Anthony Ramos: Noah Diaz
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Elena Wallace : [under attack by Scourge and his minions] Stop following me.
Noah Diaz : I'm not following you. I'm just escaping in the same direction.
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Mirage : Okay, so where is this t-tran, t-trun...
Arcee : Transwarp Key?
Mirage : Thank you.
Arcee : It's in the new museum on Ellis Island.
Bumblebee : Let's blow it up and get the hell out of Dodge.
Arcee : No, we can't just go in blasting and steal it, Bee. The humans will hunt us down. What we need is a quiet way in.
Mirage : [getting down from a scaffold, Noah makes a loud noise of clattering metal] Ooh, how about him?
Optimus Primal : No.
Mirage : What? Come on, man. He could slip in right through one of them little doors, grab the Key, leave a nice IOU, and peace out. He's perfect.
Noah Diaz : What?
Optimus Primal : No, it is a bad idea.
Noah Diaz : I agree with Big Man. So, it's been real, y'all. But...
Mirage : Uh, time-out.
Optimus Primal : Mirage.
Mirage : No, no, I know, I know. Just relax. Let me just talk to my guy real quick.
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Arcee : Mirage, what have you done?
Optimus Prime : You brought a human here?
Mirage : Optimus! Hey! Looking good, man! Wait a second. Are those new rims?
Optimus Prime : You were told to stay hidden.
Mirage : Right, right. Crazy coincidence. When you called, all Optimus-like...
[imitating Prime]
Mirage : "Autobots, roll out!" - this guy was already in the car. But he's cool, so it's cool. Cool?
Optimus Prime : [picking Noah up] Not cool. Who are you, human?
Noah Diaz : I'm nobody. I ain't even seen nothing. I'm not even seeing anything right now.
Optimus Prime : Arcee.
Arcee : [scanning him] Private Noah Diaz, U.S. Army. Multiple commendations. A wizard with electronics. Huh. He's a soldier.
Optimus Prime : He does not look like a soldier.
Noah Diaz : I mean, you looking pretty rough yourself.
Mirage : [snickering] Sorry, sir.
Optimus Prime : I will deal with your mistake later.
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Noah Diaz : [stealing a car] What am I doing?
Reek : Well, the coast is clear out here, so whenever you wanna slide that thing on out, you good.
Noah Diaz : I can't. I can't.
Reek : Like you can't drive stick or something?
Noah Diaz : No, it's just... I ain't no thief.
Reek : Are you having an existential crisis now? The deadline for that was when I offered you Twizzlers.
Optimus Prime : This is an emergency. Can you hear me, Mirage? Roll out!
Reek : Hey, yo, who the hell was that?
Noah Diaz : That's the radio, bro. This car is buggin'. I'm out.
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Noah Diaz : So, y'all are robots that transform into cars, even though you're from way out in space. But now there's this key that opens a portal back to your home. Oh, and you know this because there's a beacon light in the sky that I can't see because I'm human.
Mirage : You say that like it's weird.
Noah Diaz : It's super weird.
Mirage : You know what's weird? Marky Mark is leaving the Funky Bunch! I heard he's just gonna pursue acting now. That's crazy!
Noah Diaz : What? How does that...
Mirage : What a world.
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Noah Diaz : I'm just trying to collect this money and get your angry-ass boss off of Earth before he blows a gasket.
Mirage : Don't take it personal. He just misses home. And I think he blames himself for us getting stuck here. Earth was supposed to be a pit stop, you know, a place for us to regroup and rejoin the war back home. Prime feels like it's his fault we've been stranded here, like he has to fix it all on his own.
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Reek : There you go. Let that breath fill you up. In...
[inhaling]
Reek : ...out.
Noah Diaz : Please stop talking.
Reek : Okay, all right, I get it, you don't like to chitchat back and forth. But I got something for you.
[he inserts a cassette tape into his car's tape player, which Noah can hear over his end of their two-way radio]
Noah Diaz : You got a robbing mixtape?
Reek : Uh, no. I got a liberating mixtape.
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Bumblebee : [announcing his arrival] I have come here to kick ass.
Noah Diaz : Glad to have you back.
Optimus Prime : Everyone, guard the bridge! Elena, shut it down!
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Mirage : [asking Noah for help to obtain the Transwarp Key] Yo, don't leave me with these tight-asses, bro. We make a great team.
Optimus Prime : This is a waste of time.
Noah Diaz : Look, I'm not breaking into a museum for some space robots.
