02x03 - The Fight Begins

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Doesn't look good.

Trypticon seems to
be at full strength.

You don't have to do this.

I must.

I will protect Cybertronian
life as is my duty.

You don't have to prove anything.
You're too b*at up!

The Basilica! It's going to fall!

Have faith, Perceptor.

I'll put my faith in structural dynamics.
This building is going over!

It appears our faith
has been rewarded.

Your faith at least.

I wasn't forged for this.

Metroplex, disengage! You
can't win this hand to hand!

Metroplex!

Starscream?

Is that... Starscream?

Come on, big guy.

Keep it together.

Mistress of Flame?
This is Hot Rod.

How's the evacuation going?

Nearly complete,
Rodimus Pr-- Hot Rod...

but we have no time to
converse. What is your status?

Don't snap your fan belt,
Mistress. I'm on approach.

Victorion, Computron,
do you read us?

Have you and the other
Combiners located Fortress Maximus?

Victorion!

Perceptor, your best guess as
to what Trypticon wants?

Impossible to know, Mistress!
It could any one thing or everything!

Then it is time to activate the
Primal Basilica's defense systems.

I'll go immediately.

If you need me, I'll be
in the prayer chamber.

Why?

If we're to survive, we're
going to need a miracle.

Mind a little company?

I'll take that as a yes.

You know, I've always
wanted to ask you.

Are you still mad at
me for k*lling you?

This battle is not like the ones
you and I have always fought.

No kidding. Those
were the days, right?

Anyway, you're
always so dramatic.

I'm sure someone will do something.
This will all work itself out somehow.

- I am serious.
- Of course you are.

You're always serious. But
now you've got me curious.

What else is bothering the
great Optimus Prime?

Aside from the obvious, that is.

This is the
beginning of the end.

We have never known
this level of chaos.

First, the Combiners
were out of control.

Now, the Titans have awoken and
will level cities with their combat.

Perhaps our species
has run its course.

If we do not utterly destroy ourselves,
the gods will one day end it for us.

You mean the original ?

You've gotten paranoid in
your old age, Optimus.

They're not gods.
No greater than us.

In fact, I'm half-convinced
they're just old legends.

- They are coming.
- Really?

So now you're
a soothsayer?

I once possessed the
Matrix of Leadership.

It contained within it the wisdom of
all the Autobot leaders before me.

And now, the Matrix has
spoken to me once again.

Not just of itself. The Requiem
Blaster and the Enigma of Combi--

Those ancient relics? They were
meant for the days when Unicron...

needed to be brought down.

The gods will soon walk
amongst us again.

Oh my, Optimus. You're worse
off than I ever imagined.

I don't know why I'm even
bothering to talk to you.

Megatron.

Oh, what is it now?

Goodbye.

You're precious.

Oh my. This looks like it hasn't
been used in a thousand metacycles.

I just hope I can get
it rebooted in time.

Victorion to Mistress of Flame,
if you are receiving me...

Computron has led us
to Fortress Maximus.

The Fortress appears
inert as surmised.

We're beginning our scan now.

What did you do?

Nothing.

Where is it headed?

Insufficient data.

Can you speculate
on its payload?

Insufficient data.

Then it could be
our salvation...

or our ultimate doom.