Author's note: I'm not gonna do Grill as that was just a filler episode.
Bulkhead groaned as he slowly came to. "My head gasket." He mumbled but then took in his surroundings. "What the? The 'Cons warship?" He asked. It was true. He was indeed aboard the Nemesis.
He yelped when he almost fell out of a hole in the middle of the Energon storage. "Ratchet, don't ask how I got here, long story." He said into his comms but got no response. "Ratchet? You copy? Scrap!" He said and stepped out of the Energon storage. "Stealthy. Stealthy." He said to himself, but then heard footsteps. A few Vehicon troopers were coming.
Bulkhead attempted to reenter the storage but the door closed on him. As the Vehicons pass by, Bulkhead leaned on the door, then stepped forward but bumped into into the last person he'd want to see any day. "Starscream?!" He asked and aimed his cannons as Starscream aimed his missiles.
"Why is it that every time I return to my old stomping grounds, I find an Autobot roaming the halls?" Starscream asked. "Don't tell me you came crawling back to Megatron." Bulkhead said. "Hardly. Now out of my way." Starscream said. "Scream, you gotta show me the way off this boat." Bulkhead said.
"Sorry, too busy." Starscream said. "Look, when you needed help -" Bulkhead started. "As I recall, we bartered. So, unless you have anything of value to offer me, step aside." Starscream said. "The exit, now!" Bulkhead demanded. "I may have given Arcee a free pass when she and I last met," Starscream raised his claws and slashed Bulkhead's chassis. "But I won't hesitate to skewer you as I did a certain Cliffjumper." Starscream finished.
Bulkhead growled and bashed Starscream away. He pointed his cannons and said, "Perish, Bulkhead!" Bulkhead roared again and started bashing the Seeker. "This is for Cliffjumper! For Bumblebee! For everything!" He sneered.
Intro plays: Optimus, Bulkhead, Cyclonus, Arcee, Jetfire, Chromia, Ratchet, and Bumblebee drive down the highway and transform to find any Decepticons.
In Autobot base, Raf jumps into Bee's hand and transforms. Miko jumped into Bulkhead as he transformed. Jack and Elsa jump onto Arcee as she transforms, and they all enter the Ground-Bridge. Megatron points and shoots his cannon as Starscream transformed and fired a cluster of rockets at the Prime. Optimus and Megatron shoot at each other and clash their weapons together.
Frozen in Prime.
Written by Lord Salazar's Revenge.
Frozen is owned by Disney.
Transformers is owned by Hasbro.
Bulkhead panted. "You left me no choice." He said to the dead Starscream.
24 hours earlier.
"Oh, what I would not give to have wings again." Starscream growled, and then he found what he was looking for. "Ah, just as I left it. The Harbinger. Things are finally looking up." He said.
As soon as Starscream entered the abandoned warship there was no Energon whatsoever. "Really?! Not one scrap of Energon?!" He shouted, then pinched the wall, causing a nearby door to open. Starscream peeked inside. "A laboratory?" He questioned as the door closed behind him and he touched the computer. "And it's functional." He said.
Lights lit up the 5 bodies in pods. "Protoforms!" He gasped.
Meanwhile, Bulkhead was driving around when he picked up something. "Bulkhead to base, picked up a strong reading. I'm gonna go check it out." He said, then drove off the road.
"Let's see, transference of binary bonding, submolecular infusion. The formulas seem straightforward enough. Well, my little lumps of clay, looks like you're ready for the molding. Let's give cloning a whirl, shall we?" Starscream said.
Bulkhead transformed and ran to the energy signature, which was inside a massive hole. "Oh, no sign of activity." He started climbing down.
Starscream drew a sample of Energon from his arm and attached the container to an outlet. The lab started glowing as the Energon was sucked into the machine, and Starscream was laughing like a mad scientist. "Give me life!" He yelled and pulled a lever. Energy crackled across the floor and the protoforms started turning into perfect copies of Starscream. "Like minded company! At last!" He said with a sadistic smile.
Bulkhead was further down the hole, and he couldn't believe what his optics lay upon. "Energon? Boxed and ready for pickup?" He questioned, then a shadow covered him. The Nemesis hovered right above the hole. "Scrap!" Bulkhead said, and tried to climb down more but slipped and fell right on top of the boxes, knocking him out.
An elevator extended from the Nemesis and took everything, including Bulkhead, aboard.
"Esteemed members of my armada, you now stand upon the very precipice of glory to meet the destiny which I have so tenaciously worked toward dynamic -" The one of the ones cut in. "Leadership of the Decepticons!"
"I am delighted to hear that we are on the same page." The real Starscream said. "We are as one, Commander." A clone said. "We share your memories, your very feelings. Even your insatiable quest for power." Another clone said. "I see." The real Starscream said.
The clones and their leader step out of the magnled ruins of the warship. "Fortunately, the Harbinger's tracking systems have remained synced with Megatron's warship. Of course, we shall require a means of reaching them." Starscream said. The other Starscreams behind him transformed, catching him off-guard.
