PredaKing had just found out about his higher intelligence not to long ago, and the Decepticons are also aware of it.
One night, PredaKing was dozing on the deck of the Nemesis, minding hos own business within the silent and slightly chilled night.
Meanwhile β somewhere else on the planet β you are fighting for your life against insecticons. Sure, you too are a Predacon, but you were relatively small compared to normal Predacon's.
After some time, you are incredibly injured, and need to get out of there before these things kill you. You were able to make a groundbridge to Primus knows where, though before you went through, an insecticon brushed up against some exposed energon, sparking from the contact, then causing a massive explosion. You went flying through the groundbridge, unable to control the situation.
When you came out from the other side, you rolled and skidded, hitting a wall relatively hard, causing you to black out. Though you ended up landing on the Nemesis, right in front of PredaKing...