The Headmasters issue 6

The Headmasters save Christmas and a little disabled boy while they're at it!

Synopsis

It's Christmas, and the Autobot Headmasters and Raiden are doing their part for the season by giving out presents to patients at a Japanese children's hospital. All the children are adoring their gifts, though Chrome notices that one of the doctors looks depressed.

He approaches her and as she explains, there's a boy who is not there – Masato. He is still inside the hospital, having undergone surgery following some kind of accident. The surgery was successful, but Masato is too depressed to begin walking again. It seems he is an orphan and has no family to spend Christmas with. Gorter volunteers to go and get him and cheer him up, transforming to helicopter mode and flying off. The moment he leaves, however, the Decepticon Headmasters show up to wreck the party, destroying a huge section of the children's hospital (good thing the kids were all outside!).

Meanwhile, Highbrow attempts to give Masato a present, but he throws it to the ground and refuses. Thinking quickly, Gorter stuffs the kid into his helicopter and flies off. Flying through the city and listening to holiday tunes, they pass by a window through which Masato sees a family celebrating Christmas together, and goes quiet. Highbrow soothes him, explaining that robots don't have biological families either, and that your family is not necessarily the people you are born to but the people who care for you.

Then, they arrive back at the party, where they find the Decepticons tearing the place up. Chrome orders the Trainbots to dismantle and get all the children to safety, but they're running out of time. Highbrow transforms to robot mode and is about to set Masato down but is blasted by Mindwipe in the process. Masato then proceeds to shock everyone when, after some effort, he gets to his feet and shouts a curse at the Decepticons! As the boy hobbles slowly to safety, Chromedome blasts the approaching Mindwipe out the air.

The Headmasters then perform a "Master Jump" and unite in their powerful but frighteningly named "Head Formation: Hell's Great Wheel". This generates a spinning vortex which sends the Decepticons flying off. As the Autobots depart, Chromedome wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.

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Notes

• Not that we really need to even ask at this point, but what exactly do the Decepticons have to gain by destroying a children's hospital and killing all the sick, injured and terminally ill kids within? Jeez, guys.

Reprints

• 2002 — Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics
• 2020 — Transformers: The Manga Volume 2