Chapter Summaries

Alvin arrived in Los Angeles during the final battle of the first Transformers movie and tried to reach Bumblebee and the intact AllSpark. He was delayed by Starscream and watched Optimus Prime destroy the AllSpark, leaving Alvin stunned and empty-handed.

• Alvin recognized the battle as the climax of Transformers and realized Sam had the AllSpark, which he wanted to keep intact.
• Alvin flew toward Bumblebee, suspecting Sam and the AllSpark were inside, but an F-22 attacked him with missiles and gunfire.
• Alvin survived the attack, identified the fighter as Starscream, and drove it off with psychic force and a steel rebar projectile.
• Alvin saw Megatron strike Sam aside and watched Sam throw the AllSpark to Optimus Prime.
• Optimus Prime put the AllSpark into his chest, causing it to explode and leaving Alvin without the intact artifact.

After Optimus Prime died and the humans sided with the Decepticons, Alvin rescued the Autobots from an airstrike and later found them grieving in hiding. He offered to revive Optimus Prime in exchange for one condition.

• Alvin discovered that Optimus Prime had destroyed the AllSpark at the cost of his life, while Megatron and the Decepticons remained active.
• Human fighter formations attacked the Autobots, but Alvin’s electromagnetic storm disrupted the aircraft and let the Autobots escape.
• Megatron blamed Starscream for missing the battle until Starscream showed footage of Alvin’s power, then ordered the search for AllSpark fragments and Optimus Prime’s body.
• The Autobots learned that humans and the media had branded them enemies, while Jazz lay critically injured and Optimus Prime remained dead.
• Alvin found the Autobots in hiding, subdued Ironhide, and offered to revive Optimus Prime if they agreed to one condition.

Alvin persuaded the surviving Autobots that AllSpark fragments might revive Optimus Prime and offered energy to save Jazz. He left the Autobots preparing to gather reinforcements and search for the fragments under his command.

• Alvin explained that AllSpark fragments could restore Optimus Prime, and Ratchet and Ironhide consulted Bumblebee before agreeing to cooperate.
• Alvin gave Ratchet a Miniature Arc Reactor, which Ratchet said would provide enough energy to repair Jazz, and Ironhide apologized for attacking Alvin.
• Alvin assigned Bumblebee to search for AllSpark fragments and told Ironhide to summon Autobots to protect Optimus Prime's body.
• Ratchet and Ironhide objected to bringing more Autobots to Earth, but Alvin argued that reinforcements were needed to protect humanity from the Decepticons.
• Alvin's influence swept over Ironhide, Ratchet, and Bumblebee, and they pledged to follow his orders.

Alvin took command of the surviving Autobots and sent Ironhide to draw the Decepticons away while Ratchet guarded Optimus Prime’s body and Bumblebee helped search for AllSpark fragments. Bumblebee detected a fragment in Los Angeles, where Alvin found Starscream and Surfboard pursuing a woman who carried it.

• Alvin ordered Ironhide to imitate other Autobots’ signals and draw the Decepticons’ attention so the others could gain time to resurrect Optimus Prime.
• Ironhide accepted the dangerous mission and drove off, while Ratchet took Jazz and Optimus Prime’s body into hiding and Bumblebee went with Alvin to search for AllSpark fragments.
• Alvin and Bumblebee returned to Los Angeles, where a government broadcast claimed that Sam Witwicky and Optimus Prime had been killed.
• Bumblebee detected a weak AllSpark signal and pursued it, then warned Alvin that Decepticons were tracking the same fragment.
• Starscream and Surfboard caught a woman carrying the fragment and demanded that she hand it over.
• Alvin spotted Starscream from the elevated highway and asked Bumblebee if he wanted revenge for Optimus Prime.

Alvin and Bumblebee defeated Starscream and the Surfboard, and Alvin killed both Decepticons to gain Source Power. The Surfboard revealed Megatron was on Luna with another Decepticon leader and planned to use an ancient superweapon against Earth; Mikaela Banes then discovered the AllSpark fragment in her possession was burning hot.

• Alvin sent Bumblebee to fight the Surfboard while he confronted Starscream.
• Alvin used the Spear of Song and his psychic powers to capture and kill Starscream, gaining 1,000 units of Source Power.
• Bumblebee subdued the Surfboard, and Alvin tortured it until it revealed that Megatron had gone to Luna to consult a Decepticon leader and planned to destroy Earth with an ancient superweapon.
• Alvin killed the Surfboard and gained 500 units of Source Power.
• Alvin recognized the rescued hostage as Mikaela Banes and asked about the AllSpark fragment she carried.
• Mikaela dropped the fragment when it grew hot, and Alvin realized the AllSpark information had already transferred into her brain.

