Quickly Mirage radios to Autobot headquarters. "Come prepared for heavy fighting," he tells Optimus Prime. "We're expecting Decepticons soon!"

Mirage is right. It's a very short time before the roar of jet planes is heard.

"The Decepticons are on their way!" Mirage says. "Let's hide in those rocks over there."

The Decepticons arrive, transform into robots, and enter the deadly forest.

"What's this Ravage tells me about a solar battery?" Megatron demands in his booming voice.

"I don't know what you're talking about," says Shrapnel. He tries to hide the Sun-Pak behind his back.

"Liar!" thunders Megatron. He knocks Shrapnel to the ground with a blast from his fusion cannons. "You and all the Insecticons must be punished! I order you to -"

But at that moment the sound of car engines signals that the Autobots have arrived!

"The Autobots!" cries Megatron. "They must have tracked Shrapnel." He thinks for a moment. "This may prove to be the luckiest day of our lives," he says. "They don't know we are here. They are rolling into a trap. Decepticons, prepare your weapons. Fire on my command!"

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