Transformers: Rise of the Beasts/Transcript

== Main Film ==
Optimus Primal: (voiceover) There’s a legend that precedes the dawn of our civilization. A vile god so large and so powerful that it consumed entire planets as fuel. Few believed such a thing could be true… until the day we saw Unicron with our own eyes. But he didn’t just come for our planet. He wanted our greatest technology. The Transwarp Key. And he sent his most powerful henchmen to collect it. Scourge. 
[Apelinq is seen fleeing away from some Terrocon scrorpions, with the Transwarp Key on his mouth. Before the scorpion attacks, it is killed off by Optimus Primal. Airazor then kills some other scorpions with her fire breath. Cheetor & Rhinox enter the scene.] 
Cheetor: More enemies are landing! We won't be safe for long! 
Airazor: Do we have the key? 
Apelinq: You must take it. Keep it hidden so that it never falls into the hands of Unicron. 
Optimus Primal: But Apelinq, we can fight! 
Apelinq: No! Protecting our Transwarp Key is all that matters! Go! Use it to escape! 
Airazor: What will you do? 
Apelinq: I'll hold him off. Buy you some time. 
Optimus Primal: Then I'm staying with you. 
Apelinq: This is my fight. Listen. If Unicron were to get the key, it could open a portal through time and space with no end to the worlds he could destroy. It is now your time to lead the Maximals, Optimus Primal. 
[With the Transwarp Key in his hands, Primal leads the Maximals away to a ship. Meanwhile, Apelinq turns to the darkness of a forest, with Scourge's eyes glowing red.] 
Scourge: So you are this planet’s great warrior? Mmm, you have such a beautiful world filled with an abundance of life. [completely emerges from the forest] Savory. My master grows hungry. Give me the Transwarp Key and he will spare your home. 
Apelinq: We'd rather die than let him reach other planets. 
Scourge: So be it. [as Apelinq attacks, Scourge blasts him, gaining the upper hand] Benefits of serving the almighty Unicron. [welds Apelinq's Maximal symbol to his shoulder] They never learn. 
Apelinq: You're too late, Scourge. Your master will be trapped in this galaxy forever. 
Scourge: [sees the Maximal ship taking off] No! 
[Meanwhile on the ship...] 
Airazor: His sacrifice will be our oath. To preserve the key. No matter the cost. 
[Cut to Scourge standing in front of Unicron.] 
Unicron: You let them slip away with the Transwarp Key? Scour the universe and find the Maximals have gone. When you acquire the key, use it to bring me to you. 
Scourge: Yes, my lord.
Unicron: Once I have the key, I alone will reign supreme! 
[Unicron then proceeds to devour the Maximals' home planet, with shards of the destruction fly up to make the title card. We then open in New York City in the year, 1994. Inside an apartment, a man is testing out an electronic device.] 
Noah: All right, baby, come on... All right, show me the money, show me the money... 
Noah: Here we go! Here we go. 
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Yo, Sonic, breakfast ready yet?
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) I ain't your butler, Kris. 
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Come on, man! No names over the airwaves. It's Tails.
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) Oh, my bad. Christopher Diaz from 974 Wilson Avenue, Apartment 2C, Brooklyn L-- 
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) No real names! They’re listening!
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) Ain't no secret government agency's worried about us, "Tails". Now get your behind out here while it's hot.
Breanna: At least they got that going for 'em. Here, I ironed this for you.
Noah: I already ironed it.
Breanna: Like you cooked those eggs?
Noah: What you mean? They're just seasoned.
Kris: Oh, come on!
Noah: Come here, bro.
Kris: I can't get past Bowser.
Breanna: Well, good morning to you, too. Drink this and take your medicine, all of it.
Kris: Okay.
Breanna: Are you sure you can take him?
Noah: Yeah, uh, hospital's on the way. I got time.
Breanna: If that lady, that... administrator is there, and she mentions a bill. Just… tell her we're handling it.
Noah: I will. And after today, I'll be able to help out more.
Breanna: Good luck on the interview. Don't forget to laugh at all the jokes! White people love that shit.
Kris: Ma. Language.
Breanna: Okay. (kisses Kris’s cheek) Remember I have class tonight, so I'll be home late. Lo quiero.
Noah: I love you. (to Kris) All right, man, we gotta get into the city. Hey, hold up, hold up. Your hand's hurting again?
Kris: No, it's nothing.
Noah: Then let me see. Kris. 
Noah: It's swollen. Sickle cells must be blocking the blood flow again. How long has this been going on? 
Kris: Couple days.
Noah: Yo, look, I told you. You gotta tell me these things. You fighting this alone or are we fighting it together?
Kris: Together.
Noah: Home team?
Kris: Home team.
[Noah, with a business suit, & Kris are seen stepping out of the apartment. They first check on Noah's shady friend, Reek.]
Reek: Two for ten, two for-- stop touching everything. (sees Noah and Kris coming) Oh, hell no! (to Kris) Hey, yo, Kris. what I tell you about letting your mans come out the crib looking like a whole square?
Kris: Only so much I could do.
Noah: Yeah whatever bro, look. Here.
Reek: Oooh! My dog! When you gonna let me put your skills to work and get you some real money?
Noah: Yeah, says the dude can't even afford cable.
Reek: (mimics Noah) "Says the guy who don't wanna..." (in his normal voice) I choose not to purchase cable? It's my own personal way to protest the vampiric nature of modern day capitalism! (as Noah and Kris leave) Hey, good luck with that interview in that dusty suit!
[Meanwhile at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration...]
Elena: Ugh! I'm coming!
Kid: Oh, look at this.
Elena: Hey guys. That's a good one, but the ankylosaurus? Most armored dinosaur.
Jillian: Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you for being here. (to Elena) Intern, intern, I paged you three times. Why didn't you call me?
Elena: Okay, well, I figured if I stopped the call, they would make me later.
Jillian: The police are here. They busted an art auction. The owner claims that everything is authentic, but they want a second opinion?
Elena: All right.
[Elena inspects some art pieces closely.]
Elena: The Da Vinci sketch is legit. The paint is a copy. Real one's at the National Gallery in London. Roman Vase. Valuable, but you are not gonna retire. Sinners Greek curse tablet, it would be expensive, but it's a fake.
Jillian: How can you tell?
Elena: See the speller? Roman. Doesn't even show up in an era.
Jillian: Got it. (to the police) Officers, I figured it out. So, the Da Vinci, that is--
[While Jillian talks to the cops, Elena notices a strange symbol on an eagle statue.]
Elena: Now where did you come from? What are you?
Jillian: (chuckles) It's pretty neat, right?
Elena: Yes. Where is it from?
Jillian: They just discovered it in Sudan. The boys say it's Horus, 5th millennia BC Nubian.
Elena: This symbol is definitely not hieroglyphic.
Jillian: Well, if it's as exotic as it looks, I'm gonna get a feature in Minerva.
Elena: Oh. J-Jillian.
Jillian: Okay, team. Let's do it.
[Meanwhile, Noah and Kris are sitting in the hospital waiting room.] 
Noah: Okay, what are the rules? 
Kris: Bros before hoes. 
[Noah glares at Kris.]
Kris: Don’t be a problem. Don’t go looking for a problem.
Noah: Or else we’re gonna have a prob--
Kris: A problem. I know, I know. 
Noah: Okay, I'll be back in a little bit. 
Ms. Greene: Mr. Diaz? 
Noah: Hey, I- I know we're a little behind on the bill…
Ms. Greene: Three months behind and until your account is current, you can't bring your brother here. I've told you that.
Noah: I'm gonna fix it. I just need a little more time. 
Ms. Greene: You can always take him to the ER. 
Noah: Well, they won't see him in the ER unless he's critical.
Ms. Greene: Mr. Diaz…
Noah: He’s eleven! He's eleven years old.
[Soon, Noah walks over to his little brother in the waiting room.]
Noah: Come on, Kris. We gotta go.
Kris: What happened? 
Noah: Tell you later, man, alright? Come on, let's get out of here
[They leave the hospital. Later, they stop by a work building.]
Noah: Hey, yo, sit here. Don’t move!
[He goes into the building and walks to the receptionist.]
Walker: Can I help you?
Noah: Yes. Hey, I'm here for an interview with the head of security, Mr. Bishop. I'm Noah Diaz.
Walker: It's been canceled. 
Noah: No, no, that has to be a mistake.
Walker: Then write for Mr. Bishop.
[Noah spots Mr. Bishop, chatting to a woman and walks over to him.]
Noah: Mr. Bishop! Hey, hey! 
Mr. Bishop: It's okay, Walker. 
Noah: It's me, Noah Diaz. Sir, I think your boy back there is confused. He said our interview is canceled. 
Mr. Bishop: Because it is.
Noah: Wait, why? On the phone, you said I was perfect for the job. You said this was just a formality.
Mr. Bishop: It was until your old commanding officer called me back. Said you were brave, an expert Comtech, but unreliable. Couldn't trust you. Your head was always somewhere else.
Noah: Sir, I can't explain all of that. I had some responsibilities at home. My brother, he's s...
