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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Plot</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">On the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Decepticon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Decepticon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDecepticon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon" class="mw-redirect">Decepticon</a> warship, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Megatron%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Megatron%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMegatron%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Megatron" title="Megatron">Megatron</a> asks <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Starscream%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Starscream%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BStarscream%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Starscream" title="Starscream">Starscream</a> what he seeks in return for the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Omega%20Key%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Omega%20Key%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOmega%20Key%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Omega_Key" title="Omega Key">Omega Keys</a>. Starscream's answer is that he merely wishes to once more be a Decepticon under Megatron's command. Megatron points out that <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dreadwing%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dreadwing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDreadwing%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Dreadwing" title="Dreadwing">Dreadwing</a> is now his second-in-command, and Starscream insists he will keep to his place. Skeptical, Megatron has <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Knock%20Out%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Knock%20Out%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BKnock%20Out%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Knock_Out" title="Knock Out">Knock Out</a> extracted from the wall so that he can connect Megatron and Starscream with a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22cortical%20psychic%20patch%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cortical%20Psychic%20Patch%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCortical%20Psychic%20Patch%7Ccortical%20psychic%20patch%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Cortical_Psychic_Patch" title="Cortical Psychic Patch">cortical psychic patch</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">By rummaging through Starscream's memories, Megatron intends to find what really drives him. Once inside, he reminds Starscream that there are no secrets, even as they watch Starscream's base consciousness obnoxiously celebrating becoming leader of the Decepticons, much to the present Starscream's embarrassment and Megatron's amusement. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">He begins by reviewing the events surrounding the Space Bridge explosion. Megatron watches various instances of Starscream's attempts at assassination: the time he made a bunch of clones to infiltrate the <i>Nemesis</i>; and when he tried to make a deal with Airachnid. Starscream lamely claims he was half-crazed with energon deficiency at the time, and insists he always had Megatron's best interests at heart, like removing the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dark%20Energon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dark%20Energon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDark%20Energon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Dark_Energon" title="Dark Energon">Dark Energon</a> from his body so his mind did not become corrupted by it. Naturally, Megatron doesn't buy it. Upon replaying Starscream's musings when Megatron was trapped underground, he suggests that Starscream refrain from thinking out loud in the future. He also drops the hint that if Starscream fails to be convincing, the patch session will end in Starscream's termination. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Starscream claims the occasional trouncing is enough to bring him back into line, and tries to play up his own generosity, bringing up the gift of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cliffjumper%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cliffjumper%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCliffjumper%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Cliffjumper" title="Cliffjumper">Cliffjumper</a>'s corpse for Dark Energon experimentation, and his use of his wits in dealing with the Autobots. Megatron points out his wits are usually insufficient to compensate for his arrogance: when he faced <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Optimus%20Prime%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Optimus%20Prime%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOptimus%20Prime%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Optimus_Prime" title="Optimus Prime">Optimus Prime</a> while charged up on Dark Energon; or when he tried to use the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Energon%20Harvester%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Energon%20Harvester%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEnergon%20Harvester%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Energon_Harvester" title="Energon Harvester">Energon Harvester</a> on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bulkhead%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bulkhead%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBulkhead%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Bulkhead" title="Bulkhead">Bulkhead</a>. The revelation that <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22MECH%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22MECH%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMECH%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/MECH" title="MECH">MECH</a> took Starscream's <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22T-Cog%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Transformation%20Cog%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTransformation%20Cog%7CT-Cog%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Transformation_Cog" title="Transformation Cog">T-Cog</a> greatly amuses Megatron, though Starscream is hoping that that might be restored to him in exchange for the Omega Keys — after all, he usually transforms with such style. He points out that at the time he deserted the Deception cause, he was not being made to feel particularly welcome there, despite apparently learning his place. Megatron does not believe Starscream's change of heart at the time would have lasted, and replays a discussion between Starscream and Knock Out while Megatron was lying in a coma in the sick bay. In the real world, Knock Out starts to realize that Starscream's memories are going to be equally incriminating to himself. Panicking, he comes up with a plan to disconnect the patch, trapping Megatron inside. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As Knock Out goes to unplug Megatron, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dreadwing%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dreadwing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDreadwing%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Dreadwing" title="Dreadwing">Dreadwing</a> stops him and he is forced to make up an excuse. Megatron's psychic interrogation of Starscream continues, and while Starscream claims that not even Dreadwing may have been a "perfect" replacement as his second-in-command, Megatron agrees, but points out at least Dreadwing and his departed brother <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Skyquake%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Skyquake%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSkyquake%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="207703-727431075decfeab2475c" href="/wiki/Skyquake" title="Skyquake">Skyquake</a> were loyal and honorable. Starscream's memories of Skyquake's death and revival through Dark Energon are replayed, and he recalls how Skyquake was left in an undead state in some dimensional nether-realm. This revelation comes as a shock to Dreadwing, who is still watching in the lab. Megatron announces that Starscream will be allowed to rejoin the Decepticon forces proper, as they <i>must</i> be working as one unit if Cybertron is to be properly restored, a fact also addressed to the watching Knock Out. Shaken, Knock Out turns away from the monitor to discover that Dreadwing is no longer in the room. The second-in-command is instead on the outer hull of the <i>Nemesis</i>, and aims a scream of rage at the sky. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key transformersprime:rte-parser-cache:2893 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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