Elita and Ratchet were trying to calibrate the newly constructed Space Bridge properly to begin hunting for Omega Supreme. Unfortunately, Bulkhead's advanced notation system of adhesive note papers leaves something to be desired.
"Merge plasma manifolds by directionally for optimum thermal transfer," said Ratchet. "How does a bot that can't tell exhaust port from his servo joint understand all this?"
"Personally, I think it's his handwriting that needs work," said Elita from underneath the control console.
Moonracer then arrived with two large mugs of oil. "Hey, guys, of what you deserved a little oil break."
"Appreciated, Moonracer, but we need to get this being operational as soon as possible," Ratchet grumbled.
Then Captain Fanzone chooses that moment to step off Sumdac Tower's elevator talking to someone on his phone.
"It's called tech support, not tech excesses," he said angrily. "No! I don't want to speak to your supervisor. I'm going straight to your CEO. That's right, Isaac Sumdac and don't even think about putting me on… hold. The only thing I hate more than machines is tech support for machines." He then turned to the three Autobots. "Where's Sumdac? I need him now!"
"About what?" Ratchet asked.
"Captain, we're busy. Why don't you come back later… much later?" said Elita as he put some wires together.
Then two security drones showed up. "Halt! You are in violation of Criminal Code 30114. Lethal force has been authorised!" said the drone before it fired at him.
"Hey! Ow! Hey!" Captain Fanzone yelled at the drone and dodged the lasers.
"Think you have it bad? Both me and Elita got to decipher Bulkhead's handwriting! And those claws of his aren't exactly designed for penbotship," said Ratchet as he looked at the notes Bulkhead left behind. "Not even a blip from Omega Supreme." Then he punched a security drone. "Beyond me, how they think they're going to find him with a Space Bridge."
"Considering that we constructed a Space Bridge faster than anyone in Autobot history, I think we did pretty well," said Moonracer.
"We may have a working Space Bridge, but tracking Omega's transwarp signature is much harder," said Elita.
"Well, maybe you crave a few seconds out of your busy schedule to do something about these blasted Sumdac security drones?" Captain Fanzone yelled before he threw his phone at one of them.
"Code 1099 residing arrest. 1045 destruction of police property," The drone said.
"I'm the police!" Captain Fanzone yelled, showing the drone his badge before it fired at him.
Moonracer looked at Ratchet and Elita. "Don't you think we should be helping him?"
"You help him. We're too busy trying to make heads and tails of Bulkhead's writing. Don't they know I've got better things to do than be a Space Bridge sitter?" Ratchet grumbled. Then the Space Bridge activated. "Well, look at that Bulkhead's hunk of junk acutely did find him."
"Good for you now. Would you get me some help, preferably human!" Captain Fanzone yelled.
Ratchet the Space Bridge activated and began sucking Fanzone into its vortex. The Autobots looked up just in time to see him sucked into the portal.
"Okay, that's probably not good," said Ratchet.
"We better go after him," said Elita.
Then suddenly, a pair of security drones appeared behind them.
"Freeze your under arrest," said one of them.
"Oh please," said Ratchet before he used his magnets to make them crash into each other.
Then he, Elita and Moonracer jumped into the vortex.
Captain Fanzone woke up on the floor and stood up.
"I'd be a happy man if I never see another—" said Captain Fanzone until he took in his surroundings, discovering that he was in his worst nightmare as there were tons of Autobots around him. "… robot?" Captain Fanzone looked up to see a giant mech was about to step on him. "Hey, watch you big tub of grease!"
The mech looked down and screamed. "It's… it's organic!" he squealed.
The other Autobots gathered around and looked down on Captain Fanzone.
"Uh, all right, nothing to see here," said Fanzone. "Let's move along. Come on. It's not like you've never seen a human before, right?" Then all but two Autobots ran away. "You've never seen a human before?"
"Ugh, step on it," said an orange and red femme.
The giant mech then began to try to step on Captain Fanzone. Right before he stepped on him, Ratchet used his magnets to stop him.
"No bot stepping on anyone," said Ratchet.
Ratchet then transformed to vehicle mode, and Fanzone jumped. Elita and Moonracer then transformed into their vehicle mode and drove away.
"Ugh, he touched it!" the giant mech squealed.
"I can't believe we're on Cybertron. Of all the places we could of transwarped, this is great," said Ratchet joyously.
"Not so great," said Elita. "Need I remind you that the majority of us Autobots are afraid of organics, and I happen to be happy organic."
