Sideswipe is in pursuit of Barricade and Frenzy on Interstate 95 in Scramble City. Barricade stops at a secure facility and uses a hologram of a police officer to fool a face-recognition scanner to gain access to the building. Once inside, Frenzy hacks into the computer system. Sideswipe sneaks up on them and attacks Frenzy, crumpling the little Decepticon into a ball. Barricade taunts Sideswipe, but Sideswipe plays it cool, so the Decepticon then throws the balled-up Frenzy at Sideswipe, who bounces him back. Barricade attacks, and the two of them struggle until Barricade uses a coolant line to freeze Sideswipe to a computer bank. The Decepticons leave with stolen NEST defense deactivation codes. Sideswipe breaks off one of his cybertanium blades while freeing himself.