Onslaughts over shield absorbed the damage from the heat vision, although it did drop significantly. Before he could open fire, Swindle walked in front of this, whispering "let me handle this ..." He then spoke to the other people, "sorry about that, we can be a bit rough on the outside, always wanting a fight, and well ..." he looked at Brawl, "not all that smart." He proceeded to put away his gun, encouraging the others to do the same. They did, reluctantly, and waited for Swindle to proceed. "We merely wanted to go to our Autobot foes and declare a truce, you see. We have been put on a new world, and it is not in our best interests to be fighting everywhere we go. So can you take us to their base, we will go under flag of truce" he finished.