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PREVIOUSLY ON
"TRANSFORMERS PRIME"...
IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT WE
RECOVER THE FINAL FOUR IACON
RELICS -- THE OMEGA KEYS.
KEYS?
TO WHAT?
THE REGENERATION OF OUR HOME
PLANET.
A TOMB.
ONE KNOWN TO CONTAIN THE
REMAINS OF PRIMES.
AT LONG LAST, THE POWER OF THE
PRIMES BELONGS TO ME!
FOUR SETS OF COORDINATES FROM
ALPHA TRION REMAIN ENCRYPTED.
IT IS LOGICAL TO CONCLUDE THAT
EACH CORRESPONDS TO THE LOCATION
OF ONE OF THE OMEGA KEYS.
MY FIRST CREATION, FASHIONED
FROM THE VERY BLOOD OF UNICRON.
I CALL IT THE DARK STAR SABER.
THE RELIC NOW!
OH, YOU MEAN THIS?
FINDERS KEEPERS.
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
OPTIMUS PRIME'S FACE WHEN HIS
PRECIOUS STAR SABER SHATTERED
LIKE GLASS AND, WITH IT, HIS
DREAMS OF AN AUTOBOT VICTORY.
GRANTED, OPTIMUS WILL BE MORE
DETERMINED THAN EVER TO DISCOVER
THE LOCATIONS OF THE REMAINING
IACON ENTRIES BEFORE WE CAN.
[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
AH, VERY GOOD.
I SEE YOU HAVE DECODED THE NEXT
SET OF COORDINATES.
WAY TO STEP THINGS UP,
SOUNDWAVE.
I DO HOPE THIS IACON RELIC IS
SOMETHING LESS SACRED AND MORE
PROFANE, LIKE AN
ELECTRO-DISRUPTOR CANNON.
WE COULD USE ONE OF THOSE.
INDEED, KNOCKOUT.
DREADWING, REPORT TO THE BRIDGE
IMMEDIATELY.
PLEASE, LORD MEGATRON, ALLOW
ME THE HONOR OF RETRIEVING THIS
RELIC FOR YOU.
I'M SURPRISED YOU WOULD RISK
YOUR FINISH SO SOON AFTER YOUR
ACCIDENT.
NONETHELESS, I REMAIN
UNCONVINCED THAT YOU ARE THE
BEST CHOICE FOR THE TASK SINCE
YOU FAILED TO SECURE THE PHASE
SHIFTER.
I LACKED THE PROPER TOOLS.
BUT SINCE SOUNDWAVE'S CURRENTLY
OCCUPIED, I CAN'T IMAGINE HE'LL
MIND IF I BORROW THIS...
SO THAT I MIGHT BETTER SECURE
YOUR PRIZE AND HEAP SOME HURT
ON THE AUTOBOTS.
I'M GONNA BE A GREAT WARRIOR
SOMEDAY, LIKE OPTIMUS.
WELL, TRAIN HARD AND GAIN
SOME WISDOM ALONG THE WAY, AND
I'M SURE IT'LL HAPPEN.
OH, IT WILL.
IT'S MY DESTINY.
[ BEEPING ]
HOW SO?
WELL, ONE MINUTE I'M ON
SECURITY DETAIL AT IACON.
THE NEXT, I WAKE UP ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE GALAXY TO FIND
MYSELF UNDER OPTIMUS' COMMAND.
I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES,
RIGHT?
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.
WE GET IT, SMOKESCREEN.
YOU'RE SPECIAL.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
ALL I'M REALLY SAYING IS,
I'VE COME A LONG WAY, AND THIS
IS ONE OPPORTUNITY I DON'T PLAN
ON MESSING UP.
AUTOBOTS, THE NEXT IACON
COORDINATES HAVE BEEN DECODED.
RATCHET, READY THE GROUND
BRIDGE.
[ KEYPAD BEEPING ]
LAST ONE TO THE OMEGA KEY HAS
TO SCRUB THE ENERGON TANKS FOR A
WEEK.
DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE KEEPING
SCORE.
ARCEE, BUMBLEBEE, PREPARE TO
ROLL OUT.
[ BEEPING ]
WAIT. WHAT ABOUT ME?
[ SCOFFS ]
I MEAN ME AND BULKHEAD.
