Infiltration issue 2
Template:Comicnav Ratchet reaches safety with the Autobots, or does he?
Synopsis
Confronted by two menacing robots, the stunned Verity, Hunter and Jimmy can only stand and gawk as the ambulance driver disappears in a blaze of electricity, stunning one of the robots—and as it falls into a garage wall, sending concrete everywhere, the ambulance itself transforms into a third giant robot, shielding the three humans from the rubble. As the robot who was a white sports car draws a weapon, the third robot deploys an ink spray, blinding his attacker, then folds itself back down, becoming an ambulance once again, and orders the three humans inside it.
Back in the wilds of Arizona, a police detachment finds the dead body of the anonymous businessman. None of them can identify him—at least, not but one, who secretly calls group of people in a boardroom whose only distinguishing feature is a massive "M".
The ambulance is once again picked up by the blue jet fighter and narrowly avoids a pile-up caused by the jet's sonic boom. This allows the two sports cars—who identify themselves as Runamuck and Runabout—to catch up, partially transforming to deploy weapons. According to the ambulance, this is a very disturbing sign, as Decepticons never break cover, let alone in such a brazen fashion. Some more fancy driving allows the ambulance to shake Runamuck and Runabout, but Verity, whom on top of fleeing for her life has had reality turned upside down on her, gets out of the ambulance and flees.
While Jimmy goes to calm her down, Hunter tries to pry more detail out of the ambulance—starting with its name, Ratchet—but before he can get far, the jet re-acquires them. With everyone back inside, Ratchet goes on the run again, but three more cars with weapons that spring from hidden compartments appear and shoot the plane down. These cars then transform and draw weapons on Ratchet, and the leader—Prowl—informs Ratchet of the statutes of the Autobot Code of Interplanetary Conflict that he has violated. In his defense, Ratchet offers only two words: Siege Mode...
Credits
Script: Simon Furman
Art: E. J. Su
Colors: John Rauch
Lettering: Tom B. Long
Editor: Chris Ryall & Dan Taylor
- Originally published: February 08, 2006
- Continuity: IDW continuity
Major characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Regulars
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Errors
- None yet identified.
Items of note
- The truck that rams the Battlechargers may be a reference to Laser Optimus Prime.
- The "Decepticomments" section featured mail answered by Chris Ryall and short ads for next month's issues: Infiltration #3, The Gathering #2, Generations #1 and the War and Peace reprint.
Covers (7)
- Cover A: Battlechargers by E. J. Su
- Cover B: Thundercracker attacks Ratchet by Guido Guidi
- Cover C: Prowl threatens Ratchet by Andrew Wildman
- Cover D: Thundercracker attacks humans by James Raiz
- Cover RI-A: Starscream by Guido Guidi
- Cover RI-B: Battle wraparound cover by E. J. Su
- Cover RI-C: Ratchet by Guido Guidi (includes 3 mini-prints)
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- 3-page preview of The Gathering
- Angel: "City Of" scriptbook
- The Gathering (back cover)
