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The Transformers: Redux, Issue 41: Matrix Quest, Chapter Five

     Date: 10/17/2012

STAR SEEKERS OF THE GHOST NEBULA

PART II: CURSE OF ATLANTIS

    SKY-BYTE: Sky-Byte is winning / Autobots are losing / Please tell me the score!

    IRONHIDE: Shut up!

    SKY-BYTE: *Sigh* Poetry is a lost art these days. Now hold still so I can-- (Ratchet knocks him in the head)

    CANNONBALL: You should have thought twice before messing with us, Cybertronian! (He fires his shoulder cannons; Optimus fires his gun back)

    SIDEWAYS: Hey, Vector! Now would be a good time to get us to Earth!

    VECTOR PRIME: I'm working on it, Sideways! I haven't done this in a while... There! (He uses Rhisling to open a portal to Earth)

    SIDEWAYS: Whoa!

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Autobots, let's roll!

    CANNONBALL: Hey! Ye' foolish mortals! Come back and fight! Cowards!

    SHORTROUND: Huh boy. Cap'n won't be very happy...

    CANNONBALL: Return to the Tidal Wave. I'll speak with Thundertron myself.

    (Earth...)

    BUMBLEBEE: Wow! How did you do that, Vector?!

    VECTOR PRIME: My sword, Rhisling, has the ability to open space bridges.

    SIDEWAYS: Cool.

    IRONHIDE: Pft. In my time, we built space bridges. In half an orbital cycle.

    VECTOR PRIME: Remember, Ironhide, that I am from your time as well. Maybe even before your time.

    IRONHIDE: Whatever. Let's just find that Matrix shard.

    (The Autobots continue on their way while being watched by two others)

    CROSSWISE: Backtrack, tell Evac that they've arrived.

    BACKTRACK: On it.

    (Cybertron; Kaon...)

    STARSCREAM: It appears, my fellow Decepticons, that a number of Autobots have left Cybertron. According to my sources, there is indeed a reason behind this. It appears that there are four colony worlds. Each one has hidden a Matrix shard, which, I guess, is something very important. Seeing as there can't be anything more important than me, I'll send only one team to investigate. Motormaster, once your Stunticons return from Straxus's... mission, you will take them to Velocitron. Oh yeah, take those two [the Battlechargers] with you too. Now then, let's watch a tribute made for me... by me!

    LASERBEAK: Soundwave, are you receiving this?

    SOUNDWAVE: Indeed, Laserbeak. You may return to base.

    LASERBEAK: Thank Primus...

    SKYWARP: So... now what? Megatron's dead, Soundblaster betrayed us, and 'Screamer's followers outnumber us! I don't see the point in all of this, waging a civil war and all... I mean, just what are we going to do?

    SOUNDWAVE: We are going to follow them.

    SKYWARP: Say what?

    SOUNDWAVE: We are going to follow the Autobots to these planets. Whatever it is they're after, we must find it... and restore our faction to order.

    (Earth...)

    BUMBLEBEE: So... how are we going to find the Matrix shard?

    OPTIMUS PRIME: I believe Vector Prime knows its location.

    VECTOR PRIME: Correct. According to the Planet Map, the shard is located in the Atlantic Ocean.

    BUMBLEBEE: Great, so we're gonna have to swim. I told you we should have brought Seaspray.

    PROWL: Shut up, Bumblebee.

    (Eventually...)

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Here we are...

    SIDEWAYS: Okay, who wants to go in first?

    BUMBLEBEE: Let's draw energon sticks!

    IRONHIDE: Gr... (He shoves Bumblebee in) Just go!

    (The Autobots take a dive while a fisherman watches them)

    FISHERMAN: ...I told Janet that ocean air did stuff to my eyes....

    (Below the ocean)

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Alright, Autobots. Let's find that shard! Prowl, set up your locator.

    PROWL: On it.

    VECTOR PRIME: We'd better make this quick. Odds are, the Star Seekers are trying to find us... and may want what we're after.

    (The Tidal Wave...)

    THUNDERTRON: So you let them get away?

    CANNONBALL: Aye, Captain.

    THUNDERTRON: And you did little to nothing to try and intercept them?

    CANNONBALL: Aye, Captain.

    THUNDERTORN: And so instead of fleeing... you decided to come back here and report your failure, knowing you may face death?

    CANNONBALL: Aye, Captain.

    THUNDERTRON: ...I still do not regret making you me first mate. Shortround, set a course back for Earth.

    SHORTROUND: Er, aye, aye, Captain.

    THUNDERTRON: We're going to show those Cybertronians that no one gets away from us and lives. NO ONE!

    (Earth...)

    PROWL: Almost there... nearly... sort of... getting there... Hang on... I think we're-- no, wait...

    RATCHET: What in the world is- (He spots talking sea creatures that strongly resemble the cast of Spongebob Squarepants) O... kay...

    PROWL: Aha! Found it! I found Atlantis!

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Are you sure? What do you think, Vector?

    VECTOR PRIME: Hmm... (It's a bunch of ruins) Yes, this is it.

    IRONHIDE: What a dump.

    BUMBLEBEE: Alright, cool. Let's just find this shard before we all-- rust. (He touches something and the ground shakes)

    OPTIMUS PRIME: Bumblebee...

    RATCHET: What did you do now?

    (A giant Cthulhu-looking Atlantean monster erupts from the seabed)

    ATLANTEAN: Intruders... you have dared to enter our city... now you must pay!

    (On the surface, there's a cameo by the cast of Gravity Falls (which I was watching at the time). They're goofing off when the Star Seekers show up and blast Robbie (and this was before the TJ Miller allegations...))

    THUNDERTRON: Have any of you seen seven Autobots come here?

    GRAVITY FALLS FOLKS: No.

    FISHERMAN: I saw six cars and a spaceship jump into the water!

    THUNDERTRON: Uh... good enough, I suppose. Come out, come out, wherever you are, Autobots. We will find you... no matter what it takes!

    (Meanwhile...)

    BACKTRACK: Evac, they've arrived.

    EVAC: Is Vector with them?

    BACKTRACK: Yes...

    EVAC: Well then, let's give them a hero's welcome!

    TO BE CONTINUED

CHARACTERS

    Autobots: Armorhide, Backtrack, Big Daddy, Bumblebee, Crosswise, Evac, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Ratchet, Sideways, Vector Prime

    Decepticons: Astrotrain, Laserbeak, Lugnut, Motormaster, Runabout, Runamuck, Skywarp, Soundwave, Starscream, Thundercracker

    Star Seekers: Cannonball, Shortround, Sky-Byte, Thunderblast, Thundertron

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