The Decepticons were launching an all-out assault against the Energon farms. They were being led by the Decepticon general Obsidian, who was completely legless and hovered over the battlefield thanks to the propellers on his shoulders.
"Delta Squad attack those Autobots in Sector Beta! Alpha Squad secured the Energon in Sector Gamma!" Obsidian ordered.
Bulkhead just looked at the Decepticons, perplexed. "How did they get past the planetary shield?"
A few hours before, Sentinel approached the Project Powermaster Lab. He was extremely displeased that they were behind schedule or, rather, his schedule.
"I am diverting all power to this project!" he announced to the team. "I need you to pick up the pace! The cons won't wait for you to finish!"
"Apparently, neither will he," Ratchet muttered.
"Sentinel Prime, I would advise against diverting so much power onto this project as it will force us to shut down the planetary shield," said Preceptor. "With the Decepticon on the right, they may take this opportunity to attack."
"Bah, if there's a Decepticon within a light-year of us, I'll eat my shield," said Sentinel dismissively.
The Decepticon continued their attack on the Energon farm, and all the farmer bot panicked.
"This is bad, Bulkhead," said Trac-tor. "No one here has any combat experience; those blasted cons are going to steal all of our Energon!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it," said Bulkhead. "Gave all the bots you can and tell them to do this…"
Obsidian was observing the battle looking somewhat amused. "I was expecting far more of a challenge. It would seem as if the Autobots have gotten sloppy ever since they won the Great War. Even the most incompetent of generals knows that to safeguard logistics."
Then suddenly, there was a huge explosion, and he noticed a squad of Decepticons was being sent backwards. Quickly followed by another set of explosions. He looked down and saw that the Autobots were fashioning the Energon crystals into makeshift grenades.
"Resourceful," said Obsidian looking somewhat impressed. "It would seem as if there is at least one Autobot who knows what he's doing."
"Fire three!" Bulkhead yelled as the Autobots tossed their makeshift grenades at the Decepticons.
"We're slowing them down, but we're still completely outgunned!" Trac-tor noted.
"Trac-tor, look out!" Bulkhead yelled and quickly pushed him to safety.
He was then struck by a laser on his shoulder, knocking him to the ground.
Obsidian floated there with his laser cannon smoking. "We've accomplished our mission. It won't be long until the Elite Guard arrive. We better collect spoils. Decepticons fallback!"
The Decepticon is then retreated, taking an entire silo full of Energon with them.
Bulkhead was immediately taken to Cybertron's medical infirmary, where he was flanked by the rest of his crew, all deeply concerned for his well-being.
"How bad is it, Ratchet?" Optimus asked.
"Bad, but it could have been a lot worse," Ratchet grumbled. "Bulkhead will make a full recovery so long as he does not jump in front of a laser blast. Just make sure he doesn't move. Now I have to return to my top-secret project."
"I wonder what's on the news," said Bulkhead turning on the monitor.
Suddenly appearing on the screen was Cybertron News and Uplink was about to give out another report.
"While many questions still surround over how the Decepticons managed to attack the Energon farms, newly appointed member of the Elite Guard Bumblebee had this to say," said Uplink.
Then appearing on the screen was Bumblebee. "I do honestly believe that Optimus Prime is a true hero, but I do also respect the chain of command. For that reason alone, I say that Sentinel Prime is the only bot capable of fitting in as Magnus."
Bulkhead turned off the monitor, and then everyone turned towards Bumblebee, who smiled at him awkwardly.
"Uh, I was going to tell you guys," he said honestly.
"How could you?" said Bulkhead incredulously.
Sentinel then barged in and handed Bumblebee his Elite Guard stripes. "He's a big bot now. He makes his own choices."
Ratchet glared at him furiously. "You sold out Prime for Elite Guard stripes!"
"It's not what it looks like," said Bumblebee.
"It looks like that Sentinel Full of Himself Prime bribed you with Elite Guard stripes to endorse him as Magnus!" Sari glared.
