The blast that Shrapnel had caused when he self-detonated himself had sent Patriot flying for at least forty feet and crashing into the sides of several buildings. The explosion had packed quite a wallop and it had hurt. He pulled himself away from the crater he had made in the building, and flew back towards the metallic monstrosity. He had an idea and would test it out. He closed the distance between him and the villain, reaching out to grab Shrapnel. He grabbed onto the villain as he was distracted by Fenrir. He began to focus his energy manipulation to try and draw from the power of the villain and drain him of his energy. It was very slow but he felt the villain's power begin to seep out from his body as Patriot absorbed it. Shrapnel quickly realized what was going on and punched both Patriot and Fenrir with powerful blows and sent them flying off of him.

Patriot flew back for about several feet and tumbled to the ground. He got back as he could while dazed a bit, and went over to his team to tell him his plan. 

"I have a plan, my energy manipulation powers can drain him of his energy, but it takes a while and I have to be holding onto him and have concentrate on doing draining the energy for it to work. You guys need to try and keep restrained while I try to drain his power" Thomas told his teammates. He hoped that plan would work and that the team would be okay with it. His plan would possibly guarantee of not having to beat the villain with the use of superior strength and possible excessive force.