Mirage would probably very soon realise that something was going on - the Decepticons were definitely moving in a particular direction, and given the ordered chaos, it'd probably give him some extra moments before anyone noticed he was gone.

Well, hopefully.

Cliffjumper found he really didn't like being underwater. It was annoying to move in and pressed down on them and reduced weapons to extremely short-range only. Not that he technically didn't matter; he was all for fighting up close and personal, and when the Decepticreeps came out to defend their ship he had something to focus on.

But water wasn't air, and even trying to take it into account left him miscalculating... at least that went for Drag Strip as well.