Mr. Bishop: You had responsibility to the United States Army.
Noah: Mr. Bishop, sir, I'm a hard worker, okay? I just… I just really need a break.
Mr. Bishop: Listen, I can't have someone like you mess up what I built.
Noah: Someone like me? You don't know anything about me!
Mr. Bishop: I know you don't know how to be part of a team.
[Bishop walks away, leaving Noah in disappointment. Later, Noah and Kris take the subway train, depressed over today.]
Kris: Hey, look, Superman went on a bunch of interviews before he got his job on the Daily Planet. Man, he never gave up.
Noah: I'm not Superman, Kris. Life ain't a comic book.
Kris: I'm just saying, you'll get the next one.
Noah: Yo, there is no next one. No one's coming to save us. We're alone in this. Hey, man, I'm sorry.
Kris: It's alright.
Noah: No, it's not. None of this is. Know what? Come on.
[Later, they arrive back at their apartment. Noah hands the keys to Kris.] 
Noah: Go ahead, bro. Yo, just head upstairs, I'll be right there, all right?
[As Kris goes off, Noah walks over to Reek.]
Noah: So, what was you talking about earlier?
[It is nighttime. Noah & Reek are in the latter's car.]
Reek: Hey yo, you want one?
Noah: No! I don't want any candy.
Reek: You gotta relax, man. Your energy is really affecting my chi, and I get it. I was nervous my first time too, but you might wanna do some breathing exercises or something, look at me. (takes deep breaths)
Noah: My man, my man, my man, my man. It's just... I ain't done this before.
Reek: I know that, but them rich cats in there? They give a ton of paper to charities every year to make themselves feel better. Hell, if you look at it from a holistic perspective, we doing them a favor. (to a passerby) Hey, yo, you're welcome!
Noah: What are you--?! Stop! What are you doing?!
Reek: This ain't about to affect their pockets at all. And it's about to be easy as hell.
Noah: So why you ain't the one going in there doing it?
Reek: Because, papito, I'm the mastermind! Now, come on, put this in your ear.
Noah: My man, you serious? Yo, is that even clean?
Reek: It's the fourth quarter. We got ten seconds left on the clock, and you got the rock.
Noah: Get rid of this.
Reek: Well, c'mon-- Hey, man. Don't slam the--
[Back at the museum...]
Jillian: Okay, I'm off to my fundraiser. What do you think?
Elena: It's nice. (Jillian chuckles) Um, can I, can I have some of your time? So, I've been doing some research, and I don't think that the statuette is Horus. As a matter of fact, I'm sure it's not. The boys dated it around 5000 BC, right?
Jillian: Mm-hmm.
Elena: But the Nubians, they never even had contact with the Egyptians until years after that. The symbol's not hieroglyphic. I don't even think it's from that part of the world. I think it might be Aztec or Inca. It's not some Egyptian god. It's something else.
[A beat.]
Jillian: Interesting. Get those pressed, okay?
[Back with Noah & Reek...]
Reek: Hey. There you go. Let that breath fill you up. In, out.
Noah: Please stop talking.
Reek: OK, all right. I get it. You don't like to chit chat back and forth, but I got something for you.
Noah: You got a robbing mixtape?
Reek: Uh, no. I got a liberating mixtape.
Reek: You're feeling that, huh?
Noah: Yeah, whatever.
Reek: Aight, there shouldn't be nobody in this part of the building. You should be able to just walk right on in.
Noah: Strike one, mastermind! This place is packed.
Reek: Hey, well, to error is divine. Just act like you own the place.
Noah: Hey, what's up, brother? Good to see you again.
Reek: Try not to look suspicious.
Noah: Here you go, here you go. Sorry, sorry. That's you, bro. Nice glasses. I didn't know you had glasses.
Reek: What are you doing, making friends? Everything good?
Noah: We're in the mix.
[Switches back to the museum. Elena is ready to inspect the Airazor statue.]
Elena: Hey. Let's see what you really are.
[Later, Noah successfully makes it to the carpark.]
Reek: Now my man said it's tucked in the back. Been there a couple weeks. It's like a grayish car with, like, a...
Noah: ...blue stripe.
Reek: Alright now just like brother Reek showed you. Down the window. A little wibble. Feel that snag and... yeah. Now we makin' money.
Reek: All right, talk to me, homie.
Noah: I'm in.
[At the museum...]
Elena: This won’t hurt a bit. [The statue starts to crack.] Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! No, no, no, no! I'm gonna lose my job. I'm gonna go to jail!
[Half the Transwarp Key starts to hum and glow.]
Elena: It’s definitely not Nubian.
[Then, unbeknownst to her, it blasts out a glowing light up to the sky. Cut to a parking lot, a red 1987 Freightliner FLA semi-truck drives down before transforming into Optimus Prime, who sees the light in the distance.]
Optimus Prime: This cannot be. Calling all Autobots! Calling all Autobots! 
[Cut to a modified yellow-black 1970s Chevrolet Camaro, Bumblebee, going down a road.] 
Bumblebee: (via radio) Yippie-ki-yay, mother- 
[Then, a red-white Ducati 916 motorcycle with a holographic driver arrives at the top of the parking garage before transforming into Arcee. 
Arcee: Prime, this is Arcee. I have a visual. What am I looking at? 
[Cut to Optimus.] 
Optimus Prime: A way home.
[Cut to the message being sent to Mirage's radio.]
Optimus Prime: (via radio) Calling all Autobots! Calling all Autobots!
Noah: What am I doing?
Reek: Well, hell, the coast is clear out here, so whenever you want to slide that thing on out, you good.
Noah: I can't! I can't.
Reek: Like, you can't drive stick or something?
Noah: No, it's just… it ain't no thief.
Reek: Are you having an existential crisis now? The deadline for that was when I offered you Twizzlers.
Optimus Prime: (via radio) This is an emergency! Can you hear me, Mirage? Roll out!
Reek: Yo, who the hell was that?
Noah: Ayo, it's the radio, bro. This car is bugging. I'm out.
Security Guard: Hey!
Noah: Shit. Oh-- Oh, shit...
Security Guard: Hey you! [Mirage's car lights light up, prompting the guard to get out a gun.] Get out of the car!
Noah: I'm trying! The car started by itself! I promise! Look, it's not working!
Security Guard: Get out now!
[Mirage starts up, & drives out of the carpark with Noah in him.]
Noah: No, hold up, wait! What you doing?!
Reek: Noah, what's... [He whoops heartily as Mirage speeds by.]
Noah: Reek! Reek! Reek!
Reek: Now that’s top tier manifestation!
Noah: Dude, the car's driving by itself!
Reek: Noah, you good?
Noah: I don't know what's going on! It won't stop! (to the car) Stop, stop! Why aren't you listening?!
Reek: But you might want to slow down.
Noah: It's not me. It's the car! It's possessed!
Reek: No, no, no, no, no. You're just on an adrenaline high. Let's do some of them breathing exercises.
Noah: Yo, I don't need no breathing exercises, the car's driving by itself!
[Reek then notices a police car behind him.]
Reek: Oh. Nah.
Noah: Yo, Reek, what do we do?
Reek: Noah, I cannot hear you.
Noah: Reek!
Reek: No, I can't.
[He drives away, leaving Noah to be chased by the police car.]
Noah Diaz: No, no, he did not! No, he did not just leave me!
Cop: Pull over!
Noah: HELP ME!
[Mirage continues driving as 2 cars are about to come their way as Noah screams, doing so again as they go up a ramp. The cop goes on the ramp, but unsuccessfully lands on the side, & is then mowed out by a bypassing truck. Noah takes the time to catch his breath as more cops come their way.]
Noah: Drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive!
[Mirage drives again as music starts blaring.
Noah: The bridge, the bridge, the bridge, take the Williamsburg!
[The car chase pursues on the Williamsburg Bridge.]
Cop: (on radio) I got a 10-37 in progress, silver Porsche.
[The police car rams into the Porsche,]
Noah: You serious, man?
[It rams again, making it spin around to face backwards. It keeps driving by itself.]
Noah: Oh, nah. Oh, nah.
[The police car rams into the front of Mirage.]
Noah: Help me or something, please!
[Mirage brightens his lights before shifting to the right side, surprising Noah.]
Noah: Oh! Yo, nah! Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!
[Mirage moves over to another lane as a truck blocks the cop car.]
Optimus Prime: (via radio) Come in, come in! Can you hear me, Mirage?
Noah: "Mirage"? What...? 
[The silver car forms four mirages of itself. One for each side. Noah looks out to see a mirage of himself flipping the bird to the cop, while another is seen grinning.] 
Noah: Mirage! 
[The cop car moves past the truck to see multiple mirages. The cop is stunned by the sight of this. As he chases the one in front of him, it disappears to give way to barrels. The police car crashes, making them burst out water. Noah pants in shock, this isn’t happening. After crossing the bridge, Mirage turns right and down the road.] 
Noah: Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Slow down! Slow down! 
[Mirage goes into an abandoned warehouse and tosses Noah out before transforming before his very eyes.]
