As the Autobots look at the screen they see Megatron's life signal suddenly pop up, "Megatron's life signal."

"So somewhere in that new body armor, he's still alive?" Arcee asked in disbelief.

Ratchet turns to look at her, "He's perished and returned before. A phenomenon no doubt aided by the blood of Unicron which has coursed through his veins."

"The coordinates indicated he has left Darkmount." Bumblebee points out.

Ratchet turns back to the screen, "Triangulating his exact position."

They all watched as Ratchet brought up Megatron's current position, "We were there, earlier today." Bumblebee says.

"Predaking's refuge?"

"Unicron's retracing our steps?"

"Whoa, hold on." Smokescreen says as he steps forward, "What in Alpha Trion's beard is that?" He asks as they watch a big energy mass form on the screen.

"Seeing as we're dealing with Unicron the big energy mass can be only one thing, Dark Energon." Ratchet explains, "But, for what purpose?" He asks in confusion.

"We all saw it, the valley was filled with Predacon bones."

"Unicron's raising an undead army." Predaking's not gonna like that. He just cannot catch a break.

Not gonna like what?

Predaking, are you ok?

Of course I am. But I am sorry that you had to feel that pain. Now answer my question.

Unicron is at your refuge and seems to be raising an undead army with the Predacon bones that are there.

I'm gonna kill him! Predaking said as he growled to himself. Arcee could feel his anger and hatred for Unicron through the bond.

"...towards the well of All-Sparks." Arcee hears Ratchet saying as she tunes back into the conversation, "The most direct route to Cybertron's core, and Primus. Unicron clearly seeks to access our planet's core from the same point of entry that we used to restore it."

"No doubt with every intention of undoing our efforts."

"So, what do we do?" Bulkhead asks.

"We put ourselves between Unicron's army and the well." Bumblebee replied and everyone looks at him with uncertainty, "Our strongest assets are this warship and whatever relics might be stored in its vault."

"Last time I looked, just the polarity gauntlet and the immobilizer." Smokescreen states.

"Hopefully the genuine article this time." Arcee says looking at Smokescreen.

"I'll round up the secret weapons." Smokescreen says before walking off.

"Bulkhead, think you can pilot this ship?" Bumblebee asks.

"'Con engineering. User friendly, right?"

Bumblebee turns to look at Ratchet, "Ratchet, you've given your all to save this world once already."

They drop off Ratchet and Ultra Magnus somewhere safe before flying off to meet Unicron's army of the undead.

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As they're flying towards their destination Bumblebee checks the weapons of the ship, "Primary fusion cannons, null rays, ion blasters, everything we need to stand a fighting chance against Unicron's army."

"'Bee, in case I never get another chance to say this, you've really proved your metal."

"I'd like to think my actions always spoke louder than my words, Arcee. But it didn't hurt to watch and learn from the best."

"Would be nice if Optimus showed up right about now."

"I was referring to a powerful little two-wheeler I know." Arcee smiled at him and he continued, "You're like a sister to me and I'm glad we were able to work together."

"I am too. All of you are like a family -"

"Autobots, surrender this warship." Starscream says as he enters with all the Decepticons he had freed. The Decepticons point their guns at them and Arcee and Bulkhead do the same. Bumblebee starts to move towards Starscream but he brings out the immobilizer and points it at Bumblebee causing him the stop, "Funny how the immobilizer can freeze bots in their tracks before it's activated."

"And in case you are wondering, Smokescreen is in no position to come to your rescue right now." Knockout adds in.

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"Skylynx look, one of us." Darksteel says as he points at Predaking who is flying towards them.

"Indeed Darksteel, most likely our predecessor." Skylynx says as a growl escapes, he doesn't like that there's another Predacon around because that means competition for this femme that's going into heat. The smell still has them all riled up. They both watched as Predaking lands and transforms before looking around at the area.

"The burial ground, desecrated. Strip-mined of all that remained of our ancestors."

Darksteel laughed, "You should have been here to see them all rise and shine."

Predaking turns to look at him, "They live?"

"If you call being undead living." Skylynx says, him and Darksteel are trying their best to keep from growling but it's difficult as it's becoming harder and harder to keep their Predacon instincts under control.

"Dark magic, perpetuated by the demon who lives in Megatron's skin."

"Just be glad you're alive so the demon can't pull your strings!" Skylynx says with a growl, he's losing control.

Predaking notices that there is something off about them, they're acting like Predacons who just noticed a femme in heat for the first... Wait... He sniffs the air and smells that sweet scent that Arcee had left behind, so that's it. He tries to ignore it, "Do you not comprehend the scope of this tragedy? We three are living proof that our mighty race might once again have flourished. Their remains must be reclaimed, if for no other reason than to be laid properly back to rest." Predaking says as he walks past them.

They both growl at him as their Predacon instincts completely take over, "And who made you boss?" Darksteel asked with a snarl. They need to find this femme, now.

Predaking snarls in return, "I am not your boss..." He swirls around and glares at them, "I am your king!" He unleashes his claws ready to fight. Not only are they opposing his role as their king but they're about to go after his mate. No mech, whether they be Autobot, Decepticon, or Predacon, will get anywhere near his mate.

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"Nah, 'Scream won't use it." Bulkhead says as the Decepticons move closer to them, "He needs us if he's gonna stand any chance of surviving Unicron."

"You misunderstand." Starscream says as he swings the immobilizer around to point it at each bot, "I do not intend to use this ship for battle, but for quickly getting as far as possible from this doomed planet."

"Earth would be nice, now that Unicron no longer seems to be calling it home." Knockout suggests.

"Shut up you!" Starscream shouts at him before turning to the Autobots once more, "Now, move away from the controls Bulkhead, or get stiff."

Bulkhead puts up his servos as Bumblebee starts talking, "There's just one thing you've overlooked 'Scream. That device you're holding, not the immobilizer."

"What? What do you mean?" Starscream asks in confusion and Bumblebee charges him to take the device away from him while Arcee starts shooting at the Vehicons taking them down. Knockout ducked to get out of the line of fire while the Vehicons were shot down one after the other.

"I will silence you forever." Starscream tells Bumblebee before gasping as a servo phased through his chest to grab the immobilizer. Once the servo and the immobilizer phase back through his chest he turns around to see Knockout holding it and he hits Starscream with it, breaking it. Starscream falls to the ground unconscious and Knockout looks up at the Autobots, "Now will you believe I'm joining the winning team?"

"Knockout, we needed that." Bumblebee tells him.

"Wait, it really was the immobilizer?"

Arcee gasps as she feels pain shoot through her body, again. Dammit Predaking, you're in a fight again?