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devil's dance

chapter 1: hallucinations Inexplicable events start to take place, but everyone thinks it's their imagination. A Strange ghost haunts Rusti everywhere she goes and the two Autobot leaders begin to show signs of mental and emotional instability.

Above: POSE

chapter 2: nightmares Freak events and 'symptoms' are on the rise. Magnus has his hands full with war on Pluto and gets no help from either Prime who seem more than simply preoccupied.

Above: THUMB

chapter 3: disorientation A freak cosmic incident freezes time and creates a 'bubble' reality where reality and the reality of another dimension is entrapped. The doctor from the other reality makes a frightful diagnosis: the Matrix is infected with a virus-and there is no cure.

Above: TREE

chapter 4: mood swings Life returns to normal for a while, but it's more like the calm before the storm.

Above: WAVE
Below: DRIFTWOOD

chapter 5: Aches and Pains
Magnus struggles to deal with melting buildings, Matrix memories, Optimus going AWOL from Medical and Rodimus falling into a less-than-rational state of mind. Optimus and Rodimus start playing mind games between one another . . . and now the dead are walking the streets.

chapter 6: insanity Optimus' prayers remain unanswered while the rest of the world witnesses the power of the Matrix. Not even the National Guard has the power to put an end to the supernatural terrors. And Rusti learns about a whole new dimension to Optimus Prime.

Above: JAWS

chapter 7: blood lust Now that it fully possesses the two Autobot leaders, the Matrix Virus wages war between them. Annhilation is inevitable.

Above: PRAYER