Megatron awoke to the dark.

As he slowly opened his eyes, he took inventory of his grim surroundings-it was a dark room, maybe a warehouse, smelling of mold and decay. Megatron attempted to sit up, but something yanked him back down.

There was a chain around his neck.

Where am I? Megatron thought, pulling at the base of the chain. It didn't seem like very strong metal; maybe he could set himself free. But when he tried, he fell back onto the floor in exhaustion. Checking his internal energon supply, he realized that he hardly had enough to last for two days. What was going on?

The last thing he remembered, Megatron had been out in the forest with Starscream. They were spending some time together, getting away from all the noise, just the two of them. Starscream packed a picnic, and they made love under the stars.

Megatron looked around him. Where was Starscream? Then he saw it. Starscream was passed out on the floor; he didn't have a chain around his neck, but his hands and feet were bound to the floor by iron clamps. They were close to each other so there was no room for him to stretch out. It was obvious that he wasn't dead, at least, because he was twisting and turning in his sleep like something was trying to squish or strangle him. Megatron considered waking Starscream up, but then decided against it. Starscream had better get his rest.

It was a good thing Starscream wasn't dead; that would mean the death of two Decepticons. Right now, Starscream was six months pregnant with a sparkling-Megatron's sparkling-and Megatron didn't want anything bad to happen to either of them. So he had to get his mate and sparkling out of here. Megatron yanked at the bottom of his chain again, but he was still unable to do free himself; he just didn't have enough energy. Maybe he could blast it off? That was when he realized, to his horror, that he'd been disarmed. So had Starscream.

Megatron tried his next option—radio for help. (Maybe that should have been his first option.) But that didn't work either. When he went to call the other Decepticons, he saw that his com. link had been removed, as had his T-cog (not that he could have transformed anyway, even if he did have it).

They were helpless.

Who did this? Was it the Autobots? Yes, it probably was the Autobots. Whatever they had drugged Megatron with was making him sleepy, and next thing you know he was falling asleep again...