The Future Buried...
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| "The Future Buried..." | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #66 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Eryck Webb | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Eryck Webb | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Evan Gauntt | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Shattered Glass | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | 2015 | ||||||||||||
As Primus makes his moves, one more god enters the battle, ensuring that nothing will ever be the same.
Synopsis
Following the battle of Decepticon City, Galvatron and the Decepticon fleet return to the "Classicsverse" Earth, traveling at full speed. Ultra Mammoth tries to assure Galvatron that with Ultra Magnus gone, the battle is won, but Galvatron's now-weak connection to the Thirteen tells him that something-or someone-wants everyone to go to Earth. As they converse, Spike Witwicky and the Autobot Pretenders pick up a strange energy signature, one that Spike seems to remember. Suddenly, he disappears into thin air, as do the human-shelled Pretenders, with reports coming in across the planet that all humans have disappeared! Meanwhile, down in the Rarified Energon vaults, Wheeljack and Perceptor pick up another set of strange readings; the Energon is beginning to act like a life form. Perceptor muses that normal Energon is the lifeblood of the Transformers; in turn, Wheeljack wonders what Rarified Energon powers, as an astral hand rises from the pool behind him...
On Cybertron, Nova Prime and his fellow Knights of Unicron have rounded up the Autobot forces. As he stands guard, Nova is contacted by Unicron, who warns his disciple that Rodimus still lives, and something even worse awakens. Nova's connection to his lord is cut off, as the planet begins to transform around him; a new voice into his mind, disappointed with his new-found heroism. Still, others are willing to fight for the voice; as Nova hangs on to a shifting panel, Rodimus, now Prime once again, stands triumphant over his former commander. Rodimus orders the Autobots to the shuttles, as Cybertron finishes its transformation into...Primus! Seeing the stars for the first time in millennia, the god heads towards the "Classicsverse" Earth, intending on removing these "stowaways" from his "perfect" universe!
On Earth, Ultra Mammoth orders the Autobots and Decepticons to the shuttles, but before they can board them, Primus arrives, destroying the ships with his eye beams. In space, Galvatron and his fleet arrive, awestruck by the massive Transformer. Primus is pleased that the Decepticons are there, planning on eliminating his enemies in one fell swoop and leaving only him and his "superior" Autobots. Blasting them with his godly breath, the Decepticons ships are left dead, floating in space. Back on Earth, the heroic Autobots and Decepticons watch the battle, horrified. Hope emerges, however, as Grimlock's ship, separate from the rest of the fleet, picks up Ultra Mammoth's forces.
With the Decepticons unable to fire back, Primus allows them to live, intending to let them watch as he destroys their friends. Before he can destroy the planet, however, Earth's crust begins to crack itself...as it falls away, revealing a mechanical core underneath, which transforms into Primus and Unicron's long-lost sister, Gaea! Gaea explains that she was hidden away as the Rarified Energon core by the Thirteen long ago, in preparation for when she would be needed, though she never expected it to be her brother. Primus, however, doesn't recognize her; regarding her as little more than an anomaly, he engages his sister. On his surface, meanwhile, Nova's Knights help drag him up, and they head north to Primus' face. Primus rants, proclaiming that as the God of Order, all things must fit his uniform vision, and that abnormalities like her bring chaos. Gaea tries to reach him, telling him that being different is the ultimate form of order, many voices creating a universal harmony. Primus scoffs at her "silly dream", and Gaea, knowing she can't change his mind, blasts Primus, destroying his right eye. Pained, Primus swears that the future will be one where everything is the same, and that he will never be stopped. But Nova, having arrived with his Knights of Unicron, proclaims that the future cannot be stopped, no matter how scared Primus is of the progress it brings, and unleashes his firepower into Primus' remaining eye. Blinded, Primus tries to summon Rodimus Prime, but the treacherous Autobot leader leaves him to his fate. Gaea declares that the multiverse has no need for an evil Primus, and she unleashes a blast that reduces Primus to a head.
With the war seemingly over, Gaea reverts to her planet mode, inviting all Transformers to return to live there. With the copious amounts of Rarified Energon, there is enough resources and energy to go around for the Cybertronians of two worlds. A new government has been formed, a council comprised of the heroic Autobots and Decepticons, with the Knights of Unicron as their guardians. Gaea explains through Nova that she transported the humans to another Earth, uninhabited by humans, to ensure their survival. The battle-weary Decepticons and Autobots are happy to set aside their arms, rebuilding society...
...but truly, it never ends, as the returned Megatron and his Decepticons find the world, ripe for conquest!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Heroic Autobots | Heroic Decepticons | Evil Autobots | Evil Decepticons | Others |
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Quotes
"Being different is not evil. It is simply being. True harmony is found in a chorus of many ranging voices. Chaos comes from those like you who refuse to be part of the harmony."
"Charming metaphor. It should have Ponies and sparkles. They would be appropriate for your dream. Your fantasy."
- —The negotiations between Gaea and Primus proved far from pleasant.
Notes
- So Gaea teleports away every human living on her... including the Cybertronian-enhanced Spike... and also the Autobot Pretenders who are wearing organic shells...but not Scoop's Nebulan partners Holepunch and Tracer. Huh.
Continuity notes
- Back in its debut in Crossing Over, Rarified Energon was noted to be unique in the multiverse. Now we know why: it is the lifeblood of Gaea, another (now former) multiversal singularity.
- The fate of the humans would be addressed in the next Club magazine story.
Transformers references
- Spike's abrupt declaration of 'Oh sh-' was previously uttered in full by his cartoon counterpart in The Transformers: The Movie.
- Shattered Glass Primus is based on his Cybertron body design with Unicron's Energon colors. Like Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie, he cluthches at his destroyed right eye before his final fate, as an orbiting head, mirrors Unicron's, completing the movie homage this comic arc has been.
- Gaea being the core of Classicsverse Earth is likely homaging the Aligned incarnation of Unicron, who was also the core of Earth.
Real-world references
- Gaea's pose as she explodes out of Earth is almost directly lifted from the BotCon 2004 t-shirt which she debuted on.
- As quoted above, Gaea and Primus refrence My Little Pony.
