In the Autobot Base.
Ratchet had just made a very surprising discovery while working at the main console.
"Optimus, you're not going to believe this." Ratchet said as Team Prime and the Hexside Squad approached him. "I've just pinpointed the location of the Decepticon Warship, the Nemesis."
"How did you penetrate their cloaking technology?" Optimus asked.
"I didn't. I was experimenting with variable frequency wave links when I stumbled upon it." Ratchet explained. "Even so, their ship must be experiencing some kind of electromagnetic breach."
"With Starscream calling the shots, it ain't really a shock to me." Jazz said with a chuckle.
"With Megatron deceased and the element of surprise…" Arcee said.
"We could cause some serious damage." Bulkhead finished.
"Looks like things are finally looking up for us." Cliffjumper commented.
Just then, a second signal showed up on the main console and it showed an image of a different Cybertronian ship.
"Also on the same frequency, an Autobot emergency beacon." Ratchet said.
"There's more Autobots on Earth? Just like Seaspray?" Willow asked in surprise.
"This really is a good day." Amity admitted, agreeing with what Cliffjumper said earlier.
"The Decepticons can wait. There may be Autobots distress." Optimus told everyone. "Ratchet, bring your medical kit."
At nighttime in a far away desert.
the Ground Bridge appeared and Optimus and Ratchet walked out of it to see the Autobot ship ahead of their position, looking a bit rusted and damaged.
"A crash landing. Buried here for centuries." Optimus said.
When they both approached the ship, Optimus and Ratchet used a laser-like device to cut through the ship's steel and make a hole for them to walk through. They both held a Cybertronian flashlights each and activated them.
"If they traveled in stasis mode, there may be survivors." Ratchet assumed.
The ship began to tilt a bit due to it's unstable balance and caused Optimus and Ratchet to wobble a bit, but it quickly stopped and both Autobots were okay. When they came up to a closed door, Optimus uses his great strength to open it up before he and Ratchet walked in. They shined their flashlights on the floor to see something truly horrific for them. There were a bunch of Autobot corpses laying on the floor and it looked like they had perished millions of years ago. Laying beside the bodies was some weirdly-coloured liquid that wasn't Energon.
"Optimus, these Autobots didn't perish in the crash." Ratchet said worriedly while scanning a nearby body. "They're displaying the effects of a virus."
"This is a plague ship." Optimus realised as he began to walk forward, only for Ratchet to quickly stop him.
"Don't touch anything! The virus could still be active." Ratchet warned.
But when the ship began to tumble itself again, Optimus and Ratchet were unable to balance themselves and they both crashes against the wall. Optimus heard some noises from above and he looked up to see another Autobot body dangling from some cables. When the body lowered down, some small drops of the liquid virus dripped onto Optimus' face, causing him to grunt in pain and turn his face frantically.
"No." Ratchet said in total horror.
Back at the base.
After quickly getting Optimus back to base and placing him on a medical table, Ratchet examined him with a scanner as the Autobot leader's face started showing some infective looks. The other Autobots and the realm defenders watched from behind with very concerned expressions.
"Cybonic Plague. It's only contagious if contact is made with the infected Energon." Ratchet informed.
"So, viruses are like illnesses to you guys?" Amity asked.
"We're living mechanical beings, so yeah." Jazz answered.
"But what was a plague even doing on an Autobot ship?" Gus questioned.
"It's passengers were infected. The virus wiped out millions on Cybertron during the great war." Arcee explained.
"Cybonic Plague was engineered in the Decepticons' biological warfare program. By Megatron himself." Ratchet added.
"You have a cure, don't you?" Vee asked hopefully before Optimus groaned weakly.
"No… cure…" Optimus said.
"Optimus, please. Save your strength." Ratchet told him.
Wait apollo can't you heal him with your powers chromia asked.
Sorry it only works if I know about it im really sorry apollo said.
"There's no way that Megatron would just make a disease without having a cure." Luz said, not wanting the claim of no cure for this Cybonic Plague to be true. "I mean, what if he caught it by accident?"
"It's not like we can ask Megatron, Luz. He's pushing up lugnuts." Wheeljack replied.