"Okay, maybe kinder is what it looks like, but we're still friends, right?" Bumblebee asked, looking at everyone hopefully.
Optimus closed his optics in disappointment. "You chose your path Bumblebee. I suggest you follow it."
Bumblebee then left the room looking ashamed.
Sentinel then turned to Bulkhead. "As for you, I can promise you that the cons will pay for what they did."
Sentinel then immediately made a beeline towards Trypticon Prison. This prison had once been Decepticons headquarters during the Great War, but now I had been repurposed into a maximum security prison. It was operated and guarded by Minicons that had once been enslaved to the Decepticons, who were human-sized transformers.
Sentinel completely ignored the Minicon guards as he made his way to the high-security cells. He stopped when he came face-to-face with Megatron, who was imprisoned in a very cramped cell with stasis cuffs and mouth clap.
"I'm only gonna say this once, I can make life in you Decepticons extremely uncomfortable if you do not cooperate," Sentinel warned and then turned to the Minicon guard. "Remove his mouth clamp."
The Minicon beeped and followed the commands removing Megatron's mouth clamp.
Sentinel then looked back at Megatron. "Now I want the location of the Decepticon rebel base."
Megatron raised an optic. "And why should I tell you anything, Autobot?"
"I can easily have the Minicon extract information from your processor…" Sentinel threatened.
A Minicon then produced a nasty spike interface and then climbed onto Megatron and began drilling on his forehead.
"…then I'd miss these little chats," Sentinel smirked.
Megatron roared in pain. "All right, I'll show you what you need to know on one condition."
Sentinel narrowed his optics suspiciously. "Depends what it is."
"I merely wish to stretch my servos once a solar cycle," Megatron assured him. "Surely the Minicon can remove my stasis cuffs, even for just a nano click."
"You think I'm going to allow the greatest war criminal in Cybertronian history to stretch his servo? You got another thing coming."
Megatron smiled. "Then the rage will continue until the Autobots demand a new Magnus. I hear that another Prime is quite popular. What was his name again… Optimus?"
Upon hearing Optimus' name, Sentinel glared and turned to the Minicon. "One nano click!"
The Minicon removed Megatron's stasis cuffs, and he began flexing his servos as his new-found freedom, even if it was just for a while. There again, there wasn't exactly much freedom in his cramped cell.
"You can find the Decepticons and the fifth moon of Chaar," said Megatron.
Sentinel smiled. "I knew we would see this scanner to this scanner."
Unbeknownst to Sentinel, Megatron had grabbed the spike interface of the Minicon behind his back. He then began downloading information from the Minicon into him; the moment the download was finished, the Minicon reattached the stasis cuffs and mouth clamp with Sentinel none the wiser.
"You'll get them off another nano click if the information is good," said Sentinel as he left.
With the information he had received from Megatron, Sentinel made his way to the Project Omega lab, where Ratchet was still working on the Powermaster suit.
"I need the Powermaster arm and now," said Sentinel.
"Is your head screwed on tight?" Ratchet stared. "We're nowhere near done. It hasn't had its first field test."
"Then consider this the field test," said Sentinel as he had Jetfire and Jetstorm retrieve the Powermaster unit despite Ratchet's protests. "I have a Decepticon base to demolish."
Once he retrieved the Powermaster unit, he began mobilising the entire Elite Guard and Autobot fleet. Bumblebee, who was now wearing Elite Guard Stripes, was walking alongside Blurr as they made their way to the Steelhaven.
"Do you have any idea what's going on?" Bumblebee asked.
"No, clue," said Blurr. "Though I have heard rumours that Sentinel Prime had this above at the Decepticon base of operations. It would seem as if he wanted to attack the entire Elite Guard and Autobot fleet. However, how to enquire this information, I have no idea; I only hope that it's good because we're leaving Cybertron practically defenceless."
