The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences
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 Thank Christ the Beast was on the back cover... | |||||||||||||
| "The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Metrodome | ||||||||||||
| First published | August 2004 (included with Season 3 & Season 4 DVD set) | ||||||||||||
| Script | Darren Jamieson | ||||||||||||
| Art | Dylan Gibson | ||||||||||||
The Beast falls down a hole.
Synopsis
With many Autobots having fallen to the Beast, a small group of survivors attempts to flee the scene huddled inside Optimus Prime's trailer. But Prime is not fast enough—the Beast rips his trailer open like a tin can with one swipe of his massive claw, and Skids is torn from within and meets his end in the creature's grip. With Prime running on rims, salvation arrives at the last minute in the form of Jetfire, who swoops in to pick up the Autobots and transport them to safety. Although Bumblebee urges Prime to climb aboard as well, he speeds ahead, to the rim of a crevasse, while Jetfire slows the Beast with a burst from his afterburners. The Beast emerges from the flames, and Prime calls out to his former troops, but with no response save a monstrous snarl, he opens fire. The Beast lunges at him and they grapple, until Prime shifts the monster's weight and causes both it and himself to topple into the chasm. At the last minute, Jetfire soars to the rescue again, plucking Prime out of mid-air as the Beast topples to the bottom of the pit and shatters into fragments. As Prime observes the smoking wreck, Jetfire inquires if it is over, to which Prime responds—"Is it ever really over?" All hope it is.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Notes
- This issue sees Gibson draw in a style he is more accustomed to, as he stated that it would fit the dark nature of the story better. The Dreamwave influence is still felt, however, particularly when Prime draws his rifle from his "backpack"—a concept that comes directly from the original Dreamwave miniseries.
- Part 2 is lettered by hand, poorly, with the effect that it is barely legible.
- Springer is shown among the dead Autobots in the opening panels—he even gets his own panel for a closeup—yet he is also shown among the wounded survivors in Prime's trailer a few pages later.
Cover
- Optimus and Beastie stand amongst a few deactivated bodies.
- Cover by Dylan Gibson.