"But, we might be able to access the Decepticon database." Ratchet suggested. "For the moment, we still have a fix on the Nemesis' location."
"So some of us sneak onboard, find the database, look up a cure for the Cybonic Plague and bring it back here so we can cure Optimus." Cliffjumper said. "That's our best chance of saving him."
"Bumblebee,Wheeljack, come with me." Arcee instructed as she walked towards the Ground Bridge.
"You got it." Wheeljack replied, following the female Autobot with Bumblebee in tow.
"Arcee, quickly." Ratchet said as he grew more concerned by the minute for Optimus' health.
On the nemesis.
As the Nemesis was currently flying through the Earth's sky, a Ground Bridge opened up inside it and Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack drove out of it. The three Autobots transformed and readied their blasters, seeing that there wasn't any Decepticon in sight.
"All clear." Wheeljack said.
"Let's start with the lab." Arcee told her teammates.
They cautiously made their way towards the Nemesis' lab room while looking out for any Decepticons that would come their way. As Arcee peeked her head out from the side to see the entrance to the lab, it opened up to let Knock Out walk out of it. The Decepticon Doctor came to a halt when he felt like he heard something, but simply shrugged it off and left. When Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack came out of their hiding place, they entered the laboratory as the female Autobot and the swordsman Wrecker approached the main computer.
"We're in the network." Arcee said while typing on the buttons.
"Let's get looking for that cure, then." Wheeljack added.
Back at base.
Ratchet continued to watch over Optimus.
"Ratchet… were you…" Optimus began to ask.
"Infected? No." Ratchet assured, causing Optimus lay his head down with a weak groan.
"Ratch, we've found the database." Wheeljack said on the com-link.
"If it's here, we don't see it." Arcee admitted.
"Are you certain, Arcee?" Ratchet asked, not wanting to give up on Optimus.
Back on the nemesis
.
"Wheeljack and I searched every file. Nothing." Arcee said, while Bumblebee was looking into another room.
"Well, search again. Clearly you missed again." Ratchet said in desperateness.
"We scanned the entire database." Arcee told him.
"What's in this other room?" Bumblebee asked himself, looking into the room while his teammates were busy.
"Did you use a redundant quantum algorithm?" Ratchet questioned.
"Don't tell us how to do research, Doc." Wheeljack replied in frustration.
"You think you're the only one who cares about Optimus?" Arcee asked rhetorically.
"Cee, Jackie, you need to see this." Bumblebee told them, pointing to the door that led into the other room.
"What is it?" Arcee asked annoyingly as she and Wheeljack walked to him.
"What is it? What's going on?" Ratchet questioned, having heard them on the com-link.
When the door opened up, Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack saw something that shocked them to their Sparks. Megatron was laying on the medical table with tubes in his body and his armor was now freshly cleaned.
"No. Way." Wheeljack gasped.
"It's Megatron." Arcee told Ratchet. "He's… alive."
Back at the base
.
Everyone at the Autobot Base heard this and were truly astonished.
"What?!" Luz,Apollo,vee,Amity and Hunter asked in disbelief.
"No way!" Cliffjumper exclaimed.
"Seriously?!" Jazz questioned.
"That's not possible!" Ratchet stated.
Back at the nemesis.
"Well, we're staring right at him." Arcee replied as she, Bumblebee and Wheeljack approached Megatron with their blasters ready.
"Good news is old Bucket-Head isn't exactly staring back." Wheeljack reassured.
Back at the base.
"…Megatron?" Optimus asked weakly as he heard them from the table.
"He actually survived that giant explosion? Does that mean he's… invincible?" Willow questioned in nervousness, earning some shrugs from her friends.
Back on the nemesis.
"He's critical. Hooked up to life support." Wheeljack informed before pulling out both his swords.
"Time to finish this, once and for all." Arcee said firmly, preparing to fire her blaster while Wheeljack got ready for a quick sword swipe.
"Wait! Don't!" Ratchet called out.
"One good reason. Fast." Arcee demanded.
"Megatron may be Optimus' only hope for survival." Ratchet answered, causing Arcee and Wheeljack to stand down.
"What're you talking about?" Wheeljack asked.
"Does he display brainwave activity?" Ratchet questioned.
