Dreads

The Dreads are a Decepticon assassination team, and supporting antagonists of ''Dark of the Moon. ''Their members include Hatchet, Crankcase and Crowbar.

History
After the Autobots revived Sentinel Prime, according to Megatron's plan, he ordered the Dreads to retrieve him from the Autobots. Chasing the Autobots down a highway, the Dreads attacked, with Crowbar tossing Seymour Simmons out of his car as he bounded ahead to knock over a highway sign for the other two to use as a ramp. Hatchet and Crankcase leaped to attack, only for the Autobots to break suddenly and deploy their Stealth Force mode. Hatchet was targeted by the Autobot Dino, who embedded his anchored blades into the Decepticon's back, and corralled Hatchet into the firing line of Bumblebee and Sideswipe. After Hatchet was pounded with Autobot ordnance, Dino tossed the Decepticon into the oncoming side of the highway, where he slammed into a passing car and was destroyed.

The survivors were eventually confronted by Ironhide, who stopped them in their tracks with a head-on collision, backed up by Sideswipe. Unlikely to match the Autobots, Crankcase and Crowbar dropped their ranged weapons, but as soon as the Autobots followed suit, the Dreads deployed hidden explosive spears and attacked, injuring Ironhide. Sideswipe managed to deflect the spear thrown at him and tossed his gun to Ironhide, who used it to destroy Crowbar before turning on Crankcase. Crankcase was impaled in the face with Crowbar's spear, thrown onto an abandoned car and destroyed after Ironhide kicked the resulting wreckage into a nearby auto shop.