Mirage : But what about for friendship?
[seeing Noah isn't convinced]
Mirage : Uh, uh... or, or, or what about for cash?
[Noah's interest piques]
Mirage : Uh-huh. You help us get this key, so we can get off this rock - no offense. Love the neighborhood and all. - And then I let you sell me.
[transforming]
Mirage : Lambo? Ferrari? Indy? Look, you get paid and then I'll split.
Noah Diaz : So all I gotta do is walk in and out?
Mirage : All you gotta do. We'll take care of the rest. Cross my spark and hope to die. Wow! That was corny when I said it out loud.
Noah Diaz : What about the big man? Optimal, or whatever.
Mirage : You let me worry about him. Cool?
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Noah Diaz : I think your boy back there is confused. He said our interview was canceled.
Bishop : Because it is.
Noah Diaz : Wait, why? On the phone, you said I was perfect for the job. You said this was just a formality.
Bishop : It was until your old commanding officer called me back. Said you were brave, an expert comtech, but unreliable. Couldn't trust you. Your head was always somewhere else.
Noah Diaz : Sir, I can explain all of that. I had some responsibilities at home. My brother, he's sick.
Bishop : You had a responsibility to the United States Army.
Noah Diaz : Mr. Bishop! Sir. I'm a hard worker, okay? I just... I just, I just really need a break.
Bishop : Listen, I can't have someone like you mess up what I've built.
Noah Diaz : Someone like me? You don't know anything about me!
Bishop : I know you don't know how to be part of a team.
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Breanna Diaz : Are you sure you can take him?
Noah Diaz : Yeah, uh, hospital's on the way. I got time.
Breanna Diaz : And if that lady, that administrator, is there and she mentions a bill, just... tell her we're handling it.
Noah Diaz : I will. And after today, I'll be able to help out more.
Breanna Diaz : Good luck on the interview. Don't forget to laugh at all their jokes. White people love that shit.
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Reek : Hey, yo, Kris, what'd I tell you about letting your mans come out the crib looking like a whole square?
Kris Diaz : Only so much I can do.
Noah Diaz : Yeah, whatever, bro. Look. Here.
Reek : [taking an electronic box] Ooh! My dawg! When you gonna let me put your skills to work and get you some real money?
Noah Diaz : Yeah, says the dude who can't even afford cable.
Reek : [sarcastically mimicking him] "Says the guy who..." I choose not to purchase cable. It's my own personal way to protest the vampiric nature of modern-day capitalism!
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Kris Diaz : Hey, look. Superman went on a bunch of interviews before he got his job on the Daily Planet. But he never gave up.
Noah Diaz : I'm not Superman, Kris. Life ain't a comic book.
Kris Diaz : I'm just saying, you'll get the next one.
Noah Diaz : Yo, there is no next one. No one's coming to save us. We're alone in this.
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Arcee : All right, team, heads up. There's security up ahead.
Mirage : Nice! This is gonna be fun, man.
Noah Diaz : No, no, no. No, bro. You need to switch it up. I-I... you need to turn into a helicopter or a speedboat or something.
Mirage : I got something way better than that.
[cut to the museum, where Noah pulls up to the gate in a garbage truck and security lets him in]
Noah Diaz : Good call.
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Optimus Primal : We have a small window before the portal opens large enough for Unicron to enter. The bridge is girded by a series of tunnels. They are too small for Maximals, but...
Cheetor : But not for humans.
Optimus Primal : If Noah and Elena reach the central antenna, they can use the code to shut it down, remove the Transwarp Key, and close the portal before Unicron enters our atmosphere.
Arcee : But Scourge will be watching our every move. He'll do anything to stop us from getting the key.
Optimus Prime : Then we bring the fight to him. Autobots and Maximals will charge the bridge together and lure Scourge onto the battlefield.
Noah Diaz : While me and Elena sneak in through the back way.
Wheeljack : It sounds like we're all going to die.
Optimus Prime : If we are to die, then we will die fighting all as one.
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Noah Diaz : At least the foot soldiers took the bait.
Elena Wallace : Yeah, but Scourge didn't. He's guarding the key.
Mirage : All right, this should lead to the bottom of the Transwarp control panel. Get the key, get the hell out of there.
Noah Diaz : Wait, what are you gonna do?
Mirage : I'm gonna go distract Scourge.
Noah Diaz : No, you can't take on Scourge alone.
Mirage : Relax. I'm Mirage, remember?
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Noah Diaz : Hey, back there you called me Sonic.
