during a meeting with the senate, orion insists megatron to dissolve the ascenticons before the rise's threat worsens. bumblebee and elita-1 are forced to fight back against protestants of a riot. megatron warns shockwave, leader of the rise, about how their actions affected the ascenticons' public image. prowl asks soundwave to interrogate barricade, but his permission is denied. in the middle of these events, sentinel prime appears to interviene.