Vector Prime swordfights with Ramjet as Nemesis Prime heads for Primus' essence in the spark chamber core of Cybertron. Sentinel Maximus follows him, but Nemesis Prime is more than a match for him and hard to catch. Skyfall agrees to help Downshift down from where he's been pinned to the wall. Sentinel Maximus fails to stop Nemesis Prime, who seals himself in the heart of Cybertron. He opens the Dead Matrix. "I shall drown the light in darkness."