Megatron sat in his throne room. He was admiring the update of the Autobot body count that Reflector had given him. He was proud of his accomplishments. He had assassinated Optimus Prime, and his forces were defeating the remaining Autobots. He had allied himself with the Quintisons. He wasn't too fond of the five faced Transformer creators but they helped out tremendously. He knew that he still would have been victorious against the Autobots eventually but they brought that vision within arms reach more quickly than he anticipated. He was waiting for Skywarp and Thundercracker to report in. Just then a button on the arm of his throne flashed. He touched the button and Skywarp's image appeared on the screen.
"This is Skywarp reporting in."
"What is the situation?"
"The situation is in our favor. We are finishing off the rest of the Autobots in this sector. We are ready to proceed."
"Excellent. As soon as your finished there report back to Headquarters."
"Yes, Mighty Megatron."
The screen went blank.
"Soon, the Autobots will be finished and then we will go against our allies, the Quintisons." Megaton thought to himself.
The Autobots were planning their attack on Iacon. Shortstop walked around the room preaching to his troops the reasoning behind keeping Sarah alive. Some of them wanted to keep her alive because they knew how big of a help she would become. But some others, including Starscream, wasn't so optimistic.
"We need to get Sarah out of Iacon and soon."
"We've been meaning to talk to you about that." Starscream said.
"Starscream believes that you will not be able to persuade your former mate." Perceptor said.
"Oh, I can be very persuasive." Shortstop said as he ran a finger along Arcee's chin.
Starscream began to speak his mind. Prowl walked up to Shortstop.
"Hit him. That's what Shortstop would have done. Hit him."
"...not sure that you could convince her. Face it, the flesh bag hates you."
Just then Shortstop spun around and punched Starscream in the face. The blow knocked him over. He walked over and picked the ex-Decepticon by the neck.
"What my wife thinks of me is none of your concern."
"Anyone else want to disagree?" Arcee said while pulling out her pistol.
"Put it away, Arcee"
She looked confused and looked over to Prowl. Prowl just shook his head.
"No one is questioning you, but we can't let her finish the array." Starscream said while still in Shortstop's grip.
"And there is only one sure way." Astrotrain said.
"We have to terminate her."
"You have been saying that all along." Prowl said.
"Maybe it's time he listened."
"We're going to do it my way. Let's get to work." Shortstop ordered.