The three Autobots looked at the health terminal and saw some wavy lines on it.
"Spiking hard. His sick mind's still at work." Arcee said.
"Perfect. If a cure exists, Megatron may be who knows it." Ratchet replied. "One of you must enter his brain and find it."
Needless to say, Arcee and Wheeljack were absolutely bewildered by what Ratchet was suggesting.
"Hold on! Enter Bucket-Head's brain?" Wheeljack repeated in shock.
"Ratchet, are you out of your fragging mind?" Arcee questioned.
"The Decepticon laboratory should contain all the equipment you need for a Cortical Psychic Patch." Ratchet explained.
"No way. Have you ever even performed the procedure?" Arcee questioned, not liking this idea.
"No. But I have thoroughly studied the theoretical literature. Invented by Decepticons, outlawed by Autobots." Ratchet admitted.
"And for good reason. Even a single slip up with this thing can end up frying a Cybertronian's neural net." Wheeljack replied.
"Wheeljack's right." Arcee agreed. "Can't we just haul Megatron through the Ground Bridge? Buy us some time to figure this out?"
"Time is one thing that Optimus does not have!" Ratchet shouted firmly. "One of you must try this! I will not allow Optimus to pass knowing that Megatron will outlive him!"
"Ratchet, we would lay down our life for Optimus. Anytime, anywhere." Arcee said. "But a mind-body split…"
"I'll do it, you two." Bumblebee said bravely.
"You will?" Wheeljack asked.
When Hunter heard this from the base, he became quite concerned for his Autobot Guardian.
"Are you… sure, Bumblebee?" Hunter questioned.
"Bee's the best scout there is." Bulkhead said reassuringly.
"If anybody can do this, it's him." Jazz added.
Willow placed a comforting hand on Hunter's shoulder, trying to make him feel less worried.
I believe in him apollo said.
"I'm sure he'll be fine, Hunter." Luz said with a smile.
Meanwhile on the Nemesis.
main deck, Starscream was having a discussion about the ship's main malfunction with Thundercracker, Skywarp and a few Vehicons.
"Why has the electromagnetic shielding not been repaired?" Starscream questioned with a glare.
"The crews are working as quickly as they can, Scream. It's not like we can just ask Primus for a mirac-" Thundercracker said before Starscream angrily slapped him on the face.
"We are leaking a trail! All the Autobots need to do to pinpoint our position is to access the correct frequency wave links!" Starscream stated. "Accelerate the crew's efforts!"
"Yes, Lord Starscream." Skywarp replied before he and the other Cons left him. "You'd think he would at least learn some patience after becoming leader."
"No matter what job he gets, he's still the same cranky Starscream." Thundercracker muttered. "I'm just glad that Brawl's helping the demolition crews make more room in our Energon mines, right now. Dealing with his is a slagging nightmare."
As his followers were out of sight, Starscream scowled to himself before Knock Out arrived at the main deck.
"Doctor in the house." Knock Out said.
"Ah, Knock Out. And how is the patient doing today?" Starscream asked, turning around to face the Decepticon Doctor.
"Same old." Knock Out replied with a sigh.
"An inglorious fate that he should remain in this vegetative state." Starscream admitted, faking the sadness that was all over his face.
"On the contrary, Megatron's body may be scrap metal but his mind is still percolating." Knock Out told him.
"Keep that to yourself." Starscream whispered firmly. "That blasted Soundwave sees and hears everything."
"The eyes and ears of the Decepticons." Knock Out added.
"Well, as long their master remains in limbo, so does their cause." Starscream said. "The Decepticons deserve a strong, alert leader."
"One who would require a loyal second in command." Knock Out said with a smirk, earning a chuckle from the self-proclaimed Decepticon leader.
"A candidate would need to earn that post by making a strong case to said eyes and ears." Starscream told the Decepticon Doctor.
"A case for showing mercy, Lord Starscream?" Knock Out asked smugly.
"You scratch my back, I scratch yours." Starscream sneered.
Back inside the medical room.
Wheeljack crawled under Megatron's table and connected some kind of purple wire on the top back area. As the swordsman Wrecker went to the lower part of the room that was hidden by some equipment, he met up with Arcee and Bumblebee.
