The Transformers Page #4

SOUNDWAVE:

Rumble! Frenzy! Ravage! Ratbat! Eject!

Operation:
interference.

ON CASSETTES:

as they transform and attack the crows nest.

ON RUMBLE:

as he starts PILE DRIVER MOTION on Crows Nest windows

RUMBLE:

First we crack the shell. Then we crack the

nuts inside.

INSIDE CROWS NEST

as Blaster and Perceptor see Rumble and others and react.

Blaster stops broadcasting.

BLASTER:

We got Cassette Critters knockin' on

the window!

ON RUMBLE:

as he CRACKS THROUGH GLASS and he and others swarm in and

attack Perceptor who tries to beat them away

PERCEPTOR:

Run, Blaster! Save yourself!

BLASTER:

No way. Two can play!

ON BLASTER:

as he spews out CASSETTES which TRANSFORM into CUBBIE, a lion,

STRIPES, a tiger, STINGER, a scorpion and BOLTS, a small, tough

robot.

BLASTER:

Sic 'em!

ON RUMBLE:

as Cubbie takes him down by the foot, turning him over and over

ON STRIPES:

as he SNAPS at Ratbat who screams and darts, trying to escape as

we move to

STINGER AND BOLTS

as Bolts swats Frenzy into Stinger who JABS Stinger into Frenzy

making him yowl and run.

PERCEPTOR AND BLASTER

As they fight Decepticons.

PERCEPTOR:

You think you got through to Prime?

BLASTER:

Let's hope so! Cause if I didn't we're

gonna look like burnt out toaster ovens!

CUT TO:

LONG SHOT -AUTOBOT CITY BESIEGED

The city shows gaps, dents, smoking holes and Decepticons continue

to pump fire into it and get back sporadic return fire from

inside as...

... Megatron moves INTO SHOT and fills THE SCREEN

MEGATRON:

Constructicons merge for the kill!

IN "PILLBOX" LIKE GUN EMPLACEMENT IN CITY'S ARMORED WALL

Where Springer and Arcee clear the twisted remains of Autobot

defenders away from a CATAPULT LIKE TORPEDO LAUNCHER.

POV - THROUGH LAUNCHER PORT

we see the mountain where the Decepticons are getting ready for

the final charge.

SPRINGER:

Great! Megatron's making his big push

and we can't even push...

(struggling to turn Catapult

around to re-aim it)

...back!

Arcee starts to push beside him.

THE HUGE CATAPULT

moves slowly as we CHANGE ANGLE and Kup, Hot Rod and Daniel ENTER

SHOT.

KUP:

Keep at it, Springer, lad! Help's at

hand!

(to Hot Rod)

Together now!

Hot Rod joins the others in pushing the huge Catapult into firing

position.

DANIEL:

also leans against it, his small legs churning.

THE CATAPULT:

starts moving easily now.

ON ARCEE BESIDE HOT ROD

Pushing on the busted catapult.

ARCEE:

(pushing, manages to speak

to Hot Rod. She likes him

but doesn't want to go too

far)

I was afraid you'd be trapped outside

the city walls.

HOT ROD:

(likes her, too, but tries to

be cool and collected)

Hey, I wasn't worried for a micro-second, Arcee!

ARCEE:

(enjoying letting him have

it)

Then you probably didn't understand the situation.

Before Hot Rod can react, Kup steps back from repositioned

Catapult

KUP:

That did it!

DANIEL AT LAUNCHER PORT (Opening in "pillbox" through which the

Catapult will fire)

DANIEL:

Kup, Hot Rod! Look!

(he points)

THEIR P.O.V. - THE CONSTRUCTICONS

as they start linking themselves together into enormous

DEVASTATOR.

KUP (V.O.)

Devastator!

ON DEVASTATOR:

as he rises up and starts FIRING, HAMMERING, TEARING AWAY at

metal shields which create armored walls of the transformed City.

WIDEN SHOT TO INCLUDE MEGATRON, STARSCREAM, DIRGE, ET, AL.

as they line up behind Devastator, FIRING INTO THE CITY, ready to

follow Devastator inside when he has torn the "roof" off.

