01x26 - One Shall Rise, Part 3

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Previously on Transformers Prime:

If you don't survive, Optimus,

I fear neither will this planet!

No!!!

What happened?

Wasn't me.

Me neither.

I happened!

Optimus! Our past alliances ?

Autobot, Decepticon ? no longer matter,

not while Unicron lives.

I can lead you directly into Unicron's Spark.

A truce between Autobot and Decepticon...

Optimus!
How are we supposed to stop Unicron?

With a Matrix of Leadership.

It appears our Leader
has abandoned us.

I believe we must consider
the possibility of a future

without Megatron.

Jack... I feel you have earned the responsibility
of safeguarding this important device.

Until I return.

So... how long before Unicron
knows we're here?

Make no mistake...
he already does.

Argh!

...Unicron grows ever stronger.

How do we know Unicron isn't using
Megatron to lead us all into a trap?

We do not.

More than sixty volcanoes
are erupting worldwide,

and downtown Honolulu
is under six inches of snow!

Scientists continue to devise there is connectings
between unprecendented natural

disasters with the planetary
alignment which-

So. Who wants to play a game?

- That is it!
- Where are you going?

I can't just sit on my hands when
the world spins out of control.

And what exactly is that
that you intend to do?

Anything!

Hook up with my boys at the Finnegan,

figure out a way to bury
that monster for good!

In the event Optimus can't?

Don't you mean Optimus and Megatron?

No one here is thrilled about
this arrangement, agent Fowler,

myself included.

But with Optimus and Megatron
together again...

Wow, wait, again?

- Megatron was an Autobot?
- Optimus was a 'Con?

No, on either count.
But, there was a time,

back on Cybertron, in the twilight
hours of the Golden age,

when Optimus and Megatron
were not sworn enemies.

Do you recall when I mentioned
that Optimus wasn't always a Prime?

And he wasn't always Optimus, either.

He was once a clerk,
in the Iacon Hall of Records,

named Orion Pax.

But as he learned more
about Cybertron's past,

he grew increasingly concerned
about the present corruption in high places,

an inequality among the masses.

Orion became inspired by the words
and ideas of a gladiator ?

one who had named himself after one
of the thirteen original Primes ?

Megatronus.

Megatronus vowed to challenge
Cyberton's leadership

and demand that all Cybertronians
be treated as equals.

This gladiator turned revolutionary rapidly
to gather loyal following.

Soundwave chief among them.

Orion began corresponding
with Megatronus

who came to be something
of the mentor to him.

As Megatronus left the gladiatorial arena
for the political,

he saw fit to shorten his name.

Before long, Megatron appeared
before the High Council

to propose his vision for a just society.

And it was here that he began
to reveal his true colours ?

proclaiming the need to overthrow
the old Guard with force

and arrogantly demanding to be
named the next Prime.

But Orion did not believe in v*olence
as a means of achieving justice.

The sparks and minds of the Council
were moved by Orion's words.

Here, for the first time since
Cybertron's Golden age,

stood someone worthy of being a Prime.

But that honour could
only truly be achieved

by earning the legendary
Matrix of leadership.

His ambitions thwarted, Megatron spitefully severed
all ties with Orion and the Council,

and came to wage w*r
on all who opposed him

through his growing army of followers
which he named "Decepticons".

He vowed to claim the Matrix for himself,
wherever it might lie.

In time, warfare consumed Cybertron,

poisoning the planet to its core.

Orion journeyed there,

hoping to reverse the ill effects and found himself
before the very Spark of our life-giver --

Primus himself.

The ailing Primus sensed the innate
nobility within Orion

and bestowed the Matrix upon him.

It was thus that the surprised
and humbled Orion Pax

came to be Optimus,

the last of the Primes.

So, Optimus got the Matrix from Cybertron's core,

and now he's gonna give it to Earth's?

What's to stop Megatron from just claiming
the Matrix for himself this time around?

Only his greater desire to save this planet
so that he may in turn conquer it!

As he so compellingly argued...

Provided the Lord of the Decepticons
can ever be fully trusted.

Unicron's Spark is near.

After you.

...I'm fine, Bee. Just... woozy.

The dark energon.

It's starting to affect him.
Steady, easy go Bulk.

He is preparing to expel us.

What are those things?

As we are within Unicron's body,

it stands to reason they are
some sort of antibody.

Bee! Let me go!

I'll only take you down with me!

Just let go, kid!

Bulkhead!

I got you.

Arcee?

Fellow Decepticons!

While our loyalty to Megatron's command
has always remained steadfast,

our Leader recent behaviour
has been questionable at best.

And it would seem as though Earth has become
nothing short of a failed experiment.

Commander Airachnid!

You're not suggesting that we
abandon Lord Megatron?

Despite Soundwave's efforts we have
been unable to detect our Master's signal.

Megatron is either permanently offlined,
or in the thrall of Unicron.

Neither is in the best interest
of the Decepticons.

So I am deeming an exodus to be
the most prudent course of action.

Unless anyone has a problem with that.

Set course for Regulon 4.

You have something to say, Soundwave?

I command this vessel.
You will resume your post.

Step aside!

Ooh.

I'll tear out your Spark for that!

I yield.

Watch out for the quiet ones.

Communication links are down
as expected.

But we've lost their signal.

Doesn't that mean?..

Usually. But the more likely explanation would
be the severe interference caused

by these electromagnetic anomalies.

So, if we can't track them and
they can't contact us...

How are we gonna know
they are ready for pickup?

Where did you get that?

Optimus...

Honestly, I don't know why he gave me
the key to the ground-bridge power supply.

Jack. There is no key
to the ground-bridge.

What, then... What is this?

That is the key to Vector Sigma.

The what?!

You are holding one of Cybertron's
most important relics.

I... I shouldn't have this.

Optimus entrusted it to you, Jack.

But that doesn't make
any sense... why?

Because he doesn't plan
on coming back.

Megatron! Do as I command!

Destroy the Prime!

Megatron!

Unicron's Spark lies just beyond!

How do we get inside?

By fooling Unicron's defences into
believing we're not a thr*at.

Autobots!

I would need you to keep our attackers
at bay for as long as you can.

We've got a full fest!

For Optimus!

Optimus... Swiftly!

Megatron!

Destroy the Prime!
I command you!

Megatron is commanded
by no one!

Earthquake! Take cover!

Matrix of Leadership!
I call upon you!

You cannot defeat me, disciple of Primus!

I have transcended physical being!

By my will alone all upon this
world shall fall into chaos!

Not while I still function, Unicron!

The power of the Matrix will
light our darkest hour!

Nooo!

There could be aftershocks.

Do you think?

I do.

- Yes!
- Whee!

- Oh yeah!
- Yes!

Oh! He-he.

Teamwork. Hm!

Where are we, Megatronus?

Don't you remember, old friend?

Optimus! Are you okay?

Why did he call me that?

What did you do to him?

Who are they?

Our mortal enemies!

We're outnumbered.
Go! I'll cover you!

Arcee!

Ah! Oh, I was worried, Bulk!

You alright, Bee?

And Optimus? Is he...?

Dead? No.

But he looked right at us
without recognising us.

Didn't even know his own name!

When Optimus surrendered
the Matrix of Leadership,

he lost more than the
collective wisdom of the Primes.

He lost his own memories.

Welcome back, Lord Megatron.

At ease, Breakdown.

That is no way to welcome
our long lost comrade.

Orion Pax
is one of us.