On Megatron's orders, the Constructicons created a secret base beneath New York City from which they made preparations for New York City's urban renewal operation. Once everything was in place, they sunk the Empire State Building to begin its makeover. Of course, the disappearance of an entire building reached the news and tipped the Autobots off that something was amiss, so they set out for New York City. Megatron welcomed them by taking Optimus Prime hostage. As both Autobots and humans evacuated the city, Megatron had Optimus Prime taken apart, keeping the head as trophy and handing the Constructicons the rest. Ever the creative geniuses, they used the components to build an Alligatorcon to protect the city's sewers and installed Optimus Prime's right arm and ion blaster atop New Cybert