01x10 - Age of Evolution Pt. 2

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music]

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- [gasps]
- The cave's collapsing.

Let's go!
The exit's this way.

[cave cracking]

[digitized whirring]

[dramatic music]

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[both grunting]

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- Family?

- Agent Schloder,
we've subdued the Seekers.

I need a retrieval.

[blasts f*ring]

- [grunting]

Huh?

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Oh, thank Primus
you're all right.

- Mr. Optimus,
we lost the Emberstone.

- [sighs]

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- [gasps]

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- But look at all
you've gained.

- More Terrans.

- Welcome, young ones.

I am Optimus Prime.

It warms my spark to meet you.

What are your names?

[dramatic synth pop music]

- She's Hashtag.

- [gasps]
You're right.

I didn't have a word
for my name--just a feeling.

- Well, what am I called?

- [gasps]
His name is Jawbreaker,

my favorite candy.

- [squeals]
Really?

- And I am Nightshade.

It is a delight and a surprise
to meet you all.

- Not all of us.

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Mandroid still has Dottie.

- Uh, how do we make
the bad feelings go away?

- We have to save
Mom and Megatron.

- Mandroid is no joke.

We barely escaped
the last time we met him,

and only because Mom saved us.

- We don't know this "Mom,"
but we feel your love for her

burning through our hearts.

- We wanna help.

- If you'll let us.

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- Thank you.

- Mandroid is formidable.

We will need all the help
we can get.

But GHOST will be here soon
to take the Seekers.

We must go somewhere secure,
and I have just the place.

♪ ♪

This is Mandroid's lair,

and these pieces
represent all of us.

- Oh, may I be the bobblehead?

- Of course.
Morgan, can you switch--uh...

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- Nightshade's pronouns
are they/them.

- He or she
just doesn't fit who I am.

- My apologies.

Please switch their piece.

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Now, the plan.

Our new Terrans will pretend
to be Decepticons.

You three will deliver me,
Twitch, and Thrash as prisoners

to Mandroid in exchange
for his protection from GHOST

and the Autobots.

Then the trap is sprung!

We will drop our bonds,

and Mandroid
will be surrounded.

Meanwhile, Bumblebee
and the Malto family,

who have been
laying in wait outside,

will usher Lieutenant Malto
and Megatron to safety.

I call it
"Operation Terran Horse."

Any questions?

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Maltos, Terrans,
let's rescue our comrades!

- So many parts I could use.

Which would best serve my role
as Earth's protector?

The leader of the Decepticons'
helm or your cannon?

[suspenseful music]

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- [prolonged screaming]

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[phone beeping]

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- Ranger Malto,
I know you can hear me.

I'll release your pet monster
if you like.

All you have to do
is surrender immediately.

- Ignore him, Dorothy.

This pathetic excuse
for a doctor

couldn't hurt me if he tried.

- Don't mind if I do.

- [screaming]

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- Malto...

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Useless mechs.

Bring her to me!

Now!

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Now there's no one left
to save you.

[synth pop music]

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- Any chance
your GPS accidentally

brought us to the wrong
evil cyborg's headquarters?

- Wait, wait, wait.
What?

The jerk moved?

- It doesn't matter.
You're a scout.

You can still find Dottie.
Right, Bumblebee?

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- Team Malto, report.

- No sign of Mandroid
from up here.

Bee team?
- Nothing.

It's like he vanished
into thin air.

- [sighs] Well, report in
if you find anything.

- We have to get Dottie back,
Bee.

She's my reason for everything.

When she was hurt in the w*r,
I thought I'd lost her.

I can't face that again.

- Alex, we got this.

Nobody's harming Dot
on our watch.

Here, maybe this
will help you focus.

[romantic synth pop
music plays]

- This is our song.
How did you know?

- Well, Lieutenant Malto may
have mentioned

that it was special
to you guys.

- Oh, it is.

Purple is the color
of our relationship.

Our first dance was
in the rain to this song,

"Purple Storm Clouds."
I sang it when I proposed.

Most lucky
she wasn't named Violet.

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I'm not an action hero
like you, Bee.

But I will do whatever
it takes to save my family.

- We both will.

[suspenseful music]

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- The naval yard?
I gotta tell Alex.

[phone beeps]

[phone chiming and vibrating]

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[arachnamechs screech]

[action music]

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[screams]

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- There just aren't any clues
to follow.

I can't scout without a trail.

Alex, do you see anything?

- The color purple.

That's where Dottie is.

Drive!

[synth pop music]

We found them.
They're at the naval yard.

[action music]

- We're on our way.

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- [grunts]

[suspenseful music]

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- Your barbarous treatment
of my people will not stand.

We are not a thr*at to Earth.

