"Don't make me laugh, Prime!" says Megatron. "You have ten seconds to turn around. If you don't, you and all the Autobots will be a pool of melted microchips!"

Optimus Prime expected a fight. The Autobots are ready! "Autobots, defend yourselves!" he commands. Quickly he aims his laser rifle and fires.

Just as quickly Megatron fires back. In the next minute the area around Decepticon headquarters becomes a battleground. Laser blasts, cluster bombs, and sonic charges go off everywhere. The earth shakes from the force of the explosions!

There is a shriek of torn metal and the Decepticon Thundercracker goes down. A cry of triumph tells Optimus Prime that an armour-piercing rocket from Mirage has hit its mark. But a moment later Mirage himself is down, the victim of Buzzsaw's mortar cannon.

Optimus Prime fires at Buzzsaw with his laser rifle. Everywhere around him Autobots and Decepticons are locked in battle. Many Autobots and many Decepticons are hurt.

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