Sentinel was already on the ramp wearing the Powermaster unit; he was now roughly the same size as a Decepticon. He had a large pair of wings, there was a visor over his optics and a pair of large cannons on his shoulders.
"Get a move on!" Sentinel ordered. "Go! Go! Go!"
Optimus arrived, pushing past the scrambling forces to Sentinel. "Sentinel, what's going on?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to show all of Cybertron what a real Magnus looks like as I personally read this mission to retrieve the stolen Energon," Sentinel sneered, leaning down towards him. "Then I'm going to level the entire Decepticon rebel base."
"So that's why you summons me," said Moonracer as she arrived.
"Not really I asked for any reporter, but I guess you'll do," Sentinel huffed.
"You know being around you always reminds me why I left the Elite Guard," said Moonracer giving Bumblebee a harsh glare before making her way up the ramp.
"This is going to be a long trip," Bumblebee moaned.
"Mind sharing how you found the location of the base?" Optimus asked.
"Let's just say some bots are willing to do what's necessary to extract information from our high-level POWs," said Sentinel.
Optimus stared at him incredulously. "Megatron told you? And you believe him? Had it occurred to you that he told me this so that he could lead you into a trap?"
"Oh, I have no delusions that we'll be ambushed, which is why I bought some insurance," Sentinel smirked.
Optimus followed Sentinel's optics and found floating directly above them with the fleet of Autobot ships was Omega Supreme in his vehicle mode.
"You're bringing Omega Supreme?" Optimus stared.
"I know technically he's your ship, but he was part of the Autobot military back in the day, and you already have the Magnus Hammer in your possession," said Sentinel. "With him and all our troops, we will completely overwhelm the Decepticons in one swoop."
"Sentinel reconsider this; you're leaving Cybertron completely vulnerable to an attack," Optimus pointed out.
"If you're so worried about your own shell, forget it," Sentinel sneered. "I got your bodyguard."
Ironhide then drove up and transformed into robot mode and immediately saluted Optimus. "Names Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Sir!"
"I appreciate the offer, but I can take care of myself, Sentinel," said Optimus. "I would be a little bit more concerned with the Energon farms. The Decepticons only attacked it once; they could very well attack it again. Who is going to protect them?"
"That's easy; Cybertron's greatest heroes will defend them," said Sentinel and turned around and made his way up the ramp. "That is unless you're up to the task?"
Bumblebee looked slightly concerned as Sentinel walked past him. "But what if Optimus is right, sir?."
Sentinel scoffed. "Trust me, he's exactly where I want him to be. Away from the real action."
Bumblebee looked at Blurr. "What do you think?"
"I think that is completely in conceive that we are attacking a Decepticon base based on the intel of the Decepticon leader. To be honest, I think it would be unwise to send scouts to verify this claim before we launch every ship we have."
Soon the entire Autobot fleet reached the fifth moon of Chaar, and so far, they have been attacked.
"Stop the bombardment! I don't want a single structure standing!" Sentinel commanded.
The Autobot ships then began firing down on the moon.
"Omega Supreme, I think it's time for you to knock on their front door," said Sentinel.
Omega then transformed to robot mode rather reluctantly. He clearly didn't enjoy being used as a doomsday weapon once again. He released his entire arsenal down onto the moon.
Once the bombardment had finished, Sentinel flew down from the Steelhaven as Autobot soldiers exited the landing ships onto the moon. However, when they got to the basic question, they found the place completely deserted.
"Where are the Decepticons!" Sentinel roared.
Rodimus then approached him. "We've searched the entire area and found nothing; I don't even think the war is a base on this moon, sir. Looks like we got ourselves some false information."
"Gee, who'd never think that the leader of the Decepticons would actually lie," said Moonracer, who had her camera floating just over her shoulder.
"When I get back to Cybertron, I'm going to put Megatron in the smallest cell possible!" Sentinel roared into his energy lance.
He swung the lance at some rubble in frustration, but then suddenly, his Powermaster suite began to short out. Then suddenly, he blasted Rodimus with his cannons knocking the young Prime to the ground.
