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PREVIOUSLY ON
"TRANSFORMERS PRIME"...
IT APPEARS THE SHIP NOW
POSSESSES A WILL OF ITS OWN.
IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE DOING A
BETTER JOB OF DECODING THE
PROJECT IACON DATABASE THAN WE
WERE.
REGAIN CONTROL OF THIS VESSEL
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
THIS COULD BE OUR ONLY CHANCE
TO SLIP ABOARD AND DOWNLOAD THE
IACON DATABASE.
WHY IS THE WARSHIP HEADING FOR
MANHATTAN?
THE IACON RELICS LANDED ON
EARTH EONS AGO, LONG BEFORE THE
CITY WAS BUILT ATOP IT.
[ GROANS ]
AGENT FOWLER!
THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEEN
DOWNLOADED?!
RUN FOR IT!
COME ON!
HERE'S OUR RIDE!
THE DOWNLOAD OF THE IACON
DATABASE MAY HAVE BEEN
INCOMPLETE, BUT WE NOW POSSESS
FOUR SETS OF COORDINATES DECODED
BY THE SHIP.
THEN WE MUST ACT QUICKLY, FOR
MEGATRON WILL NOT HESITATE TO
OBTAIN THE POTENTIAL DOOMSDAY
DEVICES WHICH LIE AT THE SITE OF
EACH.
IF WE ARE TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF
RECOVERING THE IACON RELICS
BEFORE THE DECEPTICONS DO, WE
MUST DIVIDE OUR RESOURCES.
BUT, OPTIMUS, WHEN IT COMES
TO NUMBERS, WE ARE ALREADY AT A
GRAVE DISADVANTAGE.
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,
SWIFTNESS OF ACTION IS
PARAMOUNT.
THIS IS ONE RACE THAT WE
ABSOLUTELY CANNOT AFFORD TO
LOSE.
DISPATCHING MULTIPLE
SQUADRONS WILL ENABLE US TO
PURSUE ALL FOUR COORDINATES
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
LORD MEGATRON, I HAVE
ASSEMBLED THE MINING DETAIL YOU
REQUESTED FOR THE FIRST SET OF
COORDINATES.
BREAKDOWN AND I ENJOYED PREVIOUS
SUCCESS RETRIEVING IACON RELICS.
IN MEMORY OF MY FALLEN COMRADE,
I INTEND TO DO THE SAME AGAIN.
THIS IS A MISSION, NOT ONE OF
YOUR RACING EXCURSIONS.
STOP YOUR PREENING!
MOVE QUICKLY AND OPERATE WITH A
SURGEON'S SKILL!
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME,
KNOCK OUT?!
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
EXPLICITLY, LORD MEGATRON.
NOW, SINCE THE UNFORTUNATE
LOSS OF BREAKDOWN HAS LEFT YOU
RATHER VULNERABLE, YOU WILL
REQUIRE APPROPRIATE SUPPORT.
[ GROWLS ]
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
HOW VERY...REPELLANT.
HERE'S A TWIST.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE
DECEPTICONS HAVE RETREATED FROM
MANHATTAN.
THEY JUST...UP AND LEFT?
IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT
MEGATRON HAS ALREADY SET COURSE
FOR THE SECOND SET OF
COORDINATES, HAVING DISPATCHED A
UNIT TO THIS RELIC'S UNDERGROUND
LOCATION.
WITHOUT BUSTING UP A CITY
BLOCK TO GET TO IT?
THEY USED SUBWAY TUNNELS.
NEW YORK HAS A WHOLE NETWORK OF
THEM RUNNING BENEATH THE CITY.
SINCE THE HUMAN POPULATION NO
LONGER SEEMS TO BE DIRECTLY
THREATENED, MAINTAINING OUR
DISGUISE WILL BE NECESSARY.
ARCEE, BUMBLEBEE, YOU ARE THE
BEST CHOICES TO NAVIGATE THROUGH
SUCH A DENSELY POPULATED AREA.
