Darkness Rising Part 1/Crossover

**Darkness Rising Part 1** (Or **Crossover**), is the first episode that happens in the series Transformers: Sonic Prime. This is also the first part of the Darkness Rising Arc.

## Plot

The series and first season starts on the planet Mobius, with Miles "Tails" Prower, flying his Tornado away from the ongoing battle between Sonic the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman. However, his plane started glowing, then blue and green electricity comes out of the vehicle, causing both to teleport out of the sky (and out of his universe).

In another universe, Cliffjumper is on the open road, boasting to Arcee and Prowl over the comm about how he's been messing with the humans, while Prowl comments how the Jasper Police Station was a better place than the Cybertron Police Station back on their planet because of corrupt police forces like Barricade reminded him of his days as a ninja ever since the death of Master Yoketron, thanks to Lockdown. That was when Cliff and Prowl detected a signal and found an energon deposit. As they go to investigate, a Decepticon ship appears over the crater and Decepticon troopers drop down to attack them. Arcee alerts Optimus and the rest of the Autobots, who head back to base. Cliffjumper and Prowl continue to fight on, causing some damage to the Decepticons, until they saw someone about to have a plane-crash. The Police Chief/Ninja-bot gives the Infiltrator some time to save the plane pilot, but the Decepticons' blasts detonate the energon, causing a huge explosion, knocking both Autobots out and destroying the plane. They couldn't find Cliffjumper, but the Vehicons found and carried Prowl over to The Nemesis, where he was later killed by Starscream. Before Prowl died, Starscream told him to 'Say Hi to Yoketron and Lockdown for me'. The Nemesis then left, leaving Cliff for dead.

The Autobots arrive at the crater via GroundBridge, only to find the aftermath of the fight. Arcee then found Prowl's broken sword and Cliffjumper's horn, fearing the worst. However, Cliffjumper, damaged but alive, came out from the plane crash, reuniting with the two-wheeler and showing the Autobots a strange two-tailed fox. Unfortunately, Arcee's fear still came true when Ratchet confirmed that Prowl's spark was no more.

Back on the Decepticon ship, Soundwave replays a recording of Arcee's talk. Starscream then decides that since Cliffjumper and Prowl are dead, she will be their next target, stating that they still have the advantage of surprise.

Meanwhile, The Autobots later mourn for Prowl, but Arcee and Cliffjumper (after being repaired by Ratchet) head for a run to try to keep their minds away from his death while Optimus and Ratchet take the two-tailed fox to their base.

In Jasper, Nevada, Jack Darby is working at the KO Burger drive-thru. Arcee and Cliffjumper were being chased by a couple of Decepticons, so they drove into the KO Burger parking lot, where Jack was getting out of his job. However, he mistakes Arcee for a real motorcycle and hops on. Sierra and her friends caught Jack talking to 'his' motorcycle while Cliffjumper silently laughs about Jack and Arcee's embarrassing predicament. However, the Decepticons spot them and chased them down while Sierra and her friend ran away. Arcee runs away in vehicle mode with Jack still sitting on her and surprising him, as she had no other choice. The Vehicons chased them all the way to a highway, where Bumblebee arrived and distracted them.

In a nearby drainage canal, Rafael Esquivel is playing with a remote-controlled car when Arcee, Jack and Cliffjumper literally drop in. The Decepticons drop in as well, and first Arcee, next Cliffjumper, then Bumblebee are blasted to the ground. Raf draws the 'cons' attention, which unfortunately works too well, and the two kids are forced to flee into a drain. While they make their escape, both Bots and Cons saw a blue portal that came out of nowhere. When one of the Vehicons came close to it, a blue spiky ball went through, cutting the vehicon's spark in half. Once the human kids escaped, even with the blue hedgehog's help, the Bots didn't stand a chance until Bulkhead arrived, causing the Vehicons to leave. However, the blue hedgehog left as well, leaving the Autobots to head back to base.

