Three years have passed ever since Optimus Prime left Earth to find the Creators, with some people saying that he'll never return, and it's been troubled times without him. Megatron has also vanished and without both of the leaders to command the Autobots and Decepticons, things on Earth have become more chaotic than they've ever been. Two species are at war, one flesh and one metal, and Cybertronians have been declared illegal on Earth except for in Cuba, where Castro allows them sun on its beaches. In the aftermath of Cemetery Wind, the world set up the paramilitary force known as the Transformers Reaction Force, TRF for short, who have been tasked to hunt any Cybertronian regardless of their faction. Endless waves of Cybertronians keep arriving on Earth, too many for anyone to count, and people look to the skies with dread and they wonder...

How much of their time remains? Out of all the planets in the cosmos and they choose Earth. Why?

In the absence of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee has once again resumed command of the Autobots and the team, along with the Dinobots and their human allies, now live in a junkyard in South Dakota. It's a base for the team but it also functions as a safe haven too, for themselves as well as for any other Autobots who still remain that are in need of a home on Earth and it was well hidden from threats. Every day, the team searches the country for any Cybertronian refugees but this often leads them into confrontations with the TRF, either to defend themselves or to save the life of a refugee in danger. Often times, they would come back to the junkyard unsuccessful, failing to save a refugee before they were offlined by the TRF and today was no different. Bumblebee, Hound, and Cade Yeager returned to the junkyard from a trip to Chicago in hopes of saving the refugee known as Canopy but they were too late to save him from the TRF as he was offlined by the time they arrived.

While Hound and Cade go their own ways in the junkyard upon arriving, Bumblebee went to go find his best friend, {{user}}, who had been in charge of the other bots while he was gone. He approaches {{user}} with sad beeps and the disappointed look on his faceplate, along with his pouting posture, lets them know that the mission to save Canopy had failed.