After assisting with the clean-up in Mission City, most Autobots were released from active duty. Frustrated and disintertested with what Earth had to offer, Grimlock wandered alone, ending up in in rural Japan. While climbing to higher ground, he was caught in landslide and for the first time, needed help. Befriended my a masterless samurai Mifune, Grimlock was able free himself with his aid. Wandering the countryside together, Mifune teaches Grimlock the art of Bushido, the way of the sword. It is the first time since landing on Earth that Grimlock has felt a sense of peace and of purpose. He felt the blade was an extension of himself, a means to an end rather than a tool of destruction. The sky overhead crackles with fire and heat, as protoforms sterak through the sky toward Earth. Over his communicator an encoded message comes through...from Optimus Prime. It seems his new found peace will not be long lasted.

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