At the Autobot Base, Arcee and Bumblebee told Optimus what happen while Cliffjumper talks about the blue hedgehog. Optimus then states that if the Decepticons sees the kids and the blue hedgehog as allies of the Autobots, they'll be in danger. Ratchet then makes a discovery about the two-tailed fox, stating that Jetfire's theories about other dimensions were correct after all. That was when the fox woke up. Despite being a little bit scared at first, the two-tailed fox introduced himself.

At high school, Jack and Raf meet up again, and Bumblebee, Cliffjumper and Arcee come to take them to HQ. Though Raf roars off in Bumblebee, Jack walks away. Miko Nakadai, sitting outside the school, draws Arcee, but when the motorcycle disappears, she peeks around the corner and spots Arcee in robot mode arguing with Jack. Cliffjumper, on the other hand, decides to find the blue hedgehog from earlier since he needs to take him to base. While unconvinced, Sonic decides to tag-along, claiming that he needs to "rest his legs" anyway.

Arcee and Cliffjumper caught up with Bumblebee and took the human kids and the blue hedgehog to the Autobot HQ. They drive to the Autobots' HQ, concealed in a mountain, where the three kids marvel at the rest of the Autobots and Optimus Prime gives them some exposition regarding the Transformers' war. Optimus fears the imminent return of Megatron. Soon after, the human kids witness Sonic and Tails' reunion. Miko gets excited meeting them in real life, considering that she actually played the Sonic the Hedgehog video games. The blue hedgehog then comments that Miko reminds him of a certain raccoon he knew back in his world.

Back at the Nemesis, Soundwave detects a signal from deep space and orders Starscream to open the Space Bridge. Megatron comes through the Space Bridge, and informs his army that he has returned.

## Characters

### Autobots

* Optimus Prime (First Debut)
* Bumblebee (First Debut)
* Ratchet (First Debut)
* Arcee (First Debut)
* Bulkhead (First Debut)
* Cliffjumper (First Debut)
* Prowl (First Debut/Killed by Starscream)
* Yoketron (First Mention)
* Jetfire (First Mention)

### Decepticons

* Megatron (First Debut)
* Starscream (First Debut)
* Soundwave (First Debut)
* Vehicons (First Debut)
* Barricade (First Mention)
* Lockdown (First Mention)

### Humans

* Jackson Darby (First Debut)
* Miko Nakadai (First Debut)
* Rafael Esquivel (First Debut)
* Sierra (First Debut)

### Mobians

* Sonic the Hedgehog (First Debut)
* Tails the Fox (First Debut)
* Marine the Raccoon (First Indirect Mention)
* Doctor Eggman (First Mention)

## Differences between this and the original episode

* While Cliffjumper does lose against the Vehicons, he survives unlike the original episode. In addition, for this episode and the whole series, Cliffjumper will be seen in other/future episodes.
* Prowl appears in the first episode, only to be killed by Starscream unlike the original where Cliffjumper dies at the claws of Starscream in the first episode.
* Optimus and Ratchet still go to base like the original. The only difference here is that they bring Miles "Tails" Prower with them.
* Arcee still goes to Jasper like the original, but here Cliffjumper goes with her.
* During the fight between Bots and Cons, the blue portal distracts them, making easier for Raf and Jack to escape.
* Unlike the original, there is a delete scene of the Vehicons telling Starscream about Cliffjumper's survival and the arrival of the blue hedgehog and the two-tailed fox. However, it was cut due to reasons unknown for now.
* Miko mentioned playing the video games of Sonic the hedgehog, which wasn't revealed in the original.

## Sonic the Hedgehog references

* Sonic tells Tails that Miko reminds him of a "certain raccoon" they know, referring to Marine the Raccoon.
* When Miko meets Sonic and Tails, she tells them that she played all the Sonic the Hedgehog video games, referring to the Sonic the Hedgehog (video game series).