Mirage: Wooo-hoo-hoooo! That felt good! Gets the oil pumping, you know? Damn! I've been cooped up forever, dude. I can’t tell you how old it gets. “Mirage, stay hidden! Mirage, don’t draw any attention to yourself! Mirage, Big is just a movie! You’ll never be a real boy!” But that was fun, man. You’re fun, dude. Oh, right. This is probably a lot for you, huh? 
[Noah grabs a nearby pipe to defend himself.]
Noah: Yo, back up!
Mirage: Hey, hey, whoawhoawhoa, what’s with the aggression? I thought after the car chase we were boys! What are you, gonna hit me?
Noah: Maybe.
Mirage: It's like that? 
[Mirage's arm turns into a cannon and aims at Noah. The two stare down at each other.]
Mirage: Hmm, tough guy. I like that. (his cannon arm turns to normal) I like it a lot.
Noah: What are you? Some sort of possessed car or something?
Mirage: Pfft, nah, that’s not real, man. I’m an alien!
Noah: Like... Like E.T.?
Mirage: E.T.?! The little ugly guy in the basket? Look at this face! The name's Mirage! (holds up his fist) C'mon! Gimme a little-- Gimme a little-- Gimme a little! Gimme a little tap... Gimme a little tap. (Noah fist-pumps Mirage.) There ya go, now we're friends! (hears the others coming) Ah, great, the gang's here...
Noah: There are more like you?!
Mirage: Like me? No. But be cool so they don’t crush you.
Noah: What?
Mirage: Yeah, I’d put that pipe down if I were you.
[The other Autobots arrive inside the warehouse in their vehicle forms before turning into their robot forms. Noah quickly throws the pipe away.]
Bumblebee: (via radio) Well, well, who have we got here?
Arcee: Mirage, what have you done?
Optimus Prime: You brought a human here?!
Mirage: Optimus, hey! Lookin' good, man! Wait a second, are those new rims?
Optimus Prime: You were told to stay hidden!
Mirage: Right, right. Crazy coincidence. When you called all Optimus-like, "Autobots, Roll Out!", this guy was already in the car! But he's cool, so it's cool, cool?
Optimus Prime: Not cool. (grabs Noah and lifts him up to his face) Who are you, human?
Noah: I'm nobody, I ain't even see nothin'. I'm not even seeing anything right now.
Optimus Prime: Arcee.
[Arcee scans Noah and gains information about the human]
Arcee: Private Noah Diaz. U.S. Army. Multiple commendations. A wizard with electronics. Hmm, he’s a soldier.
Optimus Prime: He does not look like a soldier.
Noah Diaz: I mean, you’re looking pretty rough yourself.
Mirage: (laughs then stops when Optimus glares at him) Sorry, sir.
Optimus Prime: I will deal with your mistake later.
[He sets Noah atop the upper platform.]
Arcee: Okay, the energy surge we felt was in the 4000th yottahertz range, which is undetectable to humans. I’ve reconstructed the source from the energy echoes.
Optimus Prime: I cannot believe it! It exists and it is here.
Bumblebee: (audio clip from Spaceballs) What the hell am I looking at?
Optimus Prime: The Transwarp Key! It was thought to be lost thousands of years ago! [Cuts to Elena inspecting the key] It was once used to open space time portals to energon-rich planets throughout the universe.
Mirage: You mean energon-rich planets like...?
Arcee: Cybertron!
Optimus Prime: After seven long years stranded on Earth, we finally found a way home!
Noah: Wait till I catch you, Reek...
Mirage: Okay, so where is this… tra-tr-tr…
Arcee: Transwarp Key?
Mirage: Thank you.
Arcee: It’s in the new museum on Ellis Island.
Bumblebee: (via radio) Let’s blow it up! Get the hell out of Dodge.
Arcee: No, we can’t just go in blasting and steal it, Bee. The humans will hunt us down. What we need is a quiet way in.
[As Noah tries to sneak out, he falls and lands on the floor below, getting the Autobots’ attention.]
Mirage: Ooh, how 'bout him?
Optimus Prime: No.
Mirage: What? Come on, man! He can slip in through one of them little doors! Grab the key, leave a nice I.O.U. and peace out. He’s perfect. 
Noah: What?!
Optimus Prime: No. It is a bad idea.
Noah: I agree with Big Man. So it’s been real, y’all, but..
Mirage: Uh, time out!
Optimus Prime: Mirage!
Mirage: No! No, no, I know! Just relax. Let me just talk to my guy real good. (to Noah) Yo, don’t leave me with these tight-asses, bro! We make a great team!
Optimus Prime: This is a waste of time.
Noah: Look, I’m not breaking into museums for some space robots!
Mirage: But what about for friendship? Uh, uh, or, or, or what about for cash? Uh-huh. You help us get this key so we can get off this rock. No offense. Love the neighborhood and all. And then, I let you sell me. (shifts into different car forms) Lambo? Ferrari? Indy? (turns back to his robot form) Look, you get paid and then I’ll split.
Noah: So all I gotta do is walk in and out?
Mirage: All you gotta do. We’ll take care of the rest. Cross my spark and hope to die. Wow! That was corny when I said it out loud.
Noah: And what about the big man? Optimal, or whatever?
Mirage: You let me worry about him. Cool?
[Noah sighs reluctantly. He'll do the job for them.]
Mirage: Ahh, got him! He’s in, baby! Woo!
[Later, we see Noah and Mirage driving on the way to the museum.]
Noah: So y'all are robots that transform into cars, even though you're from way out in space. But now there's this key that opens a portal back to your home? Oh, and you know this because there's a beacon light in the sky that I can't see because I'm human.
Mirage: You say that like it's weird.
Noah: It's super weird.
Mirage: You know what's weird? Marky Mark is leaving the Funky Bunch! I heard he's just gonna pursue acting now. That's crazy!
Noah: What? How does that even--
Mirage: What a world.
Noah: Whatever, man. I'm just trying to collect this money and get your angry-ass boss off Earth before he blows a gasket.
Mirage: Don't take it personal. He just misses home. And I think he blames himself for us getting stuck here. Earth was supposed to be a pit stop, you know? A place for us to regroup and rejoin the war back home. Prime feels like it's his fault we've been stranded here, like he has to fix it all on his own.
Arcee: All right, team, heads up. There's security up ahead.
Mirage: Nice! This is going to be fun, man.
Noah: No, bro, you need to switch it up. You need to turn into a helicopter or a speedboat or something.
Mirage: I got something way better than that.
[Cut to show Mirage as a dump truck gaining entry to Ellis Island.]
Noah: Good call.
[On the other Autobots...]
Optimus Prime: I do not like this plan.
Arcee: Yeah, Mirage isn’t really known for being quiet.
Optimus Prime: At least Mirage is one of us. We should not be relying on a human.
Bumblebee: (via radio) They are my friends.
Optimus Prime: I know one was good to you, Bee, but this is not our world. The humans will always protect what is theirs. We can only trust our own kind.
Bumblebee: (audio clip from A Few Good Men) You can’t handle the truth!
Optimus Prime: I do not want you going to that drive-in theater anymore.
[Bumblebee chirps sadly. Meanwhile, the Terrocons have landed on Earth.]
Scourge: Nightbird, search the island. Finally, the hunt draws to a close.
Elena: Hello? Fudge!
Noah: Are you okay? Shit!
Elena: Back up! Back up! Back up, back up, back up!
Noah: Yo, you okay? I didn't think anyone was in here! That's it...
Elena: Who are you? Hm?
Noah: I'm a... janitor.
Elena: Security!
Noah: No, no, no, no, no, no, you don't have to do that. It's not what it looks like.
Elena: It looks like you're trying to steal museum property.
Noah: Okay, it's a little what it looks like.
[Elena runs and Noah blocks the door.]
Noah: Hey, hey, hey, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! It doesn't belong to you anyway! Just stop, just-- Hey, hey, relax, relax! Let me explain, it belongs to, to these, these giant robots from space.
Elena: Really?
Noah: Look, I'm gonna need that.
Elena: Stop! Damn!
Night Guard: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! What's going on here? Don't move!
Elena: Man, it's about time you showed up!
[The key's beacon of light vanishes.]
Optimus Prime: The key...
[Noah & Elena look outside & see the Terrocons.]
Elena: You were telling the truth.
Noah: Yeah. But those ones aren't with me.
Scourge: Rip the flesh from their bones and bring me the key.
[Elena hands the Transwarp Key to Noah.]
Elena: It's yours.
[As they flee, Mirage lets everyone know of the presence of new enemies.]
Mirage: Guys, we got company!
Optimus Prime: Autobots, protect the key!
Battletrap: Catch!
Bumblebee: (via radio) Not so fast!
Mirage: Oh, they're flying now? Who the hell are these guys?!
Optimus Prime: Impossible!
Scourge: I enjoy that look of confusion, when an inferior being meets a higher power.
[Back inside the museum.]
Noah: What the hell are those things? Are you o-?
Elena: Hey, stop following me!
Noah: I'm not following you, I'm just escaping in the same direction!
