- Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is encouraged by his girlfriend, Carly Miller (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) to go to a job interview. In a Flashback, it is revealed that Sam met Carly at the White House, when President Barack Obama gave him a medal for assisting the Autobots in taking down the Fallen in Egypt. At the time, Carly was a part of Obama's staff. Sam also complains about how, even though he saved the world twice, NEST refused his application for a job there.
- Sam gets a job interview with Bruce Brassos (John Malkovich), the CEO of a major company and something of a nutjob. At one point, Brassos notices that one of the secretaries is drinking coffee from a red mug and, annoyed by the fact that it doesn't match the yellow carpet, he tells his assistant to destroy the mug.
- Later on, Sam is approached by a co-worker (Ken Jeong), who recognizes him as the man who helped the Autobots. The guy drags Sam to the bathroom and tries to take off his pants and give Sam his "testimonal", and Sam tries to get away from him. Brassos enters to bathroom to find Sam and his co-worker, pants arround his ankles, scuffling on the floor.
- Later on, Sam meets with Carly at Dylan's (Patrick Dempsey) penthouse, where she is organizing his race car collection. Dylan appear and flirts slightly with Carly, much to Sam's dismay.
- Later on, in Chicago, Sam, Colonel William Lennox (Josh Duhamel) and Sargeant Robert Epps (Tyrese Gibson) are in a car, making their way through a destroyed city. Sam wants to reach Carly, but Epps says that it's impossible, as the Decepticon flagships above are ready to kill any human. A fleet of military jets try to take the ships down, but it is destroyed. Fleeting civilians are also shot at and reduced to charred skeletons by the ships. Suddenly, Optimus Prime appears and damages the ship, that crash-lands on the streets. The Decepticon pilots crawl out of the wreckage only to be attacked and ripped apart limb by limb by the Wreckers.
- Later on, Sam - using a power glove built by Wheeljack -, Carly, Lennox, Epps and other soldiers are making their way through the city. Sam and Carly get separated from the group and are attacked by Starscream. Sam uses the glove's grappling hook to damage Starscream's eye and put a bomb inside it. Starscream continues his attack as Lennox and his team open fire against him.
- Later on, the humans are trapped inside the building as the Driller is tearing it apart. As the structure begins to crumble and Decepticon Drones start to invade, Lennox and Epps take down some of them and use the toppled building as a "slide" to evade the Decepticons and reach the street.
- At some point, Ironhide and Sideswipe fight side-by-side against several Decepticons. Sideswipe uses his arm cannons.
- At some point, Mirage and Bumblebee transform in the desert and start firing against unseen enemies.
- At some point, the army tries an air strike against the Decepticons forces in Chicago, but the helicopters are taken down by Starscream and a fleet of ships under his command.
- At some point, Optimus Primes walks down the street as buildings explode arround him, takes down two Drones and confronts Shockwave, who crawls out of the Driller and ***** his gun, ready to fight.
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