Reinforcements arrive for the Decepticons, simultaneously upping the ante in the war and forcing Hot Shot to confront a demon from his past.

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My thanks as always to lonegamer7 for her help in polishing this story up. Enjoy SDCC!

Autobots appearing in both versions of the story are Jetfire, Red Alert, Hot Shot, Smokescreen, Optimus Prime, Scavenger, Vector Prime, and Blurr. Autobots only appearing in the original version (and not this edit) are Sideswipe, Scattorshot, Ultra Magnus, and Grimlock. Autobots only appearing in the re-edit (and not the original version) are Inferno, Checkpoint, Quickstrike, Bumblebee, Mirage, Prowl, Armorhide, and King Atlas.

Decepticons appearing in both versions of the story are Thundercracker, Skywarp, Mudflap, Wheeljack, Starscream, Megatron, Thrust, and Cyclonus. Appearing in the re-edit but not the original is Shockblast.

Mini-Cons appearing in both versions of the story are Jolt, the Street Action Team (High Wire, Grindor, Sureshock), Sparkplug, Rollbar, Safeguard, Incinerator, Crumplezone and the Destruction Team (Dualor, Buzzsaw and Drill Bit). Mentioned but left unseen in the re-edit is Zapmaster.

Humans appearing in both versions of the story are Rad White, Carlos Lopez, Alexis Romanov, Col. Michael Franklin, and Diana Masters, as well as the unnamed President of the United States. Appearing in the re-edit is John Keller.

Also appearing is Sideways.

First part of the trilogy done...