After quite a while, the Autobots returned.

"I don't understand. Haven't the colonies made reports about these aliens?"

"We haven't made contact with those colonies for cycles, Prime."

"When we leave, I will want answers to see if the colonies have contact with these aliens."

"Duly noted. Omega Scion should definitely have the Orb ready by now."

Bumblebee visited a sleeping Omega Scion and snapped his fingers at the ancient Cybertronian's face.

"Agh! Bumblebee." Omega replied and yawned.

"Is the Orb ready? I wanna see more of our Maximal buddies kick Predacon aft!"

"It has been 6 mega-cycles ago. Now take a seat, the lot of you, I have to prepare it!

The Autobots take a seat as Omega prepared the Orb of the Future...

Somewhere up high, Terrorsaur was seen flying around, making good gloating...

"It's good to be a Predacon."

He notices a floating mountain and flies into it with curiosity, but when the rock is lined with so much Energon, he commented...

"By the Inferno! This rock is lined with it!" he then flies closer to see a massive crystalized formation of Energon...

"Energon... Enough to power an army!"

The Autobots took notice...

"That's quite a motherlode of Energon he got there..." Wheeljack commented.

"Why do I feel he's likely doing this for something...." Bulkhead added.

"I... I have to chance a scan. Terrorsaur, TERRORIZE!"

The Predacon transformed upon landing on the crystal formation, and it quickly oversaturated him with Energon.

[Danger. Energon surge Return to beast mode or stasis lock is imminent.]

"Huh, I don't recall having computers in our chasis. But it's the future, so that must be a thing." Knockout surmised.

"Your point being, Knockout?" Ratchet questioned.

"Well, if any of you had voices within our chasis that tells us of warnings, we would have avoided them."

"He does have a point, Ratchet." Optimus commented.

"I must act fast! A small sample will do." Terrorsaur said in between gasps as the Energon began overloading his entire structure. He grasps a pedestal that sends him flying backwards but entices him in an Energon matrix that flows into his entire circuitry like an electric chair.

"The energon's been absorbed directly into my superstructure! I, I've never felt such power! I'm invincible!!!" Terrorsaur proclaims then cackles maniacally (Bumblebee: You're a lunatic.)

"Thi-this is impossible! That much oversaturation could have killed Terrorsaur! How could it-"

"Perhaps his entire body has been able to adapt to an amount of Energon that many before it could overload him." Optimus suggested.

"That may be so, but this is beyond anything I could have seen before, old friend!" the old medic replied.

"Megatron..." Terrorsaur replied bitterly and jets out of the mountain, flying faster than even a witnessing Cheetor could see.

"Jumpin' Gyros! I've never seen Terrorsaur move like that! But he won't leave me in a dust!" the cheetah Maximal eventually follows Terrorsaur's flight trajectory.

Meanwhile, on the volcanic territory outside the Darksyde, Megatron assembles his Predacons in a meeting far and high above.

"I've programmed this target box with a Maximals' energon signatures Now, watch."

The target box eventually flies, prompting a hidden turret to pop out of cover, take aim at the box and fired, obliterating the box to pieces.

"Whoa, that's quite a trap you made, Megatron." Knockout commented.

"If our Megatron was that wily..."

"He certainly was, old friend." Optimus reassured his second in command.

"Excellent!" Megatron commented.

"With a few more of these in place, this area will become a death-trap for the Maximals!" Megatron gloating, earning approval from his goons.

"Just a sort of plan... a cowardly lizard like yourself would conceive up, Megatron!" Terrorsaur arrived, speaking in a tone that displeases Megatron himself.

"Which is why I am assuming command of the Predacons!"

"What?" Both the Predacons and the audience asked.

Meanwhile...

Up top a the venting where no one can see them, in their beast modes, Predaking facepalmed but looked at his subordinates, both of whom do nothing to challenge him.

"I expect quite a lot from a faction named after us, but they are nothing more but mere vagabonds and bandits. I take you both will not resort to underhanded means against me?"

"No."

"No, my king." both Skylynx and Darksteel replied. Fortunately, they were so far up the Autobots couldn't hear them.

Back at the viewing...

"I thought you've already learnt your lesson about challenging me, Terrorsaur." Megatron replied, displeased.

"Today I'm the teacher, if you have the courage!" Terrorsaur taunted in a challenging tone.

