( footsteps )
SHOCKWAVE: Simply put, this combination of elements could allow us
to cyberform entire worlds.
( groans )
Why do I feel a Shockwave plan coming on?
( grunts )
Do not think for a moment, Starscream, that it has gone
unnoticed that you left me at the mercy of the Autobots.
Master? Are you going to allow one lieutenant to harm another?
Master?
I'm thinking.
( Shockwave and Starscream grunt )
I am tempted to force you to share my perception of things.
No! I only did what I thought was best for the mission,
but I do feel compelled to add that it was my very error
in judgment that made this happy accident possible!
If I recollect, you were seeking to purge your laboratory
of sensitive materials before the Autobots arrived,
were you not?
Your argument...is logical.
( grunts )
Exemplary teamwork.
Now tell me, Shockwave,
why does this cyber-matter resemble chaos?
The basic elements are apparently unstable--
I will turn my attention to correcting that.
( sighs )
Nevertheless, should we use this cyber-matter to restore
Cybertron, or cyberform Earth,
we would require a launch mechanism, would we not?
MEGATRON: Then we will focus all our remaining resources
upon the successful reconstruction
of the Omega Lock.
( shrieks )
( dramatic theme playing )
( howls )
( helicopter whirring )
I've done everything I can considering the limitations
of my equipment, and less than ideal spare parts.
It remains uncertain if Ultra Magnus's new appendage
will be fit for battle...though it should prove functional,
after the requisite amount of therapy.
That is all we can hope for, old friend.
You doing okay?
I'm still two-fisted.
So's Magnus.
Wait and see, the claw's gonna become his signature--
you know, like the way you own that voice box
Ratchet slapped in your throat!
( beeping )
I mean, you know, everyone understands you fine!
Why would you even consider getting it fixed now,
am I right?
( Bumblebee continues beeping )
Whoa, what'd he say?
Bee's kind of still attached to the sound of his own voice--
his original one.
Hey, look at the bright, shiny side,
Commander Magnus and 'Jackie single-handedly
put the kibosh on Project Predacon
Though at least one beast that we know of remains--
the one who has demonstrated the ability to transform.
Predaking, we will soon plot our strike against the Autobots,
to punish them for the massacre of your kind.
While I fully intend to exact my revenge,
Project Predacon was merely a squadron, not an army.
I see...
My liege, if you truly aspire to restore our home world,
then I have every faith that you will resurrect the entirety
of the Predacon race from the remains which lie there,
so that I may lead them against any
and all of our shared enemies.
( shrieking and howling )
( growls )
SHOCKWAVE: We salvaged much of the wreckage of the Omega Lock,
but the damage was quite severe.
I would urge the selective use of Earth technology,
retro-fitting its operating systems
will be more efficient than rebuilding from scratch.
Then do provide Starscream with your wish list.
Since Shockwave must turn his attention to the stabilization
of our cyber-matter, you will be in charge of acquisitions.
FOWLER: Prime! We have trouble brewing.
The 'Cons staged a smash-and-grab
at the Los Alamos nuclear plant
late last night, and made off with 20 tons of control rods.
What are the Decepticons looking to build?
( beeping )
Lord Megatron, I have determined that the synthetic energon
formula provided by Knock Out is the source of the instability
simply because it is incomplete.
Then make haste and complete it, we will not only require
enough cyber-matter to rebuild one planet,
but to remake a second.
SHOCKWAVE: Master, excuse my impudence,
but what is the logic behind ruling two worlds?
It has taken me quite some time to fully comprehend that Earth
and Cybertron have always been linked,
two halves of one whole, Primus and Unicron.
And that, to rule only one,
would be to never truly rule either.
FOWLER ( on computer ): Prime!
It's 'Cons again. In progress this time.
( beeping )
Coordinates received, Agent Fowler.
Let's roll. Yip-yip!
Your ability to roll remains predicated
upon further exploration of your manual dexterity.
( hand whirring )
I'm afraid that Ratchet's authority supersedes my own
in medical matters.
( sighs ) Understood.
( ominous theme playing )
( dramatic theme playing )
Whoa!
( electricity crackling )
Ratchet, reopen the GroundBridge--
but ensure that the humans are kept at a safe distance,
for we will be returning with a Decepticon prisoner.
( helicopter whirring )
RATCHET: Because we had the foresight to shield our new base
our captive will be unable to transmit his coordinates
to the Decepticon warship.
Nor will they, in turn, be able to pinpoint his location.
Guess we have all the time in the world
to make Mr. Personality tell us everything he knows.
The 'Con surveillance chief must know a lot, right?
But Soundwave doesn't speak... does he?
I'm not sure he even has a face.
STARSCREAM: With Laserbeak unable
to triangulate Soundwave's current location,
are you not concerned about what our comrade might spill?
