Arcee and Jack race down a desert road, Miko and Bulkhead stunt drive down a mountain and Bumblebee and Rafael play a racing video game. The Bots and the kids are having fun, while Ratchet works in the Base. The medic hears a noise, turns and sees the piece of broken infected equipment (seen at the end of the previous episode). As it leaps for his face, it is shot out of the air by Optimus. Optimus suspects that Dark Energon is the culprit.