Cybertron.
The Autobots struggle to battle the deadly Decepticons, fighting valiantly to defeat their enemies. Ratchet fires from behind a small barrier, shooting down a few Seekers before tilting his head to face the rest of the Autobots,
"THERE BREAKING THROUGH THE FRONTLINES!" Ratchet reported,
"I've lost contact with the capitol!" Arcee followed up,
"There's too many of them!" Wheeljack shouts. Brawn fires his rifle, shooting down two Seekers. Another Autobot is shot by the Seekers, and killed with an explosion of energon,
"STAND BACK!" Brawn tells the others, only to be shot in the back and knocked into a barricade and onto the ground to the ground with a groan in pain. Three Seekers stand on high grounds, firing from above at the helpless Autobots. But all three are soon shot off from where they are standing, each of them groaning as they fell, dead on the ground. And in a fashion which sends a feeling of hope through the once doomed Autobots, Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, charges past Autobots, firing at the Decepticons, before jumping to avoid an explosion which kills another Autobot. Once in the air, Optimus fires upon the Decepticon battlefront, hitting the ground with a roll, then shooting down a Seeker, before shooting another and slamming that one into the ground,
"Where is B-27?" Optimus asks, gazing upon the battlefield in search for his missing comrade. And not to far away, B-127, or as we would late come to know him, Bumblebee, drives onto the battlefield, revealing guns in his Cybertronian car mode and firing at the Decepticons from behind. Two Seekers turn to face the brave Autobot scout, aiming their guns, only to be rammed into by B-127, knocking them both down. B-127 transforms, kicking another Seeker and riding him to the ground,
"AAAA!" the Seeker screamed as he fell. Upon impact, the Seeker's head rolled off his body, which B-127 then kicked into another Seeker's head, knockign the Seeker down as he accidentally fired his blaster. B-127 walked up to Optimus, who gazed down at the small Autobot,
"Sorry I'm late, hit a little traffic." B-127 explains, suddenly, an Autobot can be heard shouting the words,
"Get down! Incoming!" in which Optimus and B-127 look over to the Decepticons. Both of their eyes widen, as Bumblebee says,
"Uh, Optimus?" both of them watch as the Decepticons' chief intelligence commander lands on the ground, along with Starscream, two high-ranking Seekers and Shockwave,
"DECEPTICONS, ATTACK." Soundwave orders the Decepticons,
"Autobots, fall back!" Optimus orders with a worried tone, "Get to the tower!" Shockwave fires his arm cannon, before turning to Starscream and his Seekers,
"Destroy the launchpad," then turning back, "let none escape!" and with that order, Starscream and the Seekers take flight, transforming into their Cybertronian jet-modes. Now at the top of the tower, Optimus, along with the fellow surviving Autobots, B-127, Ironhide, Ratchet, Arcee, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, Brawn and some unnamed soldiers run outside, scattering into separate escape pods,
"Cybertron has fallen! Get to the escape pods!" Optimus commands. The Autobots enter their own pods, preparing to launch, "There are other Autobots scattered across the galaxy. We must reach them if we want to survive." B-127 stops next to Optimus, some Autobots running past them,
"Optimus, this is our home we have to fight for it." B-127 says to Optimus. Optimus watches as the three Seekers fly past them,
"We will fight on, but we must find refuge first. " Optimus says, lifting his arm to show B-127 the holographic image of a familiar planet, "I found a planet that's well hidden. Earth. You will travel there," Optimus shuts off the hologram, placing his hand on B-127's shoulder, "and establish a base for us. Once we've gathered the others, we'll join you. You must protect the planet. If the Decepticons find it, then our people are truly finished." Opitmus points to the last escape pod, "Now go." B-127 runs to the escape pod, entering it and taking off. Right before the Seekers fire rockets which travel downwards towards the stem-like part of the tower, exploding it and causing the tower to lose balance, beginning to fall.
1987. Near a moon near Saturn.
"I hope this thing is working." Cliffjumper says, tapping on a screen in the escape pod, which is supposedly going to send a prerecorded message to all others who survived the siege of Cybertron, "This is Cliffjumper, lieutenant in the Autobot resistance. And if you can hear me, I think I'm being tracked by two Decepticons. I need backup quick, I think they're going to- GAAAH!" Cliffjumper is interrupted as his pod explodes, sending Cliffjumper towards the surface of the moon, the two Decepticons, Shatter and Dropkick following close behind. Cliffjumper gets up with a groan in pain, transforming his hand into a gun and firing upon the two. Both of them transform, showing their own blasters and firing. Cliffjumper manages to jump out of the way, dodging their blasts,
"*chuckles* this one's a fighter." Dropkick says, looking up to Shatter, "May I?"
"*chuckles* go ahead, I know how much you love a challenge. Just don't kill him, yet..." and with hat, Dropkick charges towards Cliffjumper,
"Big mistake, buddy." Cliffjumper says before charging towards the Decepticon, sword out. Dropkick swings his blade, Cliffjumper blocking the attack with his own sword, sparks flying from both as they clashed. Dropkick kicks Cliffjumper back, the Autobot landing back on his feet. Cliffjumper shows his blaster, firing at Dropkick, all his shots successful, yet not doing much damage. Dropkick charged up to Cliffjumper, swinging his blade yet again, missing. Cliffjumper fires his blaster, managing to land a direct to Dropkick's face plate,
"AARGH!" Dropkick groans, "That hurt!"
"It's supposed to." Cliffjumper responds, swinging his blade at Dropkick's chest. Dropkick grabs Cliffjumper by the throat, slamming him into the ground. Cliffjumper groaned, slashing at Dropkick's arm. Dropkick released his grip, kicking Cliffjumper. Cliffjumper flew through the air, the zero-gravity causing him to float for a little before landing. Cliffjumper fired again, missing, however,
"Interesting... want to see what mine can do?" Dropkick says, revealing his cannon and firing. The shot knocked Cliffjumper back, farther, also damaging him greatly. Cliffjumper struggled to get up, attemptimg to fire his blaster, only to be stomped upon by Dropkick, who also grabbed his arm and yanking at it. Dropkick showed his blade, slicing Cliffjumper's arm off,
"AAAH!" Cliffjumper cried, Shatter walked over, Cliffjumper crawling back as Dropkick held his arm, then throwing it to the ground as Shatter says,
"Where is Optimus Prime? He survived the fall of Cybertron, and no rebellion is truly dead until their leader is vanquished, so where is he?" sternly, to which Cliffjumper replies,
"My name is Cliffjumper, lieutenant in the Autobot resistance, my sa- AAAA!" Cliffjumper is interrupted as Dropkick stabs his blade through the Autobot's chest,
"Wrong answer..." Shatter says, "We know he's planning to establish a base, tell us where it is, and we'll let you live."
"My name is Cliffjumper, lieut- AH!" Cliffjumper repeats, Dropkick strabbing him yet again, before music begins to play, somehow showing B-127's location, "No..." Cliffjumper mumbles,
"That's B-127's signal." Shatter announces,
"Can you trace it?" Dropkick asks, his sword still deep withing Cliffjumper's chest,
"Already did." Shatter says, walking behind Cliffjumper, "If you don't tell us where Prime is, perhaps your friend will."
"Never!" Cliffjumper says, shaking his head. Shatter bends down beside Cliffjumper,
"You're a brave warrior," grabbing his head, "you deserve a better death..." Shatter looks to Dropkick with a chuckle, "Hit him again." Shatter tells Dropkick, who slices Cliffjumper in half. SHatter chuckles again with a smirk, "Set course for Earth..."