02x05 - Episode 5

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There's nowhere to go
where I can't follow, Trion.

As I have said before,

I am worthy of the Matrix.

Whoever the Matrix chooses
as the next Prime

will need far more than brute strength
and arrogance, Sky Lynx.

Power is for those who take it!

Real power is earned.

I'm sorry you don't understand that.

You will give me the Matrix!

Do not force me!

I don't want to banish you, Sky Lynx.

Teletraan- ,

can you confirm the Ark's location?

Scans… inconclusive.

No stars, no planets,

nothing.

Like an anti- or un-space.

Uh…

Optimus?

- Sky Lynx.
- You know him?

He used to be an Autobot.

The bit-brain got himself banished
for trying to control the Matrix.

If this is indeed Sky Lynx,

then we are in the Dead Universe.

The what?

Alpha Trion used the Staff of Solus
to transport Sky Lynx here.

Sky Lynx would have stopped at nothing
to gain the power of the Matrix.

I…

…would have stopped
at nothing to save Cybertron.

He can hear us?

In this realm,

I hear all.

Sky Lynx,

I am Optimus Prime.

Keeper of the Matrix.

What have you done to my crew, Sky Lynx?

I assure you, they're safe.

There in your chest,
along with your spark,

I sense the Matrix.

Are you worthy to hold such power?

I can only strive
to be worthy of such power.

Then, in your effort and humility,

you are far more worthy than I ever was.

Why are you here?

We are on a mission
to recover the Allspark.

The Allspark?

It's been taken from Cybertron?

But how?

I am to blame.

Megatron

was going to use the Allspark
to purge Cybertron of Autobots.

In my haste to stop him,

the Allspark was lost

through a Spacebridge.

The bearer of the Matrix

has failed Cybertron?

I will recover the Allspark

and save our world.

What have you been doing here
for all this time, Sky Lynx?

I, too, have been fighting a great w*r.

With who?

With myself.

What in the Celestial Spires is that?

That is all that remains

of your treacherous mistake.

Megatron?

You're alive!

Uh, thank the Allspark!

Did you really think those on my ship

would automatically be loyal to you?

Off my bridge, you coward!

Lord Megatron…

I… I swear…

Off my bridge!

Where is Prime?

Where is the Ark?

The Ark was drawn into the rift, Megatron.

The rift is closing!

Prime will not evade me again.

Take us in.

The Dead Universe is unlike anything
you've experienced, Prime.

Vast.

Desolate.

To be stranded here
with nothing but my own thoughts,

all I wanted was to escape.

But I didn't have the power
to break free of this dead place.

Surrounded by nothing,

all there was left to do
was truly examine myself.

It was the curse Alpha Trion had intended.

But maybe also the gift
he hoped I would find.

In the past,

I wished to possess the Matrix
for its power.

Now, here…

I am power.

Alpha Trion would be disappointed

to hear the arrogance
that remains in your words.

You misunderstand, Prime.

I have been allowed
to find my full potential here,

but I have also been taught

my insignificance.

In other words,

I have learned my lesson.

My only true enemy…

Is myself.

Alpha Trion once said that nothing
in the universe is more powerful

than our mind.

Here, in this place
where thought is power,

I have mastered mine.

I am glad for you.

I no longer desire the Matrix.

Fate has, however,

brought you here
with something I desire more.

And what is that?

A chance at redemption.

Who are you?

It doesn't matter.

Should you succeed today,

I won't exist.

I'll wipe you from existence
here and now.

Always the rage.

Always the hate.

Hmm.

I will help you focus it.

I will guide you to your rightful destiny.

I'm here to change the future,

to change your destiny!

I make my own destiny!

Yes!

Exactly.

Where… Where is the Nemesis?

- I demand...
- Ah, you fool!

You have no idea
what it took for me to get here.

You have no idea what's coming.

It is here

you must k*ll Optimus Prime.

I am here to help you.

I'm listening.

Let me help save Cybertron.

I can guide you,

protect you from your own mind.

I just ask that you take me with you.

Alpha Trion banished you
to the Dead Universe

because he felt
you were a great thr*at to Cybertron.

Alpha Trion also believed

every living thing
has the potential for good…

…and the right at redemption.

I do not have the power
to leave this place myself,

but you and the Matrix of Leadership do.

I do?

If you can focus your mind,

if you can master more quickly

the discipline
it took me cycles to understand,

you can lead us to the Allspark

and far beyond.

But, at this moment,

deep inside,

you are lost in your own chaos,
Optimus Prime.

In order to master this reality,

you must learn
to control the chaos within yourself.

Before me,

I see three of Cybertron's greatest,

themselves standing
at the dawn of a new era.

We will bring change.

We will bring good

till all are one!

Till all are one!

It's no wonder you're in such chaos.

You've lost brothers, mentors…

Friends, conscripts…

And someone most dear to your spark.

Elita.

Your mind wanders
from what could have been

to what you fear most.

Your thoughts are clouded with blame.

You blame yourself
for events under your control

and events completely out of it.

You must regain who you are.

You must be one
with the Matrix once again.

For if you don't,

you will never escape this dead place

and save Cybertron.

I…

Understand, Sky Lynx.

But you don't!

The future… is unwritten.

And before your journey is complete,

before the Matrix finds its next Prime,

you must stay on the path.

You must stay true
to whom the Matrix has chosen…

…or a much darker future awaits.

Even in your darkest hour,

know that you can still save Cybertron.

Now it is up to you.

Focus.

Take us to the Allspark.

Where exactly are we?

And where are we going?

In a sort of dead universe.

And you?

You live here in the Dead Universe?

I am from a place of only agony.

You must get your hands
on the Matrix at all costs.

The Matrix of Leadership?

You will k*ll Optimus Prime
and take the Matrix for yourself.

I don't trust you.

Good.

Never trust anyone.

Prime was created to carry on a legacy
against those such as you…

Those who would rise from the pit.

First lesson…

Never trust anyone.

Second lesson…

Power… all power is yours.

Just like in the days in this arena…

…all you have is you.

The only one you can trust is yourself.

This is where I rose.

This is where I was truly born.

In the anger and hatred of this place,

you found true power.

You do understand.

This…

…is where we were born.

This is where we both rose to power.

And now…

I'm here to make sure
you never lose that power.

If this place empowers us both

and thought itself can be a w*apon,

why do you need me?

I'm a sl*ve to my timeline, even here.

That's why you need to learn now
before he comes for me,

before it's too late!

Excellent, Optimus Prime.

Alpha Trion would be proud.

It would give Alpha Trion great joy

to know who you have become, Sky Lynx.

I will gladly take you with us.

I thank you.

Now, you must be only in this moment.

No regret of the past.
No fear of the future.

Only here. Only now.

Commune with the Primes.

Free us from this place.

Unleash the power of the Matrix.

No! We're almost too late.

We must target all weapons.

Have you learned nothing?

Conventional weapons are useless here!

Use your mind.

Use your hate, your rage.

Strike Optimus Prime out of the stars!

Yes!

Yes! Focus!

Unleash a plague of hatred upon them.

That is power.

That is your power.

Prime, we must go.

Now!

Understood.

Now!

Death, Prime!

Take the Ark!

Go, Prime!

Save Cybertron!

Sky Lynx?

No.

No!

Go!

Get away!

Stop them!

No!

No.

No!

You will suffer
for this moment of treachery.

No!

There's still a way.

There's still…

Use this.

Optimus?

What happened?

At great cost…

We have been given the chance

to save our world.