Overcoming their shock at the sight of the ruined Lost Light, torn into three chunks and bleeding quantum foam, the remaining crew of the Rodpod conclude that, somehow, this is the time-displaced future version of the ship from which the coffin containing Rodimus's dead body originated. Setting down inside the wreckage to investigate, they soon realise that their impromptu landing pad appears to be Swerve's, only it seems to have been refashioned as a playhouse, rather than a bar; a poster for a showing of Information Creep, the play Crosscut is currently working on, seems to confirm that the ship is from the future. Megatron brings out Ravage to help in sniffing out the crew, though no-one is particularly pleased to see the cat-bot allowed to roam free. Nautica tries to be friendly, but makes the cardinal mistake of treating Ravage like a pet, and, suitably chastized by a swipe of his claws, decides to head off with Nightbeat to fix the quantum generators and stop the foam leakage. Presently, Ravage locates Ultra Magnus—or rather, Minimus Ambus, slaughtered and stripped of the Magnus Armor post-mortem, which lies nearby. Skids identifies the fatal blast-wound in Ambus's side as having been caused by a fusion cannon, and immediately turns on Megatron; the former Decepticon retorts that his fusion cannon was destroyed following his change of allegiance, and that furthermore, he had no knowledge of Minimus Ambus within the armor. But as Skids points out, as the ship is from their future, he now does possess that knowledge and could potentially act on it in that future. Shaken, Megatron realizes that it is actually not impossible for him to be responsible for the death and devastation, and suggests that he and Ravage be locked up until more answers are forthcoming.

In another section of the ship, Nightbeat and Nautica make their way to the engine rooms, talking about the strangeness of recent events. Recalling the appearance of the deceased Rewind's "data ghost" leads Nightbeat to ask Nautica about her own romantic past, and from there to the topic of pair-bonding in general on Caminus; the engineer is amused by his bluntness, and asks the same questions of him. As they enter an elevator, extra gizmos added to Nautica's wrench by Brainstorm deliver a report on the local surroundings, identifying local space as "worn down", with many signs of extensive recent teleportation activity. At that point, Nautica's foot bumps into something on the floor... Brainstorm's briefcase.

Locked in a cupboard together, an angry Ravage attacks Megatron, accusing him of betrayal and hoping that shadowplay is responsible for his change of heart, which Megatron denies. Ravage tells him that Galvatron is now in charge of the Decepticons, but that he will be abandoned immediately if Megatron but gives the word; Megatron despairs over the toxicity of Decepticon loyalty, and correctly deduces that Ravage was sent to spy on him by Soundwave, and that he was responsible for the attempted jailbreak during his trial. In response to Ravage's allegation that Megatron is unsure of his identity for the first time in his life, Megatron explains that his change of heart was motivated by the fact that, during his last talk with Optimus Prime prior to the Chaos event, he had spoken harsh words that he had intended only to wound Prime... only to realize that he believed them, and that he hated the person he had become. Ravage claims that in years to come, Megatron will laugh at this notion, but Megatron admits to feeling old, and believes that the Megatron he once was is dead. Before the conversation can go any deeper, the lights flick on, repaired by the other Autobots... illuminating the dead bodies of Ratchet, Drift, and Hound in the cupboard's corner! Examining the bodies, Megatron finds their brain modules torn out and stuffed into their mouths, which gives him all the information he needs to identify the murderers...

Nightbeat opens Brainstorm's briefcase, on

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