Jessie grins evilly and glares at the captured Autobots and Buster. She walks over to Megatron. "Thank you, Great One," she says.

Buster lowers his head miserably. "Oh, no," he moans. "She's been brainwashed. She's on the Decepticons' side now."

Megatron takes the Autobots' communicators from them so that they can't signal for help. Then he sends Jessie out as a decoy to lead the other Autobots into Megatron's trap.

Optimus Prime remains silent. There's nothing he can do. He watches a radar screen I the lab and sees the Dectruction Beam make contact with Center City. Megatron sees it, too. "Center City is now ready for Rumble's groundwaves. A few good waves and the city will crumble," the Decepticon gloats.

Megatron orders Starscream to lock up the Autobots and throw away the key. But, curiously enough, that's Optimus Prime's one hope. Megatron hasn't demanded that the Autobots be deactivated—they wouldn't be able to do anything then. Maybe, just maybe, Optimus Prime can come up with a plan and escape. You'd better hope so. Otherwise, the entire world is about to come to…

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