Mirage : Yeah. Your little bro's got this thing about using real names over the airwaves, so...
Noah Diaz : Wait, you've been talking to Kris?
Mirage : Uh-huh.
[showing the walkie-talkie fused into his arm]
Mirage : He gave me this to keep tabs on you, make sure I'm keeping my promise.
Noah Diaz : [offering back the weapon Mirage gave him] Oh, here. Next time, include warning labels.
Mirage : Nah, go ahead, keep it.
Noah Diaz : I guess it does look better on me.
Mirage : Just don't ask what part of my body it came from.
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Optimus Prime : Autobots, Maximals, retreat to safety. I will destroy the key myself.
Arcee : Prime! No!
Noah Diaz : There's gotta be another way.
Optimus Prime : Bee, protect them.
Optimus Primal : Your sacrifice becomes our oath.
Optimus Prime : Thank you, my friends.
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Agent Burke : We know a lot about you, Mr. Diaz.
Noah Diaz : Who are you? Like, the CIA or FBI or...
Agent Burke : We are a secret government organization. Strictly off the books. We specialize in global threats. Planetary loss prevention, that kind of thing. We're in the middle of an ongoing war, and we'd love to have you join the fight. You and your whole team. You know, the big guys.
Noah Diaz : No idea what you're talking about.
Agent Burke : That's a good answer. All right. Either way, I want you to know, in lieu of the thanks of a grateful nation, we will be taking care of your brother Kris's healthcare. All of it. From now on, he will have 24/7 access to the greatest doctors in the world. And these are doctors who don't ask their patients about account balances.
Noah Diaz : Are you serious?
Agent Burke : You saved the world, kid. It's the least we can do.
Noah Diaz : I don't know what to say.
Agent Burke : We'll work on that.
[sliding a business card over]
Agent Burke : Your brother's gonna be just fine. Oh. Kris was right, by the way.
[opening a secret entrance with a plaque on his wall]
Agent Burke : No names over the airwaves. We could really use someone like you, Noah. Why don't you think about it?
Noah Diaz : [picking the business card up] GI Joe?
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Mirage : [after a car chase with the NYPD] Whoo-hoo-hoo! That felt good! Get some oil pumping, you know? Damn! I've been cooped up forever, dude. I can't tell you how old it gets!
[imitating Prime]
Mirage : "Mirage, stay hidden. Mirage, don't draw any attention to yourself. Mirage, 'Big' is just a movie. You'll never be a real boy." But that was fun, man. You're fun, dude.
[seeing Noah is freaked out]
Mirage : Oh, right. This is probably a lot for you, huh?
Noah Diaz : [picking up a piece of pipe to defend himself] Yo, back up.
Mirage : Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. What's with the aggression? I thought after the car chase, we were boys. Are you gonna hit me?
Noah Diaz : Maybe.
Mirage : It's like that?
[he aims a plasma gun on his arm, but Noah stands firm]
Mirage : Hmm. Tough guy. I like that. I like it a lot.
Noah Diaz : What are you? Some sort of possessed car or something?
Mirage : Nah. That's not real, man. I'm an alien.
Noah Diaz : Like... like E.T.?
Mirage : E.T.? The little ugly guy in the basket? Look at this face! The name's Mirage.
[holding out his hand for a fist bump]
Mirage : Come on. Give me a little, give me a little. Give me a little. Give a little tap. Give me a little tap.
[Noah fist-bumps]
Mirage : There you go! Now we're friends!
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Kris Diaz : Yo, Sonic. Breakfast ready yet?
Noah Diaz : I ain't your butler, Kris.
Kris Diaz : Come on, man. No names over the airwaves. It's Tails.
Noah Diaz : Oh, my bad, Kristopher Diaz from 974 Wilson Avenue, apartment 2-C, Brooklyn.
Kris Diaz : No real names. They're listening.
Noah Diaz : [going out to the kitchen, he realizes that eggs in a skillet are burning] Ain't no secret government agencies worried about us, Tails. Now get your behind out here while it's hot.
Breanna Diaz : [coming in] At least they got that going for 'em. Here, I ironed this for you.
Noah Diaz : I already ironed it. What...
Breanna Diaz : Like you cooked those eggs?
Noah Diaz : What you mean? They're just... seasoned.
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Noah Diaz : You want to find this other key and deliver it to the guy that just kicked your asses.
Optimus Prime : The Transwarp Key is our only way home.
