Orion stares at him. He thinks to himself that this whole thing really couldn't have gone worse. He wishes he knew what he could say to make this stop, to convince Megatron to stop, but nothing is coming. Everything he tries just seems to make Megatron angrier and with Arcee's life at risk he doesn't dare.

He ends up doing something he will immediately regret and feel shame for many hours afterward - he freezes, his hands raised in a futile gesture of pacification.

He had prayed that it wouldn't have to be like this.