"You all prepared, Bee?" Wheeljack asked, earning a confident thumbs-up from the yellow Autobot.
"Ratchet, we're ready." Arcee informed on the com-link.
"Initiate Cortical Psychic Patch." Ratchet ordered.
"I'll make sure to come back with the antidote." Bumblebee said.
Wheeljack then plugged the other side of the purple cable into the back of Bumblebee's head and this caused the yellow Autobot's optics to widen as the scene zoomed right into them.
The next thing Bumblebee knew, he woke up in some kind of dark area where he was standing on a metal pathway that was obviously Cybertronian. There was also darkness and an orange colour at the bottom.
As he looked at both his hands, Bumblebee knew that he was alright and began making his way across the metal pathway.
At the Autobot base.
Ratchet was displaying the dreamworld in Megatron's mind through Bumblebee's point of view on the main console.
"Communications downlink activated. This will allow us to see and hear everything Bumblebee does while within Megatron's subconscious mind." Ratchet told the others.
"But what exactly is that supposed to be?" Amity asked curiously, looking at the dark area Bumblebee was in.
"This looks like Kaon, the Decepticons' Capital City back on Cybertron." Bumblebee explained.
"Bee says it's Kaon, the Decepticon Capital back on Cybertron." Hunter told his friends.
"That's a good name for a city that belongs to an army of giant evil robots." Gus commented.
Bulkhead and Cliffjumper were checking on Optimus' life sign and noticed how low it was getting.
"Ratch, Optimus' vitals…" Bulkhead said worriedly.
"They're getting weaker by the second." Cliffjumper added.
"I know." Ratchet replied in a soft tone, still feeling concerned.
"Don't worry, Ratchet, we'll get that cure." Jazz assured.
Megatron's mind.
"Quickly, Bumblebee. I know you're in unknown territory, but you must figure out where information might be filed in Megatron's mind." Ratchet said as Bumblebee was now walking up some stairs to a higher platform.
When Bumblebee arrived at the top, he suddenly noticed Optimus himself standing in front of him.
"Optimus!" Bumblebee exclaimed before running up to his leader, who stayed still like a statue.
"Bumblebee, that is not Optimus but a figment of Megatron's mind." Ratchet told him. "It cannot see or hear you."
Just then, Bumblebee heard a familiar evil laugh and he looked behind the fake Optimus to see Megatron standing on a higher ledge.
"Optimus Prime, your Autobot armies are defeated." Megatron said. "Bow before your new master."
"Never, Megatron. One shall stand, one shall fall." Optimus replied, turning around to his foe and bringing out his blade.
"So be it." Megatron muttered as he brought out his own blade and leaped down from the platform.
The fake Optimus and Megatron charged straight at each other and swung their blades, but the Decepticon leader managed to land the fatal blow and the fake Optimus was turned into imaginary mist while Bumblebee watched from a pile of rocks.
Back at the base.
"Hey, that never happened!" Cliffjumper stated in surprise, having watched it from the base.
"Did Megatron seriously have a memory of killing Optimus?" Willow asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It's not a memory. We're seeing Kaon as Megatron has recreated it." Ratchet replied. "In his darkest dreams."
Megatron's mind.
As Megatron began to walk away, another fake Optimus appeared out of the rock pile that Bumblebee was hiding behind.
"Megatron, your treachery ends here." The fake Optimus said firmly.
As the imaginary figment brought out his blade, Megatron put his blade away and aimed his cannon at the fake Optimus. Bumblebee jumped out of his hiding spot and ran in front as Megatron fired his cannon, instantly destroying the fake Optimus. Bumblebee turned around to see the fake Optimus was gone, while Megatron approached the yellow Autobot and glared down at him.
"The Autobot Scout. The punishment for trespassing in my domain is your destruction!" Megatron stated before raising his blade up and swiping it at Bumblebee, only for it to suddenly phase through the yellow Autobot.
"Wait, what?" Bumblebee asked, looking over himself in confusion.
"How can this be?!" Megatron questioned, continuously swiping his blade at Bumblebee in anger.
Back at the base.
The realm defenders, Bulkhead,drift,chromia,grimelock,hot rode,blurr,Cliffjumper,Jazz and Ratchet watched the entire thing from the base.
