The meteors carrying the Autobots landed one after another near Los Angeles. They climbed out of their craters, scanned the vehicles on Earth, and changed their forms to resemble Earth vehicles.
Besides Optimus Prime, a predominantly blue semi-truck, the Autobots who arrived included Ironhide, an off-road vehicle, Jazz, a Pontiac sedan, Ratchet, a Hummer ambulance, and others.
"Bumblebee is negotiating cooperation with the humans. Let's wait a little."
After transforming, the Autobots gathered together. Optimus Prime said, "This planet belongs to humanity. We must respect them."
"We'll respect the humans. The problem is, the Decepticons won't."
As Jazz spoke, an F-22 fighter jet streaked overhead. The Autobots all froze. They could sense Starscream's presence coming from that F-22.
"The Decepticons are gathering. Let's follow them."
Optimus Prime gave the order immediately. The others nodded, transformed into vehicles, and chased after him.
At Hoover Dam, Section 7 agent Lennox Simmons, a curly-haired, middle-aged Latino man, was receiving Tony and the others.
After exchanging pleasantries, Simmons took everyone to see the AllSpark, an enormous dark-gold Metal Cube. They looked up at it and asked in astonishment, "It's that big?"
"That's how big it is. The only reason it remained undiscovered all this time is that the dam blocked its energy emissions."
As Simmons spoke, Tony recorded the AllSpark's energy emissions and asked, "Simmons, how does Section 7 think we should handle the AllSpark?"
"Keep it, of course."
Simmons sounded utterly certain. Just as everyone prepared to hear his insights, he continued, "If it's gone, every agent in Section 7 will lose their job. We won't even get pensions.
"We firmly oppose destroying the AllSpark and NBE-1."
"..."
Everyone was speechless. That was certainly pragmatic. Tony quipped, "The world's richest and second-richest men are standing right here, and you're still worried about