THE TWO OF YOU WILL REMAIN
HERE IN THE EVENT I'M ABLE TO
DECODE A SUBSEQUENT DATABASE
ENTRY BEFORE THE OTHERS RETURN.
OPTIMUS IS RIGHT.
CONSIDERING THE VERY FATE OF
CYBERTRON IS AT STAKE, RESPONSE
TIME IS CRITICAL.
KEEP YOUR ENGINES IDLING,
KID.
COME ON, BEE.
DESTINY AWAITS.
WE CALL IT A PIT STOP.
UGH!
WE'LL GET BACK IN THE RACE.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
OVER THERE.
WELL, WELL, JUST THE AUTOBOTS
I WANTED TO SEE.
I'LL HANDLE THE MAD DOCTOR.
YOU GRAB THE KEY.
[ BEEPING ]
I'VE BEEN WAITING TO THANK
YOU BOTH FOR ALL THE MEMORIES.
UGH!
WHO KNEW THAT SOUND WAVES COULD
BE SUCH A....KNOCKOUT?
[ GROANING ]
WHAT'S THAT, DEAR?
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
[ GROANS ] BEE, THE RELIC!
[ BEEPING ]
SCRAP.
HMM. HOW LOW CAN IT GO?
UGH!
SUBWOOFER OR DEPTH CHARGE?
[ BEEPING ]
[ GROANING ]
SCRAP.
HMM.
IT APPEARS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE
TAKEN FROM ME BY OPTIMUS PRIME.
AH.
PERHAPS IT IS A DECOY THE
AUTOBOTS ALLOWED YOU TO SEIZE AS
A MEANS OF SABOTAGE.
UNLIKELY, MY LIEGE.
THEY BATTLED TOO DESPERATELY
FOR IT.
THEN PIECES OF A LARGER
PUZZLE, PERHAPS.
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
EXCELLENT, SOUNDWAVE.
WITH ANY LUCK, THESE NEW
COORDINATES WILL SHED SOME LIGHT
ON THE SUBJECT.
SOUNDWAVE'S ON FIRE.
AND SO I AM.
KEEP YOUR VANITY IN CHECK,
DOCTOR.
HAVEN'T I PROVEN MYSELF?!
YOUR SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE
REMAINS OF GREATER USE TO ME
ANALYZING OUR LATEST
ACQUISITION.
I MUST KNOW WHAT THIS RELIC IS
AND WHAT IT CAN DO.
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
I'M SORRY, OPTIMUS.
KNOCKOUT WAS THERE, WAITING FOR
US.
SEEMS THE 'CONS ARE IMPROVING
THEIR DECODING SKILLS.
AND IT SEEMS THAT, WITH TWO
KEYS ALREADY SEPARATED, NO ONE
CURRENTLY POSSESSES THE MEANS TO
REVIVE CYBERTRON.
WHILE OUR QUEST TO RESTORE
OUR PLANET MAY HAVE REACHED A
STALEMATE, SECURING THE
REMAINING KEYS IS STILL THE MOST
PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION.
MAN, IT MUST HAVE BEEN CRAZY
WITH KNOCKOUT GOING ALL SONIC.
OH, I WISH I'D BEEN THERE.
I WOULD HAVE --
WOULD HAVE WHAT?
RECOVERED THE KEY LIKE YOU DID
THE FIRST ONE?
MAYBE. WHO KNOWS?
I JUST WANT US TO BE FIRING ON
ALL CYLINDERS, YOU KNOW, NOW
THAT THE STAR SABER'S GONE.
AND I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TRACK
RECORD SO FAR.
[ SCOFFS ]
LOOK, KID, ARCEE AND
BUMBLEBEE ARE NO SLOUCHES, AND
OPTIMUS MANAGED JUST FINE FOR
EONS WITHOUT THE BIG SWORD.
OF COURSE, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU'VE BEEN LOCKED IN STASIS
THE WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN
FIGHTING THIS WAR.
EXACTLY, AND I'M READY TO
MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME.
WHEN OPTIMUS SAYS YOU'RE
READY.
YOU GOT TO BE IN THIS FOR THE
LONG HAUL.
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.
[ GROWLS ]
HURRY UP, ALREADY!
