International Incident, Part 3: Hawk Among The Sparrows Somewhere in the United States, Bumblebee tries to get Thundercracker to help the Autobots in North Korea. Thundercracker doesn’t want to join the Autobots and thinks that Bumblebee is grasping at straws, but Bumblebee eventually convinces him to join, reminding him of his elite soldier heritage that came with being a Seeker .
Back at Skywatch headquarters, Brawn gripes to Red Alert and Silverstreak about not going to North Korea. Silverstreak acts snarky and tries to calm him down, but both are told to shut up by human soldier Pennington. A comrade, Sandra voices her concerns about Brawn and the illegal operation they’re doing (harboring Cybertronians), but Pennington brushes it off.
In North Korea, the Combaticons rejoice in the aft-kicking they gave the Autobots. Vortex wishes they'd come back so he could "scrap 'em", but is then promptly smashed out of the hangar by Optimus Prime, who drives through one wall and out the other. Outside, Skywatch and the other Autobots try and cut off his helicopter blades.
Up in space, spaceship-Autobot Cosmos hacks a spy satellite to broadcast loops so the Autobots can fight in robot mode. Receiving Cosmos' go-ahead, Prime transforms and punches Onslaught in the mouth. The others are beaten away by Vortex, who tries to escape but is thrown back on the ground by Thundercracker. As they fight, Onslaught compares his work with the North Koreans to Optimus' with the Americans, but Prime replies that he is working to promote peace, not assist with their wars. With Thundercracker's help, Optimus gets Onslaught on his knees, but before he can finish, the Predacons show up, declaring the battle has come too close to the "great Republic of China".