[The Terrocon Sweeps starts looming around the museum.]
Elena: (sings to herself) We're moving on, keeping strong. Don't you let them steer you wrong. It's a groove thang. We're gonna give you what you want Just as long… Um...
Noah: Run! Go, go! Run! Go, go, go, go, go!
Elena: Watch out, watch out! [closes the door on Sweeps]
Noah: Thanks.
[The two humans head outside as the battle rages on. Battletrap spots them leaving with the Transwarp Key]
Battletrap: Scourge, I have eyes on the key.
Mirage: Prime, I don't think we can hold these guys--
[Suddenly, he is ambushed by Nightbird, who flies him around.]
Mirage: Oh, no! Oh, my God! Put me down!
[Nightbird drops him onto the ground near Noah and Elena.]
Mirage: Whoa, that was so scary. Oh, cool, you're still alive!
[As he continues fighting Optimus Prime, Scourge sees the humans.]
Scourge: Get the key!
[A few more Freezers appear.]
Mirage: Noah, get out of here!
[They run off while the Freezers leap onto Mirage.]
Mirage: Get off me! I hate spiders!
[Battletrap fires his turret at the humans as they flee throughout the battlefield.]
Noah: Go, go, go, go, go!
Elena: Don't die, don't die, don't die, don't die!
[Arcee arrives to fend off the attackers.]
Arcee: Go! Get out of here!
[While Arcee fires at the Terrorcons, Nightbird sees the humans about to leave.]
Nightbird: Uh-uh-uh. Leaving so soon?
[Nightbird fires a bomb that lands in the parking lot.]
Noah: Yo, look out!
[The bomb explodes, pushing the humans away and making them lose the key.]
Arcee: The key!
[Arcee tries to get it, but Battletrap uses his mace to grab a car and swing it at her.]
Scourge: Enough of these games! I’ll get it myself.
Bumblebee: (via radio) Not on my watch!
Nightbird: Oh, don’t be frightened, humans. This'll all be over soon.
[As Nightbird grabs the key, Scourge steps on Prime's back.]
Scourge: And you call yourself a Prime? Primus would be ashamed.
[Scourge draws his blade and readies it for the killing blow. Bumblebee charges forward, taking Prime's axe from the ground and leaping towards Scourge. The Terrorcon whips around, stabbing the Autobot in the abdomen. Bumblebee whimpers, clearly in pain, and drops the axe. Scourge transforms the arm not holding Bumblebee into a cannon.]
Scourge: I'm tired of little things getting in my way!
Prime: Bee!
[Bumblebee retracts his facemask, fixing Optimus with one last look.]
Bumblebee: [audio clips from Dead Poets Society] O Captain, my Captain...
[Optimus retracts his facemask as well.]
Prime: No...!
[Scourge sends an EMP through Bumblebee's body before ripping the insignia off his head and casting him to the ground, right across from Optimus.]
Prime: Bee...
[The light in Bumblebee's eyes fade.]
Scourge: Now to add a Prime to my collection.
[Suddenly, they hear a screech as Airazor flies in and spews fire at the Terrorcons.]
Scourge: Maximals.
Nightbird: Good. Maybe we’ll get a real fight.
Scourge: No. We got what we came for.
[The Terrorcons leave the battlefield with the Transwarp Key. The heroes watch in defeat.]
Mirage: No...
Optimus Prime: This… cannot be.
[Airazor lands before the group.]
Airazor: We must go now. Come with me.
[Soon, the heroes regroup at the abandoned warehouse. Optimus Prime angrily throws a spare part at a boat, crushing it.]
Optimus Prime: This is my fault. It should’ve been me.
Airazor: I’m sorry for your loss.
Mirage: No offense, lady, but who are you again?
Airazor: My name is Airazor. I am a Maximal. A warrior from your past and future.
Mirage: Oh, right! That-- that tracks. Yeah.
Airazor: We fled our home planet on the eve of this destruction. We sought refuge and hid here on Earth.
Elena: Alright, so you’re a Maximal, y’all are Autobots, what was those things that attacked us earlier?
Airazor: Terrorcons. Servants of a dark, hungry god who feeds on entire worlds to sustain himself.
Optimus Prime: Unicron.
Mirage: So you're sayin’ this thing, Unicron, eats planets to survive?
Airazor: Yes. And he imbues his servants like Scourge with dark energy, which makes him all but invincible. He is entirely beholden to Unicron. Through his power, he possesses Scourge’s soul.
[The Terrorcons arrive under a bridge.]
Scourge: Awaken, my dark master.
[Scourge is telepathically summoned inside Unicron while his body is still on Earth.]
Unicron: Rise. My hunger is killing me. What have you found?
Scourge: Salvation. The galaxy will once again be yours to feast on my master.
[On the heroes' side...]
Optimus Prime: I should’ve gotten the key myself. I should’ve known better than to rely on humans!
Noah: Yo, hold up. What, you blamin’ me? After you conveniently left out the part about a planet-eating monster?
Optimus Prime: Because of you, Unicron will now use the key to consume every planet in the universe! Including my homeworld.
Airazor: He doesn't have the key. At least, not all of it.
[Back with Scourge, Unicron is outraged that he only has half of the Transwarp Key.]
Unicron: YOU FOOL!! This is only half the key!
[He telekinetically tortures Scourge in anger.]
Scourge: (in pain) Please, the Maximals! They must have split it!
Unicron: EXCUSES!! Complete the key, or else you will wish you had died with the rest of your planet!
[Back on the heroes' side, Airazor explains more about the key.]
Airazor: We broke the key to two pieces for safe keeping, then split it, and went into hiding. I do not know where the other half is. For all I know, I am the last of our kind.
Elena: It’s in Peru.
Noah: How do you know that?
Elena: It's the symbols on the stone. They were only ever recorded in one other place in the world. The Inca Temple of the Sun in Kuzco. It's one of the oldest buildings in the Western Hemisphere. I'm guessing that that can't be a coincidence.
Arcee: If you can track those symbols to Peru, so can the Terrorcons. We need to get there before they do. 
Optimus Prime: And then kill Scourge and take his piece to complete the key.
Noah: Yo, hold up. Hold up. You wanna find this other key and deliver it to the guy that just kicked y'all asses?
Optimus Prime: The Transwarp Key is our only way home.
Noah: If this dude gets a hold of that thing, it's game over for Earth! Our families, everybody. I'm going.
Optimus Prime: Out of the question.
Noah: No offense, but I'm not trusting my home to a guy who couldn't even protect his. This is my planet. I'm going.
Airazor: (to Elena) What about you?
Elena: Me?
Airazor: What is your name?
Elena: Elena.
Airazor: Elena. Will you lead us to this temple?
Noah: Chance to stop the end of the world.
Arcee: Actually, you'll be saving two worlds.
[Elena thinks for a moment, then nods.]
Elena: Yeah.
[Noah arrives back in their apartment.]
Kris: Yo, is that you, Sonic?
Noah: What you doing up, Tails?
Kris: I can't sleep.
Noah: This too hot? You playing that game too much. Give it a rest, you know what I'm saying? So your hand can take a break.
Kris: I'm gonna beat it.
Noah: My money's on you, bro. We don't quit. Come on, get some sleep, all right? Yo listen, I gotta-- I gotta head out for a while. And I don't know when I'm gonna be back.
Kris: Why?
[Meanwhile, Mirage does a pretty bad job at sneaking, so much the car under him collapses.]
Mirage: Aw... shit. Oh no, oh no, oh no! Stop, stop, please, turn it off, turn it off!
Noah: What are you doing? I told you to sit tight! Stop!
Mirage: I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Kris: Is that a robot?
Noah: No, no, no, no. Go back to bed. (to Mirage) Shut it off!
Mirage: I had hot wires, so I messed up my light.
Kris: I got the bat.
Noah: Shit! No! Give me that.
Mirage: Did he say bat?
Noah: You gonna wake up mom!
[Kris walks about the balcony.]
Kris: I know you're a robot.
Noah: Kris!
Mirage: Yo! You scratched my paint!
Noah: What are you doing?
Mirage: Man, they didn't treat ET like this.
Kris: You know this thing?
Noah: Yeah, we're just... work friends.
Mirage: Work friends? You've been inside me.
Noah: Look, the thing I told you I have to go do? It's for him and his crew. 
Mirage: We're trying to stop the end of the world.
Kris: The world's ending?
Noah: No!
Mirage: Maybe. Sixty-forty.
Noah: You know I'm not gonna let that happen. But that's why I have to leave.
Kris: I'll go get my things.
Mirage: Tough kid. 
Noah: What? No. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, hold on. You--you're not coming.
Kris: Why? You need someone to watch your back.
Noah: It's too dangerous, Kris. And I need you to stay here and take care of Mom. 
Kris: 'Cause you might not come back. (to Mirage) Hey, robot.
Mirage: Me? What's up?
Kris: Watch out for my brother. Okay?
Mirage: You got it, little man.
Kris: Nah, I'm serious. If he gets hurt, I'm coming after you.
Mirage: Don't worry. I got Noah's back. I promise.