Fanzone stared at them. "Wait, you mean a planet filled with giant robots are scared of organics."
"Actually, you humans are the first intelligent organics we've encountered; up until then, all the others were rather giant and extremely dangerous," Elita explained.
Once they were far enough away and drove into an alleyway, they stopped. Elita and Moonracer transform back to robot mode, and Ratchet did the same once he lets Fanzone out.
Ratchet then pulled out his scanner. "Anyway, Omega must have transwarped back out if he was even here at all."
"So that means we go?" Captain Fanzone asked hopefully.
"Should do a more thorough scan first just to be sure, but while we are here, we might as well enjoy it," said Ratchet. "Matter of fact, my favour greasy valve is right over here at Maccadam's Old Oil House."
However, when his eyes fell upon his favourite oil house, he discovered the place was shut down.
"I think they're closing the business," said Elita.
They then walked to a notice.
"Close by genially security order? What going on around here?" Rachet asked.
"Citizens of Cybertron, Decepticons are in our midst!" said a voice and realised it belonged to Sentinel. "Neighbours, friends, even your own model can be a spy! Do your duty and report any suspicious activity to the Elite Guard immediately."
"…what is this scrap?" Ratchet stared.
"For your protection, all potentially subversive gathering places remain closed. Curfew remains in effect. Remember, Decepticons will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life!" Sentinel's voice said then a picture of Ultra Magnus on spark support popped up. "Don't let THIS happen to you. As your Magnus, I will continue to defeat the Decepticon scourge and bring peace and security to Cybertron! I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."
"No-good glory-hog's got a lot of steel," Ratchet snarled. "It was Lockdown who caught those 'Cons!"
"And and he himself nearly got captured by the Decepticons," Elita added.
Then a blue, red and black mech wearing spectacles stood behind them.
"What are you looking at?" Ratchet asked.
Then followed his gaze as he looked down at Fanzone.
"It's organic!" he said in a posh voice before he ran away.
"What have they done to Cybertron?" Ratchet asked himself.
"The real question is, what are two doing on Cybertron?" Sentinel asked as he drove up.
Then he and Jazz transformed, and the jet twin flew down behind Elita, Ratchet, Moonracer and Fanzone.
"You three are in a heap of trouble bringing an organic past quarantine!" Sentinel yelled.
"Hey, I think I know this cat," said Jazz looking down at Fanzone.
"Then you probably know how I feel about machines," Fanzone grumbled.
"Silence, organic! You have no rights here!" said Sentinel before looking at them. "And you three should know that Space Bridge travel is strictly forbidden, and you are out past curfew."
"You can take your curfew and your fear-mongering propaganda and blow it out of your exhaust port Sentinel Prime, sir," said Ratchet. "And I don't see a Space Bridge around here, do you?"
The jet twins then looked around as if trying to spot a giant Space Bridge.
"Ah is point it's true," said Jetstorm.
"Is no Space Bridge," said Jetfire.
"Well, if the transwarp energy we dictated isn't coming from a space bridge, then where is it coming from?" Sentinel asked.
The three of them looked at one another. "Omega Supreme!"
"Omega Supreme?" said Sentinel immediately laughed. "Haha, wasn't that oversized bot decommissioned and melted down for spare parts."
"That's the official story, yes," Ratchet admitted.
"If you bothered to read up on your history, you would find that Omega Supreme code name was Orion, the same name as our ship," Elita pointed out.
"Additionally, if you had bothered to read reports, you would find that Omega Supreme is online and currently transwarping around the galaxy randomly," Moonracer added.
Ratchet then looked at his scanner. "He must still be here somewhere going off residual transwarp energy combine that with this electoral storm, and boom, you got yourself a Space Bridge effect."
"So you three except me to believe Omega Supreme is still online and just floating somewhere over Cybertron," said Sentinel as if the entire thing was a joke.
Then some clouds parted to reveal Omega Supreme in robot form floating in the Cybertronian skies.
Sentinel rubbed his optics and looked up. "Omega Supreme!"
"No wonder my scans didn't pick him up interference from the storm," said Ratchet.
"This can't be. I want this planet under full security alert now!" Sentinel ordered, then he looked at Ratchet, Elita, Moonracer and Fanzone. "And you four are coming with me."
The Jet twins grabbed began to escort Ratchet, Elita and Moonracer, and Jazz grabbed Captain Fanzone.
"So let me guess, I ain't going home any time soon, ugh," Fanzone assumed.
On the bridge of Omega, Megatron was looking down upon Cybertron.