Noah Diaz : If this dude gets ahold of that thing, it's game over for Earth! Our families, everybody. I'm going.
Optimus Prime : Out of the question.
Noah Diaz : No offense, but I'm not trusting my home to a guy who couldn't even protect his. This is my planet. I'm going.
Airazor : What about you?
Elena Wallace : Me?
Airazor : What is your name?
Elena Wallace : Elena.
Airazor : Elena, will you lead us to this temple?
Noah Diaz : [she looks to him] Chance to stop the end of the world.
Arcee : Actually, you'll be saving two worlds.
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Elena Wallace : [seeing Scourge] You were telling the truth.
Noah Diaz : Yeah. But those ones aren't with me.
Scourge : Rip the flesh from their bones and bring me the Key.
Elena Wallace : [giving the Key to Noah] It's yours.
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Noah Diaz : You really think this key thing is in Peru?
Elena Wallace : I-I think so. The evidence lines up.
Noah Diaz : Well, if it is, and we get our hands on it, then we gotta destroy it.
Elena Wallace : What?
Noah Diaz : They can't unite the key without both pieces. No key, no Unicron, no Earth getting eaten.
Elena Wallace : Yeah, but then they can't get home.
Noah Diaz : We gotta think about us. Look, all you gotta do is find it. And I'll take care of the rest.
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Noah Diaz : First time flying?
Elena Wallace : Man, this is my first time leaving New York.
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Noah Diaz : Look, that thing I told you I have to go do? It's for him and his crew.
Mirage : We're trying to stop the end of the world.
Kris Diaz : The world's ending?
Noah Diaz : No!
Mirage : Maybe. 60/40.
Noah Diaz : You know I'm not gonna let that happen. But that's why I have to leave.
Kris Diaz : I'll go get my things.
Mirage : Tough kid.
Noah Diaz : What? No. Whoa, whoa. Hold up. Hold up. You... you're not coming.
Kris Diaz : Why? You need someone to watch your back.
Noah Diaz : It's too dangerous, Kris. And I need you to stay here and take care of Mom.
Kris Diaz : [understanding the implication] 'Cause you might not come back.
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Noah Diaz : [breaking into the museum, he bumps into Elena] I didn't think anyone was in here.
[seeing she's holding the Key]
Noah Diaz : That's it.
Elena Wallace : Who are you? Hmm?
Noah Diaz : I'm, uh... the janitor.
Elena Wallace : Security!
Noah Diaz : No, no, no! You don't have to do that! It's not what it looks like.
Elena Wallace : Well, it looks like you're trying to steal museum property.
Noah Diaz : Okay, it's a little what it looks like.
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Wheeljack : [with a Hispanic accent] Sorry I'm late. I was taking in a harmonious moment between a serene butterfly and an unruffled caterpillar. Such tranquility.
Noah Diaz : Yo-ho-ho. Oye, papo, where you from?
Wheeljack : Cybertron.
Noah Diaz : So where'd you get that accent?
Wheeljack : Accent? What accent?
Noah Diaz : You know what I'm saying? I'm just... I'm saying it's cool. I was about to be like, "Yo, mira papi, de donde eres?", pero I didn't want to assume that you speak Spanish, too, because, then... right?
Wheeljack : Mmm. A little racist, hermano.
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Wheeljack : The coordinates you gave me correspond to an old church. Take a look.
Elena Wallace : That's Santo Domingo. The Spanish built it on top of an old Inca temple.
Wheeljack : Correcto. I picked up some residual energy readings around the courtyard, so I'm guessing the key's somewhere close by. But we may have some trouble getting there. Inti Raymi. It's a festival that shuts down the whole city.
Mirage : Guess it's a night mission, then.
Optimus Prime : No. Scourge could already be here. We must retrieve the other half before he does.
Noah Diaz : Me and Elena will do it.
Elena Wallace : Hmm?
Noah Diaz : Y-Y'all would never make it two blocks.
Arcee : There's human security all around the church. You'll never get through.
Noah Diaz : Then we'll have to take a play out of your book. We'll hide in plain sight. We'll blend in with the parade.
Optimus Prime : It is not a bad idea. We will keep an eye out for the Terrorcons. On first sign of trouble, we are going in.
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Noah Diaz : There's gotta be a way to stop this dude.
Optimus Primal : It's too late. The Transwarp has already been activated. It has more energy than a supernova. Any interruption will ignite it like a bomb. The only way to stop this process is an access code installed long ago as a safeguard.
Mirage : Okay, what's the code, then?
