Date: 9/28/13
STORMBRINGER PART IV: THE TWO FACES OF DECEPTION
(Ki-Aleta system. The Steelhaven (?) approaches Ki-Aleta)
BLURR (?): We're approaching Ki-Aleta, sir.
ULTRA MAGNUS: All right, Warpath, Blurr, Wing Saber, you'll accompany me down to the surface.
BLURR: There's the Trion. Seems to be intact.
ULTRA MAGNUS: Looks can be deceiving, Blurr. Set us down.
(On the Trion)
BLASTER: What the...? Why's the Elite Guard here? Ultra Magnus?!
ULTRA MAGNUS: Yes, Blaster. Where's Kup?
BLASTER: He and the others went to the Omega Bunker, to find the You-Know-What.
ULTRA MAGNUS: All right. Autobots, move out!
(Nearby, Kup and the others are trudging through the sands as wind blows sand in their face)
KUP: How much further, Quickslinger?! I'm getting sand in all of my gears!
QUICKSLINGER: Just a few more megamiles! Hang in there, everyone!
DOUBLEDEALER (thoughts): Finally. After millions of stellar cycles, my life will be finally complete. Once I hand in the Magnificence to Banzai-Tron... everything will be made up for.
(Years ago, on Luna 2)
UNIT 97: Unit 308, come here.
UNIT 308: What is it, Unit 97?
UNIT 97: My scanners have detected something of notice. Indicators identify it as a spark.
UNIT 308: Don't touch--
UNIT 97: AHHH!!! (Unit 97 gets electrocuted)
UNIT 308: ...Unit 97? Are you functioning proper-- (SFX: ZRAAKK!)
UNIT 308/DEALER: Oogh... wh-who are you?
UNIT 97/FLYWHEELS: F-Flywheels. I think. You?
DEALER: I'm... I'm Dealer.
(Present)
KUP: Stop right there, fellas. We're here. The Omega Bunker.
SKRAM: Um, Kup? What are those things?
KUP: Those would be Omega Guardians. They may look like statues, but they aren't. Stay there. I'll use the universal greeting. Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong!
(Beat)
KUP: Maybe they know the Destron version... Berwip crawna-wi pinibon!
(Beat)
KUP: Maybe they're defective.
(One of the Omega Guardians comes to life and shoots at Kup)
SFX: CHOOM!
KUP: Aggh! GET BACK! (He takes cover) All right. Plan B. Let's use our holomatter avatars.
(Later, as holograms of the Autobots keep the Omega Guardians preoccupied...)
KUP: Are they distracted?
SKRAM: For now, yes.
KUP: Then let's move.
DOUBLEDEALER (thoughts): Closer and closer to victory.
(Meanwhile)
ULTRA MAGNUS: See anything, Wing Saber?
WING SABER: The Omega Bunker is not far away. The Guardians seem to be shooting at something.
OMEGA GUARDIAN: Intruders detected. (SFX: SHOOM)
(Ultra Magnus transforms and brings out his hammer, smashing the Omega Guardian with it. He then draws a blaster and shoots at another, while Wing Saber descends from the sky and stabs a third, which Magnus then finishes off)
WARPATH: Wow. No wonder they call you Ultra Magnus.
WING SABER: No fair! I had him!
ULTRA MAGNUS: Not now, Wing Saber. Blurr?
BLURR: I saw kup and the others heading into the bunker!
ULTRA MAGNUS: Then let's go. Before it's too late.
(Inside the bunker)
KUP: Quickslinger, got the drill?
QUICKSLINGER: Yup. (She starts drilling the ground, sending dirt into Hot Rod and Doubledealer's faces)
KUP: All right, let's head on down.
ULTRA MAGNUS: STOP! Dealer... you are under arrest.
DOUBLEDEALER: I... beg your pardon, sir? What have I done?
ULTRA MAGNUS: You should now. Now, come quietly or--
DOUBLEDEALER: No. (He transforms to tank mode and shoots Magnus)
HOT ROD (?): MAGNUS!
DOUBLEDEALER: (back in robot mode) Now then... time to take my prize.
(He flies down into the hole Quickslinger had made)
DOUBLEDEALER (thoughts): Nothing shall stand between me and my triumph! (He lands in front of a podium where the Magnificence is kept behind a shield) Easy as pie. Now then... how do I get it out? (He uses a device to deactivate the shield) Ah, here we go. Bingo.
DOUBLEDEALER: They say the Magnificence knows everything about the universe. So tell me... does great fortune await me once I hand you in to my superiors?
MAGNIFICENCE: No.
DOUBLEDEALER: What?!
MAGNIFICENCE: You're going to die.
ULTRA MAGNUS: Listen, Dealer, it's either my way... or the hard way! Take your pick and hurry... because my trigger finger is itching.
DOUBLEDEALER: I don't think so. Take one more step and I'll destroy this thing!
ULTRA MAGNUS: I wouldn't mind that... it would keep it from being in the wrong hands.
DOUBLEDEALER: I'm warning you! You give me no--
(The Magnificence shoots a beam at the ceiling, causing it to collapse)
DOUBLEDEALER: Oh snap. (He transforms to tank mode and drives off) I'm outta here! (He flies out of the hole) Out of my way!
(He eventually makes it outside)
DOUBLEDEALER: Ha! Stupid Magic 8 ball! I'm home-fre-! (He gets shot down and lands before Banzai-Tron and his company)
BANZAI-TRON: I don't think so.
DOUBLEDEALER: Banzai-Tron?!
BANZAI-TRON: You've done a good job, Doubledealer. I'm impressed. However, you're too good. Plus, you're a mercenary. If the Autobots paid you to betray me... you would.
DOUBLEDEALER: Banzai-Tron, please...
BANZAI-TRON: I'm sorry, Dealer. But trust me... (He blasts Doubledealer's head off, killing him) You could've faced a far worse fate. Now then... let us get what we came for.
(Back inside)
HOT ROD: Ultra Magnus! You're alive!
ULTRA MAGNUS: Of course I am. Let's hurry back to our ships before--
(Nightbird teleports in and snatches the Magnificence)
NIGHTBIRD: Thanks.
(She teleports away)
ULTRA MAGNUS: That's it. Time to call in the Big Guns.
TO BE CONTINUED
CHARACTERS
Autobots: Blaster, Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, Quickslinger, Skram, Ultra Magnus, Warpath, Wing Saber
Decepticons: Banzai-Tron, Doubledealer, Nightbird, Treadshot
Others: Flywheels (flashbacks), Omega Guardians
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