during the fight, shadow striker intervenes to help flamewar, causing cyclonus to get badly injured and escape. searching for an advice, megatron consults termagax, the original leader of the ascenticons, but she is still not interested in returning, causing megatron to push his own agenda. elita-1 teaches bumblebee about his newfound position. after cyclonus told chromia about his encounter, she decides to find flamewar and shadow striker on her own terms, even without orion's permission.