![]() Destiny has one great test in store for us all. ![]() "The rodent's words give off the stench of truth. Rhinox has a once-in-a-lifetime lapse in intelligence. "Remember that transwarp cell explosion?" ![]() Rattrap leads the others in a salute as Dinobot's spark leaves his body, with Primal wishing it on to the Matrix, there to join Cybertron's finest. "The rest is silence." With that, the proud warrior dies. Dinobot exchanges a final round of barbs with Rattrap he asks them all to tell his story truthfully, both the good and the bad, and allow him to be judged accordingly. Optimus assures him that he has saved untold lives yet to come. The Maximals gather around the fallen Dinobot, but it is too late to help him. Rattrap gasps in horror at the sight of his comrade, while Cheetor douses the flames of the burning valley. Nearly mad with frustration, Megatron flees as the Maximals arrive. With the last of his energy, he summons one final optic blast, shattering the Disk. Forging a makeshift hammer from a rock and stick, he knocks the Disk out of Megatron's hand and frees the anthropoid. The hostage is enough to make Dinobot halt Megatron rebukes him for weakness. Megatron confronts the damaged warrior, gloating over his near-total victory when Dinobot starts to attack, Megatron reveals an anthropoid captive. His computer warns him that he must enter stasis lock to survive. He blasts Inferno and Blackarachnia (stabbing the former for good measure), stomps Waspinator, forces Rampage's cannon to backfire (using Waspinator's head), and pummels Quickstrike (with his bare hands), but loses his weapons, suffers considerable damage, and drains most of his energy supply. With his questions answered, Dinobot is ready to face his destiny.ĭinobot moves in to attack the entire Predacon force single-handed. Dinobot contacts Optimus, who orders him to maintain position, but Dinobot knows there is no time to wait. While Dinobot's back is turned, Tarantulas blasts him Dinobot reciprocates by squashing him under a rock. With the anthropoids destroyed, the human race will never have existed!Ī picturesque image is required before a dramatic death. Summoning the rest of his troops, he orders them to annihilate the valley and its inhabitants. But Megatron has a different history in mind. Their interference helped the Autobots win the Great War, thereby allowing the Maximals to rule over the Predacons today. The valley they are standing above, Megatron explains, spawned the human race. Dinobot observes all this with dawning dread: Megatron has the power to change the future. After a moment, the image on the disk changes to suit the altered reality, to Megatron's delight. Megatron has Rampage destroy the mountaintop. Megatron explains that the Golden Disk contains images recorded in the future, including one of a nearby mountain. Rampage sneers that the Maximals will soon arrive from Cybertron, and that he anticipates Megatron's imminent demise. The anthropoids scatter and panic as Megatron flies overhead and lands. The hills are alive, with The Sounds of Earth! Still holding him at gunpoint, Dinobot uses Tarantulas as his unwilling ride. Tarantulas doesn't know-there are no more copies remaining, and Megatron is keeping the Disk on his person at all times. But as he creeps up to the struggling beast, Dinobot bursts out of the ground, holding him at gunpoint and demanding to know what information is on the Golden Disk. ![]() They drive him off with some damage, but Cheetor calls in the sighting to Dinobot, who promises to follow up.Īt his lair, Tarantulas has captured a tasty antelope for his dinner. On aerial recon, Cheetor observes Megatron and Rampage out for a stroll. He arms himself and heads off into the wastes. Dinobot is left to reflect that his past actions cannot be undone. Rattrap stalks off, concluding that he'd thought Dinobot was at least forthright. Optimus Primal fears Megatron has made similar calculations, and the group realizes they need to increase their defenses.ĭinobot, still somber, runs into Rattrap, who nearly goads him into a fight over his turning the Disk over to Megatron. Rhinox has been calculating the path of the Transwarp Wave from the Planet Buster's destruction-it's traveling through time at an accelerated rate, and will reach Cybertron in the "present", thus alerting Cybertron to their location. But after a long moment of tension and hesitation, he casts it aside with a growl of frustration. and holds its blade ominously over his chest. "I have no other choice, I have dishonored my comrades."Īt the Axalon, a haunted Dinobot meditates on his sword.
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