This is a rewrite of an old story. (Part One was posted here, Part Two here, Part Three here, Part Four here, and Part Five here.) It's in script format, because I originally wrote it in reaction to Dreamwave Productions' Transformers/GI Joe crossover as a way of telling John Ney Rieber, "You fool! THIS is how a Transformers/GI Joe crossover is written!" I also submitted to Hasbro's restriction against using historical figures- NO HITLER- which Reiber labored under, when his flawed story was written.
Without further ado...
Transformers Vs. GI Joe: War of the Worlds (version 2.0)
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Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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Transformers Vs. GI Joe: Wars Dawn
Part 1
By Sidewinder (aim9snake@hotmail.com), 2006, revised 2011. Original story by John Ney Rieber. Characters created and owned by Hasbro and Takara.
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TEXT: Approximately 10,000,000 BC. The Colossus. Polyhex, Cybertron.
Midnight. The Colossus is an amphitheater, where gladiators fight to entertain the public. Force field projectors encircle the stage so the gladiators can't injure the audience, without obscuring their view.
Tonight, the gladiators are the audience. Megatron (alt mode is a tank) stands before a hologram projector in the middle of the coliseum. An unmasked Soundwave (alt mode is an 8-wheel armored car) stands behind them. Neither robot bears insignia.
TEXT: Megatron, undefeated champion of 666 consecutive Gladiatorial Games.
MEGATRON: We Cybertrons are the most powerful beings in this galaxy. We are destined to conquer the galaxy and bring all sentient beings under our rule! But administrator class-- the so-called "Autobots" whose petty bureaucracy enslaves us as thoroughly as any tyrant-- is too weak to grasp that destiny. Therefore, let us form a new master class to replace them!
Behind him, Soundwave activates the projector to display the Decepticon insignia, which they'll brand upon their chests.
MEGATRON: Let us be Decepticons, and expose the Autobots' deception for what it is!
The gladiators raise their fists, claws, and weapons in salute.
GLADIATORS: Hail the Mighty Megatron, hail! Let us be Decepticons! Down with true deceivers-- down with the Autobots!
Scourge (robot Ceratosaurus, alt mode is a bomber) stands in the crowd, raising his claws and cheering with the other gladiators.
SCOURGE: His charisma is as great as you calculated. His pride is greater-- he is as easy to manipulate as you calculated.
ALPHA Q-PESTILENCE (RADIO): The Master will be pleased. Continue your observations, and report any new developments to me.
SCOURGE: Yes, Milord.
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TEXT: Approximately 9,000,000 BC. Energon Depot 01. Iacon, Cybertron.
Sunrise. A Cybertron lies on the floor, his burning frame illuminating a vault. Five Decepticons-- Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, Rumble and Frenzy-- stand before the vault, their weapons targeting three Cybertrons between them and their goal-- Orion (alt mode is a tractor), Ariel (alt mode is a sports car), and Dion (alt mode is a flatbed truck).
SHOCKWAVE: Logic dictates you step aside and save yourself.
Orion, thinking the cyclops is the Decepticon leader, aims a laser pistol at Shockwave's head.
TEXT: Orion Pax, Energy Storage Systems Engineer First Class.
ORION: You shall not pass!
Megatron shoots first, severing Orion's right arm.
ORION: Argh!
MEGATRON: Nothing will stand before my destiny.
He targets Orion's head.
ARIEL: Leave him alone!
DION: Ariel, no!
Ariel launches herself into the air, towards Megatron. The Decepticon leader doesn't bother to turn his head; he just raises his right arm, fires the fusion cannon, and blasts a hole in Ariel's breastplate.
ARIEL: Ahhhh!
ORION: Monster!
Orion's left hand reaches for the pistol on the floor. Soundwave, Rumble and Frenzy blast Orion into the wall; Orion's face is hit, disfiguring the Autobot.
ORION: Ahhhh!
DION: Brother!
Dion runs to Orion's side. Shockwave's left forearm-mounted laser cannon rises to target Dion, but holds fire as the Autobot examines Orion's shattered face-- Dion is no longer a threat.
Megatron ignores the defeated Autobots as he blasts open the vault door.
MEGATRON: Seize the energon!
Dion remains in Shockwave's crosshairs as the cyclops backs into the vault.
DION: Brother, respond! Respond!
His arms reach for Orion and Ariel, putting the damaged Autobots on his back as he transforms; then Dion drives out of the building.
Dion enters a repair center full of damaged robots. "Nurse" robots hover to-and-fro repair chambers, to monitor the conditions of the robots inside. Of all the occupants, Trion alone bears an Autobot insignia; the elder robot walks among the damaged robots, performing repairs.
Dion drives around the damaged robots lying on the floor, towards Trion.
DION: Help!
TEXT: Alpha Trion, former member of the Autobot Council of Elders.
TRION: I'm sorry, but all available repair chambers are in use. If those robots need critical repairs, please take them to the next functional repair center.
DION: It's 75 kilometers away-- their Sparks will extinguish before I reach my destination! I beg you, at least perform a diagnostic.
Trion examines Orion.
TRION: Hmmm... his Spark burns with extraordinary luminance. Very well, I'll sustain his Spark, but this will require a complete overhaul of his frame. In the meantime, please provide assistance with the repairs.
DION: Yes, Sir.
Trion opens the armored door to his laboratory. Four nurses place Orion and Ariel on two hovering "hospital beds," and move them into the lab. Dion transforms to watch the door close; a nurse puts a hand on his shoulder, drawing Dion's attention.
Dion transports tools and repair parts from the storage rooms, to the nurses and their charges, until sunset. Then the lab door opens. Dion turns to see Trion exit.
TRION: The overhauls have been completed. Now they are the first of our new defenders. Ariel...
Elita, now bearing the Autobot insignia, exits the lab.
ELITA: Call me "Elita One."
She turns to face an unmasked Optimus-- his face scarred by battlefield damage repairs, his shoulders bearing the Autobot insignia-- who marches through the doorway.
DION: Orion?
OPTIMUS: I am now "Optimus," and I swear by the Matrix, I won't rest until the Decepticons are brought to justice, and Megatron's reign of terror ends.
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TEXT: Approximately 6,000,000 BC. The Second Battle of Iacon.
The city is now a battlefield; the streets are cratered from artillery barrages, reducing many buildings to rubble. The only light sources are the soldiers' optics, laser sights, and flashes from gunfire and explosions.
A Decepticon soldier approaches a barricade in front of a road. Sentinel (alt mode is a 10-wheel armored car) rises from behind the barricade, fires a laser rifle, and blasts a hole in the Decepticon's chest.
DECEPTICON: Argh!
Sentinel jumps onto the barricade.
TEXT: Sentinel Prime, Autobot Supreme Commander.
SENTINEL: Autobots, roll out!
He jumps off, transforms, and races down the road. A masked Optimus and Grimlock (robot Tyrannosaurus, alt mode is a tank) lead Autobot soldiers in his wake. Missiles and plasma beams suddenly rain on them.
AUTOBOT SOLDIER: Argh!
He collapses onto the road, in stasis lock.
SENTINEL: Take cover!
The Autobots take cover in craters, in alleys, and behind rubble piles as Kilotron drones (clones of Megatron, alt modes are field guns) dive to attack them. Two Autobots are blasted to pieces.
Optimus shoots at a Kilotron's chest, but the laser beams fail to penetrate its armor. The drone dives, firing two missiles at Optimus. Optimus' laser rifle fires three times; two shots intercept the missiles, which detonate in midair; the third hits the Kilotron's neck joint, beheading the drone.
The headless Kilotron flies over Optimus' head, crashes behind the Autobot, and explodes.
OPTIMUS: I need heavier weapons.
GRIMLOCK: Roar!
Booster rockets launch Grimlock into the air, where he bites off a drone's head.
The dead drone crashes beside Optimus, who turns to a landing Grimlock.
OPTIMUS: Trace the drones' transmissions to their controller, and destroy him!
Grimlock's head turns to an alley between the ruins of two buildings.
GRIMLOCK: Controller run! Controller no hide from Grimlock!
He transforms and races down the alley.
A mobile command center (armored hovercraft) drives behind the frontline. Soundwave sits inside, manning a drone control console. The drones' locations are highlighted on a map of the battlefield; eight monitors flank the map, six of which receive images from the drones.
Grimlock appears in front of the hovercraft. His turret-mounted plasma cannon fires; the shot destroys the cockpit, kills the pilot, and stops the hovercraft.
The momentum throws Soundwave forward; his head almost hits the map.
SOUNDWAVE: Ah!
Shockwave (in fighter mode) fires four missiles to destroy four Autobots. He feels Soundwave's fear through their telepathic link.
SHOCKWAVE: Brother!
He turns away from the frontline; his afterburners flare.
In the hovercraft, Soundwave draws a laser pistol and aims it at the rear door. Grimlock rockets through the hovercraft roof to pin Soundwave against the floor.
SOUNDWAVE: Argh!
GRIMLOCK: Decepticon coward, no courage to fight true warrior! Grimlock punish coward!
Grimlock's jaws lock around Soundwave's face. Soundwave shoots, scorching the Tyrannosaurus' armor.
GRIMLOCK: Grrrr!
He tears off Soundwave's face, exposing the metal skull.
SOUNDWAVE: Ahhhh!
Shockwave transforms above the hovercraft, fires his cannon, and scorches Grimlock's turret roof.
GRIMLOCK: Roar!
He turns to Shockwave, ready to attack.
Soundwave's chest compartment opens to reveal four missile launch tubes. He shoots at point-blank range; the missiles hit Grimlock's chest, blasting the Tyrannosaurus out of the hovercraft. Shockwave shoots again, scorching Grimlock's forehead.
GRIMLOCK: Grrrr! Grimlock crush you later!
Booster rockets launch him into the air, away from the brothers.
Shockwave races to Soundwave's side.
SHOCKWAVE: Do not be alarmed, Brother. I will repair--
Soundwave raises a hand, silencing him.
SOUNDWAVE: Do not repair my face. The Autobot called me a coward; the scars will be evidence of my courage.
At the frontline, Sentinel's company launches a frontal attack against Decepticon positions; Optimus' company flanks the enemy.
Booster rockets launch Omega, a giant with a left forearm-mounted plasma cannon, from a Decepticon position. The giant lands behind Sentinel, crushing a four Autobots under his feet.
AUTOBOT 1: Argh!
AUTOBOT 2: Ahhhh!
AUTOBOT 3: We're all going to die!
The Autobots flee. Sentinel turns to target Omega.
SENTINEL: An Omega class sentinel?!
Omega blasts Sentinel in half.
SENTINEL: Ahhhh!
AUTOBOT 4: Commander!
He leads seven Autobots to Sentinel's defense. Omega shoots twice, killing all approaching Autobots.
Megatron leads Scourge and his company towards Sentinel, who raises his rifle to shoot. Megatron grabs the rifle and pulls it out of Sentinel's right hand, breaking the fingers.
SENTINEL: Argh!
Megatron grips the captured rifle, butt strokes Sentinel, and breaks open the chest compartment (Matrix casing). His cannon targets Sentinel's head as he throws Sentinel's rifle behind him; Scourge catches the rifle, examines it, and stows it as a trophy. Then Megatron and pulls the Matrix out of its casing.
SENTINEL: No...
MEGATRON: Your armor is surprisingly weak for a warrior. I almost wish you Autobots don't die so easily; an easy victory would never satisfy the Gladiatorial Games' audiences.
SCOURGE: Destroy the Matrix-- this symbol of an Autobot Commander's authority. Soon the Autobots will join it in the void, and your victory will be complete.
MEGATRON: Victory is incomplete without slaves to kneel before me. Now the Matrix is mine-- symbol of a Decepticon Commander's supremacy-- the Autobots will submit to me.
He smiles, opens his chest compartment, and puts the Matrix inside.
SCOURGE: No, you can't--
Megatron backhands Scourge, slamming him against the road.
SCOURGE: Shriek!
MEGATRON: Silence! You have no power over me!
Omega turns to see Optimus (in tank mode) use a rubble pile as a ramp, which launches him in the air, towards the giant's head. Omega turns to shoot the transforming Optimus, but is too slow. Optimus' left hand grips the giant's gorget; his right sets a rifle to "OVERLOAD", fires a burst at point-blank range, and beheads Omega.
The dead giant falls, crushing a dozen Decepticons under his body.
DECEPTICON 1: Argh!
DECEPTICON 2: Ahhhh!
Optimus lands on his feet, and throws the red-hot rifle at Megatron's head. He draws a pistol and shoots the rifle, which explodes in Megatron's face.
MEGATRON: Argh!
He staggers.
MEGATRON: Decepticons, retreat!
The Decepticons flee.
Optimus races to Sentinel's side.
SENTINEL: Optimus...?
OPTIMUS: Stop transmitting and conserve your energy, Sir. I'll perform battlefield damage repairs and--
Sentinel's hand rises to silence him.
SENTINEL: No. Soon, I shall be one with the Matrix, the Allspark; I shall be free, for Megatron cannot control the Sparks within it. But the Matrix must be recovered and passed on to an Autobot Commander, as it was passed on to me-- for one day, a savior shall rise from Cybertron and, with the Matrix's powers, light our darkest hour.
He opens a hatch on the back of his neck, to reveal an interface plug. Sentinel extends the interface cable towards Optimus.
SENTINEL: Download the command codes. Command the Autobots to recover the Matrix-- with it, bring light to Cybertron.
OPTIMUS: Yes, Commander.
A hatch on the back of his neck opens. Optimus inserts the plug.
A vision of 10,000 stars uniting to form one (the Allspark) overwhelms him.
OPTIMUS: Gasp!
SENTINEL: Until that day... when all are one...
He releases the plug, now dead.
OPTIMUS: I won't rest until freedom is restored to all sentient beings.
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TEXT: Approximately 4,000,000 BC. The Decagon-- Autobot Defense Force Headquarters, Iacon.
Optimus now has a collarbone-mounted missile launcher; the launch tubes cover his head, like an umbrella. He, Prowl, and Ironhide stand in a circle, around a hologram projector displaying the Ark (spaceship with golden radiation shielding). Optimus turns as Jazz enters the room and transforms.
OPTIMUS: Find anything, Jazz?
JAZZ: Negative; Sector 001 is darker than the Skywarp's armor.
IRONHIDE: That's no surprise. 6,000,000 years of war...
His head shakes; after so much combat, even he is fatigued.
OPTIMUS: Let's focus on the present. As the war rages on, depleting Cybertron's energy and material resources, we find ourselves depleted of another resource-- time. We must launch an expedition to find new sources of energy and materials, or the void will be the sole victor of this war.
PROWL: Launching such an expedition will require 45 to 60% of our remaining energon supplies. If it fails--
IRONHIDE: We'll die anyways. When do we launch?
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SETTING: An underground spaceport, linked to the Decagon through a secret passageway.
The Autobots are preparing the Ark for launch; Elita, Slag, and Silverbolt enter stasis pods (emergency escape pods) to conserve the Ark's limited energon supplies during the expedition. No one sees Laserbeak (robot vulture, alt mode is a missile) hiding in the spaceport roof beams.
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TEXT: The Crown of Stars-- Megatron's castle, Polyhex.
In the command center, Megatron, Shockwave, and a masked Soundwave study images transmitted by Laserbeak.
MEGATRON: If new resources are to be found, the Decepticons must find them first.
SOUNDWAVE: The Autobot expeditionary vessel is set to launch, Megatron.
MEGATRON: As are we.
He turns face to Shockwave.
MEGATRON: Shockwave!
SHOCKWAVE: What is your command, Megatron?
MEGATRON: I entrust the continued mission on Cybertron to you, Shockwave.
SHOCKWAVE: Understood, Megatron. I will not rest until the entire planet is under Decepticon control.
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SETTING: A hangar at Megatron's castle.
TEXT: Skywarp, apprentice of the Terror Soaring Saber-- a mercenary in Decepticon service.
Starscream and Skywarp are dueling with swords. Skywarp fires his forearm-mounted machine guns and mini-missiles, trying to force his master to drop his guard.
The apprentice's attacks are useless; Starscream's sabers spin like propellers, parrying all incoming shells and missiles. Sparks shoot from Skywarp's armor as the master's saber penetrates his defenses, forcing the apprentice against a wall.
TEXT: Starscream, Master of the Terror Soaring Saber-- acting Decepticon Air Commander.
Skywarp teleports, reappears behind Starscream, and slashes to project kenki ("sword's breath," psychokinetic energy waves). Starscream slashes behind his back to parry the attack, turns as he glides backwards, and thrusts; his saber touches Skywarp's gorget.
SKYWARP: Gasp!
STARSCREAM: Don't depend upon a single skill, or it will become useless when your enemies develop countermeasures to that skill.
SKYWARP: Yes... Master.
Chromia enters the hangar and bows to Starscream.
TEXT: Chromia, Decepticon Deputy Air Commander.
CHROMIA: Commander, Megatron demands we prepare for battle and participate in an upcoming mission.
Skywarp demonstrates his swordsmanship-- spinning the blade in his hands, throwing it over his head or under his shoulders, before catching the sword-- as he speaks.
SKYWARP: Megatron can demand that Cybertron be renamed in his honor, but he lacks the strength to enforce his demands. A faction under the Terror Soaring Sabers' command would've been victorious; the war would've ended eons before energy supplies became a critical.
Starscream psychically pulls the sword out of Skywarp's hand, into his own.
STARSCREAM: Yes, we of the Terror Soaring Saber will become powerful enough to take over a faction. But patience; timing is critical to such plans.
He throws the sword over Skywarp's head; Skywarp smiles as he catches it.
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TEXT: Ark 010-- Autobot assault ship, former flagship of the Cybertron Colonial Defense Fleet. Current location, the Solar System.
SETTING: Main bridge (the Ark's top floor).
As the ship flies past the asteroid belt, Prowl's monitor projects, "WARNING: BOGIE DETECTED" over an image of a Decepticon dreadnought.
PROWL: Unidentified capital ship detected, 12 o'clock!
Optimus' monitor zooms in on the insignia the dreadnought bears.
OPTIMUS: Decepticons!
TEXT: Nemesis-- Decepticon dreadnought, future flagship of the Decepticon Expeditionary Fleet.
In the bridge, Starscream's monitor reads, "WARNING: LASER LOCK".
STARSCREAM: The Ark's weapons are targeting us. I advise shooting first.
MEGATRON: No, I must have the data they've gathered. Tractor beam, ready! Target, the Ark! Fire!
The Nemesis' tractor beam projector "lassos" the Ark; then the dreadnought's boarding chute extends, attaching to the main bridge.
PROWL: The Nemesis is docked to the Ark!
OPTIMUS: To arms! Repel the boarders!
Grimlock remains at the fire control console; at his command, gun turrets traverse and then shoot the relatively motionless Nemesis.
BLUDGEON (RADIO): Lord Megatron, the Autobots are...!
A shot destroys the Nemesis' radio antennas. Bludgeon remains aboard the dreadnought, but he can no longer communicate with the others.
In the boarding chute, Starscream's saber cuts a circle in the Ark's hull before psychically pushing the cutout into the Ark's bridge; the armor plate slams Prowl against a console, crushing it.
PROWL: Argh!
The monitor reads, "WARNING: *** SYSTEM INOP", and then shutoffs before it can identify the inoperable system.
The Autobots turn to rain missiles, shells, plasma and laser beams on Starscream, but the swordsman parries the attacks as he enters the bridge.
STARSCREAM: Fight harder, Autobots! Let this battle make our energon surge!
He steps aside to let other Decepticons pass. Megatron leads the other Decepticons into the bridge.
MEGATRON: Decepticons, attack!
Optimus somersaults backwards out of his chair to kick Megatron, pinning Megatron to the floor.
MEGATRON: Prime!
He shoots Optimus' chest, throwing Optimus against the ceiling.
OPTIMUS: Megatron!
He lands on his feet. Megatron rises and targets his chest. Optimus dives under the line-of-fire, lunges, and slams his shoulder against Megatron's abdomen. Megatron, knowing he'll be caught in the blast radius if he shoots Optimus at point-blank range, hammers Optimus' head with an elbow, breaking an antenna. Optimus uppercuts Megatron; they're now locked in hand-to-hand combat.
Skywarp rockets into the bridge. Prowl shoots at him; Skywarp parries the incoming laser beams, covering Chromia as she enters.
Starscream kicks Prowl's head, throwing him against the ceiling.
SKYWARP: Ask Starscream to teach you the Terror Soaring Saber.
Chromia's forearm-mounted cannons fire, scorching Ironhide's armor.
CHROMIA: I prefer long-range attacks.
Ironhide's rifle (mortar, direct fire mode) shoots. Chromia shoots down the incoming shell; her optics widen when a second shell flies through the resulting fireball, towards her.
Skywarp glides in front of Chromia, cuts down the mortar shell, and saves the female Decepticon.
SKYWARP: You can't always keep your enemies at a distance.
He teleports behind Ironhide, slashes, and cracks Ironhide's backplate.
IRONHIDE: Argh!
He falls onto the floor, apparently in stasis lock.
Chromia notices Grimlock remains behind his console; then flying debris draws her attention to a window.
CHROMIA: The Nemesis as a stationary target! Stop Grimlock before he destroys our ship!
She shoots; cannon shells scorch Grimlock's armor, but the Tyrannosaurus ignores Chromia. Starscream and Skywarp glide towards Grimlock; then giant hands (Skyfire's) reach through the floor to grab the swordsmen's legs.
SKYWARP: Ah!
STARSCREAM: Skyfire!
He stabs Skyfire's finger joints, trying to make Skyfire release them. Skyfire's torso rises from the level beneath the bridge, enlarging the hole in the bridge floor. He squeezes Starscream and Skywarp, cracking the swordsmen's leg armor.
STARSCREAM, SKYWARP: Argh!
They freeze; then Skyfire throws them into the boarding chute.
CHROMIA: Commander!
Her cannons pepper Skyfire.
Grimlock rams Chromia, pins her against a wall, locks his jaws around her right forearm, and crushes the limb.
CHROMIA: Ahhhh!
Her left cannon fires at point-blank range. Grimlock's optic shutters to protect it; the shells scorch the side of his head.
GRIMLOCK: Roarrrr!
He throws Chromia into a stasis pod. He shoots the pod, piercing its hatch-- a monitor reads, "LAUNCH FAILURE"-- and Chromia's breastplate.
