After leaving the academy. Dino is ambushed by 6 Decepticon soldiers. All of them aiming their plasma rifles at him ready to fire. Dino couldn't get pass them, they were watching his every step.

"You guys honestly think I'm afraid of you pathetic cons? Hehehehe You make me laugh!" Dino mocks the soldiers given how they are never really the brightest or the most threatening Decepticons. One of the soldiers didn't take his insult well. He fired a warning shot on the ground right by Dino's right foot accidentally killing a lonely Scraplet that passed by.

"Ooooooooh…..SCRAP!" Dino cursed as he was surprised by how threatening they're trying to be and succeeding.

"I guess this is the end of the line isn't it?" Dino said, raising his hands up exposing himself to the Decepticons. They all aimed their weapons ready to fire until…..

"Psyche!" Dino screamed out loud as he activated his cloaking cog, turning his entire body invisible startling the Decepticon soldiers. They all began to aim around themselves and firing a few times hoping that they would manage to hit Dino despite not being able to see him. Without even noticing, Dino manages to sneak up on each of them, impaling them with the blades attached to his forearms and killing them. He knocks one Decepticon to the ground and kills the other five.

"Hahaha You stupid Decepticons, thinking you're all tough! You're nothing more than walking shields for your superiors!" Dino mocks the dead Decepticons.

"Uh Great!" Dino said in an irritating voice as the last remaining Decepticon soldier reloads his gun and aims it at Dino's head.

"LEAVE MY FRIEND ALONE!" Sideswipe yelled aiming his double-barrel sub-machine gun at the Decepticon soldier. The Decepticon soldiers shocked for a moment stands still in complete fear only to later lift his gun up and aim it at Sideswipe. Dino quickly takes advantage of this and pounces on the Decepticon knocking him to the ground. The Decepticon soldier manages to get back up and aims his rifle back at Dino ignoring Sideswipe. Sideswipe quickly fires at the Decepticon soldier's head causing the nerves on his body to quickly react to the shot and shoot Dino in the torso before dying and collapsing to the ground. Sideswipe rushes to Dino's aid clearly feeling guilty for having Dino injured.

"Side….Swipe!" Dino tries to call for Sideswipe while in excruciating pain.

"Dino! Dino! Are you alright?" Sideswipe asked extremely worried.

"I don't know….I think I…..I can see the light…..I seeeeee….uh…..Primus!" Dino said hallucinating the Realm of Allsparks.

"No, no, no don't say that!" Sideswipe says as he continues to panic.

"Uh….Sideswipe!" Dino said.

"Yeah?" Sideswipe replies back.

"You take me too seriously!" Dino says to Sideswipe clearly joking the whole time.

"You mean….you're not dying?" Sideswipe asked getting slightly annoyed over Dino's dark sense of humor.

"Of course I'm not you Lugnut!" Dino says mocking Sideswipe for being so paranoid.

"It's just one little shot!" Dino explains.

"Then why in the name of Primus were you all like Oh…Uh…?" Sideswipe asked.

"Well…..It….It…uh…..IT STILL HURTS!" Dino answered.

"You son of a Sharkticon!" Sideswipe said insulting Dino.

"You got any Medical kit?" Dino asked.

"Uh….Yeah I do inside the academy!" Sideswipe answered.

"Hang on, I'll take you inside!" Sideswipe said as he lifted Dino and began taking him inside. They soon stopped as they saw vehicles coming by. Only two vehicles showed up, one being a heavily armored Cybertronian hover car and the other a Cybertronian helicopter.

"Drift? Leadfoot?" Dino mentioned the two Autobot's names.

"Crosshairs and the others noticed that you were gone Dino! Why do you keep heading over here?" Drift asked.

"I was just visiting an old friend!" Dino answered.

"Well you should at least let us know where you're going!" Drift said.

"You could have backup to defend you!" Drift continued talking.

"Don't blame this all on Dino!" Sideswipe said.

"It's because of me!" Sideswipe blamed himself.

"There is no need to blame yourself for this Sideswipe, we just want to know why Dino keeps coming to your academy!" Leadfoot said getting involved in the conversation.

"Look! I was just trying to convince Sideswipe to re-join us! With Cliffjumper and Huffer dead, we need all the help we can get!" Dino said yelling at Drift and Leadfoot.

"What I want to know is….Are you joining us or not?" Dino looked back at Sideswipe and asked. Sideswipe stared at Dino for a moment thinking a bit longer, he would proceed to look at Drift and Leadfoot and then at the destruction around him.

"Very Well! I'll join you but only to avenge Sunstreaker! I do not intend on fighting this war for a long time." Sideswipe reluctantly said, Dino was happy that Sideswipe was joining and so were Drift and Leadfoot.

"We're glad to hear that!" Leadfoot said.