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
SPEED-ENHANCING ENERGON TAKES
LONGER TO PROCESS THAN REGULAR
ENERGON?!
[ GROWLS ]
[ MACHINE BEEPING ]
[ GROWLS ]
AN ENTIRE CHUNK OF RED ENERGON,
AND THIS IS ALL I GET?!
[ GROWLS ]
THERE'S ENOUGH HERE FOR ONE
DOSE, MAYBE TWO!
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
MM. DECEPTICON MOVEMENT.
WHILE SPEED IS HARDLY A SUITABLE
REPLACEMENT FOR THE MIGHT OF THE
APEX ARMOR, IT SHOULD PROVIDE ME
WITH ENOUGH OF AN EDGE TO OBTAIN
A MORE FORMIDABLE RELIC.
THE NEXT COORDINATES ARE
READY.
THERE REMAINS ONE SET LEFT TO
DECODE.
ON IT, BOSS.
I'M GONNA BRING BACK THAT
KEY.
YEAH --
[ SIGHS ]
UH, BULK?
FORGETTING SOMETHING?
[ GROANS ]
MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EYE ON
DESTINY'S CHILD, OKAY?
[ CHUCKLES ]
COMPARED TO WATCHING MIKO,
PIECE OF CAKE.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
STICK CLOSE.
AND STAY FOCUSED.
GOTCHA!
I MEAN IT.
ME TOO.
Shh.
[ RHYTHMIC BEEPING ]
WHAT IS THAT?
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
ONE OF THE LAST SOUNDS THAT
YOU WILL EVER HEAR.
DREADWING.
[ BEEPING CONTINUES ]
[ BEEPING INTENSIFIES ]
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!
[ BEEPING CONTINUES ]
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
SMOKE, I'LL HANDLE DREADWING.
GO GET THE RELIC.
YOU GOT IT.
YOU LOVE DOING YOUR DIRTY
WORK FROM A DISTANCE, DON'T YOU?
TOO BAD YOU DON'T HAVE THE BALL
BEARINGS TO FIGHT UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I
WILL BE ALL TOO HAPPY TO MAKE AN
EXCEPTION.
AH!
UGH!
AN ADMIRABLE EFFORT, BUT YOU
OBVIOUSLY FORGOT HOW OUR LAST
ENCOUNTER ENDED.
[ RHYTHMIC BEEPING ]
NO, I DIDN'T.
[ GRUNTS ]
AAH!
[ GROANS ]
SMOKE, I'M ON MY WAY.
[ RHYTHMIC BEEPING ]
DESTINY.
UGH.
[ FOOTSTEPS PASSING ]
SMOKESCREEN!
WAKE UP!
[ GROANS ]
WH-WHAT HAPPENED?
[ SIGHS ]
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
THE OMEGA KEY.
I HAD IT UNTIL SOMETHING HIT ME
FROM BEHIND.
DREADWING MUST HAVE HAD
BACKUP.
THAT RELIC'S LONG GONE.
RATCHET, WE NEED A BRIDGE.
I-I TOLD OPTIMUS I'D RETURN
WITH THAT KEY.
[ ELECTRICITY ZAPPING ]
LISTEN, KID, ALPHA TRION SAID
WE NEED ALL FOUR KEYS TO RESTORE
CYBERTRON, REMEMBER?
WE JUST NEED TO HANG ON TO THE
ONE WE HAVE AND FIND A WAY TO
GET THE OTHERS BACK FROM
MEGATRON.
THE PROMISE OF A NEW
CYBERTRON IN THE PALM OF MY
HAND...WHEN I OBTAIN ALL FOUR.
SMOKESCREEN WAS
SUCKER-PUNCHED.
COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANY OF
US.
BUT IT DIDN'T BECAUSE I WAS
THE ONE WHO DROPPED HIS GUARD.
I WAS THE ONE WHO BLEW IT.
SOME GREAT WARRIOR I'M TURNING
OUT TO BE.
YOU STILL DON'T GET IT, DO
YOU?
A COUPLE OF VICTORIES AREN'T
GONNA MAKE YOU A LEGEND.
AND NOT EVERY MISSION RESULTS IN
SUCCESS, NOT FOR ME, NOT FOR
BEE, NOT EVEN FOR OPTIMUS.