CHROMIA: Ah!
She enters stasis lock.
Optimus grabs Megatron's right forearm, pushing the fusion cannon towards the ceiling so the Decepticon can't shoot back.
A left calf compartment opens to reveal the Decepticon's power dagger; Megatron raises the blade to stab Optimus. The Matrix suddenly reacts against Megatron's corrupted Spark.
MEGATRON: Ahhhh!
He drops the dagger as the Matrix's light burns a fist-sized hole in his chest armor. Optimus lifts Megatron off his feet, body slams him against the floor, and breaks the Decepticon's neck.
Sparks shoot from Megatron's neck as Optimus stands up, holding the Decepticon by his feet.
OPTIMUS: Had enough?
Bumblebee hears mechanical sounds coming from the boarding chute, turns, and fires his laser pistol; the approaching Soundwave raises an arm to block the incoming beams.
Soundwave ignores the shots peppering his arm; he fires two missiles at Bumblebee's chest, throwing the Autobot backwards.
BUMBLEBEE: Ahhhh!
He crashes into the "windshield" (monitor, displaying images from prow-mounted cameras). Soundwave targets Optimus.
SOUNDWAVE: Release Megatron!
OPTIMUS: You asked for it.
He throws Megatron at Soundwave, slamming both Decepticons back into the boarding chute.
SOUNDWAVE: Argh!
Optimus fires missiles into the chute, blasting holes in Megatron's armor.
MEGATRON: Prime!
The detonating missiles loosen the boarding chute's attachment points; the ships shake as they separate.
SKYFIRE: Whoa!
He falls back down the hole, to the floor below. The shaking becomes violent, breaking armor plates off the Ark.
OPTIMUS: What's happening?
Ironhide's monitor displays Earth's image.
IRONHIDE: What in...?
Prowl runs to Ironhide's side.
PROWL: The star system's third planet-- we're in its gravity well!
OPTIMUS: Crash positions!
The Autobots brace themselves as the Ark enters Earth's atmosphere, followed by the Nemesis.
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SETTING: Crown of Stars.
In the command center, Scourge faces Alpha Quintus-- a four-faced cyborg with a golden skullcap, two muscular arms, and six mechanical tentacles under his body.
ALPHA Q-FAMINE: Where is Shockwave?
SCOURGE: He's leading the attack on the Autobot Capitol.
ALPHA Q-FAMINE: Can he be controlled?
SCOURGE: No. Unlike Megatron, Shockwave is too calculating to be swayed by appeals to his pride; the Decepticon Deputy Commander serves because logic dictates the Cybertrons should rule all sentient beings, for they are the most powerful beings born of this galaxy. What are the Master's orders?
Alpha Quintus' head rotates to the Face of Pestilence.
ALPHA Q-PESTILENCE: We have the schematics for Megatron's shuttle, with which we can build an exact copy.
His head rotates to the Face of War.
ALPHA Q-WAR: By using the Kilotrons-- Megatron's imperfect clones-- to swell his ranks, the Decepticon Commander gave us a means to replace him.
Unicron's face is projected onto his skullcap.
UNICRON: I will grant a clone the Spark of Life; in serving the perfect clone, the Decepticons serve me.
Scourge bows to Unicron's face.
SCOURGE: Yes, Master. Your power is infinite-- your will be done in this galaxy, as it is in the void.
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TO BE CONTINUED
Part 1
By Sidewinder (aim9snake@hotmail.com), 2006, revised 2011. Original story by John Ney Rieber. Characters created and owned by Hasbro and Takara.
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TEXT: Approximately 10,000,000 BC. The Colossus. Polyhex, Cybertron.
Midnight. The Colossus is an amphitheater, where gladiators fight to entertain the public. Force field projectors encircle the stage so the gladiators can't injure the audience, without obscuring their view.
Tonight, the gladiators are the audience. Megatron (alt mode is a tank) stands before a hologram projector in the middle of the coliseum. An unmasked Soundwave (alt mode is an 8-wheel armored car) stands behind them. Neither robot bears insignia.
TEXT: Megatron, undefeated champion of 666 consecutive Gladiatorial Games.
MEGATRON: We Cybertrons are the most powerful beings in this galaxy. We are destined to conquer the galaxy and bring all sentient beings under our rule! But administrator class-- the so-called "Autobots" whose petty bureaucracy enslaves us as thoroughly as any tyrant-- is too weak to grasp that destiny. Therefore, let us form a new master class to replace them!
Behind him, Soundwave activates the projector to display the Decepticon insignia, which they'll brand upon their chests.
MEGATRON: Let us be Decepticons, and expose the Autobots' deception for what it is!
The gladiators raise their fists, claws, and weapons in salute.
GLADIATORS: Hail the Mighty Megatron, hail! Let us be Decepticons! Down with true deceivers-- down with the Autobots!
Scourge (robot Ceratosaurus, alt mode is a bomber) stands in the crowd, raising his claws and cheering with the other gladiators.
SCOURGE: His charisma is as great as you calculated. His pride is greater-- he is as easy to manipulate as you calculated.
ALPHA Q-PESTILENCE (RADIO): The Master will be pleased. Continue your observations, and report any new developments to me.
SCOURGE: Yes, Milord.
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TEXT: Approximately 9,000,000 BC. Energon Depot 01. Iacon, Cybertron.
Sunrise. A Cybertron lies on the floor, his burning frame illuminating a vault. Five Decepticons-- Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, Rumble and Frenzy-- stand before the vault, their weapons targeting three Cybertrons between them and their goal-- Orion (alt mode is a tractor), Ariel (alt mode is a sports car), and Dion (alt mode is a flatbed truck).
SHOCKWAVE: Logic dictates you step aside and save yourself.
Orion, thinking the cyclops is the Decepticon leader, aims a laser pistol at Shockwave's head.
TEXT: Orion Pax, Energy Storage Systems Engineer First Class.
ORION: You shall not pass!
Megatron shoots first, severing Orion's right arm.
ORION: Argh!
MEGATRON: Nothing will stand before my destiny.
He targets Orion's head.
ARIEL: Leave him alone!
DION: Ariel, no!
Ariel launches herself into the air, towards Megatron. The Decepticon leader doesn't bother to turn his head; he just raises his right arm, fires the fusion cannon, and blasts a hole in Ariel's breastplate.
ARIEL: Ahhhh!
ORION: Monster!
Orion's left hand reaches for the pistol on the floor. Soundwave, Rumble and Frenzy blast Orion into the wall; Orion's face is hit, disfiguring the Autobot.
ORION: Ahhhh!
DION: Brother!
Dion runs to Orion's side. Shockwave's left forearm-mounted laser cannon rises to target Dion, but holds fire as the Autobot examines Orion's shattered face-- Dion is no longer a threat.
Megatron ignores the defeated Autobots as he blasts open the vault door.
MEGATRON: Seize the energon!
Dion remains in Shockwave's crosshairs as the cyclops backs into the vault.
DION: Brother, respond! Respond!
His arms reach for Orion and Ariel, putting the damaged Autobots on his back as he transforms; then Dion drives out of the building.
Dion enters a repair center full of damaged robots. "Nurse" robots hover to-and-fro repair chambers, to monitor the conditions of the robots inside. Of all the occupants, Trion alone bears an Autobot insignia; the elder robot walks among the damaged robots, performing repairs.
Dion drives around the damaged robots lying on the floor, towards Trion.
DION: Help!
TEXT: Alpha Trion, former member of the Autobot Council of Elders.
TRION: I'm sorry, but all available repair chambers are in use. If those robots need critical repairs, please take them to the next functional repair center.
DION: It's 75 kilometers away-- their Sparks will extinguish before I reach my destination! I beg you, at least perform a diagnostic.
Trion examines Orion.
TRION: Hmmm... his Spark burns with extraordinary luminance. Very well, I'll sustain his Spark, but this will require a complete overhaul of his frame. In the meantime, please provide assistance with the repairs.
DION: Yes, Sir.
Trion opens the armored door to his laboratory. Four nurses place Orion and Ariel on two hovering "hospital beds," and move them into the lab. Dion transforms to watch the door close; a nurse puts a hand on his shoulder, drawing Dion's attention.
Dion transports tools and repair parts from the storage rooms, to the nurses and their charges, until sunset. Then the lab door opens. Dion turns to see Trion exit.
TRION: The overhauls have been completed. Now they are the first of our new defenders. Ariel...
Elita, now bearing the Autobot insignia, exits the lab.
ELITA: Call me "Elita One."
She turns to face an unmasked Optimus-- his face scarred by battlefield damage repairs, his shoulders bearing the Autobot insignia-- who marches through the doorway.
DION: Orion?
OPTIMUS: I am now "Optimus," and I swear by the Matrix, I won't rest until the Decepticons are brought to justice, and Megatron's reign of terror ends.
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TEXT: Approximately 6,000,000 BC. The Second Battle of Iacon.
The city is now a battlefield; the streets are cratered from artillery barrages, reducing many buildings to rubble. The only light sources are the soldiers' optics, laser sights, and flashes from gunfire and explosions.
A Decepticon soldier approaches a barricade in front of a road. Sentinel (alt mode is a 10-wheel armored car) rises from behind the barricade, fires a laser rifle, and blasts a hole in the Decepticon's chest.
DECEPTICON: Argh!
Sentinel jumps onto the barricade.
TEXT: Sentinel Prime, Autobot Supreme Commander.
SENTINEL: Autobots, roll out!
He jumps off, transforms, and races down the road. A masked Optimus and Grimlock (robot Tyrannosaurus, alt mode is a tank) lead Autobot soldiers in his wake. Missiles and plasma beams suddenly rain on them.
AUTOBOT SOLDIER: Argh!
He collapses onto the road, in stasis lock.
SENTINEL: Take cover!
The Autobots take cover in craters, in alleys, and behind rubble piles as Kilotron drones (clones of Megatron, alt modes are field guns) dive to attack them. Two Autobots are blasted to pieces.
Optimus shoots at a Kilotron's chest, but the laser beams fail to penetrate its armor. The drone dives, firing two missiles at Optimus. Optimus' laser rifle fires three times; two shots intercept the missiles, which detonate in midair; the third hits the Kilotron's neck joint, beheading the drone.
The headless Kilotron flies over Optimus' head, crashes behind the Autobot, and explodes.
OPTIMUS: I need heavier weapons.
GRIMLOCK: Roar!
Booster rockets launch Grimlock into the air, where he bites off a drone's head.
The dead drone crashes beside Optimus, who turns to a landing Grimlock.
OPTIMUS: Trace the drones' transmissions to their controller, and destroy him!
Grimlock's head turns to an alley between the ruins of two buildings.
GRIMLOCK: Controller run! Controller no hide from Grimlock!
He transforms and races down the alley.
A mobile command center (armored hovercraft) drives behind the frontline. Soundwave sits inside, manning a drone control console. The drones' locations are highlighted on a map of the battlefield; eight monitors flank the map, six of which receive images from the drones.
Grimlock appears in front of the hovercraft. His turret-mounted plasma cannon fires; the shot destroys the cockpit, kills the pilot, and stops the hovercraft.
The momentum throws Soundwave forward; his head almost hits the map.
SOUNDWAVE: Ah!
Shockwave (in fighter mode) fires four missiles to destroy four Autobots. He feels Soundwave's fear through their telepathic link.
SHOCKWAVE: Brother!
He turns away from the frontline; his afterburners flare.
In the hovercraft, Soundwave draws a laser pistol and aims it at the rear door. Grimlock rockets through the hovercraft roof to pin Soundwave against the floor.
SOUNDWAVE: Argh!
GRIMLOCK: Decepticon coward, no courage to fight true warrior! Grimlock punish coward!
Grimlock's jaws lock around Soundwave's face. Soundwave shoots, scorching the Tyrannosaurus' armor.
GRIMLOCK: Grrrr!
He tears off Soundwave's face, exposing the metal skull.
SOUNDWAVE: Ahhhh!
Shockwave transforms above the hovercraft, fires his cannon, and scorches Grimlock's turret roof.
GRIMLOCK: Roar!
He turns to Shockwave, ready to attack.
Soundwave's chest compartment opens to reveal four missile launch tubes. He shoots at point-blank range; the missiles hit Grimlock's chest, blasting the Tyrannosaurus out of the hovercraft. Shockwave shoots again, scorching Grimlock's forehead.
GRIMLOCK: Grrrr! Grimlock crush you later!
Booster rockets launch him into the air, away from the brothers.
Shockwave races to Soundwave's side.
SHOCKWAVE: Do not be alarmed, Brother. I will repair--
Soundwave raises a hand, silencing him.
SOUNDWAVE: Do not repair my face. The Autobot called me a coward; the scars will be evidence of my courage.
At the frontline, Sentinel's company launches a frontal attack against Decepticon positions; Optimus' company flanks the enemy.
Booster rockets launch Omega, a giant with a left forearm-mounted plasma cannon, from a Decepticon position. The giant lands behind Sentinel, crushing a four Autobots under his feet.
AUTOBOT 1: Argh!
AUTOBOT 2: Ahhhh!
AUTOBOT 3: We're all going to die!
The Autobots flee. Sentinel turns to target Omega.
SENTINEL: An Omega class sentinel?!
Omega blasts Sentinel in half.
SENTINEL: Ahhhh!
AUTOBOT 4: Commander!
He leads seven Autobots to Sentinel's defense. Omega shoots twice, killing all approaching Autobots.
Megatron leads Scourge and his company towards Sentinel, who raises his rifle to shoot. Megatron grabs the rifle and pulls it out of Sentinel's right hand, breaking the fingers.
SENTINEL: Argh!
Megatron grips the captured rifle, butt strokes Sentinel, and breaks open the chest compartment (Matrix casing). His cannon targets Sentinel's head as he throws Sentinel's rifle behind him; Scourge catches the rifle, examines it, and stows it as a trophy. Then Megatron and pulls the Matrix out of its casing.
SENTINEL: No...
MEGATRON: Your armor is surprisingly weak for a warrior. I almost wish you Autobots don't die so easily; an easy victory would never satisfy the Gladiatorial Games' audiences.
SCOURGE: Destroy the Matrix-- this symbol of an Autobot Commander's authority. Soon the Autobots will join it in the void, and your victory will be complete.
MEGATRON: Victory is incomplete without slaves to kneel before me. Now the Matrix is mine-- symbol of a Decepticon Commander's supremacy-- the Autobots will submit to me.
He smiles, opens his chest compartment, and puts the Matrix inside.
SCOURGE: No, you can't--
Megatron backhands Scourge, slamming him against the road.
SCOURGE: Shriek!
MEGATRON: Silence! You have no power over me!
Omega turns to see Optimus (in tank mode) use a rubble pile as a ramp, which launches him in the air, towards the giant's head. Omega turns to shoot the transforming Optimus, but is too slow. Optimus' left hand grips the giant's gorget; his right sets a rifle to "OVERLOAD", fires a burst at point-blank range, and beheads Omega.
The dead giant falls, crushing a dozen Decepticons under his body.
DECEPTICON 1: Argh!
DECEPTICON 2: Ahhhh!
Optimus lands on his feet, and throws the red-hot rifle at Megatron's head. He draws a pistol and shoots the rifle, which explodes in Megatron's face.
MEGATRON: Argh!
He staggers.
MEGATRON: Decepticons, retreat!
The Decepticons flee.
Optimus races to Sentinel's side.
SENTINEL: Optimus...?
OPTIMUS: Stop transmitting and conserve your energy, Sir. I'll perform battlefield damage repairs and--
Sentinel's hand rises to silence him.
SENTINEL: No. Soon, I shall be one with the Matrix, the Allspark; I shall be free, for Megatron cannot control the Sparks within it. But the Matrix must be recovered and passed on to an Autobot Commander, as it was passed on to me-- for one day, a savior shall rise from Cybertron and, with the Matrix's powers, light our darkest hour.
He opens a hatch on the back of his neck, to reveal an interface plug. Sentinel extends the interface cable towards Optimus.
SENTINEL: Download the command codes. Command the Autobots to recover the Matrix-- with it, bring light to Cybertron.
OPTIMUS: Yes, Commander.
A hatch on the back of his neck opens. Optimus inserts the plug.
A vision of 10,000 stars uniting to form one (the Allspark) overwhelms him.
OPTIMUS: Gasp!
SENTINEL: Until that day... when all are one...
He releases the plug, now dead.
OPTIMUS: I won't rest until freedom is restored to all sentient beings.
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TEXT: Approximately 4,000,000 BC. The Decagon-- Autobot Defense Force Headquarters, Iacon.
Optimus now has a collarbone-mounted missile launcher; the launch tubes cover his head, like an umbrella. He, Prowl, and Ironhide stand in a circle, around a hologram projector displaying the Ark (spaceship with golden radiation shielding). Optimus turns as Jazz enters the room and transforms.
OPTIMUS: Find anything, Jazz?
JAZZ: Negative; Sector 001 is darker than the Skywarp's armor.
IRONHIDE: That's no surprise. 6,000,000 years of war...
His head shakes; after so much combat, even he is fatigued.
OPTIMUS: Let's focus on the present. As the war rages on, depleting Cybertron's energy and material resources, we find ourselves depleted of another resource-- time. We must launch an expedition to find new sources of energy and materials, or the void will be the sole victor of this war.
PROWL: Launching such an expedition will require 45 to 60% of our remaining energon supplies. If it fails--
IRONHIDE: We'll die anyways. When do we launch?
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SETTING: An underground spaceport, linked to the Decagon through a secret passageway.
The Autobots are preparing the Ark for launch; Elita, Slag, and Silverbolt enter stasis pods (emergency escape pods) to conserve the Ark's limited energon supplies during the expedition. No one sees Laserbeak (robot vulture, alt mode is a missile) hiding in the spaceport roof beams.
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TEXT: The Crown of Stars-- Megatron's castle, Polyhex.
In the command center, Megatron, Shockwave, and a masked Soundwave study images transmitted by Laserbeak.
MEGATRON: If new resources are to be found, the Decepticons must find them first.
SOUNDWAVE: The Autobot expeditionary vessel is set to launch, Megatron.
MEGATRON: As are we.
He turns face to Shockwave.
MEGATRON: Shockwave!
SHOCKWAVE: What is your command, Megatron?
MEGATRON: I entrust the continued mission on Cybertron to you, Shockwave.
SHOCKWAVE: Understood, Megatron. I will not rest until the entire planet is under Decepticon control.
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SETTING: A hangar at Megatron's castle.
TEXT: Skywarp, apprentice of the Terror Soaring Saber-- a mercenary in Decepticon service.
Starscream and Skywarp are dueling with swords. Skywarp fires his forearm-mounted machine guns and mini-missiles, trying to force his master to drop his guard.
The apprentice's attacks are useless; Starscream's sabers spin like propellers, parrying all incoming shells and missiles. Sparks shoot from Skywarp's armor as the master's saber penetrates his defenses, forcing the apprentice against a wall.
TEXT: Starscream, Master of the Terror Soaring Saber-- acting Decepticon Air Commander.
Skywarp teleports, reappears behind Starscream, and slashes to project kenki ("sword's breath," psychokinetic energy waves). Starscream slashes behind his back to parry the attack, turns as he glides backwards, and thrusts; his saber touches Skywarp's gorget.
SKYWARP: Gasp!
STARSCREAM: Don't depend upon a single skill, or it will become useless when your enemies develop countermeasures to that skill.
SKYWARP: Yes... Master.
Chromia enters the hangar and bows to Starscream.
TEXT: Chromia, Decepticon Deputy Air Commander.
CHROMIA: Commander, Megatron demands we prepare for battle and participate in an upcoming mission.
Skywarp demonstrates his swordsmanship-- spinning the blade in his hands, throwing it over his head or under his shoulders, before catching the sword-- as he speaks.
SKYWARP: Megatron can demand that Cybertron be renamed in his honor, but he lacks the strength to enforce his demands. A faction under the Terror Soaring Sabers' command would've been victorious; the war would've ended eons before energy supplies became a critical.
Starscream psychically pulls the sword out of Skywarp's hand, into his own.
STARSCREAM: Yes, we of the Terror Soaring Saber will become powerful enough to take over a faction. But patience; timing is critical to such plans.
He throws the sword over Skywarp's head; Skywarp smiles as he catches it.
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TEXT: Ark 010-- Autobot assault ship, former flagship of the Cybertron Colonial Defense Fleet. Current location, the Solar System.
SETTING: Main bridge (the Ark's top floor).
As the ship flies past the asteroid belt, Prowl's monitor projects, "WARNING: BOGIE DETECTED" over an image of a Decepticon dreadnought.
PROWL: Unidentified capital ship detected, 12 o'clock!
Optimus' monitor zooms in on the insignia the dreadnought bears.
OPTIMUS: Decepticons!
TEXT: Nemesis-- Decepticon dreadnought, future flagship of the Decepticon Expeditionary Fleet.
In the bridge, Starscream's monitor reads, "WARNING: LASER LOCK".
STARSCREAM: The Ark's weapons are targeting us. I advise shooting first.
MEGATRON: No, I must have the data they've gathered. Tractor beam, ready! Target, the Ark! Fire!
The Nemesis' tractor beam projector "lassos" the Ark; then the dreadnought's boarding chute extends, attaching to the main bridge.
PROWL: The Nemesis is docked to the Ark!
OPTIMUS: To arms! Repel the boarders!
Grimlock remains at the fire control console; at his command, gun turrets traverse and then shoot the relatively motionless Nemesis.
BLUDGEON (RADIO): Lord Megatron, the Autobots are...!
A shot destroys the Nemesis' radio antennas. Bludgeon remains aboard the dreadnought, but he can no longer communicate with the others.
In the boarding chute, Starscream's saber cuts a circle in the Ark's hull before psychically pushing the cutout into the Ark's bridge; the armor plate slams Prowl against a console, crushing it.
PROWL: Argh!
The monitor reads, "WARNING: *** SYSTEM INOP", and then shutoffs before it can identify the inoperable system.
The Autobots turn to rain missiles, shells, plasma and laser beams on Starscream, but the swordsman parries the attacks as he enters the bridge.
STARSCREAM: Fight harder, Autobots! Let this battle make our energon surge!
He steps aside to let other Decepticons pass. Megatron leads the other Decepticons into the bridge.
MEGATRON: Decepticons, attack!