OPTIMUS, NEW YORK HAS MORE
THAN 8 MILLION PEOPLE.
THE ODDS OF BEING SPOTTED BY AT
LEAST ONE OF THEM ARE PRETTY
HIGH, EVEN IF THEY ARE HEADED
UNDERGROUND.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH
THIS?
YOU'RE GONNA NEED A FACE MAN.
SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK ON THEIR
BEHALF.
A HUMAN WHO CAN RUN INTERFERENCE
IF THEIR COVER GETS BLOWN.
WELL, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN
SUBWAY STATIONS.
I GREW UP IN A MAJOR METROPOLIS,
UNLIKE MR. I'VE NEVER BEEN
OUTSIDE JASPER, NEVADA.
I HAVE BEEN TO CYBERTRON.
CYBERTRON DOESN'T HAVE
SUBWAYS.
DOES IT?
AGENT FOWLER'S FIELD
EXPERIENCE MAKES HIM OUR BEST
CANDIDATE.
BANANA FISH!
IF HE WEREN'T STILL
RECOVERING FOR HIS ENCOUNTER
WITH THE DECEPTICON WARSHIP.
WHICH WE SURVIVED WITHOUT
INCIDENT.
VERY WELL.
MIKO AND JACK WILL ACCOMPANY
ARCEE AND BUMBLEBEE.
YES!
INITIATE TRANSPORT, AND
TRIANGULATE COORDINATES OF THE
OTHER THREE RELICS.
[ SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE ]
[ HORNS HONKING ]
WHOA.
OF COURSE, IT'S NO CYBERTRON.
ALL RIGHT, FACE, HOW DO WE
GET UNDERGROUND?
WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST JUMP THE
TURNSTILES AND HOPE NO ONE
NOTICES.
[ HORN HONKS ]
CHECK IT OUT!
CONSTRUCTION.
A FACT OF LIFE IN THE BIG CITY.
BUMBLEBEE, DON'T MOVE!
[ BUZZES ]
THE THIRD RAIL.
IT CARRIES ELECTRICITY TO POWER
THE SUBWAY TRAINS.
ONE TOUCH AND ZAP!
YOU'RE FRIED.
[ BUZZING ]
HE MUST HAVE LEARNED ABOUT
THAT ON TV OR SOMETHING.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
[ ROCKS CRASHING ]
COULD WE PLEASE PICK UP THE
PACE?
THE HUMIDITY DOWN HERE IS
THREATENING TO CORRODE MY
UNDERCARRIAGE.
[ GROWLS ]
MUST YOU HOVER?!
[ GROWLS ]
[ BEEPING ]
ARE WE GETTING ANY CLOSER?
TRIANGULATING THE COORDINATES
IS ONE THING...
BUT FIGURING OUT HOW TO REACH
THEM THROUGH THIS MAZE IS
ANOTHER.
[ DRILLING IN DISTANCE ]
DRILLING.
IT'S COMING FROM THIS WAY!
MIKO!
[ GRUNTS ]
MIKO, WHAT IS YOUR --
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!
Both: SCRAP.
WHAT ARE YOU KIDS DOING DOWN
HERE?
WE'RE...ON A FIELD TRIP...
WITH OUR SCHOOL.
BUT WE GOT LOST.
OH, REALLY?
I TOLD HIM WE SHOULD STAY
WITH OUR GROUP, BUT LEONARD HERE
INSISTED WE SEARCH FOR FOSSILS.
MY BAD.
I WANT TO GO HOME.
CAN YOU HELP US, MISTER...
VOGEL.
BUT YOU CAN CALL ME VOGEL.
SO, EVER RIDE A SWEEPER TRAIN?
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
FACE.
AND THIS SECTION WAS ADDED IN
THE '30s AS PART OF A
PUBLIC-WORKS PROJECT.
FASCINATING.
[ YAWNS ]
BUT THESE OLD TUNNELS HAVE A
DARK SIDE, TOO.
STRANGE CREATURES HAVE BEEN SAID
TO LURK DOWN HERE.
