Megatron paced the room with an unusual nervousness. Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker stood to the side, looking at each other, unsure of what to do. Soundwave stared silently at sparkling in the crib. Shockwave stood next to Soundwave, also staring at the sparkling as if he had never seen one. Dima looked out the window with detachment.

Optimus's sparkling.

Primus. How did it end up like this? By all rights, they should take this sparkling hostage, or kill it so that Prime cannot raise it into a warrior who will defeat them, but... it's a sparkling!

Megatron growled in irritation. "We can't kill the sparkling. I can't! I'm just a mech, damn it. It doesn't even pose any particular threat to us, it's just sparkling!"