Though Skyfire is grateful for having been thawed out, he shows doubts about being a warrior rather than a scientist. Skyfire awakens and Megatron welcomes him to the Decepticon cause. They were charting an unknown planet, Earth, when a storm separated the two and Skyfire was lost. Starscream explains his past: millions of years ago, before the final falling out between the Autobots and Decepticons, Starscream and Skyfire were both explorers. The Decepticons have hauled the frozen titan out of the ice and proceed to repair it. I don't care if he is a fat bastard, Thundercracker. Optimus Prime hastily assembles an assault team, and they roll out, with Spike and Sparkplug accompanying.

The Autobots finally pinpoint the source of the Earth's energy drain, and Teletraan I confirms Decepticon activity surrounding a crystal outgrowth in the Arctic Circle. Starscream recognizes it as his old colleague Skyfire. While excavating the icy caverns surrounding the crystal, Rumble uncovers a Transformer frozen in the ice. Somewhere in the Arctic Circle, the Decepticons have tapped a crystal shaft leading directly to the Earth's core to siphon the planet's heat energy into Energon Cubes. Im in ur ice cave, steamcleanin ur crystal According to Teletraan I's scans, temperatures are 40 degrees below normal and falling rapidly. What's this? A blanket of snow over the Ark's volcano? The Autobots and Spike engaged in a snowball fight? In July? In the middle of the desert? Something is amiss with the world's weather. This snow isn't as fun as Spike said it was! 4.1 Animation and/or technical glitches.

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