He orders the others to help Sari in this, while he and Prowl take to the skies. Sari then offers to join them, and cuts off Optimus's 'No, Sari-' with a rant about how she's always being told it's 'too dangerous' for her to help, leaving her embarrassed when Prime says he was going to tell her to help protect the humans. Prowl then reinforces his leader's faltering confidence by promising to accompany him. Ratchet says that they need to launch an aerial assault with the Magnus Hammer, but Optimus Prime is a little unsure. Unfortunately, it will only last for so long. Fortunately, the force field goes up and protects the building. In Detroit, the Lugnuts turn and open fire on Sumdac Tower. However, Shockwave is still working on finding the necessary security patches from Arcee's memory banks, and tells Megatron in an amused tone that he'll have to filter all orders for the clones through Lugnut. Lugnut pontificates on the greatness of Megatron rather than getting it done, leading the annoyed Decepticon leader to ask Shockwave if he can control the clones directly yet. Aboard the main Lugnut Supreme, Megatron decides to start the field test with Sumdac Tower. Bumblebee wonders what they are, and Ratchet assumes that Megatron repurposed Starscream's cloning technology to make clones of Omega Supreme.
Outside the plant, the Autobots observe the Lugnut Supremes hovering above Detroit.