( tranquil theme playing )
Phase frequency should be...
1,600 gigahertz.
Sixteen hundred gigahertz, exactly.
Let's check the induction coils.
You wanna start with the left one, or the right one?
Start with the one on the left.
Firing up the left coil...
now. ( beeping )
( electricity crackling )
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! Grim!
I said the left one!
I know, but you turned around,
so your left is my right. Right?
No, that's what I meant! Your left.
But that's not what you said.
( grunts )
Great. Now I'm stuck!
Power down the turret, Grimlock!
Um... Uh-oh. ( pulse condenser whining )
What do you mean, "Uh-oh?"
And what's that whining sound?
That would be the pulse condenser overloading.
So, uh...
just checking here... Does that mean--
The turret is going to explode.
And take us, and half the scrapyard, with it!
♪ Transformers ♪
♪ Robots in disguise ♪
( roaring )
♪ Robots in disguise ♪
( groans )
( grunts )
Ugh! It still won't budge.
Grim, evacuate the scrapyard!
And just leave you here?
Hey, guys, I've got a new j-- ( gasps )
What in the name of the Primes?
She said left and I thought she meant right,
and then the thing moved, and now it's gonna blow up!
( dramatic theme playing )
( beeping )
Uh. Whew!
How'd you do that?
Hm. System reset code.
I memorized it after I got stuck in one of those things.
Ah, what would you guys do without me?
Well, we've been well trained.
I'm sure we would have found a solution.
Nonetheless, I'm glad you were there.
I'll always be there for the team.
Heck, we're more like a family.
Even Sideswipe?
Every family has a crazy cousin.
This is ridiculous.
How come we're always waiting around for him?
'Cause he's the boss,
and the boss calls the shots!
Everybody knows that! Sheesh.
Well, then maybe it's time somebody else
became the boss around here.
If you think you're qualified, Thunderhoof...
then take your best shot.
Otherwise, be silent and listen.
Not everyone on this little hive of Decepticons
is pleased with the current leadership.
Some want to follow them off Earth,
others want to stay and rule it.
We can use that division.
We just need a little more support,
and a little more firepower.
( wings buzzing )
Somebody's coming!
Steeljaw.
Just the 'Con we're looking for.
Come. Walk with us.
We'd like to have a word with you,
if you're not too busy, that is.
Not busy at all. Just...
killing time.
You guys are just enshrined--
Entwined-- In time!
I'm ready to test our fully repaired GroundBridge!
Now with dual-redundant vortex loops,
phase-locked thermal compensation,
and twin geosynchronous--
The GroundBridge is working?
As I was saying, twin geosynchronous...
I forgot. Let me start over.
I'm ready to test our fully repaired GroundBridge!
Fire it up already, Fixit.
No time like the present.
Right. Here goes.
Whoa! Awesome. Cool!
Nice work, Fixit.
Two portals?
I get the one on the left. My left.
Is it supposed to make two portals?
Fixit...
That's not possible.
I mean, it's obviously possible, because it's happening, but--
DENNY: Wait, wait, wait!
( both grunt )
Fixit! I'm trying!
Try harder!
What's that?
No. It can't be.
( both grunt )
Soundwave.
Take Fixit and hide in the stacks. Go!
( dramatic theme playing )
Ugh!
Ah!
Don't run off so quick!
I haven't given you the tour of my fists yet!
( grunting )
Ah!
( groans )
Don't move, Decepticon!
( grunts )
( dramatic theme playing )
Ah!
Ugh. Wha...
The scrapyard? But...
( both grunt )
Ugh.
No one hurts my team on my watch, Soundwave.
Ah!
Huh?
( grunts )
Huh?
There's nothing I can do to help them.
I'm stuck in the Shadowzone.
( machine whining stops )
( beeping )
( dramatic theme playing )
Come on, Bee, think.
What did Raf, Jack, and Miko do
when they were stuck in the Shadowzone?
Their cell phones! Radio waves!
Mayday, mayday, this is Bumblebee.
Does anyone read me?
FIXIT: Just barely, Lieutenant.
Fixit.
BUMBLEBEE: Thank the Allspark.
Are Russell and Denny with you?
We're right here, Bee.
Did you pound those Decepticons into scrap?
Not quite yet. Where are you?
DENNY: Home furnishings.
Left at the giant hamburger, past the tower of TVs.
BUMBLEBEE: Hey, guys.
Glad you're all okay. Where are you?
We can hear you on Fixit's speaker, but we can't see you!
BUMBLEBEE: I'm sorta... in another dimension.
The only way I can communicate with you is over the comms.
Whoa. H-How does that happen?
When two GroundBridge portals overlap,
they open a channel to this... Shadowzone.
Oh, Lieutenant, this is all my fault!
I'm a complete Venice--
Tennis-- Menace!
It was an accident, Fixit.
Something like this happened to friends of mine once.
We used the same trick to trap Soundwave
in the Shadowzone...
until just now.
That Decepticon back there is Soundwave?
( gulps ) Who's Soundwave?
One of the most dangerous Decepticons there is.
Soundwave used to be Megatron's right-hand bot.
He's a technical and tactical genius.
Plus, Soundwave has a Mini-Con named Laserbeak.
But according to his log file,
Soundwave was trapped in the Shadowzone
aboard the starship Nemesis.
What's he doing down on this planet?
BUMBLEBEE: Maybe he followed Megatron back to Earth,
then got stuck here when Megatron left.
And he's just been wandering around the planet
like a ghost this whole time? Huh, creepy.
But now that Soundwave is free,
what does he want?
I saw him taking apart our communications system.
My guess is, he wants to contact Megatron.
But Megatron is light-years away!
Any signal will take forever to reach him!