"Megatron can't touch Bumblebee?" Vee asked.
"Because he's not a creation of Megatron's mind, Bumblebee is immune to his physical attacks." Ratchet answered.
Megatron's mind.
After he was done using his blade, Megatron began circling around a nervous Bumblebee.
"You are not wearing phase displacement armor. Your eyes track my movement, so you're not a hologram." Megatron said suspiciously. "And I do not believe in spirits. So tell me, Scout, what are you?"
"Megatron." A familiar voice said.
Megatron and Bumblebee ruined around and they saw a fake Optimus, a fake Bumblebee, a fake Bulkhead,a fake drift,a fake blurr and a fake Cliffjumper show up.
Back at the base.
"Uh oh. They've both got unexpected guests." Gus admitted.
"This is not good." Ratchet said, knowing that this could have bad results.
Back in Megatron's mind.
Bumblebee looked back and fourth between the fake Autobots and Megatron, trying to think of something.
"Hold on, just a minute." Bumblebee said before walking up to his imaginary double, waving his hand at his face. "Hello?"
Megatron shouted in rage and fired his cannon at the fake Optimus, fake Bumblebee, fake Bulkhead and fake Cliffjumper, causing them all to fade away.
"You are real. They were not!" Megatron scowled as he soon began to chuckle, realising what was going on. "A Cortical Psychic Patch. How unexpected."
Back at the base.
"We've stirred Megatron from his oblivion. He's becoming self-aware." Ratchet said worriedly.
"Bee's in big trouble, now." Jazz muttered.
Back in Megatron's mind.
Megatron looked at his surroundings, knowing now that all of this was just in his thoughts.
"If this is my subconscious… what are you doing inside my head?!" Megatron demanded, getting In Bumblebee's face.
Bumblebee was getting worried on the inside and he had to think of something fast.
Outside the dreamworld.
Arcee and Wheeljack were still waiting for Bumblebee to come back with the antidote they needed to save Optimus.
"Come on, Bee. What're you doing in there?" Arcee asked, starting to lose her patience.
"It's not gonna be long before the Cons get in here." Wheeljack said in concern.
Right on cue, the door opened up and walking into the room was Starscream, Soundwave & Knock Out.
"Knock Out, if you would be so kind as to provide your expert medical opinion to Soundwave, for the historical record." Starscream said as they approached Megatron's body.
"Simply put, unaided Megatron could remain in this deathless slumber forever." Knock Out explained.
"Our master would not have wanted to be seen this way. To stand idly by while he remains captive in his own body." Starscream laminated, showing fake signs of sympathy. "Is not just."
Soundwave walked next to Starscream and he pointed at the health terminal, which was still showing some waves on it.
"Brainwave activity. Not evidence of consciousness, but merely of an endless dream from which Megatron may never wake." Knock Out said.
"Soundwave, we must face reality. Megatron is lost to us." Starscream told the communicator Decepticon.
"The only honourable option would be to show him mercy." Knock Out admitted sadly.
"A simple throw of the switch." Starscream corrected.
"Quick, painless, compassionate." Knock Out added.
When Arcee and Wheeljack heard this, they started getting very worried since Bumblebee was still in Megatron's mind.
"Not good." Wheeljack whispered.
"Ratchet, are you hearing this?" Arcee asked quietly on the com-link.
Back in Megatron's mind.
"If Megatron perishes, Bumblebee's mind will remain separated from his body forever." Ratchet said.
"We'll lose Bumblebee and Optimus?!" Luz asked in shock.
"That can't happen! Bee needs to get that cure, now!" Amity stated.
Back in Megatron's mind.
the Decepticon leader still wanted answers from Bumblebee.
"The only way you could have entered my mind is via a Cortical Psychic Patch." Megatron said, giving Bumblebee a deadly glare. "But the question remains, what happened to me?!"
Bumblebee was currently too scared to give Megatron an answer. But then, the Decepticon leader began having flashbacks to the events of Darkness Rising when he was caught in that ginormous explosion.
"The Space Bridge explosion. And yet, if… if you're in my head, I am not one with the Allspark." Megatron said. "So tell me, Scout, do I still function?"