Alvin abandoned his attempt to extract the AllSpark information from Mikaela and set off for Washington to awaken Jetfire after the Autobots’ disobedience disrupted his plans. Meanwhile, The Fallen told Megatron to find the information inside the AllSpark shard and warned him that Alvin was a serious threat.

• Alvin threatened Mikaela into silence, learned from Bumblebee that Ratchet might extract the AllSpark information from her, and left the crime scene with her before the military arrived.
• Alvin ended his partnership with the Autobots when he learned Jazz had sent Ratchet to rescue Ironhide, but he relented after Jazz apologized and Bumblebee pleaded with him.
• Jazz explained that Soundwave had sent three Bonecrushers after Ironhide, and Alvin refused to risk more Autobots by launching a rescue.
• Alvin ordered Jazz to guard Optimus Prime’s body and took Mikaela to Washington to awaken Jetfire at the National Air and Space Museum.
• The Fallen told Megatron that the AllSpark’s information remained inside a shard with Mikaela, warned him about Alvin, and promised to make Megatron a Prime if he brought him the shard.

Megatron ordered the Decepticons to capture Mikaela Banes after learning Starscream and Surfboard had been killed by a mysterious alien. In Washington, Alvin and the Autobots awakened Jetfire at the National Air and Space Museum, where a suspicious guard found them as Soundwave launched a Decepticon attack.

• Soundwave told Megatron that Starscream and Surfboard were dead, their energy cores decomposed by advanced technology, and that they had pursued Mikaela Banes in Los Angeles.
• Megatron ordered the Decepticons to focus on capturing Mikaela and sent the Soundwave Warriors to locate her.
• Alvin, Mikaela, and the Autobots reached Washington and entered the National Air and Space Museum at night to find the AllSpark fragment's target.
• Mikaela's AllSpark fragment activated the Blackbird SR-71, transforming it into the elderly Decepticon Jetfire, whom Alvin introduced to Bumblebee.
• A mysterious guard appeared and declared that he had found them, while Soundwave sent eight Decepticon landing pods toward Washington State.

Alvin, Bumblebee, Mikaela, and Jetfire were ambushed by Decepticons as Jetfire tried to open a Space Bridge. Jetfire used his remaining strength to save them from a crashing Transformer, but seven Bonecrushers surrounded the group, leaving Alvin to face the ambush and vow revenge.

• Alvin shot a disguised Soundwave Warrior, and Bumblebee warned that it might have sent their location to Soundwave.
• Jetfire questioned Alvin about the Autobots’ leadership, then agreed to open a Space Bridge after learning their leader had died protecting the AllSpark.
• The wounded Soundwave Warrior fired at Jetfire and disrupted the Space Bridge, but Alvin crushed its remains with psychic power.
• A Decepticon fell through the museum’s dome, and Jetfire used a final Space Bridge to transport the group outside before the impact destroyed the museum.
• Seven Bonecrushers arrived, and Jetfire collapsed from exhaustion as Bumblebee prepared to defend Alvin, Mikaela, and him.
• Alvin recognized that the group was outnumbered and trapped, then vowed to make the Decepticons pay once he anchored the Transformers’ world.

Alvin prayed over the AllSpark shard and awakened the Valkyrie Transport, which transformed into a brutal Imperial machine warrior. The Valkyrie tore through Bonecrusher and the Decepticons, leaving Mikaela and Bumblebee wondering whether it might turn on them next.

• Bonecrusher and three Apache helicopters trapped Alvin, Bumblebee, Mikaela, and Jetfire under a relentless barrage while they waited for Decepticon reinforcements.
• Alvin refused to abandon Jetfire or Bumblebee, took the AllSpark shard from Mikaela, and summoned the Valkyrie Transport beneath his psychic shield.
• Alvin prayed to the Omnissiah and poured reactor energy into the AllSpark shard, which flew into the Valkyrie and triggered its transformation.
• The Valkyrie transformed into a towering, heavily armed machine warrior and charged Bonecrusher through the combined barrage.
• The Valkyrie split Bonecrusher apart with its Chainsword and crushed another Bonecrusher, while Mikaela and Bumblebee feared it might attack them next.

The Valkyrie destroyed the Bonecrushers and three Apache helicopters, then recognized Alvin as its commander and obeyed his orders. As they left the city, Alvin directed it to attack the United States troops blocking their way.

• The Valkyrie slaughtered the Bonecrushers and knocked three Apache helicopters from the sky after labeling their crews heretics.
• The last Bonecrushers fought back, but the Valkyrie destroyed them while Bumblebee and Mikaela watched in terror.
• The Valkyrie prepared to purge Bumblebee and Jetfire until Alvin explained that they were his troops, and it saluted him as Rogue Trader Lord Alvin Valshius.
• Alvin led Bumblebee, Jetfire, and the Valkyrie out of the city, where they encountered several regiments of United States troops.
• Alvin ordered the Valkyrie to burn the troops as heretics, and it fired Hellfire Missiles that engulfed the area in flames.

