Once again, I don't own anything... A big THANK YOU for Starseeded for letting me dabble in her universe, okay on with the story.

*Means Kup's native language.*

Time: Around when Hot Rod drives back to the base in the last chapter.

Somewhere in space, on a jungle planet, a figure shut off his hidden communicator and groaned, *Primus I am getting too old for slag like this!*

"Kup," said Ultra Magnus over he's hand com, "Please report to my quarters."

He sighed, as pouring rain outside made it's way into he's tent, finally he muttered *Back to playing the crusty, old, Autobot.* He could almost hear Mirage and the twins saying, *You're crusty and old anyway, Kup!*

In Ultra Magnus's ten…I mean quarters….

"What's up lad?" asked Kup even though he had a very good idea what it was.

"We finally made contact with Prime's group," stated Ultra Magnus as began to explain, Kup's mind drifted off in thought as he kept one audio on what Magnus was saying, 'King A'kir never trusted that slagging traitor, even if he was he's mate's brother! If my memory serves me right, he started a personal file on him and Queen Adrena continued adding to the file after her parents' so called 'accidental death'. The lad said he saw that file the night before the attack and that his mother stored it in the high security vault. If the lass can stand making another trip back home...'

"KUP!" yelled Ultra Magnus.

"What?" he asked startled as Ultra Magnus fumed at him; while Springer and Blurr laughed in the background. "I said Blaster wants to know if you know anything about Shockwave or Hot Rod?"

Kup hesitated before answering, "The only thing I can tell you is that Shockwave must not know that Hot Rod is still alive, at least not yet. If he finds out, he will use any means necessary to kill the lad."

Magnus frowned, he was about to ask what he meant by not yet, instead he said "Are you sure, can't you tell me anything else?"

"Not at the moment, but Icy Road might be able to gain some information on Shockwave," said Kup.

"Where?" he asked, "Every intelligence officer we have, including Mirage, has not been able to find anything on him!"

"Oh," he answered, "Icy Road came up with something a few cycles ago, she and Hot Rod were working on a little project…," waving he's hand, "anyway, I can give Icy directions to get to it and with her little device, she should be able to gain access and transmit the information back to me," 'after she goes through it to change names, places, positions, and terms to make it a more Cybertronian friendly ,' he thought.

"How many times did her invention exploded before it worked?" asked Springer from outside the tent, and then he as well as Blurr burst into laughter once more, even Ultra Magnus chuckled though he tried to sound stern, "Stop, listening in soldiers!"

"Yes, Ultra Magnus," they said not the least bit sorry.

'I should have never allowed Wheeljack to watch them when they were young, particularly her,' he thought as he growled out, "Four times."

"I'm sorry Kup," said Ultra Magnus, "She's a great healer, nearly on par with Ratchet, but…"

"'rewithWheeljack!" finished Blurr.

"BLURR!" yelled Ultra Magnus as the two young Autobots made a hasty retreat.

"I know," he snapped at the retreating pair, "but Ratchet was not always available to baby-sit while I was helping Ironhide at the Academy! Now, if you will excuse me…I'll go contact Icy!"

As he stalked out, Ultra Magnus couldn't help to wonder, 'What else is he hiding?'

In Kup's tent…err…quarters…

Kup once again groaned as he waited for Icy Road to answer as well as to try to keep water from leaking in with several dirt shape buckets, 'If I live long enough for the twins to free the planet, I am telling Lady Adrena that I am going into immediate retirement! I am too slagging old for this!' he thought, finally he heard a voice saying, *Kup.* Turning he's attention to the communicator, he said, *Princess, I got a little job that I need you to do if you're up to it…*