The holoform nods, and its attention spaces out again in what Rogue has since learned means that Knock Out's pulling back from manipulating it directly to focus attention on his own surroundings. It's several moments before he appears in vehicle mode from the opposite end of the hall, having taken the freight elevator, and the holoform winks out of existence. The corridor is large enough for the sports car, but when he draws near and transforms back to root mode, he has to stay hunched down.

Knock Out runs his hands along the outer rim of the door, his expression set in concentration, searching for any potential weak points. The door was startlingly reinforced, but he understood how it was to open: the center segment would depress, then the two halves would split apart. Tap-tap, tap-tap his claws went on the metal, until he found the invisible parting seam.

Ideally, he'd have applied force by kicking, but there was no room for him to do that when he couldn't stand upright. Instead, he partially transformed one shoulder, tucking thinner planals out of the way, and nodded at Rogue. "Move back," he instructed.

Once she was clear, he drew back and drove his shoulder into the door; the corridor tremored with the force. Another blow followed, then another. The seam, which had been invisible, begins to appear as the metal begins to buckle inward.