Showdown (Cloud)

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"Showdown" 対決 (Taiketsu)
Publisher	e-HOBBY, TakaraTomy Mall
First published	March 13, 2014
Story by	Makoto Wakabayashi
Illustrated by	Nagi Miyako
Continuity	Cloud

After a tussle with Brawn, Starscream retreats to another spacetime...

Synopsis

Reborn with even mightier strength, Brawn punches away a shocked Starscream from Optimus Prime. After being helped to his feet by Brawn, the Commander questions the means of his revival and Brawn simply credits SARA for giving him the strength to rise from his death. The Autobot vows to rescue her from her prison within Starscream's cockpit and the two fight using the new abilities their reborn forms give them, ending with them going off into the distance of Metropolis.

Before Optimus Prime can pursue the two, Ratchet asks just how Brawn managed to defeat death, and Optimus explains the girl's true identity and her role in Brawn's resurrection. As far as the Autobot leader figures, both Brawn and Hot Rodimus absorbed some of SARA's energy in their bodies when Megatron attacked them while on the power of SARA. This residual energy, in turn, was stabilized when SARA when she touched Brawn's corpse, allowing him to return to life in a new form. Ratchet realizes the repeating this effect could help treat the still-unconscious Hot Rodimus; with both this and the restoration of Cloud World's integrity on his mind, Optimus races off to bring back SARA and Brawn.

Among the ruins, Starscream and Brawn continue their battle, with Brawn managing to get on top of Starscream's jet mode. The Decepticon manages to throw him off, transforms into robot mode, and is about to blast him with his null-rays when he is unexpectedly struck from behind by Optimus Prime. Optimus and Brawn reunite, but Starscream takes the opportunity to use SARA to open a Dimension Gate, content to let Cloud World's impeding collapse take care of the Autobots while he bides his time in another spacetime. Optimus is unable to follow the villain before the Gate closes.

Regrouping at their base, the Autobots discuss their next actions. Brawn, with his connection to SARA, is able to pinpoint where Starscream went: 15-MD Spacetime. Normally unable to leave their native world without SARA's power, the Autobots decide to use their emergency reserve of energy to send a select few soldiers to another spacetimes, but this will leave Cloud World with less time to spare before irreversible destruction if SARA is not returned. Together, Optimus Prime and Brawn make their decisive trip across the hastily generated Dimension Gate to 15-MD Spacetime...

Featured characters

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Notes

Transformers references

• A new world categorization is introduced: "MD", which stands for Micron Densetsu, the Japanese name for the Armada franchise (and officially translated as Legends of the Microns).

References

• "Showdown" at e-HOBBY
• "Showdown" at TakaraTomy Mall (archived)
• Machine translation of "Showdown"