They were distracted from their escape by a large black mecha literally hurling himself across the road. Barricade slid several feet as he regained his balance and leaped to grapple Bumblebee as he shot by. Mitch did what she could to avoid a serious accident and she, after much swerving, loud military style cussing and running head long into a patch of half dead bushes, finally came to rest with all her passengers safe. Annoyed as a hive of shaken hornets, but safe.
Mikaela was first to jump. She shoved Mitch's sunroof open and crawled through. Bumblebee and Barricade were at it, throwing insults that the others could only guess at. Datsun slipped out Mitch's back, motioning the human towards a dip in the landscape he had seen when everyone had drove past. Mikaela snapped up Scanner and did as she was told, Bluestreak trotting behind her. Blue's door wings would suddenly start shuddering as if convulsing but stopped when the action earned him a disapproving glare from his brother. Cautiously the hybrids and human slid over the rough, arid terrain and lay flat against the sandy dirt when cover had been reached. Prowl made sure they hid under several bushed, then started covering his friends lightly with sand to hide their positions from aerial view.
Mitch, meanwhile, drove off to do what she could to distract Barricade. Confident that Datsun knew what he was doing, she immediately joined the chaos of blows and weapon fire. She jumped Barricade from behind as he was pinning Bumblebee, the sound they made when they connected tremendous. Bumblebee squeaked with surprise, then helped keep the tackled Decepticon from transforming. Barricade, in turn, landed several blows to Mitch's face, causing the avatar to loosen her grip a fraction. It was enough to let the Decepticon to wriggle free, grab Bumblebee by the head and drag him off several feet. Mitch, who hated losing a battle, activated a dimensional door mentally and charged towards the two squabbling mecha.
'You piece of aluminum alloyed shit!' she snapped. 'I'm going to make sure you kiss Elite Guard Arse after this!'
Barricade growled something Cybtronian that Mitch couldn't decipher. He laughed when he realized she didn't know what eh was saying. He muttered something again, flicking his fingers at her in a 'come and get me' motion. It earned him another punch in the head from Bumblebee. It was counter acted with Barricade's weapon aimed at the smaller Autobot's head.
That's when Mitch leaped. With a thunderous clang and Barricade's offended yell the three mech hit the ground and rolled though Mitch's dimensional door.
In the distance Datsun surveyed the entire fight with intense concern. When the three disappeared through the door he with held a yell of alarm and crawled his way back to his charges. Bluestreak and Mikaela eyed datsun with wide eyed horror as Scanner started to wail.
'We have to radio Optimus Prime and Jazz. Whatever Mitch just did I don't think they're going to like the results.'