"Bumblebee, we are out of time!" Ratchet called out on the com-link, making Bumblebee remember why he came into Megatron's mind.
"Listen, Megatron, I came here to ask you something about the Cybonic Plague." Bumblebee said.
"Cybonic Plague?" Megatron repeated. "Someone besides myself is… is unwell?"
Bumblebee nodded to him in response. After a few seconds, Megatron had come to a realisation of who was currently infected by Cybonic Plague.
"Optimus." He said before laughing deviously. "Such irony! But after ages of endless battle, the might Optimus Prime is felled by a simple virus from distant past."
Hearing that made Bumblebee pretty mad, but he made sure to keep his cool.
"And what makes you think I would save the life of my oldest enemy?" Megatron asked.
"Megatron, your treachery is-" Another fake Optimus said before Megatron immediately blasted him away.
"If you tell me the cure for this virus of yours, I can give you what you want most." Bumblebee offered.
"Oh? And just what is it that I want most, Scout?" Megatron questioned.
"I'll let you have the chance to destroy Optimus." Bumblebee answered, earning a chuckle from the Decepticon leader.
"Did you not see?" Megatron asked rhetorically. "I do slay Optimus by my own hand at will, whenever I desire."
"True. But if the real Optimus gets deactivated by the virus, you'll never get the chance to do it yourself." Bumblebee explained.
Back at the base.
"What did Bee say, this time?" Gus asked.
"He said that if the real Optimus is deactivated by the virus, Megatron won't get to do it himself." Hunter explained.
"That's a smart choice of words." Luz complemented.
"Bumblebee really is the best Scout there is." Willow added. "Even better than all the Coven Scouts at our home."
"What are those Scouts like?" Bulkhead questioned.
"They're absolutely easy to beat up." Amity replied with a smile. "Bumblebee's better than a hundred Coven Scouts out together."
In the Nemesis,medical room
.
Starscream was beginning to lose his patience with Soundwave on Megatron's fate.
"Soundwave, do I take your silence to mean you concur with Knock Out's medial expertise?" Starscream questioned, earning nothing but silence from the communication Decepticons. "Speak now or forever hold your peace."
The self-proclaimed Decepticon leader grabbed onto one of the cables that was connected to Megatron and looked like he was preparing to rip it off.
"Going." Starscream warned firmly, while Arcee and Wheeljack aimed their blasters at him in an attempt to buy time for Bumblebee. "Going…"
However, Soundwave pointed to something bellow Megatron's medical table and Starscream followed his gaze to see the Cortical Psychic Patch cable. Starscream walked over to where the cable was connected and became very interested to where it led, while Arcee and Wheeljack immediately ducked down.
"Scrap." The two Autobots whispered as they turned to Bumblebee, hoping he had gotten the cure by now.
Back in Megatron's mind.
"After our deep history together, to not watch the Spark end from Optimus' eyes with my very own…" Megatron said, putting Bumblebee's words into deep thought.
"You'll be stuck in here with a lifetime of regret." Bumblebee finished.
"Well played, Scout." Megatron replied before showing a holographic cube in his hand. "The chemical formula for the cure you seek. Not that I expect you to know how to read it."
As Bumblebee was about to grab the cube, only for it to disappear as Megatron lowered his hand away.
"What?" Bumblebee questioned in surprise.
"Not yet." Megatron said.
"Seriously?" Bumblebee questioned with a disappointed expression.
"And how am I to accomplish terminating Optimus, as you propose, while I'm trapped here in a perpetual dream?" Megatron asked. "Once you release me from this prison, you will have the cure."
Meanwhile.
Starscream was holding the cable in his hands and saw that it led to the hiding spot that Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack were currently using.
"Come on, come on." Arcee whispered desperately, wanting Bumblebee to get back right now before they were caught.
"It's now or never, Bee." Wheeljack said while gritting his teeth.
Back in Megatron's mind.
Bumblebee knew he had to make a tough decision of allowing Megatron to wake up in his body so he could get the cure from him.
"You must guarantee my recovery, or Optimus fades into gunmetal grey. The real Optimus." Megatron said with a look that showed he wasn't joking.
Back at the base.