"Sentinel! What do you think you're going?!" Moonracer yelled as she hit the ground.
"I can't control it!" Sentinel yelled as he began firing at his own troops.
"This is most ridiculous," said Blurr as he and Bumblebee took cover. "We came all this way expecting to be attacked by Decepticons and instead were being attacked by our commander-in-chief."
"Any clue to what going on?" Bumblebee asked.
"If I would hazard a guess, I would say that his Powermaster suit had not yet passed the testing stage. If that is the case, then I can only assume that they haven't removed all the bugs from the suit just yet."
"Well, we got to do something until he takes out the entire Elite Guard," said Bumblebee.
His optics then turned to a ramp-like structure directly behind Sentinel, and an idea began to form in his head.
"I got it!" he said and drove off using his heel wheels and gave himself an extra boost thanks to his turbo boosters.
"Bumblebee, what are you planning to do?" Moonracer yelled as he drove by.
"Something reckless," he said.
Sentinel was fined lasers in all different directions forcing Bumblebee to perform some very fancy manoeuvres to avoid them. He eventually reached the ramp and launched himself off it as quickly as he could. He then landed on Sentinel's back and activated his stingers.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Sentinel asked.
"Trust me," said Bumblebee and plunged his stingers into Sentinel's back.
Sentinel yelled in pain as electricity coursed through his body; moments later, his Powermaster suit detached itself from him. The moment he was freed, Sentinel toppled unceremoniously to the ground.
Immediately all the Autobots surrounded Bumblebee, praising him for his quick thinking.
"That was absolutely amazing!" said Blurr. "I can now understand how you manage to become a member of the Elite Guard so quickly. I would never dream of attacking my commanding officer in such a manner."
"You please not put it like that?" Bumblebee asked.
Moonracer smirked as she turned towards the camp. "As you can see, thanks to false information, Sentinel Prime has led the entire Autobot fleet to a deserted moon. Additionally, using an untested upgrade in battle, which is completely against regulations, and ended up attacking his own troops. If it were not for the heroics of the newest member of the Elite Guard, cavities could have been much higher."
Back on Cybertron, Optimus and his team had been watching the entire news report on the monitor. They were currently at the Energon farms standing guard over them.
"I told Sentinel that we have worked all the bugs out yet," Ratchet grunted.
"At least Bumblebee was able to stop Sentinel before he took out the entire Elite Guard," said Elita.
"True, but it's clear that Megatron didn't lead Sentinel into an ambush. He led him to distraction," said Optimus.
"For what?" Ironhide asked.
Optimus then saw flying above them was a Decepticon warship. "For that!"
On the bridge of the warship was Striker, and she noticed Optimus and his team on the ground.
"It would seem that fool Sentinel Prime didn't leave the farms completely undefended," said Striker.
"There's only a handful of defenders something we can easily deal with," said Oil Slick.
"And it seems if we have the pleasure of fighting Optimus Prime himself, this gives us the perfect opportunity to avenge Lord Megatron," said Striker with a small smile on her face.
Optimus and the rest of his team, minus Bulkhead, who was still recovering, were rather daunted by the warship above them.
"The only bot that standing between Cybertron's Energon supply and a Decepticons invasion is us," said Ratchet with growing dread.
"Not the only bots," said Arcee as she drove up to them and transformed to robot mode.
"Arcee? What are you doing here?" Ratchet stared.
"I came to help," she said as she drew at energy swords. "I may be a teaching bot, but I took part in the Great War as well, you know."
"I know, but—"
"And last I checked, you'll going to need all the help get."
"And we're grateful to have you," said Optimus.
Ratchet looked as if he wanted to argue some more, but then Striker and her team jumped out and their warship and straight towards them.
"Decepticons, destroying them!" Striker commanded.
Optimus immediately activated his jet pack and flew straight towards them, much to their surprise.
"What?" Cyclonus stared. "Since when could Autobots fly?"
