Transformers Energon: Reboot/Episode 3

Potent is the third episode of the Transformers Energon Reboot series
== Plot ==
The Terrorcon army arrives to cybertron, with Iacon being bombarded by the attacks, Hotshot and the autobots take notice, and orders all units to defend cybertron.
Jetfire leads a team of autobot and decepticon bombers to help destroy the airborne terrorcons, while Hotshot, Inferno, and several other autobots lead an attack.  
In a unknown part of Cybertron, Optimus Prime's ship is heavily damaged, with Optimus breaking out of a part of the ship attempting to get his barings. The council activates shield domes across other cities to prevent destruction, Jetfire is able to stop several Terrorcon Units, but one eagle bot traps himself on Jetfire, forcing him to change into robot Mode.
Inferno tells the cybertronian and humans residents to flee to nearby houses and building to prevent accidental injuries.
Rad watches from a window, Brian is told by the council they need to start getting the guns up and running.
Hotshot meets up with some of the autobots from Armada, and they team up to stopping the ground terrorcons, as Hotshot continues the charge, suddenly the matrix activates again, with Hotshot irriated, but however a voice speaks to him that will not win this fight with such weapons, and they will require power beyond the minicons, as this happens, Hotshot is saved by Inferno telling Hotshot to focus, the voice stops, and Hotshot continues firing. Optimus Prime manages to escape and notices explosions coming from Iacon, he transforms to race to Iacon and attempts to call the council.
On earth Red Alert attempts to make contact with Iacon, but there is no response, Signal Flare questions what is the hold up, but Red Alert thinks its trouble, Ironhide insists they should go to cybertron to help, however Kicker from afar believes they would be getting themselves caught in a predictment, Kicker explains to all of them, the only reason why they haven't came or called back is because the terrocons are back again, with Red Alert believing earth or any other planet could be next. Red Alert calls Alexis to meet with earth federational government of latest events.
Back on cybertron, Optimus Prime arrives to find Iacon destroyed again, as Prime calls out for any victims, he finds an autobot under rubble and saves him, the autobot thanks Prime, but Optimus asks where is Hotshot?
The Terrorcons are getting decimated by the turrets, but Battle Ravage, commands the Airborne terrorcon to focus their efforts in destroying the turrets which they do as they are seemgly endless.
Hotshot seemgly can't hold out as Battle Ravage decepticons are seemgly endless. one of the Ravage's lunges at Hotshot's unit, and Hotshot is all that's left, as Hotshot opens fire, one of the Ravage drones slashes Hotshot's blaster and defeats Hotshot.
Ravage roars at Hotshot, looking to kill him, then is saved by a blast, that kills Ravage, and Hotshot pulls the terrorcon corpse away, he notices a hand of some sort, it is Optimus Prime! Hotshot glad to finally see Optimus again, although Optimus also falls to the ground, upon noticing his body is damaged, Optimus still has enough energon to fight on, and both he and Hotshot help the other autobots.
Suddenly Hotshot's chest glow again, with Optimus noticing the matrix, Hotshot admits it has not done this in a long time, at first Hotshot doesn't understand why exactly it is emitting again, Optimus then tells him the matrix is perhaps telling him something and will give him some time to discover it.
As Hotshot opens up the matrix and a blueish beam shines on him and Prime, the Matrix in the form of unknown autobot transformer tells them they have little time, the matrix announces a new battle has begun, and there is much they do not know of the terrorcons, with the matrix showing them the terrorcon past sinful deeds. The Matrix claims to know all and the terrorcons have existed some years prior, they have terrorized several moons to planets, and came to the solar system of the transformers's area, there purpose is to seek energon. Hotshot asks why they went to earth since it is not in the system in cybertron, the terrorcons learned from an unknown individual of its energon. Prime questions where did the terrorcons come from, they come from a foe long thought dead, as their area transforms into a mechianal floor with horns as the floor right in below turns into a face: UNICRON!
Unicron's hatred continues, so long hatred exists throughout the universe he shall as well, but however Unicron was destroyed, several years ago again, Unicron but Unicron may not be completely destroyed. The matrix is force to end the story, as they have trouble dealing with their foes, and gives them a new ability, one of that was extinct, the matrix fires orbs within their bodies, including others.
The city shines gold, as several of these autobots and decepticons are given new powers, the matrix shuts down, and tells Hotshot and Prime their war for the minicons may have ended but a new war has begun and soon Unicron, will again be forefront of it, unless they can stop it. Optimus and Hotshot bodies are repaired, while Prime's body is different, Hotshot admits he feels different, but then notices a red orb on his chest, Prime acknowledges it is the spark of combination and that he can now combine, Hotshot intrigued commands Inferno to combine with him, into a superlink form Prime thinks its similar to the form he and Jetfire used. Several of the autobot and decepticons also begin this as well and become stronger.
The newly powered up autobot and decepticons begin to lay the hurt on their enemies, forcing the terrorcons led by this Battle Ravage foe to retreat, believing they have caused enough panic for now.
Some time pass, as the transformers begin to rebuild Iacon, in the council building, Hotshot believes this to be pyrhic victory as they must return to earth. With the council agreeing and will want Hotshot to come up with new ideas when earth is secured, Hotshot obliges to have Optimus come back with him, with Optimus believing he will join with Hotshot's team only as a solider. He admits to the council his days of leading again are over, with Hotshot shocked.
The final scene of the episode shows Tidal Wave walking with a mysterious figure from the previous episode. This unknown stranger proposes an alliance, with Tidal Wave still unfazed by his demands to revive Unicron, saying he only serves his people, the decepticons and cybertron, as the figure suddenly stops and a strange whirring machinal sound emitting from him offscreen as his voice speaks in a very high pitched tone, snarking he will do anything for his decepticon allies, he chuckles. Tidal Wave then turns around and sees something that shocks him to the core. The scene pans to multiple still shots of dismembered body parts, including a decepticon symbol and the disturbing lifeless husk face of the decepticon leader: Megatron!
== Notes ==
The autobots finally receive a new ability, powerlinx, similar to Optimus and Jetfire's ability to combine back in Armada.
The ability to powerlinx was considered lost to time, as this was not true, as Optimus, Megatron, Jetfire, Tidal Wave, Overload and the minicons were able to combine.
Optimus Prime returns to cybertron, and helps the autobots and decepticons but is not the leader.
The Matrix here is portrayed to similar to the G1 counterpart and Marvel Comics, where it delivers the transformers information and its not just for autobot leaders but something else.
The Terrorcons are revelead to have connections with Unicron.
Unicron was last seen supposedly destroyed, however in the final scene, Unicron was alive, the reasons of Unicron's shutdown prior to energon, currently is unknown.
Tidal Wave is now joining forces with a new partner.
Megatron was last seen in the series finale of Transformers Armada: Mortal Combat "now" he is dead.
Alexis from Transformers Armada, is now a member of the earth federation group, it is confirmed she will a somewhat prominent role in future episodes and arcs compared to the original.