Transformers: Armada
“Chase” – Episode 24
Written by Terry Klassen and Ward Perry
Transcription by Brandon Williams

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Narrator: The war between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on, as they struggle to retrieve the prized Mini-Cons. There are new and more powerful Mini-Cons surfacing every day. If the Decepticons prove victorious, then Megatron, and his enslaved Mini-Cons will control the universe. The Earth’s only chance for a peaceful cosmos is for Optimus Prime and the Autobots to destroy their enemy, and free all Mini-Cons. Now, get ready for a new battle.

Carlos: Man, what a drag. You know, I don’t know why Red Alert gets to go out on patrol and we have to be couped up here.
Alexis: Would you stop complaining? Our work at the Autobots’ base is just —

Carlos: — I know, I know. It’s just as import-ant as being out there in the battlefield.

Alexis: Don’t you dare mock me, Carlos. This is serious business.

Rad: Aw, would you chill out, Alexis. It’s not like the Decepticons are going to attack the base in the next five minutes.

Alexis: It could happen at any time, Rad. And we’ve gotta stay on high alert.

Carlos: Hey, don’t forget the base hasn’t been attacked since Red Alert put up that protective shield.

Rad: Yeah. There’s no way Megatron and his goons would even think about trying it. Just relax.

Alexis: You want me to relax?! Give your heads a shake, you guys! Listen, we’ve always got to be prepared. The worst thing we could do is put our guard down, because the Decepticons are just waiting for the right time to steal the Autobots’ Mini-Cons.

Rad & Carlos: Yeah… Okay.

Alexis: Oh, you two are hopeless! One day you’ll understand.

Rad: Aw, come on, Alexis. Would you cut us a break?

Carlos: What did we do?

Rad (VO): Deep down we knew she was right, but she didn’t have to rub our noses in it. Megatron could attack at any time. It’s just that, well, we’re not little kids anymore. And sometimes, she treats us that way.

[Transition]

Optimus: I will never let you have our Mini-Cons.

Starscream: All the Mini-Cons belong to the Decepticons!

Hot Shot: Hate to break it to you, Starscream, but in your dreams! So get that through your thick armoured shell.

Alexis: I’ve got bad news. I can’t seem to locate the Autobots anywhere. Laserbeak, do an area grid search, and hurry.

Carlos: Oh no. Sideways disappeared off the radar screen, too.

Rad: This is — getting really freaky.

Alexis: C’mon! We’ve gotta figure this out.

Rad: You think the Decepticons could be jamming our signal, Alexis?

Alexis: Well, they gotta be doing something because my laptop just froze up again.

Rad: So, your computer program transmits your commands by microwaves from our base here, right? But to get to the microwave tower, you’re linked to the Internet. That could mean you picked up some kind of virus… Or worse, somebody could’ve hacked into our system.

Alexis: No! This can’t — happen. Wait a sec. It’s booting up. Oh no, I think you might be right, Rad. It looks like someone has hacked into our system and is still online. I’m just gonna check something. I’m loading an anti-virus program. Okay, it’s scanning. I’ll put it up on the big monitor. Check this out.

Rad: I was right. It is a virus! And it’s spreading.

Carlos: Like wildfire!

Alexis: Huh! It’s eating our program. Who is doing this?

Carlos: My money is on the Decepticons.

Rad: I’ll bet Megatron already downloaded all our information and now he’s destroying the program!

Alexis: They’re not only destroying the program, they’ve penetrated right into my hard drive! And they’re wiping that clean too. If we don’t stop it soon, we’ll be powerless to stop the Autobots.

Carlos: Aw man. Something tells me I shoulda stayed in bed.

Rad: Oh no! We’ve been — totally terminated from the ‘net! Do something, Alexis.

Alexis: I can’t. It’s not logging on. It’s not even letting me reboot. C’mon, c’mon. My startup is totally fried! I’ve gotta disconnect, and quick. You’re right. The virus won’t spread if we turn off the main computer.

Carlos: A-hey, guys. Don’t look now, but the big screen… Is coming to life! Aw man, this has gone way beyond freaky. Aaah!

Rad: Oh no. We can’t shut the power down!

Carlos: Well I just hope this sparkily stuff isn’t radioactive.

Alexis: What just happened? Aaah!

Rad: Are you all right, Alexis? Alexis, are you all right?

Carlos: Aaaaahhh! Holy guacamole! It’s Sideways!

Alexis: But that’s impossible!

Rad: I don’t really care who it is, you guys. We’ve just gotta stop him.

