LED US TO
BELIEVE IT IS?
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
AGENT FOWLER, I'M SORRY TO SAY
I'M FORCED TO DISCONTINUE THIS
DEBRIEFING UNTIL YOU UNDERGO A
FULL PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION.
SERIOUSLY?
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, I
BELIEVE THAT YOU MAY HAVE LOST
YOUR SANITY.
GENERAL BRYCE, I ASSURE YOU
THAT I AM QUITE SANE.
IT DEFIES ALL LOGIC, BILL.
DARK ENERGON?
THEN YOU GO ON RECORD SAYING
THAT YOU BELIEVE IN MAGICAL
HORSES WITH HORNS ON THEIR
HEADS.
WHAT?
DO YOU DENY PREVIOUSLY
REPORTING THAT MEGATRON HELPED
DEFEAT A UNICORN?
[ SCOFFS ]
THAT'S WHAT YOU...
UNICRON!
THE ULTIMATE EVIL!
PERMISSION TO STRIKE THIS FROM
THE RECORD.
GRANTED.
BUT CONSIDER YOURSELF ON NOTICE.
[ GROANS ]
YOU WERE SAYING.
MEGATRON PROVED TO BE AN ALLY.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE
UNIQUE.
ODDLY, THE 'CON MOST LIKELY TO
BE OF SERVICE IS STARSCREAM --
ONLY BE DEFAULT -- BECAUSE HE
MAY DESPISE HIS TEAM MORE THAN
HE DESPISES OURS.
[ GRUNTING ]
NO, MASTER!
STARSCREAM'S LOYALTY TO
MEGATRON HAS ALWAYS BEEN
QUESTIONABLE.
IF HE HAS TRULY SPLIT FROM THE
DECEPTICONS, OUR PRISONER'S
KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR AGENDAS COULD
MAKE HIM A VALUABLE ALLY.
MEGATRON TRIED TO EXTINGUISH
MY SPARK IN COLD BLOOD!
THEN ALL THAT REPLACED ME WITH
THAT TRAITOROUS WRETCH,
ARACHNID, SHE ABANDONED ME!
LEFT ME FOR SCRAP!
SO WHY NOT RAT THEM OUT?
BUT EVEN AFTER MEGATRON
ATTEMPTED TO TERMINATE HIM,
STARSCREAM STILL TRIED TO WIN
HIS MASTER'S FAITH.
IMAGINE MEGATRON'S
APPRECIATION WHEN I NOT ONLY
RESCUE HIM BUT DELIVER AN
AUTOBOT.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD RESTORE MY
STATURE QUITE NICELY.
STARSCREAM'S INSECURITY IS
WHAT MAKES HIM LESS PREDICTABLE
THAN MEGATRON AND, IN SOME WAYS,
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.
[ GRUMBLES ]
I MAKE THE DECISIONS AROUND
HERE.
I AM IN CHARGE!
HE REALLY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT
IF IT'S MEGATRON'S JOB HE WANTS
OR MEGATRON'S APPROVAL.
I MUST, IN TURN, ASK WHY
SUCCESSFUL TERMINATION OF
STARSCREAM HAS NOT BEEN
ACHIEVED.
AIR SUPERIORITY CONTINUES TO
PROVIDE THE 'CONS WITH THE UPPER
HAND, THOUGH WE MANAGE TO
INFLICT THE OCCASIONAL SETBACK.
OW!
BUT THE FACT REMAINS --
STARSCREAM HAS SUPPLIED VALUABLE
INTEL SINCE HE WENT ROGUE.
STARSCREAM, I HAVE OBTAINED
INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR
LEADER.
BRING MEDICAL KIT.
NOT TO WORRY -- THE BOTS KNOW
BETTER THAN TO TRUST HIM
IMPLICITLY.
ONE STEP AND YOUR PREVIOUS
BIOMECH IS SCRAP.
FORTUNATELY FOR US, DESPITE
HIS STRATEGIC BRILLIANCE,
STARSCREAM IS HIS OWN WORST
ENEMY.
AAAAAAH!
[ GASPS ] HUH? WHAT?
[ GEARS WHIRRING ]
[ GASPS ]
MY T-COG!
YOU'RE GROUNDED?
AND HE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE
WHO'S TAKEN FLIGHT FROM
MEGATRON.
THE SPIDER.
ARACHNID -- AS SADISTIC AS
THEY COME.
AND SHE AND ARCEE HAVE QUITE A
HISTORY.
I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THE NEXT
TIME THEY LOCK HORNS, ONLY ONE'S
GONNA WALK AWAY.
UNLESS MEGATRON GETS TO ARACHNID
FIRST.
SO, THE INFIGHTING AMONG THE
DECEPTICON RANKS CONTINUES.
