What Lies Beneath, Part Two

On the brink of defeat, Optimus Prime utilizes the power of the Spark of Combination to drive back the four horsemen.

=Energon #21=

Script: Simon Furman Pencils: Joe Ng Inks: Elaine To Lettering: Ben Lee Colors: David Cheung, Jong-Im Lee


 * Major characters (in order of appearance):Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, Rhinox, Cheetor, Terrorsaur, Airazor, Inferno, Ironhide, Unicron, Divebomb, Scorponok, Tidal Wave, Insecticon, Cruellock, Battle Ravage, Kicker, Alexis, Jetfire, Signal Flare, Skyblast, Strongarm, Alpha Trion, Levitacus
 * Originally published: March, 2004

Synopsis
The Autobots desperately try to fight back against Unicron's four horsemen, but with little effect. Hot Shot asks who they are, and Optimus Prime says that he knows who they were, and how hopelessly optimistic he was to think they had been killed in the battle with Unicron. Though they fight bravely, they are ultimately defeated, as Rhinox tells them that they will all die screaming.

On Earth, the Terrorcons have set up their energon collection rig. Scorponok asks where Battle Ravage is, and Tidal Wave says that he's not answering his recall signal, which means he must be hunting something. Shortly thereafter, Battle Ravage returns, and drops Alexis and Kicker at Scorponok's feet.

Back on Cybertron, the Autobots are granted a brief reprieve by the arrival of the Omnicons, whose energon-based weaponry turns out to be highly effective against the horsemen. Signal Flare tells Optimus Prime that he needs to link to the planet to win the battle. Optimus Prime responds that he doesn't have time to get to the uplink point, but Signal Flare tells him that now that he knows how he can do it anywhere. He does so, and Alpha Trion appears, telling him that the extreme threat to the planet will be responded with a system-wide upgrade: the granting of the Spark of Combination to Optimus Prime, and the reformatting of every Transformer on Cybertron into their Energon forms. With their newfound ability to powerlinx with each other, the Autobots make quick work of the horsemen, who retreat back to Unicron to regroup. As they watch them go, Levitacus arrives and informs Prime that the Council now knows his words are true, and are opening a Space Bridge portal to Earth.

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