Dregs like you are.

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- Any more snide commentary?

You're such a cutup.

- [screaming]
- [laughs]

You will be.

- [screaming]

- Major Malto.

It seems you insist
on siding with Earth's enemies.

Too bad you won't live
to regret that.

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[clanking]

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Ah, finally.

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My prizes have arrived,

but not with
the escorts I expected.

- Oy!
Name's Sparkleplug,

baddest 'Con
in the known star systems.

My mates and me captured
these 'Bots from GHOST.

You can have 'em for a price.

Right, team?

- Yeah!

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- You are crueler
than I imagined.

- What?

- [laughs]
They mean we will give you

these prisoners in exchange
for your protection from GHOST

and the Autobots.

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- Terrans?

- Guard her.

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Ah, Optimus.

Ha, late to the party,
but always the star.

[coughs]
But why are you three here

instead of Skywarp
and Nova Storm?

- Oh, revenge!

Uh, uh.
Yeah, ol' Skywarp and I

were real mates
in bad guy school.

- It's a long story.
Is our bargain agreed upon?

- One more question.

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How did you manage
to capture a Prime?

- [scoffs]

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We asked him to come with us.

- Ah.

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Now,
why didn't I think of that?

Oh, what's this?

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- [grunts]

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- Ah, imposters.

[action music]

- [screams]

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- Arachnamechs, seize them!

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Huh?

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Enough games.

If you Maltos side
with my Cybertronian enemies,

then I'll destroy you
like my enemies.

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- Earthquake!

- No, no.
Something much worse.

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- You Cybertronians
have stood in my way

for the last time.

[suspenseful music]

If I can't have you alive,

I'll pull your parts
from the rubble!

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- Whoa!

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- Kids!

- Dottie?

[romantic synth pop music]

- [laughs]
- Dottie!

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[mechanical whirring]

- Oh, get to cover!

[suspenseful music]

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- New plan.

A ground team lays down
covering fire with me.

But we need volunteers
to take out Mandroid's cameras.

He can't blast us
if he can't see us.

- On it.

- Roll out!

[action music]

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- There you are,

Alex.

Alex?

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- Mo, you and Jawbreaker take
out the cameras on this side.

Dad and I
will get the other side.

- On it.

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- This isn't working.

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I've got an idea.
Cover me.

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- Jawbreaker, one thing you
gotta learn about this family--

we do things together.

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[grunting]

- [grunts]

[radio static]
- Hmm?

[alarm beeping]

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Arachnamechs,
take care of the stowaways.

- Twitch,
I need backup in the sky.

- Yes, sir.

- Bumblebee, hang on to this.

- Oh!

- Whew, just one more to go.

[suspenseful music]

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- Whoo-hoo!

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- Eat our teamwork!

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- Yeah!
- Careful, little bird.

Too much confidence
often ends in rubble.

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- [grunting]

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Ah!
[grunts]

- Malto brats,
let's see how you like this!

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What?

[all scream]

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- Whoo!

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- Fine,
I'll destroy you all blind.

There's enough pests out there.

If I swat,
I'm bound to hit something.

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[alarms beeping]

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- Everyone, get to cover!

- [laughs evilly]

- Ha, that made him mad.

- I know how
to make him madder.

Someone needs
to take out that cannon.

- You can count on me.

[grunts]
[groans]

[dramatic music]

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- Megatron, you can't.
- There's no time, Optimus.

I have to do this.

- Twitch?

Twitch!

- Oh, no.

[action music]

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- One thing you gotta learn
about this family is--

- We do things together!

- No dingo snot of a mech
is gonna smoke my sibling!

[screams]

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- [yells]

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[alarm buzzing]

- No...

No!
No!

- Now, Dorothy.

- Roger.
This is for my family.

[rock music]

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- No!

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[expl*si*n erupts]

[dramatic music]

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- [sighs]

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- Holy smokes.
Is every day like this for you?

- Only every other day.

- Mom!
Meet your three new kids,

Nightshade,
Jawbreaker, and Hashtag.

- [sighs]
I know this wasn't easy

to have to fight and feel
for people you don't even know

in a world you just arrived in,

but I can't thank you enough

for helping us escape.

Come on over, kiddos.
Bring it in.

- [gasps]
- [chuckles] Awesome.

- See?
I told you she was cool.

- [giggles]
Welcome to the family, kiddos.

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- Mm...

We could've used
GHOST backup today.

For all
our purported partnership,

somehow,
we always bear the scars.

- Look closer, old friend.

This is the
human-Cybertronian alliance.

[laughter]

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GHOST has growing to do, yes.

But this is what
we can achieve together

for the future
of both of our species.

[triumphant music]

[synth pop music]

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