The Transformers: Redux, Issue 27: Shattered Glass, Chapter Four

     Date: 9/4/2012

NOWHERE TO RUN

    (Roadbuster's team are underground)

    ROADBUSTER: Did we lose 'em?

    ROTORSTORM: Looks like it. I think Evil Optimus is just killing his subordinates.

    ROADBUSTER: Let's just double check. (He shoots to cause a cave in)

    IRONFIST: That's one way to keep 'em out.

    TWIN TIWST: I've seen better... way better. (On his wrist screen, he's keeping tally of how many kills he and Topspin have. Twin Twist = 0, Topspin = 5)

    ROADBUSTER: All right, guys, let's go!

    IRONFIST: Man, this underground is pretty wide...

    ARCEE: Sure is... makes you wonder if it's for a reason.

    (On the surface...)

    SPRINGER: All right... I think we lost 'em.

    BULKHEAD: Great, so now what do we do?

    SCATTORSHOT: Hang on... those Autobots back there were evil, right?

    TOPSPIN: Yeah...

    SCATTORSHOT: So, maybe somewhere out here, there are good Decepticons!

    SPRINGER: That... sounds plausible.

    WHIRL: But why would we go looking for them?

    SCATTORSHOT: Maybe they might know what's going on.

    SPRINGER: It's worth a shot. Wreckers... let's roll!

    (Meanwhile, on the real Cybertron...)

    FIRST AID: Mayhem Attack Squad?

    AIR RAID: Yeah, they pounded us like we were scrapmetal!

    JAZZ: Look, I know they're a strike force - like the Wreckers - and I know that they've always been dangerous...  but back there, they acted ten times worse than usual.

    PHARMA: First Aid! I found another survivor!

    FIRST AID: Dogfight!

    DOGFIGHT: Must... warn...

    JAZZ: Man, I thought you were dead! What--?

    DOGFIGHT: T-the Storm...

    JAZZ: What?

    DOGFIGHT: T-they told me... about... their plan. The Storm... the Stormbringer... Thunderwing... they're... going to Nebulos... and... and-- (He falls to the ground)

    JAZZ: He's... dead.

    FIRST AID: Pharma, alert Ultra Magnus about this.

    PHARMA: Right.

    JAZZ: I'll contact Nebulos. Whatever's going on... it's gonna be big!

    (Back with Roadbuster's team; they've found a huge room with lots of machinery and monitors)

    IRONFIST: This place is huge.

    ROADBUSTER: Yeah. Kinda scary too. Looks like this is some sorta torture chamber.

    TWIN TWIST: What's with all of the monitors?

    IRONFIST: Um, guys? We're not the only ones here. (He points to a petrified bot sitting nearby)

    TWIN TWIST: Hey, mind telling us where we are?

    (Silence)

    TWIN TWIST: Uh, hello?

    (The bot's head falls off)

    IRONFIST: Uh, I think we should leave, guys. I mean, call me paranoid, but I think we've walked into a trap.

    (Behind him, one of the monitors turns on)

    ???: You have.

    (A bunch of guns unfold from the ceiling)

    TWIN TWIST: Scrap.

    (SG Wheeljack's face appears on the monitor)

    WHEELJACK (SG): Heh-heh-heh! You thought you could escape, didn't you? But now you are surrounded, and left with two options. You can fight here and die... or you can turn yourselves in and answer for your mistakes in siding with Springer.

    ROADBUSTER: Give us everything you can throw at us.

    WHEELJACK (SG): If you insist...

    (A door opens to reveal SG Hot Rod, Jetfire, and Drift)

    WHEELJACK (SG): It's been a while since Hot Rod and his friends have gotten any action.

    HOT ROD (SG): Right then... who wants to die first?

    (Meanwhile, the real Cybertron)

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Primus, I'm having a bad day.

    RED ALERT: I know it's hard to believe, sir, but we have to do something.

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Did Dogfight say anything else besides the Mayhem Attack Squad going to Nebulos?

    PHARMA: Yes, sir. He said something about a "storm" or a "stormbringer."

