During the drop-off and processing of the Destructix, Zobotnik spoke with Zonic over the nature of their arrest and was advised to keep an eye on them as they were associates of Scourge. Zobotnik guaranteed Zonic they would stay in line, and he then left to investigate another incident. The next day, the Warden called his "prize prisoner" into his office, where he questioned Scourge's relationship with the Destructix. He then showed him footage of the Destructix getting arrested, hoping that it would scare Scourge away from them. After Scourge assured him he would go to him if things got out of hand, the Warden believed that he had finally broken Scourge, unaware that his thoughts were quite the contrary.