They stop for Simon to runs towards the object and wipe the snow off, revealing what appears to be a bumpy silver ball of metal covered in ice. "What's this doing here?" he wondered as he lifted it in front of his goggled face. "Petrikov, we gotta get back to the station!" Spike yelled to Simon. He mounts the snowmobile and drives off as faint yellow lights dot the surface of the ball. Later at an outpost, Simon and Spike enter the facility garage where they park the snowmobile.

Spike removes his coat and goggles revealing a man with a military crewcut and stubble nearing his middle-ages. "So, what's that you got there?" Spike asked. "I'm not sure. I'm gonna take it to the lab and analyse it." Simon said as he walked towards a door. He enters the lab and places the heavy ball on a metal table to thaw. He notices a semi-spherical hole in the ball where a bump would be.

"That's strange…" he commented as he felt the inside of the hole with his finger. The ball suddenly falls apart into small metal spheres the size of the bumps and rolls around the table. "Uhh…" he said in dull surprise with his mouth agape. The balls stop in place for a few seconds before turning into small beetle-like robots. "Oh no!" Simon exclaimed.

The robots start eating the metal table before scattering across the lab eating computers, microscopes, and other metallic items. He runs out of the lab to find more small robots in the hallway. "Spike!" he yelled. Spike runs into the hallway from a corner and swats the robots with a wooden baseball bat. "Petrikov, what happened?!" he asked stressfully.

"It looks like they're small transformers and are eating anything metal." Simon explained. "Figured the metal part. Things ate through the bat my uncle gave me, so I had to use the bat my dad gave me." Spike said. They run to the garage where they find a black robot about 9 feet tall hopping on one foot with the other covered in the smaller robots. "Spike, help me!" the robot called out. "Why is there a Transformer here?" Simon wondered in surprise.

"Hang on, Backfire!" Spike yelled as he charged towards his foot. Spike swats the small robots from the larger robot's foot, revealing exposed circuitry, before stomping on them. "I knew it was a bad idea bringing that thing here!" the robot exclaimed as he pointed to Simon. "Are you an Autobot?" Simon asked the robot. "If I were a 'Con you'd be blasted to bits right now. Heck, if I were a con none of us would be here!" the robot said angrily.

"Backfire, you know what these things are?" Spike asked. "Scraplets. They're like termites but for metal. Unfortunately Cybertronians are made of metal so they're less like pests and more like an epidemic." Backfire explained. "What can we do to stop them?" Simon asked. "I can only assume that they were disposed here in the Arctic a long time ago. They're only weakness is cold, hence their presence here. I say we blow this pop stand, literally. We blow up the outpost and run as far away as possible." Backfire suggested. "For five minutes, can you not suggest a plan involving explosions?!" Spike scolded.

"Optimus Prime to Backfire. Optimus Prime to Backfire. Do you read me?" a voice emanating from Backfire's wrist called out. Backfire presses a button on his wrist that projects a hologram of a face of a blue robot with what appear to be some form of antennae on both sides of its helmet-like head. "Backfire to Optimus Prime. What is it?" Backfire asked. "Spike, how long has he been here?" Simon asked. "He just got here, actually. I called him for help." Spike answered.

"Do you wish for assistance?" the other robot asked. "Very much. We have a scraplet problem here." Backfire answered. "I am on my way." the other robot said before cutting off communications. "That was Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader. Do you know him personally?" Simon asked Backfire. "Well, because of my connection with Spike, and his connection with his cousin Sam, who met Optimus as a friend… not really. I'm just a soldier." Backfire answered.

From outside, they hear a truck horn and open the garage door to find a blue-and-red robot standing around 30 feet tall. "Y-y-you're Optimus Prime!" Simon said nervously as he ran outside with his coat. "Are you Simon Petrikov? I have heard about you from Professor Susan Hoffman. You and Spike must evacuate immediately. We can handle this." Optimus said as he crouched on one knee. "Alright, sir." Simon saluted nervously before leaving on a snowmobile with Spike. As they drove away, a green S.U.V. emerges from a green portal on the ground and transforms into a robot before conversing with Optimus Prime as Simon looks back.

In the present, Normal Man face plants in front of him for Ice King to ask "What's up?" as he turned to him just as Finn and Jake arrive. "How do I stop this?" Finn asked Normal Man before being pushed away and. "You are the only one who can stop this!" Normal Man said to Ice King before squishing his cheeks. "Betty's up there trying to harness the power of GOLB!" Normal Man continued as he turned Ice King towards GOLB, who is being shot at by the jets and Optimus Prime. Betty and Maja materialise in front of GOLB's face while in a trance on a magic carpet.

"Fall back! There's a human and a wizard near GOLB!" Optimus Prime commanded to the jets. They cease fire and retreat to the cliffs. "We have to snap her out of that trance and banish GOLB or we're all doomed! If anyone can do it, it's you." Normal Man continued. "Sounds great! Imma save the world!" Ice King exclaimed before flying away as Finn and Normal Man grab on.

To be continued…