Kris: Mm-hm. Home team?
Noah: Home team.
Mirage: Kid's got heart. Cajones muy grande.
[The next morning, as The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" plays, Noah and Mirage arrive near an abandoned mill to meet with the others.]
Mirage: Wu-Tang is in the building, baby!
Optimus Prime: (unimpressed) Way to be incognito.
Mirage: Aw, come on, Prime! Smile a little bit! It won’t hurt. Let me see that underbite. Alright, so what kind of jet we takin' to Peru? Or is it a plane? Either one's fine. I just need first-class, okay? ‘Cause I got long-ass legs.
Arcee: Uh, well, he is a plane.
Mirage: No. No, no, don't-- don't tell me we're flying on… (looks up in the sky) Oh no...
[A cargo plane flies overhead, transforms in robot form, and lands in front of them.]
Stratosphere: Ha, ha! My lads, I am Stratosphere! Lord of the skies! 
[He starts coughing and hocks up an engine part.]
Mirage: Yeah, I'm walkin' to Peru.
[Cut to them flying aboard Stratosphere in the sky.]
Elena: (sings) Chasing waterfalls… (speaks) Ooh... Oh my gosh. (sings) Gonna have it your way or nothing at all. But I think you're moving too fast. (speaks) Sorry. I sing when I get nervous. It usually calms me down.
Noah: First time flying?
Elena: Man, this is my first time leaving New York. Oh, my god. Oh, god!
Noah: So the Bronx, huh?
Elena: Brooklyn, all right? East New York all day.
Noah: I'm from Bushwick.
Elena: Really?
Noah: Mm-hmm.
Elena: Me and my dad, we used to go to this-- This pizza spot down on Nickafauka and Green.
Noah: Tony's Pizza? Wow. So, uh, Tell me about your pops. What was he like?
Elena: He was a cabbie for 40 years. Smartest guy you ever met. He could talk to you about anything. History, science, cricket.
Noah: Cricket?
Elena: And he ain't never even go to college either. I used to always say, "if you keep your eyes and your ears open, life will show you everything you need to know."
Noah: So that's why you say yes to all of this?
Elena: I figured if he is somewhere watching, then seeing his daughter do something crazy like this would definitely make him proud.
Noah: Do you really think this key thing's in Peru?
Elena: I-- I think so. The evidence lines up.
Noah: Well, if it is, and we get our hands on it, then we gotta destroy it.
Elena: What?
Noah: It can't unite the key without both pieces. No key, no Unicron, no Earth getting eaten.
Elena: Yeah, but then they can't get home.
Noah: We gotta think about us. Look, all you gotta do is find it. And I'll take care of the rest.
[Cut to the Autobots' side, they watch over the comatose body of Bumblebee.]
Arcee: Do you think an energon infusion could bring him back?
Optimus Prime: Perhaps, if we could get him back to Cybertron. I never should’ve taken us so far from home.
[Eventually, they arrive at the ruins of Peru. As they disembark, they see a brown and white 1970s Custom Volkswagen Type 2 panel bus coming toward them. It has a rough time doing a power steer]
Mirage: Wow. Wheeljack needs to fix that power steering.
Wheeljack: [transformers] Sorry I was late. I was taking in a harmonious moment between a serene butterfly and an unruffled caterpillar. Such tranquility.
Noah: Hey, whoa, whoa! Oye, papo! Where you from?
Wheeljack: Cybertron. 
Noah: So where’d you get that accent?
Wheeljack: Accent? What accent?
Noah: You know what I’m saying? I’m saying it’s cool. Like, I was about to be like "Yo! Mira papi! De donde eres perro a--" I didn’t want to assume that you speak Spanish, too, because then… right?
Wheeljack: Hmm, a little racist, hermano.
Noah: Not trying to be, you know-- yo.
Wheeljack: But anyway, the mission. Follow me.
Noah: But he's a robot, like, so... how is that racist?
[Everyone follows Wheeljack.]
Wheeljack: Okay, guys, check this out. The coordinates you gave me correspond to an old church. Take a look.
Elena: That's Santo Domingo. The Spanish built it on top of an Incan temple.
Wheeljack: Correcto. I picked up some residual energy readings around the courtyard, so I'm guessing the key's somewhere close by. But we may have some trouble getting there. Inti Raymi, it's a festival that shuts down the whole city.
Mirage: Guess it's a night mission then.
Optimus Prime: No! Scourge could already be here. We must retrieve the other half before he does!
Noah: Me and Elena will do it. Y'all would never make it two blocks.
Arcee: There's human security all around the church. You'll never get through.
Noah: Then we'll have to take a play out of your book. We'll hide in plain sight. We'll blend in with the parade.
Optimus Prime: It is not a bad idea. We will keep an eye out for the Terrorcons. Our first sign of trouble. We are going in.
Mirage: Yo, Noah, think fast. [throws a device at Noah] And if you need help, just holler.
[Optimus positions himself in his truck mode.]
Optimus Prime: I am in position.
Mirage: Alright, coast is clear. Noah, Elena, it's go time. Blend in. Act natural.
[Not far, the Terrocons watch all this go down.]
Nightbird: Autobots must be using their new pets to reach the temple.
Scourge: Lovely. They're doing our work for us. [deploys a Sweeps] Go fetch.
[Noah & Elena successfully sneak in while a parade is happening.]
Noah: Key's gotta be in here somewhere.
Elena: Yeah. That stonework is 17th century. What we're looking for is something much, much older.
Noah: What is it?
Elena: It's the same insignia on Airazor. But it's not lined up right. Wait, you see that? I think there's something under here. [turns the insignia] There's another one. [after all Maximal symbols are turned, a door opens up]
Noah: Now what?
Elena: I thought it would've...
Noah: That's some "Indiana Jones"-type shit.
Elena: You sure about this?
Noah: No.
[Back with the Autobots...]
Optimus Prime: Any sign of Scourge? 
Arcee: Nope. All clear here. 
[On Mirage's area, people are taking pictures on his hood.] 
Mirage: Uh, yeah. It's just groupies over here. 
Optimus Prime: Stay on task, Mirage. 
Mirage: Prime! You gotta learn how to relax, my man.
[A Sweeps passes above them unnoticed as we cut to a cave.]
Elena: You know, we must be the first people to walk here in half a millennium.
Mirage: (via walkie-talkie) Yo, Sonic. You dead yet?
Noah: (via walkie talkie) No. Wait, did you just call me "Sonic"?
[Meanwhile, Elena notices something.]
Elena: I think that's a temple.
Noah: What are we looking for?
Elena: You see the symbols on that temple? They match the ones in the courtyard. I think it's up there.
Noah: I think we found what we came here for.
Elena: I always wondered what it would feel like to be there when artifacts were actually found.
Noah: All right. Now come on, push.
Elena: Are you even pushing?
Noah: Yeah, I'm pushing.
Elena: Wait. Wait, what? Just--just let me think.
[The other half is missing.]
Noah: Oh, no, no, no, no. Where is it? 
Elena: Sometimes there's like a false bottom or something. Look, I think I found something. You see these symbols? I've seen markings like this. The Airazor statue in my museum. They're new. They're not on the Transwarp key.
Noah: There's two of them. [slightly notices the presence of the Sweeps] Mirage? [to Elena] Let's keep moving.
Elena: Just give me a second.
[They find the Sweeps.]
Noah: Run! Go, go, go, go, go! (speaks to Mirage) Raj! We got trouble! One of the things is down here! Where are you guys?
Mirage: Hang tight! I'm on the way!
[Scourge takes note of their mobilization.]
Scourge: The Autobots are moving. They must have found the key! [mobilizes with the rest]
Arcee: Airazor, where are the humans?
Airazor: They’re underground, heading towards the jungle.
[The Terrocons jump on the roofs & land before Mirage.]
Mirage: Aw, man! They're tailing us!
[Back at the cave,]
Elena: Do something! 
Noah: What do you want me to do?! [accidentally blasts the Sweeps]
Elena: You had a gun this whole time.
[On the hills, the chase goes on. Seeing Scourge's truck mode, Optimus stops, transforms, & aims his arm cannon at a bypassing Scourge.
Mirage: Prime! What the hell are you doing?
Optimus Prime: I'm going to take back Scourge's key, and then… take off his head.
[His battle mask covers his mouth, & he starts shooting Scourge. Scourge transformers & sends them falling down as Nightbird bumps into Mirage.]
Mirage: Guys! Agh! I can use a little help!
Arcee: Did someone call for back-up? [blasts at Battletrap, who latches on to Nightbird & blasts at Wheeljack & Arcee] Brake, brake, brake!
Wheeljack: What?!
Arcee: Brake!
[Arcee dodges the missile as Wheeljack's other passenger door opens to get the missile out of their way.]
Wheeljack: Yay!
[Meanwhile, Prime & Scourge continue their battle.]
Optimus Prime: This is for Bee!
[Battletrap then latches on to Wheeljack.]
Battletrap: Come here!
Arcee: Oh, hold on!
[Battletrap sends Arcee & Wheeljack flying off-road. Meanwhile, Prime & Scourge get exhausted in their fight.]
