THIRST FOR SPEED
(We open up on the Armada arriving at Velocitron)
Optimus Minor: Welcome to Velocitron, team. Planet of Speed and our first stop for a Planet Key. [Twenty minutes ago you didn't have a name and yet you know all of this? How old is this punk?]
Turborun: Speed?! This is what I'm made for!
Velocitron Control (on screen): This is Velocitron Control. Who is this?
Optimus Minor: This is Autobot ship Armada.
Velocitron Control: Hmm... all right, you're clear to go.
(The Autobots dock at Spaceport 658, where they are greeted by a familiar face (ha ha, not really))
Swerve: Hello, I am Autobot Swerve. [Hi, Swerve. I'm Batman]
Optimus Minor: Swerve? I've heard about you. What are you doing here?
Swerve: Omega Prime had me stationed here. Who are you?
Optimus Minor: Name's Optimus Minor, leader of Team Orion.
Swerve: Optimus Minor? Any relation to...?
Optimus Minor: Yup.
Swerve: Wow. (He then transforms) C'mon. I'll show you around.
(The other Autobots transform and follow him through the race track-covered planet)
Turborun: Wow, this place is....
Fastfix: Roady.
Optimus Minor: That's not a word.
Fastfix: Whatever. It's still roady.
Optimus Minor: It still sounds stupid.
Fastfix: Whatever.
(While our heroes trade banter, two mean-looking bots watch them from above)
Gasket: Hey, Crumplezone! Look at this! It's a buncha new guys! [What, do you never get visitors?]
Crumplezone: Hn. Can I run them over?
Gasket: Heh. Not yet. They, eh, might be useful.
(Meanwhile, on the Decepticon ship of Megastorm.)
[Note: Megastorm's crew consists of Bladespin, Irontread (not the Destron from Mask of Vengeance), Firestorm, Icestorm, and Skywatch]
[Note: Megastorm's crew consists of Bladespin, Irontread (not the Destron from Mask of Vengeance), Firestorm, Icestorm, and Skywatch]
Megastorm: Irontread, report.
Irontread: An Autobot ship has been detected.
Bladespin: Apparently, they got here before us.
Megastorm: I don't care. Get us down there immediately.
Velocitron Control: Excuse me, you must have registration to--
(The Decepticon ship blows the Control Station to pieces. It then lands at Spaceport Delta-1237, where a security patrol rushes to confront the unwelcome visitors)
Security: You are unauthorized here! Come with us quietl--
(Irontread then kills him and makes a really bad quip which I won't repeat here. In the meantime, two Velocitronians rush up to Swerve and co.)
Swerve: What is it, Clocker?
Clocker: The security guards at Spaceport Delta-1237 have been killed!
Swerve: How do you know?
Clocker: We heard a shot and we went over there and everyone was dead!
Swerve: Hn. (He then calls someone on his comm) Spiral, this is Swerve. Murder in Delta-1237.
Spiral: On it. Speed Team, transform and roll out!
Swerve (to Team Orion): You stay here with Clocker and Brakedown. I must speak with Override Prime.
Turborun: Override? Wasn't she an Autobot during the Great War?
Heavypunch: Don't worry. [About what? He was just asking a question] Let's go find a place to rest. Optimus, you coming?
Optimus Minor: Uh, yeah, I'm just gonna check something out. (He then drives over to see... a spaceship! Gosh! Apparently it's the Chromia Ten, whatever that is, and he rushes to catch up with the rest of the gang.)
(Meanwhile, with the Decepticons...)
Megastorm: Blast anyone you see! They shall fall!
(At that moment, Spiral and her team drive in front of them)
Oval: Spiral, look! (He transforms and lunges at Megastorm, grabbing onto his turret and flipping onto the tank, a la Kup and Blitzwing in the 1986 movie. However, Megastorm then transforms and tosses him off)
Spiral: Backtrack, go get High Beam! (She then shoots at Irontread, who easily blasts her away)
Oval: Hang on, Spiral!
Megastorm: Oh, you're still here, eh? No matter. (He prepares to kill the Velocitronian, only for a sword to be thrown into his shoulder, heralding the appearance of some guy in a cloak and hood)
Megastorm: Who are you?!
Cloaked Dude: None of your business. All you should know is that I've been trained in the arts of Metallikato and Crynium by Sensei Yoketron.
Skywatch: Yoketron is dead.
Cloaked Dude: I know.
Skywatch: Reveal your face, stranger, so I may see your optics as they go dark.
Cloaked Dude: Very well. I am Wing Dagger, member of Team Avenger. And you shall fall!
(But enough of that scene! Let's go see what Team Orion is doing! Oh, look! It's nothing!)
Turborun: Hey, Heavypunch, can you tell me any war stories?
Heavypunch: No.
Turborun: Aw, come on! Kup always talks about his!
Heavypunch: Well, I'm not Kup!
(At that point, Optimus Minor drives in and sits next to Heavypunch)
Heavypunch (I really hate that name): What were ya up to, kid?
Optimus Minor: I saw the Chromia Ten.
Heavypunch: WHAT?! [Yeah, what? What's the big deal?]
Optimus Minor: Looks like they're reconstructing it.
Heavypunch: You know about the Chromia Ten? [I sure don't.]
Optimus Minor: Yeah. Read about it in History. Why?
