He still couldn't say he expected to hear a voice come out of Bumblebee's mouth, even with him as a human. Barricade surveys his work for a few moments while his opponent gawks at it. After a few more moments he finally pulls himself into a sitting position, tail lashing from side to side. If nothing else, he caught Bumblebee off-guard. The wounds would heal, he knows, but still.

Little victories.

Barricade looks up at Bumblebee, eyes narrowed. Then, he finally speaks, voice its normal, deep snarl even coming out of the body of a tiny cat. "Good. That was the idea."