Plot
In San Desto the US Military are investigating the sudden disappearance of the townspeople in a theater when suddenly one of them is hit by a device and begins to act odd, when his friend goes to check on him, he's killed by Bombshell.
At the EDC base at Area 51 Marissa plays the dying scream of the murdered army guy to the Autobots and says that the situation seems to be because of something Cybertronian and asks Jazz, Bumper, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker for help in investigating. They agree and are debriefed.
Starscream returns to his base after the incident with Sunstorm, Frenzy warns Soundwave, who quickly stops his communication with someone. The Autobots and EDC are taken to San Desto and find it deserted, unknown to them though they are being watched. The group splits up to investigate. Bumper and most of one group of EDC operatives are captured by something. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe head into the theater to investigate, after which the ground starts opening up and a swarm of Insecticons pour out and begin encroaching on Jazz, Marissa and the remaining EDC guys.
Jazz fights off the Insecticon swarm, but all the EDC guys, except Marissa are captured, so her and Jazz drive off to safety. The Twins, whilst investigating the theater find a cavern filled with eggs (containing presumably the swarm). Elsewhere, Bombshell is operating on Bumper, but leaves him when he and the others go to "welcome their guests" above, and he breaks free.
In Ohio, Bumblebee goes to visit Spike at his home and tells him he's quit the Autobots. Below the theater the Insecticons attack the two Autobots and manage to defeat them in battle, knocking them out. Elsewhere, Jazz and Marissa hide out in a warehouse where they find a pile of dead cattle, Jazz remembers that when Grimlock and the others arrived on Earth they were attacked by the Insecticons and Marissa remembers reports of dead cattle elsewhere and large insect monsters too. They work out that the two are connected, but are found by the swarm, so they run underground, where they end up at the cavern nest. Jazz worries about what's inside the eggs so he scorches them with his flamethrower.
The Autobot brothers are taken to Bombshell's lab, but are rescued by Bumper before Bombshell can operate on them. All the Autobots make their way up top into the town where they battle the Insecticons (though Bumper takes a detour and kills a couple of EDC guys offscreen). The Insecticons order the mind-controlled townspeople to act as a human shield, but Bumper stops them by turning one of their cerebro shells to overload Bombshell and defeat him and saves the day...all too easily......
On Cybertron someone steps into Shockwave's territory and he sends out Blitzwing and Astrotrain to investigate, outside they find out its one of the Air Warriors from the Age of Internment (Age of Wrath) and are confused as they were all thrown away ages ago. They manage to destroy it, but then Razorclaw appears and attacks them. Inside his base Shockwave loses all contact with his troops and wonders what happened, when Megatron appears and blasts him.
Elsewhere Hot Rod trains in an Earth simulator with Kup whilst Arcee and Springer watch as Prowl and the others load a ship and head off back to Earth. On Quintessa the Quintessons are gloating as their sleeper is doing her job well.
On Earth Jazz and the others leave the EDC base and rejoin the other Autobots on the Orion. In Cincinnati Bumblebee and Spike are hanging out by driving around and stop an attempted car jacking. On Cybertron Megatron has spared Shockwave's life, but has disabled him and introduces him to his troops, including Astrotrain who switched sides (but not Blitzwing as he wouldn't turn, so he was killed). Megatron reveals that he plans to head to Earth next, rather than bothering with Cybertron anymore.
On Earth Starscream is having the Combaticons train against the captive Sky Lynx, but the Autobot is too strong, so he binds him up again, suddenly Predaking rises out of the water, ready to fight the Combaticons and Starscream. Starscream calls Soundwave for help, but he ignores him, as his true leader Megatron has just returned.
At the Pentagon Buster Witwicky orders Marissa to restart the EXO-Suit program, whilst the Autobots begin construction of Autobot City in the Alaskan Wilderness. The Combaticons battle with Predaking, but ultimately are defeated by the more powerful gestalt, Starscream flies away to safety, however upon returning to base is attacked by Soundwave and Megatron (in gun mode).
Megatron questions both of the traitors about all that has happened and learns about Sunstorm's existence and questions Shockwave about it further. On Cybertron Sixshot is wandering around when he finds the remains of Blitzwing and examines them. Elsewhere on Cybertron Magnus is holding a meeting about reinforcing the defense of Cybertron, whilst the Quintessons watch through their sleeper agent and prepare to send another team through to the planet....NEVER!!!!
