[computer beeping]
[ominous music]
- Come on. Just a bit more.
♪ ♪
Almost there.
And-- [beeps]
- Lockdown disengaged.
- Phew.
[all gasp]
- Ta-da!
The Hypershuttle is ours to command.
[laughs]
Hack-tag strikes again.
- Are you sure Optimus is okay with us
using the Hypershuttle?
- Well, he didn't say he's not okay with it.
- Hmm.
Works for me.
- Last one in's a rotten Terran.
- [laughs]
Oh!
- I don't wanna be a rotten bot!
- I also do not wish to be the rotten bot.
- Come on, Robby.
[line trilling]
- Hey, Robby.
Wanna ditch Autobot Base and hang out today?
- Can't.
We're headed somewhere, uh, else.
- Ooh. Mysterious.
Any more deets?
- Nope.
But I'll call you when I get back.
- Okay.
Whatever you're doing, have fun.
- I--
will! [grunts]
[all cheering]
[cheering]
[intriguing music]
- Whoa!
[panting]
[sighs]
[grunts]
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Ahh!
Snow day!
- Snow day! - Snow day!
[transforming pulses]
[electricity crackling]
[computer beeping]
- Everyone.
Look who decided to crash the party.
- Are my optics deceiving me, or is that Elita-1?
- [chuckles] Hey, Prowl.
-[grunts] - [chuckles]
I heard you're still having trouble
with the heavy landings.
Maybe--maybe Megatron should give you flight lessons.
- Ha.
As if I would have anything to learn from a Decepticon.
I thought you'd decided to stay away from Autobot Base--
not that you belong here.
- It has been my home longer than it has been yours.
- [laughs] Always the tough guy.
[grunts] Bring it in.
[laughs]
You still owe me 40 Energon cubes
from the last time I trounced you at arm wrestling.
- Not how I remember it, Arcee.
- Eh. Rematch?
You got weak with all that time in zero-g?
- I am adept in any atmospheric pressure.
- Perhaps we focus on the exodus of the Decepticons.
- Want to call it a draw?
[grunts]
- Cosmos lost visual contact with him a few hours ago.
- But we have intercepted
several encrypted transmissions to Earth.
- Have you been able to decode them?
- Just these.
[beeping]
- [chuckles]
Looks like they're having fun on your ship.
- They will not be having fun once I find them.
- We'll find a way to reunite you with your ship as soon as--
- Optimus!
I'm looking for you, Prime.
- Bumblebee, how can I assist you?
- You had a rescue mission in the dome
and didn't bring your best scout?
- Is it me, or is Bee coming in a little hotter than usual?
- It's definitely not you.
- Remain calm.
We can discuss this rationally.
- Maybe I should have left with the Decepticons.
At least they would appreciate my talents.
- It was better you were not informed.
I knew that you would be emotionally compromised
going into Decepticon territory.
- Oh, I'm emotional?
Maybe you're just too rational.
- Hey, Bee. Pump your brakes.
What's your deal--whoa!
[grunts]
- Back off, Bee.
You're way out of line.
A little help?
- [whirring, grunting]
- Why would I need your help, Arcee?
I'm your superior.
- Superior? More like Inferior-1.
- Enough.
Stand down.
[crash]
Autobots, disperse.
They--they've lost all control.
[grunting]
- [roars]
- Grimlock, why are you always butting your nose in?
- [roaring]
- What is happening to them?
- I--I don't know.
But it's happening fast.
- I'm looking for you, Prime.
[tense music]
- Pump your brakes. What's your deal?
Whoa! [grunts]
- More like Inferior-1.
♪ ♪
- It is a contagion.
We must retreat, or we risk being infected
and becoming just like them.
- No, our comrades are in trouble.
They need our help.
- Stop. Do not touch them.
- I don't take orders from you.
- Get down!
- [roars]
- [grunting]
- Lock down the base.
Tactical retreat.
- Optimus.
- Until we know what we are dealing with,
separating ourselves is the only answer.
- We are not done with you.
- You can't hide.
- Tire me, Thrash!
Whoo! [laughs]
- Whoo! - Whoo-hoo!
- Who knew a secret GHOST base in the North Pole
could be so much fun?
- Yeah, I'm thinking that's why they were keeping it a secret.
[cheering]
- Yeah! - Whoo-hoo!
- Whoa!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- You've got this, JB.
- I've got it.
But how do I stop?
[groans]
- Huh.
- Is it snack time yet?
- Nah.
I think we left the marshmallows back at base.
BRB.
[laughter]
[humming]
[grunts]
Huh?
Wha--huh?
- Lockdown protocols initiated.
- Robby, Hashtag, something's happening at Autobot Base.
[alarm blaring]
Anyone?
- Hey, shouldn't Twitch be back by now?
- Um, that, and--
where is the Hypershuttle?
- I'm not able to get a signal through to Twitch
or Autobot Base.
- Um, did anyone tell Mom or Dad where we were going?
both: Uh...
- But Twitch made it back to base
before the Hypershuttle broke, right?
- Let's just hope she's safe.
[ominous music]
- [echoing] OP?
Megatron?
Oh, where is everyone?
♪ ♪
Elita-1!
Oh, thank goodness you're here.
[energy crackling]
Elita-1?
- Oh, look, a Terran.
You're the cause of everything that's gone wrong
since the end of the war.
- Hey.
That hurts my feelings.
- Oh, we're gonna hurt a lot more than that.
[menacing laughter]
[zapping]
[grunting]
- [yells]
- Once we get to the garage, we can override the lockdown
and get out.
- I said tactical retreat, Megatron.
We are not leaving my Autobots here
to rip each other to scrap.
- We cannot solve this under attack.
If we get out, we can find Dorothy and bring back help.
- Of course the Decepticon would
wanna abandon your colleagues.
