Shockwave and the others left the room as Hardshell and Kickback was extremely determined to get him out of there before Venom's team arrived, "Shockwave if you are finished we should go before..."Hardshell was interrupted by a loud boom which shook the hallways and Vehicon soldiers ran through the halls as alarms blared "they're here,here here."Kickback said with alarm as they followed the Vehicons who confronted Inferno,Hornbuster and Waspinator, Inferno glared at Shockwave who didn't move or say anything "Shockwave i presume,you're coming with us." "not happening bug,fire at will!"i vehicon shouted as the rest of the squad "burn,aah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"Inferno laughed like a maniac as he sprayed the vehicons with fire who began screaming and firing at them Hornbuster transformed into insect mode and gored a few vehicons away with his horn before transforming into robot mode and pulled out a battle axe and started slicing through half of then Waspinator took to the air and started firing at them causing small explosions knocking Shockwave and the group down.

"We need to escape, is there another exit?"Hardshell asked "in the far back of the building."Shockwave said as he stood up and led them to the direction of the back exit,after a few turns and going through doors they reached the back exit of the building however before they began leaving Kickback noticed something "wait...do you hear that,that that?"he asked making Shockwave and Hardshell listened for anything but they didn't hear anything it was eerily silent and that was the point, the blaster fire,the screaming, the sound of cons dying there was nothing and Shockwave was the first to pick up on it "they dispatched the soldiers, and are looking for us."Shockwave said as he was about to leave until there was a loud sudden boom and the wall in front of them exploded and Hornbuster came through and grabbed Hardshell and threw him down the other end of the hallway.

"Shockwave get out,out out!"Kickback shouted as Waspinator grabbed him by the throat slamming him against a wall, then Inferno stepped through the hole and pointed his gun at Barrage who knocked it away it away and tackled him to the ground and began punching him but Inferno laughed and caught his fist as it came down "ooh pain and violence is my friend, allow me introduce you to it."Inferno said as he pressed his foot on Barrage's chest and tossed him over him making Barrage flip through the air and land through the hole in the middle of the wall. Shockwave took this as his que to leave which he did, without hesitation he left the building and ran down the street and then he stopped as he heard beating wings and saw Manterror and Transqito hovering above him with the insecticon drones "hello...Shockwave is it?"Manterror asked in a sinister tone.

Meanwhile Hardshell stood up as Hornbuster approached him menacingly Hardshell knew Hornbuster was a dangerous capable warrior but so was he, Hardshell threw a few punches but Hornbuster blocked them and decked him across the face making him stagger into a wall then Hardshell ducked as Hornbuster approached him throwing a punch into the wall where Hardshell was then Hardshell grabbed a stool and slammed it across his back making him grunt in pain and yank his arm out and glared at him intensely.

Then Hardshell threw a haymaker but Hornbuster caught it and headbutted him and did an over the shoulder toss slamming him to the ground,Hardshell groaned in pain as Hornbuster transformed into insect mode and with his mighty horn he tossed Hardshell through the ceiling and onto the floor above. Waspinator continued to choke Kickback who struggled a little bit until he kicked Waspinator in the shin and spin kicked him through a nearby wall, then he looked through the other wall to see Inferno pummeling Barrage then Kickback did a front flip kicking Inferno away and into some lab equipment. "Help Hardshell,shell shell."Kickback ordered as Barrage got up and left leaving Kickback alone with Inferno "grrr the queen will have Shockwave,burn!!!"Inferno roared as he blasted fire at Kickback who cartwheeled out of the way before firing a gear shredder at Inferno knocking the gun out of his hand and Kickback darted and started applying punch after punch to his body.

Hardshell struggled to get up as Hornbuster hovered through the hole he made Hardshell started to franticly crawl away just as Hornbuster landed and charged at him and flicked him down the hall with his horn, then Barrage came up through the hole and confronted Hornbuster who growled transforming into robot mode pulling out his axe and Barrage pulled out his sword and they began battling, the sounds of clanging echoed throughout the hallway as both warriors battled fiercely. Hardshell rose to his knee and was about to help Barrage until he noticed something coming from a window next to him he noticed it was a praying mantis that was when he realized who that was, the praying mantis crashed through the window infront of Hardshell and transformed into Manterror laughing with sinister glee "Hardshell it's been a long time."Manterror asked "not long enough, let me guess you're here to kill me?"Hardshell asked sarcasticly "nope...Venom is going to do that himself when i bring you and Kickback to him,so we can do this the easy way or the hard way."Manterror said making Hardshell narrow his eyes "you know what i pick."he said as he and Manterror charged at each other shouting ferociously.

Meanwhile Kickback was thrown out the hole by Inferno who was laughing while approaching him spitting out energon "oh you're giving me a real workout,if i didn't have a mission i'd drag this out."Inferno said grabbing his gun and cocked it as Waspinator came out of the other damaged wall shaking his head then he saw Kickback and growled "Waspinator is gonna tear off Kickbot's legs." he said as both insecticons stood over Kickback glaring down at him, Kickback only glared back as Inferno pointed his blaster at his face chuckling evily.