Valkyrie and Alvin’s group destroyed the United States regiments sent against them, while General Mistar was arrested after opposing the Decepticons’ influence. After Megatron learned that Valkyrie might be leader-class, Alvin brought the injured Jetfire back to the Autobots, where Jetfire recognized Valkyrie’s potential and named it Nightblade.

• Valkyrie annihilated six United States regiments, and General Mistar was relieved of duty and arrested by Bureau Seven.
• Mistar urged his adjutant to think for himself, prompting the adjutant to decide that the Autobots were the country’s best hope.
• Barricade showed Megatron footage of Valkyrie defeating eight Bonecrushers, and Megatron secretly ordered Soundwave to awaken Unicron and pursue an alliance.
• Alvin’s group returned to the valley with Valkyrie and the badly injured Jetfire, and Ratchet warned that Jetfire could not recover without the energy of a star.
• Jetfire awoke, recognized Valkyrie as a newly born leader, and named it Nightblade, urging it to help rebuild Cybertron.

Jetfire mistook Nightblade’s faith in the Omnissiah for belief in Primus, and the two reached an absurd agreement that the God of Machines and Primus were connected. After Jetfire explained The Fallen’s threat and the Matrix of Leadership, it declared Nightblade the Autobots’ hope and sent him to face The Fallen.

• Nightblade condemned Jetfire’s supposed heresy and praised the God of Machines, while Jetfire concluded that he meant Primus and that Unicron was their shared enemy.
• Jetfire and Nightblade agreed that Primus was an incarnation of the God of Machines, leaving Jazz, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Alvin bewildered.
• Alvin interrupted their debate and told Mikaela to record the symbols in her mind so they could find the Matrix of Leadership before The Fallen.
• Jetfire warned that The Fallen sought the Matrix to activate an ancient device that harvested stellar energy, and recounted how the six other Primes had sacrificed themselves to seal it away.
• Jetfire said only a leader could defeat The Fallen and named Nightblade as the Autobots’ hope, while Alvin considered giving him the Matrix.

Alvin and the Autobots deciphered part of the prophecy leading to the Matrix of Leadership, but the exact location remained unknown. Alvin then asked Jetfire to teleport them to the Decepticons’ base to steal an AllSpark fragment, leaving Jetfire alarmed by the dangerous plan.

• Alvin warned Jetfire that The Fallen was the greatest threat and asked him to decode information about the Matrix of Leadership.
• Mikaela drew the symbols stored in her mind, and Jetfire translated them as a prophecy about the sun, a dagger’s tip, and a king guiding the way to an entrance.
• Jetfire recalled that the prophecy’s location was somewhere near Egypt and Jordan, and Alvin guessed that the dagger’s tip was where the Red Sea met the region.
• The group could not interpret what the prophecy’s king meant, so Alvin assigned Mikaela the task of solving the riddle.
• Alvin asked Jetfire to take the group to the Decepticons’ base and teleport them back after they stole the AllSpark fragment, prompting Jetfire to fear for his life.

Alvin planned to steal the AllSpark fragment from the Decepticons, and Jetfire agreed to teleport the team despite the cost to his life. The plan left Alvin preparing to infiltrate the base alone while Ironhide and Mikaela would draw the Decepticons toward Egypt.

• Jetfire agreed to teleport the team twice, warning that he needed five minutes between uses and that the effort could cost him his life.
• Alvin asked Nightblade about the AllSpark fragment and learned it remained embedded in his chest as his heart.
• Alvin decided to infiltrate the Decepticon base alone and ordered Jetfire to teleport the others to his location when signaled.
• Alvin instructed Jazz to send Ironhide toward the Red Sea near Egypt and Jordan to draw away the Decepticons' main forces.
• Alvin told Mikaela she had to travel to Egypt as bait, despite her protests.

Alvin infiltrated Bureau Seven and recognized that the AllSpark fragment was bait for a Decepticon ambush, so he changed his plan and prepared a psychic attack instead. He lured Megatron and The Fallen to the base, where he confronted them and unleashed a Destruction Vortex.

• Alvin infiltrated the military base housing Bureau Seven and found the AllSpark fragment inside a protected chamber.
• Alvin suspected the fragment was bait and reasoned that The Fallen would teleport in to ambush the Autobots.
• Alvin decided against calling Jetfire and drew on psychic energy before using his Bio-armor to simulate Transformer radiation.
• A Bureau Seven director alerted Megatron that the Autobots had taken the bait, prompting Megatron and The Fallen to teleport from Mars to the base.
• Megatron and The Fallen found the AllSpark fragment missing and Alvin waiting alone among the ruined facilities.
• Alvin introduced himself and unleashed a Destruction Vortex at Megatron and The Fallen.