"You can transform?! O-of course, you can. How else would you fly to the ship? That was a test, which you all passed. Now, take flight and snuff Megatron's accursed Spark!" Starscream said. The clones flew away from the Harbinger for the Nemesis.
"My head gasket." Bulkhead groaned as he came to. Outside the Energon storage, Starscream's clone armada walked through the halls. "Spread out, keep to the shadows." A clone instructed. "Any one of us is an instant target aboard this warship." Another clone said. "But to be seen together would sacrifice the element of surprise." A third clone said.
"Whoever finds Megatron first, report your position." A fourth clone ordered. The Starscream clones split up. One heard footsteps, and noticed a nearby Vehicon. He slowly back up, but hit Bulkhead. "Starscream?!" He questioned.
The real Starscream paced around near the Harbinger. "I cannot wait to savor the vivid details of Megatron's demise!" He said happily, but then started jerking around like some invisible force is attacking him. "What is happening?!"
Back on the Nemesis, Bulkhead was bashing a clone. "This is for Cliffjumper! For Bumblebee! For everything!" The green Wrecker snarled.
Starscream cried and held his helm. "My genetic code provides my clones with a T-Cog I no longer possess, and all I get it their agony?!" He yelled.
Bulkhead dragged the dead clone into a room and noticed a Decepticon terminal. "A comm unit." He said and accessed the terminal. "Bulkhead to base, do you read?" Bulkhead asked. There was nothing. "Do you copy?" He asked again. "Stupid 'Con tech. Is this thing even on?" Bulkhead questioned. There was a high-pitched ringing followed by an alarm, alerting Vehicons to the area.
Bulkhead managed to shut down the alarm. He then hid when two Vehicons came to the scene, right as another clone of Starscream appeared, he yelped when he saw them. The Vehicons looked at each other in confusion. The clone sputtered and then ran off. "Halt!" A Vehicon ordered and they chased him as Bulkhead left his hiding spot.
The terminal mapped a location on part of North America. Airachnid was tracking it. "A Decepticon beacon. At last." She said. The Ex-Con landed at the mouth of the mine where Megatron killed her first Insecticon.
"Devoted servants, the time has come for the ultimate retribution." She said. Deep within the mine, the Insecticon army started growling.
Meanwhile, Ratchet addressed Optimus. "Optimus, no word yet from Bulkhead. But I am detecting some rather curious subterranean frequencies." He said. "Of earthly origin?" Optimus asked. "I do not uet know what they are, but I do know where." Ratchet said. The computer showed familiar coordinates. "The coordinates at which we last encountered Megatron." Optimus said.
And Airachnid." Arcee added. "And Airachnid's Insecticon." Ratchet said.
The Stasis pods opened, and the Insecticons howled. "Arise, my armada, and attack!" Airachnid commanded. The Insecticons howled again, then transformed and flew for the exit. Airachnid smiled as her mind controlled army came out. High above the mine, a Ground-Bridge opened, and the Autobots observed the Insecticons take their leave.
"We are in all likelihood witnessing the launch of a mission to terminate Megatron." Optimus said. "What's the problem with that? Even if we wanted to, there are hundreds of them." Cyclonus asked. "But we can stop Airachnid?" Optimus said and equipped his battle mask as the Autobots activated their cannons. Airachnid heard them. "Rear guard, engage the Autobots." She commanded. A group of Insecticons broke away from the horde and flew at the Autobots, cannons firing.
Airachnid watched as the area was engulfed in fire but then saw Arcee in her motorcycle mode, flying at her. Airachnid used her spider legs to hurry away, but Arcee was already catching up as the Autobots shot down the Insecticons.
"Stealthy. Stealthy." Bulkhead repeated as he crawled through an air duct. "Lord Megatron." A Vehicon's vpice stopped him. "Yes? What is it?" The warlord asked. "An intruder." The Vehicon said. "Autobot?" Megatron asked. "Starscream. He was last seen in the vicinity of the bridge." The Vehicon said. Megatron quickly walked for the bridge.
Airachnid kept running as Arcee was getting closer. As soon as she was far enough, she observed Arcee get closer until a shot nearly snuffed her Spark. Two Insecticons were chasing her. They relentlessly fired away, but Arcee turned a corner, and an Insecticon crashed into a tree as the second crashed into it and spiraled out of control towards Airachnid.
"No!" She yelled, but the Insecticon fell in front of her, knocking her away. Arcee transformed and saw her arch nemesis drilling into the ground. "Understood. There's a surprise." She said. Then, with guns ready, she jumped in.
Megatron noticed a mangled Vehicon in front of the door. It opened, reveing more mangled Vehicons and Starscream at the controls. Purple magic began to emanate from Megatron's servos. "Megatron, it has come time to settle old scores!" Starscream said. Megatron laughed as his magic vanished from his servos.
"Really, Starscream? All on your own?" He asked. "Actually," He heard multiple voices say. He was surrounded by 3 other clones of the real Starscream. "Clones? Well played, Starscream, if you're even here among your underlings." Megatron said.
"Underlings? We are as one, though many." The clones chanted. "Bring me Starscream's head on a stick, and I will reward you with not getting your Spark frozen, and as my Second in Command. All of you." Megatron bargained.