Optimus somersaults backwards out of his chair to kick Megatron, pinning Megatron to the floor.
MEGATRON: Prime!
He shoots Optimus' chest, throwing Optimus against the ceiling.
OPTIMUS: Megatron!
He lands on his feet. Megatron rises and targets his chest. Optimus dives under the line-of-fire, lunges, and slams his shoulder against Megatron's abdomen. Megatron, knowing he'll be caught in the blast radius if he shoots Optimus at point-blank range, hammers Optimus' head with an elbow, breaking an antenna. Optimus uppercuts Megatron; they're now locked in hand-to-hand combat.
Skywarp rockets into the bridge. Prowl shoots at him; Skywarp parries the incoming laser beams, covering Chromia as she enters.
Starscream kicks Prowl's head, throwing him against the ceiling.
SKYWARP: Ask Starscream to teach you the Terror Soaring Saber.
Chromia's forearm-mounted cannons fire, scorching Ironhide's armor.
CHROMIA: I prefer long-range attacks.
Ironhide's rifle (mortar, direct fire mode) shoots. Chromia shoots down the incoming shell; her optics widen when a second shell flies through the resulting fireball, towards her.
Skywarp glides in front of Chromia, cuts down the mortar shell, and saves the female Decepticon.
SKYWARP: You can't always keep your enemies at a distance.
He teleports behind Ironhide, slashes, and cracks Ironhide's backplate.
IRONHIDE: Argh!
He falls onto the floor, apparently in stasis lock.
Chromia notices Grimlock remains behind his console; then flying debris draws her attention to a window.
CHROMIA: The Nemesis as a stationary target! Stop Grimlock before he destroys our ship!
She shoots; cannon shells scorch Grimlock's armor, but the Tyrannosaurus ignores Chromia. Starscream and Skywarp glide towards Grimlock; then giant hands (Skyfire's) reach through the floor to grab the swordsmen's legs.
SKYWARP: Ah!
STARSCREAM: Skyfire!
He stabs Skyfire's finger joints, trying to make Skyfire release them. Skyfire's torso rises from the level beneath the bridge, enlarging the hole in the bridge floor. He squeezes Starscream and Skywarp, cracking the swordsmen's leg armor.
STARSCREAM, SKYWARP: Argh!
They freeze; then Skyfire throws them into the boarding chute.
CHROMIA: Commander!
Her cannons pepper Skyfire.
Grimlock rams Chromia, pins her against a wall, locks his jaws around her right forearm, and crushes the limb.
CHROMIA: Ahhhh!
Her left cannon fires at point-blank range. Grimlock's optic shutters to protect it; the shells scorch the side of his head.
GRIMLOCK: Roarrrr!
He throws Chromia into a stasis pod. He shoots the pod, piercing its hatch-- a monitor reads, "LAUNCH FAILURE"-- and Chromia's breastplate.
CHROMIA: Ah!
She enters stasis lock.
Optimus grabs Megatron's right forearm, pushing the fusion cannon towards the ceiling so the Decepticon can't shoot back.
A left calf compartment opens to reveal the Decepticon's power dagger; Megatron raises the blade to stab Optimus. The Matrix suddenly reacts against Megatron's corrupted Spark.
MEGATRON: Ahhhh!
He drops the dagger as the Matrix's light burns a fist-sized hole in his chest armor. Optimus lifts Megatron off his feet, body slams him against the floor, and breaks the Decepticon's neck.
Sparks shoot from Megatron's neck as Optimus stands up, holding the Decepticon by his feet.
OPTIMUS: Had enough?
Bumblebee hears mechanical sounds coming from the boarding chute, turns, and fires his laser pistol; the approaching Soundwave raises an arm to block the incoming beams.
Soundwave ignores the shots peppering his arm; he fires two missiles at Bumblebee's chest, throwing the Autobot backwards.
BUMBLEBEE: Ahhhh!
He crashes into the "windshield" (monitor, displaying images from prow-mounted cameras). Soundwave targets Optimus.
SOUNDWAVE: Release Megatron!
OPTIMUS: You asked for it.
He throws Megatron at Soundwave, slamming both Decepticons back into the boarding chute.
SOUNDWAVE: Argh!
Optimus fires missiles into the chute, blasting holes in Megatron's armor.
MEGATRON: Prime!
The detonating missiles loosen the boarding chute's attachment points; the ships shake as they separate.
SKYFIRE: Whoa!
He falls back down the hole, to the floor below. The shaking becomes violent, breaking armor plates off the Ark.
OPTIMUS: What's happening?
Ironhide's monitor displays Earth's image.
IRONHIDE: What in...?
Prowl runs to Ironhide's side.
PROWL: The star system's third planet-- we're in its gravity well!
OPTIMUS: Crash positions!
The Autobots brace themselves as the Ark enters Earth's atmosphere, followed by the Nemesis.
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SETTING: Crown of Stars.
In the command center, Scourge faces Alpha Quintus-- a four-faced cyborg with a golden skullcap, two muscular arms, and six mechanical tentacles under his body.
ALPHA Q-FAMINE: Where is Shockwave?
SCOURGE: He's leading the attack on the Autobot Capitol.
ALPHA Q-FAMINE: Can he be controlled?
SCOURGE: No. Unlike Megatron, Shockwave is too calculating to be swayed by appeals to his pride; the Decepticon Deputy Commander serves because logic dictates the Cybertrons should rule all sentient beings, for they are the most powerful beings born of this galaxy. What are the Master's orders?
Alpha Quintus' head rotates to the Face of Pestilence.
ALPHA Q-PESTILENCE: We have the schematics for Megatron's shuttle, with which we can build an exact copy.
His head rotates to the Face of War.
ALPHA Q-WAR: By using the Kilotrons-- Megatron's imperfect clones-- to swell his ranks, the Decepticon Commander gave us a means to replace him.
Unicron's face is projected onto his skullcap.
UNICRON: I will grant a clone the Spark of Life; in serving the perfect clone, the Decepticons serve me.
Scourge bows to Unicron's face.
SCOURGE: Yes, Master. Your power is infinite-- your will be done in this galaxy, as it is in the void.
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TO BE CONTINUED
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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Re: Transformers Vs. GI Joe: War of the Worlds (version 2.0)
Transformers Vs. GI Joe: Wars Dawn
Part 2
By Sidewinder (aim9snake@hotmail.com), 2011. Original story by John Ney Rieber. Characters created and owned by Hasbro and Takara.
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TEXT: Spring, 1939. Fera Islands, the North Atlantic.
Twilight. Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighters and Junkers Ju-87 dive-bombers fly over a fishing village. A stormtrooper bears Cobra's standard (black cobra above a swastika, on a red field) down a cobblestone street, followed by stormtroopers flanking Panzer II and III tanks.
TEXT: Church of Saint George.
Vikings built this stone building as a "Temple of Odin," when they conquered the volcanic islands, a millennium ago; after the islands converted to Christianity, Odin's statue was christened "Saint George," allowing the temple to survive unscathed.
Stormtroopers surround the temple; four of them guard a village elder kneeling before the doorway. Cobra Commander, his collar bearing two silver cobras as rank insignia, exits a PzKpfw III Ausf. K command tank.
TEXT: "Commander"-- name not on record. Special Antiterrorist Group "Cobra."
A stormtrooper turns to salute Cobra Commander, who returns the salute as he approaches.
ELDER: You walk upon holy ground! You must leave, or we will all suffer God's wrath!
Cobra Commander draws a Walther P38 pistol, shoots the elder's head, and kills him. He turns to Major Bludd.
TEXT: Sebastian Bludd. Major, Special Antiterrorist Group "Cobra."
COBRA CMDR: Now what was it that you wanted me to see?
BLUDD: I thought the villagers were using the temple to hide munitions, so I ordered my men to search it.
He leads Cobra Commander into the temple, where Odin's statue holds the Matrix-- a diamond in a golden frame, representing the eye Odin sacrificed for knowledge. The floor was excavated to reveal a cavern (Nemesis' boarding chute).
BLUDD: The floor sounded hollow, so I ordered my men to excavate it, and found this.
The statue anchors a rope ladder to the cavern. Bludd climbs down, followed by Cobra Commander and two stormtroopers. Their feet touch the cavern's metal floor; then Bludd turns on a flashlight.
COBRA CMDR: God in heaven!
The light reveals Megatron, a sleeping giant with a broken neck.
BLUDD: Do you think the Yankees were using this island as a secret base?
COBRA CMDR: No, the Americans don't...
Megatron's optics blaze as his emergency generators startup.
TEXT: Megatron, Decepticon Supreme Commander.
MEGATRON: Argh! I still function!
Sparks shoot from wires connecting the head to his torso, as Megatron rolls onto his belly.
BLUDD: Bloody hell!
He draws a Luger "Long" P08 pistol-- a trophy from the Great War, with gold serpents inlaid to the barrel-- to target Megatron's head. Cobra Commander puts his hand over Bludd's.
COBRA CMDR: No, you fool!
Megatron turns, crawls forward, and reaches for the humans. The stormtroopers, screaming in terror, fire MP38 SMGs; the bullets ricochet harmlessly off the Transformer's armor. Megatron's hand closes upon a stormtrooper, crushing the human.
MEGATRON: Such fragile weapons.
He turns to the survivors. Cobra Commander and Bludd walk backwards towards the ladder, keeping their eyes on the Transformer. Megatron ignores them; he watches the second stormtrooper climb up the rope ladder.
MEGATRON: Where do you think you're going?
He pulls the rope ladder.
STORMTROOPER: Ahhhh!
He falls to his death. Odin's statue falls into the cavern, shattering upon the metal floor. Megatron reaches for Cobra Commander, who backs away from the Transformer.
COBRA CMDR: God in heaven!
Cobra Commander's hand touches the Matrix, which fell out of the statue's hand. He raises the Matrix over his head, using the golden frame as a shield. Light fills the cavern, revealing a dozen Decepticon warriors in stasis lock.
MEGATRON: Ahhhh!
He recoils from the Matrix, in pain.
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TEXT: Summer, 1939. 10 Downing Street-- official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. London.
The Prime Minister sits in his office, facing a microphone and a camera.
PRIME MINISTER: We and France are today, in fulfillment of our obligations, going to the aid of Poland, who is so bravely resisting this wicked and unprovoked attack on her people. We have a clear conscience. We have done all that any country could do to establish peace. The situation in which no word given by Germany's ruler could be trusted, and no people or country could feel themselves safe, has become intolerable. And now that we have resolved to finish it, I know that you will all play your part with calmness and...
A roar echoes from the ceiling.
PRIME MINISTER: What the devil...?
Skywarp (black Messerschmitt Me-263 rocket fighter, with a blue skull and crossed sabers painted on the fuselage) dives towards 10 Downing Street, fires R4M rockets, and then races down the street as a fireball consumes the building; the explosion, and a sonic boom, leave broken windows in the apprentice's wake.
SKYWARP: Target One neutralized.
Chromia (blue Me 163B-1 rocket fighter, with violet thunderbolts painted on the wings) dives towards the Houses of Parliament, fires R4M rockets, and turns as the projectiles find their target; she circles the palace's burning remains, like a vulture over carrion.
CHROMIA: Target Two--
A burning man dives through the door.
MAN: Ahhhh!
He rolls on the ground to extinguish the flames; second and third-degree burns cover his body.
Chromia's MK108 cannons fire, killing the man.
CHROMIA: Neutralized.
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TEXT: Scapa Flow-- chief base for the Home Fleet. The Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Seamen scurry about their ships-- including three aircraft carriers, and the battleship HMS Royal Oak-- preparing to set sail.
Megatron (alt mode is a gray Sturmtiger assault gun), Soundwave (alt mode is an SdKfz 234/2 armored car), and Starscream (red Me-263, with silver thunderbolts painted on the wings) rockets towards the docks. Hawker Hurricane and Grumman Martlet (F4F) fighters takeoff from Royal Naval air stations, and climb to engage the Decepticons.
MEGATRON: Starscream, destroy the flyers. Soundwave, secure transport. I'll destroy the enemy air defense.
Starscream transforms, choosing not to use MK108 cannons or mini-missiles. He detaches the leading edges of his wings (power sabers) activates the cutting mechanisms, and make the blades burn red.
STARSCREAM: I am Starscream, Master of the Terror Soaring Saber! Fight me if you seek an honorable death!
A Hurricane pilot taps his radio headset.
PILOT: What is this rubbish?
SQUADRON LEADER: Remember your duty. Shoot the red devil-- or whatever that is.
The British fighters shoot at Starscream, who parries the incoming shells and bullets. When the Hurricanes and Martlets are 500 to 600 meters away, Starscream projects kenki (psychokinetic energy waves), destroying the fighters and their pilots.
PILOT: Bloody hell!
Kenki blasts off a Martlet's wing. The pilot unfastens his restraints, opens the cockpit, jumps out, and deploys his parachute. Starscream ignores the pilot; he's no longer a threat.
Wild Weasel's Python (Heinkel He-162D jet fighter, with a black weasel painted on the fuselage) appears in front of the Martlet pilot.
PILOT: He can see me?!
TEXT: "Wild Weasel"-- name not on record. Captain, Cobra Air Force.
Wild Weasel wears NVG. The Python shoots and kills the Martlet pilot.
PILOT: Argh!
The Royal Oak fires antiaircraft guns at Megatron, who uses a 10cm grenade launcher as a CIWS; the grenades exploding in midair, blowing incoming shells away from the Decepticon.
Megatron's HUD reads, "SPECTRUM ANALYSIS: CORDITE", as the right forearm-mounted fusion cannon (disguised as a 38cm rocket launcher-mortar) targets the battleship. He fires, detonates the battleship's onboard ammo, and transforms the Royal Oak into a fireball.
Soundwave approaches the carrier HMS Ark Royal; his chest compartment opens to reveal four missile launch tubes.
TEXT: Soundwave-- Decepticon signals intelligence officer (rank: 8).
SOUNDWAVE: Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, eject. Attack the bridge.
He launches Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (Ruhrstahl X-4 missiles, alt modes are robot condors), who transform and then dive towards the carrier bridge.
CARRIER CAPT: Ahhhh!
The condors fire laser cannons, shattering the bridge windows. Once the condors are out of his line-of-fire, Soundwave fires six missiles, which detonate above the carrier to release sarin nerve gas.
CARRIER CREWMEN: Argh!
The carrier crewmen collapse and die. Several dive into the sea, trying to escape from the gas, only to drown.
Soundwave lands on the flight deck. He launches Ravage (X-4 missile, alt mode is a robot panther) through a broken window, into the bridge. Ravage transforms to land on his feet, and stands to reach the ship's wheel.
The Ark Royal sails towards a pumping station, where Megatron waits. Soundwave launches Rumble and Frenzy (X-4 missiles), who transform in midair; then the intelligence officer forms energon cubes. Rumble attaches a fuel nozzle to his frame, and then picks up an empty energon cube; the Decepticon's catalytic converters render the oil into energon. Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw form a train, each taking a charge energon cube from his brother, loading the cube aboard the carrier, and returning to take another cube.
Megatron's HUD displays a counter for the number of energon cubes aboard the Ark Royal.
MEGATRON: Time?
A Type VIICy U-boat submarine bars an inlet to Scapa Flow, ready to sink Royal Navy reinforcements. The U-boat is "stretched" to accommodate vertical launch tubes, adapted for launching Cybertron-made missiles.
Aboard the U-boat, Destro mans a drone control station, studying images transmitted from a Decepticon probe, which hovers in low Earth orbit.
DESTRO (RADIO): The Royal Air Force is scrambling additional assets from nearby bases-- ETA* is 25 to 40 minutes.
TEXT: *Estimated time of arrival.
The Decepticon smiles.
MEGATRON: Excellent.
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TEXT: Winter, 1941. Führer Headquarters "Wehrwolf." Ukraine.
Construction noises fill a tent; workers and slaves labor outside, racing to complete living quarters for an inspecting officer.
Cobra officers stand in the tent, facing the hologram projector on a map table. The projector displays Megatron's head, which glares at Cobra Commander and Major Bludd.
Cobra Commander wears "trench armor" (Sappenpanzer) with an exoskeleton to support its weight, and an armored box (Matrix chamber) fixed to the breastplate.
MEGATRON: Is your "Führer" insane, or a mere imbecile?
COBRA CAPT: How dare you...?
Cobra Commander's hand rises, silencing the captain.
COBRA CMDR: The Führer, in his wisdom, deems it necessary to capture oil fields to support the German war effort-- a necessity you noted when he last spoke to us.
MEGATRON: And what of this city the General Secretary named for himself? By my calculations, the German military lacks the logistic capacity to support this drive, or the strength to survive what will become a war of attrition.
COBRA CMDR: Yes, we already heard this argument. Instead of serving as the quartermaster's puppet-- echoing complaints about the difficulties he face when spanning a lengthened supply route, or letting his supply estimates determine our strategic plans-- will you simply improvise a solution, and get on with the job?
Megatron glares at Cobra Commander.
MEGATRON: Mark my words, Cobra Commander, you will regret the disrespect given me-- and to the importance of logistics.
A Cobra trooper enters the tent, approaches his commander, and salutes.
TROOPER: Sir, a General Reinhardt is here to see you.
COBRA CMDR: Another OKW* drone, here to complain about our slow pace?
TEXT: *Oberkommando der Wehrmacht-- "Supreme Command of the Armed Forces."
TROOPER: No, Sir-- he's from the RSHA**, and he brought a task force with him.
TEXT: **Reichssicherheitshauptamt-- "Imperial Security, Head Office."
Cobra Commander glares at the trooper, who steps back, fearing punishment.
COBRA CMDR: Assemble an honor guard, and escort him to my headquarters.
The trooper salutes again, and then leaves. Cobra Commander shuts off the projector.
Minutes later, two honor guards enter the tent, only for 12 men in black-- General Reinhardt, his aid, and RSHA stormtroopers-- to push them aside. The remaining honor guards enter the tent as the RSHA stormtroopers approach the table.
Cobra Commander salutes, a gesture the RSHA officers fail to return.
COBRA CMDR: Victory to the Fatherland, Herr General. How may I help you?
REINHARDT: You may begin by answering suspicions regarding Jewish ancestry, Cobra Commander. I must inspect your Aryan certificates.
Cobra Commander frowns.
COBRA CMDR: My ancestry was already scrutinized, when the Führer evaluated me for this position.
REINHARDT: We uncovered new evidence, regarding your paternal grandmother's second husband.
COBRA CMDR: Doctor Mindbender, the German Empire's foremost genetic researcher, inspected my racial characteristics; he determined my bloodline--
REINHARDT: Was a pure mongrel, only 75% Aryan.
Cobra Commander's fist slams into the table, shattering it; the projector clatters onto the ground. Cobra and RSHA officers draw their pistols, to defend their respective commanders.
COBRA CMDR: You're not here to examine my genealogy; you're here to find an excuse for that bookworm, to eliminate me as a rival.
REINHARDT: Bookworm... an insult I expected from the degenerate mind of a Jew, ever jealous of--
Megatron remotely turns on the projector, shocking Reinhardt and his men. An RSHA trooper panics, shoots at Megatron's head, and sends a bullet through the hologram.
REINHARDT: Cease fire!
The RSHA trooper sends another bullet through the hologram. Reinhardt draws a P08 pistol, shoots and kills the RSHA trooper.
MEGATRON: You face a dilemma, Cobra Commander, forced to choose between death and emasculation. May I offer an alternative?
COBRA CMDR: What do you have in mind?
The Sturmtiger's MG34 machine gun shoots through the tent, killing the RSHA stormtroopers.
REINHARDT: Ahhhh!
Bullets shatter his kneecaps, sending him onto the ground, now red with his blood.
REINHARDT: You t-t-traitor!
He aims the P08 at Cobra Commander's head. Cobra troopers' fingers tighten about their triggers; Cobra Commander's head shakes, ordering his men to hold fire.
Reinhardt shoots. The General's eyes widen as an invisible wall-- an energy shield the Matrix generated to protect its bearer-- sends the bullet through the roof.
COBRA CMDR: For a time, I considered cooperating with your bookworm of a master, for the sake of a unitary chain-of-command. But he has strained my patience and my tolerance, beyond its limits. Let your last thought be one of despair, as I dismember the corrupt organization you serve.
He stomps on Reinhardt’s throat, breaking the general's neck.
Part 2
By Sidewinder (aim9snake@hotmail.com), 2011. Original story by John Ney Rieber. Characters created and owned by Hasbro and Takara.
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TEXT: Spring, 1939. Fera Islands, the North Atlantic.
Twilight. Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighters and Junkers Ju-87 dive-bombers fly over a fishing village. A stormtrooper bears Cobra's standard (black cobra above a swastika, on a red field) down a cobblestone street, followed by stormtroopers flanking Panzer II and III tanks.
TEXT: Church of Saint George.
Vikings built this stone building as a "Temple of Odin," when they conquered the volcanic islands, a millennium ago; after the islands converted to Christianity, Odin's statue was christened "Saint George," allowing the temple to survive unscathed.
Stormtroopers surround the temple; four of them guard a village elder kneeling before the doorway. Cobra Commander, his collar bearing two silver cobras as rank insignia, exits a PzKpfw III Ausf. K command tank.
TEXT: "Commander"-- name not on record. Special Antiterrorist Group "Cobra."
A stormtrooper turns to salute Cobra Commander, who returns the salute as he approaches.
ELDER: You walk upon holy ground! You must leave, or we will all suffer God's wrath!
Cobra Commander draws a Walther P38 pistol, shoots the elder's head, and kills him. He turns to Major Bludd.
TEXT: Sebastian Bludd. Major, Special Antiterrorist Group "Cobra."
COBRA CMDR: Now what was it that you wanted me to see?
BLUDD: I thought the villagers were using the temple to hide munitions, so I ordered my men to search it.
He leads Cobra Commander into the temple, where Odin's statue holds the Matrix-- a diamond in a golden frame, representing the eye Odin sacrificed for knowledge. The floor was excavated to reveal a cavern (Nemesis' boarding chute).
BLUDD: The floor sounded hollow, so I ordered my men to excavate it, and found this.
The statue anchors a rope ladder to the cavern. Bludd climbs down, followed by Cobra Commander and two stormtroopers. Their feet touch the cavern's metal floor; then Bludd turns on a flashlight.
COBRA CMDR: God in heaven!
