Almost at the same time that Sun Cheng patiently waited for Onslaught to install the railgun, in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
Inside a factory complex on the outskirts, Bumblebee, covered in wounds, raised his laser cannon and aimed it at his old rival—Barricade, who lay heavily damaged on the ground. His eyes were filled with contempt.
"...It seems joining the Decepticons hasn't improved your strength much, you shameless traitor..."
Looking down at him, Bumblebee taunted the former Autobot warrior in Cybertronian with utter satisfaction.
"...Don't celebrate too soon, bastard..." His left leg had been severed at the root, and he was pinned to the ground humiliatingly beneath Bumblebee's foot. Barricade's already savage face became even more vicious with frustration and rage.
His gaze flicked toward the laser cannon in Bumblebee's hand, and panic welled up in Barricade's heart.
As an Autobot himself, he knew this former kinsman all too well. Bumblebee was not bloodthirsty, but he showed absolutely no mercy toward traitors. During the Cybertronian Civil War, far too many weak-willed Autobots had defected to the Decepticons, just as Barricade had. As the Autobots' finest spy and intelligence master, one of Bumblebee's missions had been to eliminate those traitors one by one.
That was also one reason why Barricade hated Bumblebee so much. Back on Cybertron, he had been attacked by Bumblebee several times. Had he not been as cunning as a fox, he would have long since become a heap of rusted machinery.
His eyes shifted, and he quickly made a decision. With a cold sneer, he warned, "You're protecting that human, aren't you? Let me guess—he has clues about the [AllSpark] on him?"
Bumblebee looked at him coldly and pressed down even harder with his foot, crushing Barricade's chest.
But to the treacherous Barricade, that seemingly unmoved reaction