Optimus then swung the Magnus Hammer at Cyclonus, who quickly drew out his blade and blocked the attack. Soon the two of them began fighting in midair while the other Decepticons land on the ground.
Striker then immediately fired her shoulder canons directly at them, but Ironhide jumped in and hardened his body, blocking the attack.
"I'm not going down a second time!" Ironhide yelled.
"We'll see about that Autobot," said Oil Slick pulling out a vile.
"Not on my watch!" Elita yelled, flying in and kicking him across the face.
"How many flying Autobots are there!" Striker roared.
Ratchet then used his magnets to send some metal crates towards Striker, and Arcee quickly moved in, dealing a powerful kick while she was off balance.
"You sure know how to show a femme bot a good time!" Arcee yelled.
"Well, it's not like I planned this or anything," said Ratchet.
Spittor then wrapped his tongue like tentacles around Sari, swallowing him.
"Sari!" Optimus yelled.
He tried to move in to assist, but Cyclonus blocked his path.
However, there was an explosion, and a portion of Spittor's mouth broke away. Sari then flew out on her jet pack covered in orange slime, her hands channelled with energy.
"That was disgusting," she said and then began firing energy blasts at Spittor.
It was clear that Optimus and his team were gaining the upper hand against Team Charr, but then Blackout flew in. He transformed to robot mode and slammed onto the ground sending a massive EMP wave across the entire battlefield. All of the Autobots' weapons began to shut down, Ratchet's magnets, Arcee's energy swords, Sari's energy blasts and even Ironhide's armour.
Optimus' jet pack also lost power and began plummeting back towards the ground. With their weapons offline, the Decepticons took advantage and began pushing them back. Fortunately, Elita was still able to use her webs to tangle them up.
"It's a good thing my webbing is organic, but it won't slow them down the long," she said.
Oil Slick then began pouring acid over the web's dissolving it instantly.
"It's not going to slow them down at all," said Sari.
"I think it's about time that we end this," said Oil Slick as he pulled out a vile of very toxic cosmic rust. "Not we need this after all; you are completely helpless without your weapons."
"Not all of us!" said a voice.
Then suddenly appearing on the horizon was Jazz, and he wasn't alone. With him was Dia Atlas and a squad of Cyber Ninjas. Instantly they immediately began to engage Blackout, using their Circuit Su fighting techniques which tend to require any kind of energy weapons.
Jazz then quickly dashed towards Oil Slick, dealing a few powerful blows into his chest and then kicked the vile right out of his servo. Optimus took this opportunity and swung the Magnus Hammer straight at Stiker, knocking her out cold.
Elita dashed forwards and somersaulted directly over Cyclonus plunging her blades into his back and injecting him with cyber venom. Spittor tried to move to wrap his tentacles around Optimus, but Ironhide tackled him to the ground.
"You all right, sir!" Ironhide yelled as he pinned Spittor.
Optimus looked back at him, taken aback. "I'm good. Now let's get the stasis cuffs on these guys."
Once the Elite Guard returned, Optimus and his team were welcomed back as heroes, and every member of the Elite Guard saluted as they walked by. Bumblebee saluted as well, but he couldn't look at his former team in the optics. Sari herself was pleased as the Autobots began to warm up to her and Elita, though many still kept a wide berth from them.
Alpha Trion then approached Optimus. "Optimus Prime, for your heroics in defending Cybertron, the High Council has presented you the honour of the Eternal Flame, the highest military award bestowed on any bot."
The Autobots that had gathered began cheering and chanting Optimus' names.
"Now there's a true Magnus in the making!"
"Three cheers for Optimus Magnus!"
Optimus immediately looked at the crowd and tried to calm them down. "Slow down; remember that Sentinel Prime is Magnus."
"Speaking of which, where is he?" Elita asked, noting his absence.
Sentinel was currently at Trypticon Prison face-to-face with Megatron.
"You lied to me!" Sentinel roared.
