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Appearing in "Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool"

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Synopsis for "Return to Cybertron Part 1: The Smelting Pool"

On the planet Cybertron, Autobot warrior Blaster is searching for his friend Scrounge when he comes across a bunch of Decepticons hunting down and killing a bunch of Neutrals to pillage for raw materials. Blaster steps in and kills them all. The lone survivor is thankful, however, Blaster is less than impressed with having to come to the rescue of a derelict robot.

Scrounge meanwhile has managed to sneak his way into Darkmount the headquarters of Decepticon leader Lord Straxus, to search for a missing scientist named Spanner. There he spies on Shrapnel and his subordinates who have just picked up a message from the planet Earth. Recording this message with special devices that allow him to collect audio and video that are in his fingers, Scrounge attempts to retreat but sets off the alarm. Scrounge reports to Blaster and asks to meet him when he is then captured and carried away by Shrapnel in an area known as the Dead End, filled with Cybertron's impoverished.

When Scrounge doesn't show up, the worried Blaster returns to Autobase, the Autobots secret headquarters on Cybertron. There he tells his comrades Perceptor, Cosmos, Powerglide, Beachcomber, Warpath, and Seaspray that he is worried about Scrounge and that he wants them to help search for his friend. When Perceptor refuses this request due to the risks, and the possibility that Scrounge has likely been fed into Lord Straxus' smelting pool. However, Blaster manages to rally up the other Autobots on his mission and Perceptor concedes.

The Autobots end up in the Dead End where one of its many Empties tells them that he saw Shrapnel capturing Scrounge. While the other Autobots figure Scrounge is dead, Blaster is not willing to give up on his friend and goes to Darkmount alone. There, Scrounge is brought before Lord Straxus who tears off Scrounge's arm and then orders him tossed into the Smelting Pool, a place where all Straxus' victims are tossed to be melted down for raw materials.

When Blaster arrives he attacks the base's defenses, however, he is soon outmatched and before he can be destroyed Shrapnel recognizes him as a key player in the Autobot resistance and has him brought before Lord Straxus. Straxus is hardly impressed with Blaster and orders him thrown into the Smelting Pool as well. Blaster manages to grab onto a ledge where he spots Scrounge already in the smelting pools liquids. Scrounge attempts to give him information when Powerglide arrives. Blaster is determined to pull them both out, however, when they are pulled up, Blaster sees that already half of Scrounge's body has been melted away. Scrounge forces Blaster to let go, ejects a memory tape from his head, and tosses it to Blaster before sinking to the bottom of the pool to his death.

Pulling Blaster up, he is surprised to see Seaspray, Cosmos, Beachcomber, and Warpath have come to rescue him. They make their escape but are chased after by Shrapnel, Bombshell, Kickback, Dirge, Thrust, and Ramjet. Blaster drops down and pulls out two pipes from the smelting pool, using them to blast the Decepticons with hot slag. With their attackers retreating, Blaster and the others escape and return to Autobase.

There they play Scrounge's data tape and learn that it is a transmission from the planet Earth sent by the Decepticon Soundwave, informing the Decepticon of Cybertron of the planet Earth, and the only opposition is Optimus Prime and a group of Autobots that are also stranded on Earth with them. Perceptor and the others are elated to learn that Optimus Prime thought lost for four million years is alive and well on Earth, giving them renewed hope.

This story is continued next issue...

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