Alvin’s psychic vortex forced The Fallen and Megatron to teleport back to Mars, where The Fallen blamed Megatron for the failed plan and ordered him to find the Star Harvester. Megatron returned to Earth, killed the official behind the plan, and appointed Major General Charlie as his adjutant after Charlie offered to help the Decepticons.

• Alvin opened a massive psychic rift that nearly swallowed The Fallen and Megatron, but The Fallen escaped with Megatron using Space Teleportation.
• The Fallen reprimanded Megatron, ordered him to stop focusing on the Autobots and find the Star Harvester, and threatened to replace him if he failed again.
• Megatron returned to the ruined military base and killed the human official whose plan had nearly gotten him destroyed.
• Major General Charlie explained that corrupt human interests had been disrupting the Decepticons’ battle plans and asked Megatron to let humanity keep a place to survive after his victory.
• Megatron appointed Charlie as his adjutant, while Charlie remembered General Mistar’s advice to think more.

Alvin used the damaged AllSpark fragment to reignite Optimus Prime’s spark while preserving most of its remaining energy, then persuaded the Autobots to join him by promising to rebuild Cybertron. Optimus initially rejected Alvin’s demand for loyalty, but accepted after the other Autobots chose Alvin’s plan.

• Alvin revealed that he had recovered the AllSpark fragment and told Ratchet to use only enough energy to reignite Optimus Prime’s spark.
• Ratchet revived Optimus Prime, consuming seventy thousand energy units, and the Autobots explained that humans had betrayed them after Optimus’s sacrifice.
• Alvin challenged Optimus’s judgment and argued that the Autobots needed to abandon their old principles and fight for their future.
• Alvin offered to help rebuild Cybertron in exchange for the Transformers’ loyalty and service as his army.
• Jazz, Ratchet, and Bumblebee stood with Alvin, and Optimus Prime agreed to join him after hearing that the others wanted to fight for their home.

Optimus Prime swore allegiance to Alvin and the Valshius Merchant Dynasty, while a mysterious emblem transformed the Autobots’ insignias. Alvin accepted a meeting with an anonymous contact, who revealed that Megatron and Sentinel Prime had allied and gave him coordinates for what he was seeking.

• Optimus Prime asked Alvin to help rebuild Cybertron, and Alvin knighted him and formed an alliance with the Autobots.
• The Autobots’ insignias changed into a new emblem, which Alvin recognized from his earlier encounters in the Marvel Universe.
• Bumblebee received an anonymous invitation for Alvin to meet in Los Angeles, followed by the message “Sentinel Prime!”
• Alvin decided to attend despite the Autobots’ warnings, suspecting Sentinel Prime might have allied with the Decepticons.
• At the café, Charlie Hall identified himself as a high-ranking military official and Megatron’s deputy, then said he wanted humanity to ally with the Autobots.
• Charlie revealed that Megatron and Sentinel Prime had formed a secret alliance and gave Alvin coordinates for what he was seeking.

After meeting Charlie, Alvin returned to the Autobots with coordinates for the Matrix of Leadership and began planning the decisive battle against the Decepticons and The Fallen. He prepared the Autobots for a surprise operation and learned that Jetfire could teleport an entire Cybertronian warship, leaving Alvin confident that victory was within reach.

• Alvin learned that sixteen days had passed in the Transformers' world and decided the Heavenly Punishment Legion was ready for its first field test.
• Alvin gave Optimus Prime Charlie's coordinates, and Optimus identified Petra as the site of the Matrix of Leadership.
• Alvin explained that The Fallen's plan threatened the Transformers rather than Earth and asked how Optimus Prime could recover; Jetfire offered his energy core, but Alvin refused to sacrifice him.
• Alvin ordered Nightblade to create Transformers using the AllSpark fragment and sent Bumblebee, Jazz, and Ratchet to the target area to await his signal.
• Alvin told Jetfire he would accompany him, then learned Jetfire could teleport an entire Cybertronian warship anywhere on a planet's surface.

Alvin took Optimus Prime and Jetfire to a secret military base in Chicago, intending to seize the Space Bridge pillars and technology from Sentinel Prime. After Alvin revealed that the soldiers had sided with the Decepticons and attacked the Autobots, Optimus Prime stormed the base.

• Jetfire complained about the rough road as Optimus Prime drove him and Alvin toward their destination.
• Alvin received coordinates from Charlie and explained that the Space Bridge pillars and Sentinel Prime's knowledge could replenish their energy and serve his plans.
• Alvin asked whether Optimus Prime would attack humans, and Optimus Prime agreed once Alvin identified them as enemies.
• At the secret Chicago base, Alvin told Optimus Prime that its soldiers had supported the Decepticons and nearly killed Ironhide.
• Optimus Prime charged through the soldiers and barriers, transformed, and fired his energy cannon into the base.