Title: Natural Selection Part Two
Writer: Simon Furman
Penciler: Andrew Wildman
Inker: Stephen Baskerville
Colorist: John-Paul Bove
Letterer: Chris Mowry
Editor: John Barber
Editor-in-Chief: Chris Ryall
Grimlock, now in a new transforming body watches as Scorponok revives Hardhead, Highbrow and Brainstorm as amoral killers. Scorponok then orders Grimlock to return to Cybertron.
On Cybertron Hot Rod learns from a team under the surface that they believe they've found the tunnels that lead to Primus' chamber. Crosshairs reports that Grimlock's shuttle is in Cybertron space. Soon, Grimlock returns to the planet and wants to see Slag and the others, but Hot Rod won't let him as he's to be arrested for his actions (stealing the ship, going off on his own etc). After a short battle, Grimlock is placed in a holding cell.
On Earth Starscream shambles into the Ark, where Galvatron ambushes him and asks him why he's there, but Screamer's unable to talk still, so Galvatron has him lead him to wherever he was going instead. Elsewhere on the plant, Optimus has decided to remain on Earth to help with the rebuilding, despite the Human's not wanting their help. The other Autobots leave on a ship heading back home.
On Cybertron Hot Rod gives orders to the Autobots to oversee Grimlock whilst he goes to check on something elsewhere. Brainstorm and the others return to Cybertron on their own ship and head onto the planet on Scorponok's orders.
Perceptor is taken to see Grimlock in his jail, where he quickly deduces that his new body is from Nebulos, meanwhile outside the Civil Defense Hub the Headmasters arrive and kill the guard, Slapdash to gain entrance to the building.
In the cell Perceptor continues examining Grimlock, in the hopes of using his new body's design to fix the other Nucleon infused victims, when Grimlock implants one of the Warrior Gene Keys given to him by Scorponok onto the scientist. Shortly afterwards, the now evil Perceptor contacts Kick-Off asking him to come see him.
The evil Headmasters go through the hub and kill the stationed Autobots, then contact Scorponok to tell him they're ready.
Hot Rod reaches the dig site for the Primus tunnels and proceeds down below, where unknown to him some Demons are wandering around and have killed some of the workers.
On the Ark on Earth Galvatron is lead to Auntie's chamber where he blasts a hole in the wall on Starscream's gesturing and unveils Shockwave hooked up into the computers.
Autobot
Optimus Prime - Truck Cab
Hot Rod - Sports Car
Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex (On Scorponok's Side)
Highbrow - Helicopter (On Scorponok's Side)
Hardhead - Tank (On Scorponok's Side)
Brainstorm - Jet (On Scorponok's Side)
Perceptor (On Scorponok's Side)
Ultra Magnus - Car Carrier
Kick-Off
Slapdash - F1 Race Car Killed by Highbrow
Crosshairs - Off Road Vehicle
Sureshot - Buggy
Lightspeed - Sports Car
Nosecone - Drill Tank
Dogfight - Fighter Jet
Override - Motorcycle
Backstreet - Race Car
Hosehead - Fire Engine
Siren - Emergency Sports Car
Grapple - Crane
Slag (Mentioned)
Autobots in Nursery (Mentioned)
The Last Autobot (Mentioned)
Jazz (Mentioned)
Bumblebee (Mentioned)
Other Autobots
Decepticon
Scorponok - Scorpion
Starscream - Fighter Jet
Galvatron - Laser Cannon
Shockwave Hooked up to Ark
Thunderwing (Mentioned) Dead
Other
Primus Inert in Chamber
Demons
Auntie (Mentioned) Destroyed
- Yeah...so they have a magic key that turns you evil....just go with it guys
- Grimlock doesn't seem to be under the warrior gene effect, maybe because he's always been a bit violent and Decepticon-esque
- The Autobots have been looking for Primus' chamber, who's tunnels have been a mystery since Bumblebee and the others were bridged there about 20 years ago (of course Galvie and Xaaron found them again...)
- Starscream still has his speech messed up, despite Megatron's death
- Why does the former Headmaster's ship need parachutes? surely an advanced alien robotic lifeform can create a mechanical substitute??
- What is Kick-Off playing with when Perceptor calls him? Is it a movement based game or something?
- Looks like Hot Rod's prophecy about fighting the Demons from an earlier issue is coming true soon
- Why didn't Scorponok put the brainwashed Headmasters on Grimlock's ship and have them return like him? Why send them on a second ship!?
- Shockwave's fate of being hooked up to the Ark after it's crash is very close to what happened to him in the Classics Universe
- Weird....wasn't Hosehead amongst the dead after the Unicron battle?
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