Slam exited the ship extremely annoyed that he couldn't rescue Slash he glanced back into the ship to see Shockwave staring at him with his one glowing red eye,Slam frowned and ran off to Slug and Scorn who looked at him with bewilderment as to why he didn't have Slash with him "Where's Slash?"Slug asked "i couldn't get to her."Slam said with frustration looking back to see Shockwave staring at them Scorn growled in anger stomping towards Shockwave "let me at him." but before he could get to him Serket and Twinstrike stepped in front of him "not so fast dinobot."Twinstrike said holding his hammer.
Sludge and Blight still threw punches at each other both drawing Energon, until Blight got his hands around Sludge's throat and then tossed him into a tree then he transformed into dragon mode and let out a mighty bellow while beating his chest and then charged at Sludge with jaws open ready to bite but Sludge then grabbed his jaws and held them back. Swoop and Windrazor continued their battle in the air sword and mace clanked in the air both swinging and missing and even hurling insults at each other, Grimlock and Hun-Grrr continued battling each other the Predacon leader swinging the saw blade and Grimlock block it with his shield, Hun-Grrr looked around and saw that the Dinobots were starting to get the upper hand and the Predacons needed to turn the tide and he knew how.
Hun-Grrr managed to shove Grimlock back making him roll backwards on the ground "Predacons form up!" Hun-Grrr shouted as he ran away from Sludge and Rippersnapper who was getting up again ran away to and Twinstrike pulled away from Slug, and Windrazor was about to fly down to meet his teammates but Swoop stopped him by grabbing his wings "Oh no you don't."Swoop said Windrazor turned around and swung his mace which Swoop dodged then Windrazor put out his tornado bow and fired a couple of shots one missed Swoop's torso and he other hit him in the shoulder making him cry out in pain then Windrazor dashed forward and decked Swoop in the head so hard he knocked him unconscious Swoop fell out of the sky and landed into the treeline nearby "Swoop!"Sludge exclaimed as he ran into the forest and began to look around for where Swoop landed an that was when he saw Swoop's wing in the jaws of a two headed dragon one head held on to Swoop and the other head turned to look at the shocked Sludge who pointed his blaster at it "drop him now!"he ordered but the creature flapped it's massive wings and took off past the tree tops.
Sludge looked up and around in despair at Swoop being taken me then ran back to the others to tell them what happened to Swoop that was when he saw the Predacons form up and then they combined and transformed into Abominus "scrap!"Scorn said looking up at the giant "Dinobots we are not running from this monster again!"Grimlock said holding on to the shield and sword, and he was about to order an attack until Flatline ran up to him"Wait Grimlock, you must retreat from this battle and take me to Snarl, from what they told me he doesn't have time left!"Flatline said making Grimlock look at him with disgust, he didn't like the fact that they were bringing an enemy to their base but Snarl needed medical attention and Grimlock knew that they couldn't get him help if they were sent to the scrapheap.
"Grrrr, Dinobots fall back,retreat!"Grimlock ordered as the Dinobots and Flatline all ran out through the forest,much to the annoyance of Laserback who stood up and watched them leave Laserback was about to protest on letting them leave again but decided not to on the risk of triggering Hun-Grrr's wrath, Abominus disassembled to the 5 predacon components as they watched the Dinobots leave along with Flatline, "what's the doc,going with them for?"Rippersnapper asked "ugh he's going to heal Snarl."Serket said with disgust "What?!"Twinstrike exclaimed "that traitor, I'll have him for dinner!"Hun-Grrr growled "while Flatline healing Snarl is...distasteful,it's expected, after all he took an oath of a medic to help those in need of medical attention enemy or not."Shockwave explained as he went back into the ship leaving the predacons alone outside.
Meanwhile
The Dinobots continued running however they notice swoop is missing "where's Swoop?!"Scorn asked in alarm looking back towards the enemy direction "another predacon took him i saw it flew off with him."Sludge said with distress "so we got two dinobots taken?"Slam asked now annoyed and angry "Grrrr."Grimlock growled now more enraged than ever about the increasing situation. They soon arrived at the base and they entered the med room where Paddles was there, the Dinobots where glad to see him alive but there was no time for pleasant reunions.
"This should have everything you need to help Snarl,do it carefully."Sludge said in a warning tone narrowing his optics at him Flatline didn't say anything he just got to work. Paddles looked at the group and noticed two Dinobots were missing of course he knew where Slash was but what about Swoop? "What happened with Slash and where's Swoop?"Paddles asked "We couldn't rescue Slash and Swoop has been taken."Scorn said stunning Paddles as he began to wonder where Swoop is and if he's alright.
Meanwhile
Swoop groaned as he came back online his vision was a little staticy but when every thing cleared up he saw that he was in a big cave with a few of the almost finished sunset at the mouth of the cave, Swoop groaned as he sat up and looked at his shoulder which he remembered that was shot by Windrazor, he noticed with confusion that it was patched up,how?
"Guys?"Swoop called out looking around the empty cave for his teammates, it was then he heard the sound of wings flapping and and something big cutting through the air and that was when a huge mechanical dragon came into view and landed at the entrance of the cave, the Dragon had two heads, a silver,black and red color scheme and cyan glowing eyes. It growled softly while looking at Swoop who stood up in alarm and pulled out his blaster and aimed it at the predacon "whoa stay back!"Swoop shouted making the left head of the Dragon growl and get into a fighting stance ready for a fight just then another voice rang out "whoa whoa whoa whoa,time out!"
Just then another robotic figure came into the cave and stepped in between both of them, the figure had a red,blue and grey color and gold glowing eyes and he had the autobot symbol on his chest, Swoop gazed at this figure in shock as he recognized this person as Mainframe as he saw him roaming around autobot base in iacon years, "you're Mainframe right?" Swoop asked lowering the weapon a little bit "yes and you're...Swoop right from Grimlock's team the Lightning Strike Coalition?"Mainframe asked "we're called Dinobots now."Swoop corrected further confusing Mainframe "Dino what?"
"That's a long story,what are you doing here on this planet and why are you with a predacon?"Swoop asked gesturing to the predacon who who transformed into robot mode "That's a long story too,and this predacon's name is Doublecross,he's my friend." Mainframe said as Doublecross waved a hand which was actually a Dragon head at Swoop.
Meanwhile
Shockwave at in the bridge thinking about what Slam said to him "I'll tell you what's guaranteed Shockwave:we're going to get you,even if it takes thousands of years or a million, we're...going...to...get..you." those words buzzed around his head for several long minutes as did the argument he and Flatline had earlier "Ok Shockwave,i know how important it is to find the Nemesis,but we need to focus entirely on the Dinobots, we're down one man and it's only amatter of time before they strike again and take another one of us out."Flatline said with growing fear. "We still have them outnumbered Flatline."Shockwave said "for how long Shockwave?!"Flatline asked raising his voice Shockwave didn't respond he just stared at Flatline "how long until the Dinobots defeat the Predacons and dismantle me, leaving just you and them?"Flatline asked crossing his arms.
Shockwave thought about those words as he began to really think about his situation, he came here to escape the Dinobots but they followed him here,the Dinobots aren't going to rest until he is one with the allspark,he has the predacons to protect him however how long can they keep this battle up, sooner or later a side is going to prevail if it's the Predacons side that's fantastic but if it's the Dinobots then Shockwave is a deadbot walking the Dinobots would have no obstacles blocking them from Shockwave and he has nowhere to escape on this unknown planet,The Dinobots are going to get him no matter how long it took, that was when Shockwave realized what he needed to do.