Title: The Lopsided Triangle
Written by: James Roberts
Art by: Brendan Cahill
Colours by: Joana LaFuente
Letters by: Tom B. Long
Editor: John Barber
Plot
In "Visages", Getaway tells Tailgate the story of his own birth and the reason he was named Getaway (since he ran away during his first battle). After a brief conversation about how Getaway reminds Tailgate of how Cyclonus told him stories and tried to teach him Old Cybertronian songs in the past, before Getaway uses Nautica's wrench to reveal Ravage in the bar too. Ravage claims to be just drinking, and wasn't even hiding, but Getaway decides to leave with Tailgate regardless.
Cyclonus wakes up in his hab-suite to find Tailgate gone, he heads to Swerve's bar to try and find him, but Swerve just tells him that Tailgate was at Getaways hab-suite. He then gives Cyclonus a free drink to say thanks for his help when he was depressed on "Swearth". Cyclonus leaves.
At Getaway's hab-suite, the creepy Autobot gives Tailgate some mnemo-surgery needles as a gift, claiming that Tailgate always talks about how he loves Chromedome's set. Getaway then reveals to Tailgate that he's been trying to perform the act of becoming Tailgate's Conjunx Endura, but the final thing they need, is for Tailgate to prove his love for him too...which he agrees to....
Cyclonus heads to Whirl's hab-suite, where the duo talk about Cyclonus having strong feelings for Tailgate, and how he's worried that his little friend is being messed around with by Getaway. Whirl laughs this off, since Cyclonus doesn't have feelings normally. Whirl tells Cyclonus that Tailgate might just like Getaway more than him, and he has to accept that. Cyclonus goes to leave, and thanks Whirl for being brutally honest with him, as he knows Whirl doesn't care about his feelings, and isn't afraid of him, so he would just tell the truth on this matter, leaving Whirl a bit shocked.
Soon, Whirl has called his cohorts, Getaway and Atomizer to his hab-suite where he asks them to call off the plan of using Tailgate to get Megatron thrown off the ship or killed, as he's having second thoughts now. Getaway flat-out refuses as he's spent too much time "grooming" the small Autobot, and has convinced him to use his mnemo-surgery needles to use Shadowplay on Megatron to administer an "Anti-Villain Virus" into their co-captain, and make him nice. However, both the virus and needles are fakes, and he plans for Megatron to flip out the moment he sees the needles, due to his phobia, and kill Tailgate, forcing the crew to either kill Megatron in anger, or have him sent back to Cybertron in disgrace. Whirl repeats his dislike of the plan and starts fiddling with his home-made clocks, when Atomizer points Getaway's Nudge Gun at his head, and shoots him point blank.
Whirl's mind is slowly being erased of information of the plan, but as he's losing his mind, he sends out his holo-avatar across the ship to get help from Cyclonus, who sees he avatar out his window, and sees it seemingly choking on something, leading him to rush off.
Soon, Cyclonus arrives at Whirl's hab-suite, passing the leaving Atomzer and Getaway, only to find Whirl with a head-ache, and no recollection of anything from the last day. Cyclonusbegins to leave when he notices that Whirl has set all of his clocks to 1:13, telling Cyclonus to go to suite 113, Megatron's hab-suite.
At suite 113, Tailgate sneaks in, ready to "cure" Megatron, when suddenly Ravage finds him and calls for Megatron to wake up, upon seeing the needles, Megatron does indeed flip out, and grabs Tailgate by the head. Luckily however, Cyclonus suddenly appears, stabs Megatron with the Great Sword, knocks out Ravage, and smacks down Megatron with his own recharge slab, before running off with Tailgate.
The two friends run towards the shuttlebay, where Tailgate realizes that Getaway lied to him, and tried to get him killed. Along the way Tailgate begins to ask Cyclonus about the "Four Acts" of becoming Conjunx Endurae, but decides to wait before revealing that the two of them, had accidentally done all four acts when Tailgate was dying from Cybercrosis. Cyclonus held his hand whilst singing in Old Cybertronian, Tailgate admitted he was afraid of death, he gave Cyclonus his replacement horn, and finally, Cyclonus shared his spark energy to give Tailgate enough power for the treatment process, meaning that the two are in fact already a couple.
The duo reach the shuttle bay, but find the doors locked, and security waiting for them. Cyclonus reaches for his sword again, but Security opens fire on him, Cyclonus shields his friend from the fire, and bids him a sweet goodbye before collapsing.
Tailgate leans across Cyclonus' body and starts to panic, begins tearing again, then lets out a bright light that fills the entire ship, before suddenly stopping, and the ship seemingly begins to drift away....
Characters
Autobot
Megatron - Tank Pummelled by Cyclonus
Tailgate - Car
Whirl - Osprey Helicopter Shot by Atomizer with Nudge Gun
Getaway - Car
Atomizer - Race Car
Rewind - Data Slug
Chromedome - Car
Swerve - Van
Crosscut - Van
Velocity - Race Car
Rollout - Bulldozer
Jackpot - Car
Grotusque - Winged-Cat Monster
Powerflash - Jet
Strafe - Jet
Dogfight - Jet
Boss - Race Car
Aquafend - Baja Buggy
Ultra Magnus - Vehicle Transport (Mentioned)
Decepticon
Ravage - Cassette Beaten by Cyclonus
Cycbertronian
Cyclonus - Jet Shot, maybe killed by Security
Ten
Scalp - Head (Mentioned)
Tyrest (Mentioned)
Notes
- This issue reveals the truth behind Getaway's interest in Tailgate, which, as assumed before, is not a good thing! He even calls it grooming...that's creepier still!
- It's revealed here that Sparks that were stored during the war were in fact kept frozen, until they were needed
- The process of becoming a Conjunx Endura with someone is revealed in this issue, which is done via intimacy, disclosing a secret, giving a gift, and the recipient making a gesture to show their love in return.
- Whirl's cohorts who tried to help him with getting Megatron "exposed" at the start of season two are revealed to be Getaway and Atomizer. Atomizer was also previously shown trying to upset the captains of the ship with a fake list of people who voted him off the ship himself.
- Getaway's "Nudge Gun", the twin of Skids' which was a plot point from season one, is back in Getaway's possession now, since it was confiscated by Tyrest when he captured him.
- Atomizer's body is shown in some detail here which shows that he most likely has a race car alternate mode.
- Tailgate's old friend Scalp, who turned into a head, is revealed to have been a Mnemo-surgeon, like Chromedome.
- Whirl was previously shown to be able to transmit his holo-avatar across the ship when he was detained in his room by Ultra Magnus, and still left via it to go to the bar.
- Cyclonus similarly shielded Rewind from an explosion in season one, but seemed to fair a bit better afterwards there...
- Tailgate's panicked eye effect appears to actually be a manifestation of some Outlier power he's unknowingly had all along.
- Tailgate's "power" giving off a rainbow coloured light in the aftermath is possibly a reference to the rainbow being the "flag" of homosexual culture, which is arguably what Tailgate and Cyclonus could be classed as part of.
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