The light reveals Megatron, a sleeping giant with a broken neck.
BLUDD: Do you think the Yankees were using this island as a secret base?
COBRA CMDR: No, the Americans don't...
Megatron's optics blaze as his emergency generators startup.
TEXT: Megatron, Decepticon Supreme Commander.
MEGATRON: Argh! I still function!
Sparks shoot from wires connecting the head to his torso, as Megatron rolls onto his belly.
BLUDD: Bloody hell!
He draws a Luger "Long" P08 pistol-- a trophy from the Great War, with gold serpents inlaid to the barrel-- to target Megatron's head. Cobra Commander puts his hand over Bludd's.
COBRA CMDR: No, you fool!
Megatron turns, crawls forward, and reaches for the humans. The stormtroopers, screaming in terror, fire MP38 SMGs; the bullets ricochet harmlessly off the Transformer's armor. Megatron's hand closes upon a stormtrooper, crushing the human.
MEGATRON: Such fragile weapons.
He turns to the survivors. Cobra Commander and Bludd walk backwards towards the ladder, keeping their eyes on the Transformer. Megatron ignores them; he watches the second stormtrooper climb up the rope ladder.
MEGATRON: Where do you think you're going?
He pulls the rope ladder.
STORMTROOPER: Ahhhh!
He falls to his death. Odin's statue falls into the cavern, shattering upon the metal floor. Megatron reaches for Cobra Commander, who backs away from the Transformer.
COBRA CMDR: God in heaven!
Cobra Commander's hand touches the Matrix, which fell out of the statue's hand. He raises the Matrix over his head, using the golden frame as a shield. Light fills the cavern, revealing a dozen Decepticon warriors in stasis lock.
MEGATRON: Ahhhh!
He recoils from the Matrix, in pain.
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TEXT: Summer, 1939. 10 Downing Street-- official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. London.
The Prime Minister sits in his office, facing a microphone and a camera.
PRIME MINISTER: We and France are today, in fulfillment of our obligations, going to the aid of Poland, who is so bravely resisting this wicked and unprovoked attack on her people. We have a clear conscience. We have done all that any country could do to establish peace. The situation in which no word given by Germany's ruler could be trusted, and no people or country could feel themselves safe, has become intolerable. And now that we have resolved to finish it, I know that you will all play your part with calmness and...
A roar echoes from the ceiling.
PRIME MINISTER: What the devil...?
Skywarp (black Messerschmitt Me-263 rocket fighter, with a blue skull and crossed sabers painted on the fuselage) dives towards 10 Downing Street, fires R4M rockets, and then races down the street as a fireball consumes the building; the explosion, and a sonic boom, leave broken windows in the apprentice's wake.
SKYWARP: Target One neutralized.
Chromia (blue Me 163B-1 rocket fighter, with violet thunderbolts painted on the wings) dives towards the Houses of Parliament, fires R4M rockets, and turns as the projectiles find their target; she circles the palace's burning remains, like a vulture over carrion.
CHROMIA: Target Two--
A burning man dives through the door.
MAN: Ahhhh!
He rolls on the ground to extinguish the flames; second and third-degree burns cover his body.
Chromia's MK108 cannons fire, killing the man.
CHROMIA: Neutralized.
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TEXT: Scapa Flow-- chief base for the Home Fleet. The Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Seamen scurry about their ships-- including three aircraft carriers, and the battleship HMS Royal Oak-- preparing to set sail.
Megatron (alt mode is a gray Sturmtiger assault gun), Soundwave (alt mode is an SdKfz 234/2 armored car), and Starscream (red Me-263, with silver thunderbolts painted on the wings) rockets towards the docks. Hawker Hurricane and Grumman Martlet (F4F) fighters takeoff from Royal Naval air stations, and climb to engage the Decepticons.
MEGATRON: Starscream, destroy the flyers. Soundwave, secure transport. I'll destroy the enemy air defense.
Starscream transforms, choosing not to use MK108 cannons or mini-missiles. He detaches the leading edges of his wings (power sabers) activates the cutting mechanisms, and make the blades burn red.
STARSCREAM: I am Starscream, Master of the Terror Soaring Saber! Fight me if you seek an honorable death!
A Hurricane pilot taps his radio headset.
PILOT: What is this rubbish?
SQUADRON LEADER: Remember your duty. Shoot the red devil-- or whatever that is.
The British fighters shoot at Starscream, who parries the incoming shells and bullets. When the Hurricanes and Martlets are 500 to 600 meters away, Starscream projects kenki (psychokinetic energy waves), destroying the fighters and their pilots.
PILOT: Bloody hell!
Kenki blasts off a Martlet's wing. The pilot unfastens his restraints, opens the cockpit, jumps out, and deploys his parachute. Starscream ignores the pilot; he's no longer a threat.
Wild Weasel's Python (Heinkel He-162D jet fighter, with a black weasel painted on the fuselage) appears in front of the Martlet pilot.
PILOT: He can see me?!
TEXT: "Wild Weasel"-- name not on record. Captain, Cobra Air Force.
Wild Weasel wears NVG. The Python shoots and kills the Martlet pilot.
PILOT: Argh!
The Royal Oak fires antiaircraft guns at Megatron, who uses a 10cm grenade launcher as a CIWS; the grenades exploding in midair, blowing incoming shells away from the Decepticon.
Megatron's HUD reads, "SPECTRUM ANALYSIS: CORDITE", as the right forearm-mounted fusion cannon (disguised as a 38cm rocket launcher-mortar) targets the battleship. He fires, detonates the battleship's onboard ammo, and transforms the Royal Oak into a fireball.
Soundwave approaches the carrier HMS Ark Royal; his chest compartment opens to reveal four missile launch tubes.
TEXT: Soundwave-- Decepticon signals intelligence officer (rank: 8).
SOUNDWAVE: Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, eject. Attack the bridge.
He launches Laserbeak and Buzzsaw (Ruhrstahl X-4 missiles, alt modes are robot condors), who transform and then dive towards the carrier bridge.
CARRIER CAPT: Ahhhh!
The condors fire laser cannons, shattering the bridge windows. Once the condors are out of his line-of-fire, Soundwave fires six missiles, which detonate above the carrier to release sarin nerve gas.
CARRIER CREWMEN: Argh!
The carrier crewmen collapse and die. Several dive into the sea, trying to escape from the gas, only to drown.
Soundwave lands on the flight deck. He launches Ravage (X-4 missile, alt mode is a robot panther) through a broken window, into the bridge. Ravage transforms to land on his feet, and stands to reach the ship's wheel.
The Ark Royal sails towards a pumping station, where Megatron waits. Soundwave launches Rumble and Frenzy (X-4 missiles), who transform in midair; then the intelligence officer forms energon cubes. Rumble attaches a fuel nozzle to his frame, and then picks up an empty energon cube; the Decepticon's catalytic converters render the oil into energon. Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw form a train, each taking a charge energon cube from his brother, loading the cube aboard the carrier, and returning to take another cube.
Megatron's HUD displays a counter for the number of energon cubes aboard the Ark Royal.
MEGATRON: Time?
A Type VIICy U-boat submarine bars an inlet to Scapa Flow, ready to sink Royal Navy reinforcements. The U-boat is "stretched" to accommodate vertical launch tubes, adapted for launching Cybertron-made missiles.
Aboard the U-boat, Destro mans a drone control station, studying images transmitted from a Decepticon probe, which hovers in low Earth orbit.
DESTRO (RADIO): The Royal Air Force is scrambling additional assets from nearby bases-- ETA* is 25 to 40 minutes.
TEXT: *Estimated time of arrival.
The Decepticon smiles.
MEGATRON: Excellent.
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TEXT: Winter, 1941. Führer Headquarters "Wehrwolf." Ukraine.
Construction noises fill a tent; workers and slaves labor outside, racing to complete living quarters for an inspecting officer.
Cobra officers stand in the tent, facing the hologram projector on a map table. The projector displays Megatron's head, which glares at Cobra Commander and Major Bludd.
Cobra Commander wears "trench armor" (Sappenpanzer) with an exoskeleton to support its weight, and an armored box (Matrix chamber) fixed to the breastplate.
MEGATRON: Is your "Führer" insane, or a mere imbecile?
COBRA CAPT: How dare you...?
Cobra Commander's hand rises, silencing the captain.
COBRA CMDR: The Führer, in his wisdom, deems it necessary to capture oil fields to support the German war effort-- a necessity you noted when he last spoke to us.
MEGATRON: And what of this city the General Secretary named for himself? By my calculations, the German military lacks the logistic capacity to support this drive, or the strength to survive what will become a war of attrition.
COBRA CMDR: Yes, we already heard this argument. Instead of serving as the quartermaster's puppet-- echoing complaints about the difficulties he face when spanning a lengthened supply route, or letting his supply estimates determine our strategic plans-- will you simply improvise a solution, and get on with the job?
Megatron glares at Cobra Commander.
MEGATRON: Mark my words, Cobra Commander, you will regret the disrespect given me-- and to the importance of logistics.
A Cobra trooper enters the tent, approaches his commander, and salutes.
TROOPER: Sir, a General Reinhardt is here to see you.
COBRA CMDR: Another OKW* drone, here to complain about our slow pace?
TEXT: *Oberkommando der Wehrmacht-- "Supreme Command of the Armed Forces."
TROOPER: No, Sir-- he's from the RSHA**, and he brought a task force with him.
TEXT: **Reichssicherheitshauptamt-- "Imperial Security, Head Office."
Cobra Commander glares at the trooper, who steps back, fearing punishment.
COBRA CMDR: Assemble an honor guard, and escort him to my headquarters.
The trooper salutes again, and then leaves. Cobra Commander shuts off the projector.
Minutes later, two honor guards enter the tent, only for 12 men in black-- General Reinhardt, his aid, and RSHA stormtroopers-- to push them aside. The remaining honor guards enter the tent as the RSHA stormtroopers approach the table.
Cobra Commander salutes, a gesture the RSHA officers fail to return.
COBRA CMDR: Victory to the Fatherland, Herr General. How may I help you?
REINHARDT: You may begin by answering suspicions regarding Jewish ancestry, Cobra Commander. I must inspect your Aryan certificates.
Cobra Commander frowns.
COBRA CMDR: My ancestry was already scrutinized, when the Führer evaluated me for this position.
REINHARDT: We uncovered new evidence, regarding your paternal grandmother's second husband.
COBRA CMDR: Doctor Mindbender, the German Empire's foremost genetic researcher, inspected my racial characteristics; he determined my bloodline--
REINHARDT: Was a pure mongrel, only 75% Aryan.
Cobra Commander's fist slams into the table, shattering it; the projector clatters onto the ground. Cobra and RSHA officers draw their pistols, to defend their respective commanders.
COBRA CMDR: You're not here to examine my genealogy; you're here to find an excuse for that bookworm, to eliminate me as a rival.
REINHARDT: Bookworm... an insult I expected from the degenerate mind of a Jew, ever jealous of--
Megatron remotely turns on the projector, shocking Reinhardt and his men. An RSHA trooper panics, shoots at Megatron's head, and sends a bullet through the hologram.
REINHARDT: Cease fire!
The RSHA trooper sends another bullet through the hologram. Reinhardt draws a P08 pistol, shoots and kills the RSHA trooper.
MEGATRON: You face a dilemma, Cobra Commander, forced to choose between death and emasculation. May I offer an alternative?
COBRA CMDR: What do you have in mind?
The Sturmtiger's MG34 machine gun shoots through the tent, killing the RSHA stormtroopers.
REINHARDT: Ahhhh!
Bullets shatter his kneecaps, sending him onto the ground, now red with his blood.
REINHARDT: You t-t-traitor!
He aims the P08 at Cobra Commander's head. Cobra troopers' fingers tighten about their triggers; Cobra Commander's head shakes, ordering his men to hold fire.
Reinhardt shoots. The General's eyes widen as an invisible wall-- an energy shield the Matrix generated to protect its bearer-- sends the bullet through the roof.
COBRA CMDR: For a time, I considered cooperating with your bookworm of a master, for the sake of a unitary chain-of-command. But he has strained my patience and my tolerance, beyond its limits. Let your last thought be one of despair, as I dismember the corrupt organization you serve.
He stomps on Reinhardt’s throat, breaking the general's neck.
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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TEXT: Spring, 1942. Dover, England.
A Welsh Sheepdog guides two British soldiers along a beach. The dog barks, and then sprints towards the sea.
BRITISH SOLDIER 1: Hey, Rex!
The soldiers run after the dog, to find it growling at a beached Type "A" class midget submarine.
BRITISH SOLDIER 2: A U-boat?
The soldiers unsling their rifles-- the lead soldier attaches his flashlight to the bayonet lug-- and target the sub.
BRITISH SOLDIER 1: We better report this in.
A hatch opens aboard the sub.
BRITISH SOLDIERS: What the devil...?
Snake Eyes crawls out the hatch, and then rolls onto the beach. He sees the British soldiers' rifles targeting him, and raises his hands to surrender.
The soldiers' hands shake, making their rifle sweep over the ninja's body.
BRITISH SOLDIER 1: Mother of God!
The flashlight beam reveals Snake Eyes' head. Golden scales replace what was blond hair; the ninja's eyes are red, with vertical pupils and transparent eyelids.
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TO BE CONTINUED
A Welsh Sheepdog guides two British soldiers along a beach. The dog barks, and then sprints towards the sea.
BRITISH SOLDIER 1: Hey, Rex!
The soldiers run after the dog, to find it growling at a beached Type "A" class midget submarine.
BRITISH SOLDIER 2: A U-boat?
The soldiers unsling their rifles-- the lead soldier attaches his flashlight to the bayonet lug-- and target the sub.
BRITISH SOLDIER 1: We better report this in.
A hatch opens aboard the sub.
BRITISH SOLDIERS: What the devil...?
Snake Eyes crawls out the hatch, and then rolls onto the beach. He sees the British soldiers' rifles targeting him, and raises his hands to surrender.
The soldiers' hands shake, making their rifle sweep over the ninja's body.
BRITISH SOLDIER 1: Mother of God!
The flashlight beam reveals Snake Eyes' head. Golden scales replace what was blond hair; the ninja's eyes are red, with vertical pupils and transparent eyelids.
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TO BE CONTINUED
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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Problem the first! You 'waste' an issue on introducing and retelling the origin story of the Transformers. Everyone should already have fairly good knowledge of that backstory. I also note that you killed off Winston, which would seem to be in violation of the no historical figures rule-or did you decide against that?
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I don't consider it wasted, as it was meant to demonstrate differences between my version of the Autobots and Decepticons, and the original. Note that Megatron claims the Decepticons' goal is to "expose the Autobots' deception for what it is,"- not something you'd hear from a typical Saturday morning cartoon character.Vehrec wrote:Problem the first! You 'waste' an issue on introducing and retelling the origin story of the Transformers.
I did NOT identify the Prime Minister by name, so I don't consider that a violation. You should also check the date: the then Prime Minister was CHAMBERLAIN, not Churchill.I also note that you killed off Winston, which would seem to be in violation of the no historical figures rule-or did you decide against that?
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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And there have been more tellings and retellings of megatron's orgiins and the Great War's begining than any other period of cybertron's history. Your rehashing of them is interesting, but not interesting enough to warrent the entire first issue of what is supposed to be a crossover with a limited run.Sidewinder wrote:I don't consider it wasted, as it was meant to demonstrate differences between my version of the Autobots and Decepticons, and the original. Note that Megatron claims the Decepticons' goal is to "expose the Autobots' deception for what it is,"- not something you'd hear from a typical Saturday morning cartoon character.Vehrec wrote:Problem the first! You 'waste' an issue on introducing and retelling the origin story of the Transformers.
I stand corrected, but the fact remains that you're skirting awfully close to the self-imposed limits you have set. Perhaps it would have been better to see 10 Downing street from 10,000 feet, through Skywarp's bombsight, then cut to carnage at street level in the next panel, wide enough for plausible deniability-the location is the focus, not the people.I did NOT identify the Prime Minister by name, so I don't consider that a violation. You should also check the date: the then Prime Minister was CHAMBERLAIN, not Churchill.I also note that you killed off Winston, which would seem to be in violation of the no historical figures rule-or did you decide against that?
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Transformers Vs GI Joe: War of the Worlds
Part 1
By Sidewinder (aim9snake@hotmail.com), 2004, revised 2011. Original story by John Ney Rieber. Characters created and owned by Hasbro and Takara.
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TEXT: Summer, 1942. Fort Myer, Virginia.
A dozen servicemen sit in class, before a slide projector. Leatherneck and Flint sit in front, facing each other.
TEXT: Wendell A. "Leatherneck" Metzger. Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps.
LEATHERNECK: I tell you, flyboy, when the bullets start flying, there's nothing more comforting than the knowledge that a couple of battlewagons are right off the coast, ready to rain fire on anyone not under the stars and stripes. When the big guns go off...
TEXT: Dashiell R. "Flint" Faireborne. Chief Warrant Officer, US Army Air Forces.
FLINT: That's nice when you're storming the beachhead, but when you're in the woods, you need us flyboys. With the new Norden bombsight, we can drop a bomb in a pickle barrel, from any altitude.
Breaker and Roadblock sit in the middle, watching Flint and Leatherneck.
TEXT: Alvin R. "Breaker" Kibbey. Specialist, US Army.
BREAKER: They put us up with some sailors and marines; took away our names and our ranks; sent us running through a swamp to get snakes for breakfast; and strapped a parachute to our back, before they kicked us out of an airplane. What else are they gonna do to us?
TEXT: Marvin F. "Roadblock" Hinton. Corporal, US Army.
ROADBLOCK: Maybe the new guy knows.
He glances at the back. Snake Eyes, masked and goggled, is sharpening a bayonet.
TEXT: "Snake Eyes"-- name not on record. Sergeant, US Army.
BREAKER: Him? He's too quiet-- like a snake in the grass, ready to strike.
Duke enters the classroom and turns to the servicemen.
TEXT: Conrad S. "Duke" Hauser. First Sergeant, US Army.
DUKE: Group, attention!
The servicemen rise from their chairs to stand at attention. Hawk enters the classroom.
TEXT: Clayton M. "Hawk" Abernathy. Brigadier General, US Army.
HAWK: Take seat.
The servicemen sit down. Jaye loads slides into the projector.
HAWK: As you all know, the Europeans have been fighting a war since 1939. During this time, we've been preparing-- adopting a peacetime draft, increasing military spending, researching and developing new weapons-- in case we must go, and make the world safe for Americans abroad, again. You men are part of the preparations-- a special operations force, tasked with protecting America from threats the regular military forces are unable to handle. Unfortunately, it seems we were preparing for the wrong kind of war.
Scarlett and Jaye appear beside him.
HAWK: Last year, we received word a German army group mutinied against its government, before communications between Germany and the outside world was cut. The French attacked through the Rhineland, to take advantage of this "mutiny," only to be cut off in turn. In response, the *OSS sent twelve agents on a fact-finding mission to Europe, and learned the government was overthrown; only two agents survived the resulting chaos, to escape back to Britain. These are the two survivors; I strongly advise you to give them your full attention.
TEXT: *OSS-- Office of Strategic Services.
The projector is turned on, displaying a photograph of Cobra Commander and the Führer shaking hands. Scarlett points at the standard above them.
TEXT: Shana M. "Scarlett" O'Hara. Lieutenant Junior Grade, US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence.
SCARLETT: Our enemy is Cobra, a special antiterrorist unit formed in 1938, under the German Führer's direct command. In 1939, our counterparts in the British MI6, uncovered a plan to invade Poland, which they and the French were obligated to protect.
A map of the North Atlantic is projected.
TEXT: Alison R. "Lady Jaye" Hart-Burnett. Second Lieutenant, US Army Signals Intelligence Service.
JAYE: The Führer ordered Cobra to occupy the Fera Islands, an autonomous province of Denmark, to interdict supplies and reinforcements from Britain. The Royal Navy's plans to interdict German reinforcements, died when Cobra somehow penetrated the United Kingdom's defenses, to launch air raids on London and the Home Fleet's main base. After fierce infighting within the British government-- the faction that wanted to appease the Germans for a negotiated peace, versus the faction determined to resist-- the "Phony War" ensued, in which the France and the United Kingdom declared war, but limited their activities to material and financial aid to the Poles, and now, the Russians. Meanwhile, the German military spent an astronomical amount of money developing next-generation weaponry; one month ago, we saw the results of this research, in Berlin.
A photo of the Führer's head, impaled upon a pike before the Reichstag's burning ruins, is projected. Scarlett points at a flag behind the heads. The swastika has been removed from the Cobra standard, now a black flag with a red cobra.
SCARLETT: We saw the same scene in the capitals of Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway. Cobra successfully conquered most of Western Europe, in one month.
JAYE: We know very little about the Cobra leadership. As a security measure, the Germans destroyed most of their records on Cobra Commander, including his real name. We managed to recover a medical record, which describes injuries a grenade caused in the Battle of Cambrai; he has shrapnel embedded in his face and throat, and wears a mask to cover the scars.
A photo of Bludd, standing behind Cobra Commander as he inspects the troops, is projected.
JAYE: Major Sebastian Bludd is Cobra's deputy commander. A native of Australia, he joined the French Foreign Legion in 1914. He was awarded the Médaille militaire-- the French military's second highest award for valor-- and breveted to captain, during the Nivelle Offensive of 1917, which left his division decimated and mutinous. His role in the French Army Mutinies of 1917 is unknown; the French government refuses to release the relevant documents. After the war, Bludd became a mercenary-- we know he served in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, from 1920 to 1923-- before Cobra recruited him.
Roadblock raises his hand.
SCARLETT: Yes, Soldier?
ROADBLOCK: You say the Germans spent a lot of money making next-generation weapons. What kind of weapons do they got?
A photo of Wild Weasel's Python (red Heinkel He-162D jet fighter, with a black weasel painted on the fuselage) is projected. The Python is firing MK108 cannons at the thin armor on a Char B1 bis heavy tank's roof, destroying the tank.
SCARLETT: This rocket plane is one example.
A photo of Megatron, crushing a French soldier under his boot, is projected.
JAYE: This... tank... is another.
HAWK: America is not ready to fight another World War, especially against an enemy whose weapons are a generation ahead of ours. Our mission is to--
Snake Eyes suddenly throws his bayonet through the ceiling, towards the spy on the roof.