Scourge: I love your fire, Prime, but you’re going to die on this speck of dust!
Optimus Prime: I can think of no better place to bury you!
[Prime and Scourge charge at each other, ready for a fight. Airazor flies in and fires a laser that destroys the bridge in two, separating the two enemies. Scourge fires a metallic drone into the air and it hits Airazor on the wing, as Optimus watches.]
Optimus Prime: I will end you, Scourge! That is a promise.
Nightbird: They’re getting away!
Scourge: Not this time.
[As the Terrorcons head out, the corruption starts spreading on Airazor's wing. Meanwhile, Noah and Elena are getting close to exiting the cave.]
Noah: I hear water.
[They step out to see they're in a jungle.]
Elena: Where are we?
[They hear animal noises coming towards them.]
Elena: What was that?
[Optimus Primal bursts out from the foliage and aggressively pounds his chest, staring Noah and Elena down.]
Optimus Primal: Who are you?! And why are you hunting for the key?
[Noah aims Mirage's wrist-mounted blaster at him. Mirage appears at the top of a cliff, pointing his blaster at Primal.]
Mirage: Yo, Donkey Kong! Stay away from my friends!
Noah: Uh, Mirage!
Mirage: Don't worry! Ya boy's got this!
[Cheetor pounces out of the bushes and on top of Mirage. Mirage squeals.]
Mirage: Stranger danger! Stranger danger!
[Wheeljack arrives.]
Wheeljack: Hey, hey! Heyheyhey! Not so fa--!
[Wheeljack is knocked offscreen by Rhinox, who roars in Noah and Elena's faces.]
Wheeljack: Ay yi yi...
[Arcee gracefully clambers over a rock, aiming her guns at Cheetor.]
Arcee: Hey! Over here, kitty kitty!
[Optimus Prime leaps over Rhinox, aiming his gun at Primal.]
Prime: Stand down!
[Primal roars.]
Prime: I won't ask a second time...
[The two robot factions have a standoff until Airazor flies in to intervene.]
Airazor: No! All of you, stop!
Primal: Airazor!
Airazor: Primal! I thought you were lost. All of you.
Primal: The others, are they...?
Airazor: I am all that is left. Prime, these are my fellow Maximals. Rhinox. (Rhinox snorts) Cheetor.
Cheetor: Sorry about scaring you, brother.
Mirage: Scared? (scoffs) Please. I'm not scared. (oil trickles out of his body like he wet himself) That's just engine oil. (Mirage chuckles)
Airazor: And our leader, Optimus Primal.
Prime: "Optimus Primal"?
Primal: Named after you. The legendary warrior of Cybertron. It's an honor. Airazor, I'm happy to see you, old friend, but bringing others here was not part of our plan. I fear you bring dark tidings.
Airazor: Scourge has come to Earth.
Primal: He's found us.
Airazor: And he has half of the key. We must find the second piece before he does.
Elena: But it wasn't in the cave.
Primal: It was, but we moved it long ago to keep it safe.
Airazor: Where is it now?
Primal: Come with me.
[As they follow Primal, Elena notices the corrupted mark on Airazor's wing.]
Elena: That doesn’t look so good.
Airazor: When Scourge touches you, he leaves a mark. But I’ll be alright.
[The group follows Primal through the jungle.]
Noah: Hey, back there, you called me "Sonic".
Mirage: Yeah. Your little bro’s got this thing about using real names over the airwaves so…
Noah: Wait, have you been talking to Kris?
Mirage: Uh-huh. (shows Noah a walkie talkie on his arm) He gave me this to keep tabs on you. Make sure I'm keeping my promise.
Noah: (de-equips the arm weapon) Oh, here. Next time, include warning labels.
Mirage: Nah, go ahead. Keep it.
Noah: I guess it does look better on me.
Mirage: Just don't ask what part of my body it came from. (chuckles)
Elena: So who are you?
Optimus Primal: We Maximals are an advanced race, dedicated to the expansion of life throughout the universe. We use the Transwarp Key to visit young worlds.
Elena: The Nazca Lines? The temple at Tikal? That was you guys, right?
Optimus Primal: Not us. We cannot claim credit for human ingenuity.
Optimus Prime: But you had the key! Why stay on this world?
Optimus Primal: When Unicron destroyed our world, we took an oath dedicated to the preservation of life, no matter the cost. And Earth has been a safe refuge.
[Later, they arrive at a Peruvian village. An old man approaches Primal.]
Amaru: Kusikuni hamusqaykimanta machu kawsaq masillay. (I'm glad you visit my village, old friend)
Optimus Primal: Allillanchu, wayqey. (How are you, brother?) This is Amaru. He and his family are the last descendants of a tribe that has watched over us for hundreds of years. When we arrived, they shared their world with us. And together, we protected its people and our secret.
[Amaru's family shows them the half of the Transwarp Key.]
Optimus Prime: You allied with humans...
Optimus Primal: We did.
Optimus Prime: If you give us this key, tomorrow, I will light the beacon and bring Scourge to us.
Optimus Primal: The Maximals have already sacrificed one home to protect the universe. I won’t risk losing another. As a leader, I know you understand.
[Optimus Prime hangs his head down sadly. Stratosphere turns into his robot form and sadly sets Bumblebee's body on the ground. Primal watches with Airazor by his side.]
Optimus Primal: He is not the Optimus Prime I imagined.
Airazor: Well, he has lost so much.
Optimus Primal: Many more will perish if the key falls into the wrong hands.
Airazor: If you had another chance to save our home, would you act any differently?
[Primal takes it in consideration for a moment.]
Optimus Primal: Optimus, come. I want to show you something.
[As he goes off, Airazor’s programming glitches with the corruption growing inside her. Later that night, Optimus Prime sets Bumblebee's body atop a big rock slab.]
Optimus Primal: Your friend will find peace here.
Optimus Prime: This is raw energon.
Optimus Primal: The valley is rich with it.
Optimus Prime: Could this revive Bee?
Optimus Primal: I’m sorry, but in this state, it is inert. It would take a great power to ignite it. Greater than anything we have here.
[Amaru speaks Peruvian as Prime watches.]
Optimus Primal: I see that you are surprised we entrust the key to them.
Optimus Prime: Yes I am.
Optimus Primal: I’ve been amongst them a long time now. There is more to them than meets the eye. They’re worth saving.
[Elena scribbles the symbols in her notebook while looking through the pages. Noah sits beside her.]
Elena: What if we didn’t destroy it? Maybe there’s another way to save both our homes.
Noah: Elena, I made a lot of mistakes in my life. This is different. I can’t fail at this. I can’t let my family down.
Elena: You’re just like him, you know that?
Noah: Who?
Elena: Optimus. I’m serious. He feels it, too.
Noah: Feels what?
Elena: Like a beast of burden. Just trying to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. You think he’s some... some general barking orders, but when I look at him, all I see is a big brother trying to protect his family.
[The next morning, Elena notices something's off with Airazor. EVEN MORE off.]
Elena: Are you okay? Airazor?
Airazor: (trying to resist the corrupted) I can feel Scourge! He's... (fully corrupted) in my mind!
(horns sounding)
Optimus Prime: Run, Elena!
Optimus Primal: No! Airazor...
Optimus Prime: They found us! Everyone, defensive positions!
Optimus Primal: Noah, guard the key. Take Elena and find someplace safe to hide. We must protect the humans!
Nightbird: Miss me?
Mirage: Noah! Elena! Get out of here!
[The 2 humans manage to get away. Noah then sets the key on the ground and aims the blaster at it.]
Noah: We have to destroy it!
Elena: Noah!
Optimus Prime: No! Don't. I know you want to protect your people, but if you destroy that key, our home will be lost forever. We do not have to choose! Please, Noah...
[Noah stops, but Elena is snatched by Airazor
Optimus Prime: Elena!
Optimus Primal: Elena!
[They follow Airazor, & meet up with the Terrorcons.]
Scourge: (laughs) Wait, wait, didn't I kill you already?
Optimus Primal: (roars) No! I'm the Maximal that's going to rip out your spark!
Scourge: We'll see about that. (to Airazor) Kill them!
Elena: Airazor, no!
Airazor: (trying to resist the corruption) I can't hold it back much longer.
Optimus Primal: Fight it, Airazor!
Airazor: Remember our oath, Primal. No matter the cost. (corrupted) I can't hold it back!
Optimus Primal: Airazor, no!
Elena: Primal!
Airazor: It's okay! Do it.
[With a heavy heart, Primal squeezes the life out of Airazor, putting her down for good. The others arrive to see this.]
Optimus Prime: Primal.
Optimus Primal: No matter the cost.
[Noah runs over to Elena in worry.]
Noah: Elena! Elena, look at me. Are you okay?
Elena: Scourge has the key.
Scourge: Awaken, almighty Unicron. Your time has come.
[Meanwhile...]
Optimus Prime: I am sorry, Noah.
Noah: You were looking out for your own. I can’t even be angry at you for that.
