Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Transformers, Issue 14: Expansion, Chapter Four

THE HARVESTER, PART I: DISCOVERY
   (Open up with the Autobot cargo plane Stratosphere flying over Egypt, carrying a team of Autobots which includes Optimus Prime, having detected a strange, presumably alien device in the country)

   Optimus Prime: All right, Stratosphere, drop us off!

   (Gears, Ironhide, and Optimus Prime descend from Stratosphere's cargo bay)

   Optimus Prime: Transform!

   (The three Autobots transform and land gracefully on the ground)

   Optimus Prime: Gears, check your scanner.

   Gears: The device is twelve miles north, Prime.

   Optimus Prime: All right, transform and roll out!

   (Later, we find the three Autobots driving towards their destination)

   Ironhide: I've got sand in my gears!

   Optimus Prime: Quiet, Ironhide.

   (The three of them arrive at a pyramid and convert to robot mode)

   Gears: It should be right here!

   Optimus Prime: Hmm... these symbols are in Ancient Cybertronian. 

   (Suddenly, a strange humming emits from the pyramid)

   Optimus Prime: Uh-oh...

   (They look up and see a strange pronged device at the top of the pyramid)

   Ironhide: Holy Primus....

   Optimus Prime: Well, let's go in....

   (Meanwhile, at the Nemesis)

   Megatron: Incinerator....

   Incinerator: Yes, my liege?

   Megatron: Contact Clench.

   (Clench's visage appears on Megs' video screen)

   Clench: Yes, sir?

   Megatron: It is time. Head to Cybertron to bring the supplies.

   Clench: As you wish, my lord. Clench, out.

   Megatron (to himself): I think it's time to make my move.

   (Back at the pyramid...)

   Optimus Prime: This place is more ancient than I thought. I feel something else... something dark... behind us!

   (The three Autobots turn around to see strange alien Cybertronians (based on Movie'verse Decepticons) attacking them. A creature resembling ROTF Ravage attacks Ironhide, who shoots at it)

   Ironhide: Decepti-cat!

   Not-Ravage: Skree!

   (Meanwhile, Optimus confronts a Cybertronian resembling ROTF Long Haul)

   Optimus Prime: Get back!

   Not-Long Haul: Graagh!

   (Gears punches the ground, sending Not-Ravage flying back)

   Gears: Take that, ya' pussy cat!

   Not-Ravage: Mew?

   Not-Long Haul (clashing blades with Optimus): Die, Autobots!

   (A ROTF Mixmaster-lookalike transforms into an artillery cannon. However, before he can fire, Gears grabs him...)

   Gears: Hello....

   Not-Mixmaster: Eh?

   (...and tears him apart)

   Gears: And goodbye!

   Not-Mixmaster: Nooo!

   (So, yeah, eventually, it comes down to the three Autobots against Not-Long Haul and Not-Rampage)

   Not-Long Haul: You dare enter the masters' lair! You shall pay!

   Ironhide: Gears! Punch the ceiling!

   Gears: Right!

   (Gears does just that and debris begins falling down)

   Not-Long Haul: Fools! I shall crush you!

   (Optimus Prime then stabs him while Ironhide bashes Not-Rampage and the rest)

   Gears: Uh, Prime? This place is gonna blow!

   Optimus Prime: Transform and roll out, Autobots!

   (However, once outside, the trio soon find out that the device is shooting energy towards the sky, instead of blowing up)

   Gears: What's going on?

   Optimus Prime: I don't know, Gears, but it doesn't look good! Stratosphere, can you pick us up?

   Stratosphere (voice only): Sure thing, Prime!

   Optimus Prime: Let's move, Autobots!

   (We then flash back to ten million years ago, during the Age of the First Primes, when the Thirteen original Transformers arrived on Earth)

   Megatronus Prime: Pitiful.... This is pointless, Vector. We should head somewhere else.

   Vector Prime: Not yet, brother. Nexus, Logos, hurry up!

   (Nexus and Logos Prime (the latter who resembles Soundblaster) transfer power to the same device Optimus and co. found)

   Nexus Prime: Almost done!

   Logos Prime: Transferring power.

   Vector Prime: Excellent. Atha, begin activation.

   (The device begins to activate)

   Vector Prime: Stand back....

   Megatronus Prime: Right....

   (A beam of energy shoots from the device towards Earth's sun, with voice over from Vector and Megatronus)

   Megatronus Prime: What are we doing?

   Vector Prime: Watch. The Harvester takes part of this star's energy and replaces it with more.

   Megatronus Prime: And the reason we need the energy?

   Vector Prime: We don't. Cybertron does.

   Megatronus Prime: I see. Nexus, please show this energy to me.

   Nexus Prime (handing a container to Megatronus): Careful... it's very hot.

   Megatronus Prime: I can see that.

   Nexus Prime: Don't open it. Careful, brother....

   (Suddenly, Unicron appears, wanting the energy! Raah! The Primes run away! Megatronus drops the energy thing! It sets him on fire and destroys the Harvester! The Thirteen return to their ship, leaving Megatronus behind!)

   Vector Prime: Brother, come on!

   Nexus Prime: He's gone, Vector. Let's go!

   (As they leave, Megatronus glares at the fleeing ship, vowing vengeance. In the present, Nova Prime and his buddies arrive on Earth, standing before the Harvester- the device Optimus and co. found)

   Nova Prime: Excellent....

   To be continued [Wow, this was a long one. Unicron's attack is actually longer than it appears here]
FEATURED CHARACTERS
   Autobots: Gears, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Stratosphere 
   Decepticons: Clench, Incinerator, Megatron, Soundwave, Starscream
   Others: Atha Prime, Logos Prime, Megatronus Prime, Nexus Prime, Nova Prime, Pyramid Guardians, Unicron, Vector Prime

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