ON SPRINGER, ARCEE, HOT ROD, KUP AT CATAPULT

as Springer LOADS TORPEDOES ONTO CATAPULT LIKE SLING

SPRINGER:

I got better things to do today than

die.

(he FIRES Catapult)

ANGLE ON CATAPULT

as it HURLS FLAMING TORPEDO BOMBS one after the other out the

launch port and we FOLLOW THEM TO

MEGATRON AND OTHER DECEPTICONS

waiting for Devastator to open the way as a succession of

torpedo-bombs explode, knocking them aside, some of the

Torpedo-Bombs strike...

DEVASTATOR:

and explode harmlessly as Devastator continues to grunt and tear

off armored layers of the city. He grabs Hot Rod and Kup and

starts to crush them.

ARCEE:

Hot Rod!

CUT TO:

EXT. THE EDGE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

as Optimus Prime's Space Shuttle hurtles in.

INSIDE THE SPACE SHUTTLE - OPTIMUS PRIME WITH DINOBOTS

OPTIMUS PRIME:

Dinobots. Destroy Devastator!

GRIMLOCK:

Uhhhh! Me Grimlock love challenge!

Dinobots, transform!

DINOBOTS:

transform into humanoid mode, and, with Grimlock at the front...

...fly out of the shuttle in wedge formation, blasting in unison.

FOLLOW DINOBOTS:

In as they transform again and, in dino mode, swoop over to

Devastator...

DEVASTATOR:

Roars towards the Dinobots.

THEIR BATTLE:

shakes the Earth...

...buckling City walls, menacing the Autobots inside. Hot Rod and

Kup are released during the struggle.

ANGLE ON THE DINOBOTS

As they try to destroy Devastator...

... Their strength is more than matched and soon

they are overwhelmed by him.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE BATTLEFIELD - MOMENTS LATER

Prime stands outside the dented shuttle with Sunstreaker and

Hound. As he talks he shoots at a swarm of Decepticons who

battle their way towards him.

PRIME:

Megatron must be stopped.

(pause)

PRIME'S POV - MEGATRON

The Decepticon leader stands a hundred yards away, vanishing and

reappearing with the shifting waves of Generic Decepticons that

charge back and forth.

PRIME (V.O.)

No matter the cost.

PRIME'S CHARGE:
A SERIES OF SHOTS

PRIME'S CHARGE - HEROIC BATTLE THEME SONG

Optimus Prime leader and hero of the Autobots

charges into certain doom. As he battles his way

through the Decepticons, we HEAR an inspiring anthem

of courage, strength and triumph, like "Eye of the

Tiger".

This theme will reprise during the film when the

Autobots are battling at impossible odds.

He charges headlong into the Decepticon forces which separate him

from Megatron.

Decepticons fire on him, but he takes the shots, and...

Spinning and whirling like the Sundance Kid, he takes a lot out.

Then, Decepticons attempt to block his charge and Prime...

... Like a powerback, transforms to Truck Mode and barrels

into them, sending Decepticons flying around like shards of

glass hit by a .45.

... finally, he is engulfed by an incoming swarm, and it

looks like his attack is foiled.

MEGATRON:

as he commands his troops.

MEGATRON:

Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter

begin.

Then he turns and sees...

MEGATRON:

Prime!?

PRIME:

smashing through a wall of lesser Decepticons.

PRIME:

One shall stand, one shall fall.

CLOSE ON MEGATRON

his eyes blazing with hatred.

MEGATRON:

Why throw away your life so recklessly?

ON OPTIMUS PRIME

Dirge takes a sneaky leap at him...

Optimus stiffarms him with a shuddering clank...

...then turns him upside down with one hand and...

...drives him headfirst into the rocky ground, letting him

crumple and fall.

OPTIMUS PRIME:

That's a question you should ask yourself.

MEGATRON:

hurls himself at Optimus Prime...

.... both tumble into the walls of the City...

...denting the walls and causing the electronic panels inside to

short circuit, surrounding them with a fiery nimbus of crackling

electrical energy.

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