Of one thing, I'm certain,
Soundwave knows when to impart information,
and when to withhold it.
Why is Megatron stealing human technology?
What is he attempting to build?
SOUNDWAVE ( retransmitting ): "Why is Megatron stealing human technology?
What is he attempting to build?"
Whoa, Optimus Prime: The Remix.
( beeps )
Oh, yeah? Why don't I wipe that smile right off his face.
Soundwave, we have treated you fairly.
For the sake of the natives of this planet,
tell us what Megatron is attempting to build,
before we are forced to rely upon less civil methods
of interrogation.
( whirring )
( alarm beeping loudly )
( grunts )
Scrap this!
Soundwave is no ordinary Cybertronian, inside or out,
so I would strongly suggest opening him up so we can have
a first-hand look at the information
recorded on his drives.
( beeping )
Uh-oh.
All right, he's downloading data.
No. Soundwave is erasing data.
Soundwave superior. Autobots inferior.
( dramatic theme playing )
Is he...?
( beeping )
His vital signs remain functional.
It seems he has simply severed all communications,
by crashing his own drives.
SHOCKWAVE: Lord Megatron, I have located the one item upon this world
which possesses enough raw tonnage to power
the reconstructed Omega Lock,
a particle collider's synchrotron.
Excellent, Shockwave.
However, the successful completion
of the synthetic energon formula is proving to be
far more difficult than anticipated.
Knock Out first procured this unfinished shamble
from the Autobot medic, did he not?
That is my understanding.
Then the most efficient means to an end
may very well be to recruit that medic.
Attempting to abduct the one Autobot who rarely leaves
their base-- A base we have yet to locate.
--may prove to be a challenge.
You forget that we currently have an agent
within the Autobot base.
Laserbeak could reconnect with Soundwave,
and upload his directive to him.
Which would still require knowing the location
of their base.
It is my understanding that Soundwave kept surveillance
records of more than just the human children.
FOWLER: Prime!
These recent 'Con heists have General Bryce
breathing down my neck. So I gotta get back
to the barbecue today for another grilling.
OPTIMUS: Understood, Agent Fowler.
And rest assured,
should our prisoner return online,
we will resume our interrogation.
Sounds like a plan.
I'll get back to base as soon as possible.
( ominous theme playing )
You summoned me, Lord Megatron.
I require your services, since we anticipate
an Autobot presence at our next event.
I welcome any opportunity to face the Prime again,
warrior to warrior.
You pride yourself on your evolution,
yet you have learned nothing!
I may have lost my surveillance chief today.
The Autobots have expanded their forces,
while ours continue to dwindle.
Then I shall simply battle twice as fiercely.
As a beast.
I'm on my way to the base but I just got word.
The 'Cons busted into
the Solaris Particle Collider Project
at the South Pole.
Autobots.
Wha--? Yip-yip--
Doc, the Commander's ready.
Fine, fine...
Bulkhead, Smokescreen, remain here with Ratchet
to guard our prisoner.
Everyone else, transform and roll out.
( dramatic theme playing )
Can't we throw a tarp over him? He's creeping me out.
Yeah. It's like he's watching, no matter where you go.
Would both of you stop focusing on what Soundwave
can or cannot see and help me figure out
what he did not tell?
Like why Megatron would be interested in something believed
to generate enough power to create a black hole.
( ominous theme playing )
Black holes?
So Megatron's looking to swallow up the known universe.
And everything in it.
No, no. He would merely want to harness the power
of something capable of swallowing worlds,
in order to...create one.
Oh, my.
( ominous theme playing )
RATCHET ( over radio ): Optimus, I know this hardly seems the time--
but it may aid you in your task.
Go ahead.
I believe that Megatron
may be attempting to rebuild the Omega Lock.
Do we let him?
OPTIMUS ( on radio ): No. For you know as well as I
that Megatron will use a reconstructed Lock
to cyberform both Cybertron and Earth.
And that is one abuse of power that we cannot allow.
( sighs ) Understood.
( ominous theme playing )
( dramatic theme playing )
( shrieks )
Down!
The Decepticons must not be allowed to secure their target.
( shrieks )
I will engage the Predacon.
( Predacon shrieking )
You heard your leader. Forge ahead.
( dramatic theme playing )
( roars )
( grunts )
( growls )
( shrieks )
( grunts )
( growls )
( shrieks )
( grunts )
( crash )
( dramatic theme playing )
Somebody knew we were comin'.
ARCEE: You think?
Ratchet, it may not be with the Forge or the Omega Lock,
but we're gonna find a way to get our planet repaired.
( whirring )
Oh, no.
( dramatic theme playing )
( grunts )
( Ratchet yelps )
( beeping )
( grunts )
( groans )
( grunts )
Ah!
( groans )
( suspenseful theme playing )
( dramatic theme playing )