"And it was written in the covenant of Primus that when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos, and the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness." "No skies raining fire?" "Goes without saying." "It is a doom prophecy, after all." "I say it's a load of hooey." "I'd always assumed the ancients were referring to our home planet, but being that Cybertron has been dark for eons..." "And considering what has befallen this planet since Megatron's arrival here..." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "We've known about these superstitions for ages and never gave them a second thought." "Why all the ominous rumblings now?" "Because the planetary alignment to which the prophecy refers is nearly upon us." "And it would seem its end point..." "Is earth." "Uh..." "Crazy coincidence, heh, r-right?" "How long are we talking?" "A few days at most." "However unsettling this revelation may be," "I am more concerned about those who might believe" "That the prophecy speaks to them alone." "I did not seek out the blood of Unicron" "To simply keep my spark aflame, but to rule undead armies and conquer worlds, and to accomplish that," "I require more than this mere sliver which lies within me." "So, where is my Dark Energon?" "!" "Out there, lord Megatron, just waiting for you to reach out and pluck it." "But you shouldn't push yourself so hard." "You've had setbacks." "You were in stasis." "Oh!" "Precisely why I must make up for lost time!" "I can see the future vividly, but I must ensure its outcome, for I'm the rising darkness of which the prophecy speaks." "Pass." "Kid in a costume." "Balloon." "Nope." "Uh, hold." "The camera sure loves Bee." "What can you do?" "When you're a superstar, you're paparazzi bait." "Wait." "Is that Bumblebee?" "On a conspiracy website where users post evidence of close encounters." "But we have it under control, Ratchet." "We just scrub and replace Bee with..." "Mars cat says, "take me to your feeder."" "Ratchet actually laughed?" "Uh..." "Um, Optimus, do you want to see something funny?" "No." "Don't take it personally." "Primes are built that way." "Never seen Optimus laugh, cry, or lose his cool." "While Optimus certainly keeps his emotions in check," "I've known him far longer than any of you have, and he was different before he was made a Prime." "Optimus wasn't always a Prime?" "On Cybertron, one isn't born into greatness." "Rather, one must earn it." "So, different how?" "We talkin' party animal?" "No, no." "Optimus was more like Jack." "What?" "I'm nothing like Opt" "Prime!" "Those techites my department's been tracking " "We figured it was MECH on account of the stealth tactics until moments ago when a security feed at the Pennington ebbs particle collider captured this." "Soundwave." "Raf can swap that out for you with a funny cap." "The 'Con without a face made off with a cutting-edge phase conductor." "Here's a punch list of everything else we've confirmed stolen to date." "Plasma injector, neutron shield, tesserat?" "There's only one thing missing if they are intending to build..." "The decepticon space bridge 2.0 is nearly ready to launch." "All we require is... what Soundwave said -- an ample power source." "This one lies within a highly fortified location, by human standards." "I could tunnel in." "The time of prophecy is nearly upon us!" "We can no longer afford stealth." "Prime, the 'Cons really stepped in it this time." "They hit a U.S. military lab." "Our boys in green will fend them off till your team shows." "Agent Fowler, I fear that Megatron's desperation may be at its zenith, and you know that I cannot condone even a single human casualty." "Fowler here." "Evacuate all personnel, immediately." "Retreat!" "Lord Megatron, package secured, but the Autobots have arrived." "Ah!" "Prepare the warship for rendezvous." "The package will be ready for pickup!" "Bumblebee, the team may require backup." "They are three clicks north from your current position, just off the highway." "If you drop Raf at the exit ramp," "I can bridge him back to base from there." "It's okay, Bee." "We'll go racing another time." "Well, well." "A foolish scout has strayed from the ranks." "Optimus." "Megatron, do you not see the folly in trying to force a prophecy to fruition?" "Why leave matters to fate if one can forge one's own destiny?" "Ah, speaking of fate..." "Raf!" "He's breathing..." "Barely." "It would seem I swatted a Bee and squashed a