Olivia said I can teleport them there she grabbed everyone s hand. Simmons looked at it Land of dreams in there. All I ever wanted to be was an astronaut. Hold those Olivia said ew. What is that? What? I wear them when I'm in a funk. So does G iambi Jeter. It's a baseball thing Okay. Watches synchronized sharp mind and empty bladder. You get caught demand an attorney and don't ever say my name Okay, take one of these pills Slip it under your tongue. It's the high-concentrate polymer they put in Oreo cookies. Tricks the polygraph every time. Okay Now let's get this show on the road. Leo said No listen I can't do this I'm not some alien bounty hunter guys I'm not gonna do this Guards have guns. I don't want to die Kid kid kid You compromise this mission you are dead to me. Now look into my eyes and tighten up that sphincter. The museum is now closing. Yo baba Bad news bro Ran out of toilet paper. You got any out here. Please tell me you do Sir. I suggest you get in there. The museum is closed. Listen man I understand that but as you can see, this is important All right? Thumper dumper I got to go. All right. Sir you are a grown naked man around children. Pull your pants up and exit the building. I'm not going anywhere. You got that paper right sir. You should be embarrassed. This is a family museum sir, they both got tased Olivia said as Simmons said. What is going on here? How many times can you get tased in the nuts before you can't have kids? You are an amateur man a rank amateur. We just downed five guards Five guards Get your stuff and get out of here. Give me a second here Mikaela said I got to get the tracker all right. Be good I'm claustrophobic. Look look Follow him Follow him He knows where he's going. He knows something. What He knows something You got what I got. Yeah Blackbird There he is. This guy's a legend like the Chairman of the Board. Yo freshman point the shard and watch the magic happen. Shit It's a Decepticon. Olivia said Decepticon Decepticon Behind the MiG now What sort of hideous mausoleum is this? Answer me pawns and knaves. Show yourselves or suffer my infinite wrath. You little spinal-cord-based organisms. Bugger it Behold the eternal glory of Jet fire. Prepare for remote systems override. I tell you this guy did not age well. I don't think he's gonna hurt us. I command these doors to open. Fire I said fire Bollocks Damn these worthless parts. Wait a second Sam yelled itchy wretched rust in my arse. The museum is going to be very angry Very angry. We gotta catch that plane Right. I'm on a mission Wait wait wait wait. What do you want Look we just want to talk I have no time to talk. I'm on a mission I'm a mercenary doom-bringer. What planet am I on? Earth Earth Terrible name for a planet Might as well call it Dirt Planet Dirt. Tell me is that robot civil war still going on? Who's winning The Decepticons Olivia said Well, I changed sides to the Autobots. What do you mean changed sides? It's a choice It's an intensely personal decision. So much negativity. Who wants to live a life filled with hate? You mean you don't have to work for those miserable freaking Decepticons? If Decepticons had their way they'd destroy the whole universe I'm changing sides. I'm changing sides too warrior goddess Who's your little Autobot. You're cute. Name's Wheelie Yeah Say my name say my name. What are you allowing to happen to your foot just now. At least he's faithful Sam. Yeah well he's faithful and he's nude and he's perverted. Can you just Can you stop. Hey what are you doing It's just something to think about I won't argue with. What were you saying? I told you my name was Jet fire so stop judging me. Somebody shit the bed this morning. I have issues of my own. And it started with my mother. My ancestors have been here for centuries My father, he was a wheel the first wheel. Do you know what he transformed into? No. Nothing But he did so with honor dignity damn it Bollocks My boosters are fried I think we can help each other. You know things I don't know I know things you don't know. I do. I don't think he knows anything. Honestly I don't. I could do this all day It comes in waves these vivid symbols. They're symbols, but they're in my mind You see, all this is in my mind and Megatron wants what's in my mind Him and someone called the Fallen. The Fallen. I know him. Olivia said I know him to he want to hurt me and find me jet fire said. He left me here to rust. The original Decepticon He's terrible to work for. It's always apocalypse chaos crisis. These transcriptions they were part of my mission the Fallen's search. I remember now for the Dagger's Tip and the key Slow down. The Dagger's Tip The key What are you talking about No time to explain. Hold on everybody Stay still or you'll die. Well that wasn't so bad.I just hope we're still on the right planet. Hey that freaking hurt. Oh my God Oh God Oh my God what a beautiful face. This would be a perfect moment except you landed on my testicles Please, get off God my balls. Sam Where are we Simmons Hey! Yeah Oh my God Oh my God What is this It's Vegas. You guys okay? Yeah Hey I think we're in Vegas. That really really hurt. You're just lucky that I didn't get hurt. People could have gotten killed okay. And if I would have gotten hurt you would have heard. Shut up I told you I was opening a space bridge. It's the fastest way to travel to Egypt. When did you tell us? You didn't tell us anything. You didn't tell us anything. Why are we in Egypt Don't you get snippy with me fleshling. You were duly informed. Can you just stop for a second? Can you focus? Can you tell us why we're in Egypt so we can all have a little bit of semblance of peace of mind. This planet was visited by our race once before by our earliest ancestors millennia ago. They were on an exploratory mission to harvest Energon the lifeblood of our race. Without it we'll all perish oxidize and rust like my wretched self. Do you have any idea what it's like to slowly fall apart and die? Let's not get episodic okay old-timer. Beginning middle end Facts Details Condense Plot Tell it. Somewhere buried in this desert our ancestors built a great machine. It harvests Energon by destroying suns. Destroy suns. You mean blow them up Yes. You see in the beginning there were seven Primes our original leaders. And they set out into the universe seeking distant suns to harvest. The Primes set out with one rule never destroy a planet with life until one of them tried to defy this rule. And his name forevermore was the Fallen. He despised the human race and he wanted to kill you all by turning on that machine. The only way to activate it is with a legendary key called the Matrix of Leadership. A great battle took place over possession of the Matrix. The Fallen was stronger than his brothers so they had no choice but to steal and hide it from him. In the ultimate sacrifice they gave their lives to seal the Matrix away in a tomb made of their very own bodies a tomb we cannot find. Somewhere buried in this desert that deadly machine remains. The Fallen knows where it is and if he finds the tomb of the Primes your world will be no more. Okay so how do we stop him? Only a Prime can defeat the Fallen. Optimus Prime So you've met a Prime. Why you must have met a great descendant. Is he alive here on this planet. He sacrificed himself to save me and my sister. So he's dead. Without a Prime it's impossible. No one else could stop the Fallen So, the same energy that's gonna be used to reactivate the machine could that energy somehow be used to reactivate Optimus and bring him back to life. It was never designed for that purpose but it's an energy like no other. So then how do you get us to the Matrix before the Decepticons get to me. Follow your mind your map your symbols. What you carved in the sand it's your clue. When dawn alights the Dagger's Tip Three Kings will reveal the doorway. Find the doorway. Go now Go That was my mission It's your mission now. Go before the Decepticons find me and find you and protect that girl they want her to for something bigger she can read the writing just trust her and do as she says in some things.
end of chapter 23
