Cyclonus paced around the docking bay of the Nemesis II, wondering where Dirge was. He's almost 15 minutes late. Five more, and I'm going out myself. It was then that he heard Thrust's voice from across the bay.
"Hey Dirge! What took so long? You didn't have a run-in with a bounty hunter, did you?" said Thrust, chuckling.
"Don't mock me!" shouthed Dirge, defensively. "I almost killed Defcon that one time! You can't deny me that!"
"Almost killed him?" asked Ramjet. "As I recall, Defcon had just finished single handedly killing Bruticus, and you shot him in the back. If I hadn't led him on a wild goose chase, he would have torn you to shreds with his bare hands!"
Dirge rambled, "Why you-- I should--"
"Dirge!" shouted Cyclonus as he marched towards him. "You were supposed to report 15 minutes ago!"
"Well, have fun with the big guy." said Thrust as he slapped Dirge on the back before heading off with Ramjet.
"Dirge reporting in, sir! Nothing unusual to report, sir! No Autobot activity at all, sir!" said Dirge, in full brown nosing mode.
"Excellent..." said Cyclonus. "But I will not tolerate such lateness in the future. Dismissed!"
"Sir!" shouted Dirge as he went off to join Ramjet and Thrust.
"Blitzwing! You're on the next patrol!" Cyclonus shouted across the bay. The triple changer said nothing as he saluted and headed towards the bay doors. "No Autobot activity..." Cyclonus mused to himself, "Galvatron should be most pleased." as he entered the elevator to the bridge.
Galvatron was bored. He waited through Soundwave's communications report, tried to pay attention to Astrotrain's report on the Energon supply, and could barely conceal his displeasure as he endured Shockwave's report on weapons status. He was about to send Shockwave off when the door to the bridge opened and Cyclonus emerged. "Ah, Cyclonus. What have you to report?" he inquired hoping for some interesting news.
"Nothing, Lord Galvatron." was Cyclonus' response.
"Nothing?" said Shockwave, who would have smiled if he had a mouth.
"Explain yourself, Cyclonus." Galvatron asked.
Cyclonus said, "Dirge reports nothing. Ramjet reports nothing. Thrust reports nothing. Scourge and the Sweeps report nothing. The Autobots have no idea that we are coming."
"Heh, heh, heh..." Galvatron laughed, "All this preperation has been worthwile. Soon I will rip Rodimus Prime apart and smash the Matrix to pieces. We attack in 12 hours!"
"Yes, sir!" Cyclonus and Shockwave reported in unison.
"Cybertron will once again be ours!" Galvatron cackled, before he returned to looking out into the vastness of space.