"You should be also be happy to hear that after the battle at the Sea of Rust, Optimus was planning to promote from scout to warrior before you disbanded!" Drift mentioned.

"I'm sure Optimus Prime saved that extra spot for you all these years!" Drift continued talking.

"That's sound just fine with me!" Sideswipe said for once being in a positive mood.

"Well come on now let's head back to Kaon! We need to take Dino to the Medical bay and inform Optimus of your return!" Leadfoot said.

"I swear on Primus, with the amount of injured bots we have, Ratchet is going to lose his hands one day!" Dino said joking around as they all transformed and drove off. They are however not aware that Barricade was spying on them through the rubble. Using his binoculars he saw from a far where they were headed and instructed all of Soundwave's minicons "Laserbeak, Ravage and Frenzy" to follow the Autobots and stay out of sight.

"Laserbeak! Lead your brothers to follow but hide in the shadows, make sure they don't notice you!" Barricade said instructing Soundwave's minicons on what to do.

"Understand Barricade!" Laserbeak replied as he flies and follows the Autobots while Barricade returns back to Nucleon to report.

Back on Earth. It was nighttime, the full moon and the stars were shining brightly on Earth, the crickets were chirping along with a few other animals searching for food and making random calls. The wild forests may be tough on the locals but Megatron was struggling the most. Megatron was severely damaged and the energon flowing through him was rapidly leaking out of his body. Megatron was slowly dying, the most powerful of all Decepticons who is considered undefeatable by many has been mortally wounded by a crash to Earth. He was in such a bad condition that he required Hooligan to hold on his right arm to help him walk and stand up. While walking, Megatron and Hooligan stumble across a pile of logs and rest on them.

"My lord…How do you feel?" Hooligan asked concerned over Megatron's status.

"Weak…..Cold…..In tremendous Pain!" Megatron said while coughing up energon and taking deep breaths.

"Don't worry Master! I'll fix you!" Hooligan said wanting Megatron to stay alive.

"How? You're not a medical officer, you're just a scavenger!" Megatron said explaining that Hooligan has no way of repairing him.

"I'll find a way my lord! I swear!" Hooligan said to Megatron promising him.

"You don't know how to repair ANYTHING!" Megatron yelled back at Hooligan being annoyed.

"What I need is a new vehicle to scan!" Megatron said.

"If I scan a new vehicle, my chassis will be repaired because of the extra parts being added!" Megatron explained.

"I'll find a vehicle right away!" Hooligan said and starts running, but stops and begins limping. Megatron notices this and immediately looks at Hooligan's legs only to discover.

"Hooligan…Your leg!" Megatron said pointing at Hooligan's right leg. Hooligan looks down and notices that his metallic femur has been badly damaged, most parts of the limb have been torn out by the collision to Earth.

"It's nothing my lord!" Hooligan said.

"Hooligan! Get me up!" Megatron ordered Hooligan while lifting up his right arm and pointing it at Hooligan.

"But why my lord?" Hooligan asked.

"You are in capable of running and I may die before you arrive with a vehicle I require to scan!" Megatron said convincing Hooligan to take him with. Hooligan would walk back limping in pain as his damaged leg continues to have sparks bursting out of it. Hooligan lifts Megatron and they both travel to find a new vehicle to stand. After many hours of searching, Megatron collapses and Hooligan attempts to lift him up. He notices Megatron has become weaker and is running dry on energon.

"Megatron get up!" Hooligan said trying to lift the weak Decepticon leader who is ten times his size.

"I can't…..go on!" Megatron said stopping mid-sentence as he begins to slowly die.

"Yes you can! You're lord Megatron! The real Megatron would not give up so easily!" Hooligan said trying to boost up Megatron's confidence and make him fight the pain.

"You simple-minded scavenger! I am…..the…..real…..MEGATRON!" Megatron said slightly offended by Hooligan and attempted to get up but would eventually collapse to the ground again. Hooligan tries to lift him. During the struggle, night time ends and the sun rises, Hooligan covers his optics trying to block the sun's light, he would then hear vehicles driving by and a few humans.

"What in the name of Primus?" Hooligan said confused by the sounds he has been hearing. Hooligan drags Megatron who was laying the ground, all of his energon nearly gone and the red glow of his optics slowly fading. They would stumble across a human junkyard. There a bunch of humans were destroying a bunch of old, rusty and damaged vehicles. Hooligan saw this the amount of vehicles he could use to scan. He chose a rusty Volkswagen type 2 which was actually in perfect shape apart from the rust. Hooligan would then have his robot form change, from his color scheme, to his chassis design and the injury on his leg being repaired. He would then inform Megatron of this.

"Megatron we did it! We found a bunch of vehicles! Quickly…..uh…..uh!" Hooligan said as he turns around to find Megatron starting to die…