LASERBEAK: Shrieeeek!
A laser beam pierces the roof; Snake Eyes somersaults out of the beam's line-of-fire.
SCARLETT: Snake Eyes!
A soldier draws his M1911A1 to shoot at the ceiling.
SOLDIER: A spy!
A laser beam severs his right hand.
SOLDIER: Ahhhh!
He falls to his knees, staring at the stump, in shock. Roadblock runs forward, puts his hands under the soldier's armpits, and drags the crippled soldier towards the door.
ROADBLOCK: Mediiiic!
The soldiers see Laserbeak through the hole he burned in the roof.
FLINT: What on Earth is it?!
Laserbeak flies out of sight.
DUKE: It... it's alive!
Part 1
By Sidewinder (aim9snake@hotmail.com), 2004, revised 2011. Original story by John Ney Rieber. Characters created and owned by Hasbro and Takara.
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TEXT: Summer, 1942. Fort Myer, Virginia.
A dozen servicemen sit in class, before a slide projector. Leatherneck and Flint sit in front, facing each other.
TEXT: Wendell A. "Leatherneck" Metzger. Gunnery Sergeant, US Marine Corps.
LEATHERNECK: I tell you, flyboy, when the bullets start flying, there's nothing more comforting than the knowledge that a couple of battlewagons are right off the coast, ready to rain fire on anyone not under the stars and stripes. When the big guns go off...
TEXT: Dashiell R. "Flint" Faireborne. Chief Warrant Officer, US Army Air Forces.
FLINT: That's nice when you're storming the beachhead, but when you're in the woods, you need us flyboys. With the new Norden bombsight, we can drop a bomb in a pickle barrel, from any altitude.
Breaker and Roadblock sit in the middle, watching Flint and Leatherneck.
TEXT: Alvin R. "Breaker" Kibbey. Specialist, US Army.
BREAKER: They put us up with some sailors and marines; took away our names and our ranks; sent us running through a swamp to get snakes for breakfast; and strapped a parachute to our back, before they kicked us out of an airplane. What else are they gonna do to us?
TEXT: Marvin F. "Roadblock" Hinton. Corporal, US Army.
ROADBLOCK: Maybe the new guy knows.
He glances at the back. Snake Eyes, masked and goggled, is sharpening a bayonet.
TEXT: "Snake Eyes"-- name not on record. Sergeant, US Army.
BREAKER: Him? He's too quiet-- like a snake in the grass, ready to strike.
Duke enters the classroom and turns to the servicemen.
TEXT: Conrad S. "Duke" Hauser. First Sergeant, US Army.
DUKE: Group, attention!
The servicemen rise from their chairs to stand at attention. Hawk enters the classroom.
TEXT: Clayton M. "Hawk" Abernathy. Brigadier General, US Army.
HAWK: Take seat.
The servicemen sit down. Jaye loads slides into the projector.
HAWK: As you all know, the Europeans have been fighting a war since 1939. During this time, we've been preparing-- adopting a peacetime draft, increasing military spending, researching and developing new weapons-- in case we must go, and make the world safe for Americans abroad, again. You men are part of the preparations-- a special operations force, tasked with protecting America from threats the regular military forces are unable to handle. Unfortunately, it seems we were preparing for the wrong kind of war.
Scarlett and Jaye appear beside him.
HAWK: Last year, we received word a German army group mutinied against its government, before communications between Germany and the outside world was cut. The French attacked through the Rhineland, to take advantage of this "mutiny," only to be cut off in turn. In response, the *OSS sent twelve agents on a fact-finding mission to Europe, and learned the government was overthrown; only two agents survived the resulting chaos, to escape back to Britain. These are the two survivors; I strongly advise you to give them your full attention.
TEXT: *OSS-- Office of Strategic Services.
The projector is turned on, displaying a photograph of Cobra Commander and the Führer shaking hands. Scarlett points at the standard above them.
TEXT: Shana M. "Scarlett" O'Hara. Lieutenant Junior Grade, US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence.
SCARLETT: Our enemy is Cobra, a special antiterrorist unit formed in 1938, under the German Führer's direct command. In 1939, our counterparts in the British MI6, uncovered a plan to invade Poland, which they and the French were obligated to protect.
A map of the North Atlantic is projected.
TEXT: Alison R. "Lady Jaye" Hart-Burnett. Second Lieutenant, US Army Signals Intelligence Service.
JAYE: The Führer ordered Cobra to occupy the Fera Islands, an autonomous province of Denmark, to interdict supplies and reinforcements from Britain. The Royal Navy's plans to interdict German reinforcements, died when Cobra somehow penetrated the United Kingdom's defenses, to launch air raids on London and the Home Fleet's main base. After fierce infighting within the British government-- the faction that wanted to appease the Germans for a negotiated peace, versus the faction determined to resist-- the "Phony War" ensued, in which the France and the United Kingdom declared war, but limited their activities to material and financial aid to the Poles, and now, the Russians. Meanwhile, the German military spent an astronomical amount of money developing next-generation weaponry; one month ago, we saw the results of this research, in Berlin.
A photo of the Führer's head, impaled upon a pike before the Reichstag's burning ruins, is projected. Scarlett points at a flag behind the heads. The swastika has been removed from the Cobra standard, now a black flag with a red cobra.
SCARLETT: We saw the same scene in the capitals of Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Norway. Cobra successfully conquered most of Western Europe, in one month.
JAYE: We know very little about the Cobra leadership. As a security measure, the Germans destroyed most of their records on Cobra Commander, including his real name. We managed to recover a medical record, which describes injuries a grenade caused in the Battle of Cambrai; he has shrapnel embedded in his face and throat, and wears a mask to cover the scars.
A photo of Bludd, standing behind Cobra Commander as he inspects the troops, is projected.
JAYE: Major Sebastian Bludd is Cobra's deputy commander. A native of Australia, he joined the French Foreign Legion in 1914. He was awarded the Médaille militaire-- the French military's second highest award for valor-- and breveted to captain, during the Nivelle Offensive of 1917, which left his division decimated and mutinous. His role in the French Army Mutinies of 1917 is unknown; the French government refuses to release the relevant documents. After the war, Bludd became a mercenary-- we know he served in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, from 1920 to 1923-- before Cobra recruited him.
Roadblock raises his hand.
SCARLETT: Yes, Soldier?
ROADBLOCK: You say the Germans spent a lot of money making next-generation weapons. What kind of weapons do they got?
A photo of Wild Weasel's Python (red Heinkel He-162D jet fighter, with a black weasel painted on the fuselage) is projected. The Python is firing MK108 cannons at the thin armor on a Char B1 bis heavy tank's roof, destroying the tank.
SCARLETT: This rocket plane is one example.
A photo of Megatron, crushing a French soldier under his boot, is projected.
JAYE: This... tank... is another.
HAWK: America is not ready to fight another World War, especially against an enemy whose weapons are a generation ahead of ours. Our mission is to--
Snake Eyes suddenly throws his bayonet through the ceiling, towards the spy on the roof.
LASERBEAK: Shrieeeek!
A laser beam pierces the roof; Snake Eyes somersaults out of the beam's line-of-fire.
SCARLETT: Snake Eyes!
A soldier draws his M1911A1 to shoot at the ceiling.
SOLDIER: A spy!
A laser beam severs his right hand.
SOLDIER: Ahhhh!
He falls to his knees, staring at the stump, in shock. Roadblock runs forward, puts his hands under the soldier's armpits, and drags the crippled soldier towards the door.
ROADBLOCK: Mediiiic!
The soldiers see Laserbeak through the hole he burned in the roof.
FLINT: What on Earth is it?!
Laserbeak flies out of sight.
DUKE: It... it's alive!
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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Re: Transformers Vs. GI Joe: War of the Worlds (version 2.0)
TEXT: RAF Sumburgh, Scotland. United Kingdom.
In the hangar, Duke and Scarlett examine a metal plate marked "USS HAMA". A map of the Fera Islands is etched into it; the Cobra insignia marks the largest island. Scarlett stands beside him.
DUKE: How many men did we lose when this destroyer sank?
SCARLETT: All hands-- 330 men. The Royal Navy was able to recover this from the wreckage--
DUKE: With this map conveniently burned into it. It smells like a trap.
SCARLETT: But it's the best lead we have.
Nighttime. Six C-47 Skytrain cargo planes, with running engines, are lined up on the runway. The Joes, wearing flak jackets over "sterile" uniforms-- the only markings are their blood types, stenciled on the shoulders and kneepads-- board two planes. Breaker and Roadblock face each other as they board it.
BREAKER: What kind of a name is GI Joe?
ROADBLOCK: Yeah, we deserve a name that makes the enemy pee in their pants every time they hear it, like... the Wreckers.
BREAKER: Yeah, I won't mind being a Wrecker.
The planes take off. Hawk sits in a C-47 cockpit. As it flies over the island, he turns around to face the Joes.
HAWK: Although the cost of failure is high, I am confident you'll succeed. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day... 1000 may fall at your sides, and 10,000 at your right hands, but it will not come near you... You are GI Joe, real American heroes. Godspeed.
The first and second C-47s drops decoys-- two dozen parachutes, each weighted with an ice block-- on the island's west side. The third and fourth C-47s fly over the east side; the Joes jump out of the planes. After their parachutes open, the fifth and sixth C-47 delivers six crates-- containing heavy weapons, motorcycles, and other equipment-- by parachute.
Starscream stands beside a radar antenna on the Terrordrome roof, holding a cable. He smiles, watching the C-47s fly away.
TEXT: Starscream, acting Decepticon Deputy Commander.
STARSCREAM: Finally, my star is ascendant.
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TEXT: The Terrordrome-- Cobra Headquarters.
In the command center, Cobra Commander, Destro, and Megatron study a map of the UK; Starscream prevented them from learning of the assault.
Cobra Commander wears "trench armor" (Sappenpanzer) with an exoskeleton to support its weight, and an armored box (Matrix chamber) fixed to the breastplate. Destro wears his ancestor's tilting armor and mask of rage, but a Mauser C96 replaces the sword.
MEGATRON: My warriors can take England, but can yours keep it?
TEXT: James McCullen Destro, 23rd Baron of Destro. Director, Military Armaments Research Systems (MARS).
DESTRO: Megatron has a valid point, Commander. The Americans are already aware of Cobra's existence; it's only a matter of time before they strike. Perhaps we should withdraw... 30% of our forces from Europe, to strengthen the island's defenses?
Cobra Commander opens the armored box to access the Matrix's powers, extends his fist as he glides like an ice skater, and shatters Destro's breastplate. Destro is launched off his feet, five meters through the air, and into a wall.
DESTRO: Ahhhh!
Cobra Commander resembles a fiery demon in the Matrix's light, as he looks down upon Destro.
COBRA CMDR: You would have me abandon our great work in Europe? To render the blood and sweat we shed to conquer Europe, wasted and meaningless?
DESTRO: N-n-no!
COBRA CMDR: Remember to address me as a subordinate addresses his superior officer-- not as peers!
DESTRO: Y-y-yes, C-Commander!
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SETTING: A Cobra airbase.
Bludd escorts Storm Shadow, whose sunglasses cover his eyes as he examines Pythons parked along the runway. Crew chiefs are performing maintenance on the engines.
BLUDD: Cobra honors the Anti-Comintern Pact, recognizes Japan's claim over Manchuria, and will aid the Emperor in His Majesty's war efforts-- after we accomplish our goals in Europe.
STORM SHADOW: I will inform His Majesty of your... generosity.
TEXT: Arashikage "Storm Shadow" Makoto. Grandmaster, Arashikage Ninja Clan. Lieutenant Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy.
Storm Shadow looks into a hangar full of planes with folded wings. Mechanics are servicing Rattlers dive-bombers (Junkers Ju-187 variants).
STORM SHADOW: I notice you still maintain some piston engine aircraft.
BLUDD: The Python flies too quickly to be an effective attack plane.
STORM SHADOW: As a warrior, I must maintain my proficiency in all forms of combat, including air combat. May I have some fuel for my Zero?
He points at the Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 fighter parked behind a Python.
BLUDD: Yes... Commander.
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SETTING: A deserted village.
The Joes form a defensive position, weapons aimed outwards. Leatherneck's M1 rifle butt strokes a crate to open it; Roadblock holsters his pistol to grab the M2 machine gun inside.
ROADBLOCK: Come to Papa.
Duke holds a poncho over Scarlett's head as the OSS agent examines a map; the poncho hides the flashlight beam.
DUKE: Welcome to the Fera Islands. Prepared by the Office of Tourism and Trade.
SCARLETT: It's the most accurate map we have. Now, Cobra HQ should be right here. What do you think is the optimum path to it?
DUKE: The forest looks--
Snake Eyes runs towards Duke and Scarlett, grabs the backs of their coats, and pulls them away.
DUKE: Hey!
SCARLETT: Snake Eyes?
The Zero appears above them, firing Type 99 cannons and Type 97 machine guns.
FLINT: Take cover!
The Joes dive behind the nearest cover and concealment. One Joe is too slow, and is blasted to pieces.
ROADBLOCK: You bastard!
He shoots at the Zero, which rolls out of the line-of-fire, turns around, and shoots back.
ROADBLOCK: Whoa!
He dives behind a stone wall. 7.7mm bullets and 20mm shells hammer the stones, raining sparks and rock chips on Roadblock.
Snake Eyes draws his M1913 saber and jumps into the open.
ROADBLOCK: You dummy! Get back under cover!
The Zero turns around to attack Snake Eyes. The ninja stands firm, parrying the bullets and shells as the fighter approaches. When the Zero is above Snake Eyes' head, he jumps and then severs the left wing. The fighter spins towards the ground, out of control.
ROADBLOCK: Jesus!
Storm Shadow uses a tanto (knife) to cut his restraints, opens the cockpit, and jumps out. The ninja lands on his feet, facing the Joes; his left hand grips the scabbard of his katana (sword). The Zero crashes behind him and becomes a fireball.
JOE: Get him!
Three Joes run towards Storm Shadow, determined to capture him. Snake Eyes reaches for them, trying to warn them not to engage.
The Joes stop 10 meters from Storm Shadow, and target him.
JOE: Freeze!
Storm Shadow draws his sword, slashes horizontally to project kenki ("sword's breath," psychokinetic energy waves) and blasts the Joes in half.
Storm Shadow faces Snake Eyes.
STORM SHADOW: Good evening, Sword Brother-- or shall I call you "traitor?"
His sword points at Scarlett.
STORM SHADOW: Have you already sold your sword and your honor to the Americans? What was your price?
The Joes target Storm Shadow, but only Snake Eyes is brave enough to face the ninja. Snake Eyes moves in front of Scarlett to shield her.
STORM SHADOW: I see. You disappoint me-- you let emotions as base as lust and envy, to influence your actions. As the Arashikage Grandmaster, it is my responsibility to deliver an honorable death, even though the recipient failed to live an honorable life. Come!
He uses his lightfoot technique to glide away from the Joes, towards a medieval castle. Snake Eyes glides after Storm Shadow. Scarlett reaches for Snake Eyes, wishing she could keep him out of harm's way.
SCARLETT: Snake Eyes!
Flint points down the road. Dreadnoks are riding BMW R75 motorcycles towards the ruins.
FLINT: We better take cover-- a welcoming party is on its way!
Duke's head turns to seek a defensible position, and sees the ruins of a temple.
DUKE: There! Follow me!
He runs towards the temple, followed by most of the survivors.
Scarlett stands firm, staring at the castle where Snake Eyes will duel Storm Shadow. Roadblock puts his hand on her shoulder.
ROADBLOCK: He's a real fighter; he'll survive, but if we don't take cover, we won't.
Scarlett sighs, turns around, and follows Duke. Roadblock aims his M2 down the road, serving as rearguard; then he turns around to join his comrades.
TEXT: Temple of Thor.
The Ark broke in half when it crash-landed, exposing its main bridge to the elements. The Vikings who found the Autobots' frames, thought Optimus, Grimlock, Ironhide, and Prowl were Thor, the Midgard Serpent, Heimdall, and Freya, respectively; the temple was built around them.
No one greets the approaching Joes; the village, built at the foot of a hill (the Ark, half-buried during the crash, and covered with earth over time), was abandoned after an earthquake ravaged it, eons ago. The temple's stone floor is cratered and bulged; the Joes watch their feet as they enter.
ROADBLOCK: Jesus!
He targets Grimlock as the robot Tyrannosaurus lies on the floor. Duke puts his hand on Roadblock's shoulder.
DUKE: At ease. This rusty old machine hasn't moved since Eve ate the forbidden fruit.
Four Joes push stones from a fallen pillar, towards the gates; then they assume fighting positions behind the barricades. Others marvel at the deactivated Autobots' sizes and shapes.
BREAKER: I feel like I'm in an old 'Star Brigade' serial.
LEATHERNECK: For all we know, we might be in an old 'Star Brigade' serial.
Flint and Jaye stare at a probe fixed to its launcher.
JAYE: What is it?
FLINT: I think--
Teletran-1 activates the probe, whose optical, IR, and electrostatic lenses light up.
FLINT: It's a bomb!
He pushes Jaye onto the floor, as the probe rockets into Earth's orbit.
JAYE: Please get off me. Your weight will kill me before the blast will.
Flint blushes.
FLINT: Sorry.
He stands up and extends a hand to help Jaye, whose head rises to see the probe.
JAYE: Was that a rocket?
TELETRAN-1: Explore, explore!
The probe scans a British harbor, where American war machines (Lend-Lease aid) are unloaded from a transport ship.
PROBE: Scanning local life forms for technological adaptation to present environment.
The Autobots' repair programs are activated, illuminating their frames.
TELETRAN-1: Repair, repair!
Optimus' chest is reformatted into the turret of a Grizzly III assault tank (T14), with a hatch where the 76mm cannon and coaxial M2 machine gun are mounted. His right hand grips a laser rifle (disguised as a 76mm cannon, with a coaxial machine gun for "backup," in case the laser misfires). A T34 rocket launcher-- able to use US Army 4.5" (114mm) rockets-- is fixed to his collarbones, the tubes mounted over his head.
Duke's M1 SMG targets Optimus.
DUKE: Get back! Get back!
Grimlock's head is reformatted into the bow of an Achilles IIC tank destroyer (M10 variant). The headlights (his optics) burn blue. The Tyrannosaurus' jaws open to reveal metal-cutting teeth.
TEXT: Grimlock-- Autobot shock trooper (rank: 6).
GRIMLOCK: Roarrrr!
Roadblock shoots; the bullets ricochet harmlessly off Grimlock's armor as he faces the Joe.
GRIMLOCK: Decepticon! Grimlock crush you!
He charges. Roadblock raises the M2 over his head, using the gun as a shield.
ROADBLOCK: Mamaaaa!
Grimlock's mouth opens to bite Roadblock. Optimus steps in front of Grimlock to stop him.
TEXT: Optimus Prime, Autobot Supreme Commander.
OPTIMUS: Stand down, Grimlock. I doubt they're Decepticons.
GRIMLOCK: He attack Grimlock! Grimlock tear him to pieces!
Ironhide approaches them.
TEXT: Ironhide, acting Autobot Deputy Commander.
IRONHIDE: That's understandable. I know I won't be happy if the first thing I see when I'm reactivated, is your ugly mug.
Grimlock turns towards him; his turret-mounted plasma cannon (disguised as a 17-pounder gun) targets Ironhide's head.
GRIMLOCK: Grrrr!
OPTIMUS: That's enough!
His HUD reads, "UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR-- LANGUAGE SET: EARTH-- ENGLISH" as he faces Duke.
OPTIMUS: I am Optimus Prime, Autobot Supreme Commander. Please identify yourselves.
DUKE: I'm an American soldier...
TEXT: Dreadnoks, mercenaries in Cobra's service.
The Dreadnoks park their R75s parallel to the temple walls, using the bikes as cover.
The mercenaries wear load-bearing vests over mismatched leather riding suits.
Zandar watches two Dreadnoks aim Panzerfaust rocket launchers at the temple gates.
TEXT: "Zandar"-- real name not on record. Dreadnok Deputy Commander.
ZANDAR: Send them to hell!
The Dreadnoks fire the rockets at the gates; the resulting explosions blow Duke off his feet.
DUKE: Whoa!
In the hangar, Duke and Scarlett examine a metal plate marked "USS HAMA". A map of the Fera Islands is etched into it; the Cobra insignia marks the largest island. Scarlett stands beside him.
DUKE: How many men did we lose when this destroyer sank?
SCARLETT: All hands-- 330 men. The Royal Navy was able to recover this from the wreckage--
DUKE: With this map conveniently burned into it. It smells like a trap.
SCARLETT: But it's the best lead we have.
Nighttime. Six C-47 Skytrain cargo planes, with running engines, are lined up on the runway. The Joes, wearing flak jackets over "sterile" uniforms-- the only markings are their blood types, stenciled on the shoulders and kneepads-- board two planes. Breaker and Roadblock face each other as they board it.
BREAKER: What kind of a name is GI Joe?
ROADBLOCK: Yeah, we deserve a name that makes the enemy pee in their pants every time they hear it, like... the Wreckers.
BREAKER: Yeah, I won't mind being a Wrecker.
The planes take off. Hawk sits in a C-47 cockpit. As it flies over the island, he turns around to face the Joes.
HAWK: Although the cost of failure is high, I am confident you'll succeed. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day... 1000 may fall at your sides, and 10,000 at your right hands, but it will not come near you... You are GI Joe, real American heroes. Godspeed.
The first and second C-47s drops decoys-- two dozen parachutes, each weighted with an ice block-- on the island's west side. The third and fourth C-47s fly over the east side; the Joes jump out of the planes. After their parachutes open, the fifth and sixth C-47 delivers six crates-- containing heavy weapons, motorcycles, and other equipment-- by parachute.
Starscream stands beside a radar antenna on the Terrordrome roof, holding a cable. He smiles, watching the C-47s fly away.
TEXT: Starscream, acting Decepticon Deputy Commander.
STARSCREAM: Finally, my star is ascendant.
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TEXT: The Terrordrome-- Cobra Headquarters.
In the command center, Cobra Commander, Destro, and Megatron study a map of the UK; Starscream prevented them from learning of the assault.
Cobra Commander wears "trench armor" (Sappenpanzer) with an exoskeleton to support its weight, and an armored box (Matrix chamber) fixed to the breastplate. Destro wears his ancestor's tilting armor and mask of rage, but a Mauser C96 replaces the sword.