Alexis: Any suggestions on how?

Carlos & Alexis: Mmmhmm!

Carlos: Take that! And that! And that!

Rad: Keep going! We’ve gotta shut it down!

Sideways: Aaghh… Ugghh…

Carlos: It doesn’t seem to be working!

Sideways: Stop… Don’t do this. Stop!

Carlos: Wow…

Optimus: Huh?

Megatron: Take this, Prime.

Hot Shot: No! Something’s happened to the kids!

Billy: Hey Carlos! Hey Rad!

Fred: Alexis!

Billy: Aw, whoa, this is totally freaky.

Fred: Whoa. What happened here?

Billy: Rad, Carlos, what’s the deal? Snap out of it.

Fred: Alexis! Look, it’s me, Fred. C’mon, speak to me!

Billy: High Wire, Sureshock, Grindor! What the heck’s going on here?

Fred: They’ve been turned into zombies!

Billy: Yeah, it was probably Megatron who did it ’em, too!

Fred: I guess this means I’m going to miss lunch! My blood sugar’s getting dangerously low, Billy!

Bily: Huh? Oh no…

[Commercial]

Alexis: Wuh — where are we?

Rad: It looks like some kind of weird fourth dimension.

Carlos: Aw man, this is one demented dream. I can hardly wait to wake up. Hey, what are you doing in my dream, Rad?

Rad: It’s my dream.

Carlos: Okay, it’s your dream, then. Just wake me up, would ya?

Alexis: Hey, would you two please just knock it off, all right? Grindor, do you have any idea where we are? I didn’t think so.

Carlos: Woohoohoo! Hey, check me out guys! Oh-ho, yeah!

Rad: Whoo! Hahaha!

Alexis: Oh yay. I’m surrounded by morons.

Sideways: Welcome to Cyberspace, kids. I hope you like it, because… you’ll be trapped here for an eternity.

Rad & Alexis: We’re — trapped in Cyberspace?

Carlos: We’re trapped here for eternity?

Alexis: Are you saying we were somehow digitized and sucked into the Internet?

Sideways: Internet? Speak English, wouldya?

Alexis: Don’t play dumb. You hacked into our computer, didn’t you, Sideways?

Sideways: Okay, sure. I hacked into your system to gain access to the Autobots’ database. But you brats kinda got in the way. So I had to get you out of the picture for good.

Rad: You’re gonna leave out here! Aren’t you?

Carlos: Hey creep! Get us out of here right now or Optimus is gonna smoke you!

Alexis: And you know the Autobots will find us.

Sideways: You really got me shakin’ in my boots. Face it, humans, the Autobots were only humouring you by pretending to let you help them. Now let’s get down to business and hand over what I really came for, the Mini-Cons. Don’t try to be heroes, either. If you get in my way, you’ll pay… with your lives. Gotta run, kids. But before I go, which Mini-Con shall I take first? Hahaha. Hahahaha.

Rad: ‘Kay guys, let’s get outta here.

Sideways: Hahahaha! Look at ’em run. How futile. Hahaha, hahahaha! Hahahaha!

Carlos: Aw, man. Freaky! Hey, now we’re in outerspace, dudes.

Alexis: And we’ve lost Sideways. I hope.

Rad: Hey look, the Mini-Cons!

Alexis: The Milky Way…

Rad: Yeah. Everything here looks so unreal. And somehow I get the feeling that’s because it is.

Alexis: Wow! You can see all the constellations and half the planets from here.

Carlos: It’s all plain creepy to me. And I keep thinking about what Sideways said to us about being trapped in here forever.

Rad: Knock it off, Carlos. We’ve got keep focus on protecting the Mini-Cons, and then worry about finding a way outta here. So stop whining and let’s get to work.

Alexis: He’s right. Get with the program.

Carlos: Yeah… okay.

Rad: Hey… Look over there. Is that… Cybertron?

Alexis: That’s your home planet, isn’t it, guys? Not to mention Optimus and Megatron’s. It’s beautiful.

Rad: Well, I guess we’re all headed to Cybertron, then!

Alexis: But the question is why.

Carlos: Hey guys, w-what was that?

Alexis: No clue… But it sure freaked me out.

Rad: Hey. Did anyone see that?

Alexis: Oh no! We’re gonna crash land!

Kids: Aaaahhh!

Carlos: Is it just me, or did we just pass right through Cybertron?

Rad: Hey, it must’ve been a hologram. Yeah, that’s it.

