Megatron, fresh from his nightmarish fusion with Ratchet, has awoken and in the deserted corridors of the Ark, comes face-to-face with his future self. With both as mad as hatters, it looks like the gloves are really off this time as they lock particle cannons! Elsewhere the Decepticons are laughing it up as they plan their conquests of ripe, new worlds in their usual logical fashion and ponder the fate of the Autobot legions, trapped and helpless on Cybertron...