Yes, but in the meantime,
a message like that could bring
every other Decepticon within range.
Soundwave could raise an army!
Okay, so how do we stop him?
BUMBLEBEE: I don't know.
Soundwave and Laserbeak are next to impossible to take down.
With me stuck here and Strong and Grim captured--
They have Strongarm and Grimlock?
We can't just sit here!
Russell's right.
No one can help them but us.
You're not listening. You can't out-muscle Soundwave.
You don't even have any weapons!
Look, ugh, just stay here until I come up with a plan.
Lieutenant, we do have weapons.
The laser turrets from the Alchemor
that we converted for perimeter security!
Yeah. Let's see Soundwave stand up
to the firepower of a whole Cybertronian starship!
What part of next to impossible didn't they understand?
We've been keeping an eye on you, Steeljaw.
Your activities have not gone unnoticed.
Is that so?
You've been very busy around here, my friend.
Very busy, indeed.
Which is why we'd like you
to become part of our leadership team,
in a support role, of course.
Leadership team? Me?
You don't have to answer yet.
I'm sure it's a little overwhelming.
Yes, uh...
quite a surprise.
( electricity crackling )
Oh!
I mean it. Do your best to stay out of the line of fire.
Don't worry. If I get in trouble,
I'll just... serpentine.
Please. You're making a huge mistake.
We tried calling Optimus and his Stealth Team,
Bee, but they didn't answer!
There's no one to do this but us!
If you were in our situation,
with our friends and maybe the whole planet at stake,
can you honestly tell me you'd just sit and do nothing?
I... (sighs )
No. I'd take my best shot and do something.
Let's rev up and roll out!
I've been wanting to say that.
( dramatic theme playing )
I don't like this plan anymore.
What's he building?
It appears to be a sub-- Sub-- Sub-- Sub-- Sub--
Sub-space matrix antenna array,
and it's almost complete!
Couldn't we just shoot it from here?
Maybe we could escape before Soundwave realizes it was us,
and we wouldn't have to fight him at all!
I like this plan much better.
Fixit, can you hit the array?
( whimpering )
On second thought, let me.
( buzzing )
( beeping )
( yelling )
We have to buy my dad time for another shot!
Come on. Serpentine!
No, I can't look.
( panting )
Whoa! ( screaming )
( grunting )
Whoa!
Oh!
( grunting )
Good news, the armor works.
Bad news, ow.
( groans )
( Fixit screaming )
Fixit! Russell!
We may have more guys than they do,
but it sure doesn't look like a fair fight!
( dramatic theme playing )
Look out!
Whoa! ( grunting )
Huh?
This isn't working.
Retreat!
( dramatic theme continues playing )
( grunts )
Ugh!
( grunts )
( grunting)
Come on!
Oh, scrap.
( grunting )
Ah!
( grunting )
( muffled screaming )
Nice try.
( grunting )
STRONGARM: Grim.
I need a hammer.
Oh, yeah.
Go team GrimArm!
Team StrongLock?
Lieutenant Bumblebee, if you're there,
we're now following your suggestion
and waiting for you to come up with a plan.
We totally screwed up, Bee.
We should have listened to you in the first place.
No, you were incredibly brave. And...
you gave me an idea.
Seriously? BUMBLEBEE: Seriously.
Soundwave is using the GroundBridge as a weapon,
but he seems a little rusty creating the portals,
maybe from all the time he spent in the Shadowzone.
We can use that against him,
but we'll need to get Fixit to the GroundBridge controls.
Ugh, and to do that...
I'll need to create a distraction. Somehow.
I'll do it. I'll do it.
BUMBLEBEE: No, I'm team leader.
I should figure something out and do it myself.
It kills me, sitting on the sidelines like this.
Bee, we know you'd do whatever it takes, if you could.
But this time...you can't.
I am honored by your offer.
I shall try to live up to the faith you've placed in me.
Ha-ha-ha-ha. Hold, brother, hold!
A position like this is not without cost.
We need a show of good faith from you.
We are told he plots against us.
The brigand needs to learn there are better uses of his time.
Teach him, won't you?
Hm.
Excuse me.
I'd like to have a word with you.
Actually, more like...a claw.
( roaring )
Oh, yes.
I think this chap will work out just fine.
DENNY: Hey, stretch!
Nice art project ya got there!
( gasps )
Whoa! Whoa.
Russell, wait! Your father said...
Ah! Whoa!
( grunting )
RUSSELL: Yo, Soundwave.
This doodad isn't important, is it?
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Woah!
Now!
Ah!
( grunts )
( dramatic theme playing )
Ugh!
( screaming )
Wouldn't wanna be you right now, Soundwave.
Ah!
( groaning )
( grunting )
Do it, Denny!
Close the portal, Fixit!
STRONGARM: Not yet.
Always room for one more!
You did it. You pulled it off.
Two humans, a Mini-Con, a Dinobot and an Academy Cadet
against Soundwave and Laserbeak?
You realize that had about a four percent chance of working?
You are forgetting one key member
of the victorious team, Lieutenant.
Are you kidding? I was useless over there.
You came up with the winning plan.
Even in another dimension,
you found a way to be a great leader.
Well, it wasn't,
come on, I mean, what is, you know...
What he means is, he couldn't ask for a cooler,
awesome-er, handsome-er team to lead!
Yeah. What Grimlock said.
STEELJAW: I've never seen this type of Mini-Con
working for Decepticons.
The Restrictor Collars keep them from
transforming or activating their weapons.
Steeljaw, we need more powerful tools
to discourage rebellion.
The weapons in this compartment would be ideal,
but we can't get the accursed thing open.
We were hoping that someone as...
resourceful as yourself
might succeed where we have failed.
( dramatic theme playing )