"No! You are trying to trick us!" A Starscream said. "Am I?" Megatron asked. "Is he?" A She asked. "Accept my proposal, and we will all win. Otherwise, you will merely end up terminating each other to get the spoils. It is your nature, after all." Megatron said. "Don't listen to him!" A Starscream said. "Prepare to perish at my hand!" Another Starscream said.
"Our hands!" A third Starscream reminded. "Yes. Only our combined firepower will assure Megatron's destruction!" The Starscream at the Controls said. "Take aim!" The second Starscream commanded. "Do you hear that?" The first Starscream asked. Even Bulkhead heard it. The Insecticon horde surrounded the Nemesis. "Ignore! Fire on 3! 1," The fourth Starscream said. "2," the third Starscream said.
Then, the Nemesis shook as the Insecticon horde collided with it. "What was that?" The first Starscream asked. "The sound of the tables turning." Megatron said as he held up a purple icy sword, sliced Starscream's helm off, and shot the others. The real Starscream felt it. "What is going on up there?!" He growled.
As the Insecticon horde fired upon the Nemesis, a wounded Starscream clone crawled away from Megatron. "Exterminating you was so gratifying the first 3 times." Megatron said as he pinned the last clone down with a powerful gust of wind. Then the Nemesis shook again, causing Megatron's wind to disappear, allowing the clone to escape as the door closed behind him.
The screen displayed the Insecticon horde attacking the Nemesis. "Airachnid. A busy day for assassins." Megatron said.
Cyclonus and Jetfire, in their jet modes, followed and fired missiles at the Insecticons, as Chromia shot them. Bee leaped into the air and kicked one down. As soon as it hit the ground, Optimus bashed it with another Insecticon. The entire horde was down. "Wait. Where's Arcee?" Chromia asked.
Arcee roamed through a massive cave, cannons at the ready. On a nearby wall, hidden, Airachnid's servos glowed.
Vehicons were quickly blown apart as Megatron came up and observed the attack. He launched a blast of magic and froze an Insecticon's wings, causing it to stab a Vehicon with its nose at it, and the Vehicon fell off the ship.
Arcee kept wandering throughout the cave and came across a cluster of Stasis pods. Airachnid waited for her prey. Arcee saw her and started running as Airachnid fired. Arcee hid behind a pod and fired back, knocking Airachnid to the ground. Arcee approached her, and her guns were ready. "When you extinguish my Spark, make it hurt. You know I would extend that courtesy to you." Airachnid said.
"I'm not like you." Arcee said. "Very well." Airachnid said and charged at Arcee. She jumped aside in time, and activated her wrist blades. She saw a Stasis pod next to Airachnid. The spider-bot swung her legs, and Arcee blocked them. She kicked Airachnid, and she stumbled right onto the pod. "No!" She yelped and tried to escape, but the pod closed over her, cutting off the tip of one of her spider legs. "No!" She yelled again, before falling into Stasis Lock.
Megatron froze Insecticons, and they shattered to pieces as they fell.But more landed and surrounded Megatron. One howled, but they stopped attacking. Confused, Megatron watched as they kneeled. "Forgive us, one true Lord and master." They said together. "Thos day has certainly seen its share of thwarted intentions." Megatron said.
Bulkhead broke through a duct and landed on the ground. He saw a claw insert an Energon cube into a massive machine, which was the power core of the Nemesis. Bulkhead readied his mace. "One way or another, I'm getting off this boat." He said, then jumped at the core and bashed into it, triggering a huge explosion and causing the Nemesis to shake more violently. "Now what?!" Megatron growled.
Bulkhead ran through another door, and bumped into the last Starscream clone. "Out of my way!" He said, then transformed and flew away. Megatron stumbled into the bridge. "My liege, pur power core has been compromised." A Vehicon said.
"Prepare for landing." Megatron said. The Nemesis turned hard to port, then hit the ground, and skidded to a stop. The front slightly tipping from a cliff. Bulkhead emerged from the wreckage, transformed and drove away.
Back in Autobot base, the Autobots observed Airachnid. "Stasis. She deserves worse." Ratchet said. "I intended worse more times than you know." Arcee said. "You are stronger for the choice you made." Optimus proclaimed. Then a jeep horn honked multiple times as Bulkhead finally entered base. "Guys, you are not going to believe the day I had." He said, then noticed Airachnid trapped in the Stasis pod. "Oh, you too, huh?" He asked.
Starscream's last clone finally arrived at the Harbinger, and entered the laboratory. "Lord Starscream, your most loyal servant has returned. But I regret to inform you that our collective mission has failed." He said. "Hmm, yes. I got that sense. Something to do with a throbbing ache in my side!" The real Starscream aid and fired a missile at the clone as he raised his own missile.
Starscream pinned the clone down. "You... knew I would attempt to terminate you." The clone groaned. The real Starscream grasped his chassis in response to his clone's pain. "I feel your pain. Really, I do." He said and raised another missile and fired. "GAH! SCRAP, THAT HURT!" He bellowed.
Author's note: And now for my second favorite episode Flying Mind. Deadlock is my first favorite.