Heavypunch: Nothing, it's just... it confirms Override is indeed here. Override was an Autobot commander during the Great War. She and Silverbolt fought in the Asphalt Wars here on Velocitron. Her ship, the Chromia Ten, was shot down. From what I know, Override and her surviving crew established a colony here. [So why all the surprise earlier?] I don't know if she still has ties with Cybertron....
Fastfix: Fascinating.
Turborun: Now can you tell us war stories?!
Heavypunch: NO!
(Meanwhile, High Beam's team... look, I really don't know what's going on in this scene. Two bots get killed, but... aren't the 'Cons preoccupied with Wing Dagger? I don't know, whatever. The comic ends with Gigatron's crew arriving on Animatron. Oh boy, another plot thread to follow.)
To be continued
Irontread: An Autobot ship has been detected.
Bladespin: Apparently, they got here before us.
Megastorm: I don't care. Get us down there immediately.
Velocitron Control: Excuse me, you must have registration to--
(The Decepticon ship blows the Control Station to pieces. It then lands at Spaceport Delta-1237, where a security patrol rushes to confront the unwelcome visitors)
Security: You are unauthorized here! Come with us quietl--
(Irontread then kills him and makes a really bad quip which I won't repeat here. In the meantime, two Velocitronians rush up to Swerve and co.)
Swerve: What is it, Clocker?
Clocker: The security guards at Spaceport Delta-1237 have been killed!
Swerve: How do you know?
Clocker: We heard a shot and we went over there and everyone was dead!
Swerve: Hn. (He then calls someone on his comm) Spiral, this is Swerve. Murder in Delta-1237.
Spiral: On it. Speed Team, transform and roll out!
Swerve (to Team Orion): You stay here with Clocker and Brakedown. I must speak with Override Prime.
Turborun: Override? Wasn't she an Autobot during the Great War?
Heavypunch: Don't worry. [About what? He was just asking a question] Let's go find a place to rest. Optimus, you coming?
Optimus Minor: Uh, yeah, I'm just gonna check something out. (He then drives over to see... a spaceship! Gosh! Apparently it's the Chromia Ten, whatever that is, and he rushes to catch up with the rest of the gang.)
(Meanwhile, with the Decepticons...)
Megastorm: Blast anyone you see! They shall fall!
(At that moment, Spiral and her team drive in front of them)
Oval: Spiral, look! (He transforms and lunges at Megastorm, grabbing onto his turret and flipping onto the tank, a la Kup and Blitzwing in the 1986 movie. However, Megastorm then transforms and tosses him off)
Spiral: Backtrack, go get High Beam! (She then shoots at Irontread, who easily blasts her away)
Oval: Hang on, Spiral!
Megastorm: Oh, you're still here, eh? No matter. (He prepares to kill the Velocitronian, only for a sword to be thrown into his shoulder, heralding the appearance of some guy in a cloak and hood)
Megastorm: Who are you?!
Cloaked Dude: None of your business. All you should know is that I've been trained in the arts of Metallikato and Crynium by Sensei Yoketron.
Skywatch: Yoketron is dead.
Cloaked Dude: I know.
Skywatch: Reveal your face, stranger, so I may see your optics as they go dark.
Cloaked Dude: Very well. I am Wing Dagger, member of Team Avenger. And you shall fall!
(But enough of that scene! Let's go see what Team Orion is doing! Oh, look! It's nothing!)
Turborun: Hey, Heavypunch, can you tell me any war stories?
Heavypunch: No.
Turborun: Aw, come on! Kup always talks about his!
Heavypunch: Well, I'm not Kup!
(At that point, Optimus Minor drives in and sits next to Heavypunch)
Heavypunch (I really hate that name): What were ya up to, kid?
Optimus Minor: I saw the Chromia Ten.
Heavypunch: WHAT?! [Yeah, what? What's the big deal?]
Optimus Minor: Looks like they're reconstructing it.
Heavypunch: You know about the Chromia Ten? [I sure don't.]
Optimus Minor: Yeah. Read about it in History. Why?
Heavypunch: Nothing, it's just... it confirms Override is indeed here. Override was an Autobot commander during the Great War. She and Silverbolt fought in the Asphalt Wars here on Velocitron. Her ship, the Chromia Ten, was shot down. From what I know, Override and her surviving crew established a colony here. [So why all the surprise earlier?] I don't know if she still has ties with Cybertron....
Fastfix: Fascinating.
Turborun: Now can you tell us war stories?!
Heavypunch: NO!
(Meanwhile, High Beam's team... look, I really don't know what's going on in this scene. Two bots get killed, but... aren't the 'Cons preoccupied with Wing Dagger? I don't know, whatever. The comic ends with Gigatron's crew arriving on Animatron. Oh boy, another plot thread to follow.)
To be continued
FEATURED CHARACTERS
Autobots: Armorfist, Backtrack, Brakedown, Clocker, Fastfix, Getout, Heavypunch, High Beam, Optimus Minor, Oval, Override, Spiral, Stopgap, Swerve, Turborun, Wing Dagger
Decepticons: Bladespin, Double Punch, Firestorm, Gigatron, Icestorm, Irontread, Megastorm, Sky-Byte, Skywatch, Tarantulas, Terrorsaur, Waspinator
Others: Crumplezone, Gasket
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