MEGATRON: My warriors can take England, but can yours keep it?
TEXT: James McCullen Destro, 23rd Baron of Destro. Director, Military Armaments Research Systems (MARS).
DESTRO: Megatron has a valid point, Commander. The Americans are already aware of Cobra's existence; it's only a matter of time before they strike. Perhaps we should withdraw... 30% of our forces from Europe, to strengthen the island's defenses?
Cobra Commander opens the armored box to access the Matrix's powers, extends his fist as he glides like an ice skater, and shatters Destro's breastplate. Destro is launched off his feet, five meters through the air, and into a wall.
DESTRO: Ahhhh!
Cobra Commander resembles a fiery demon in the Matrix's light, as he looks down upon Destro.
COBRA CMDR: You would have me abandon our great work in Europe? To render the blood and sweat we shed to conquer Europe, wasted and meaningless?
DESTRO: N-n-no!
COBRA CMDR: Remember to address me as a subordinate addresses his superior officer-- not as peers!
DESTRO: Y-y-yes, C-Commander!
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SETTING: A Cobra airbase.
Bludd escorts Storm Shadow, whose sunglasses cover his eyes as he examines Pythons parked along the runway. Crew chiefs are performing maintenance on the engines.
BLUDD: Cobra honors the Anti-Comintern Pact, recognizes Japan's claim over Manchuria, and will aid the Emperor in His Majesty's war efforts-- after we accomplish our goals in Europe.
STORM SHADOW: I will inform His Majesty of your... generosity.
TEXT: Arashikage "Storm Shadow" Makoto. Grandmaster, Arashikage Ninja Clan. Lieutenant Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy.
Storm Shadow looks into a hangar full of planes with folded wings. Mechanics are servicing Rattlers dive-bombers (Junkers Ju-187 variants).
STORM SHADOW: I notice you still maintain some piston engine aircraft.
BLUDD: The Python flies too quickly to be an effective attack plane.
STORM SHADOW: As a warrior, I must maintain my proficiency in all forms of combat, including air combat. May I have some fuel for my Zero?
He points at the Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 fighter parked behind a Python.
BLUDD: Yes... Commander.
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SETTING: A deserted village.
The Joes form a defensive position, weapons aimed outwards. Leatherneck's M1 rifle butt strokes a crate to open it; Roadblock holsters his pistol to grab the M2 machine gun inside.
ROADBLOCK: Come to Papa.
Duke holds a poncho over Scarlett's head as the OSS agent examines a map; the poncho hides the flashlight beam.
DUKE: Welcome to the Fera Islands. Prepared by the Office of Tourism and Trade.
SCARLETT: It's the most accurate map we have. Now, Cobra HQ should be right here. What do you think is the optimum path to it?
DUKE: The forest looks--
Snake Eyes runs towards Duke and Scarlett, grabs the backs of their coats, and pulls them away.
DUKE: Hey!
SCARLETT: Snake Eyes?
The Zero appears above them, firing Type 99 cannons and Type 97 machine guns.
FLINT: Take cover!
The Joes dive behind the nearest cover and concealment. One Joe is too slow, and is blasted to pieces.
ROADBLOCK: You bastard!
He shoots at the Zero, which rolls out of the line-of-fire, turns around, and shoots back.
ROADBLOCK: Whoa!
He dives behind a stone wall. 7.7mm bullets and 20mm shells hammer the stones, raining sparks and rock chips on Roadblock.
Snake Eyes draws his M1913 saber and jumps into the open.
ROADBLOCK: You dummy! Get back under cover!
The Zero turns around to attack Snake Eyes. The ninja stands firm, parrying the bullets and shells as the fighter approaches. When the Zero is above Snake Eyes' head, he jumps and then severs the left wing. The fighter spins towards the ground, out of control.
ROADBLOCK: Jesus!
Storm Shadow uses a tanto (knife) to cut his restraints, opens the cockpit, and jumps out. The ninja lands on his feet, facing the Joes; his left hand grips the scabbard of his katana (sword). The Zero crashes behind him and becomes a fireball.
JOE: Get him!
Three Joes run towards Storm Shadow, determined to capture him. Snake Eyes reaches for them, trying to warn them not to engage.
The Joes stop 10 meters from Storm Shadow, and target him.
JOE: Freeze!
Storm Shadow draws his sword, slashes horizontally to project kenki ("sword's breath," psychokinetic energy waves) and blasts the Joes in half.
Storm Shadow faces Snake Eyes.
STORM SHADOW: Good evening, Sword Brother-- or shall I call you "traitor?"
His sword points at Scarlett.
STORM SHADOW: Have you already sold your sword and your honor to the Americans? What was your price?
The Joes target Storm Shadow, but only Snake Eyes is brave enough to face the ninja. Snake Eyes moves in front of Scarlett to shield her.
STORM SHADOW: I see. You disappoint me-- you let emotions as base as lust and envy, to influence your actions. As the Arashikage Grandmaster, it is my responsibility to deliver an honorable death, even though the recipient failed to live an honorable life. Come!
He uses his lightfoot technique to glide away from the Joes, towards a medieval castle. Snake Eyes glides after Storm Shadow. Scarlett reaches for Snake Eyes, wishing she could keep him out of harm's way.
SCARLETT: Snake Eyes!
Flint points down the road. Dreadnoks are riding BMW R75 motorcycles towards the ruins.
FLINT: We better take cover-- a welcoming party is on its way!
Duke's head turns to seek a defensible position, and sees the ruins of a temple.
DUKE: There! Follow me!
He runs towards the temple, followed by most of the survivors.
Scarlett stands firm, staring at the castle where Snake Eyes will duel Storm Shadow. Roadblock puts his hand on her shoulder.
ROADBLOCK: He's a real fighter; he'll survive, but if we don't take cover, we won't.
Scarlett sighs, turns around, and follows Duke. Roadblock aims his M2 down the road, serving as rearguard; then he turns around to join his comrades.
TEXT: Temple of Thor.
The Ark broke in half when it crash-landed, exposing its main bridge to the elements. The Vikings who found the Autobots' frames, thought Optimus, Grimlock, Ironhide, and Prowl were Thor, the Midgard Serpent, Heimdall, and Freya, respectively; the temple was built around them.
No one greets the approaching Joes; the village, built at the foot of a hill (the Ark, half-buried during the crash, and covered with earth over time), was abandoned after an earthquake ravaged it, eons ago. The temple's stone floor is cratered and bulged; the Joes watch their feet as they enter.
ROADBLOCK: Jesus!
He targets Grimlock as the robot Tyrannosaurus lies on the floor. Duke puts his hand on Roadblock's shoulder.
DUKE: At ease. This rusty old machine hasn't moved since Eve ate the forbidden fruit.
Four Joes push stones from a fallen pillar, towards the gates; then they assume fighting positions behind the barricades. Others marvel at the deactivated Autobots' sizes and shapes.
BREAKER: I feel like I'm in an old 'Star Brigade' serial.
LEATHERNECK: For all we know, we might be in an old 'Star Brigade' serial.
Flint and Jaye stare at a probe fixed to its launcher.
JAYE: What is it?
FLINT: I think--
Teletran-1 activates the probe, whose optical, IR, and electrostatic lenses light up.
FLINT: It's a bomb!
He pushes Jaye onto the floor, as the probe rockets into Earth's orbit.
JAYE: Please get off me. Your weight will kill me before the blast will.
Flint blushes.
FLINT: Sorry.
He stands up and extends a hand to help Jaye, whose head rises to see the probe.
JAYE: Was that a rocket?
TELETRAN-1: Explore, explore!
The probe scans a British harbor, where American war machines (Lend-Lease aid) are unloaded from a transport ship.
PROBE: Scanning local life forms for technological adaptation to present environment.
The Autobots' repair programs are activated, illuminating their frames.
TELETRAN-1: Repair, repair!
Optimus' chest is reformatted into the turret of a Grizzly III assault tank (T14), with a hatch where the 76mm cannon and coaxial M2 machine gun are mounted. His right hand grips a laser rifle (disguised as a 76mm cannon, with a coaxial machine gun for "backup," in case the laser misfires). A T34 rocket launcher-- able to use US Army 4.5" (114mm) rockets-- is fixed to his collarbones, the tubes mounted over his head.
Duke's M1 SMG targets Optimus.
DUKE: Get back! Get back!
Grimlock's head is reformatted into the bow of an Achilles IIC tank destroyer (M10 variant). The headlights (his optics) burn blue. The Tyrannosaurus' jaws open to reveal metal-cutting teeth.
TEXT: Grimlock-- Autobot shock trooper (rank: 6).
GRIMLOCK: Roarrrr!
Roadblock shoots; the bullets ricochet harmlessly off Grimlock's armor as he faces the Joe.
GRIMLOCK: Decepticon! Grimlock crush you!
He charges. Roadblock raises the M2 over his head, using the gun as a shield.
ROADBLOCK: Mamaaaa!
Grimlock's mouth opens to bite Roadblock. Optimus steps in front of Grimlock to stop him.
TEXT: Optimus Prime, Autobot Supreme Commander.
OPTIMUS: Stand down, Grimlock. I doubt they're Decepticons.
GRIMLOCK: He attack Grimlock! Grimlock tear him to pieces!
Ironhide approaches them.
TEXT: Ironhide, acting Autobot Deputy Commander.
IRONHIDE: That's understandable. I know I won't be happy if the first thing I see when I'm reactivated, is your ugly mug.
Grimlock turns towards him; his turret-mounted plasma cannon (disguised as a 17-pounder gun) targets Ironhide's head.
GRIMLOCK: Grrrr!
OPTIMUS: That's enough!
His HUD reads, "UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR-- LANGUAGE SET: EARTH-- ENGLISH" as he faces Duke.
OPTIMUS: I am Optimus Prime, Autobot Supreme Commander. Please identify yourselves.
DUKE: I'm an American soldier...
TEXT: Dreadnoks, mercenaries in Cobra's service.
The Dreadnoks park their R75s parallel to the temple walls, using the bikes as cover.
The mercenaries wear load-bearing vests over mismatched leather riding suits.
Zandar watches two Dreadnoks aim Panzerfaust rocket launchers at the temple gates.
TEXT: "Zandar"-- real name not on record. Dreadnok Deputy Commander.
ZANDAR: Send them to hell!
The Dreadnoks fire the rockets at the gates; the resulting explosions blow Duke off his feet.
DUKE: Whoa!
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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TEXT: Viper's Nest Castle, Cobra Auxiliary Headquarters.
Cobra rebuilt the medieval castle to be their HQ, during the Terrordrome's construction. Flakvierling 38 cannons crown the castle's four towers; radio antennas crown the keep. The dry moat (now a defensive trench) hides MG42 machine guns under camouflage netting, behind razor wire.
Storm Shadow stands before a stormtrooper company guarding the castle.
STORM SHADOW: I am being followed. Kill the follower.
STORMTROOPER CAPT: Why should we help...?
Storm Shadow's palm strikes the captain's forehead; the stormtrooper's skull implodes, scatters brain tissue in all directions, and launches the helmet skyward.
STORMTROOPER LT: Captain!
He reaches for his P38, but is too slow; Storm Shadow's palm is now a centimeter from the lieutenant's forehead.
STORM SHADOW: Kill or be killed.
Snake Eyes glides through the forest. He sees two MG42 machine guns in front of the castle gates. The ninja's hand extends, trying to psychically arm a grenade on a gunner's belt. Nothing happens. Snake Eyes crawls to the forest's edge and tries again.
The grenade shakes, alerting the gunner. He sees the moonlight reflected on the ninja's goggles.
GUNNER 1: Ah!
He shoots at Snake Eyes.
The second gunner targets the ninja's position; he sees nothing.
GUNNER 2: What was that?
GUNNER 1: I thought I saw a...
The grenade explodes, kills him, and destroys his MG42.
The second gunner's mouth opens to scream, as Snake Eyes runs out of the forest. The ninja projects kenki, bisecting machine gun and gunner alike, and then dashes past the moat.
STORMTROOPER LT: Fighting positions!
He leads his stormtroopers to the gate. Snake Eyes appears five meters in front of him. The lieutenant fires his StG44.
Snake Eyes projects kenki. The bullets are blown off course, and fly harmlessly past the ninja; the lieutenant is blasted in half.
STORMTROOPERS: Ahhhh!
Snake Eyes uses lightfoot to glide around the stormtroopers. There seems to be ten ninja, each one stabbing and slashing to paint the courtyard red.
The last stormtrooper drops his StG44 rifle, and backs away from Snake Eyes.
STORMTROOPER: I don't want to die, I don't want to die...
Snake Eyes reaches for the stormtrooper's neck, grabs the man's scarf, and uses it to wipe blood off his saber. The stormtrooper watches the ninja walk to the keep; then he flees.
STORM SHADOW: You're too merciful towards your enemies.
Snake Eyes' head rises towards the top of the keep. Storm Shadow looks down upon him.
STORM SHADOW: Hard Master identified this as a weakness when he was considering whom to name as the next Grandmaster. I don't have your weaknesses. I accomplish my missions mercilessly, effectively--
Snake Eyes runs up the keep wall, towards Storm Shadow.
SNAKE EYES (TELEPATHICALLY): (And recklessly!)
Storm Shadow throws six shuriken (throwing knives) at him. The running Snake Eyes parries the shuriken, forcing Storm Shadow to step back and block a slash as he steps onto the roof.
SNAKE EYES: (Did you hope those men would kill me?)
STORM SHADOW: No, I hoped you would kill those men-- to taste blood and to thirst for it, so we can duel with pure hearts.
SNAKE EYES: (How we can claim to have pure hearts after the General's ambitions warped our minds? After the Doctor's *Evilución warped our bodies?!)
TEXT: Ejército Vector de Infección y Evolución-- "Army Vector of Infection and Evolution," a Spanish-German joint program to create super soldiers, by recombining human and animal DNA.
He pushes Storm Shadow off the roof. Storm Shadow somersaults to land on a walkway. A Flakvierling 38 targets Snake Eyes.
FLAK GUNNER: I have him now!
The Flakvierling 38 shoots at Snake Eyes, who parries the incoming shells. A shell grazes the side of the ninja's mask, tearing it.
STORM SHADOW: Do not interfere with our duel!
Both ninja project kenki at the gun. Snake Eyes' kenki shatters the Flakvierling 38's four cannons.
FLAK GUNNER: God...!
Storm Shadow's kenki beheads him.
Snake Eyes feels blood drip from the tear in his mask. He takes off his mask and goggles to reveal a reptilian face-- a side effect of Evilución.
SNAKE EYES: Hiss!
Storm Shadow calmly removes and pockets his sunglasses, revealing transparent eyelids and eyes with vertical pupils, like Snake Eyes.
STORM SHADOW: Mindbender promised to restore to your human form. If you had not deserted the Clan--
SNAKE EYES: (Mindbender's promises are as hollow as his heart!)
He jumps off the roof to slash at his sword brother. Storm Shadow glides sideways, dodging kenki as it shatters the stone.
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TEXT: Dreadnoks-- fodder for Grimlock's cannon.
Two Dreadnoks fire Panzerfaust rockets at Grimlock; the explosions cover the Tyrannosaurus with fire and smoke.
DREADNOKS: Ha ha ha!
Grimlock, undamaged, charges through the smoke. The Tyrannosaurus' claws knock a Dreadnok out of his way; human blood spills on the ground as the man flies through the air.
DREADNOKS: Ahhhh!
The second Dreadnok fires an MP40 at Grimlock's head. Grimlock bites him and his bike, crushing them both.
ZANDAR: Let's peel!
The surviving Dreadnoks mount their bikes and turn away. Grimlock shoots at the road beneath the bikes, forming a fireball to launch four Dreadnoks into the air-- including Zandar.
ZANDAR: Argh!
DREADNOK: Zandar!
Zandar lies unconscious, beside a bike's burning wreckage. A Dreadnok lifts Zandar onto his own bike, and then rides after his comrades.
Leatherneck targets the fleeing Dreadnok, and then lowers his rifle, to honor the mercenary's courage.
Optimus, Ironhide, and Prowl approach from Grimlock's side. Ironhide examines the Dreadnoks' bodies.
GRIMLOCK: Decepticons pick weak allies. Hope Optimus' allies not so weak.
IRONHIDE: That reminds me-- why didn't the Decepticons attack our flanks while their cannon fodder distracted us? What are they doing now?
Ironhide meets Optimus and Prowl's optics; then the Autobot leader turns to the Joes behind their fighting positions.
OPTIMUS: American soldier!
Duke's head turns.
DUKE: Call me "Duke."
OPTIMUS: Duke, I ask that you help to repair an elevator, so we can free a friend now buried under the wreckage.
Behind him, Skyfire's hand reaches through the floor. Duke's eyes widen as the giant struggles to pull free of the hole.
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TEXT: The North Atlantic.
A British fleet-- including two Illustrious class aircraft carriers, three King George V class battleships, and the battlecruiser HMS Hood-- escorts transports and landing craft, to support an amphibious assault. A US Navy fleet-- including two Essex class carriers, two North Carolina class battleships, and six New Orleans class heavy cruisers-- follows.
Megatron, Soundwave, and Starscream (red Messerschmitt Me-263 rocket fighter, with silver thunderbolts painted on the wings) rocket towards the RN fleet. The Allied carriers launch F6F-3N Hellcat night fighters, which climb to engage the Decepticons.
MEGATRON: Starscream, Soundwave, you know what to do.
Starscream transforms, and then detaches his wings' leading edges of (power sabers), which burn red when he activates the cutting mechanisms.
STARSCREAM: I am Starscream, Master of the Terror Soaring Saber! Fight me if you seek an honorable death!
The Hellcats fire M2 machine guns at Starscream, who parries the incoming bullets. When the fighters are 500 to 600 meters away, Starscream projects kenki, destroying the Hellcats.
HELLCAT PILOT: Bloody hell!
Kenki shatters a Hellcat's propeller. The pilot unfastens his restraints, opens the cockpit, jumps out, and deploys his parachute. Starscream ignores the pilot; he's no longer a threat.
Wild Weasel's Python appears in front of the Hellcat pilot.
HELLCAT PILOT: He can see me?!
TEXT: "Wild Weasel"-- name not on record. Captain, Cobra Air Force.
Wild Weasel wears NVG. He shoots and kills the Hellcat pilot.
HELLCAT PILOT: Argh!
STARSCREAM (RADIO): The Englishman was unarmed. Was his death necessary?
WILD WEASEL: If you lack the courage to kill, then flee the battlefield, you coward.
Keelhaul stands in the bridge of the USS Flagg (Essex class carrier). He watches Megatron sink two destroyers-- the Hood's escorts.
TEXT: Everett P. "Keelhaul" Colby. Vice Admiral, US Navy (O9).
Shipwreck sits in front of a radio. He turns to Keelhaul.
TEXT: Hector X. "Shipwreck" Delgado. Chief Petty Officer, US Navy (E7).
SHIPWRECK: Sir, the British flagship is under attack. Admiral Parker is requesting...
Megatron's fusion cannon (disguised as a 38cm rocket launcher-mortar) shoots and destroys the Hood.
SHIPWRECK: Oh my God!
KEELHAUL: I hope He's on our side.
He faces Shipwreck.
KEELHAUL: Where's the enemy fleet?
An Arado Ar-196 seaplane flies over the USN fleet. The pilot wears NVG.
SEAPLANE PILOT: Enemy ships sighted! Fire upon these coordinates...
He radios the ships' locations to the Cobra fleet-- including two Graf Zeppelin class carriers, two Bismarck class battleships, and a
captured Richelieu class battleship. The battleships' seaplane catapults launch V-1 missiles, which sink two USN destroyers.
Keelhaul sees two fireballs-- V-1 missiles-- fly toward a heavy cruiser.
KEELHAUL: What in hell...?
He raises his binoculars to his eyes, as the missiles hit and severely damage the cruiser.
KEELHAUL: Flying bombs?!
A Graf Zeppelin class carrier launches a Python squadron, which joins Wild Weasel above the Cobra fleet.
WILD WEASEL: Flight Berta, cover the fleet. Flight Anton, cover the Rattlers.
COBRA PILOTS: Yes, Sir!
Wild Weasel leads Flight A towards the USN fleet. The carriers launch F6F Hellcat fighter squadrons, which climb to engage the Rattlers before the dive-bombers can attack the ships. The Pythons dive, using their superior speed to destroy and damage dozens of Hellcats; the Rattlers attack the damaged ships to finish them.
SHIPWRECK: If God's on our side, I hope He sends us an angel!
Skyfire (white Boeing B-17G bomber, with red flames painted on the nose and wings) dives towards the Pythons. His M2 machine guns fire and destroy six fighters.
WILD WEASEL: What the devil?!
Starscream lunges at the B-17G cockpit. Skyfire rolls to dodge the attack, transforms, and punches. Starscream blocks the fist, but its momentum throws him backwards; he somersaults, freezing in midair, and points his swords at Skyfire.
STARSCREAM: Skyfire!
Skyfire draws his bomb launcher-- resembling a Winchester M12 shotgun, it can use US Army Air Corps 2000lb (907kg) bombs-- and shoots at Megatron. The Decepticon leader's cannon intercepts the incoming bomb, but the blast throws him backwards; he somersaults, freezing in midair.
MEGATRON: Decepticons, retreat!
He turns and flees, followed by Soundwave. Starscream crosses his swords in front of his chest, serving as rearguard; then he transforms and rockets away.
Python PILOT: The machine men have abandoned us!
WILD WEASEL: All flights, return to the carriers!
The Pythons use their superior rate of climb to escape, leaving behind the slower Rattlers.
HELLCAT PILOT: They're getting away!
HELLCAT SQUADRON LEADER: Forget the rockets! Get the dive-bombers!
The surviving Hellcats attack and destroy all Rattlers.
A Rattler crashes into the sea, which extinguishes the fire in its rear fuel tank. The pilot tries to unfasten his restraints as the dive-bomber sinks. He's trapped; bubbles rise from the doomed man's mouth as he tries to scream, his fists hammering the canopy.
Skyfire hovers above the Flagg. The carrier's antiaircraft guns target the Autobot, but the gunners are too surprised to shoot. Skyfire salutes the bridge.
