All Hail Megatron issue 14

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Communist propaganda about a bodyless Autobot
Publisher IDW Publishing
First published August 19, 2009
Cover date August 2009
Written by Shane McCarthy "Replay"
Andy Schmidt "Rebirth"
Art by Emiliano Santalucia "Replay"
Andrew Griffith "Rebirth"
Colors by Josh Burcham
Letters by Chris Mowry
Edits by Denton J. Tipton
Continuity IDW continuity
Chronology All Hail Megatron

Hopefully the last we'll see of Shane McCarthy.

"Replay"

Synopsis

Sunstreaker's life flashes before his eyes

On a distant planet, Sunstreaker and his squad have driven a Decepticon army off the planet. Sunstreaker tells one of his squad units to inform Optimus Prime of the victory, and as he climbs on a stack of energon crates, the rest of his squad chant his name in victory. The squad memeber returns and tells him of Prime's congratulations, as well as giving him co-ordinates from Prime, as he is now reassigned to another squad to another planet called Earth.

On Earth, a scientist named Douglas is talking to his superior. It seems he and his crew are having difficulty in shutting up the robot the Machination have captured. Douglas suggests taking it offline, but his superior will have none of it, as it would erase all the data it contains. The superior wants the readings immediately, and he reminds Douglas that it's a machine and that its "screaming" is an automated response. Douglas doesn't care, as he find the noise distracting. The superior then suggests that he get some earplugs and get the job over with.

At night, a scientist tries to seduce his girlfriend, but she is creeped out by the head of the robot, thinking that it's looking at them. The scientist tries to reassure her that it's not looking at anything, but she isn't convinced, as the robot is the most hideous thing she has ever seen, although the scientist retorts that she had wanted to see it. Suddenly, it speaks, calling for help. The scientist is amused, while the girlfriend is disgusted. Excited, the scientist prods the robot head to speak again.

Hunter O'Nion, who had been turned into one of the Sunstreaker Headmasters, confronts Sunstreaker's head. Sunstreaker begs for the human to kill him, but Hunter refuses. Sunstreaker begs once more, but Hunter refuses again and asks Sunstreaker to teach him how to be a Headmaster, while Sunstreaker begs for a third time to Hunter to kill him...

At an Autobot repair bay, Ratchet is giving Sunstreaker his diagnosis. The cryogenic chambers have done wonders to Sunstreaker and everything looks good, but Ratchet needs to do more tests to be certain. Sunstreaker asks if he can go and Ratchet permits it, saying he will let 'Streaker know when the tests are done. Ratchet next mentions that he's about to finish restoring Hunter back to normal if Sunstreaker wants to see, but Sunstreaker turns his back. In response to Ratchet's query, Sunstreaker turns and, with a false smile, says that being in the CR chambers made him unsteady and he just wants to go for a walk. Ratchet reminds him that it wasn't easy to undergo, as this had never happened to him before. Ratchet is concerned that Sunstreaker might have neural trauma, due to the bonding with and separation from Hunter, and he's worried about what else the Machination scientists might have done with him. Sunstreaker once again says that he's fine—couldn't be happier, in fact, thanks to having his head and body back together again. But as soon as he leaves the repair bay, Sunstreaker walks down the corridor, looks at himself, then staggers to an empty room and holds his head in shame.

The images repeat themselves through the eyes of Sunstreaker's disembodied head on Cybertron, as it, along with pieces of the deactivated Swarm, lie in ruin below, where above, a bridge once stood...

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"Rebirth"

Synopsis

Galvatron survives!

On Gorlam Prime, Galvatron emerges from the solar pool with a scream. The Darkness has consumed him whole, and he tries to endure it...

On the same planet, Cyclonus, who, thanks to his Dead Universe regenerative powers, had managed to survive the events of the Expansion, believes that either life or death would be a blessing, as he and the Dead Universe inhabitants have been marooned on the planet for what he thinks is an eternity. Cyclonus and the inhabitants of the Dead Universe had been part of the firt Ark expedition, which was a scientific voyage that encountered a parallel universe that had no life and no evolution, and it had changed them. They've returned to Gorlam Prime, but Cyclonus is the lone survivor, having last the longest "out here". When he thinks about it, he realises that he had been on his home universe for so long away from the Dead Universe that he feels like an outsider. He is now the last Dead Universe inhabitant, as his comrades Scourge and Straxus are dying, and Nemesis Prime is now dead. For the survivors, death is a release for the static hell they found. All that remains is recycling his fallen men, and that they, the scientific elite and his warrior brothers, deserved better.

Then, Cyclonus' thoughts are broken by Scourge, who weakly states that he's alive. Cyclonus tries to reassure him that he won't last long, that recycling him into the solar pools would be the only gift for him, and wished he had more. Suddenly, Galvatron arrive; now infused with the Darkness, he tells Cyclonus to stop whatever he was doing. Cyclonus tells him that they're no longer alive. With no purpose and no function, they're now little more than illumination units, and that melting them in the solar pool is the only way restore their honor and regain their dignity, Galvatron says that Cyclonus is wrong, and that he's going to join him; he now has the power and the will, and, most importantly, a mission. Galvatron states that if they wanted a function, he'll now give it to them, then fires at the solar pool.

Cyclonus angrily thinks that he's gone binary, but Galvatron asks if that's what he wanted. Cyclonus disagrees, stating about their honor. Scourge, emerging from the pool, again states that he still functions. Galvatron see that and, stating that he'll live, gives him power to live again, then throws him back to the solar pool, as he needs an army. The pool explodes and does it's job as Scourge screams. Cyclonus asks Galvatron what he has done to him, but Galvatron says that the Darkness, not him, wouldn't let Scourge die, just as Scourge bursts out of the solar pool, calling Galvatron's name, restored to full capacity, and the pain has allowed him to live once again. When he asks why, Galvatron that he - they - are more that they once where, and that the Darkness that consumed Nova Prime is now with him. Galvatron is no longer the robot they once knew, that the Darkness isn't what it was with Nova, and that they have become something different and new.

Galvatron then sees his new army approaches, and Cyclonus wonders what army. However, Galvatron's assument turns to anger when he realises that his army is in Scourge's image. Scourge asks if he did that, but Galvatron tells him that they did it. Scourge is now in charge of his Sweeps, that they are now bonded to him, and that if he keeps them in line, he will become a warrior king. Cyclonus thinks this is madness, as there is no spark and no honor in being a warrior slave, and as he was a warrior, a patriot, and a seeker, he won't allow Galvatron to do this to him. Galvatron tells Cyclonus to calm himself, saying that this isn't the fate they had in mind for him; Cyclonus' cunning and spirit refuses to die, as he is noble and incorruptiple. If he had wondered why he was able to survive longer in the normal universe longer that the others and cross between other universes was because he alone retained his live less than a volt. Galvatron wants Cyclonus to trust him, join him, and seek for him.

With his spark restored, Cyclonus feels that he was weak, but Galvatron tells him that he now has strength and that he's now a lieutenant. Galvatron tells his army that they should now get stated, and Cyclonus asks what their mission is. Galvatron says that they were once explorers, looking to discover the forces of the universe, but now that mission is over and they had succeeded, and they had paid to learn the universe's secrets. One, there is only one constant, universal force... change. They are now a part of that force, a catalyst sparking upheaval, igniting revolution and feeding chaos with every hate-filled action. The universe had their way with them, and now it's their turn. Scourge wonders what that means, but Cyclonus has no idea. When asked what they should do, Cyclonus tells Scourge that their function is to seek and that they follow him.

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