Quest for Fire
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| "Quest for Fire" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Story by | John Barber | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Livio Ramondelli | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Tom B. Long | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | IDW continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | Current era (2014) | ||||||||||||
Synopsis
Optimus Prime, Sandstorm, and Windblade arrive back at the smoldering ruins of Gutcruncher's bar, with the proprietor himself burning in the middle. Sandstorm snaps, accusing Optimus of being responsible for killing all of his friends, but Optimus points out that Gutcruncher was on the line of fire for his illegal engex operations. After calming down, Sandstorm notes that the shell they found belongs to a specific ammunition called the infernus bullet. Reverse engineered from the Firecons on Varas Centralus by the Decepticons, it enters the circulatory system and overloads the spark, burning up a Transformer from the inside. Sandstorm was part of the Wreckers that made sure that it would never see the light of the day, so its current presence is a mystery.
Starscream soon arrives on the scene and, hearing Sandstorm's explanation, accuses the Firecons of causing all the recent trouble. Gathering together a team, both leaders decide to confront the Firecons. It turns for the worse when Slug decides to outright attack the Firecons, beginning a battle with the Dinobots and their associates against the Firecons. Optimus is too late to arrive as the Firecons are brutualized by the Dinobots and Sandstorm, who blames the trio for killing his friends. Flamefeather and Cindersaur are killed by the Dinobots, but Sparkstalker is saved from Sandstorm's kill shot by Optimus, who berates the team for acting rashly and betraying Autobot principles.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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