With Rodimus finally out of the way Ultra Magnus can focus entirely on getting Optimus down, which still isn't that easy a task. He hadn't realized how deep some of those sword cuts had been till Optimus had started beating his arms with his free arm. He was leaking energon and that was not exactly a good sign right now.

When Prime's leg gave way, Ultra Magnus was thrown off balance as well. The moment's stumbling wasn't enough to throw him off though, not now that they were so close. repositioned his grip on Optimus' arm, leaning hard onto his weak side in an attempt to force him into the ground.

"Optimus. Please, for your own safety stand down."