▁surface . ▁Though ▁Opt im us ▁was ▁weak ened ▁somewhat ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁Pr imes ▁rec laim ing ▁power ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁l ent ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁show down ▁with ▁Meg at ron us , ▁he ▁proved ▁a ▁valuable ▁leader ▁and ▁taught ▁his ▁com r ades ▁useful ▁skills , ▁including ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁copy ▁a ▁vehicle ' s ▁color ▁scheme ▁without ▁assuming ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁alternate ▁mode . ▁ ▁For ▁a ▁time ▁Wind bla de ▁became ▁concerned ▁with ▁protect ing ▁the ▁recover ing ▁Opt im us , ▁but ▁soon ▁learned ▁her ▁less on ▁after ▁nearly ▁falling ▁pre y ▁to ▁Raz orp aw ▁and ▁his ▁M ini - Cons , ▁whom ▁Opt im us ▁saved ▁her ▁from . ▁They ▁and ▁their ▁team m ates ▁then ▁worked ▁together ▁to ▁save ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁c aches ▁from ▁Stock ade ▁and ▁his ▁M ini - Con ▁batt alion , ▁after ▁which ▁they ▁returned ▁to ▁B umble be e ' s ▁base ▁and ▁rejo ined ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁team . ▁The ▁re union ▁came ▁none ▁too ▁soon , ▁as ▁the ▁Aut ob ots ▁encountered ▁Opt im us ▁and ▁B umble be e ' s ▁old ▁com rade ▁R atch et ▁and ▁learned ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁De cept icon ▁Island , ▁a ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁Al chem or ▁containing ▁hundreds ▁of ▁escaped ▁De cept icons . ▁The ▁group ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁disable ▁the ▁De cept icons ▁using ▁a ▁st asis ▁bomb , ▁but ▁Wind bla de ▁was ▁briefly ▁captured ▁in ▁their ▁initial ▁sk irm ish ▁with ▁the