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The Transformers: Redux, Issue 22: Decepticons Rising, Chapter Ten

     Date: July 22, 2012

DEVASTATION, PART 3

    (Omega Supreme and Devastator are duking it out)

    DEVASTATOR: Rargh!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Devastator: Weakened. Planning: Next attack.

    DEVASTATOR: Grrr... Devastator... crush--!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Statement: I don't think so. (He rips off Devastator's arm). 

    DEVASTATOR: Gaah!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Decepticon Hook: Removed.

    HOOK: Ahh!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Next objective: Eliminate the other Constructicons. And Devastator.

    DEVASTATOR: Grrr!

    (Cybertron. The Autobots face the Omega Sentinels)

    KUP: Any time Longarm's special ops. team could arrive right now would be nice! Not sure how much more we can take from these guys!

    (Autobot H.Q.)

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Longarm! Is your team on the way?

    LONGARM: Yes, Ultra Magnus... Special Ops. Team Delta is on their way!

    (The team arrives, consisting of Bulkhead, Jolt, Brawn, and Sideways)

    BULKHEAD: Heads up, guys... Longarm wasn't joking when he said there was a "big problem."

    JOLT: Ha ha.

    BULKHEAD: Well, Jolt, how do you suppose we handle these guys?

    JOLT: According to their schematics... their weakness is located right behind their visor. Once it's shattered, we can take out its control systems.

    BULKHEAD: All there is to it, eh?

    JOLT: Actually, no. The visor is made of transparisteel, which is a nearly indestructible glass.

    BRAWN: Great. So what do we do?

    JOLT: Now that... is where you come in, Brawn.

    SIDEWAYS: Convenient.

    (Earth. Devastator "whaps" Omega Supreme)

    OMEGA SUPREME: Critical hit: Taken. Response: Attack enemy.

    DEVASTATOR: GRRAR! Hmph! (He throws a rock, which cracks Omega Supreme's visor)

    OMEGA SUPREME: Damage: Critical! Systems: Down twenty percent!

    RATCHET: C'mon, ol' buddy, you can take him down!

    OMEGA SUPREME: I will... try.

    RATCHET: That's the spirit!

    DEVASTATOR: Eh? Want more? Well then... plenty more where that came from! (Omega points his cannon at him) Gulp.

    (As he gets blasted in the face, Megatron witnesses it on the Nemesis' screens)

    MEGATRON: No... No! No! No!

    STARSCREAM: Something wrong, my lord?

    MEGATRON: The Autobots are winning! This is unacceptable! It seems I miscalculated my plan. Even after all these years, their ship is still functional. Soundwave.

    SOUNDWAVE: Yes, my lord?

    MEGATRON: Prepare the Nemesis. We're going with Plan B.

    STARSCREAM: But, Lord Megatron! What about the Constructicons?

    MEGATRON: If they survive our attack, then we'll recover them and send them back to Cybertron. But I am not concerned of their safety. They must suffer for their failure.

    DEVASTATOR: Annoying Autobot... Devastator destroy!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Is that all you think of?

    DEVASTATOR: YES!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Warning: Systems down thirty percent!

    BUMBLEBEE: Prime! We can't handle much more! If Omega's visor gets any more cracked, we're doome!

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Don't worry, Bumblebee. We'll--

    BUMBLEBEE: We're doomed, I say! Doomed!

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Bumblebee, I--

    BUMBLEBEE: What's the point? We're all gonna die, and--

    OPTIMUS PRIME: BUMBLEBEE, SHUT UP!

    IRONHIDE: It was for yer own good, pal...

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Omega, hold together as long as you can.

    OMEGA SUPREME: Understood. However... I may need to perform action that may be against the Autobot Code.

    OPTIMUS PRIME: As long as you don't kill them, you should be okay...

    OMEGA SUPREME: Very well. All weapons: Locked and loaded. Target: In sight.

    (Cybertron)

    BRAWN: You sure this is safe?

    JOLT: Brawn, since when have you ever been concerned about safety?

    BRAWN: Yeah, but those guys are very big. And tall. And powerful.

    SIDEWAYS: Brawn... that's why Longarm called us here.

    BRAWN: I know that, but--

    BULKHEAD: You aren't chicken, are you?

    BRAWN: No!

    BULKHEAD: Then prove it.

    BRAWN: With pleasure! (He grapple-hooks up towards an Omega Sentinel) Hey, bozo! Catch! (He throws a bomb which blasts off its arm) Now, Bulkhead!

    (Bulkhead fires two rockets, which destroys the Sentinel's visor, then its controls, causing it to explode)

    JOLT: Huh. Smaller explosion than I was expecting.

    ONSLAUGHT: Gigatron! We're losing the Omega Sentinels!

    GIGATRON: I can see that, Onslaught! Straxus! This is Gigatron! The Sentinels are failing us! What should we do?

    STRAXUS: Well, you could retreat right now, and try again another day... Unless you still want to tear our spy apart limb from limb.

    (An Omega Sentinel falls, startling Demolishor (or someone who looks like him))

    GIGATRON: Perhaps some other day. Decepticons... retreat!

    HOT ROD: Looks like the 'Cons are leaving, Magnus.

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Good to hear, Hot Rod. Now if only we knew how the 'Cons got their hands on the Omega Sentinels.

    NIGHTBEAT: Actually, sir, after seeing this Omega Sentinel incident... I think I know who the spy is now.

    (Earth)

    OMEGA SUPREME: Bonecrusher: Removed. Devastator: Disarmed.

    DEVASTATOR: No! I... I have failed. Devastator... has been... defeated. All our plans... ruined. F-figures...

    SCRAPPER: All of this... for nothing.

    BUMBLEBEE: Phooy. I wanted to see Omega use his weapons.

    IRONHIDE: At least they're taken care of.

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Good work, Omega. Now transform to ship mode and find the Nemesis so we can save Wheeljack!

    OMEGA SUPREME: Er... I do not think that will be necessary....

    (The Nemesis arrives before the Autobots)

    MEGATRON: Defeat me once, shame on me. Defeat me twice... then I will destroy you!

    TO BE CONTINUED

CHARACTERS

    Autobots: Blurr, Brawn, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Ironhide, Jolt, Kup, Longarm, Nightbeat, Omega Supreme, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Ratchet, Sideways, Ultra Magnus

    Decepticons: Brawl, Demolishor, Devastator, Gigatron, Hook, Megatron, Onslaught, Scrapper, Soundwave, Starscream, Straxus

    Others: Omega Sentinels

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