AND THEN SOME.
MEGATRON CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP HIS
INNER CIRCLE HOLDING HANDS.
AND YOU DON'T THINK WE COULD
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAOS?
MOTIVATE A DECEPTICON TO JOIN
OUR CAUSE?
THERE IS ONE WHOM PRIME SEEMS
TO RESPECT.
WHILE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANY
DECEPTICON WILL CHOOSE THE PATH
OF GOOD, EVEN THEY POSSESS THE
POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE.
BUT HAVING WITNESSED
DREADWING TEAR UP A TOWN, I
WOULDN'T HANG MY HOPES ON IT.
SO I MUST PRESS THE POINT --
IF OPTIMUS BELIEVES THAT EVEN A
DECEPTICON HOLDS THE POTENTIAL
FOR CHANGE, WHY COULDN'T THE
REVERSE BE TRUE?
NO ONE TRULY KNOWS WHAT WENT ON
BEHIND THE DECEPTICON CURTAIN
WHILE OPTIMUS WAS OFF THE
GRID -- NOT YOU, NOT THE
AUTOBOTS.
I'M 100% WITH RATCHET ON THIS
ONE.
BEING A DECEPTICON IS A
CHOICE, AGENT FOWLER -- ONE THAT
I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING
OPTIMUS WOULD MAKE AT ANY POINT
IN HIS LIFE.
ORION PAX MAY NOT CURRENTLY BE
AN AUTOBOT UP HERE, BUT I MUST
BELIEVE HE WILL NEVER STOP BEING
ONE IN HERE.
AGAINST ALL ODDS, SUFFERING
AMNESIA, PRIME ENGINEERED HIS
OWN ESCAPE TO FACE DOWN
MEGATRON.
BUT IS PRIME CAPABLE OF CHANGE?
YOU KNOW YOUR PROBLEM,
OPTIMUS?
FOR SUCH A BIG, STRONG BOT,
YOU'RE SOFT.
YOU DIDN'T POUND MEGATRON INTO
SCRAP WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE --
MANY CHANCES, IN FACT!
YOU MIGHT AS WELL USE YOUR
DRILL TO FINISH ME.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
THINK OF THE GLORY?
SEIZE THE DAY.
OPTIMUS WOULD.
NO, HE WOULDN'T.
SO, TELL ME, OPTIMUS -- DO
YOU INTEND TO TAKE ME ALIVE OR
END THIS HERE AND NOW?
[ GUN CHARGING ]
PRIME HAS RECENTLY PROVEN
HE'S WILLING TO GO FURTHER THAN
EVER TO PROTECT HUMANITY.
OPTIMUS PRIME IS A TRUE PATRIOT.
HE AND HIS TEAM CONTINUE TO RISK
THEIR LIVES, DAY IN AND DAY OUT,
ASKING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN
RETURN.
IF YOU DON'T SURVIVE,
OPTIMUS, I FEAR NEITHER WILL
THIS PLANET.
VERY WELL.
THE SIMPLE FACT IS, PRIME
DOESN'T HAVE A BAD CIRCUIT IN
HIS BODY.
MOVE IT, GRAMPS!
[ HORN HONKING ]
AGENT FOWLER, IS THAT REALLY
NECESSARY?
AS LIAISON TO THE AUTOBOTS, I
STRONGLY CAUTION THAT NOW WOULD
BE THE WORST TIME TO CALL
PRIME'S DEDICATION INTO
QUESTION.
WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF AN EVEN
GREATER THREAT THAN WE FACED
BEFORE.
THE DECEPTICONS ARE ON THE HUNT
FOR LONG-BURIED RELICS FROM
CYBERTRON.
PRELIMINARY INTEL SUGGESTS THEY
COULD BE SACRED OBJECTS WITH
MYSTICAL PROPERTIES OR WEAPONS
OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
MYSTICAL?
UH, STRIKE THAT, TOO!
THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE
HERE IS --
UGH!
HOLD ON!
[ Dialing ]
PRIME? I NEED AN ASSIST.
[ RUMBLING ]
AGENT FOWLER, HAVE YOU
UNCOVERED MECH AGENTS?
NO. THEY'RE OKAY.
GENERAL BRYCE HERE JUST NEEDS TO
CONFIRM THE STATE OF YOUR HEALTH
AND WELFARE.
I AM FINE, GENERAL BRYCE.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M WELL, UH, SOLDIER.
BILL...
I BELIEVE I HAVE EVERYTHING I
NEED TO MAKE A PERSUASIVE CASE
THAT OPTIMUS PRIME IS, INDEED,
ALIVE AND WELL...
AND FIRMLY ON OUR SIDE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT,
SIR.
DISMISSED.
[ BEEPING ]