Plot
Megatron has completed his Space Bridge and is about to test it out, but Optimus attacks him, and both fall into it. Because the Space Bridge was only configured for one, it explodes, and both leaders are lost, soon afterwards space opens up, and The Fallen is flung from his interdimensional prison and lands on Cybertron. Later, the Autobots and Decepticons are now mostly segregated and work as smaller teams. The Lightning Strike Coalition, led by Grimlock, attack the Predacons, led by Starscream to steal their Energon shipment.
Meanwhile this is happening the Autobots left in their base in Iacon are despondent about their current situation. Elsewhere in Kalis the Chaos Trinity are messing around with the dark arts when The Fallen appears and conscripts them into helping him, leading them into a chamber below the surface, towards a strange seal.
At the Well of All Sparks The Fallen gives Bludgeon a taster of his power, which he promises to give them all if they help him in his plot, which he and his pals fully agree to.
At the Tagan Heights, the Wreckers, led by Springer are looking for Ratbat's Ultracons when they discover that Ratbat has recruited Devastator, despite there being a ruling against using Gestalts in these wars, due to the damage they cause. In Iacon the Protectobots learn about Devastator's involvement in the battles and decide they need to act as well, so they head out to help, not knowing that someone is watching them.
At the Tagan Heights Devastator is tearing through the Wreckers, and Springer gets trapped in some cables in a building, where Ratbat and his team arrive and gloat, and get ready to kill him.
The Chaos Trinity continue their plots to kidnap some Transformers for The Fallen's plan, which includes Grimlock. The Protectobots arrive at the Heights and combine into Defensor to join the battle, the tremors caused from the two gestalts battling frees Springer, but he and the Decepticons just stare at the giants fighting.
At Iacon again, Jetfire returns to base and wonders where everyone is., despite the planet seeming to be in chaos.
Springer screams at Ratbat about unleashing a Gestalt battle in Tagan Heights, especially due to the energon being stored there. At Iacon Jetfire takes to the consoles of Autobase to try and work out all that's happening, and finds it odd how everything that could possibly go wrong is all happening at once.
Prowl leads a large team of Autobots into Nova Cronum where Decepticon activity has been detected, they enter a city, when suddenly thecity Transforms, revealing that it's Trypticon in disguise and starts attacking the Autobots.
The Wreckers try to stop the Gestalt fight, whilst Jetfire decides to share his data with someone else who might have more, so they can figure out what's happening, Shockwave, the two agree to meet.
Springer manages to get through to Defensor, who manages to de-combine, and manage to rig it so Devastator is plugged into a power station and is overloaded, defeating him and forcing him to de-combine too.
Prowl calls for help with Trypticon, but his message is hacked with a recording of Jetfire and Shockwave agreeing to meet up, especially for Grimlock to see...
The Autobots are being crushed by Trypticon, and the LSC decide to help them, except for Grimlock, who wants to go deal with Jetfire and Shockwave. Jetfire and Shockwave have met up and are about to exchange information when the Chaos Trinity attack Shockwave, they eventually defeat him and hypnotize Jetfire into coming with them, as they are leaving Grimlock arrives, planning to execute Jetfire for treachery, but The Fallen needs him still.
Trypticon ends his attack when Shockwave contacts him and leaves. Grimlock is about to kill Jetfire, but The Fallen arrives and manually stops him.
The Fallen easily defeats Grimlock and has the Chaos Trinity collect the others he needs whilst he takes his captives, Jetfire and Grimlock to the Well of All Sparks. Following the battle with Trypticon the Autobots are being repaired and start to agree with Jetfire's idea about the planet falling into chaos all of a sudden, and then receive a message from Swoop saying that Grimlock went to deal with Jetfire and hasn't returned. THEN the base receives reports from down below at the prison wing about The Fallen attacking and trying to get to their captive, Blitzwing. Meanwhile the Protectobots are attacked by the Chaos Trinity and Hot Spot is kidnapped, whilst the Autobot guards are defeated and The Fallen kidnaps Blitzwing too.
Everyone starts hunting down The Fallen and his cronies to rescue the missing Transformers, meanwhile The Fallen has the four kidnapped Transformers strapped into the Well of All Sparks, and has them being used to activate the seal, in order to summon his master, Unicron.
