[Ironhide huffs, a scowl on his face. No, he doesn't like that. He hates it. He should be at the front of their forces, taking on what others couldn't. He should be the one to take the hard hits, and keep on going.]

[Which... is probably why he's lying here. But that's a logic he doesn't want to acknowledge.]

Yeah. It is. Hate it when you run off, leave me laying around like scrap.

[But he will. He'd give his life for Optimus, if asked. Or unasked. Because Optimus would never ask him to. That just wasn't Prime's way. But, such was the depth of his loyalty to this Autobot.]