"Very well, I could use some amusement. Megatron, TERRORIZE!" Megatron transforms to his robot mode and fires missiles from the hip... but they proved to be a nuisance for the energon-powered Terrorsaur.

"That was amusing... but not as funny as this!" Terrorsaur readied his shoulder cannons to fire a barrage at Megatron. Although he tried to dodge, the barrage became so much that it knocked him down at the near cliff edge of the mountain.

"This is insanity! With that much power on Terrorsaur, Megatron doesn't stand a chance!" Ultra Magnus commented.

"I think that was cheating. He absorbed a load of Energon just to get the upper hand." Bulkhead commented.

Optimus frowned.

"Megatron?" Scorponok asked.

The Predacon lord stood up, fueling with rage and anger, in spite of the heavy damage delivered on to him.

"Terrorsaur... you treacherous worm... I'll finish you forever!"

Megatron angrily charges at Terrorsaur, but the latter had one more trick up his sleeve. He pulled out a plasma rifle and snidely replies...

"I don't think so." then fires a stream of plasma bolts that knocks back and blows Megatron apart piece by piece until his remains fall further down the mountain, which continously dismantles his parts and circuitry. The apparent last of him is suddenly deactivated...

"Megatron is destroyed!"

The Autobots were in shock.

"That was..."

"Unbelievable." Knockout finished for Bulkhead and Wheeljack...

"Waspinator does not believe it!"

"Terrorsaur has never had that much power!" Tarantulas asked in shock.

He flew to meet with his subordinates...

"Megatron is scrap! Yess! I am your leader now! Does anyone want to argue about it?"

"Nope!"

"Not me!"

"No no no no."

"Good. Then charge yourselves for battle. The Maximals will be the next to taste my power!"

"Why do I get the feeling that this one would end up as bad as Starscream?" said Smokescreen with an eye-roll.

"Ultra bad." Waspinator whizzed out.

"Here are my orders, Waspinator and I..."

Terrorsaur's systems began to short circuit as the Energon powering him began to run out.

"Guess that much Energon's not good for the Cybertronian chasse. Poor fool." Knockout commented.

"Poor fool indeed." Ratcher agreed.

7:05

"Wa- Waspinator an I..." Terrorsaur began to speak, earning suspicion from Tarantulas...

"Is something wrong, Terrorsaur?" he asked mockingly.

"Diagnostic, my circuits only..." he tried to reply, but he received a notification...

[Energon drain Power down: 50%. Stasis lock imminent. Transform immediately.]

"I've been hearing this stasis lock thing for quite a while. Looks like something we should have in case Ratch can't fix us all." Bulkhead said.

"Brilliant idea Bulkhead!" Ultra Magnus approved.

"Y-y-y-you can't-" Ratchet stuttered.

"I know what you mean, but you can't treat us all even with Knockout at your side." Wheeljack countered, earning a groan from Ratchet that meant 'Spark, he's right'.

"I... must... see to something before the attack." Terrorsaur said as his systems were beginning to fail, then proclaims "Tarantulas will command until my return!"

Scorponok turns to Tarantulas with exaperation and exclaims... "What does he mean, YOU command? I'm second in command!" (Wheeljack: No one cares.)

"So... command." Tarantulas replies and leaves, leaving the scorpion Predacon with Waspinator, who impatiently asks...

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"If you're second in command, what is your... command?!" Waspinator asks, not taking to patience with Scorponok's impertinence.

"Make ready the restoration module! We must salvage our true leader!" Scorponok ordered, preparing to descend down the mountain to scavenge what remained of Megatron.

"Just like Soundwave. Only, Soundwave wasn't that much of a clueless glitch." Wheeljack said.

"That aside, it's good to know Waspinator knows when to be serious. At least we know now he's not always pathetic." Smokescreen says.

"Yep, but something tells me he's not gonna live that down for long." Bumblebee added.

Back at the Axalon, Rhinox detected a speeding Cheetor running back to base.

"Cheetor is coming in, at top speed." Rhinox notified.

"Better open the hatch" Optimus ordered Rattrap, but the lazy rat was busy playing cards with an AI.

"Yeah, yeah, just let me finish this hand I'm in to this stinking 'puter for half a million."

Optimus turned off the game, forcing Rattrap to open the hatch to let Cheetor in.

"Optimus!" Cheetor shouted out.

