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Transformers: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Chapter 1: The New Generation
"As Maximals, we swore to protect and defend from the forces of evil. No matter what happens, evil will not have its way." -Optimus Primal
The Maximals had kept their promise for the Great Valley's future to keep everyone safe from the Predacons. The battle with the Predacons had just begun since their return. Even Littlefoot was afraid that the Predacons will get their chance to conquer the Great Valley, but he was assured that Optimus Primal will not let evil have its way as long as the Maximals are here to protect.
On a quiet night, everyone was asleep, but not the Maximals. The Maximals are on patrol to keep the Predacons away from the dinosaurs.
Inside the Axalon, Optimus was looking on the screen of his computer when he saw a wrecked battleship miles away from the Mysterious Beyond.
"Hmm," Optimus said curiously. "It must be another battleship from Cybertron. I got to check it out."
Later that night, Optimus flew to the island miles away from the Mysterious Beyond, and to his surprise, he did see the ship that crash landed. "Well, that's just prime," he said. He then called the Maximals. "This is Optimus. I'm requesting backup immediately...I think."
The Maximals arrived and saw the shipwreck.
"Jumping gyros, will you look at that," said Cheetor.
"Must be an Autobot ship," said Rattrap.
"It is an Autobot ship, vermin," said Dinobot. "Are you expecting it a Decepticon ship?"
"Not at all, Dinobutt."
The Maximals entered the shipwreck and looked around. The computers and machine appeared to be heavily damaged with the ship crashed into Earth.
"Whoa, look at this mess. This amount of damage would make Bulkhead react like 'I didn't do it'," Cheetor said.
Dinobot slaps Cheetor's rump. "Don't push your luck, furball! All this damage must be due to the ship's impact on Earth."
Rhinox looked around the area of the ship. "Looks like nobody's home," he said.
But Rhinox was wrong when Optimus saw the lifeless body of Autobot leader Optimus Prime. "Somebody's home, Rhinox," he said.
Cheetor saw the body. "Hey, isn't that...?"
"Autobot leader Optimus Prime, no doubt," Dinobot snorted. "Completely offline during that battle with Decepticon leader Megatron."
Airazor turned to Optimus. "Optimus, you don't think..." she said.
"I have reason to think that my ancestor and I are related since the centuries of civil war on Cybertron," Optimus said.
"But could he be the source to our advantage against Megatron?" Cheetor asked.
Optimus picked up the Matrix. "One way to find out."
Optimus had half his spark in the Matrix, and he placed it in the chest of Optimus Prime. The Autobot's eyes glowed bright in light, and through Primal's microscopic vision, he could see the computer animation of the Cyber Star of its power and source. And then, Primal realized that Megatron was after the Cyber Star because the Cyber Star turns out to be the computer chip of Cybertron usable for Cybertron's reformation. Then, the Autobot went out, and the chest opens up for half of Primal's spark to fly back into his chest.
"Whoa..." Cheetor said in amazement.
"Holy slag," Rattrap added.
Suddenly Optimus started groaning, like something's about to happen. His body started to mutated, turning bigger than his normal size, and then he transformed into the Optimal Optimus Primal, much to everyone's surprise and shock.
"Unbelievable!" Tigatron gasped.
"Big Bot, are you okay?" Cheetor asked.
Optimus looked at his new body. "Just looking prime," he said.
"I wonder if Littlefoot might notice," Rhinox said. "He might learn much about Cybertron from detail to detail." He then grew stern. "Nah."
"I'm not sure about that, Rhinox," said Optimus. "Littlefoot might know the story, if I could just explain to him about this."
"Guess that makes you the new Autobot, Boss Monkey. Congratulations," said Rattrap in sarcasm.
"I'm not just an Autobot, Rattrap. I'm half Maximal and half Autobot."
Dinobot snorted. "Guess that makes you the Optimal Optimus Primal," he said. "But enough of this! What did you see?"
"I see that the Cyber Star is more than just a device," Optimus said. "It's also Cybertron's computer chip...to reform Cybertron itself."
Cheetor's eyes widen. "What?! You mean the Cyber Star all the time was a computer chip?! Why didn't you tell us?!"
"I didn't know the Cyber Star is the key to reformat Cybertron." He then crossed his arms. "The only problem is that this process was never used before, not since Megatron tried to use the star for the Doomsday Machine."
"Well, that's just prime!" Rattrap said, his fists on his hips. "What else can we do, shoot the big bullies?"
"I don't know about you, but I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that," said Silverbolt.
"Heh. In your dreams, bird-dog."
"Enough," said Optimus. "It doesn't matter how I look. What matters is that no matter what happens, we will stop Megatron at all costs in the name of justice."