At that moment rocks begin to fall and the cave floor starts shaking. Then an unimagineable sight: a jet fighter plane flies into the cave!

"The Decepticons!" cries Optimus Prime. Quickly he pushes Sparkplug and Buster into a crevise away from the fighting. "Autobots, defend yourselves!" He aims his laser rifle at Starscream and fires.

"Nice try, insulation-breath!" snarls Starscream. Turning sharply, he drops a load of cluster bombs. The bombs miss the Autobots, but they shatter the stalactites. Large chunks of rock fall everywhere.

Other Decepticons have now entered the cave. Kickback rakes the Autobots with his submachine gun. Rumbles and groundquakes shake the cavern.

"Give up, you tin-plated trash cans!" commands Starscream. "Give up before we bury you under a hundred tons of rock!"

Just then Bumblebee, the smallest of the Autobots, rolls up to Optimus Prime. "Optimus Prime," he says, "the fighting has opened a hole in the back of the cave! I checked it out. There seems to be a tunnel to the surface. Maybe we could get out that way!"

Continue.