It was a gloomy and rainy day in the outskirts of Crown City, in a abandoned steel mill was the Decepticon hideout for Steeljaw and some other Decepticons he found. The Decepticons were—Fracture (Decepticon bounty hunter with multiple personality disorder), Clampdown (a nervous wreck), Thunderhoof (Cybertron's most influential crime boss who talks like a 1950's movie Mafia boss), Underbite (adrenaline junkie), Chop Shop (Australian) and finally Steeljaw (the leader).

In the hideout everyone was doing their own things, Fracture was cleaning his knives while talking to himself, Clampdown was reading stolen human magazines, Thunderhoof was standing underneath the roof watching the rain fall while smoking a cybertronian cigar, Underbite was chewing on metal, Chop Shop was taking something apart and putting it back together and Steeljaw was making plans and being his usual brooding self.