As far as handling the actual rescue/escape/etc scene, do you want to play it that Cardoom just gets separated from the others? As you may remember, Duskwing has already turned the humans loose from their collars and cage.

Or do you want Daniel to get separated from everyone else, so we can remove NPC'd Soundwave and the cassettes from play, too? That's going to make the Decepticons aboard the Express unhappy, but I don't think there's a solution to the current mess that will make everyone happy.