The teleport was expected, really. As soon as he saw that it was Skywarp, Mirage had known they would only get one shot at him before he did it and got the jump on them. The tackle from Cliffjumper, however, was not.

::Gah! What-!:: Mirage staggered as he was tackled, hitting the wall on his nearly-blind side. Then Skywarp was upon them...complete with a hostage, all but dangling from a massive hand.

Stupid, stupid minibot!

He glared down Skywarp as well as he could with a half-shattered optic. His rifle was impotently pointed toward the ground, still angled from when he'd been shoved. He didn't dare yet make a move.

"...Skywarp. Always a pleasure."

It only took a moment to plan. His antivirals had done what they could. His invisiblity mod was still mostly affected, mostly through the timing componants and cooling systems. He'd burn the thing out if he tried to use it for more than a minute at a time, without Ratchet's repairs.

"Very well."

Luckily, he didn't need a minute.

Letting his gun drop to the floor, he used it as a distraction to go flicker out of sight - and moved in.