Megatron was completely unfazed. "A Decepticon lying to an Autobot? Imagine that?"
"I warned you that I can make things unpleasant for you," said Sentinel as a squad of Minicons approached. "And I plan on making good on my word."
The Minicon then began to swarm Megatron.
"Your data tracks won't lie once I ripped them one by one from your processor… slowly and painfully," said Sentinel.
The Minicons began to extend their nasty interface spikes and move them closer and closer toward him.
"Not the Minicons! Anything but the Minicon!" Megatron pleaded.
However, directly behind his back, Megatron was serendipitously firing a downloading into a Minicon. Its optics then began to be evil red and began spreading the download to the rest of the Minicons, and their optics began to glow in evil red.
"Just take me offline," Megatron begged. "Do not prolong the humiliation one more nano click."
"As much as I would love to do that, I can't without putting you on trial first," said Sentinel.
"You mean a public area of all my crimes against the Autobots with you standing above me like some grand authority? Pointing an accusing finger calling for my head, basking in the glory as I am taken away to meet my final doom? I would rather take my chances with the Minicons."
Sentinel began to imagine such a prospect in his head. "Really?"
"Today on Cybertron is a historic day," said Uplink in a news report just outside the Metroplex. "Today is the trial mega stellar cycle, the trial of Megatron who will be tried for the high crimes against Cybertron. Acting as the prosecutor is our Acting Magnus Sentinel Prime. Now many of you are wondering who will be acting as the defendant of Megatron, and I have his name here and one Rattletrap."
Then appearing next to it was Rattletrap. "That's my name, don't worry about it."
"Rattletrap, I understand that you yourself have been tried many times in black market goods, but now you're defending against Cybertron's greatest war criminal?" Uplink asked.
"I'm a bot of many trades, and I am certain that I can prove that my client did not break any kind of law here on Cybertron."
"Well, best of luck to you then."
Moments later, in the high tribunal inside the Metroplex, stasis cuffed, mouth clamped, Megatron was wheeled into the stands with Rattletrap next to him. Within the stands were Optimus Prime and his team, although all of them were sitting far away from Bumblebee.
"So, glad you guys all right after tangling with those cons," said Bumblebee attempting to make small talk.
Optimus looked at him. "Glad that you didn't get slagged by Sentinel; there was quite a stunt you pulled."
"It was a spur-in-the-moment decision," Bumblebee admitted.
Alpha Trion, who was acting as judge, sat in a box that overlooks the entire courtroom.
"This court is now in session," said Alpha Trion.
Sentinel then rose to his feet. "I would like to begin with the accused of past war crimes; I have brought a vast stack of history vids that show a million stellar cycles of war crimes."
Rattletrap then immediately rose to his feet. "Objection! I motion to strike all testimony relating to the Great War, per the articles of the Decepticon surrender. It states that all Decepticon are to be banished from Cybertron rather than try for their war crimes."
"What half-wit Autobot came up with that stupid rule?" Sentinel demanded.
"I did," said Alpha Trion glaring down at him. "And I lost rule in favour of the defendant's objection. Only testimony relating to events after the war will be recognised in this trial."
"I called for recess!" Sentinel demanded.
"The trial hasn't even really started," said Sari.
In his office at Fortress Maximus, Sentinel called for Optimus's team and ventured rather high, considering that Bumblebee was with them.
"You and you losers—I mean team are all I've got now," said Sentinel looking at Optimus. "I need all of you to specify against Megatron."
"You may be able to buy off Bumblebee by dangling an Elite Guard posting in front of him, but it won't work and the rest of us," said Ratchet strongly.
"Ratchet, we have to take part in the trial," said Optimus. "With this help, Sentinel or not, is important; what is important is that the Autobots of Cybertron deserve to hear the truth. I can't speak for the others, but I will testify."
"I guess if you're doing it, so will I," Elita sighed.
"Me too," said Sari.
"If you say so, boss bot," said Bulkhead.
Ratchet folded his arms. "All right, for you, Prime."
