Tear Down That Wall

* Heather calls for Scarlet Blake who comes running, and begins swinging her wrench.
* Jessie "JD" Davis sees the "gremlin-langoliers" eat the Energon out of the field. He picks up a small trowel and rushes forward with Scarlet.
* Derrick "Ricky" Lewis has just heard the voice of Optimus Prime (but doesn't recognize him.) He jumps back and falls back through the hatch.

#### Flashback: Lewis Farm

* It's evening and Ricky's dad wants to speak to him. He tells him that his grandfather signed a 20 year contract with The Loop in 1970. The Loop will take possession of the Lewis Farm on Jan 1, 1990.
* His cousin Kenny has some pull with The Maryland Military Academy for Boys, a high-profile military school whose graduates almost always get into West Point or the Navel Academy. He wants Ricky to start there at the start of high school next year (at the end of summer in 1998).
* Ricky is gifted "The Price of a Home", 3 free successes.

#### Lewis Farm

* Ricky catches himself by hooking his foot through the ladder, but he is hanging upside down.
* Scarlet and JD hold off the creatures. Scarlet pulls up Heather. JD grabs her and they run back to the shed while Scarlet covers them.
* They make it into the shed and Scarlet slams the door. They can see all the creatures through the cracks climbing all around.
* Heather grabs a hook attached to a rope and tosses it, hooking it in a rung of the ladder. Ricky is able to use the rope to right himself and get back onto his feet.
* The creatures could break through any minute so they decide to head up into the silo, despite there being something lurking in the grain. Ricky shouts "Now's your chance to prove that you're not going to hurt us." Scarlet is the last one at the bottom. As a gremlin-langolier breaks through, she kicks it back, scrambles up the ladder, and closes the silo hatch. The interior of the silo is in darkness.
* The keystones begin to dig around the in the grain, looking for the big piece of metal that spoke to Ricky. They find and clear the front of a large machine (its windshield) buried under the grain. The windshield of the machine lights up with a weak, pulsing, blue light.
	+ OP: I can't see. Is my boy with you?
	+ S: Your boy? What are you talking about?
	+ H: Who are you?
	+ OP: I am Optimus Prime
	+ H: There's bad things outside.
	+ OP: They're here for me. I don't belong here. They were sent to remove me.
	+ JD: What's this blue light. What is that?
	+ OP: My life. (His light fluctuates.)
	+ S: Whoa whoa. Don't go anywhere. I heard your voice before. You were in my head before, weren't you?
	+ OP: Bombs Away!
	+ S: Yeah. You helped me before. How can we help you? What can we do? Are you dying?
	+ OP: Save yourselves! The creatures will not chase you while I am here.
	+ R: Then what?
	+ H: I think we have to get him out. Ricky, do you have like a truck or something?
	+ R: All I got is a tractor, but I don't know how we get him out of here because he came in through the top and broke it. I don't think I can lift them out.
	+ OP: I have lost too much Energon. Save yourselves.
	+ S: No we, we saw some. We saw this blue light we saw at Castle Grayskull. Maybe we could refuel you somehow?
* The keystones discuss further, and decide to head over to the trailer on their bikes and bring some Energon back.
	+ OP (to Ricky): Save yourselves, but if you find my boy, help him. He is lost, and must return home.
	+ S: Who is your boy? What is his name?
	+ OP: Rob (JD recognizes this name from the Mitchie-Talkie. Once a voice on it said "Rob is a dumbass!")
* JD fires up the Mitchie-Talkie and as he does, the Morse code message comes through.
* OP's eye begins to fluctuate with the beeps.
	+ JD: Optimus, do you know what this? Do you know what it's saying?
	+ OP says as he runs out of energy: "Got the fearing, power steering, pistons popping, ain't no stopping now. Panama." (And the lights go out on him, and he goes silent.)
* They begin to climb out of the silo.
* The sun is out. There are no creatures to be seen. For a moment on the wind, they hear they notes of a song. Heather remembers from her dream, that there was a rule: They hate the light. Sunlight kills them.
* JD's the last to leave, and he sees some of Optimus Prime's hand exposed, giving them a thumbs up.
* Before they leave, Ricky grabs some things to fix Heather's bike.

#### The Road to Garrett

* They ride two to a bike: Scarlet and JD; Ricky and Heather.
* Time: 11:30AM
* On the ride, the kids discuss who Rob might be and how he might be related to Optimus Prime, they discuss the trailer at the construction site, and Heather lets them know that in her dream she saw a darkness over the town, and so they should be careful to stay in the light.
* JD realizes that even though Optimus Prime revealed a good portion of the morse code message, that some of the message remains to be translated.
* As they drive into town, they see the town is beginning to decorate for the Tree Lighting ceremony later that day.

#### Empty Lot Under Construction

* When they arrive, the lot is quiet. There's a single black SUV in the parking lot, but they don't see anyone.
* They approach the trailer with stealth, avoiding being seen by the black SUV.
* Ricky stays behind as look out, while Scarlet, Heather and JD creep up to the trailer. As they approach, Heather hears two voices talking:
	+ Man: "...according to plan"
	+ Woman: "Yes, Dr. Arkeville."

## Characters

* Reggie Lewis
* Optimus Prime
* Robert Ott
* Dr. Arkeville

## Locations

* The Loop
* Lewis Farm

## Lexicon

* Keystones
* gremlin-langoliers
* Energon
* Mitchie-Talkie