However, what the Decepticon leader didn't know was that Ratchet had rewinded the footage obtained by Bumblebee's POV and he got a good look at the holographic cube containing the cure they needed.
"Smart move, Ratchet." Hunter complemented.
"Guess Megatron isn't as cunning as he thinks." Cliffjumper chuckled.
"Arcee, Wheeljack, we have the formula!" Ratchet announced. "Disconnect Bumblebee, now!"
Not needing to be told twice, Arcee pulled the Cortical Psychic Patch cable out of Bumblebee's head.
"He'd better wake up quickly. Scream's closing in." Wheeljack said, seeing Starscream walking to their position.
Inside Megatron's mind.
Bumblebee and Megatron noticed that the entire area began to fall apart into a bunch of imaginary dust.
"You were watching! You tricked me!" Megatron exclaimed as Bumblebee began to fade away, too. "No! Take me with you! TAKE ME!"
Megatron charged straight at Bumblebee and reached out to him before they both vanished into imaginary dust, along with the entire dreamworld.
Back in the real world.
Arcee and Wheeljack waited for Bumblebee to wake up.
"Hurry, Bee!" Arcee stated.
When she and Wheeljack noticed Starscream just outside their hiding spot, the two of them readied to fire their blasters at him before Bumblebee finally woke up.
"I did it, guys!" Bumblebee remarked.
Arcee and Wheeljack turned around to face the yellow Autobot, while Starscream bent down to spot all three of them.
"What in?!" Starscream asked in shock before a Ground Bridge appeared behind Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack.
"There's our ticket outta here!" Wheeljack announced.
"Let's go!" Bumblebee added, running into the Ground Bridge with the swordsman Wrecker.
"Intruders!" Starscream said angrily as he brought out his blaster.
"Allow me!" Arcee replied.
She fired her blaster directly at Megatron and shot off one of the cables connected to his body before jumping into the Ground Bridge, allowing it to close. The health terminal went on a flatline to show that Megatron's vitals were currently dead, much to Starscream's delight before he let out a fake sigh.
"It was the inevitable outcome." He admitted.
But then, Soundwave got right into Starscream's face and pointed towards Megatron in a threatening way, causing the self-proclaimed Decepticon leader to groan in defeat.
"Of course, it would be wrong to allow Megatron to perish by an Autobot's hand." Starscream said. "Knock Out, would you please?"
Knock Out simply shrugged in response before walking towards Megatron and placing the detached cable back on his body, allowing his vitals to become stable again.
Inside the Autobot base.
Ratchet had just finished giving Optimus the cure for his Cybonic Plague virus and helped the Autobot leader onto his feet.
"That's it. Steady." Ratchet advised.
"Are you feeling better now, Optimus?" Luz asked.
"Indeed, Luz." Optimus answered with a smile.
Hearing this made the realm defenders and the Autobots clap happily for their recovered leader.
"It's good to have you back." Amity said in relief.
"Please. Reserve the hero's welcome for my physician." Optimus replied as he gestured to Ratchet and then to Bumblebee. "And, my Scout."
"He's right, Bee. If it wasn't for you, we would've lost Optimus today." Hunter said kindly.
"You're officially the Autobot of today." Cliffjumper quipped.
"Thanks, everyone." Bumblebee replied as his friends have him a big applause for his heroism in saving Optimus' life.
Back onboard the Nemesis.
Knock Out was examining Megatron's current condition and found something very peculiar before Starscream arrived.
"And how is the patient doing, today?" Starscream asked.
"Funny you should ask. I'm not sure what the Bots did in there, but Megatron's registering zero brainwave activity." Knock Out told him.
"Hmm. Meaning?" Starscream questioned curiously.
"Psychically, he's stable. But now there's… no one home." Knock Out said, indicating that Megatron's mind was currently somewhere else besides his body.
Back at the base.
Bumblebee bowed in politeness to the realm defenders and Team Prime as they all kept on congratulating him. But then, Bumblebee's whole body froze up as if he had been completely paralysed. The scene zoomed into his optics, where a certain Decepticon leader was now hiding within the yellow Autobot's very own mind.
"I'm out. Or should I say… in." Megatron said before he laughed sinisterly, already planning to do something bad now that he was hiding in Bumblebee's head