bug." "Bee, no!" "Ratchet, bridge us back now." "We must have an Autobot down." "Arcee, attend to Rafael and Bumblebee." "Raf?" "No!" "What happened?" "Megatron." "Quickly, into my laboratory." "Rafael isn't responding." "We must run diagnostics of his assemblage -- eh, vital statistics." "Oh, my tools -- they're all wrong!" "We need to call my mom." "Your mother may be a nurse, but does she know anything about the effects of Energon on the human body?" "Wh-- do you know anything about the human body?" "Mom, it's urgent!" ""The weak will perish."" "Be strong, Rafael." "The power source will be rigged in no time," "Lord Megatron." "We're nearly at the construction site." ""Nearly" isn't good enough." "The spheres are aligning." "I must not miss my moment to " "Lord Megatron, are you all right?" "Yet again, it is as if I can hear Unicron's thoughts." "Unicron, the chaos bringer?" "They say Dark Energon is his blood." "Heh, whatever." "Complete the space bridge." "There is something I must attend to." "Does he seem to be losing it?" "A bit." "Mom, thank " "Grab my bag!" "Measuring the extent of the absorption should determine the proper course of treatment." "If I don't get this boy stabilized now, he will not leave this table alive." "Do you understand me?" "Bee, listen." "You think I don't know how it feels to watch a partner..." "Harmed?" "Revenge won't help Raf right now." "You need to keep your emotions in check." "Ratchet, how is Rafael?" "It is too soon to know." "He's in good hands." "Not mine, Optimus." "Curse my cybertronian pride." "We've accepted these humans into our lives, yet I bothered to learn so little of their science or medicine." "Pull yourself together, old friend." "Rafael needs you." "And I have grown to need him." "Lock on to my coordinates and activate the ground bridge." "Ready." "Bulkhead, return to base." "There is something I must do." "R-- serious?" "I have been foolish not to see what history has proven over and over again -- that Autobots and Decepticons will never mend their ways." "If there can be no diplomatic solution to this perpetual conflict, then I must not allow more darkness to fall upon this or any planet." "Megatron must be destroyed." "I have come for Megatron, and him alone." "Stand down and be spared." "The flaming mountain in my visions as if it summoned me here, guided me." "This is where I am to position my space bridge -- the place from whence I am to harvest Dark Energon!" "Megatron!" "I am here on your ship." "Come and face me." "The place in which I am to defeat the last of the Primes." "Hear this!" "Any Decepticon who lays a hand on Optimus Prime will answer to me." "Soundwave, lock on to my coordinates and lead my opponent to his destiny!" "Jack, help me get Raf to the car." "He's going to the emergency room." "Nurse Darby, your doctors won't be able to comprehend what's afflicting him -- not without a decade of study." "I don't have time to argue." "The effects of an energon blast on an autobot can be devastating enough, but this is a human." "I'm not getting any readings." "How could I not have seen this?" "Rafael's been infected with Dark Energon." "Megatron, today you answer for your crimes against Cybertron and against humanity." "One shall stand..." "And one shall fall " "You, Optimus Prime!" "If Dark Energon is devouring Raf from the inside out, we must expel it and fast, the only possible way I know." "I need Energon." "Wait." "You said Energon was devastating to humans." "Under normal circumstances, quite." "But I am relying upon the dark matter currently invading Rafael's body to meet it head on." "Your defeat here was foreseen by the ancients." "What was it they wrote -- "the weak shall perish"?" "Do not believe everything you read." "I need him over here now!" "Pulse rate is stabilizing." "Bee." "Optimus, we did it." "My destiny!" "This isn't how it's supposed to end!" "On the contrary, Megatron." "I could not have allowed this to end otherwise." "Bulkhead, you let Optimus face Megatron alone?" "I didn't have a choice." "It could be a trap." "We need to get a fix on his location." "How was it that you put it, Optimus?" ""I could not have allowed this to end otherwise"?" "I'm locked onto Optimus' signal." "Wait." "How is this possible?" "What?" "What is it?" "We need to get Optimus out of there now!" "Well, well." "It seems the blood of Unicron I've been seeking is not out there, but rather... right here." "Dark Energon erupting from the earth...?"