IDW - Transformers vs The Terminator #4

Title: Enemy of my Enemy, Part 4

Story by: David Mariotte, Tom Waltz & John Barber

Written by: David Mariotte & John Barber

Art by: Alex Milne

Colours by: David Garcia Cruz

Letters & Design by: Jake M. Wood

Editor: Tom Waltz

Assistant Editor: Riley Farmer

Plot

Starscream continues his gambit to force the Terminator to team up with him to take out the Autobots and Megatron by holding the Cyberdyne employees hostage, however the smaller robot has scanned the humans and determined that they aren't needed for Skynet to be formed, but he still agrees to an alliance for his own needs.

Sarah tries to contact the Ark from a guard house, but is stalked by Ravage, and is unable to reach the Autobot shuttle.

Whilst Optimus and Megatron fight it out, Arcee, Velocity and Bumblebee battle the other Decepticons, when Soundwave notices Sarah's attempts to contact the Ark failing, and realizes that something has happened to it, he tries to inform Megatron, but gets shot from behind by the treacherous Starscream, who then launches the Terminator at Megatron to try and kill him immediately, but Megatron catches him and flings him back at Starscream, downing him in his jet mode.

Seeing Soundwave getting attacked, Ravage gets distracted, so Sarah makes her move, she tussles with Ravage, and manages to get her gun into his mouth, shooting him through the brain module, killing him.

The Autobots finish the other Decepticons off, seemingly leaving just Megatron around. Sarah calls for help, as she's found the Terminator crushed under Starscream. The Decepticon jet transforms and prepares to attack the Autobots, when the badly injured Soundwave arrives, firing on him in revenge, leading to him flying away. Soundwave turns on Sarah and the Terminator, but they shoot him, finishing him off.

After the bulk of the battle, the Terminator asks the Autobots to throw him into Megatron again, seeing he has a small hole on his chest now from the battle, he's thrown through, and starts shooting at Megatron's spark, causing it to explode, killing the smaller robot along with Megatron.

In the aftermath, the surviving Decepticons are captured, but the dead are left behind as the human authorities arrive. Sarah stats behind to cover for the Autobots, but promises Bumblebee to keep an eye on them...

Soon, the Autobots return to where the Ark should be, but instead find the molten remains from the Terminator's explosives, and realises that they are the only Cybertronians on Earth now, so until they can make contact with Cybertron again, they should stay low and form a truce for now, which the Decepticons agree to.

Some time later, Sarah has joined Skywatch as a high ranking member, so she can watch over the Autobots, fulfilling her promise to Bumblebee...

However, under ground of the facility, scientists have examined Megatron's body, and created an army of T-800 and T-8000 Terminator's, which seem to be infected with Megatron's still working mind....

Characters

Autobot

Optimus Prime - Truck

Arcee - Ford Mustang

Velocity - Pontiac Firebird

Bumblebee - VW Beetle

Ratchet - Ambulance (Mentioned) Killed in Ark Explosion

Wheeljack - Race Car (Mentioned) Killed in Ark Explosion

Ark Autobots (Mentioned) Killed in Ark Explosion

Decepticon

Megatron - Gun Killed by the Terminator, Rebuilt into Skynet

Starscream - Fighter Jet

Soundwave - Cassette Player Killed by Starscream, Sarah Connor and the Terminator

Ravage - Cassette Killed by Sarah Connor

Skywarp - Fighter Jet

Thundercracker - Fighter Jet

Kickback - Locust Killed by Arcee

Skrapnel - Stag Beetle

Bombshell - Bill Weevil

Future Starscream - Hunter-Killer Aerial (Memory)

Skywatch

The Terminator Killed when Megatron's Spark exploded

New T-800's

New T-8000's

Human

Sarah Connor

Chet

Cyberdyne Employees

Skywatch Employees

Emergency Responders

Notes

• Even though it doesn't seem likely, Kickback seems to have been killed from his kick from Arcee, since we never see him again after this.
• With Starscream and the other Seekers still alive, and Megatron being used as the basis of a new Skynet, it seems possible that the future seen at the start of this series could STILL happen, just with, and given the series, most likely will happen again 
• The Terminator killing Megatron by attacking his Spark directly seems to be in reference to Megatron's temporary death at the end of the 2007 Movie, with the Terminator in place of the Allspark.
• The United Transformers at the end of the story stand around in a circle chanting "Till all are One" in a reference to the G1 movie
• The Skynet Alpha Base seen here is the same one referred to as "Omega Base" in issue one, just altered due to the time travel.
• Why would Skywatch create the T-800s in the likeness of the kill-robot that came from nowhere?
• As is traditional for these recent Crossover comics, the end leads it open for a sequel of some sort.