Optimus Primal : The code was split along with the key. Sadly, the second half of that code died with Airazor.
Elena Wallace : No, wait, wait. I-I got it. The one hiding her half of the key, it had markings in it just like the ones I found in the cave where you hid yours. Together, they must complete the access code.
Optimus Primal : Hmm.
Noah Diaz : So we got a chance now, right?
Optimus Primal : A slim chance.
Optimus Prime : That is all we need, if you will show us the way, Primal.
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Optimus Prime : [Scourge obtains both halves of the Transwarp Key] I am sorry, Noah.
Noah Diaz : You were looking out for your own. I can't even be angry at you for that.
Optimus Prime : On my home world, we believe that the battle with darkness will continue 'til all are one. I lost sight of that. You fought for yours as I fought for mine when we should have been fighting the darkness together.
Noah Diaz : Well, I ain't done fighting yet.
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Elena Wallace : What if we didn't destroy it? Maybe there's another way to... to save both our homes.
Noah Diaz : Elena, I made a lot of mistakes in my life. This is different. I can't fail at this. I can't let my family down.
Elena Wallace : You're just like him. You know that?
Noah Diaz : Who?
Elena Wallace : Optimus. I'm serious. He feels it, too.
Noah Diaz : Feels what?
Elena Wallace : Like a beast of burden just trying to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. You think he's some... some general barking orders, but when I look at him, all I see is a big brother trying to protect his family.
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Elena Wallace : That stonework is 17th century. What we're looking for is something much, much older.
Noah Diaz : [she sees a stone marker on the ground] What is it?
Elena Wallace : It's the same insignia on Airazor. But it's not lined up right. Wait, you see that? I think there's something under here.
[as she rotates the marker, they hear a rumbling of stone]
Elena Wallace : There's another one.
Noah Diaz : [re-aligning the markers] Now what?
Elena Wallace : I thought it would've...
[the stone beneath their feet moves, revealing a secret entrance]
Noah Diaz : That's some Indiana Jones-type shit.
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Noah Diaz : I am Noah Diaz. What is there to know about me? I was raised out in Brooklyn. I got a little bro who calls me Sonic. And if I gotta help save the universe in order to save the people I love, well, then that's what I'm gonna do.
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Agent Burke : Why don't you tell me about your strengths?
Noah Diaz : In addition to my experience with electronics, I-I've also really been developing my team-building skills, too.
Agent Burke : Is that so? Look, I'm gonna be honest with you. Résumé's a little thin.
Noah Diaz : Yeah, well, I just recently had a job working internationally.
Agent Burke : Oh, was that...
[giving Noah's résumé a glance]
Agent Burke : No, I don't think it's on here.
Noah Diaz : No, it-it was... it was a short-term contract.
Agent Burke : Oh, well, that's cool. Why don't you tell me about that?
Noah Diaz : It was in South America. So I got to work on my Spanish. My mom was real happy about that. You know what I'm saying? You know moms. She's just really... but while I was out there, honestly, man, it was really just like work, work, work, work, work, you know?
Agent Burke : Ah, that's a shame, 'cause I heard the food is really good in Peru.
Noah Diaz : Wait, I didn't... I didn't mention anything about Peru.
Agent Burke : Well, that's where you were, right?
Noah Diaz : No, I was...
Agent Burke : Down in Cusco? With you and, uh, Elena and your, um, I don't know, call 'em friends?
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Optimus Prime : I should have gotten the Key myself. I should've known better than to rely on humans.
Noah Diaz : Yo, hold up. What, you blaming me? After you conveniently left out the part about a planet-eating monster?
Optimus Prime : Because of you, Unicron will now use the key to consume every planet in the universe! Including my home world.
Airazor : He doesn't have the Key. At least not all of it. We broke the Key into two pieces for safekeeping, then splintered and went into hiding. I do not know where the other half is. For all I know, I am the last of our kind.
Elena Wallace : [remembering the symbols she saw on the hawk statue] It's in Peru.
Noah Diaz : How do you know that?
Elena Wallace : It's the symbols on the stone. They were only ever recorded in one other place in the world. The Inca Temple of the Sun in Cusco. It's one of the oldest buildings in the western hemisphere. I'm-I'm...
[showing Airazor her journal]
Elena Wallace : I'm guessing that that can't be a coincidence.
Arcee : If you can track those symbols to Peru, so can the Terrorcons. We need to get there before they do.
Optimus Prime : And then kill Scourge and take his piece to complete the Key.
