Bumblebee confronts and fights Barricade on top of the machine, as Yeager and Lennox struggle to step in. Optimus manages to save Bumblebee, he speaks, much to Cade and prime shock, but Megatron escapes with the staff. The Cybertronian Knights then attack Optimus for his betrayal, but Yeager whose talisman becomes the Excalibur sword stops the judgement. The Knights yield to Yeager quoting their former comrade, who urges Optimus to protect the Earth once more.