Rodimus awakens, and is shocked to find that he's functioning even without the Matrix as a power source. He soon learns that while he was out, Wheelie repaired him and took the ship to their home, Cybertron. Knowing full well that Cybertron is a dead planet infested by the Insecticon swarm, Rodimus tries to convince his allies to leave again, but the Matrix has stopped providing power to their ship. Just as he fears, something does break into the ship... but it turns out to be Ironhide.

While Ironhide is glad to meet some old friends, Rodimus is absolutely boggled by the sight of both him and Sunstreaker, both of whom are supposed to be dead (not to mention seeing their freaky Insecticon pet). After a confused Garnak attacks Ironhide, Rodimus heads outside to have things explained to him from Sunstreaker. He learns the details of their apparent revival at the hands of Alpha Trion, but their chat is suddenly interrupted by an aerial attack. Rodimus and Wheelie go after their attacker and shoot him down, but as they approach the crash site, they find none other than Galvatron, using the Darkness to repair the Sweep they injured.

Now really eager to get off Cybertron, Rodimus hurries back to the ship, which Ironhide and Sunstreaker are able to power up using the experimental fuel cell given to them by Alpha Trion. As the ship comes under attack from dozens of Sweeps, the Autobots blast off and set a course for Earth.

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