GIANT SNAKES, ALBINO ALLIGATORS,
EVEN MOLE MEN.
WELL, BUT THOSE ARE JUST
PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWN HERE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE ELSE
TO GO, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT THE MEDIA WANTS
YOU TO BELIEVE.
BUT I SAY, THEY'RE FROM OUTER
SPACE.
[ TAPPING ]
I'M TELLING YOU, AREA 51's GOT
NOTHIN' ON THIS PLACE.
THE ALIENS ARE DOWN HERE,
BUILDING UP THEIR ARMY, PLOTTING
TO USE US HUMANS AS SLAVE LABOR.
[ BOTH GRUNT ]
ALIENS, HUH?
[ CHUCKLES ]
IF HE ONLY KNEW.
I'M PICKING UP A LOCATOR
BEACON.
THE 'CONS HAVE UNEARTHED THE
RELIC.
[ DRILLING ]
WELL?
LET ME SEE IT ALREADY!
LOCK AND LOAD.
[ GROWLING ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
ATTACK, ALREADY!
I'LL GET THE RELIC!
[ SAW BUZZING ]
UNH!
YOU HAVE LOVELY FEATURES,
PERFECT FOR A PAINFUL LITTLE
PROCEDURE I CALL THE NIP AND
TUCK.
AAH!
DODGE AND KICK.
HUH.
[ GRUNTING ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
AAH!
SHOCK AND DROP.
UH...
THIS WAY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
MIKO, LET'S THINK THIS THROUGH.
WHY?
'CAUSE YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING?
"I'M JACK!
OPTIMUS PICKED ME TO GO TO
CYBERTRON, SO I MUST KNOW
EVERYTHING!"
OKAY, MIKO, SERIOUSLY -- IF
THAT'S WHAT'S BUGGING YOU, THEN
WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING
BEFORE?
I'VE BEEN HOLDING IT IN.
SINCE WHEN DO YOU HOLD
ANYTHING IN?
[ SIGHS ]
LOOK, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU DON'T
CONTRIBUTE.
JUST YESTERDAY, YOU HELPED TAKE
DOWN A PSYCHOTIC DECEPTICON
WARSHIP.
THIS ISN'T A COMPETITION!
I --
LOST, HUH?
YOU TWO ARE GONNA HAVE TO
EXPLAIN YOURSELVES TO THE
NEW YORK TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
I THINK WE SHOULD TELL HIM
THE TRUTH.
RIGHT.
THE TRUTH IS...
WE LOST OUR DOG.
YOU'RE WASTING YOUR BREATH.
THE REAL TRUTH.
WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT ALIENS
FROM DIGGING UP A POWERFUL
ANCIENT RELIC SO THEY CAN'T USE
IT TO DESTROY OUR PLANET.
I SWORE I HEARD SOMETHING
WEIRD AND HIGH-PITCHED EARLIER
TODAY...
SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THE CREW
DRILLING OVER ON TRACK 5.
[ ROARS ]
NOW, SHALL WE SEE PRECISELY
WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO?
[ CONTAINER THUDS ]
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO LEARN
YOUR POWER THAN TO CONDUCT AN
ON-SITE EXPERIMENT?
MOLE MEN!
METAL ONES!
ACTUALLY, DECEPTICONS.
AND THEY HAVE ARCEE AND
BUMBLEBEE.
VOGEL, THIS THING HAVE
ANOTHER GEAR?
ABSO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY!
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
AAAH! AAAAH!
HEY! WATCH THE FINISH!
[ ROARS ]
[ ROARS ]
HATE TO RUN, BUT I JUST
MISSED MY TRAIN.
[ LAUGHS ]
FOLLOW THE RELIC.
I'LL GRAB JACK AND MIKO.
[ SCREECHES ]
[ SCREECHES ]
[ METAL CLANGS ]
NOT GOOD.
BRAKE LINE MUST HAVE BEEN
TORCHED.
WE CAN'T STOP?
