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Megatron attempts to bring his Decepti-zombie army from Cybertron to Earth using his Space Bridge.

Transformers: Prime (cartoon) > Season 1 > Episode 5
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Jack bikes to work in the morning to find Arcee waiting for him. She tries to convince him to come back to base with her and tells him that she isn't ready to say goodbye to another friend. Ratchet informs the Autobots in the base that he as pinpointed the location of the Space Bridge. Miko asks why they can't just ground bridge there, to which Ratchet explains that the technology is not meant to be used at such long range. Optimus however, overrides this remark by saying that they will have to risk it in order to get to the Space Bridge befor Megatron. Arcee returns, having convinced Jack to come back with her. The human children and Ratchet say bye to the Bots as they prepare to go through the Ground Bridge to space.

In space, the Autobots gravitize their feet to the Space Bridge's surface and Megatron's ship approaches. The Bots draw their weapons and take up protective stances. On board the Nemesis, Megatron insults Starscream while they wait for Soundwave to lock onto Cybertron's coordinates. The Bots, wondering what's taking so long, notice the damage Bulkhead did to the ship's interstellar navigation system. Without it, the Nemeis can not know Cybertron's exact location. Optimus believes that Megatron knows of a different method to locate the planet. Raf explains to them that the linked arrays in Texas would be strong enough to accomplish what Megatron wants, so the children are ground bridged there so that Raf can try to block the Deceptions from the inside. Meanwhile, the Autobots are engaged by Decepticon Vehicons.

Raf discovers that the Decepticons are already hacking into the dishes' system and begins to work on it himself. Unbeknown to the children, Soundwave is hacking into the system from the neighbouring room. As the dishes align with Cybertron, Raf counters the Decepticon's controls and shifts them away. Soundwave is alerted to their presence, begins shifting the dishes back, and attacks the children. Instead of killing them though, he takes an axe from the room and severs the hardline, effectively locking the array onto Cybertron. Starscream immediately activates the Bridge and Megatron launches his chunk of Dark Energon over the Autobots and through the portal. Cybertron's undead begin to rise.

Ratchet and Optimus figure out a way to destroy the Space Bridge, the only possible solution to save Earth from the army of Terrorcons. Optimus sends the Bots to the other side of the Bridge, while he stays to meet and fight Megatron. The two arch enemies battle as the undead army comes closer. Starscream distracts Megatron for a moment, allowing Prime to recuperate and blast him off the Bridge, where he transforms and goes to meet his army. During this time, the Bots under the Bridge succeed in reversing the current of the energy going through it, just before Megatron passes by and shoots Arcee off into space. The Bridge begins to destroy itself, so the Bots evacuate through their Ground Bridge (Bee grabs Arcee as he jumps) while Megatron is caught in the explosion of the Space Bridge. Starscream announces his intent to take over as leader of the Decepticons.

The Bots return to Base, where they worry momentarily for Arcee, who requires repairs, but is still functional. Miko asks if this is the part where the children have to say goodbye to the Autobots forever. Her question is answered in Optimus's closing narration, where he states that the Transformers take strength from the bonds they share with the children and that the Autobots will guard their new home and its inhabitants from threat.

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