Date: 6/5/2012
DECEPTICONS RISING, PART I
(Two months have passed since the conclusion of the last arc. Optimus Prime narrates over a scene of Decepticons mining for Energon on Earth)
OPTIMUS PRIME (Narration): Ever since Megatron's return, our war has taken a turn for the worst. The Decepticons have become stealthier in their acts... and they've started stealing Earth's Energon. And although it's been difficult detecting their activities... when we do find them... we make a pretty good job of them.
(The Autobots intervene on the Decepticons' mining)
OPTIMUS PRIME: Starscream, if I were you, I'd cancel this operation before things got nasty.
STARSCREAM: Decepticons, attack!
(The two factions exchange fire)
SOUNDWAVE: Laserbeak, eject. Commence Operation: Autobot Destruction!
BUMBLEBEE: Oh, great. (Laserbeak attacks him) Stupid bird! (Laserbeak opens fire) All right, forget what I said... annoying bird!
(Ironhide knocks out Soundwave while Optimus corners Starscream)
OPTIMUS PRIME: Well, Starscream, what do you think your chances are in this fight?
STARSCREAM: I have a good guess. Decepticons... transform and move out. We have what we came for.
(The Decepticons start to move through a ground bridge portal)
IRONHIDE: Not so fast, 'Screamer! (He punches Starscream) Not 'til you say what you're doin' with that energon!
STARSCREAM: Would saying that we simply needed refueling satisfy you? (Ironhide shoots at him) I didn't think so. Syanora, Autobots! (He flies through the portal)
IRONHIDE: Come back here, ya' grease-guzzlin'--
OPTIMUS PRIME: That's enough, Ironhide.
BUMBLEBEE: Is it just me, or did that fight seem like something from a kid's cartoon?
OPTIMUS PRIME: It's probably just you...
[Ha ha get it 'cos Transformers is a kid's cartoon]
(Back at Autobot Base)
PROWL: So we still don't know what the 'Cons are doing with all of this energon.
BUMBLEBEE: Well, Ironhide certainly didn't think it was for making beverages.
WHEELJACK: It certainly can't be good.
PROWL: Thanks for the understatement.
WHEELJACK: No problem. Whoa whoa whoa! Guys, check this out! There's an energon supply nearby, untouched!
OPTIMUS PRIME: Let's get to it before the Decepticons. Autobots... roll out!
(Meanwhile, on Garrus-Nine)
KICK-OFF: Um, Maximus... we have a problem. I'm picking up unidentified signals in Level Zeta!
FORTRESS MAXIMUS: Level Zeta? But that's where... oh no.
(Level Zeta is where Shockblast is being held. Decepticons blast through the wall)
SPINISTER: Mayhem Attack Squad... attack!
SFX: BOOM!
FORTRESS MAXIMUS: That doesn't sound good. Kick-Off, stay here.
KICK-OFF: But where are you going?
FORTRESS MAXIMUS: To exterminate an infestation....
(On Earth, at the Grand Canyon in Arizona)
IRONHIDE: So this is where the energon's at?
WHEELJACK According to my scanner, yes, it is.
OPTIMUS PRIME: Do you know how we can disguise it from the Decepticons?
WHEELJACK: Of course, that's why I brought my frequency masker. And before you say anything, I couldn't think of a better name.
IRONHIDE: Whatever.
(*beat*)
WHEELJACK: It's... a long way down...
IRONHIDE: Oh, spark... (He carries Wheeljack down) You owe me for this.
(Laserbeak watches from afar. The two Autobots reach the bottom of the canyon)
WHEELJACK: Right then, now to place the device. Just a few tweaks here and there, and soon--
(They are fired upon)
IRONHIDE: Oh, for cryin' out loud!
WHEELJACK: What the-?
OPTIMUS PRIME: Ironhide! Wheeljack! What's going on?!
WHEELJACK: The Decepticons! They... they-- (Lugnut shows up) IT'S A TRAP! (Lugnut punches him and knocks him and Ironhide out before dragging Wheeljack away)
LUGNUT: Soundwave, I have captured the engineer. Activate the ground bridge.
(Lugnut walks through the portal as Ironhide wakes up)
IRONHIDE: Ow... Wheeljack...? Oh...
OPTIMUS PRIME: Ironhide, what happened? Where's... Wheeljack?
(Back at Garrus-Nine, the Mayhem Attack Squad attacks)
TIGERTRACK: This is Officer-One to Control Center! We are under attack! I repeat: We are-- (Bludgeon stabs him) URK!
KICK-OFF: (comm) Officer-One? Tigertrack, come in!
BLUDGEON: Is that all of them?
OCTOPUNCH: I believe so, sir.
BLUDGEON: Excellent. Now, unless Fortress Maximus has any others he'd like to send out, we can now-- (SFX: Beep!) Eh?
TIGERTRACK: Control Center, this is Tigertrack. Send--
BLUDGEON: Nice try. (He finishes him off)
KICK-OFF: Tigertrack? Is that you? Tigertrack, come in! All right, this is bad. Maximus, I've lost contact with Level Zeta! I don't think you'll be able to hold them--
SPINISTER: I don't think so either. (He zaps Kick-Off and knocks him offline)
FORTRESS MAXIMUS: Kick-Off? Come in! Kick-Off?!
(Shockblast shows up behind him, having been freed)
SHOCKBLAST: Sounds like connections have been severed, don't you think? And I think your head shall share the same fate!
(Earth, the Nemesis...)
MEGATRON: Excellent work, Lugnut. Now, with Prime's most trusted engineer in our hands... perhaps he can help us in our plans.
WHEELJACK: Over my dead body.
MEGATRON: Normally, that would be an option, but not in your case.
WHEELJACK: What are you talking about?
MEGATRON: As I said, you are Prime's best engineer. Surely you can further our progress... on THIS!
(He shows Wheeljack the hologram of a mysterious project)
WHEELJACK: Oh, Primus...
TO BE CONTINUED
CHARACTERS
Autobots: Bumblebee, Fortress Maximus, Ironhide, Kick-Off, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Tigertrack, Wheeljack
Decepticons: Bludgeon, Carnivac, Knock Out, Laserbeak, Lugnut, Megatron, Needlenose, Octopunch, Soundwave, Spinister, Starscream, Vehicons
Others: Shockblast
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