Not off to a great start. Arcee had been hoping to break it to him gently, but then again, maybe that was the wrong approach to begin with. She doesn't need to treat Rodimus with kid gloves, she reminds herself. He's an Autobot too. If Ultra Magnus can take it -- if she can -- so can Rodimus.

"He's..." Arcee's shoulders go slightly slack, and she shakes her head. "He's not Optimus. Not anymore. The mind control is gone, but it was just...covering up a bigger problem. He doesn't have the Matrix. Now he's just -- Orion Pax. And it looks like Megatron got to him before we did."