Brooklyn 1994. * The inadvertent discovery of an ancient artifact by a museum secretary has been an unexpected event, the artifact is the Transwarp Key, which emitted a bright beam in the sky, only visible to organisms of Cybertronian origin. This attracted the Autobots, who planned to use the key to go back to Cybertron, but this also attracted a few others...

The Autobots enlisted the help of an unemployed former soldier to obtain the key, who entered the Brooklyn History Museum, looking for the key, bumping into the secretary, both exchange words but almost at the same time, three meteorite-like projectiles land on earth, who are the Terrorcons, Scourge, Nightbird and Battletrap who have arrived in search of the key.

— "Nightbird, search the island..."

He orders her, as they emerge from the water, Nightbird activates her rocket thrusters, flying towards the island where the museum is.

— "...Finally... The hunt draws to a close..."

Scourge eventually arrives on the island, his appearance is that of a large robot, with some parts of a truck around his body, his appearance is emaciated, dirty, scary and rusty, He has two large shoulder pads, with insignia from various sides, belonging to his victims, the Terrocon insignia is over his face, covering that disturbing rotten and damaged face, A 4-fingered claw replaces his left hand, from which a cannon emerges which shoots towards the museum, revealing the location of both humans. After that, his back slowly opens by moving the double pipes of his truck mode to the side, giving way for two small Terrorcons to come out of there, Freezer and Novakane.

— "Rip the flesh from their bones and bring me the key..."

He orders them, his voice in a low but harsh and gloomy tone, his bright orange eyes analyzing the place, while he waits patiently for the drones to do their job.