Nothing changes.
- Your plan carries a tremendous risk.
We have the infection contained.
There's no telling what could happen if this gets out.
- It will be much worse if we stay
and end up like the others.
- [distant shout]
- [singsong voice] Oh, Twitch.
Come out and play.
- We know you're around here somewhere.
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
[crash] - Ahh!
- Some great leader you are!
- Me? You let her get away.
[grunting]
- Hey, Prime.
You can't evade your top scout.
[engine revving]
[grunting]
- Optimus, go!
- We must hurry.
- You want a piece of me?
- No. I want the whole thing.
- Once the lockdown protocol is disengaged, you go get Dot.
- You're not coming?
- Someone needs to stay
to re-engage the lockdown from the inside.
- But the infection-- there is no way you survive.
- I can't leave my kin to suffer this plague alone.
I won't.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- Lockdown disengaged.
[alarm blaring]
- You are willing to risk your safety for a Decepticon?
You are an embarrassment to Cybertron.
- Optimus!
- [strained] No.
Stay back.
[grunting]
I can't stop what's about to happen.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Error.
Lockdown re-engaged.
- No one gets out of here, especially not you.
- Do not make me do this, Prime.
[metal grinding]
- Prowl was right.
I never should have trusted you.
[grunts]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Little Bird, what are you doing here?
- [grunting]
[electricity crackling]
- Where are the other Maltos?
- I can't reach anyone.
[engine revs]
- How did you get here?
- Uh, uh--oh!
The Hypershuttle.
- Then that is our way out.
- [roars]
- But how do we get past everyone?
- We go through them.
Stay close.
Move fast and do not touch anyone.
- [roars]
[dramatic music]
- [roars] - [shouts]
- Let's go.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
- We do not have much time before Optimus
is impossible to stop.
- That freezy stuff seemed to slow him down.
- We need a way to freeze them all.
- I know a place that's plenty cold.
The Hypershuttle will take us right there.
Oh, no!
- What is wrong?
- It's locked again.
It's okay. Just give me a minute.
[distant banging, growling]
- There is no escaping!
[engine revving]
- Open it, and fast.
- Okay. Okay.
Um, uh, Hashtag made this look so easy.
- Faster, Twitch.
- Come on. Come on.
[horn blares]
Pretty please, pretty please.
Unlock, please!
- Lockdown disengaged.
- Yes! I got it!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [roars]
[roars]
[both panting]
- I am sorry, Little Bird.
It is up to you now.
- Twitch? Twitch?
Come in.
Oh, please be okay.
- It's back!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- [groaning]
- Megatron!
- Wait, stay back.
Don't touch him.
- What happened?
- The Autobots got infected with some kind of hate plague.
They all started raging out and attacking each other.
Megatron got it too.
- Uh, well, why isn't he attacking us?
- I know hate.
- The plague doesn't like the cold,
so we need to figure out a way to help the others.
- Wait. Everyone was infected?
- You mean even--
[gasping]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Prime!
♪ ♪
- Megatron!
- Is this what you wanted, Optimus?
Enough talk.
[grunts]
[dramatic music]
- Talking was more of your thing--
or should I say barking orders?
[growling]
[grunting]
- [yells]
- [grunts, growls]
♪ ♪
- [growls]
- The cold isn't working.
- Explain what happened to lead to your hypothesis.
- I hit Optimus with a tanker,
and he was stunned by the cold blast.
- A liquid blast.
Water is a much better conductor than air.
[grunting]
- None of this would have happened to us
if you had just listened!
- After all these years as allies,
you still question my judgment.
- Ahh!
[grunting]
- Maltos, we must break the ice.
- Okay, okay, okay.
If you could live on any planet--
- Not that kind of icebreaker.
- [grunts]
[dramatic music]
- Oh, that kind of icebreaker.
[roars]
[ice shattering]
[engine revving]
- Everyone, break the ice!
[grunting]
♪ ♪
- [grunts, shouts]
[grunting]
♪ ♪
- [roars]
[all shout]
[music softens]
♪ ♪
- I don't see them anymore.
- What do we do?
- Twitch, wait!
- No!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [muffled] Now!
[engine revving]
- Pull!
♪ ♪
[all grunting]
[triumphant music]
♪ ♪
- Ugh.
Thank you, Prime.
- And thank you, everyone.
But the Autobots still need us.
Who was the one who bypassed the Hypershuttle lockdown?
- Uh, that was me.
Guilty. [chuckles]
- Does that mean you can control
all the Autobot Base's functionality?
- Oh! With the proper terminal?
You bet your frosty bumper I can.
Uh, I mean, if you say so, sir.
[growling]
- Temperature override initiated.
[growling]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[strained yelling]
♪ ♪
[music softens]
♪ ♪
- We still good?
- Eh, you gotta do a lot more than that to not be my friend.
- Thank you for rescuing me.
- Now we're even.
You rescued me on Prowl's ship, despite my orders.
- I need you to understand.
If I am to be an effective teammate,
you also must listen.
- And I need you to cease challenging my every decision.
- Someone must question your leadership, Optimus.
If you leave authority unchecked,
it can lead to tyranny.
Who knows better than I?
If we are going to make this partnership work,
we must trust each other.
- I trust you with my life.
- And I trust you with mine, brother.
all: Aww!
[phone buzzing]
- Hey, just checking in.
How did your top-secret mission go?
- A lot happened.
It's been a crazy day.
- Is everyone okay?
- Yeah.
Not every day you have to dunk your friends
in a freezing cold lake.
But the Autobots are gonna be okay.
I'll call you later.
- We'll do a sweep of the base for any trace of the contagion.
- This was not a random act.
Someone or something wanted us at each other's throats.
We will get to the source of this.
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
[alarm beeping softly]