Entering the city again, Grimlock and his team looked around for the bugs. They started tearing buildings apart. searching for the entrance to the insecticon swarmer nest.

At about that time, Optimus and the Aerialbots arrived. They saw the remains of Megatron, and were amazed. They were both glad that Grimlock was on their side. However, Optimus seemed more saddened about Megatron's death. "It didn't have to end this way" Optimus said over Megatron, "You brought this on yourself" He then transformed and headed back to the Ark. The aerialbots did the same, there was nothing to say. They knew that the Dinobots would come if they wanted, but they seemed busy looking for something.
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There were too many Autobots for Starscream to deal with. However, he soon saw Megatron. Still in his cloak, Starscream approached the carcass. "Oh how the mighty have fallen" he said, he was loving this. His chance to kill Megatron had been handed to him on a silver platter thanks to those giant brutes. Reaching into Megatron's spark chamber, Starscream tore out the chunk of Dark Energon. The Decepticon warlord finally perished, his final act was to curse Starscream before joining Unicron's anti-spark. Starscream jammed the Dark Energon inside his own spark chamber, and fused with it. "Oh the unlimited power!" he said, reveling in it's dark energy. A purple flame emitted from him for a bit, before dying down. Now, his spark was indestructible, nothing could stand in his way! Now, he could return to the Decepticons and reclaim the leadership that was rightfully his! Since he had decloaked, he transformed into his jet mode, and started flying towards where the Decepticon ship had been located. He could now detect the Dark Energon stored in the Nemesis, and it acted as a beacon. He flew past the lanterns, ignoring them. They were below him now, as he was soon to be king of the Decepticons ... again.