Date: 10/4/2012
STAR SEEKERS OF THE GHOST NEBULA
PART I: ON STRANGER TIDES
(The Autobots' ship has crashed on the Moon (not Earth as it looked like in last issue) while the Tidal Wave looms over them)
THUNDERTRON: Fair winds, ye' scalawags! It's time to pay yer' debt in Davy Jones' locker!
IRONHIDE: Well... it's been nice knowing you guys...
VECTOR PRIME: No... the mission must succeed!
THUNDERTRON: On my count. One... two... thr- what the-? (Vector Prime shoots a beam of energy from his chest) Blimey! What's he doing?!
SIDEWAYS: Cool.
STAR SEEKERS: ARRRRR!
BUMBLEBEE: What. The heck. Was that?
VECTOR PRIME: That, my friends... is something I hope I won't have to do again.
THUNDERTRON: Shortround! Get this ship straightened out!
SHORTROUND: Done!
THUNDERTRON: Thank you... Now then... what the spark just happened?!
CANNONBALL: Not exactly sure, Captain. I saw some ball of energy fall from the sky, though.
THUNDERTRON: Arrr... No matter. Let them live for now... and find out what strange tides they're on!
(The moon)
IRONHIDE: Well... guess we're stuck here.
BUMBLEBEE: Oh, just great! Just when the galaxy's in danger, we get stranded on some rock!
SIDEWAYS: We should've brought Swerve along to lighten the mood...
BUMBLEBEE: Don't get me started on him.
OPTIMUS PRIME: Vector Prime, do you know a way to get to Earth?
VECTOR PRIME: I believe I do... But first, I'd like to explore this moon a bit...
(Meanwhile, Cybertron...)
DREADWING: My master, I have returned with Lord Megatron.
SOUNDBLASTER: Well done, Dreadwing. Now, Soundwave, how do you suppose we revive him?
SOUNDWAVE: With this.
SOUNDBLASTER: Is that... Dark Energon?
SOUNDWAVE: Yes. Five years ago, Lord Megatron discovered this energy source here in Kaon. When he attempted to destroy the Autobots, it backfired on him and mortally wounded him. Afterwards, the Autobots found a cache of Dark Energon and destroyed it. Only a few remained, and I recovered a couple of shards.
SOUNDBLASTER: And you believe it can resurrect him?
SOUNDWAVE: Yes.
SOUNDBLASTER: Very well. Do your work.
(Soundwave inserts the shard in Megatron's corpse, which comes to life)
MEGATRON: RARGH! The apocalypse... shall come! Chaos is... coming! And he... he will be the one to- (Soundblaster blasts his head off)
SOUNDBLASTER: Didn't need to hear that...
LUGNUT: YOU TRAITOR! YOU'VE KILLED OUR GLORIOUS LEADER!
SOUNDBLASTER: He was dead to begin with, you moron!
LUGNUT: No! Megatron is immortal!
SOUNDWAVE: Silence. Soundblaster... why did you shoot at him? Do you know the meaning of his words?
SOUNDBLASTER: ...Yes, I did. However... (portals open and Terrorcons surround the Decepticons) it would be best if I did not tell you. And if you tell anyone of this incident... if you do, my friends here will kill you. Or we could just kill you now and save all of the trouble. The choice is truly in your hands... but I prefer the latter option.
SOUNDWAVE: Skywarp, do what you do best.
SKYWARP: Huh?
SOUNDWAVE: ...
SKYWARP: Oh yeah.
SOUNDBLASTER: What are you two up to-- (Skywarp teleports and pushes him into one of the portals) Oh. I figured that would happen.
(Dreadwing and the Terrorcons teleport away)
LUGNUT: That was kinda' anticlimatic.
SKYWARP: Party-pooper.
(The moon...)
BUMBLEBEE: Why are we exploring the moon? It's just a bunch of craters!
OPTIMUS PRIME: Looks can be deceiving, Bumblebee. This moon could be more than meets the eye. (He exchanges a glance with Ironhide and they laugh)
SIDEWAYS: Um, guys? I found something...
(They come across the wreckage of a ship)
VECTOR PRIME: Oh my...
RATCHET: I'm gonna take it someone's been here before. Wonder what's in it. Oh. Wow.
OPTIMUS PRIME; What is it, Ratchet?
RATCHET: I see dead people. Seriously, it's like a graveyard in here.
PROWL: Well, they're definitely Transformers, and... (He turns one over to show a red badge) They're Autobots. Strange. I don't recall any Autobots being sent to this system before us.
BUMBLEBEE: Okay, I hate to say this but I have a really bad feeling about this place.
SKY-BYTE: As well as you should!
BUMBLEBEE: Oh poop.
(Sky-Byte is there with Cannonball and Shortround)
SKY-BYTE: We Star Seekers don't take well with getting blasted a hundred feet away by an old 'bot! Especially when it's a Cybertronian.
IRONHIDE: Bring it on! YARR! (Battle breaks out)
(The Tidal Wave...)
UNDERTOW: The Autobots are distracted, Captain.
THUNDERTRON: Very good, Undertow. Now then, matey, explain to me again... about these Matrix shards...
CYCLONUS: It's quite simple, actually.
TO BE CONTINUED
CHARACTERS
Autobots: Bumblebee, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Ratchet, Sideways, Ultra Magnus (flashbacks), Vector Prime
Decepticons: Dreadwing, Lugnut, Megatron, Skywarp, Soundblaster, Soundwave
Star Seekers: Cannonball, Shortround, Sky-Byte, Thunderblast, Thundertron, Undertow
Others: Cyclonus, Terrorcons
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