New Iacon City

In New Iacon City, the Autobot warriors led by Scimitar stood ready at the portal.

They had already learned from their leader—Sentinel Prime—that they had reached some sort of cooperation agreement with the Decepticon Corps.

The Decepticon Corps would send a batch of Replica Soldiers to work with them in sweeping through all of Africa, perhaps even occupying Earth.

Even so.

The Autobots had fought the Decepticons for so long. If it had been Decepticon Frenzy, that would have been one thing. Over the past two-plus years, they and the Autobots had gone from friction to reconciliation, even working together at one point and nearly becoming allies.

If they were cooperating with them, quite a few Autobots here would have felt relatively at ease.

But if their "allies" were the Decepticon Corps, then everything was hard to say.

Lies, betrayal, and slaughter were the Decepticons' favorite things.

The Autobots who had once trusted them had all long since become decaying corpses.

"They're coming. Stay alert!"

Scimitar drew a crescent-shaped special weapon, gripping it tightly as he kept a wary watch.

The surface of the portal before them churned violently like rippling water.

Soon, amid a distorted flicker of imagery, two disgusting, roaring figures burst through the ripples and tumbled onto the open ground before the portal. They were Replica Soldiers from the Decepticon Corps.

After one Replica Soldier hit the ground, it swayed its head as though drunk.

The other quickly rose to its feet. Seeing the many Autobot warriors surrounding them, it showed no fear at all, thrusting out its head and roaring at them, "Hiss... Autobots... kill..."

After roaring, it mindlessly pounced at the nearest Autobot.

"Knock it out!"

Scimitar shouted, and four Autobots struck at once. The electromagnetic paralysis rounds fired from their weapons hit the Replica