"Dad? Dad?!" Sari banged on the door to her father's lab as hard as she could. She had spent five minutes preparing him a cup of tea, and he was going to have it whether he wanted to or not. She tried pressing in the password.

"Access denied," the computer answered. Sari sighed. She looked into the peephole. Her dad was snoozing over his lab table. But something caught her eye. To the left she could see some strange equipment surrounding some kind of storage device.

"What is that?" she wondered. She leaned in closer. Her key inserted itself into the door control panel. She pulled it out when sparks started to fly.

"Whoa! Check that out!" Suddenly she got an idea. She pushed the key into the control panel. The computer flashed its lights wildly.

"Access denied! Access—Access—Access granted." The door slid open. She walked into the dark lab. Her eyes wandered to the storage device in the corner of the room. What could it be? It was too dark to see.

"Sari?" She was startled by the dark figure above her, but relaxed when she realized it was just her dad.

"Sari," he yawned, "You know of all people that no one except me is allowed in my lab," yawn, "and rules are rules."

"Well I thought you might be thirsty so I made you some tea." She held up the cup to him.

"Hm. I appreciate your concern, but I am not thirsty." He grabbed the cup and slurped down the tea. "Now I must return to my work," he gasped.

"Uh dad? When was the last time you ate?" Sari raised a brow. Sumdac counted on his fingers.

"What's today?" he finally asked. Sari giggled then held his hand.

"Come on, let's get you something to eat," she said.

"Oh but Sari, I am not hungry." His stomach growled like an angry tiger. "Well, maybe just an apple. Or a banana." Sari pulled him out of the lab while he continued talking. "Better make it a whole fruit salad. Oh! And bacon with a cheese omelet."

And while they walked away, the control panel sparked until it started to overflow with electrical energy. The door opened and closed randomly. The residual AllSpark energy traveled through the wiring to every piece of equipment in the lab. Then it all collected in the back-left corner of the lab where the corpse of the fallen Megatron was held in stasis to prevent any decomposition. The energy surged through the pod and gathered inside the body. The heart began to beat. Blood ran through his veins.

"Autobots!" he gasped, "What the?! What happened?! Where am I?! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?! What kind of integrated system am I hooked into?" In his panic, he felt energy within him rise then travel out of the pod and into a screen. Some security footage of Starscream and the Autobots appeared before him.

"Did I do that?" he wondered. He listened to Starscream's monologue intently.

"You're pathetic. You are inferior! I am better! I was the one who defeated the great Megatron! Not you! I planted the bomb! His fate was sealed before he even reached your ship!" A rage built inside him like he'd never felt before. It built up like an overflowing dam until…

"STARSCREEEEEEEAAAAAAM!" he bellowed. His anger seemed to resonate through the lab and shatter an overhead lamp. "WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON THAT TRAITOR—RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" the energy traveled to a small device and caused it to explode. He then felt his rage reside. His head cleared. He continued watching the footage.

"They don't even know I'm alive," he stopped the video and zoomed in on the AllSpark's image, "This cannot be happening. The AllSpark… within my reach. And I am trapped in this prison!" More of his energy traveled through the machinery and gathered in a crane. It shook and moved. Megatron suddenly had an idea. He tried to manipulate it so the crane would move. With each command he thought, the crane obeyed.

"They may still be more than one way to obtain the AllSpark," he whispered. The crane picked up a small droid on a lab table. His energy went from the crane to the droid. "And destroy all who dare oppose me!"