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Anything else?

    PHARMA: He mentioned someone called Thunderwing.

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Thunderwing, huh? First Aid, where's Optimus Prime?

    FIRST AID: At the court tower.

    ULTRA MAGNUS: Tell him I'll be there. This is bad....

    (On the fake Cybertron)

    ROTORSTORM: This is awesome! Haven't had this much fun since the Battle of Technar!

    ROADBUSTER: Can the attitude, kid! It's all fun and games 'till someone gets their head blasted off!

    HOT ROD (SG): Say now, that's an idea! Jetfire?

    JETFIRE (SG): With pleasure. (He unfurls his shoulder cannons and hits Ironfist in the shoulder)

    IRONFIST: Ye-oww!

    ARCEE: Ironfist!

    DRIFT (SG): Heh-heh-heh! (He clashes blades with Arcee only to get shot in the back by Twin Twist)

    TWIN TWIST: Laugh at this!

    DRIFT (SG): Ow.

    ROADBUSTER: Wreckers! Transform and roll out! (They do so)

    JETFIRE (SG): They're getting away!

    HOT ROD (SG): Let them run, Jetfire. They aren't out of the woods yet. Something big awaits them...

    WHEELJACK (SG): You know what this means, Perceptor.

    PERCEPTOR (SG): Affirmative. Release him.

    GRIMLOCK (SG): Me Grimlock... SMASH!

CHARACTERS

    Autobots: Air Raid, Arcee, Bulkhead, Dogfight, First Aid, Ironfist, Jazz, Pharma, Red Alert, Roadbuster, Rotorstorm, Scattorshot, Springer, Topspin, Twin Twist, Ultra Magnus, Whirl

    SG Autobots: Drift, Grimlock, Hot Rod, Jetfire, Perceptor, Wheeljack

The Transformers: Redux, Issue 26: Shattered Glass, Chapter Three

     Date: 9/2/2012

NIGHTMARE PLANET

    ROADBUSTER: So what do we do? Blow everyone up?

    SPRINGER: No, Roadbuster. I think it's best that we find out what's going on on this different Cybertron.

    ARCEE: (over comm) Sir, I've got the directions to Autobot HQ.

    SPRINGER: Good work, Arcee.

    ARCEE: It's the least I can do-

    NIGHTBEAT (SG): Hey! You comin' or what?! I told you where the blasted place is!

    ARCEE: I think we should move out.

    SPRINGER: Sounds like a good idea. Let's roll, Wreckers!

    (They transform and roll out)

    IRONFIST: Wait a minute. Why do we need directions? We know where Autobot HQ is!

    SPRINGER: Well, Ironfist, on a world like this... you never know what might be different...

    (Meanwhile, Arcee and SG Nightbeat arrive at Autobot HQ... which is a very scary fortress)

    ARCEE: By Primus... we're definitely not on Cybertron...

    NIGHTBEAT (SG): Downshift, get this guy locked up.

    DOWNSHIFT (SG): Aye, sir.

    SPRINGER: What the spark is this?!

    ARCEE: You tell me.

    IRONFIST: Man, this is like some Decepticon lair or something...

    (Scattorshot walks by a tube with a corpse in it)

    SCATTORSHOT: I have a bad feeling about this.

    INTERCOM: All Autobots, come to the main room immediately.

    TWIN TWIST: Might as well go.

    (They enter the main room, which looks like an evil throne room)

    IRONFIST: Wow, this is a very big-- oh.

    ROTORSTORM: Spark.

    BULKHEAD: Scrapmetal.

    OPTIMUS PRIME (SG): Well... it seems that we have some guests tonight.

    (Meanwhile, the Mayhem Attack Squad attacks...)

    QUAKE: Ha! Ha! Ha! Die, Autobots! (He blasts the head off an Autobot)

    JAZZ: Oh, great...

    AIR RAID: Jazz, we're getting pounded here!

    JAZZ: I can see that, Air Raid! You would be hard-pressed to not notice it... very hard-pressed.

