"I knew you had the courage never to do so, Dinobot..." whispered Prime.

"Rattrap, this is Silverbolt. Optimus and I are on your position. See you in a few nano-kliks." Silverbolt hailed.

Just then, Dinobot deflected Megatron's heavy blow with his sword.

"HA! I knew that oversized Trans-lizard couldn't be trusted!" Sideswipe shouted.

"He had it within him." Ironhide commented.

"Calvary's on the way!" cheered Warpath.

"Make it faster than that!" Rattrap replied.

"Your ambition has made you insane Megatron. It will destroy both Maximal and Predacon. And all who came before." Dinobot protested.

"Now that I had thought about that... it has driven him mad. Mad with power." Megatron surmised.

Prime sighed. More often than not, aside from Megatron himself, had he confronted many a bot with ambitions so dangerously insane, it had costed many lives, both innocent and involved. Though he had lost friends confronting such Cybertronians, he had ensured their sacrifices would be worth the victories he achieved.

"Then return to your Maximals!" Megatron argued and pulled away from the clash then transformed. "If they will suffer a traitor like you in their midst." then he departed by flight.

Primal and Silverbolt arrived just as Megatron left.

"Dinobot! You're alright." Silverbolt spoke relieved.

"What's the situation Rattrap?" Primal asked.

"Well, you just missed Megatron." Rattrap reported. "Oh, and the ole Chopperface here decided to play Predacon again."

This shocked both Silverbolt and Primal.

"What?"

"Dinobot?"

Ashamed, Dinobot confirmed "It's true. I have betrayed you."

"How could you?" asked Silverbolt, though he was curious to why Dinobot would defect.

"Your honor is not Maximal honor. It is Predacon honor. I am Predacon." Dinobot explained. "Megatron is close to achieving a great victory. I foolishly believed I wanted to be part of it. And now... I wish to fight with you until we win the Beast Wars or are destroyed trying." He turned to Primal "If you will not have me, I will fight Megatron alone. I was a Predacon once. You gave me a chance."

"Rattrap?" Primal asked when Rattrap objected "Oh for booting up cold! You know how I feel about lizard breath. You can't trust him."

"Trust him? He protected you from Megatron, you ungrateful rodent!" protested Bumblebee.

"And he smells bad. Then there's the teeth, you ever see him eat..."

"By the Pit, how much of this drivel must I endure!" Dinobot attempted to approach Rattrap only to be stopped by Primal himself. 

"But I guess I've kind of gotten used to him." Rattrap admitted.

The audience looked surprised...

"Did they... start to respect each other mutually?" Ultra Magnus asked.

"I guess their times had ensured that while they may not seem to be the best of amicable terms, they had each other's backs to survive the Wars." Ratchet answered.

"You better change your activation code back." Primal suggested.

"I am grateful." Dinobot complied.

[Activation code change: complete.]

"I must discuss something of great importance with you." Dinobot offered.

"Time enough for that back at base. See you there." Primal departed with Silverbolt.

"Maximal Taxi on the way home. Need a ride?" Rattrap offered upon transforming.

"So... I am to be punished after all." Dinobot mulled. He sat on Rattrap.

"You know I thought you were really going to scrap me back there. How come you didn't?" Rattrap asked.

"Consider that a rehearsal for the real moment. A moment I will choose.

"Glad to have you back, Dino-Butt!" Rattrap praised, treating Dinobot like an old friend.

"The pleasure... is all yours... vermin." Dinobot retorted as he rode Rattrap down and back to Maximal Base.

The young of the audience could not help but laugh at the comedic exchange between both Rattrap and Dinobot.

All while the hardened and the eldest remained silent but were left amused.