NO BIG DEAL.
THESE TRACKS GO 'ROUND FOR
MILES, RIGHT, VOGEL?
NOT THIS ONE.
[ BEEPING ]
THIS TRACK DEAD-ENDS, AS IN
CRASH AND BURN?
I'M REALLY STARTING TO HATE
TRAINS!
[ GRUNTS ]
WHOA!
WHAT WAS THAT?
WELCOME TO EARTH!
VOGEL, NO!
SHE'S ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS!
ARCEE, THE BRAKES ARE SHOT!
IS THERE ANY KIND OF
EMERGENCY OVERRIDE?
N-NO, MA'AM!
BUT THERE IS A SWITCH-TRACK
CONTROL UP AHEAD.
IF YOU CAN JUST ADJUST THE POLE
ROD...
YOU'LL KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT.
IT'LL RE-ROUTE US TO ANOTHER
LINE.
DID SHE JUST TURN INTO...
A MOTORCYCLE?
[ SCREECHING ]
UH-OH.
AND THAT WOULD BE?
TROUBLE.
WELL, WELL, LOOK WHO GOT HIS
TREADS BACK.
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
[ ROARS ]
[ METAL CLANKS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ METAL CLINKS ]
SCRAP!
UH-OH!
[ GRUNTS ]
WHOA! WHOA!
[ GRUNTING ]
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
[ SIGHS ]
YES!
SWEET!
[ ROARS ]
[ GASPS ]
[ SCREECHES ]
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
COME TO MAMA.
[ GROWLING ]
[ ROARS ]
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ]
[ SCREECHES ]
SHOCK AND DROP.
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
HOO!
WE'RE IN THE CLEAR.
STILL NEED A WAY TO STOP --
BESIDE SLAMMING INTO A WALL,
I MEAN.
[ GRUNTS ]
GIVE ME THAT!
[ HUMMING ]
UNH!
[ TRAIN CAR APPROACHING ]
WATCH OUT!
BUMBLEBEE!
AAH!
AAH! AAH!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]
BUMBLEBEE!
[ BUZZES ]
DUDE!
[ BEEPING ]
HOW DID YOU NOT GET MASHED?
[ BUZZES ]
PHASE SHIFTER.
HANDY WHEN YOU NEED TO PASS
THROUGH SOLID OBJECTS.
OR VICE VERSA.
[ BUZZES ]
[ GROANS ]
NO.
NO-O-O-O-O!
YOU SCRATCH MY FACE, I SCRATCH
YOURS!
[ METAL SQUEALS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
HE KNOWS.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM WITH US?
TO THE MOTHER SHIP?
I THINK I HAVE A WORK-AROUND.
THAT'S RIGHT, SOLDIER!
DUMP THAT ROCK AND COME ON HOME!
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
FOWLER.
MIKO, WHAT IS IT?
WHAT IN THE SAM HILL?
I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRISIS
HERE, AND YOU WANT ME TO...
UH...
PUT HIM ON THE LINE.
MR. VOGEL, THIS IS SPECIAL AGENT
WILLIAM FOWLER OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
YOU ARE HEREBY DEPUTIZED AS AN
HONORARY AGENT FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF, UM...
INTERSTELLAR RELATIONS.
THANK YOU, SIR.
SO...YOU FOLKS WILL BE IN TOUCH?
ABSO-FREAKIN'-LUTELY!
UNH-UNH.
BUT UNTIL THEN, WE NEED TO
MAINTAIN COMPLETE RADIO SILENCE.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.
GOOD CALL, FACE.
EH, I UNDERSTAND BIG-CITY
PEOPLE...
WHO SPEND WAY TOO MUCH TIME
BELOW GROUND.
ONE RELIC DOWN, THREE TO GO.
LET'S HOPE THE OTHERS ARE HAVING
SIMILAR RESULTS.
[ ENGINES REVVING ]
[ TIRES SCREECHING ]
ROBOTS WHO TURN INTO
VEHICLES.
HMM.