He shook his head clear as Starscream’s voice echoed through the briefing room again. “Very well. The mystery of our Dinocons will have to wait. We have a more urgent matter to attend to… and with that, I turn the floor back over to our magnificent leader, Megatron.”

“Uh… thank you, Starscream. My fellow Decepticons. Our espionage agents have confirmed that Prime is nearly ready for a second launch of the Ark.” Megatron’s voice betrayed his concern. “This time, however-”

“Wait, he’s what?!”

Every head in the room turned to Cliffjumper.

“He’s rebuilt the Ark and is planning a second launch,” Megatron replied, his tone betraying his mild confusion. “That’s why he made the push for the fuel depot.”

“So what was all that brouhaha with my glass gas and collapsin’ the launch platform and all that slag when I first got here?! You tellin’ me it was all for nothing?!”

Megatron raised his hands quickly in a placating gesture.

[...]

“You seem a little freaked out about that,” Sideswipe muttered to Cliffjumper, giving him a sideways glance as Megatron began to tap key codes into the podium before him.

“Well… yeah. I been tryin’ to figure out what new weird plan Prime was cooking up for weeks! It never even occurred to me he’d try the same thing as last time!” He shrugged and shook his head. “That’s a new one on me.”



- Do Over