Then it became clear that Megatron, who had chosen to join the Autobots at the conclusion of the "Dark Cybertron" crisis, would receive a suspended sentence and co-captaincy of the Lost Light. Disgusted by this apparent miscarriage of justice, and further incensed by Rodimus's complacency in allowing this to happen, he and Atomizer recruited Whirl into their conspiracy to goad Megatron into "attacking" an Autobot and disgracing himself.