For the next two hours Mirage and Buster travel through the twists and turns of mountain roads. The ultrasonic signals grow louder.

"This is it," Mirage says at last. They are in front of a forest of dead and rotting trees. They can barely see through the twisted and gnarled branches, but they can hear the sound of buzzing and metallic voices.

Stealthily, human and Autobot approach the deadly forest. The branches are like bony arms that grab them as they walk. Mirage activates his electro-disrupter. Instantly he and Buster appear to be part of the background of rotting trees and vines. "The illusion will only last six minutes," the Autobot whispers. "We'd better get what we need by then."

He and Buster reach a clearing where the Insecticons are standing in a circle, talking. Buster cannot help it - he shudders at their evil appearence. Luckily, the Insecticons don't see him.

"Look at this, my brother Insecticons," Shrapnel is saying. He is holding the Sun-Pak. "With this device we will no longer need fuel. We will be the most powerful beings on this planet."

"I don't know," says Kickback. "What if Megatron finds out that we have it?"

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