"Spark, yeah!" Bumblebee cheered rather enthusiastically. "I'm sure together we can prove Megatron is guilty of all the crimes he's committed."
However, he remained silent when he saw the glares coming off of Ratchet, Bulkhead and Sari as they left the room with Optimus and Elita.
"Don't mind those losers; in fact, I wanted to speak to you in private anyway," said Sentinel. "During your testimony, I want you to work on emphasising how Optimus could have finished off Megatron but spared his life instead. If you could make it sound more cowardly the noble, it would go a long way to support my cause."
"I can't do that to Optimus," said Bumblebee.
"Maybe Bumblebee couldn't," said Sentinel and held out another set of stripes tantalisingly. "But Bumblebee Prime can."
Bumblebee looked at him with a torn expression.
Back in the high tribunal, the trial was now back in session, and Optimus was standing on the witness stand.
"We would doing a routine repair job on a Space Bridge when we discovered the AllSpark," said Optimus. "No sooner had we discovered it than we picked up a Decepticon ship approaching us. It turned out the ship was the Nemesis, and they began to attack us without propagation. Megatron then boarded our ship in his attempt to steal the AllSpark. Suddenly we were transwarped over the planet Earth, and I managed to reject Megatron out of the ship, and he crashed onto the planet below."
"No further questions!" Sentinel declared.
Alpha Trion turned to Rattletrap. "Do you wish to cross-examine the witness?"
"If it pleases the court, I would prefer doing my cross-examination until the end."
Alpha Trion nodded. "Agreed. Bring out the next witness."
At Trypticon Prison, Minicons, whose optics were still evil red, skated outside the cell block and passed to the stasis cuff Decepticons.
Elita was now giving her testimony. "We had all assumed that Megatron had been taken offline, but we were unaware that a human by the name of Isaac Sumdac had discovered his burning head in a field. He then began to reverse engineer technology creating a wide range of robotic drones. Megatron managed to regain consciousness and tricked Professor Sumdac into believing that he was an Autobot and tricked him into rebuilding his body. Once he was restored, he then attacked us. We were lucky to survive."
At Trypticon Prison, two Autobot guards saw the Minicons approaching them.
"Should you be attending to the prisoners?" one of them asked.
The Minicons then extended their nasty interface spikes, which crackled with energy at then began to swarm the guards. The two guards disappeared over the sea of Minicons screening.
Sari was next to take the stand, and she had to liberally stand on it. She then began to give her testimony when Megatron attacked the ship and Dinobot Island.
"I witnessed both Optimus and Elita battling Megatron, and despite outnumbering him, they were overpowered. Megatron then grabbed the AllSpark and fused it with his spark chamber. He fired off a powerful beam that placed Elita in a coma and unleashed full power and Optimus. However, in the midst of the battle, he had dropped my key, which had been used to resurrect him, and I tossed it over to Optimus. At that moment, Optimus plunged the key into the AllSpark, causing it to shatter and spread across the planet."
The Minicons began to access a secret panel on the floor and began to descend down a long elevator shaft, and emerged inside a hidden operation centre. There they saw many computer monitors as were schematics of the complex, the City of Kaon and the entire planet of Cybertron. They then began to access the control stations.
Bulkhead began his testimony about Megatron forcing him to make a Space Bridge. "Megatron realised that I was Cybertron's most skilled Space Bridge technician and was my expertise to build his own. He forced me to complete the Space Bridge, which he would use to invade Cybertron while the Autobot forces were busy dealing with the pricing across the rim of the galaxy."
The Minicons had now opened the confiscated weapons storage unit and began grabbing all the Decepticon weapons, including Megatron's. Megatron's fusion cannon was badly damaged, and they began to repair it.
Ratchet began giving his testimonial when Megatron gained control of Omega Supreme. "Somehow, Megatron managed to gain control of Omega Supreme and attempted to use him to destroy us. We did everything we could to free Omega, but in the end, we were left with no choice but to Trans warp him randomly across the galaxy."