Characters
Autobot
Optimus Prime - Truck Badly Injured
Ultra Magnus - Car Carrier
Prowl - Police Car
Jazz - Porsche
Sunstreaker - Sports Car
Sideswipe - Sports Car
Bumper - Sports Car
Bumblebee - VW Beetle
Hot Rod - Sports Car
Kup - Pick Up Truck
Springer - Helicopter/Rocket Car
Arcee - Sports Car
Wheelie - Car
Gnaw - Sharkticon
Twin Twist - Drill Tank
Topspin - Jet
Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex
Slag - Triceratops
Swoop - Pteranodon
Snarl - Stegosaurus
Sludge - Apatosaurus
Warpath - Tank
Wheeljack - Race Car
Windcharger - Sports Car
Ratchet - Ambulance
Brawn - SUV
Cosmos - Orbiter
Hound - Jeep
Grapple - Crane
Hoist - Tow Truck
Omega Supreme - Rocket and Base
Gears - Pick Up Truck
Huffer - Truck Cab
Ironhide - Van
Bluestreak - Sports Car
Mirage - F1 Race Car
Sky Lynx - Space Shuttle In Starscream's Captivity
Galazy Shuttle - Space Shuttle Orion
Other Autobots at City Site
Metroplex - City (On Autobot City Plans)
Gravitas (Flashback)
Kudori (Flashback)
Vraz (Flashback)
Jetfire - Jet (Mentioned) Dead
Decepticon
Megatron - Gun (Tank in Flashback)
Shockwave - Ray Gun Injured by Megatron
Starscream - Fighter Jet Injured by Megatron and Soundwave
Soundwave - Cassette Player
Frenzy - Cassette
Rumble - Cassette
Onslaught - Anti Aircraft Truck Killed as part of Bruticus
Brawl - Tank Killed as part of Bruticus
Swindle - Jeep Killed as part of Bruticus
Blast Off - Space Shuttle Killed as part of Bruticus
Vortex - Helicopter Killed as part of Bruticus
Bruticus - Combaticon Gestalt Killed by Predaking
Razorclaw - Lion
Tantrum - Bull
Divebomb - Falcon
Headstrong - Rhino
Rampage - Tiger
Predaking - Predacon Gestalt
Bombshell - Boll Weevil
Kick Back - Locust
Shrapnel - Stag Beetle
Astrotrain - Train/Space Shuttle
Blitzwing - Tank/Jet Killed by Razorclaw
Sixshot - Tank/Jet/Winged Wolf/Car/Gun
Dirge - Fighter Jet
Thrust - Fighter Jet
Ramjet - Fighter Jet
Insecticon Swarm Defeated by Bumper
Air Warriors - Jets
Skywarp - Cybertronian Jet (Flashback)
Thundercracker - Cybertronian Jet (Flashback)
Cy-Kill - Motorcycle (Flashback)
Scourge - Space Shuttle (On Monitor) Dead
Quintesson
Judges
Elita One
Human
Marissa Fairborne
Spike Witwicky
Carly Witwicky
Daniel Witwicky
Colonel Buster Witwicky
Cruz Killed by Bumper
Dorry Killed by Bumper
Colligan Killed by Bombshell
"Lady Driver"
"Muggers"
EDC Team in San Desto Killed by Insecticons
EDC Members
US Military
Citizens of San Desto
Sparkplug Witwicky (Photo) Dead
Nathaniel Fairborne (Mentioned)
Other
Sunstorm - Fighter Jet (Mentioned) Dead
Dai Atlas (Statue in Flashback)
Deszarus (Statue in Flashback)
Nightbird (Film Character)
Primus (Mentioned)
Notes
- These are the last four present day G1 issues made by Dreamwave, and it ended just as it was finally starting to get interesting!
- The movie shown in the first story features the Nightbird robot from the G1 cartoon.
- The toy shown at the start of the story is the Tako-Tank from Beast Wars II (and not a Go-Bot like the army guy thinks)
- The Autobots rescued by the EDC in the previous story line are now helping the EDC on missions as repayment for being repaired
- Soundwave's been in contact with Megatron for a short while before this story
- The Autobots haven't been told about the EDC holding some dead Transformers
- The Insecticons seem to be unknown of by the Autobots...despite being around during the War Within stories....
- For some reason the Insecticons needed to use cattle to make their swarm....I don't get it either
- Bumper is implied to be under Insecticon control by the end of the story, and he kills 2 of the EDC members as well as other things.
- The Predacons were shwon being recruited by Megatron in the Summer Special
- The Earth simulation used by Hot Rod seems to be based on the location we first see him in in the 80's G1 Movie
- Arcee is shown to be a Quintesson sleeper agent here, who seems to be working to cause trouble by pitting Springer and Hot Rod against each other
- Starscream has Sky Lynx in binds since he took them back to Earth, he now uses him as a training partner for the Combaticons
- Buster Witwicky has joined the army and now hates the Transformers for what happened to his father
- Marissa is shown to be related to Flint from GI Joe here
- The Exo-Suit is a military project here, it's not known what it would have meant, but most likely would have been used by the army to battle Transformers on mass.
- Autobot City is shown being built here (of course we never see it being completed)
- It's shown here that Shockwave knew about all that happened on Earth and wanted Sunstorm to come to the planet to unlock that seal with Starscream (but again, we never know why)
- Sixshot is mentioned as having been completed by Shockwave, and was an improvement on Blitzwing and Astrotrain, most likely due to him being a 6-changer rather than just a triple changer.
- The Dinobots are suddenly shown to be GIGANTIC in the meeting (see characters picture)
- The Female Autobots are being deployed at the end of this story for an adventure that'll never be seen!!
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