Optimus Prime: On my homeworld, we believed that the battle with darkness will continue till all are one. I lost sight of that. You fought for yours as I fought for mine when we should’ve been fighting the darkness together.
Noah: Well, I ain’t done fighting yet. [turns to everyone else] A’ight, everybody, squad up! Bring it in. There’s gotta be a way to stop this dude.
Optimus Primal: It’s too late. The Transwarp has already been activated. It has more energy than a supernova. Any interruption will ignite it like a bomb. The only way to stop this process is an access code installed long ago as a safeguard.
Mirage: Okay. What’s the code then?
Optimus Primal: The code was split, along with the key. Sadly, the second half of that code died with Airazor.
Elena: No, wait, wait, wait, I got it! The one hiding her half of the key? That had markings in it. Just like the ones I found in that cave where you hid yours. Together, they must complete the access code.
Noah: So we got a chance now, right?
Optimus Primal: A slim chance.
Optimus Prime: That is all we need! If you will show us the way, Primal.
Optimus Primal: Alright. We need to move quickly. We have a small window before the portal opens large enough for Unicron to enter. The bridge is guarded by a series of tunnels. They’re too small for Maximals, but…
Cheetor: But not for humans.
Optimus Primal: If Noah and Elena reach the central antenna, they could use the code to shut it down, remove the Transwarp Key, and close the portal before Unicron enters our atmosphere.
Arcee: But Scourge will be watching our every move. They’ll do anything to stop us from getting the key.
Optimus Prime: Then we bring the fight to him! Autobots, and Maximals, we'll charge the bridge together, and lure Scourge onto the battlefield.
Noah: While me and Elena will sneak in through the backway.
[Noah, Elena, & Wheeljack stare at the Terrocons' domain.]
Wheeljack: It sounds like we’re all going to die.
Optimus Prime: If we are to die, then we will die fighting… all as one.
[Back on the Terrorcons, the portal starts to form in the sky.]
Scourge: This world is yours, master.
[Nightbird turns around to see something in the distance.]
Nightbird: Scourge? They’re back.
[The Terrorcons turn around to find Optimus Prime standing far from them, determined.]
Scourge: (growls) Prime. Protect the key. Don’t let them get to the bridge!
[Tons of Terrorcon drones appear to flank their master. The Autobots and Maximals all gear up for the ultimate battle.]
Optimus Primal: Maximals...
Optimus Prime: ...Autobots...
Prime and Primal: ...roll out!
[The robots all charge into battle.]
Optimus Primal: Rhinox! Cheetor! Maximize!
[The Maximals turn into their humanoid forms and attack the enemy drones with the Autobots. Meanwhile, Mirage leads Noah & Elena to a tu]
Noah: At least the foot soldiers took the bait.
Elena: Yeah, but Scourge didn't. He's guarding the key.
Mirage: All right. This should lead to the bottom of the Transwarp control panel. Get the key, get the hell out of there.
Noah: What are you gonna do?
Mirage: I'm gonna go distract Scourge.
Noah: You can't take on Scourge alone.
Mirage: Relax. I'm Mirage, remember?
Noah: Hey.
[The 2 fistbump. Later, Scourge notices Mirage coming after him, creating his holograms.]
Mirage: One, two, three, WHOOMP! There it is!
Noah: We gotta hurry up.
[On the battlefield, Battletrap fires his minigun while Optimus Prime hides behind a rock.]
Optimus Prime: Take cover!
[Wheeljack joins Optimus Prime as he hides for cover.]
Battletrap: Someone give me a real fight!
[As Battletrap swings his mace, the ball gets caught by Primal.]
Optimus Primal: It's a fight you want? You got one.
[Prime uses his blade to cut the chain while Primal pulls to rip Battletrap’s arm off. Then, Prime slices one of his legs, pinning Battletrap to the ground. As Prime was about to deliver the last strike, Primal bashes Battletrap’s head in repeatedly with the mace, killing the Terrorcon.]
Optimus Prime: He was mine.
[Primal chuckles as Mirage keeps trolling Scourge with his holograms.]
Mirage Hologram 1: Nope! 
Mirage Hologram 2: Missed me!
[Unfortunately, Scourge gets a whiff of the real Mirage.]
Mirage: Noah, get to the key!
Noah: Mirage!
Scourge: [grabs Noah from the tunnel caps] What do we have here?
Noah: Hey, let me go!
Scourge: Brave, but futile.
Mirage: [blasts Scourge] Hey! Don't mess with my boy! [keeps blasting him until his mask is removed]
Scourge: [picks up his mask] No one will remember this pathetic planet. And no one will remember you.
Noah: [notices Mirage get in front of Noah] Mirage, what are you doing?!
Mirage: Keeping my promise.
Noah: Mirage, no! Come on, you gotta get up!
[Scourge repeatedly blasts Mirage.]
Mirage: It's okay, Noah. Home-- home team.
Noah: Home team.
[Mirage dies form his wounds.]
Noah: Mirage! Mirage? Mirage?
Scourge: Kill the other human.
[In the battlefield, Optimus looks upon Unicron above them.]
Optimus Prime: Unicron.
Unicron: You fought bravely, but this world is already mine.
Elena: We’re too late!
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Hey Knuckles, you there? Over? Yo, Sonic.
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) Kris.
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Noah? What's going on? Where's Mirage?
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) He-- he's gone.
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Gone?
Arcee: [looks upon Unicron entering the atmosphere] No.
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) I'm sorry, Kris. I'm not gonna win this one.
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) We don't lose, right?
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) I wish that were true, but I can't.
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Yes, you can.
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) No. No, man, I'm not you.
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) I hate being sick. Whenever I wanna give up, you're always there telling me to keep going. But now it's my turn. Keep going, Noah! You think you're a nobody, but you're the strongest guy I know!
Mirage: You guys are so cute.
Noah: Mirage? You're alive?
Mirage: Yeah, but I'm gonna need you to take the wheel.
[Mirage's parts start surrounding Noah like an armor.]
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) You can do this. You're my brother. Noah Diaz. From Wilson Avenue. Apartment 2C Brooklyn, New York. 
Noah: (via walkie-talkie) No names over the airwaves. 
Kris: (via walkie-talkie) Forget that. Let 'em know who you are.
Noah: Yo, Scourge! Remember me?
Scourge: You think you can take me on alone?
Optimus Prime: He is not alone.
[Meanwhile, Elena tries catching her bag as it almost falls in the lava.]
Elena: I'm never leaving Brooklyn again.
[The tower sends out a shockwave, sparking energon to life on Earth. Stratosphere watches this from afar.]
Stratosphere: Ahhh, energon.
[The rocks that Bumblebee’s body lies on glows with energon.]
Noah: Prime!
Cheetor: (sees Noah in danger) Noah!
[He throws his spear at Nightbird, but is tackled by a Sweeps. The spear hits between Noah & Nightbird as the 2 crash down on land. Scourge kicks Optimus as Sweeps start surrounding him. Noah breathes heavily as he is approach by Nightbird & the Sweeps.]
Nightbird: I’m getting really tired of you humans.
[Noah backs away, almost drowning in the pit of lava behind. Scourge watches as all goes to plan until he sees Stratosphere fly in. Inside him, the cargo door opens as a revived Bumblebee is ready for battle. He plays LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out (Sam Wilkes Remix)” on his radio as he dives down and fires his cannons at the Freezers and spheres. Optimus sees his comeback in awe.]
Optimus Prime: Bee!
[Nightbird sees this in fury and gets out her blades.]
Nightbird: You again! You should have stayed dead!
[She flies up to fight Bumblebee. Scourge fires at the Autobot, who uses Nightbird as a shield before taking one of her wings and stabbing her with it, blowing the Terrorcon to pieces. Bumblebee lands down on the ground, ready to join the battle.]
Bumblebee: (audio clip from They Live) I have come here to kick ass!
Noah: Glad to have you back.
Optimus Prime: Everyone, guard the bridge! Elena, shut it down! 
Noah: We gotta give her some cover! 
Primal: We'll clear the way.
[Bumblebee reverts back to vehicle mode, with a few new upgrades.]
Noah: That's what I'm talking about.
Elena: Punch in an access code. How hard could that be? [sees a very complicated interface] Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
Optimus Prime: Just you and me, Scourge! Let's end this once and for all!
Scourge: (to Unicron) Master, the reinforcements!
[As reinforcements come in, the film's version of "On My Soul" plays.]
Elena: Alright, I got this.
Noah: Let’s go, Bee!
[Noah & Bumblebee start mowing down the Freezers.]
Bumblebee: (audio clip from Scarface) Say hello to my little friend!
Noah: We gotta hurry!
Elena: [looks at Noah dealing with the Freezers] Last one.
Noah: Yeah! Yeah, you ugly mother-!
[Primal kills a Terrocon scorpion as we pan to the greater battle on ground, with Arcee on Rhinox, jumping off & joining Wheeljack as they blast the Freezers. Unicron is close to entering the atmosphere as Prime & Scourge fight.]
Optimus Prime: You will never see Unicron take this world! [he & Noah look at Elena, finishing the code]
Noah: You did it! Brooklyn, baby!