At Trypticon Prison, the prison cells began to open, and the stasis cuffs and mouths clamped over the Decepticon prisoners began to open. Although they looked around in confusion but began to stretch their servos.
Back at the tribunal, it was Bumblebee's turn to take the stand. "Megatron had managed to clone Omega Supreme and unleashed an all-out attack on Earth. Naturally, we moved in to defend, and Optimus battled Megatron face-to-face. During the attack, we lost Prowl, who gave his spark to protect the city when the clones exploded. Optimus managed to overpower Megatron and was poised to finish him off, but shows to spare his life so that he could face justice."
Bumblebee paused as he looked at Optimus in the optics. "In my personal opinion, Optimus actions were heroic and noble. For this reason, I could never endorse a manipulative creep like Sentinel Prime for Magnus."
Sentinel immediately rose to his feet. "I think that we've heard enough—"
"And no matter what, I am with Optimus Prime!" Bumblebee declared and then hung his head. "Even if he and all my friends ever want to speak to me again."
The court will then immediately erupt with cheers, mostly from Ratchet, Bulkhead and Sari.
"Order! We will have order!" Alpha Trion yelled, and everyone finally managed to calm down.
"No further witnesses," said Sentinel, glaring at Bumblebee.
Alpha Trion turned to Rattletrap. "With the defence like to cross-examine the witnesses now?"
"You bet your axle grease I would I would!" said Rattletrap and then immediately approached Bumblebee on the witness stand. "Just one point of clarification…" He then produced a holographic galactic star chart of Cybertronian space. "The witnesses' testimony all refer to a planet called Earth. Now Mr Bumblebee, could you please point out said planet Earth on this official Cybertronian galactic star chart?"
Bumblebee examined the start of the couldn't see Earth on it. "I can't seem to find it."
Rattletrap then leaned in towards Bumblebee's face. "Are you saying, Mr Bumblebee, that this planet Earth doesn't exist?"
"Of course, it exists; I've lived there for nearly a stellar cycle," Bumblebee insisted.
"But how can that be? The galactic star chart lists every planet in Cybertronian space."
"Then it must be outside of Cybertronian space."
"Ah ha!" Rattletrap cried and turned to Alpha Trion. "Your honour, I move that all testimony referring to the planet Earth be stricken from the record. As it occurred outside Cybertronian jurisdiction."
Megatron smiled behind his mouth clamp as the entire court erupted into protests.
"Order! We will have order!" Alpha Trion yelled. "I'm afraid I have no choice but to rule in favour of the defence."
"But your honour—" Sentinel protested.
"Sentinel Prime, who do not control yourself, I will throw the whole case if you continue in such a manner."
Later, Megatron was escorted back to Trypticon Prison by a pair of guards down a corridor.
Sentinel was walking alongside him, fuming. "An assault on a Space Bridge repair ship. That's all we have on him! An assault on a Space Bridge repair ship, that's like a parking ticket!" He then immediately turned towards Megatron, angrily pointing at his head. "I swear on my spark that I will pay you with every last nano byte of information you have stored in those data tracks of yours!"
"My client don't gotta tell you nothing!" said Rattletrap. "And I have half a processor of you all for cruel and unusual punishment to your prisoners here."
Sentinel then grabbed him and lifted him off the floor. "I'll show you cruel and unusual punishment!"
Then suddenly, the lights went out, leaving them in utter darkness.
"Somebot, put those lights back on!" Sentinel cried. "And find out what's going on? And where are the Minicons?"
"Oh, they won't be much help," said a voice.
Sentinel slowly turned around to find Megatron standing, their stasis cuffs and mouth clamp free. Additionally, the Minicons approached him, handing him his twin blades and his prepared fusion cannon.
Then the lights turned on, and emerging out of the cell door were Shockwave, Lugnut, Blitzwing and the Starscream clones, all armed with their weapons.
"Oh, slag," said Sentinel.