"Cheetor wouldn't be moving this fast, if he didn't have something urgent to report!" Optimus said, worringly. Eventually, Cheetor was lifted up to base, nearly out of breath.

"BigBot! Predacons... attacking... Megatron.. scrapped.. Terrorsaur.. power source, mountain floating!" Cheetor said between breaths.

"That's much like Bumblebee... well before he lost his voice box." Prime said in nostalgia.

"Optimus!" the aforementioned yellow warrior whined.

"Calm down, Cheetor, better transform."

Cheetor transformed to Robot Mode.

"That's better Now tell us - slowly." Optimus ordered, not wanting Cheetor to waste breath again, while the young Maximal was catching it.

"Right. Terrorsaur is leading the Predacons now He's going to attack our base!" Cheetor replied.

"What about Megatron?" Optimus asked.

"Terrorsaur scrapped him like he was a maintenance-bot!"

Cheetor turned to the command table and continued. "He must have found some monstrous energon source on that floating mountain!"

Rattrap scoffed and said...

"Floating mountain? I knew it. You got your circuits crossed, kiddo. Even on this weird dirtball mountains don't fly."

Cheetor rolled his eyes, knowing that Rattrap was being ignorant and replied. "Not 'fly'." He shoved Rattrap aside and reiterated "FLOAT. It's true, Optimus. I saw it. Terrorsaur flew away from it faster than I've ever seen 'em move!"

Optimus turned to his science officer and ordered " Rhinox, intensify perimeter scan and see, if you can get through to Dinobot. I want the Predacons spotted!" then turns to Cheetor and asked "Now, where did you see this floating mountain?"

Cheetor activated the computer that revealed a floating mountain overlooking his last position, revealing a digitalized lump standing above the grid which he later colorized to materialize the mountain's appearance "Right here."

Elsewhere, in the skies where the floating mountain remains, Terrorsaur, in Beast Mode flies back to regain his power.

"The energon must be unstable... I need more of it... Enough to finish off the Maximals for good..." he croaked between breathes and hitches, feeling his systems fading away.

Below the ground, Tarantulas was following, his suspicion of Terrorsaur growing as his curiosity drove him to find out how can the pterodactyl Predacon defeat Megatron so easily. He found his answer and hissed...

"That's right... lead me to your secret...Then we'll see who commands who." in a dangerous undertone.

"Well, I think we got the Predacon's Shockwave." Smokescreen said.

"Weird, I don't see Shockwave being this scheming to be a leader. That's usually Starscream's job." Arcee replied.

"Still, at least we know it can't always be Terrorsaur making up plots to be leader." Knockout added with a smirk, wanting to know how it turned out.

Back at the Axalon...

"Let's see. I got two of 'em." Rhinox says upon hearing two beeps.

"Hatch it into the map grid." Optimus ordered.

The map grid revealled two trajectory plots, one red and one purple.

"Looks like Terrorsaur and..."

The map began to short circuit due to a Energon awash in the systems.

"Ey, what happened?" Rattrap asked.

"Energon interference. They must be near a large concentration of it. A mountain of it, to be more precise." Rhinox deduced.

"Told ya, Rat-breath." Cheetor taunted.

"If you ask me, you and Optimus BOTH need to be debugged!" Rattrap groused sourly.

"You know, it's possible." Rhinox theorized, earning open audio receptors to the audience.

"If the energon were unstable, and there was big enough concentration it COULD lift the mountain of the ground!"

"In other words, you're going to destroy that mountain." Ultra Magnus said. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Remembering Raggedon, Magnus?" Prime asked.

"Why wouldn't I? I almost got slagged by Junkheap blowing up the Decepticon weapon depot because the detonator Jetfire gave me was a dud." Magnus replied, soured by the nostalgia trip.

"Yes, but at least we were able to salvage you before you fell to the enemy."

"I still owe you one for that, Commander."

Prime smirked.

"My thoughts exactly." Primal then replied next to the rat Maximal "Rattrap! Reap for demolition and meet me at the roof hatch in 5 cycles!"

"To do what?" he asked.

"To destroy that mountain before Predacons try to secure it!" Primal replied.

He turned to Rhinox and ordered "Rhinox, set the defense grid on maximum."

Rattrap sighed and shook his head "It's always something."

Back at the mountain...

"Tarantulas, TERRORIZE!"

