Thread:SonictheHedgehog1245/@comment-26897822-20170123204417/@comment-24908786-20170125004815

True, but as far as Chrysalis and the Swarm knew, Thorax was a traitor, and showing his face in the hive again would have been a death sentence for him. It's lucky that he was able to outwit them until he reached the throne room disguised as Starlight and found both the throne and the cocoons containing everyone before a flaw in his disguise blew his cover.