TEXT: Skyfire, Autobot air guardian.
SKYFIRE: Greetings, Admiral. I bring a message from Leatherneck.
KEELHAUL: If he's still alive, why doesn't he contact us?
SKYFIRE: He's in a jamming zone, which your radios cannot penetrate. We Autobots can make high-power transmissions, which can overcome the subspace "gap" that will otherwise trap a radio wave.
Cobra rebuilt the medieval castle to be their HQ, during the Terrordrome's construction. Flakvierling 38 cannons crown the castle's four towers; radio antennas crown the keep. The dry moat (now a defensive trench) hides MG42 machine guns under camouflage netting, behind razor wire.
Storm Shadow stands before a stormtrooper company guarding the castle.
STORM SHADOW: I am being followed. Kill the follower.
STORMTROOPER CAPT: Why should we help...?
Storm Shadow's palm strikes the captain's forehead; the stormtrooper's skull implodes, scatters brain tissue in all directions, and launches the helmet skyward.
STORMTROOPER LT: Captain!
He reaches for his P38, but is too slow; Storm Shadow's palm is now a centimeter from the lieutenant's forehead.
STORM SHADOW: Kill or be killed.
Snake Eyes glides through the forest. He sees two MG42 machine guns in front of the castle gates. The ninja's hand extends, trying to psychically arm a grenade on a gunner's belt. Nothing happens. Snake Eyes crawls to the forest's edge and tries again.
The grenade shakes, alerting the gunner. He sees the moonlight reflected on the ninja's goggles.
GUNNER 1: Ah!
He shoots at Snake Eyes.
The second gunner targets the ninja's position; he sees nothing.
GUNNER 2: What was that?
GUNNER 1: I thought I saw a...
The grenade explodes, kills him, and destroys his MG42.
The second gunner's mouth opens to scream, as Snake Eyes runs out of the forest. The ninja projects kenki, bisecting machine gun and gunner alike, and then dashes past the moat.
STORMTROOPER LT: Fighting positions!
He leads his stormtroopers to the gate. Snake Eyes appears five meters in front of him. The lieutenant fires his StG44.
Snake Eyes projects kenki. The bullets are blown off course, and fly harmlessly past the ninja; the lieutenant is blasted in half.
STORMTROOPERS: Ahhhh!
Snake Eyes uses lightfoot to glide around the stormtroopers. There seems to be ten ninja, each one stabbing and slashing to paint the courtyard red.
The last stormtrooper drops his StG44 rifle, and backs away from Snake Eyes.
STORMTROOPER: I don't want to die, I don't want to die...
Snake Eyes reaches for the stormtrooper's neck, grabs the man's scarf, and uses it to wipe blood off his saber. The stormtrooper watches the ninja walk to the keep; then he flees.
STORM SHADOW: You're too merciful towards your enemies.
Snake Eyes' head rises towards the top of the keep. Storm Shadow looks down upon him.
STORM SHADOW: Hard Master identified this as a weakness when he was considering whom to name as the next Grandmaster. I don't have your weaknesses. I accomplish my missions mercilessly, effectively--
Snake Eyes runs up the keep wall, towards Storm Shadow.
SNAKE EYES (TELEPATHICALLY): (And recklessly!)
Storm Shadow throws six shuriken (throwing knives) at him. The running Snake Eyes parries the shuriken, forcing Storm Shadow to step back and block a slash as he steps onto the roof.
SNAKE EYES: (Did you hope those men would kill me?)
STORM SHADOW: No, I hoped you would kill those men-- to taste blood and to thirst for it, so we can duel with pure hearts.
SNAKE EYES: (How we can claim to have pure hearts after the General's ambitions warped our minds? After the Doctor's *Evilución warped our bodies?!)
TEXT: Ejército Vector de Infección y Evolución-- "Army Vector of Infection and Evolution," a Spanish-German joint program to create super soldiers, by recombining human and animal DNA.
He pushes Storm Shadow off the roof. Storm Shadow somersaults to land on a walkway. A Flakvierling 38 targets Snake Eyes.
FLAK GUNNER: I have him now!
The Flakvierling 38 shoots at Snake Eyes, who parries the incoming shells. A shell grazes the side of the ninja's mask, tearing it.
STORM SHADOW: Do not interfere with our duel!
Both ninja project kenki at the gun. Snake Eyes' kenki shatters the Flakvierling 38's four cannons.
FLAK GUNNER: God...!
Storm Shadow's kenki beheads him.
Snake Eyes feels blood drip from the tear in his mask. He takes off his mask and goggles to reveal a reptilian face-- a side effect of Evilución.
SNAKE EYES: Hiss!
Storm Shadow calmly removes and pockets his sunglasses, revealing transparent eyelids and eyes with vertical pupils, like Snake Eyes.
STORM SHADOW: Mindbender promised to restore to your human form. If you had not deserted the Clan--
SNAKE EYES: (Mindbender's promises are as hollow as his heart!)
He jumps off the roof to slash at his sword brother. Storm Shadow glides sideways, dodging kenki as it shatters the stone.
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TEXT: Dreadnoks-- fodder for Grimlock's cannon.
Two Dreadnoks fire Panzerfaust rockets at Grimlock; the explosions cover the Tyrannosaurus with fire and smoke.
DREADNOKS: Ha ha ha!
Grimlock, undamaged, charges through the smoke. The Tyrannosaurus' claws knock a Dreadnok out of his way; human blood spills on the ground as the man flies through the air.
DREADNOKS: Ahhhh!
The second Dreadnok fires an MP40 at Grimlock's head. Grimlock bites him and his bike, crushing them both.
ZANDAR: Let's peel!
The surviving Dreadnoks mount their bikes and turn away. Grimlock shoots at the road beneath the bikes, forming a fireball to launch four Dreadnoks into the air-- including Zandar.
ZANDAR: Argh!
DREADNOK: Zandar!
Zandar lies unconscious, beside a bike's burning wreckage. A Dreadnok lifts Zandar onto his own bike, and then rides after his comrades.
Leatherneck targets the fleeing Dreadnok, and then lowers his rifle, to honor the mercenary's courage.
Optimus, Ironhide, and Prowl approach from Grimlock's side. Ironhide examines the Dreadnoks' bodies.
GRIMLOCK: Decepticons pick weak allies. Hope Optimus' allies not so weak.
IRONHIDE: That reminds me-- why didn't the Decepticons attack our flanks while their cannon fodder distracted us? What are they doing now?
Ironhide meets Optimus and Prowl's optics; then the Autobot leader turns to the Joes behind their fighting positions.
OPTIMUS: American soldier!
Duke's head turns.
DUKE: Call me "Duke."
OPTIMUS: Duke, I ask that you help to repair an elevator, so we can free a friend now buried under the wreckage.
Behind him, Skyfire's hand reaches through the floor. Duke's eyes widen as the giant struggles to pull free of the hole.
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TEXT: The North Atlantic.
A British fleet-- including two Illustrious class aircraft carriers, three King George V class battleships, and the battlecruiser HMS Hood-- escorts transports and landing craft, to support an amphibious assault. A US Navy fleet-- including two Essex class carriers, two North Carolina class battleships, and six New Orleans class heavy cruisers-- follows.
Megatron, Soundwave, and Starscream (red Messerschmitt Me-263 rocket fighter, with silver thunderbolts painted on the wings) rocket towards the RN fleet. The Allied carriers launch F6F-3N Hellcat night fighters, which climb to engage the Decepticons.
MEGATRON: Starscream, Soundwave, you know what to do.
Starscream transforms, and then detaches his wings' leading edges of (power sabers), which burn red when he activates the cutting mechanisms.
STARSCREAM: I am Starscream, Master of the Terror Soaring Saber! Fight me if you seek an honorable death!
The Hellcats fire M2 machine guns at Starscream, who parries the incoming bullets. When the fighters are 500 to 600 meters away, Starscream projects kenki, destroying the Hellcats.
HELLCAT PILOT: Bloody hell!
Kenki shatters a Hellcat's propeller. The pilot unfastens his restraints, opens the cockpit, jumps out, and deploys his parachute. Starscream ignores the pilot; he's no longer a threat.
Wild Weasel's Python appears in front of the Hellcat pilot.
HELLCAT PILOT: He can see me?!
TEXT: "Wild Weasel"-- name not on record. Captain, Cobra Air Force.
Wild Weasel wears NVG. He shoots and kills the Hellcat pilot.
HELLCAT PILOT: Argh!
STARSCREAM (RADIO): The Englishman was unarmed. Was his death necessary?
WILD WEASEL: If you lack the courage to kill, then flee the battlefield, you coward.
Keelhaul stands in the bridge of the USS Flagg (Essex class carrier). He watches Megatron sink two destroyers-- the Hood's escorts.
TEXT: Everett P. "Keelhaul" Colby. Vice Admiral, US Navy (O9).
Shipwreck sits in front of a radio. He turns to Keelhaul.
TEXT: Hector X. "Shipwreck" Delgado. Chief Petty Officer, US Navy (E7).
SHIPWRECK: Sir, the British flagship is under attack. Admiral Parker is requesting...
Megatron's fusion cannon (disguised as a 38cm rocket launcher-mortar) shoots and destroys the Hood.
SHIPWRECK: Oh my God!
KEELHAUL: I hope He's on our side.
He faces Shipwreck.
KEELHAUL: Where's the enemy fleet?
An Arado Ar-196 seaplane flies over the USN fleet. The pilot wears NVG.
SEAPLANE PILOT: Enemy ships sighted! Fire upon these coordinates...
He radios the ships' locations to the Cobra fleet-- including two Graf Zeppelin class carriers, two Bismarck class battleships, and a
captured Richelieu class battleship. The battleships' seaplane catapults launch V-1 missiles, which sink two USN destroyers.
Keelhaul sees two fireballs-- V-1 missiles-- fly toward a heavy cruiser.
KEELHAUL: What in hell...?
He raises his binoculars to his eyes, as the missiles hit and severely damage the cruiser.
KEELHAUL: Flying bombs?!
A Graf Zeppelin class carrier launches a Python squadron, which joins Wild Weasel above the Cobra fleet.
WILD WEASEL: Flight Berta, cover the fleet. Flight Anton, cover the Rattlers.
COBRA PILOTS: Yes, Sir!
Wild Weasel leads Flight A towards the USN fleet. The carriers launch F6F Hellcat fighter squadrons, which climb to engage the Rattlers before the dive-bombers can attack the ships. The Pythons dive, using their superior speed to destroy and damage dozens of Hellcats; the Rattlers attack the damaged ships to finish them.
SHIPWRECK: If God's on our side, I hope He sends us an angel!
Skyfire (white Boeing B-17G bomber, with red flames painted on the nose and wings) dives towards the Pythons. His M2 machine guns fire and destroy six fighters.
WILD WEASEL: What the devil?!
Starscream lunges at the B-17G cockpit. Skyfire rolls to dodge the attack, transforms, and punches. Starscream blocks the fist, but its momentum throws him backwards; he somersaults, freezing in midair, and points his swords at Skyfire.
STARSCREAM: Skyfire!
Skyfire draws his bomb launcher-- resembling a Winchester M12 shotgun, it can use US Army Air Corps 2000lb (907kg) bombs-- and shoots at Megatron. The Decepticon leader's cannon intercepts the incoming bomb, but the blast throws him backwards; he somersaults, freezing in midair.
MEGATRON: Decepticons, retreat!
He turns and flees, followed by Soundwave. Starscream crosses his swords in front of his chest, serving as rearguard; then he transforms and rockets away.
Python PILOT: The machine men have abandoned us!
WILD WEASEL: All flights, return to the carriers!
The Pythons use their superior rate of climb to escape, leaving behind the slower Rattlers.
HELLCAT PILOT: They're getting away!
HELLCAT SQUADRON LEADER: Forget the rockets! Get the dive-bombers!
The surviving Hellcats attack and destroy all Rattlers.
A Rattler crashes into the sea, which extinguishes the fire in its rear fuel tank. The pilot tries to unfasten his restraints as the dive-bomber sinks. He's trapped; bubbles rise from the doomed man's mouth as he tries to scream, his fists hammering the canopy.
Skyfire hovers above the Flagg. The carrier's antiaircraft guns target the Autobot, but the gunners are too surprised to shoot. Skyfire salutes the bridge.
TEXT: Skyfire, Autobot air guardian.
SKYFIRE: Greetings, Admiral. I bring a message from Leatherneck.
KEELHAUL: If he's still alive, why doesn't he contact us?
SKYFIRE: He's in a jamming zone, which your radios cannot penetrate. We Autobots can make high-power transmissions, which can overcome the subspace "gap" that will otherwise trap a radio wave.
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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TEXT: "Zartan"-- name not on record. Dreadnok Commander.
Zartan kneels before Zandar's body, which lies on an operating table. Cobra Commander, and the Dreadnok who tried to save Zandar, stand behind him.
ZARTAN: Who killed my brother?
DREADNOK: A mechanical dragon.
ZARTAN: A Decepticon?
COBRA CMDR: No. Just as the enemy of our enemy is our ally, the ally of our enemy is our enemy. The Americans are allies of a rival machine men faction; we now share a common enemy with the Decepticons.
Zartan stands up.
ZARTAN: Where are they?
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SETTING: The forest.
Optimus (Grizzly III) is parked on a hill overlooking the village; the Terrordrome crowns a dormant volcano on the opposite side. Duke sits in the turret.
DUKE: Your war began 10,000,000 years ago?!
OPTIMUS: Yes. We left Cybertron 4,000,000 years ago, seeking resources for our war effort. The Decepticons attacked our ship as it entered this star system; the damage probably caused it to crash on this planet, forcing us into stasis lock. I hope peace came to Cybertron during this time.
DUKE: After 6,000,000 years of war? I hope so too.
Flint stands beside Ironhide (M21 halftrack). He holds a radio.
FLINT: That's good news, Sir... Wilco, over...
He runs to Duke and Optimus.
FLINT: The fleet got a bloody nose, but they can still kick Cobra's tail, thanks to your friend. An Iron Fist will strike at dawn-- big guns, bombs, soldiers and marines are coming to stop Cobra, before they send their big guns, bombs, and goose stepping stormtroopers to America.
DUKE: We'll be ready for them once the scout team gets back.
Prowl (olive drab Cadillac Series 60 sedan, with white stars painted on the doors, like a US Army officer's staff car) is parked beside Optimus. He uses lasercom, to prevent others from eavesdropping.
TEXT: Prowl-- Autobot strategist.
PROWL (LASERCOM): (Optimus, I'm concerned about the wisdom of allying with GI Joe. We lack sufficient information on their conflict to take sides. For all we know, they might be as evil as the Decepticons.)
OPTIMUS: (Your concerns are noted. However, the circumstances don't allow us to choose allies. For now, it is enough that GI Joe fights Decepticon allies.)
Scarlett rides Bumblebee (tan Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle) through the forest. Breaker, carrying a BC-1306 backpack radio, follows in an olive drab WLA. Bumblebee suddenly stops. Breaker stops behind them, curious.
SCARLETT: Bumblebee, what's wrong?
TEXT: Bumblebee-- Autobot reconnaissance trooper.
BUMBLEBEE: Listen!
They hear mechanical noises. Scarlett raises a hand, ordering Breaker to stand firm, before she creeps away. Bumblebee stealthily transforms to follow her.
Scarlett uses her binoculars to see the road from her position. Bumblebee crouches beside her.
Ravage (robot panther, alt mode is an X-4 missile) runs, leading SdKfz 251 halftracks down the road.
SCARLETT: Where are they going?
BUMBLEBEE: Hush!
His warning comes too late; Ravage hears Scarlett's voice.
TEXT: Ravage, Decepticon saboteur.
RAVAGE: Enemy detected!
He runs into the forest, towards Scarlett. Stormtroopers dismount the halftracks to follow the robot panther.
Bumblebee grabs the back of Scarlett's coat, puts her on his back, and transforms; Scarlett lands in his seat. The WLA drives through the forest to flee from Ravage.
Breaker hears the noise, but stands firm; the inexperienced Joe doesn't know what to do. Gloved hands reach from a shadow behind him, towards his neck.
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SETTING: The command center.
Megatron defiantly faces Cobra Commander.
COBRA CMDR: While you fled for your lives, an enemy submarine sank one of our battleships, and severely damaged the second. Do you have an excuse for such irresponsibility?
MEGATRON: I need no excuse; the battleship sank because of your stupidity. If...
Cobra Commander reveals the Matrix. Megatron kneels, burning in pain.
MEGATRON: Ahhhh!
COBRA CMDR: How dare you challenge my authority? I have the Matrix-- I have power over you! I can...!
Destro runs into the command center, feigning distress. He replaced the broken armor with a business suit, but still wears the helmet and the C96.
DESTRO: Sir, the Viper's Nest relief force is engaging an enemy scout in Sector Caesar 03!
COBRA CMDR: I will give you one last chance to prove your worth, Megatron. Destroy the enemy, or I will destroy you.
MEGATRON: Yes... Commander.
Zartan kneels before Zandar's body, which lies on an operating table. Cobra Commander, and the Dreadnok who tried to save Zandar, stand behind him.
ZARTAN: Who killed my brother?
DREADNOK: A mechanical dragon.
ZARTAN: A Decepticon?
COBRA CMDR: No. Just as the enemy of our enemy is our ally, the ally of our enemy is our enemy. The Americans are allies of a rival machine men faction; we now share a common enemy with the Decepticons.
Zartan stands up.
ZARTAN: Where are they?
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SETTING: The forest.
Optimus (Grizzly III) is parked on a hill overlooking the village; the Terrordrome crowns a dormant volcano on the opposite side. Duke sits in the turret.
DUKE: Your war began 10,000,000 years ago?!
OPTIMUS: Yes. We left Cybertron 4,000,000 years ago, seeking resources for our war effort. The Decepticons attacked our ship as it entered this star system; the damage probably caused it to crash on this planet, forcing us into stasis lock. I hope peace came to Cybertron during this time.
DUKE: After 6,000,000 years of war? I hope so too.
Flint stands beside Ironhide (M21 halftrack). He holds a radio.
FLINT: That's good news, Sir... Wilco, over...
He runs to Duke and Optimus.
FLINT: The fleet got a bloody nose, but they can still kick Cobra's tail, thanks to your friend. An Iron Fist will strike at dawn-- big guns, bombs, soldiers and marines are coming to stop Cobra, before they send their big guns, bombs, and goose stepping stormtroopers to America.
DUKE: We'll be ready for them once the scout team gets back.
Prowl (olive drab Cadillac Series 60 sedan, with white stars painted on the doors, like a US Army officer's staff car) is parked beside Optimus. He uses lasercom, to prevent others from eavesdropping.
TEXT: Prowl-- Autobot strategist.
PROWL (LASERCOM): (Optimus, I'm concerned about the wisdom of allying with GI Joe. We lack sufficient information on their conflict to take sides. For all we know, they might be as evil as the Decepticons.)
OPTIMUS: (Your concerns are noted. However, the circumstances don't allow us to choose allies. For now, it is enough that GI Joe fights Decepticon allies.)
Scarlett rides Bumblebee (tan Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle) through the forest. Breaker, carrying a BC-1306 backpack radio, follows in an olive drab WLA. Bumblebee suddenly stops. Breaker stops behind them, curious.
SCARLETT: Bumblebee, what's wrong?
TEXT: Bumblebee-- Autobot reconnaissance trooper.
BUMBLEBEE: Listen!
They hear mechanical noises. Scarlett raises a hand, ordering Breaker to stand firm, before she creeps away. Bumblebee stealthily transforms to follow her.
Scarlett uses her binoculars to see the road from her position. Bumblebee crouches beside her.
Ravage (robot panther, alt mode is an X-4 missile) runs, leading SdKfz 251 halftracks down the road.
SCARLETT: Where are they going?
BUMBLEBEE: Hush!
His warning comes too late; Ravage hears Scarlett's voice.
TEXT: Ravage, Decepticon saboteur.
RAVAGE: Enemy detected!
He runs into the forest, towards Scarlett. Stormtroopers dismount the halftracks to follow the robot panther.
Bumblebee grabs the back of Scarlett's coat, puts her on his back, and transforms; Scarlett lands in his seat. The WLA drives through the forest to flee from Ravage.
Breaker hears the noise, but stands firm; the inexperienced Joe doesn't know what to do. Gloved hands reach from a shadow behind him, towards his neck.
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SETTING: The command center.
Megatron defiantly faces Cobra Commander.
COBRA CMDR: While you fled for your lives, an enemy submarine sank one of our battleships, and severely damaged the second. Do you have an excuse for such irresponsibility?
MEGATRON: I need no excuse; the battleship sank because of your stupidity. If...
Cobra Commander reveals the Matrix. Megatron kneels, burning in pain.
MEGATRON: Ahhhh!
COBRA CMDR: How dare you challenge my authority? I have the Matrix-- I have power over you! I can...!
Destro runs into the command center, feigning distress. He replaced the broken armor with a business suit, but still wears the helmet and the C96.
DESTRO: Sir, the Viper's Nest relief force is engaging an enemy scout in Sector Caesar 03!
COBRA CMDR: I will give you one last chance to prove your worth, Megatron. Destroy the enemy, or I will destroy you.
MEGATRON: Yes... Commander.
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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SETTING: Viper's Nest Castle.
The castle was ravaged by the duel; a tower and a wall lie on the ground.
Storm Shadow runs along the castle wall, his sword held sideways, cutting into the stone; a yellow line appears on the wall, from plastic explosives the ninja jammed into the cut. The ninja stops in front of the keep; then the explosives detonate, breaking the wall to pieces, which fly towards Snake Eyes.
Snake Eyes slashes upwards to cut a stone in half; the pieces fall harmlessly beside him. Storm Shadow lunges, forcing him to retreat. The blade doesn't touch Snake Eyes, but the kenki does; blood flows from the cut in his flak jacket.
Storm Shadow watches his sword brother assume a combat stance, ready to continue the duel. He smiles; he has a plan to defeat Snake Eyes.
STORM SHADOW: Your swordsmanship has deteriorated since we last crossed swords. Nightbird would be ashamed if she saw you now.
SNAKE EYES: (What have you done to Nightbird?!)
STORM SHADOW: I gave her aid and comfort-- things you took away from Nightbird, when you deserted the Clan. The love she once gave to you, she now gives to me.
SNAKE EYES: (Liar!)