Scourge: No! Unicron will prevail!
[His arm forms into a cannon to aim at Elena.]
Noah: Elena!
[As Scourge fires, Noah jumps in and saves Elena while the blast hits the control panel.]
Optimus Prime: I've had enough! (cuts off both of Scourge's arms and strikes his blade through his head) Time to show you the real power of a Prime!
[He pulls the Terrorcon's head off, killing him. Then, Prime grabs Bumblebee's insignia from his corpse.]
Optimus Prime: This belongs to a friend of mine!
Elena: The panel… It’s destroyed. I can't stop it!
Optimus Prime: Autobots, Maximals, retreat to safety. I will destroy the key myself.
Arcee: Prime, no!
Noah: There's got to be another way.
Optimus Prime: Bee, protect them.
[He tosses back the Autobot insignia to Bumblebee, who is visibly sad at what Optimus will do.]
Optimus Primal: Your sacrifice becomes our oath.
Optimus Prime: Thank you, my friends.
Noah: Bee!
Elena: We can't leave him out!
[Bumblebee transforms back into a Camaro.]
Optimus Primal: Everyone, on me!
[Bumblebee drives, uncaring of the Freezers on the way. Noah looks at Optimus, who looks at Unicron.]
Unicron: Don't, Prime. I can give you everything you want.
Prime: Then die! 
[He smashes the key, sending the Sweeps flying, sucking up the portal deployer as Optimus tries hanging on with his axe. Luckily, Noah catches him.]
Optimus Prime: Noah.
Noah: I got you.
Optimus Prime: Let me go, Noah. Save yourself.
Noah: Till all are one. 
[Noah tries pulling the axe, but loses grasp. Luckily, Primal catches Optimus by the hand.]
Optimus Primal: Till all are one.
[Optimus reverts to truck mode as Noah uses his armor boosters.]
Noah: Punch it, Prime! [they successfully get off the bridge] Yeah, baby!
[Everyone gets to safety, & then look at where the portal bridge used to be.]
Arcee: Unicron? Is he dead?
Primal: Trapped, but not dead. Evil can never be vanquished completely. He could return.
Prime: Let him come. United, we will destroy him once and for all. (voiceover) I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. [Primal is seen beating his chest near a waterfall] We have lost the Transwarp key, and with it, our ability to go home. [Noah looks at what was left of Mirage, his armor] But we have gained an ally in our battle against the forces of evil. Forces too powerful for any of us to defeat on our own, but together, we might just have a chance.
[Prime smiles at Noah, who is then seen coming home from the adventure.]
Noah: (voiceover) I am Noah Diaz. What is there to know about me? I was raised out in Brooklyn. I got a little bro who calls me Sonic, and if I gotta help save the universe in order to save the people I love, well then that’s what I’m gonna do.
[Noah reunites with his family. Sometime later, we see Noah walking into a workplace. He speaks to a security guard.]
Noah: How you doing, sir? Here for the job interview. Noah Diaz?
[He hands the guard his card.]
Security Guard: I'll tell him you're here.
[Noah spots the TV showing 60 Minutes, speaking about Elena’s discovery.]
Lesley Stahl: (on TV) This Sunday on 60 Minutes, I sit down to talk with Elena Wallace. She recently discovered an underground temple with a network of catacombs dating back to 5000 BC.
Elena: (on TV) I never could have imagined making a discovery of this significance. So it's definitely a dream come true.
[Noah smiles at Elena, finally getting her recognition.]
Noah: Brooklyn, baby.
[The guard hands Noah back his card.]
Security Guard: They're ready for you.
Noah: Thanks, sir.
Security Guard: Elevator in the back.
[Cut to Noah being interviewed by Agent Burke.]
Agent Burke: Why don’t you tell me about your strengths?
Noah: In addition to my experience with electronics, I’ve also been developing my team-building skills, too.
Agent Burke: That so? Look, I’m gonna be honest with you. Resume’s a little thin.
Noah: Yeah, well, I just recently had a job. Working internationally.
Agent Burke: Oh, is that…? No, I don’t think it’s on here.
Noah: No, no, it was a short-term contract.
Agent Burke: Oh. Well, that’s cool! Why don’t you tell me about that?
Noah: It was in South America, so I got to work on my Spanish and my mom was real happy about that. You know what I’m saying? You know moms. She's just really... but when I was out there, honestly, man, it was really just like work, work, work, work, work.
Agent Burke: Well, that's a shame 'cause I heard the food is really good in Peru.
Noah: I-I didn't mention anything about Peru.
Agent Burke: Well, that's where you were, right?
Noah: I was...
Agent Burke: In Kuzco? With you and Elena and your, um... I don't know, call 'em friends?
Noah: What's... What's going on here?
Agent Burke: We know a lot about you, Mr. Diaz.
Noah: Who are you? The CIA or FBI? 
Agent Burke: We are a secret government organization, strictly off the books. We specialize in global threats, planetary, loss prevention, that kind of thing. We're in the middle of an ongoing war, and we'd love to have you join the fight. You and your whole team, you know, the big guys.
Noah: No idea what you talking about.
Agent Burke: That's a good answer. All right. Either way, I want you to know, in lieu of the thanks of a grateful nation, we will be taking care of your brother Kris's healthcare. All of it. From now on, he will have 24/7 access to the greatest doctors in the world. And these are doctors who don't ask their patients about account balances.
Noah: Are you serious?
Agent Burke: You saved the world, kid. It's the least we can do.
Noah: I don't know what to say.
Agent Burke: We'll work on that. (hands Noah a business card) Your brother's gonna be just fine. Oh, Kris was right, by the way. 
[He moves a plaque to the side and the wall opens up to reveal a secret agency department behind it.]
Agent Burke: No names over the airwaves. We could really use someone like you, Noah. Why don't you think about it?
[As Burke goes down on the lift, Noah looks at the agency in awe and surprise. He then looks at the card and flips it over to reveal the organization's name...]
Noah: "G.I. Joe"?
[The wall closes, cutting to black. Roll credits.]
==== Mid-Credits Scene ====
[Cut to Noah fixing up Mirage in the garage.]
Noah: Ooh, c'mon, baby, show me some, show me some... That oughtta do it.
[Reek comes in to see Noah working.]
Reek: Oh, this? This is a complete waste of your skills and my expertise.
Noah: Think it came out pretty good!
[He lowers Mirage’s car form down, revealing it’s in different colors from the scraps they had to work with.]
Reek: Well, I guess we can could call it modern art and... sell it to some cats in Soho.
Noah: Nah, I'm not selling it.
Reek: What? Why? Is this about the 5-0 thing? No, I told you, I did not ditch you! I was runnin' the give-and-go, I thought you knew the play! Aight, let's say I did ditch you, even though I didn't-- For your sake, I see your face, let's just say I did. I think all the blood, sweat and dead presidents I put into getting these car parts for you make us even steven.
Noah: It's not that. This car is special. 
Reek: This car is a jigsaw puzzle made of garbage! (chews on a Twizzler) Here, I bet the joint don't even start.
[He holds the keys up to Noah.]
Noah: Bet? (to Mirage) Yo, Mirage!
[The camera pans to the Autobot insignia as Mirage transforms.]
Mirage: Wooo-hoo-hoo, yeah! Ya boy is back! This dude said I wasn't even gonna start!
[Reek is in utter shock while Noah smiles. Cut to black.]
== Deleted Scenes ==
=== Alternate Opening ===
Optimus Prime: (voiceover) I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. Or, what is left of them... Seven years ago, we fled Cybertron as it fell to the Decepticons. Our enemies followed us, and in search of safety, I led as many as I could here... Earth. Now, we live in hiding, disguised, knowing if we are exposed, the people of this world will seek to capture and destroy the last of the Autobots. We cannot stay trapped on this planet any longer, so to find a way home, I have turned from prey...
Bus Driver: Agh, last to leave again!
Optimus Prime: (voiceover) ...to hunter. [he transforms; strolling through a bus park] You cannot hide, Decepticon. I came for your ship. Give it up, and I will not destroy you.
Transit: [transforms & catches Prime off guard] Hello, Optimus...
[The 2 Cybertronians engage in battle.]
Optimus Prime: Where is it?! This is your last chance! Where is your ship?!
Transit: Destroyed it! To leave you with no possible escape! You'll never see Cybertron again! You will die here on this miserable planet--! [gets blasted by Optimus]
=== This Can't Be Real ===
[As 'Bee's carcass is put down, Optimus throws a boat away. Elena is seen huddling herself.]
Elena: This can't be real. This can't be real. [Arcee gestures at her] Oh, okay, it's real. This is real. This is real...
Noah: You okay?
Elena: I just found out that aliens are real and I almost died, like, six times.
Noah: Yeah, stupid question.
Elena: Stupid question.
Noah: I'm Noah, by the way...
[Airazor arrives.]
=== Are You Ready? ===
Optimus Primal: [approaches Optimus with the key in his hands] Are you ready?
=== Original Ending ===
[Optimus is flying through space, until he is seen in front of Unicron's eyes.]
Unicron: Prime...
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