Inferno,Waspinator and Hornbuster flew through the air Waspinator and Hornbuster were in their insect modes while Inferno was flying via his ant mode abdomen,(Hornbuster's insect mode is inspired by hercules beetle beastbox zephyr) they stared down at the wartorn streets and buildings below of Kaon "Shockwave is purple with one eye and a blaster for an arm,all we must do is locate a decepticon fitting that discription."Inferno said as Waspinator buzzed "if one eyed bot is still alive." Inferno glared at him "what makes you think he isn't?" "Energon is scarce,our tribe barely scraping by, One eyed bot most positively effected as well,must be close to fading offline."Waspinator said causing Inferno to growl knowing he was probably right, everyone is on borrowed time and it's running out quickly,no doubt Shockwave's time is running out as well if not already, that means their troubles have just been elevated,but Inferno isn't ready to give up yet "double time it warriors, we must find Shockwave immediately,our tribes survival depends on our success!"Inferno said with determination as the three of them flew off in in the city.

Meanwhile at Antagony's Kingdom

Antagony roamed her nest kingdom with a calm but tense demeanor,she was waiting for news from her three warriors,just then a dragonfly flew down and transformed into Jetstorm another Insecticon warrior under Antagony's command "I sense your tension my queen,is something wrong?"Jetstorm asked Antagony sighed "everything Jetstorm,look at our race,we insecticon were once proud and thriving, although separated into occasionally conflicting tribes,but we were thriving now thanks to the surface bots Cybertron has been poisoned and the energon is slowly disappearing and here we are now, an endangered species struggling to stay alive,i pray that they come back with Shockwave."Antagony said now worried that they will come back empty handed, if they come back at all. Jetstorm gave her a determined uplifting expression he had worked with Infeno,Waspinator and Hornbuster, they get things done for the queen and they will get this done as well.

"Have faith my queen,they will succeed or die trying."Jetstorm said making Antagony smile.

Meanwhile at Venom's Nest

Venom sat in his chair in stone cold silence with his hands folded as two insecticons came into the room known as Manterror and Transquito, "find Shockwave and if you encounter Kickback and Hardshell kill them,take some drones with you."Venom said as the two insecticons nodded and left the room then Dotbomb came in and Venom stood up and began pacing back and forth "You know Dotbomb,I've been thinking about that day, the day Hardshell,Kickback and Sharpshot turned on us...on me...I look back at that day with complete regret."Venom said. Dotbomb cocked her head in confusion "regret?" Venom turned to her his red visor glowing intensely "I regret letting them leave here alive, i should have killed them, i had them right here you know,right here in front of me and I just let them...told them to leave and never come back,what was i thinking, i should have killed them then and there, instead here i am centuries later being plagued by them." Venom said his voice rising with anger.

Dotbomb was a little hesitant to step forward as Venom spoke "was i becoming soft then...to lenient?" Dotbomb approached behind Venom and gently rubbed his shoulders "Venom...you are the most powerful leader our tribe has been gifted with, you are not soft, Hardshell and his band of traitors are the problem,they shouldn't have conspired against you."Dotbomb said as Venom whipped around facing her "Ah...so you heard the whispers,they were plotting to usurp my leadership from me?!"Venom said Dotbomb's eyes darted around a little bit she didn't exactly hear them say it she just heard them criticizing Venom's paranoia.

"Well..i..yeah,of course."Dotbomb said with weak chuckle making Venom pace again "But killing them would've been a gigantic waste of energon and your precious time they don't..."Dotbomb froze as she saw Venom glaring at her like she just insulted him "Waste of my time,you think killing traitors to the tribe is beneath me?!"Venom growled as she stepped towards Dotbomb who backed away nervously "what...i...no..what i mean is..."

"Killing traitors is not a waste of my time and my energy, it's not... beneath me!"Venom shouted making Dotbomb back against the wall completely terrified of Venom's rage "i...i didn't mean that i was just saying that you shouldn't stain your blade with the energon of those losers..."

Venom growled at Dotbomb and pulled out his axe and held it towards Dotbomb who stared at it as it glistened in the light "I will stain this axe with whatever i want including energon from traitors, I'll show you."Venom said as he stomped away from Dotbomb leaving her shaking a little bit,Venom approached Manterror and Transquito just as they amassed a small squad of drones "change in plans,i want Hardshell and Kickback brought to me alive, I'll kill them myself."Venom growled in a low tone.

Meanwhile

Hardshell Kickback and Barrage flew through the city limits they checked one lab and found it empty now they began to go to another, however this was a little problem because they didn't exactly know what lab to start with or where the others are, they only know of the Kaon stationed lab, Shockwave mentioned he had other labs but neglected to mention their locations. "We should have asked Shockwave to elaborate on the locations of the other labs labs labs."Kickback said as he stopped midair and hovered with Hardshell and Barrage doing the same Hardshell looked around and then he saw a lone Decepticon scavenging something he immediately flew down and landed next to the com startling him "Ahh don't eat!"he exclaimed as he jumped back in fear.

"Relax I'm not hungry...yet... where's Shockwave's other laboratories?"Hardshell asked "Why do you need his labs?"the Con asked "I'm looking for him, he's in danger,he once said that he has other labs in Decepticon controlled cities what are they?"Hardshell asked "We have plenty of those but to save a little time Shockwave was last seen in Kalis,just keep going back that way."The con said pointing to the direction he was originally going Hardshell immediately flew back up towards the others and they flew off, The con scoffed as he watched them leave, "filthy bugs."he muttered under his breath and then he went back to what he was doing until he heard chittering coming from behind him, he slowly turned around and saw a mechanical stag beetle staring at him hungrily.

"Oh Slag."the cog said in horror as the beetle charged towards him making him scream.