"Cybertron, at last, our ultimate goal is at our feet," said Megatron. "And here we stand aboard its ultimate weapon."
"Now, wouldn't it be nice if we can actually figure out how to use it," Starscream sneered.
"Ha, my presence alone would be enough to shake those pitiful Autobots in fear," said Thundercracker.
Lugnut then appeared with the dynamic thruster. "The great and glorious Megatron will show the way! Thanks to his brilliance, we no longer transwarp at random, we can transform Omega Supreme to robot mode, and we have free access to and from the ship."
"We still can't get the weapons online," Starscream pointed out.
"And every single weapon battery is now targeting us," Skywarp shivered.
"As luck would have it, we still have an agent on Cybertron in a unique position to assist us with what we need," said Megatron.
Shockwave then appeared on the monitor. "The activation codes for Omega Supreme may still be accessible, my liege. I only need to get to them."
"Well, lucky you," said Starscream sarcastically. "Meantime, we get afloat up and get picked off by the Cybertronian defence cannons!"
"No Autobot would be foolish enough to fire upon their greatest weapon," said Megatron confidently.
"I say we fire on Omega Supreme!" said Sentinel.
Ratchet and the others were currently in front of the Autobot High Council as Sentinel was giving his views of the situation.
"If we strike now, we can end the Decepticon threat forever," Sentinel continued.
"We could also end Cybertron," said Ratchet. "With the much transwarp energy he absorbed blowing up, Omega Supreme could take out the entire planet."
"Also, if Megatron wanted to attack Cybertron, he would have already down it by now," Elita added.
"I brought you here to keep an optic on, not for your opinions," Sentinel groaned.
"Ratchet is a great absent. His expense to Omega Supreme even exceeds even mine," said Perceptor.
"You name me Acting Magnus to make the tough decisions. Do you Wanna go down in history as the bots that let Megatron get away?" Sentinel yelled. "Don't we owe this to Ultra Magnus?"
"Excuse me, but that sounds like a stupid decision in a tough decision," said Moonracer folding her arms.
"You can be quiet. Do you know what I have to go through to keep your boss Uplink quiet," Sentinel growled.
Moonracer looked as if she was about to argue some more, but Elita quickly stepped in.
"So now you may be the head of the chairman to the High Council, but you still need to answer to them," she reminded him.
"Indeed, the council must deliberate," said Alpha Trion.
"What to deliberate Omega Supreme is one of us an Autobot a friend?" Ratchet said, then he turned to Sentinel. "Touch one circuit on him, and you will answer to me."
"And the same goes for me," said Elita.
"I wonder how the public would respond if they discovered their beloved leader destroyed one of Cybertron's greatest war heroes," said Moonracer.
"Are you threatening me!" Sentinel glared and then turned to the twins. "That treason arrest them!"
The jet twins pulled out three stasis cuffs and walked up to them.
Fanzone then started to fake a sneeze. "Feels like a big one. Achoo!"
This made the jet twins very nervous, and Ratchet used this opportunity to fire a magnetic blast at them, knocking them back. He then quickly grabbed Fanzone, and he, along with Elita and Moonracer, transformed to vehicle mode.
"So about that, kids," said Ratchet as he drove away.
"It's nothing personal!" Elita yelled.
Quickly the twins transformed and chased after them, quickly followed by Sentinel and Jazz. They exited the Metroplex, but there was no sign of any of them. Once outside, they transformed into robot mode.
"Set up a perimeter around the Metroplex; no bot leaves this sector!" Sentinel ordered Jazz. "Find them and bring them back! I don't care in how many pieces." He then turned to the twins. "You two… I want all Engergon devoted to Fortress Maximus! The Council can deliberate all they want; we're preparing for battle."
Sentinel and the twins then transformed and made their way to Elite Guard headquarters. Jazz, however, remained behind and noticed an open manhole.
Ratchet and the others were driving through a forgotten network of maintenance tunnels beneath the city.
"You didn't need to get involved back there, captain, but thanks," said Ratchet as he drove down the tunnel.
"That Sentinel Clown looked like he could use a good kick in the can," said Fanzone.
"Don't worry; I will give him a good kick when this is all over," Elita promised.
"You know if Optimus wasn't so modest, he probably would have been given the position of Magnus instead of Sentinel," said Moonracer.
"I think part of him still feels guilty about what happened to both my brother and me," said Elita. "No matter how many times like telling him it wasn't his fault."
"Where are we anyway?" Moonracer asked.
