Before the Storm
Writers: Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward
Inferno brings Megatron an alien golden disk that causes him to offer a too good to be true cease fire to the Maximals.
Major Characters (in order of appearance): Characters
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Original Air Date: February 21, 1997
Summary
Megatron (BW) is woken by the computer of the Darksyde. It reports an energy anomaly in the mountainside, and that it is of alien origin. Megatron, sees the start of something big. Inferno (BW) is sent, where he retrieves the second golden disc.
Optimus Primal is in a scouting run looking for the same energy anomaly that Megatron already found (Why the Axalon couldn't detect it as the Darksyde could is unclear). He sees a strange probe, and follows it. The probe stops and forms into a holoform of Megatron. He proposes to meet about a truce on neutral ground, between both leaders.
When they meet, Megatron insists that the truce is not an act of treachery. He explains that he has no time to fight Maximals, and he needs time to think. Primal reluctantly agrees to a truce, bound by Maximal code. Rhinox proposes that it's about the alien energy. Primal agrees, stating that something scared Megatron very badly. Rattrap is sent - kicking and screaming - into infiltrating the Darksyde.
Meanwhile, Tarantulus has already spent his time transferring Inferno's stasis pod into an escape ship to flee the primitive Earth before the Vok arrive. Waspinator surprises him and demands an answer, and Tarantulus easily defeats him. Megatron, watching the exchange, decides to let Tarantulus do his work, and throw another kink in it - Blackarachnia.
Airazor is carrying Rattrap to the Darksyde - unarmed - and drops him off quickly before hailing the Predacon channels. Megatron casually disarms the perimeter defenses and asks Airazor to leave. As she leaves, he stops her a moment and suggests she take Rattrap with her. Foiled, they return to the base and report to Primal, but exchange knowing glances - the distraction was enough for Tigatron to make his entrance.
Blackarachnia surprises Tarantulus, and in the confusion, Megatron hacks the trans-warp cell and adds his own programming.
Tigatron hacks the Predacon database in a cool VR world, and discovers the second Golden Disc's datatracks. Terrasaur (BW) sees him and prepares to fire, but Tigatron easily knocks him over and flees, running towards the Maximal ambush party. The Maximals (even Dinobot (BW) conquer the Predacons - in a very peaceful and truce-like fashion.
On the Maximal base, Tigatron explains - the same aliens, the same ones who crafted the flying island, the energon on Earth, the runes, and the golden discs - were coming back, and they weren't very happy about the Transformers' presence on Earth.
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