    SOLDIER: Silverbolt says we should retreat.

    JAZZ: Sage advice. Let's vamoose!

    NEEDLENOSE: Ha! The Autobots are retreating, Bludgeon! Proximax is ours!

    BLUDGEON: Good work, Needlenose. Proceed on to Stanix... there's someone I'd like to meet.

    (Back with the Wreckers)

    SCATTORSHOT: All right, I think we should leave.

    SPRINGER: I don't think that'll be possible, Scattorshot.

    OPTIMUS PRIME (SG): Now then... correct me if I'm wrong, but did you not defect from us, Springer?

    SPRINGER: What?!

    OPTIMUS PRIME (SG): Don't play games with me. Years ago, on Pova, you joined Impactor in his mad quest for power. As well as his attempt to overthrow me.

    SPRINGER: This is crazy! What are you--?!

    OPTIMUS PRIME (SG): Guards, take them away.

    ROADBUSTER: No.

    SIDESWIPE (SG): What was that?

    ROADBUSTER: No. (He blasts SG Sideswipe's head off. Then he starts blastin')

    IRONFIST: Whoa!

    TOPSPIN: And that's why we always take Roadbuster on missions.

    SPRINGER: Time to split up. Roadbuster, you, Arcee, Rotorstorm, Ironfist, and Twin Twist handle things here.

    ROADBUSTER: Right.

    SPRINGER: Rest of you, with me!

    ROADBUSTER: Twin Twist, drill a way out!

    TWIN TWIST: Way ahead of ya'! (He starts drilling, spraying dirt everywhere)

    IRONHIDE (SG): ACKPT! This better be dirt! [ha ha poop joke]

    OPTIMUS PRIME (SG): Stop them!

    IRONFIST: Tally ho!

    NIGHTBEAT (SG): Blast! They got away!

    IRONHIDE (SG): What are your orders, my lord? M-my lord? (Optimus kills him with a sword) SHEAGH!

    OPTIMUS PRIME (SG): Nightbeat, alert all security about the intruders. And tell them that if they find any one of them... to tear them apart!

    (Meanwhile, Stanix...)

    SPINISTER: What a dead town....

    ???: Can't believe he wanted to go there.

    SPINISTER: But why?

    ???: He said he wanted to see someone.

    SPINISTER: But who would want to live in Stanix?

    ???: There's all sorts of different bots, Spinister... you just have to look hard enough.

    BLUDGEON: Megadeath. We need to talk.

    MEGADEATH: I knew you would come one day.

    BLUDGEON: I want answers.

    MEGADEATH: Of course you do... why else would you have come?

    BLUDGEON: Did you know Thunderwing?

    MEGADEATH: Yes, he was under my command.

    BLUDGEON: Why did he leave?

    MEGADEATH: Oh, he just said something about Ultra-Energon and Nucleon and other crud. I didn't need him.

    BLUDGEON: Oh, really? So you just let him leave?

    MEGADEATH: Yes.

    BLUDGEON: And let him cause chaos.

    MEGADEATH: Yes.

    BLUDGEON: And let him accomplish more than you could.

    MEGADEATH: Yes...

    BLUDGEON: Is this all true?

    MEGADEATH: Yes.

    (Bludgeon slices his head off)

    BLUDGEON: Pathetic. (He takes something off Megadeath's person) Bingo. Octopunch, prepare the ship. We're going to Nebulos!

    OCTOPUNCH: Aye aye, captain.

    TO BE CONTINUED

CHARACTERS

    Autobots: Air Raid, Arcee, Bulkhead, Ironfist, Jazz, Roadbuster, Rotorstorm, Scattorshot, Springer, Topspin, Twin Twist, Whirl

    Decepticons: Battletrap, Bludgeon, Carnivac, Flywheels, Megadeath, Needlenose, Octopunch, Quake, Spinister, Stranglehold

    SG Autobots: Downshift, Hot Rod, Ironhide, Nightbeat, Optimus Prime, Perceptor, Sideswipe, Ultra Magnus

    SG Decepticons: Starscream (Jetfire)