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4 FROM THE GLADIATORIAL
W) A/TS TO LEAD HIS
REVOLUTION. THE PLACE

CAN YOU REALLY BLAME HIM?

THIS PLACE WOULD PUT. L
ANYBODy IN A BAD MOOD.

WN \ WZ
i} IT'S THE STUFF AUTOBOT
| MGHTMARES ARE MADE OF.
ne
!
 YOU SURE
THERE ISN'T A
MORE DIRECT ONE THAT
DOESN'T INVOLVE
WADING THROUGH
SEVERAL MILES OF

OF COURSE
THERE IS. BUT THE
DIRECT WAY INVOLVES
WADING THROUGH
SEVERAL MILES OF
DECEPTICONS.

TRUST
ME, THESE
MAINTENANCE
TUNNELS ARE OUR
ONLY CHANCE TO
PENETRATE THE
CITY.

THEY'RE A
PART OF OLD
CYBERTRON, BUT
THE ‘CONS DON'T THINK
TWICE ABOUT THE PAST.
ALL THEY CARE ABOUT
IS DOMINATING
THE FUTURE.
 A DEAD
END? PERFECT.
SO MUCH FOR
OLD_CYBERTRON.
SO_GLAD yOu
SHOWED IT TO
ME. REALLY.

I'VE BEEN
EXPLORING
DOWN HERE i
SINCE BEFORE |
\ THE WAR
STARTED.
—W

Wy T THINK
YOU'LL FIND THAT
WHEN IT COMES
TO_THESE OLD
TUNNELS...

+LOOKS
CAN BE
DECEPTIVE!
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: a" ap

WE'RE ALMOST
THERE. WHATEVER THE
Nu, ‘CONS ARE BUILDING, IT’S
UTTING OUT A HUGE
SIGNA Vy

KEEP Se | Boy
QUIET! IF WE VY y 7
ALERT ONE / J
‘CON WE ALERT 9 S/ /
THEM ALL! . 7 j

BE PATIENT.
BEFORE THIS IS
OVER, BELIEVE
ME...
 NOW WE'RE
TALKING!
LET'S TAKE
‘EM!

WAIT! LOOK!
THAT'S NOT A
WEAPON THEY'RE
BUILDING!
 MYSTERY OB
NOT, IF THEY GOT
THEI HANDS ON THE
TECH IT COULD CHANGE

cov ieee ners

THE WHOLE WAR! THEY
U'RE KIDDING,
piscine EVERYBODY GALAXY WITHOUT
KNOWS SPACEBRIDGE TECH » WARNING:
ISA MYSTERY! ONLY THE
ANCIENTS KNEW HOW
TO BUILD THEM!

NOT ON MY
WATCH. IT'S
DOWN TO YOU AND
ME, ARCEE. NO.
MORE SNEAKING.
YOU READY TO
DO THIS?

DECEPTICONS!
THE TIME HAS
COME!
[bec
=e

y
STARSCREAM!"

y,
 A\
FAITHFULLY
CARRIED OUT HIS
ORDERS, SCOURING
THE GALAXY FOR
SECRETS OF
SPACEBRIDGE
TECHNOLOGY.
NEXT STOP...

WITH THE
SPACEBRIDGE
OPEN, WE CAN
REJOIN
MEGATRON AND
OVERWHELM THE
AUTOBOTS!

EARTH, CYBERTRON
WILL £/VE AGAIN!
FOREVER UNDER
DECEPTICON
RULE!
 I'VE HEARD THAT BRIDGE
ENOUGH. WE COULD BE OUR BEST
NEED TO TAKE i HOPE OF REJOINING
ga eee OPTIMUS PRIME!

INSTEAD OF
WASTING
PRECIOUS TIME
TRAVELING BY
SHIP, WE COULD
BE THERE IN NO

I'M NOT
LEAVING THAT.
BRIDGE OPEN FOR
THE ‘CONS TO USE
LATER, ARCEE! WE
CAME HERE TO
DESTROY WHATEVER
THEY WERE WORKING
ON, NOT_USE IT TO
ESCAPE!

BUT WHAT
ABOUT THE
SMALL ARMY
STANDING IN
OUR WAY?
 IF I CAN GET
ACCESS TO THE
CONTROL TERMINAL I'M
PRETTY SURE I CAN SHUT
IT DOWN, BUT THERE'S NO
WAy I CAN GET CLOSE OH NO. I'M
ENOUGH WITHOUT— NOT_SURE I LIKE
WHERE THIS IS
GOING.

YOU'RE
NOT GONNA
BELIEVE THIS,
ARCEE—

“—BUT I THINK I
MIGHT HAVE A PLAN."
 jj ME! CRAZY,
RIGHT? NICE PLACE
YOU HAVE HERE,
STARSCREAM.

FUNNY You
SHOULD ASK! SEE, T
WASN'T CAPTURED,
SO MUCH AS T
WAS HELPING
YOUR FELLOW
DECEPTICONS-
IN-ARMS.
 I COULDN'T CARE
LESS ABOUT
THE AUTOBOTS.
OPTIMUS PRIME
RAN OFF AND LEFT
THE REST OF US
TO FEND For
OURSELVES!

I CAME HERE TO
(ARN YOU THAT
IERE'S A ROGUE
AUTOBOT GUNNING
FOR YOU. NAME'S
ARCEE.

SHE
ATTACKED US "INTERESTING...
AND I GOT SM BUT WHY SHOULD I
AWAY. TRUST YOU?

C'MON! YOU THINK

I'D SUST WALK INTO A
DECEPTICON BASE IF 1
WAS LYING? THE OTHER
‘CONS TOLD ME I'D
FIND YOU HERE!
 LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING'S
WRONG WITH YOUR
SPACEBRIDGE!

A
you! sTor!
WHAT ARE YOU
D 1?
 so
TRUSTING... 4m
xz.
 I SHUT DOWN THE BRIDGE'S
OVERFLOW CONTAINMENT NODES
AND MAXIMIZED THE PRIMARY 4
POWER FEED.

GOT ABOUT A__~\

MIERO-CYCLE LerT_\
BEFORE THE BRIDGE
EXPLODES AND
TAKES ALL OF US
WTHIT.

(THOROUGH. I)
LIKE THAT.

a \
NO ARGUMENT j
FROM... ME...
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Ll eeme
REALE. Ye
SHOOTING UP |p
THEIR OWN Jf
PLACE?! Z
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