Shockwave and his Decepticons attack the Chaos Trinity, who are guarding the entrance to the Well, the Autobots learn of this attack and figure out that Shockwave must be there to deal with The Fallen, so they decide to help out too. Grimlock manages to break out of his restraints inside the Well, whilst above the Trinity are slowly being killed, Grimlock frees Jetfire and decides to trust him now and work together to free the other captives, so they can stop the seal from opening any further and Jetfire contacts Bumblebee and has him erect a forcefield around the Well, stopping the energies from leaving.
Inside the force field The Fallen goes to kill Jetfire for thwarting his plans, when Primus himself appears and traps him inside the seal (yet Jetfire is still a robot atheist). The united Transformers break into the chamber and find it a mess. In the aftermath the entrance is sealed up by the Transformers with codes that can only be released when all are one. Jetfire meanwhile wonders what The Fallen was trying to summon, and whether it's still around somewhere...
Characters
Autobot
Optimus Prime - Truck Lost in Space
Jetfire - Jet
Grimlock - Armoured Vehicle
Prowl - Speeder
Swoop - Jet
Sludge - Tank
Slag - Armoured Vehicle
Snarl - Armoured Vehicle
Springer - Helicopter
Topspin - Jet
Twin Twist - Drill Tank
Roadbuster - Gun Mounted Vehicle
Whirl - Helicopter
Sandstorm - Buggy
Broadside - Jet
Hot Spot - Fire Suppression Unit
Blades - Helicopter
Groove - Motorcycle
First Aid - Van
Streetwise - Speeder
Defensor - Protectobot Gestalt
Jazz - Speeder
Sideswipe - Speeder
Sunstreaker - Speeder
Kup - Speeder
Hound - Speeder Jeep
Tracks - Speeder
Mirage
Huffer - Truck
Perceptor
Skids - Speeder Van Crushed by Trypticon
Cliffjumper - Car
Gears - Speeder
Wheeljack - Speeder Van
Ironhide - Van
Bumblebee - Winged Speeder
Bluestreak - Speeder
Trailbreaker - Van
Ratchet - Van
Other Autobots
Decepticon
Megatron - Tank Lost in Space
Shockwave - Ray Gun
Bludgeon - Tank Killed by Skywarp
Mindwipe - Jet Killed by Shockwave
Bugly - Jet Killed in Battle
Ratbat - Jet
Trypticon - Battle Platform
Blitzwing - Tank/Jet
Starscream - Tetra Jet
Thundercracker - Tetra Jet
Skywarp - Tetra Jet
Motormaster - Truck
Blast Off - Jet
Octane - Jet
Astrotrain - Jet
Thrust - Jet
Soundwave
Ravage
Brawl - Tank
Krok
Horri-Bull
Chop Shop
Venom
Ransack
Scrapper - Front End Loader
Scavenger - Excavator
Bonecrusher - Bulldozer
Hook - Crane
Long Haul - Dump Truck
Mixmaster - Mixing Truck
Devastator - Constructicon Gestalt
Stormbringer (Mentioned) Killed by LSC
Pulse (Mentioned) Killed by LSC
Hardcase Killed by LSC
Other Decepticons
Other
The Fallen - Tank Trapped in the Seal of Primus
Primus
Unicron - Ringed Planet Inert
Notes
- This story's main plot of Optimus and Megatron going missing is sort of ruined when you remember that this is set BEFORE the main G1 storyline from Dreamwave, which has both of them fully alive, so we sort of know they'll be back one day
- This story introduces the idea that Ratbat used to have a more humanoid appearance, which is later used more extensively in IDW's back story
- Gestalt technology is shown to be quite dangerous and leaves the Gestalt a bit insane...it seems to have gotten better by the "present"
- Grimlock almost calls Swoop, Divebomb, a reference to the character's original name in the Marvel comics (and apparently here too)
- A little weird...and hard to see, but Primus' ethereal hand looks a bit more organic than robotic
- The Fallen being drawn into the seal on Cybertron would have been brought up again later in the planned continuation of the G1 Dreamwave comic, where he would have been revealed to have been possessing Sunstorm to an extent, and later Jetfire as well
- The seal shown here on Cybertron was to be connected to the one seen on Earth as well
- Shockwave later actually does summon Unicron during his reign....but I think that wasn't his plan...I hope....
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