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Synopsis for "Prime Time!"

Continued from last issue...

Buster Witwicky pilots Jetfire toward the Blackrock's Aerospace Plant for the final confrontation with the Decepticons when he is engaged by the US Airforce. Commanding Skyfire to shoot them out of the sky (but not kill) Buster finds the strain too hard and passes out, leaving Jetfire to continue his original programming: Bring Buster to the Decepticons.

At the Aerospace plant, Shockwave is preparing to execute Optimus Prime's head due to the fact that it no longer useful without the Creation Matrix when Soundwave arrives and points out that the phone lines have been tapped by the Autobots. Deciding to set up a trap for the Autobots, Shockwave reactivates the phone tap and makes up a story about how he intends on dropping Prime's head into a nearby swamp. This prompts the Autobots (along with Prime's repaired and headless body) to redirect themselves to the swamp to recover their leaders captured head.

Meanwhile, Jetfire returns to the Aerospace plant and turns over the unconscious Buster Witwicky over to Shockwave where he rigs the boy to a machine that will tap the energies of the Creation Matrix and create life for an army of new Decepticons. While at the swamp the Autobots recover what they believe to be the head of Optimus Prime, dropped into the swamp by Jetfire. In reality, it's a drone programmed to destroy them. As the fake Prime guns down Prowl, Cliffjumper, Windcharger and Trailbreaker; Soundwave, Buzzsaw, Frenzy, Ravage and Laserbeak counterattack.

Buster revives long enough to see what fate is in store for him when Jetfire returns. Before Shockwave can program the robot to destroy the real head of Optimus Prime, Buster commands the power of the Creation Matrix to turn the robot against Shockwave, knocking him out with a single blow and flying off with the head of Optimus Prime, and allowing for the human captives within the plant to escape.

Jetfire arrives just as the Autobots are losing the battle. With Prime in close proximity to his body, he commands it to rip off the false head and toss it into the swamp as Jetfire drops his real one in place. Back in control of his body, Optimus Prime then turns the tide of the battle easily defeating Soundwave and his cassettes. Shockwave revives and then arrives on the scene to challenge Optimus Prime directly. The two struggle in hand to hand combat until Prime gains the upper hand and tosses Shockwave into the nearby swamp where the Decepticon Commander seemingly sinks to his doom, winning the Autobots a great victory. Prime rushes back to the Aerospace plant where he finds that the works have freed Buster Witwicky. Buster then transmits the Creation Matrix back to Optimus Prime, restoring him to his full power. Although Prime is proud of his Autobots for their victory, he also notes that it did come at the loss of many of his finest warriors.

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