WE'VE GAINED RELICS, AND WE'VE
LOST SOME.
WE'VE ALSO LOST FRIENDS.
WE'VE EVEN LOST A WORLD.
BUT THIS IS ONE TIME WE GET A
DO-OVER.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BRING BACK
CYBERTRON, AND EVERYONE IN THIS
ROOM NEEDS TO BE IN SYNC.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU OR YOUR
DESTINY.
ARCEE, YOU HAVE MADE YOUR
POINT.
OPTIMUS, HE NEEDS TO HEAR
THIS.
YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BECOME A
GREAT WARRIOR ONE DAY, AND I
SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU DO.
BUT GREATNESS BEGINS AND ENDS
WITH PUTTING THE TEAM FIRST, NOT
YOUR PERSONAL SCORECARD.
THERE'S NOTHING I WOULDN'T DO
FOR YOU GUYS.
THEN STOP TRYING TO BE A HERO
AND START BEING AN AUTOBOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE I'M JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
NEXT TIME OPTIMUS ADVISES YOU
TO STOP, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
LISTEN.
I'LL BRING HIM BACK.
SMOKESCREEN IS YOUNG,
BULKHEAD, AND HAS MUCH TO LEARN,
BUT RIGHT NOW HE NEEDS TO CLEAR
HIS THOUGHTS.
AND I NEED TO FINISH DECODING
THE FINAL IACON ENTRY.
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
YOU NEVER EVEN SPIED THE
RELIC?!
BY THE TIME I REACHED THE
LOCATION, IT WAS GONE, AS WERE
THE AUTOBOTS.
IT WOULD SERVE US WELL TO NOT
ONLY DECODE THE FINAL IACON
ENTRY BEFORE OPTIMUS PRIME DOES,
BUT TO RECAPTURE THOSE RELICS
CURRENTLY HELD BY THE AUTOBOTS.
SOUNDWAVE.
DESPITE YOUR PRIMARY TASK, I
TRUST THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING
PROGRESS PINPOINTING THE
LOCATION OF THEIR BASE.
[ SCREEN BEEPING ]
GOOD.
GIVEN THE RECENT ACCUMULATION OF
EVIDENCE, WE POSSESS A CLEARER
IDEA OF WHERE THEIR HUMAN
COLLEAGUES RESIDE.
AND LASERBEAK SHOULD SOON
DETERMINE WHETHER THE AUTOBOTS
DWELL IN PROXIMITY.
[ SQUAWKING ]
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
AH.
THE FINAL ENTRY HAS BEEN
DECODED.
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
HAS IT?
HMM.
PERHAPS IT'S A LAYER OF
SECONDARY ENCRYPTION.
THE COORDINATES ARE FORMING
AN IMAGE.
WHY WOULD THE FINAL IACON ENTRY
BE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS?
MAYBE IT'S A PICTURE OF THE
RELIC.
OF WHAT POSSIBLE USE COULD
THAT BE TO US WITHOUT KNOWING
ITS LOCATION?
I TRUST THAT ALPHA TRION HAS
HIS REASONS.
[ COMPUTER BEEPING ]
SMOKESCREEN?
PRIME'S LATEST RECRUIT IS THE
FINAL RELIC OF IACON?
IS THIS THAT HOTSHOT'S IDEA
OF A JOKE?
[ BEEPING ]
MAYBE HE KNOWS WHERE THE KEY
IS.
AND NEVER BOTHERED TO MENTION
IT?
A MORE LIKELY POSSIBILITY IS
THAT SMOKESCREEN HIMSELF SOMEHOW
IS THE KEY, WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
WHATEVER THE CASE, HE COULD
BE IN GRAVE DANGER.
SMOKESCREEN, RETURN TO BASE
IMMEDIATELY.
HE MAY HAVE DEACTIVATED HIS
COMM LINK.
LOCATE HIS POSITION AND
PREPARE THE GROUND BRIDGE.
[ SQUAWKING ]
IT SEEMS OUR SIDE PROJECT IS
ALREADY PAYING OFF.
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
YOU PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO
MESS WITH ME, 'CON.
UGH!
[ GROANS ]
[ ELECTRICITY ZAPPING ]
SMOKESCREEN.
NO!