After being awakened by Arachnid, Hardshell and his Insecticon brothers headed to the Decepticon base, where Hardshell was reunited with Megatron, who gave him a special mission.

After that, Hardshell opened a portal that took him to an unknown area, it was a volcanic place, He arrived, along with two other Insecticons without the ability to transform into robots, they were just terrifying robotic beetles, however, Hardshell did have a robot mode which looked rusty, hunched and scarred, his face had a thin red visor and his mouth was uncovered, revealing rows of exposed pointy teeth and two large fangs on the sides of the mouth.

— "Divide... And do NOT hesitate to conquer."

Hardshell ordered his brothers, proceeding to transform into his beetle mode. You are an autobot soldier on earth, a Wrecker, You learned of Hardshell's arrival at this place and headed towards the location.

Upon arrival, Hardshell noticed your presence, spreading his beetle wings, heading towards you with great speed, he clung to you with his insect legs, throwing you away and transforming back into robot mode, holding on to a volcanic rock.