More Than Meets the Eye

"But you can call us Autobots for short."
 -Optimus Prime and Ratchet

The cover features a view of Earth as several objects enter the atmosphere.

***More Than Meets the Eye*** is the first episode of the first season of *The Avengers: Assemble.*

## Synopsis

It has only been 3 months since the Battle of New York. Argo Harper is busy building the Avengers Mansion as he attempts to create and lead a team of heroes. Before the Elemental can even begin any official recruiting, an attack on American soilders in Qatar thrusts the new hero into a battle between two factions of alien robots in an all out war for their home planet.

## Plot

Thousands of years ago, a planet called Cybertron was consumed by a civil war between two Cybertronian factions; the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, and the Decepticons, led by Megatron. The Autobots wanted the source of all Cybertronian life, called the Allspark, to rebuild their planet before Megatron destroyed it. However, the Decepticons wanted the Allspark to end the Autobots and rule the universe. As Cybertron started to fall apart, Autobots and Decepticons ejected off in search of each other and the Allspark. Megatron found the Allspark on a planet called Earth, but crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and became frozen in ice. During an expedition in 1897, Captain Archibald Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigational system, thus branding his glasses with the coordinates for the Allspark. This incident left Witwicky blind and mentally unstable. Several years later, President Herbert Hoover created a secret organization known as Sector 7 after discovering the Allspark in the Colorado River. This led to the construction of the Hoover Dam to conceal the energy emissions. Megatron, still frozen, was stashed away in the Dam and was used to progress technology through reverse engineering.

Fast forward to the present day, a few months after the Battle of New York. Blackout, a Decepticon, attacks a U.S. military base in Qatar in an attempt to find information on the location of Megatron and the AllSpark. However, Captain William Lennox and his fellow Rangers stop the Decepticon but are forced to flee from the base. In New York City, Argo Harper tries to work on his new home and rebuild the Avengers. During a search through some S.H.I.E.L.D digital files, Argo finds a classified report on the Qatar attack. He attempts to find more information on the attack, as key details are not adding up. Elsewhere, the descendant of Captain Witwicky, Sam Witwicky, buys his first car and uses it to make his crush, Mikaela Banes, more into him. The car makes a daring escape when Sam takes it home and Sa watches as the car transforms into the Autobot, Bumblebee, and proceeds to send a beacon to others like him.

## Characters

### Major

#### Humans

* Argo Harper
* Sam Witwicky
* Robert Epps
* William Lennox
* Glen Whitmann
* Mikaela Banes
* Maggie Madsen
* Seymour Simmons
* John Keller
* Judy Witwicky
* Ron Witwicky

#### Cybertronians

##### Autobots

* Optimus Prime
* Ratchet
* Jazz
* Ironhide
* Bumblebee

##### Decepticons

* Megatron
* Starscream
* Barricade
* Frenzy
* Bonecrusher
* Blackout
	+ Scorponok
* Brawl