Sideways: Heh. Good guess, kid. Infact, this whole place is just one big illusion. Pretty realistic, huh?

Rad: Oh no! It’s Sideways!

Alexis: I thought we’d lost you.

Sideways: Hand over those last two Mini-Cons.

Alexis: Wait a sec. Something’s wrong with this picture. This cyber-world is only in our minds. But if you’re creating the illusion, how come you’re not in control of it? Hey, maybe it’s because you aren’t the one who created this world after all. I’ve figured it out, didn’t I?

Sideways: Enough! Silence!

Red Alert: Optimus, sir. My scan results indicate this was the work of Sideways.

Hot Shot: What about the kids?

Billy: There’s no time to waste. We just have to find them and quick!

Optimus: Don’t worry.

Hot Shot: Yeah. But how, Optimus, sir?

Fred: Hey, isn’t it possible we could get some clues from Alexis’ harddrive?

Red Alert: Yes. The data stored inside there should give us the necessary information. Good thinking, Fred.

Sideways: Surrender the Mini-Cons!

Rad: Go ahead. Do your worst, Sideways! But we’ll never hand them over!

Sideways: What, how dare you!

Carlos: Yeah! We’re not scared of you, you creep!

Rad: None of this is real. This is all just a dumb trick. Everything is an illusion. The stars, the planets, even Cybertron is fake. And that includes you, Sideways. See, you can’t hurt us. Because we’re part of your illusion. So if you want, go ahead and fire.

Alexis: Hey Grindor! Come over here. There’s no way he can stop you from coming here, either.

Sideways: No… No, she’s wrong! Heh. You’ve wasted your time.

Rad: Grindor! You’ve gotta concentrate on him being an illusion.

Kids: Way to go, Grindor!

Sideways: Why you little…!

Rad: Haha. Hey, it worked, you guys.

Alexis: I hate you say I told ya so, but I told ya so.

Sideways: Curse you. Please, kids… Listen, I’m sorry.

Rad: Hey, what’s going on? Why’s he babbling?

Carlos: It kinda sounds like he’s apologizing… To, uh, Megatron.

Alexis: No, Carlos. I don’t think he’s talking about Megatron at all. He’s talking about someone who’s even more evil and even more powerful.

Carlos: Maybe he’s talking about the one who created this whole cyber-freak show.

Rad: Guys. I say we get out of here, and quick.

Carlos: But where are we supposed to go, Rad?

Alexis: Rad, Carlos… I think I found a way outta here. C’mon, hurry!

Rad: Huh! Aaahh! Aaaahhh!

Kids: Aaaahhh!

Billy: Rad… Rad, wake up. Are you okay, buddy?

Rad: Where… am I?

Fred: You’re back home, pal! At the Autobots’ base!

Rad: Then… we made it out okay? Carlos! Alexis!

Alexis: Over here!

Carlos: We’re back, safe and sound!

Optimus: All’s well that ends well.

Rad: Uh, Optimus, I thought you were out on a mission.

Optimus: We were, but we hurried back.

Rad: How come?

Hot Shot: Aaah, gimme a break. We had a message you guys were missing. So we came back on the double.

Rad: Whoa. Hey guys, sorry.

Red Alert: You should be thanking Billy and Fred. It was them who contacted us out in the battlefield.

Fred: And we went online and shut down that nasty virus that sucked you into the computer!

Billy: Yeah, there were a couple times where we nearly nailed you guys!

Alexis: Well, you guys, I’m impressed. Not that I was really worried or anything.

Fred: So guys, let’s celebrate. Maybe we can grab some food or something. I’m starvin’.

Kids: Hahahahahaha!

Carlos: Oh yeah. We saw planet Cybertron.

Optimus: You saw our home planet?

Carlos: Yeah… at least… I think that we did.

Alexis: It was Cybertron, Carlos. I’m sure of it. Unless it was all just a dream. Hmmm…

Rad: There was — this incredible evil force.

Optimus: What evil force?

Rad: At least, I think there was.

Alexis: Hey, you guys, what happened to Laserbeak. Did he come back with you?
Red Alert: Unfortunately, Alexis, Laserbeak didn’t survive our mission. He’s —

Carlos: Looks like everyone made it back safe and sound.

Red Alert: You’ve got that right, Carlos.

[Laughter]

Carlos: Hey, somebody give me ‘five.’

Rad (VO): You know, even now I sometimes can’t believe this all wasn’t just a dream. Did we really see Cybertron? And is there a more powerful evil force than Megatron out there? I guess… even time will tell.

[End]