"An old section of maintenance tunnels," said Ratchet. "We should be safe in these tunnels. They were sealed off after the Great Wars, not bot been down here in ages."
But then he stopped when they saw an opening in a door.
"Care to revise that last statement?" said Fanzone said.
A few moments later, they started to investigate the place.
Fanzone dipped his finger in a puddle of oil. "Fresh tracks someone's been here, and from the looks of those oil cans, it's been home for a while."
"This lab was shattered over a million stellar cycles ago," said Ratchet. They then started to walk to the computer terminal. "If I can log in, I might be able to reach Omega. He listens to me."
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that," said a voice behind them.
They look around to find Shockwave holding the Magnus Hammer. "Shockwave!"
"You know this thing?" Captain Fanzone asked.
Ratchet then activated his magnets, and Elita drew her blades.
"Not personal, but we are about to get reacquainted," said Ratchet. Then he saw the Magnus Hammer. "That's Ultra Magnus hammer."
"Considering his current condition, I don't think he will mind," said Shockwave.
Then he swung the Magnus Hammer at them; they dodged, then he swung at Ratchet and hit the computer power supply.
"Hope you weren't planning on calling home," said Ratchet.
"Before long, this will be home, and thanks to your Omega Supreme, the Autobots will be nothing but a skid mark on the data files," said Shockwave.
"You may have Omega Supreme, but he would never attack Cybertron." Ratchet snapped.
"That's the beauty of activation codes. They wipe clean all that unpleasant morality," said Shockwave.
Ratchet activated his magnets to pull the Magnus Hammer out of his clause, but Shockwave had a firm grip on it. Elita and Moonracer then quickly moved in towards him.
"If you think you're getting those codes out of me, you have to download them from my cold offline possessor," Ratchet vowed.
"And have you corrupter them with a magnetic virus," said Shockwave. "No, thank you. I've studied your files, Ratchet. I will be going to the source of those codes, the original source."
This horrified Ratchet, making him lose his concentration, allowing Shockwave to let go of the Magnus Hammer, and it hit him and sent him over the edge of the platform. Shockwave then grabbed the hammer and then quickly used it to knock Elita and Moonracer over as well.
"I will be sure to give Omega Supreme your regards before I reprogram and reboot him," Shockwave promised.
Shockwave then transformed into his vehicle mode and drove away. Fanzone then ran to the edge of the platform.
"Ratchet! Elita! Moonracer!" Fanzone called out.
Elita then flew up, using her jump jets, with Moonracer in her arms, and Ratchet floated up using his magnets to create a magnetic field beneath his feet. They then land on the platform, and Ratchet to his knees, exhausted.
"I'm getting too old for this," Ratchet moaned.
Sentinel, meanwhile, was pacing up and down in Fortress Maximus when the High Council contacted him.
"Sentinel Prime, please explain why all but essential Energon has been devoted to Fortress Maximus?" Preceptor asked.
"Need we remind you that the Council is still deliberating," Alpha Trion pointed out.
"As Acting Magnus, I must be ready to strike should Omega—" Sentinel quickly caught himself, knowing that Moonracer had a point about attacking Omega Supreme. "—should Megatron make a move against us."
"Very well, we'll inform you of our decision shortly," said Alpha Trion.
The screen went blank, and Sentinel turned to the twins.
"Calculator firing solution on Omega Supreme," he ordered.
Fortress Maximus then transformed a mean a massive cannon directly at Omega Supreme.
"The Autobots fools are actually considering an attack," said Megatron looking intrigued.
"Not that I expect anything less with me on board," said Thundercracker.
Skywarp shivered uncontrollably. "We should get out of here as quickly as we can before they fire!"
"Yes, let us strive now, glorious leader!" said Lugnut. "Let's take the Autobots offline."
"That's the first smart thing he said all solar cycle," said Starscream. "I say that we abandon this giant target at once."
"Do you think that I would expose ourselves like this without a greater purpose!" Megatron glared.
Shockwave then appeared on the monitor. "Shockwave to Megatron, I now have the necessary security clearance to obtain the access codes."
"And how did you manage that?" Megatron asked, looking impressed.
"Let's just say that I know a bot."
Using Moonracer's know-how of the street and Fanzone's detective skills, Ratchet and the others were able to track down a snivelling rat like Autobot by the name of Rattletrap.
"You got the wrong bot. I don't know nothing," he said.
"That ain't what I heard," said Fanzone. "Word is you're the guy; you can get things to folks who need them."
"Yeah, yeah, you name it, I can get you anything," said Rattletrap.
