as he sees megatron go for the gun and leaps out to grapple with him
he is practicing sparring with a spinning auto-combatant - a very high tech quintain with many arms, legs, and weapons that test the user's skills, and reflexes. hot rod wears sparring gauntlet, and holds a small laser dagger and special shield. as he lowers shield and reacts to dinobot reactions to kup's story.
irked.
as he steps up beside kup and gently pushes kup's rifle aside
he slowly gets up and looks around the chamber.
he stands up and walks towards galvatron.