- The Autobots are given a triple blow when one of their own is critically damaged, another is overloading destructively and the third has become an assault weapon for Megatron.
- (Continued from "Transwarped" Part 2)
Bumblebee lay on the ground severely damaged, sending Ratchet into the flashback of Omega Supreme's first shutdown. As Omega's spark was fading, the giant lamented that all he did was cause destruction, like a Decepticon, though Ratchet had taught him how to be an Autobot. Ratchet told him, "We do what we must, even if it it sometimes doesn't make sense", just as he put Omega into stasis.
Ratchet came back from the flashback, as he knelt over the broken form of Bumblebee. Optimus tells him to work on saving Bumblebee, while they tried to contain Sari by removing the Key. Prowl removed the Key, as Bumblebee faded farther from life. Ratchet attempted to use the Key to save Bumblebee, but its power is exhausted. Sari still could not control herself, even though the Key was gone. After Ratchet stabilized Bumblebee, he then left to use his EMP Generator to take Sari down, though he was reluctant to do so. Sari begged him to do it and assured him that she'd be alright. As the blast hit her, and she crumbled to the ground, Ratchet lamented his action.
On Cybertron, Longarm returned to Autobot Elite Guard Headquarters (which bears a striking resemblance to Metroplex), carried a crushed blue cube of metal that appeared to be the remains of Blurr. He gave the cube to Cliffjumper, who was working behind a desk, and told him to dispose of this "sensitive material". Cliffjumper then dropped the cube down a disposal chute.
In his office, Longarm re-assumed his Decepticon form, and contacted Megatron. He relayed his concerns that the Autobots on Earth, who knew of his ruse, would somehow contact the Elite Guard and expose him.
Elsewhere, on Space Bridge Outpost 687030, Strika and her crew prepared to take on the Autobot Flagship, when they received a message from Megatron. The Decepticon leader ordered all his forces to fall back and to wait for further orders before engaging the Autobots, which caused the Decepticons to retreat before the Elite Guard.
In the Autobot Plant Base, Ratchet repaired Sari by deactivating the circuits that made her go haywire. Professor Sumdac arrived to check on Sari, after Optimus prime told him where their secret base was located. While Bumblebee recuperated, the Plasma Dynamic Thruster was reactivated by another Transwarp wave, but Bulkhead turned the device off before it could teleport Bumblebee again.
The source of the wave was soon revealed to be Omega Supreme, transwarping back to Earth. The Autobot ship then began to attack Optimus Prime's crew, revealing that Megatron was in control of the giant. Optimus considered unleashing Sari upon the Guardian, but hoped that last resort would be unnecessary, while Ratchet upgraded Bumblebee's Stingers to Battle-Grade weapons.
Optimus, Prowl, Bulkhead and Bumblebee then fled beneath the waters of the river, to lure the Megatron-controlled Omega Supreme away from the city while Ratchet went back to tend to Sari. Bulkhead and Bumblebee provided a distraction, so that Prowl and Optimus could infiltrate and seize control of Omega Supreme.
Inside the ship, Prowl accessed Omega Supreme's consciousness via the ship's Spark Chamber, but as he attempted to wrest control of the giant, his digital mind was confronted by the digital form of Megatron.
Megatron and Prowl's digital forms battled inside of Omega Supreme's mind. Omega was able to overpower Megatron's control, thanks to Prowl's assistance, as Optimus Prime and a weaponless Megatron squared off within the bridge of the ship. Optimus kept Megatron from attacking Prowl, but Omega lost control of his body once again, as Starscream's head took over. Starscream then attacked both Megatron and the Autobots.
Optimus Prime told Ratchet that they may need to use Sari against Omega Supreme, but Ratchet swore that he won't let that happen. Ratchet went to Omega and talks to the giant, which jarred him loose from Starscream's control, temporarily. Starscream proved too powerful for Omega, as Omega asked for Ratchet to once again shut him down. Ratchet refused, but Omega repeated the words that Ratchet had spoken eons before: "We do what we must, even if it sometimes doesn't make sense".
As Starscream took over, Ratchet blasted him with his EMP, to no effect. As the ship lifted off to attack Cybertron, Optimus grappled onto the side and was carried off. Bulkhead and Bumblebee decided to use the Plasma Dynamic Thruster to throw the ship off course. Bulkhead threw Bumblebee into the air, assisted by Bumblebee's boosters. Bumblebee then passed the the Thruster to Optimus, who crammed the device into a crack in Omega Supreme's hull. Ratchet used his magnets to lower Bumblebee and Optimus safely, if not perfectly, to the ground. Optimus stated that he really needed to learn how to fly.
Back in the Manufacturing Plant, Sari awoke and made up with her father, as Bulkhead and Ratchet tried to figure out how the would warn Cybertron about the traitor in their midst..
In the Elite Guard Headquarters, Ultra Magnus surmised that there was a double agent among them. Longarm deflected the blame to Wasp, and stated that it could be no coincidence that the Decepticon Uprising came just after Wasp's escape from prison.
Ultra Magnus, in the presence of Alpha Trion, assigned Sentinel Prime and Jazz to assemble a unit to hunt down Wasp. He also stated that contact must be re-established with Optimus Prime's crew on Earth. Longarm interjected that, for security reasons, all transmissions from Earth, should be routed through him first.
Meanwhile, Starscream and Megatron, within Omega Supreme, teleported randomly, repeatedly and uncontrollably throughout the cosmos.
End.
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