It's not the first time Rampage has seen someone try to use another as a shield. It's just the first time someone has tried to use someone he actually likes against him. The attempt makes his rage boil higher and he steps closer, ready to punch his way through First Aid if he has to.

Then something happens. His spark flickers, throbs, and for a moment, just a moment, it contracts to a single point. His optics go wide then gutter out, his knees collapse, and he falls face first onto the ground.

It feels like dying.

Then with a crackle of pain and energy, his spark does what it always does: keeps on sparking. It burns but then he's spent so much time burning. He lets the pain fuel his rage and from the ground he launches himself at Tarn's leg. His faceplate splits open along its jagged central design revealing rows upon rows of jagged teeth, primed to sink into the sweet metal of Tarn's knee.