Transformers: Prime

3x08 - Thirst

Will my torment never end?!

First I had to vie for Megatron's favor against that

treacherous harpy Airachnid. Now I must contend with

Shockwave and his incorrigible beast.

Oh, look on the bright side, Starscream.

At least one of them is currently on ice, locked up

tight in the vault of our warship.

How I would love to stuff

Shockwave and his mangy abomination right into that

stasis pod beside her. The only reason his project

Predacon is currently in full swing is because I supervised

the acquisition of his dozens of Predacon bones.

Will you please keep your lab

rat quiet while I'm airing my grievances?

Starscream, help... me.

My, my, my.

Whatever have you been inflicting upon poor Cylas?

Well, anything that merits the

need for a living petri dish.

Despite your justifiable lack

of regard for his human side, it doesn't trouble you to watch

what remains of your former partner endure your

- scientific endeavors? - Not really.

Besides, Cylas once had poor Breakdown pinned to his

lab table. I think my former partner would

be pleased to be a part.

What just happened?

You recall that synthetic Energon I recovered from the

Autobots? Well, I've been reproducing the

formula to test its viability as an alternative energy source.

However, the compound remains erratic,

- and there have been side effects. - Such as...?

Rraaaaaaaaah!

Starscream, I hope you replaced

your T-cog, because I'm going to tear it out all over again and

- feed it to Knockout! - Sheer, unbridled aggression.

Such power and fury! Megatron has long desired

a beast-machine supersoldier, and we now possess the means

of delivering one to him.

Tell me of the Predacon protoforms.

What is the status of their incubation?

Mm-hmm. Uh-huh.

Master, if I do say so myself, I have made the most

intriguing discovery. It appears that ...

Not now! Please continue, Shockwave.

No, no one important.

Did you speak with our liege about our little enterprise?

He was... otherwise engaged.

Rraaaaaaaaaahh!

Oh, I am gonna make you suffer

- in ways you will not believe! - Just how much of this

- synth en have you given him? - Two additional doses ...

three at the most. But Cylas' increasingly volatile

nature isn't the only wrinkle.

It appears that the more green stuff I administer, the

faster this monstrosity formerly known as Breakdown

burns through his own natural Energon reserves.

This will not do! Megatron already possesses one

unruly beast, with that Predacon of his!

What good is another freak of nature that cannot be controlled?

Wait! I'm a fool.

Dark Energon?! You are more than a fool, Starscream!

I think your neural cluster has blown a massive fuse!

Oh, on the contrary, dear Doctor.

Adding Dark Energon to the formula should provide

Lord Megatron with full control over his supersoldier.

Okay. True that lord Megatron seems to

possess a symbiotic link to any-one or... -thing infused with

the dark matter, allowing him to manipulate them as if they were

puppets, but have you forgotten what the so-called "Blood of

- Unicron" did to our warship? - That was the result of a

massive infusion. I am suggesting a drop or two ...

merely enough to allow our Master to command

- his warrior at will. - Even so, it's too drastic

a measure to undertake without Shockwave's approval.

- I do, after all, report to him. - Not on this project!

Supersoldiers fall under military operations, meaning,

dear Knockout, that you now report to me.

Are we clear?

Wait for it.

Humans in any form cannot be relied upon.

It's alive!

- Aah! Oh! - Scrap!

Oh, for the love of... now what?!

I tried to tell you before ... it's a side effect of the Synth-En

He's burned through his own

- natural reserves. - Then perhaps we should

withhold any infusions for a while ... might calm Cylas down

a bit, make him a tad more manageable.

Need... Energon.

Aah!

Rraaaaaaaahh!

Do you think he's actually trying to...

Suck out our Energon with that thing?

Sure seems that way.

See if you can hold him off!

- W-what?! - Wait for me!

We need to...

- sound the alarm! - Out of the question!

Megatron will undoubtedly hold us responsible.

- But... we are! - Well, you are, mostly.

Anyway, his lordship doesn't need to know that ... not if we

- handle this the right way. - Meaning?!

Use your head, Knockout! This ship is crawling with

highly trained Vehicon troopers, armed for combat.

The moment Cylas attempts to feed, they

will neutralize him for us. Problem solved.

Gaaaaah!

Once we recover Cylas' body, we must dispose of it as quickly

and efficiently as possible. No trace of him can be allowed

- to remain. - His...

...infected body.

- Nyaaah! - Daaaah!

Gone. Completely drained of Energon.

Tell me something, Starcream ... when you said "problem solved,"

is this even close to what you had in mind?!

I do not appreciate your tone, Knockout.

This brewing catastrophe is hardly my fault.

- Well, it certainly isn't mine! - Oh, no?

You're the Mastermind who chose to experiment with

- synthetic Energon. - And you're the monkey wrench

who thought it was a good idea to dabble in voodoo!

Energon!

- I thought you said he had no spark! - Dark Energon ...

it reanimates the dead!

- Raaaah! - Aim for the head!

- What?! How do you know?! - I have seen human horror films!

At drive-in theaters!

Bah! Forget the head!

Go for the spark!

We severed its link to the Dark Energon.

Human horror films ... waste of time.