It was a huge surprise to see the massive warlord with optics as soft of teal as the other two in his company. "I see you've found a new friend, StarScream. Knock Out. From what I can tell, he's not the original that we had the misfortune of putting down." The former gladiator, Megatron, said.

StarScream and Knock Out immediately lowered to a knee to bow before their lord. CliffJumper was the only one who remained standing; he wasn't ready to bow down to the Decepticon leader just yet. He needed proof that he wasn't as ruthless as the Megatron he knew. Of course StarScream and Knock Out took a lot of convincing, but he knew their sparks were good.

"I understand you don't trust me, CliffJumper, and I don't expect you to." Megatron looked down at the smaller grounder (who was a bit taller than Knock Out) and offered a small smile.

CliffJumper took this moment to take in the differences of this Megatron; his collar was a forest green instead of violet. His optics, like the others, were teal halos on a backdrop of black. Even his cannon arm was mustard yellow; the color inside the cannon was still the same alluring blue, purple and pink mixture. Megatron was quiet as he could gather he was studying him. After a while of staring, Megatron cleared his vocals. CliffJumper looked up and blinked.

"Oh, sorry for staring." He said as he just continued to stare, regardless.

Megatron let out a gentle chuckle, causing CliffJumper to blink again at the other. That was unexpected. "That's alright. I gathered from video feeds from SoundWave that you are not the CliffJumper we are familiar with. And were unfortunate to put down."

There was a pause as he could tell the warlord was not at all too happy with their course of action to down a mecha they could had converted from evil to good.

"That's OK, Megatron. I understand it must have been a very hard choice. But he was hostile and you had no choice. And from what I think happened, he wasn't going to switch sides." He said with a firm nod. He couldn't blame them, even Optimus and Ratchet would have done the same, but they wouldn't stain the base with blood of those they could have saved.

Truth be told, the prisoners would most-likely kill themselves before they would be given the option to defect to the opposite side. Of course they never had a prisoner and they weren't too keen on having one, much like the backwards Decepticons. Backwards, that actually sounded fitting to this whole universe. The universe where everything is backwards.

Megatron cleared his vocals again, seeing that CliffJumper was side-tracked and seemed to be lost in thought. Snapping out of his daze, the vermillion grounder looked up. "As I was to say earlier, it isn't needed to have your presence unknown while aboard the Nemesis. SoundWave had alerted me when Lt. DreadWing had said he had a prisoner. We both thought it to be TailGate, but getting in contact with Airachnid; she confirmed that he was deceased.

"Now that we know that you are indeed CliffJumper, we were a little on edge, but after having SoundWave watch your interactions with my officers, we deemed you were not a threat and the CliffJumper we knew." Megatron took a moment to let the words sink into CliffJumper's processor before he continued- "But since you are on the ship, I would recommend you have one of my officers with you at all times, just so the drones don't get suddenly startled when they see you. I do want your presence to not be known upon the ship to the soldiers, but it's unavoidable."

CliffJumper nodded, that was true. He couldn't just stay holed up in the medical bay, he needed to get out and move around. He wasn't a prisoner, like the others said, more-or-so a guest of honor. If there was such a thing of 'honor' on the Auto Bots here in backwards universe.

"Lord Megatron, I'm willing to be the escort to CliffJumper." StarScream and Knock Out were now standing, StarScream having spoken as he put a servo to his own chassis to indicate that he was willing. "It would be an honor to ensure that he gets what he needs and is given small duties to earn his keep."

Megatron was quiet before he nodded. "Very well, StarScream. Ensure that the drones know that he isn't a threat as well. I will relay a message to the top ranking soldiers to ensure that they tell their lower ranking soldiers that CliffJumper is in fact deceased, but this is a copy of the original. That may divert their attention, but they are curious beings."

"Yes, Lord Megatron, I will." StarScream's wings were held up proudly, as if just chasing a sparkling around the Nemesis was a great honor of service. CliffJumper had to admit, it broke his spark to see how devoted this alternate was to his Lord, even if he wasn't a fighter. He had to admit, he felt bad for realizing how weak the Commander was when he easily downed him back in Jasper.

"Excellent. If you do not mind, I would like to discuss some things with CliffJumper, as would SoundWave." He said, halos growing in calmness as he looked down to the vermillion mecha. CliffJumper seemed shocked; he wanted to talk to him? Well, who was he to refuse?

"Uh, s-sure! Of course. Why not." He said with a quick nod and stood tall and tensed. Megatron only smiled and chuckled lightly.

"Don't seem so tense, come, and let us not delay SoundWave further." The massive mecha the color of dull mercury turned his back to CliffJumper and started his way to the bridge. CliffJumper looked back to Knock Out and StarScream who both smiled and nodded. They were so devoted; it made him regret ever assuming they were really that evil. He gave a firm nod and grin back at the other two before he waved with a pair of digits.

"See you guys later!" He said, and went off after Megatron.