Optimus looked at the creature with a reluctance, "if we must fight, so be it" he readied himself for combat.

However, it was not the creature that charged first. It was Megatron, who used the Dark Energon to perice through the sheild and tackle Prime. "I have waited to long for a chance to destroy you!" He shouted, "and I am not about to be outclassed by an insect" he tried to rip out Optimus's optics, however was being equally held back by the prime. 

Decepticon flyers started targeting the cybuster, their machine guns peppering it with fire. They would shoot the interlopers out of the air.