The tarantula Predacon transformed to Robot Mode, but he quickly felt the Energon oversaturation immediately.

[Energon concentration in danger level. Stasis lock in 5 cycles.]

"More than enough time." Tarantulas griped then fired a chain link that extends to the bottom of the mountain, then transforms to Beast Mode to climb up the chain.

Elsewhere, Primal and Rattap fly to the skies to where the mountain was seen.

"Oh man oh man, if I wanted to fly, I would've become a bat, not a rat." Rattrap whined.

"Oh man up, you coward." Arcee said, earning nods from Bumblebee, Wheeljack, Bulkhead and Smokescreen.

"It was the fastest way, and will you stop wiggling?" Primal chatised.

"I really, really hate this!" Rattrap complained.

"Calm down, we're here." Primal said as they're now around the top of the floating mountain.

"Guess I... owe the pussy-cat an apology." They land, and suddenly, Primal suffers from Energon oversaturation immediately.

[Danger, energon surge. Return to beast mode or stasis lock is imminent.] He transforms to beast mode and walks into the pass with Rattrap.

"Cheetor was right... This mountain is bristling with energon." (Prime: Too much Energon.)

"We'll have to use our robotic forms sparingly." Primal said.

"Oh yeah, lets just blow this joint and go home!" Rattrap muttered sarcastically.

Back to Terrorsaur...

"Now, to regain my power!" Terrorsaur proclaims as he then turns back to the Energon formation to recharge.

"Yes, yes, YES!" Terrorsaur shouts while cackling manically.

From another view, both Primal and Rattrap saw the recharging process.

"This is bad. Now what, fearless leader? That pred's looks like he could eat tironium!" Rattrap asked Primal, but he replied calmly...

"Look, his circuits can't hold the charge that massive for long. I'll lead him away, you set the charges, and I'll come back for you in 4 cycles."

"And suppose he blasts you to itty-bitty pieces?" Rattrap asked out of pessimism "It's a long way down!"

"Sure is." then Primal leaves Rattrap alone.

"I hate a wise-bot..." Rattrap muttered then went ahead to prepare the charges for detonation.

"Here's to hoping they'll get the job done in spite of Rattrap being annoying as usual." Ultra Magnus said.

"Indeed old friend." Prime said.

"Optimus Primal, MAXIMIZE!" Optimus transforms, out in the open.

Terrorsaur squawks in surprise and jeers...

"Optimus! How nice of you to save me the trouble of hunting you down!"

"Lets do it." Optimus taunts then flies, prompting Terrorsaur to give chase. The maniacal Predacon tries to keep up, but the Maximal leader eventually outmanuevers Terrorsaur and takes a shot off him.

"Now you've made me mad!" Terrorsaur angrily shouts.

"Man! With all this energon around I'll have to work fast! Rattrap, maximize!"

While in Robot form, Rattrap feels the energon all around him surging through his systems.

[Danger. Stasis lock imminent.]

"Yeah yeah yeah..." Rattrap mutters, ignoring his computer's notification as he went to work setting up the explosives on the Energon formation. He plants two timed bombs and tries to make his way out of the floating mountain.

"Now, if Optimus could just get back in time..." he mutters.

"You're mine now, Maximal!" Terrorsaur squawks, firing blast after blast at Optimus Primal.

Primal could not keep up the chase any further because the Energon surge was flooding his systems again, with Terrorsaur's laser eyes breaking his flight system and he crashed to the mountain's cliffside.

[Energon surge. Stasis lock imminent.]

"Have to transform, or I'm finished..." Optimus mutters, transforming to Beast Mode.

"Surprise!" Tarantulas says, jumping at Rattrap, but the rat Maximal pushes him off to rock that knocks him off, getting laughs from the audience.

"Sorry, BugBot, but I got no time to play with you!" Rattrap flatteringly says.

But Tarantulas insistingly pounces at him again, blocking his advance.

"I'm afraid I insist!" He charges at Rattrap, even though he got scratched at the underside, he speared Rattrap to a wall.

"Wow, I thought Rattrap was quite annoying, but Tarantulas just made him look like a wise-bot." Bulkhead commented.

"Weakened, Primal found himself at Terrorsaur's mercy."

"Say 'goodbye', Optimus Primal!" Terrorsaur says, ready to finish Primal off.

But in a spot of luck, his systems were beginning