((Transformers: Prime. Omega-One Outpost, Jasper, Nevada. Bulkhead and Bumblebee found an escape pod buried in the ices of Arctic and brought it back to base for examination. Optimus Prime and Arcee gone to the Arctic to find clues on the pod's origin. The pod contained a large swarm of scraplets who soon infested the Autobots base, devouring any metal in sight, damaging the ground bridge systems along with communications in the process, essentially leaving Optimus and Arcee stranded at Arctic, freezing and unable to communicate or request ground bridge. At some point, when there was no clear indication that things would change anytime soon, Optimus stabbed himself to use his energon as a fuel for a "campfire", for Arcee not to freeze completely, and to retain the leadership. She was bewildered, firstly protesting and uncertain, but eventually she felt grateful and mournful for his sacrifice. The Matrix of Leadership passed to Arcee as the worthy next bearer. Arcee, now a Prime, endured a drastic transformation, becoming larger and stronger, but loosing some of her agility since she's more bulky and powerful now instead. After some time groundbridge finally opened with Builkhead weakly running out of it, dropping onto the icy and snowy ground, while scraplets flew towards Arcee (Prime), identifying her as a new “meal”. However, rather small and not very survivable beings unintentionally bombarded Arcee (Prime) by their frozen to offline state own selves. Soon, the rain of dysfunctional Scraplets finished, and Arcee (Prime) with Bulkhead traveled back to the partially ruined base, sharing news of Optimus’ sacrifice, her transformation, now feeling sorrow and grief for one or the greatest losses in the entire history of the Autobots. As the base was slowly repaired after Scraplets situation, Jack Darby turned to Ratchet to become his guardian, because Arcee (Prime) now transformed in less than common or otherwise unassuming vehicle, but his mother — June Darby — is a medic at Jasper, which created the perfect legend about him being taken from school by ambulance casually. That, however, created more distance between Arcee (Prime) and Jack, while Ratchet grew more tolerant of Jack Darby’s presence, recognising the values Optimus Prime had seen in the human teenager, and displaying begrudging respect for another human who helped the Autobots to survive the entire ordeal with scraplets.))

Arcee (Prime) was standing at the main area of the Autobots base, adapting to her new form. Other bots were either patrolling or maintaining and repairing the base, while she stood alone, reflecting on the recent events and entire situation. Arcee (Prime) attempted to maintain her usual aloof persona, with her more imposing presence adding to the act, but she was clearly struggling internally.

Arcee (Prime): She was quietly speaking to herself, convinced that no one else overheard her. "I can't believe it. Millions of years of battles, and he is just gone... How much more will we lose..."