"An access code to the Cybertron Central Infirmary," said Ratchet.
"Oh, I can't get you that."
"That what you told him?" Ratchet asked, showing a picture of Shockwave.
"Uh, I don't make deals with no Decepticon," said Rattletrap.
Ratchet then leaned in towards him. "Yeah, you see my partner here?" he said, pointing his optics down to Fanzone. "He's organic; you heard about organics, haven't you?"
Fanzone then picked up his nose and pulled out a runny nose mucus. Rattletrap quickly backed away from him as quickly as he could.
"G-get that thing away from me!" Rattletrap cried.
"And if you think he's at…" said Elita and then transformed into beast mode. "…I'm worse!"
"Let's make this nice and easy," said Fanzone as he climbed onto Rattletrap. "You give us what we want…"
Fanzone opened his mouth and dangled a bit of saliva in front of Rattletrap, and Elita began snapping her pincers.
"…and they'll leave you alone," Moonracer promised.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! You will now get I'll get you that access card!" Rattletrap cried. "J-just back off."
Elita then transformed into robot mode, and Ratchet pulled Fanzone back.
"How did you know about this bot?" Ratchet asked Fanzone looking immensely impressed.
"Ah, there's one in every town," he said with a smug look.
They made their way to Cybertron Central Infirmary but discovered that the codes were useless when they tried to access the door.
"Access denied! You got to be kidding me!" Ratchet yelled, throwing the codes away.
"Looks like somebot sold you some bogus codes," said a voice behind them.
They turned around to face Jazz, and Ratchet quickly activated his magnets and Elita her blades.
"Relax, if he were going for the collar, he would have done it by now," Fanzone assured them. "He'd be following us ever since the tunnels. I may not have built-in scanners, but I know who to spot a tailor."
"The Elite Guard needs to get it through their fink plating that destroying Omega Supreme is just plain wrong," said Ratchet as Jazz opened the door for them.
"Preaching into the choir, brother," said Jazz as he gave the codes to Ratchet.
They then made their way into the infirmary, and the door closed behind them.
"So, what are we looking for here?" Fanzone asked.
"Let's just say that everything you need to know is behind this door," said Ratchet.
Ratchet opened the door, and inside was Arcee on a mobile table.
"Argh, right, sure robot dame in her room explains everything," said Fanzone, sarcastic.
Elita looked at Arcee and then at Ratchet. "Wait, is that…"
Ratchet then approached Arcee. "Arcee, it's me, Ratchet."
"Thank you, Ratchet," said a voice behind them, and they saw Shockwave standing at the doorway. "You've saved me the effort of searching for her ourselves."
Shockwave was about to swing the Magnus Hammer at them, but Ratchet pushed him away with his magnets.
"Great, we lead him to her," said Moonracer.
"We got to get her out of here," said Ratchet.
Ratchet then put Captain Fanzone on the table and wheeled it out.
"I ain't going no way until you tell me what going on," said Fanzone said as he was about to jump off the table.
"Yes, Ratchet, I would like to know what's going on as well," said Moonracer.
"Argh, fine," Ratchet grumbled. "Arcee was an intel-bot during the war. She was transporting the actuation codes for project Omega when her memory got wiped. Shockwave must think he could somehow get her back satisfied?"
Then a blast went over their heads. They looked round to find Shockwave was firing at them in his vehicle mode.
"I'm going to. I can't find some help," said Moonracer as she took a left turn.
Ratchet and the others took a right turn, and Ratchet quickly pushed Arcee and Fanzone into an empty room.
and quickly turned
"New plan, stay here," said Ratchet.
"Like I got a course," Fanzone muttered as the doors closed.
Then Shockwave tackled him and Elita down the corridor. Shockwave then slammed the Magnus Hammer down on top of Ratchet, who caught it in just the nick of time.
"You're fighting rather bravely for nothing more than a shelved piece of empty hardware," Shockwave noted.
"She's got a name Arcee and if you think you can bring her back, then maybe I can too," said Ratchet.
"How noble pity you never get the opportunity to find out," said Shockwave as he pulled the hammer back to hit him again.
Elita then quickly fired some webbing which covered his eyes, and Ratchet fired a magnetic blast from his magnets. The magnetic blast caused the hammer to be trusted backwards and got wedged in the ceiling.
Shockwave managed to free himself and rips the webbing of his eye. "You're a tough old model, aren't you? Then maybe it's time for you to retire."