He slashes, but is too distracted to focus his psychokinetic energy; the kenki fades away before it can reach its target.
Storm Shadow lunges. Snake Eyes glides sideways, trying to dodge the attack.
SNAKE EYES: Hiss!
His left hand catches the blade, freezing the sword point a millimeter from his chest. Blood drips from the cut in his left palm, as he slashes at Storm Shadow.
Storm Shadow punches Snake Eyes before the blade reaches his neck. Snake Eyes is thrown against a wall, and coughs blood.
STORM SHADOW: Farewell, Snake Eyes.
He raises his sword, preparing to kill Snake Eyes. A laser beam hits the back of his knee, severing the lower leg.
STORM SHADOW: Ahhhh!
A shadow reaches for the falling ninja; Ravage now stands on Storm Shadow's back.
RAVAGE: So this is the one that made so much noise.
Pain glazes the ninja's eyes.
STORM SHADOW: We... are both... Cobra allies. Why...?
The panther's head lowers to examine Storm Shadow's face; his HUD reads, "ID CONFIRMED: ARASHIKAGE, MAKOTO-- LT CMDR, IJN".
RAVATE: A regrettable mistake, but ultimately inconsequential; the Decepticons will enslave all humans, once we conquer this planet.
Snake Eyes defiantly raises his saber. Ravage faces him.
RAVAGE: Foolish human. Do you really think you can fight me?
He lunges.
Snake Eyes falls backwards; when Ravage is above him, he kicks, throwing the panther against the wall.
RAVAGE: Roarrrr!
The wall collapses and buries him. Snake Eyes stands up. Stones fly up as Ravage tries to free himself. Snake Eyes lunges to slash the panther's shoulder.
Ravage slashes Snake Eyes' shoulder; the metal claws cut deeply, throwing the ninja backwards.
SNAKE EYES: Hiss!
Ravage frees himself from the stones.
RAVAGE: Do you really think you can...?
He smells the burning fuse of a grenade, stuck in the cut in his armor.
RAVAGE: What?!
The grenade blasts off his right front leg, throwing him on his side.
RAVAGE: Roarrrr!
He pushes against the ground, trying to stand on three legs.
Snake Eyes jumps, throws his saber into the hole in Ravage's armor, and pierces the panther's reactor.
RAVAGE: Soundwave!
His reactor meltdowns, killing him.
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SETTING: The forest.
A stormtrooper captain rides Soundwave (vehicle mode) as he leads the relief force towards the castle. The armored car's engine seizes when a telepathic link with his creation, lets him to feel Ravage's death.
SOUNDWAVE: Ahhhh!
The stormtrooper captain looks down in surprise.
STORMTROOPER CAPT: Soundwave?
Soundwave's hand closes upon the captain as he begins transforming-- hexagonal "chameleon scales" that covers his armor, change color to blue-- the man is lifted out the turret, and crushed to death, when the Decepticon finishes.
STORMTROOPER CAPT: Argh!
STORMTROOPER 1: Ahhhh!
STORMTROOPER 2: He's gone insane!
The stormtroopers flee, abandoning Soundwave.
SOUNDWAVE: Ravage, we will avenge you.
RUMBLE, FRENZY: We'll make all humans pay for your destruction!
<>
SETTING: Viper's Nest Castle.
Snake Eyes' saber curls, in the heat from Ravage's burning wreckage.
Snake Eyes runs to his sword brother, whose back is broken. He hits pressure points to stop the bleeding, and reaches for a field dressing. Storm Shadow puts his hand over Snake Eyes'.
STORM SHADOW: No... save it... for yourself.
SNAKE EYES: (Hush, Sword Brother. Save your breath.)
STORM SHADOW: You were right-- the Arashikage will be destroyed, if we serve the General's ambitions. I beg of you, return to the Arashikage... return to Nightbird... she's...
He breathes his last breath.
Snake Eyes' head lowers in grief; then he puts field dressings on his wounds. The ninja psychically lifts Storm Shadow's sword off the ground, into his hand.
SNAKE EYES: (I will save the Clan, Sword Brother.)
He enters the keep, finds a suit of armor, and covers his face with its helmet. Snake Eyes glides into the forest, seeking the other Joes.
The castle was ravaged by the duel; a tower and a wall lie on the ground.
Storm Shadow runs along the castle wall, his sword held sideways, cutting into the stone; a yellow line appears on the wall, from plastic explosives the ninja jammed into the cut. The ninja stops in front of the keep; then the explosives detonate, breaking the wall to pieces, which fly towards Snake Eyes.
Snake Eyes slashes upwards to cut a stone in half; the pieces fall harmlessly beside him. Storm Shadow lunges, forcing him to retreat. The blade doesn't touch Snake Eyes, but the kenki does; blood flows from the cut in his flak jacket.
Storm Shadow watches his sword brother assume a combat stance, ready to continue the duel. He smiles; he has a plan to defeat Snake Eyes.
STORM SHADOW: Your swordsmanship has deteriorated since we last crossed swords. Nightbird would be ashamed if she saw you now.
SNAKE EYES: (What have you done to Nightbird?!)
STORM SHADOW: I gave her aid and comfort-- things you took away from Nightbird, when you deserted the Clan. The love she once gave to you, she now gives to me.
SNAKE EYES: (Liar!)
He slashes, but is too distracted to focus his psychokinetic energy; the kenki fades away before it can reach its target.
Storm Shadow lunges. Snake Eyes glides sideways, trying to dodge the attack.
SNAKE EYES: Hiss!
His left hand catches the blade, freezing the sword point a millimeter from his chest. Blood drips from the cut in his left palm, as he slashes at Storm Shadow.
Storm Shadow punches Snake Eyes before the blade reaches his neck. Snake Eyes is thrown against a wall, and coughs blood.
STORM SHADOW: Farewell, Snake Eyes.
He raises his sword, preparing to kill Snake Eyes. A laser beam hits the back of his knee, severing the lower leg.
STORM SHADOW: Ahhhh!
A shadow reaches for the falling ninja; Ravage now stands on Storm Shadow's back.
RAVAGE: So this is the one that made so much noise.
Pain glazes the ninja's eyes.
STORM SHADOW: We... are both... Cobra allies. Why...?
The panther's head lowers to examine Storm Shadow's face; his HUD reads, "ID CONFIRMED: ARASHIKAGE, MAKOTO-- LT CMDR, IJN".
RAVATE: A regrettable mistake, but ultimately inconsequential; the Decepticons will enslave all humans, once we conquer this planet.
Snake Eyes defiantly raises his saber. Ravage faces him.
RAVAGE: Foolish human. Do you really think you can fight me?
He lunges.
Snake Eyes falls backwards; when Ravage is above him, he kicks, throwing the panther against the wall.
RAVAGE: Roarrrr!
The wall collapses and buries him. Snake Eyes stands up. Stones fly up as Ravage tries to free himself. Snake Eyes lunges to slash the panther's shoulder.
Ravage slashes Snake Eyes' shoulder; the metal claws cut deeply, throwing the ninja backwards.
SNAKE EYES: Hiss!
Ravage frees himself from the stones.
RAVAGE: Do you really think you can...?
He smells the burning fuse of a grenade, stuck in the cut in his armor.
RAVAGE: What?!
The grenade blasts off his right front leg, throwing him on his side.
RAVAGE: Roarrrr!
He pushes against the ground, trying to stand on three legs.
Snake Eyes jumps, throws his saber into the hole in Ravage's armor, and pierces the panther's reactor.
RAVAGE: Soundwave!
His reactor meltdowns, killing him.
<>
SETTING: The forest.
A stormtrooper captain rides Soundwave (vehicle mode) as he leads the relief force towards the castle. The armored car's engine seizes when a telepathic link with his creation, lets him to feel Ravage's death.
SOUNDWAVE: Ahhhh!
The stormtrooper captain looks down in surprise.
STORMTROOPER CAPT: Soundwave?
Soundwave's hand closes upon the captain as he begins transforming-- hexagonal "chameleon scales" that covers his armor, change color to blue-- the man is lifted out the turret, and crushed to death, when the Decepticon finishes.
STORMTROOPER CAPT: Argh!
STORMTROOPER 1: Ahhhh!
STORMTROOPER 2: He's gone insane!
The stormtroopers flee, abandoning Soundwave.
SOUNDWAVE: Ravage, we will avenge you.
RUMBLE, FRENZY: We'll make all humans pay for your destruction!
<>
SETTING: Viper's Nest Castle.
Snake Eyes' saber curls, in the heat from Ravage's burning wreckage.
Snake Eyes runs to his sword brother, whose back is broken. He hits pressure points to stop the bleeding, and reaches for a field dressing. Storm Shadow puts his hand over Snake Eyes'.
STORM SHADOW: No... save it... for yourself.
SNAKE EYES: (Hush, Sword Brother. Save your breath.)
STORM SHADOW: You were right-- the Arashikage will be destroyed, if we serve the General's ambitions. I beg of you, return to the Arashikage... return to Nightbird... she's...
He breathes his last breath.
Snake Eyes' head lowers in grief; then he puts field dressings on his wounds. The ninja psychically lifts Storm Shadow's sword off the ground, into his hand.
SNAKE EYES: (I will save the Clan, Sword Brother.)
He enters the keep, finds a suit of armor, and covers his face with its helmet. Snake Eyes glides into the forest, seeking the other Joes.
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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SETTING: The railroad yard, an axis for the transportation of Cobra personnel, equipment, and supplies between the Fera Islands, and Continental European.
Megatron stands in a shadow, as his forearm-mounted monitor displays Soundwave's image.
MEGATRON: I'm sorry for your loss, but the mission comes first. Control your grief and rage, and aid the Cobra agent.
SOUNDWAVE: Yes, Sir.
The monitor folds into Megatron's left forearm panel; then the Decepticon Supreme Commander faces the Baroness.
TEXT: "Baroness"-- name not on record. Colonel, Cobra Intelligence Service.
MEGATRON: What are we facing?
The Baroness examines a photo of the Allied fleet, taken by a reconnaissance plane.
BARONESS: Three carriers, five battleships, eight cruisers, 24 destroyers, and an unknown number of transports and landing craft. They'll be within striking distance by dawn.
MEGATRON: They're no threat to Sentinel.
They stand in a Schwerer Gustav 80cm railroad gun's shadow.
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SETTING: The road.
Scarlett and Bumblebee lead the Autobots and the Joes, minus Grimlock and Roadblock, down a road. A man steps out of the bushes beside the road; the Joes instinctively target him.
BREAKER: Don't shoot!
SCARLETT: Breaker?
Breaker approaches the Joes, who lower their weapons.
SCARLETT: Thank God you're all right!
She dismounts the WLA, and hugs a blushing Breaker.
SCARLETT: I'm sorry I left you behind, but we were spotted. I tried to draw away the enemy soldiers, so you could escape.
BREAKER: It's okay, Scarlett. Um, where's Roadblock?
A kilometer away, Grimlock (vehicle mode) drives towards the Tiger Ausf. E heavy tanks and halftracks chasing the Autobots. Roadblock sits in the turret, his M2 mounted on top of it; he still fears Grimlock.
ROADBLOCK: I'm really sorry I shot you.
GRIMLOCK: Then shoot enemy, or you become enemy. You not want to be my enemy.
ROADBLOCK: Gotcha.
Grimlock shoots a Tiger; the plasma beam pierces the turret, and hits a Tiger behind it, destroying both tanks. Stormtroopers charge at the tank destroyer. Roadblock shoots, killing two stormtroopers and forcing the others to take cover.
ROADBLOCK: You won't get past me!
A stormtrooper throws an antitank grenade at Grimlock's turret. The tank destroyer transforms, his claws knocking the grenade away. Grimlock charges; his foot rises as the grenade explodes harmlessly beside him.
STORMTROOPER: Ahhhh!
Grimlock stomps on the stormtrooper, killing him.
A Tiger's 8.8cm KwK36 fires; the Tyrannosaurus dodges the shot. Grimlock's claws parry a second 8.8cm shell as he charges. The Tyrannosaurus stomps on the Tiger's hull, immobilizing it; then his mouth opens.
GRIMLOCK: Roarrrr!
TANK CMDR: Ahhhh!
Roadblock watches Grimlock's jaws crush the Tiger's turret and the crewmen inside.
ROADBLOCK: Jesus!
His left hand covers his mouth, as he tries not to puke; the right remains on the M2.
GRIMLOCK: You functional?
ROADBLOCK: I... I'm fine. How are my buddies?
A kilometer away, Flint extends his right hand, and leans out of the M21 halftrack.
FLINT: All aboard.
Breaker takes the hand, and lets Flint help him into Ironhide. Flint's left hand suddenly punches the specialist's nose. Breaker falls out of the M21 halftrack, holding his broken nose.
BREAKER: Ah!
JAYE: What in hell was that for?!
Flint dismounts Ironhide; his pistol targets Breaker.
FLINT: You're not Breaker!
BREAKER: What are you talking about?
Flint points at the Feldfu backpack radio that slipped off Breaker's back.
FLINT: That's not Breaker's radio!
Breaker's face changes into Zartan's.
SCARLETT: Gasp!
ZARTAN: Smart boy.
SCARLETT: But... How?!
ZARTAN: I ate his brain; it was rich in technical information, but poor in tactical information. Your second mistake was recruiting such an inexperienced soldier for this mission.
The Feldfu "explodes" to transform into a short-range spacebridge. Soundwave flies through the spacebridge to grab Flint, whose pistol targets the Decepticon's face. Soundwave squeezes, forcing Flint to drop the pistol.
FLINT: Ahhhh!
ZARTAN: Your first mistake was thinking you could resist us.
He retreats to Soundwave's side. Optimus, Ironhide, Prowl, and Bumblebee transform, targeting the Decepticon.
SOUNDWAVE: Your chances of successfully rescuing my hostage are only 5.56%. Lower your weapons or I will crush him.
FLINT: Shoot, you fools! If he...!
Zartan throws a white phosphorus grenade to hide himself from the Autobots' IR vision; the toxic particles ignite plants beside the road.
DUKE: Get back! It's *Willy Pete!
TEXT: *White phosphorus.
The Joes retreat from the toxic particles. Ironhide deploys a fire extinguisher to suppress the flames. When the smoke clears, the spacebridge has self-destructed; Soundwave, Zartan, and their hostage are gone.
JAYE: Fliiiint!
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SETTING: The forest.
Snake Eyes glides through the forest, seeking the other Joes. He sees light beam into the sky, as a spacebridge is activated. The ninja races to a clearing, where the spacebridge is sited; he hides behind a tree, as the spacebridge opens.
The Dreadnoks guarding the spacebridge, pocket playing cards, and then stand at attention as Soundwave, Zartan, and Flint appear.
DREADNOKS: Colonel Soundwave!
Soundwave carries Flint out of the spacebridge; Zartan follows.
SOUNDWAVE: Logically, the Autobots will attempt to capture the airbase so their allies can send supplies and reinforcements. I will defend the airbase. You will defend the road leading to it.
His chest compartment opens to reveal a cage.
ZARTAN: And the Yankee?
Soundwave locks the struggling Flint in the cage.
SOUNDWAVE: I have questions; he has answers.
He closes the chest compartment, transforms, and drives towards the airbase.
Snake Eyes watches Zartan lead the Dreadnoks towards the village; then he follows Soundwave.
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SETTING: The command center.
The Baroness bows as Cobra Commander studies a map of the Fera Islands' defenses.
BARONESS: Soundwave has captured an American spy; I'll interrogate him to discover their plans. Meanwhile, Megatron has prepared the Sentinel for operations; he'll stop the Americans and their machine men allies.
COBRA CMDR: Excellent. Soon I will achieve my destiny; I unite Europe, pacify and purify the continent, and rule as its Führer! No one, not even the machine men, can stop me! Ha ha ha ha ha!
His fist slams against the map, crushing the blue model ships representing the Allied fleet.
Megatron stands in a shadow, as his forearm-mounted monitor displays Soundwave's image.
MEGATRON: I'm sorry for your loss, but the mission comes first. Control your grief and rage, and aid the Cobra agent.
SOUNDWAVE: Yes, Sir.
The monitor folds into Megatron's left forearm panel; then the Decepticon Supreme Commander faces the Baroness.
TEXT: "Baroness"-- name not on record. Colonel, Cobra Intelligence Service.
MEGATRON: What are we facing?
The Baroness examines a photo of the Allied fleet, taken by a reconnaissance plane.
BARONESS: Three carriers, five battleships, eight cruisers, 24 destroyers, and an unknown number of transports and landing craft. They'll be within striking distance by dawn.
MEGATRON: They're no threat to Sentinel.
They stand in a Schwerer Gustav 80cm railroad gun's shadow.
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SETTING: The road.
Scarlett and Bumblebee lead the Autobots and the Joes, minus Grimlock and Roadblock, down a road. A man steps out of the bushes beside the road; the Joes instinctively target him.
BREAKER: Don't shoot!
SCARLETT: Breaker?
Breaker approaches the Joes, who lower their weapons.
SCARLETT: Thank God you're all right!
She dismounts the WLA, and hugs a blushing Breaker.
SCARLETT: I'm sorry I left you behind, but we were spotted. I tried to draw away the enemy soldiers, so you could escape.
BREAKER: It's okay, Scarlett. Um, where's Roadblock?
A kilometer away, Grimlock (vehicle mode) drives towards the Tiger Ausf. E heavy tanks and halftracks chasing the Autobots. Roadblock sits in the turret, his M2 mounted on top of it; he still fears Grimlock.
ROADBLOCK: I'm really sorry I shot you.
GRIMLOCK: Then shoot enemy, or you become enemy. You not want to be my enemy.
ROADBLOCK: Gotcha.
Grimlock shoots a Tiger; the plasma beam pierces the turret, and hits a Tiger behind it, destroying both tanks. Stormtroopers charge at the tank destroyer. Roadblock shoots, killing two stormtroopers and forcing the others to take cover.
ROADBLOCK: You won't get past me!
A stormtrooper throws an antitank grenade at Grimlock's turret. The tank destroyer transforms, his claws knocking the grenade away. Grimlock charges; his foot rises as the grenade explodes harmlessly beside him.
STORMTROOPER: Ahhhh!
Grimlock stomps on the stormtrooper, killing him.
A Tiger's 8.8cm KwK36 fires; the Tyrannosaurus dodges the shot. Grimlock's claws parry a second 8.8cm shell as he charges. The Tyrannosaurus stomps on the Tiger's hull, immobilizing it; then his mouth opens.
GRIMLOCK: Roarrrr!
TANK CMDR: Ahhhh!
Roadblock watches Grimlock's jaws crush the Tiger's turret and the crewmen inside.
ROADBLOCK: Jesus!
His left hand covers his mouth, as he tries not to puke; the right remains on the M2.
GRIMLOCK: You functional?
ROADBLOCK: I... I'm fine. How are my buddies?
A kilometer away, Flint extends his right hand, and leans out of the M21 halftrack.
FLINT: All aboard.
Breaker takes the hand, and lets Flint help him into Ironhide. Flint's left hand suddenly punches the specialist's nose. Breaker falls out of the M21 halftrack, holding his broken nose.
BREAKER: Ah!
JAYE: What in hell was that for?!
Flint dismounts Ironhide; his pistol targets Breaker.
FLINT: You're not Breaker!
BREAKER: What are you talking about?
Flint points at the Feldfu backpack radio that slipped off Breaker's back.
FLINT: That's not Breaker's radio!
Breaker's face changes into Zartan's.
SCARLETT: Gasp!
ZARTAN: Smart boy.
SCARLETT: But... How?!
ZARTAN: I ate his brain; it was rich in technical information, but poor in tactical information. Your second mistake was recruiting such an inexperienced soldier for this mission.
The Feldfu "explodes" to transform into a short-range spacebridge. Soundwave flies through the spacebridge to grab Flint, whose pistol targets the Decepticon's face. Soundwave squeezes, forcing Flint to drop the pistol.
FLINT: Ahhhh!
ZARTAN: Your first mistake was thinking you could resist us.
He retreats to Soundwave's side. Optimus, Ironhide, Prowl, and Bumblebee transform, targeting the Decepticon.
SOUNDWAVE: Your chances of successfully rescuing my hostage are only 5.56%. Lower your weapons or I will crush him.
FLINT: Shoot, you fools! If he...!
Zartan throws a white phosphorus grenade to hide himself from the Autobots' IR vision; the toxic particles ignite plants beside the road.
DUKE: Get back! It's *Willy Pete!
TEXT: *White phosphorus.
The Joes retreat from the toxic particles. Ironhide deploys a fire extinguisher to suppress the flames. When the smoke clears, the spacebridge has self-destructed; Soundwave, Zartan, and their hostage are gone.
JAYE: Fliiiint!
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SETTING: The forest.
Snake Eyes glides through the forest, seeking the other Joes. He sees light beam into the sky, as a spacebridge is activated. The ninja races to a clearing, where the spacebridge is sited; he hides behind a tree, as the spacebridge opens.
The Dreadnoks guarding the spacebridge, pocket playing cards, and then stand at attention as Soundwave, Zartan, and Flint appear.
DREADNOKS: Colonel Soundwave!
Soundwave carries Flint out of the spacebridge; Zartan follows.
SOUNDWAVE: Logically, the Autobots will attempt to capture the airbase so their allies can send supplies and reinforcements. I will defend the airbase. You will defend the road leading to it.
His chest compartment opens to reveal a cage.
ZARTAN: And the Yankee?
Soundwave locks the struggling Flint in the cage.
SOUNDWAVE: I have questions; he has answers.
He closes the chest compartment, transforms, and drives towards the airbase.
Snake Eyes watches Zartan lead the Dreadnoks towards the village; then he follows Soundwave.
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SETTING: The command center.
The Baroness bows as Cobra Commander studies a map of the Fera Islands' defenses.
BARONESS: Soundwave has captured an American spy; I'll interrogate him to discover their plans. Meanwhile, Megatron has prepared the Sentinel for operations; he'll stop the Americans and their machine men allies.
COBRA CMDR: Excellent. Soon I will achieve my destiny; I unite Europe, pacify and purify the continent, and rule as its Führer! No one, not even the machine men, can stop me! Ha ha ha ha ha!
His fist slams against the map, crushing the blue model ships representing the Allied fleet.
Please do not make Americans fight giant monsters.
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.
They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)