Tarn's mind begins to race, trying to find a way, any way, to talk himself out of this without outright lying. Why can't Megatron see that he is doing this for him? For his cause; the one Tarn has fought so hard for.

He can't let Megatron do this to him. In a thoroughly ill advised move he continues to push, Injured shoulder sending bolts of pain through his arm as he lifts it to press against Megatrons chest.

"No. You can't do this to me. I have given my life up for the Decepticons. It is everything that I am; the only thing I have left."