Shockwave then hit Ratchet with the Magnus Hammer, making him crash through the wall. Elita drew her blades and swung at Shockwave, but he merely extended his claw and slammed her against the wall knocking her out cold.
Shockwave then proceeded to follow Ratchet, who had landed in the medical bay where Ultra Magnus was recovering.
"Well, if it ain't my old boss Ultra Magnus," Shockwave sneered. "Perhaps I should finish what I started."
He then raised the Magnus Hammer charging it up. Fortunately, Ratchet fired his EMP generator, stopping it from charging and fired it again, this time on Shockwave, sending him through the wall, causing him to drop the Magnus Hammer.
The Magnus Hammer spun around, and Ratchet quickly grabbed it.
"Drop the hammer and step away!" said a voice behind him. Ratchet turned to find Sentinel standing there with shield and lance in hand. "I always knew you were an old worn-out model but a traitor."
"Don't be ridiculous, Sentinel!" Moonracer scolded as she entered the med bay with First Aid supporting Elita, who still looked a little dazed. "He just saved Ultra Magnus!"
"And we have a bigger circus to fry," Ratchet added.
Then they heard a blast. They all ran to where it came from and saw Shockwave flying away with Arcee.
"That… that was Shockwave," said Sentinel shocked.
"And they got Arcee if they can get those activation codes out of her," said Ratchet.
Sentinel then activated his comlink. "Jetfire! Jetstorm! Open fire. Take down Omega Supreme!"
"What!? You'll blow us up along with him!" Ratchet snapped.
"This is why I hate machines," said Fanzone emerged from the rubble and looked at Sentinel. "Certain machines more than others."
Fortress Maximus open fire, but Omega transwarps out of the path of the blast, which shoots off harmlessly through the sky.
The Council and Elite Guard took Elita, Ratchet, Moonracer and Fanzone to the Space Bridge Nexus so that they could return to Earth. Ratchet was still holding onto the Magnus Hammer and appeared reluctant to hand it over to anyone.
"What you did was reckless and complete disregard for the rule of Autobot law," Alpha Trion snapped at Sentinel.
"And I would do it again if it means saving Cybertron for the enemy," said Sentinel, not showing any remorse in the slightest.
"It was up to me. You would never get that chance," Alpha Trion glared. He then turned to Ratchet and the others. "The real heroes today are Ratchet, Elita-1, Moonracer and this organic. You have our thanks."
"For what, they got Arcee," Ratchet pointed out.
"I can assure you, Ratchet, the damaged under her circuitry is completely irreversible," said Preceptor.
"Yeah, irreversible," Ratchet sighed guiltily.
Fanzone turned to the active Space Bridge. "That's going back to Earth, right?"
"Only one way to find out," said Ratchet.
They began making their way to the portal, but Sentinel stopped them. "Not so fast! Hand over the hammer. It belongs to the Elite Guard."
"It belongs to Ultra Magnus," Ratchet corrected as he slammed it on the ground. "We'll give it to him when he wakes up."
Then before anyone could stop them, Ratchet grabbed Fanzone, and the three Autobots jumped into the portal and vanished.
"What?!" Sentinel roared and chased after them.
Jazz quickly placed himself in front of him and stopped him. "It's cool, boss. I'll go."
Just a few seconds later, Ratchet and the others found themselves back on Earth on top of Sumdac Tower.
Ratchet placed Fanzone down, who immediately glared at him. "I get mixed up in a war, nearly stepped on, blasted, buried and possibly zapped into space. And now you just made me an accomplice to intergalactic grand theft!"
"Halt! You are under arrest!" said a police drone.
Ratchet then blew it up with his magnets.
"Let's say we call it even," said Fanzone.
Then moments later, Jazz jumped out of the portal and landed in front of them.
"Oh no, Sentinel is not getting this back without a fight," said Ratchet with a firm grip on the hammer.
"Not my gig anymore," said Jazz with his servos up. "Sentinel is just not playing my tune, and I got a ride that I should sit on this scene for a while. That is if you bots are cool with it."
Fanzone sighed. "All we need another robot."
Omega Supreme then transwarped on the dark side of Earth's moon. On the bridge, Shockwave bowed before Megatron.
"At long last, I serve my liege under my true colours," said Shockwave as his paint job changed to purple and black.
"Rise Shockwave, my most loyal servant," said Megatron.
This sent Lugnut into fits of silent, quivering rage, much to Starscream's amusement.
On the other side of the bridge, the conscious Arcee was looking towards the planet Earth on the table.
"Ratchet!" she whispered.