Optimus nodded, still seeming too shocked to form words for the time being, and Megatron's gaze was pulled towards a black blur that was charging towards the predacon.

Deepdrive stopped a few feet short of the predacon, offering him a few small glowing spheres, "Hello Mr. Predacon, I'm Deepdrive and aren't you the coolest." She cooed, and suddenly the room was now filled with an entirely different kind of shock.

Even the predacon seemed surprised as he took a moment to sniff the spheres before eating them, Deepdrive pulling out more from the inside of her servo and offering them again. "Aren't you a good boy."

Bulkhead spoke up again, "Are those energon goodies?" he asked, Deepdrive nodded, focus still on the predacon.

"Where the pit did you get those, we searched you when you got here?" He asked.

Deepdrive smiled lightly, "I have a secret stash that I've been hoarding, yes I do, yes I do."

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Later Megatron and the others, excluding Deepdrive and Shockwave who were still with the predacon, were in the Officer's mess hall eating energon.

Bulkhead spoke first, "So, who's up for finding Deepdrive's stash of energon goodies?"

That gained everyone's attention quickly. Everyone liked energon goodies, and none of them had had any since before the war.

Arcee pondered, "I'm in, but where would we even start?"

KnockOut joined in, "Well, the stash may have originally been on the Nemesis, but we can't cross out the Autobot base either, she could have moved it."

Bumblebee nodded before asking, "How big could this stash be anyway?"

Megatron turned to face the group properly, "Considering that she requested that her med-bay be in an abandoned goodie factory before Cybertron… My guess would be a lot."

They turned to Megatron in surprise not expecting him to join in.

Arcee nodded, "Well that narrows it down at least a little bit, where ever it is, has to be large enough to store a large stash."

Dreadwing also decided to join in, "That still doesn't narrow it down too much,"

Soundwave's monotone voice shocked everyone, "Previous statement: false. Deepdrive's time missing during the meeting: Two point three cycles. Taking Deepdrive's maximum speed into account: Stash location limited to these possible locations." Soundwave highlighted sections of the ship on his visor in red.

Wheeljack smirked, "You're helping us out to get back at Deepdrive for what she did earlier, aren't you? I heard 'bout that." He spoke referring to how Deepdrive had forcefully put Soundwave into recharge earlier. Soundwave didn't respond.

"That is if she hasn't moved it already," KnockOut pointed out.

Smokescreen shook his head, "Deepdrive wouldn't be able to carry it all by herself," he said remembering her small frame.

KnockOut chuckled, "Because Deepdrive is unable to convince to convince the vehicons to help her." He said sarcastically, "Isn't it obvious by now that they all love her?"

Ratchet snorted, remembering Deepdrive cooing over her vehicon patients in the med-bay, and them all beaming at what he considered hollow affection.

Optimus also surprised everyone by joining in, "But wouldn't that mean revealing the stash's location to the vehicons?"

Ultra Magnus followed suit, "From what I've been informed, she may be willing to offer some to them to keep them quiet."

Soundwave spoke again, "Negative. Presence of predacon: Increases Deepdrive's motivation to ration energon goodies. Alternate suggestion: Stash possibly transferred to area vehicons do not have the authorization to access." Soundwave highlighted more areas on his map.

Optimus had an idea, "Soundwave, could you search for energy signatures matching the energon goodies?"

Soundwave nodded, before highlighting in green another section of the ship on his map. Everyone got excited for a moment until Dreadwing shook his head.

"That's Shockwave's lab, where he keeps the predacon, Deepdrive's probably there feeding him some of the goodies right now. She must be keeping them somewhere shielded from Soundwave's scans. She seems to have taken a lot of care in hiding her stash." He said. Soundwave considered this for a moment, before removing a few sections from the highlighted area.

Arcee smiled lightly, "Can you blame her?"

Optimus and Megatron smiled at each other, before turning back to the group.

"Well then, let's begin searching the highlighted areas," Megatron started.

"We shall split into these groups…" Optimus continued.

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Everyone returned back to the mess hall in shame. They had all found nothing. They were all soldiers, and none of them had even found a single clue. All the areas highlight on Soundwave's map had been ruled out, leaving them all dumbfounded on what to do next.

It was Megatron who proposed the next idea, "Soundwave, why don't you spy on Deepdrive so we can catch her collecting the goodies from the stash herself.

Soundwave nodded, ejecting Laserbeak from his chest and sent her out to search for Deepdrive, displaying the video footage on his visor.

Laserbeak found Deepdrive walking through the halls and managed to follow her without being caught, unfortunately, it didn't last long as when Deepdrive turned a corner she saw Laserbeak on the edge of her vision.

"Hey 'Beak, have you been following me?" She asked smiling. Everyone on the other side of the feed dropped in resignation.

Laserbeak chirped back at Deepdrive.

Deepdrive narrowed her optics in mock suspicion, "Have you heard about the energon goodies? Fine, I'll give you some, but you'll have to promise not to tell the other's where the stash is."

Suddenly, everyone perked up with hope, eager to see the stash's location, before the video feed suddenly closed off.

"What!" Megatron roared, slamming his fist on the table in front of him.

Bulkhead just stared, completely shocked, "Did, that just happen?

Arcee had to smirk a little at the irony, "Laserbeak got bribed. If only we knew that was even possible sooner."

Optimus, who had been pondering, spoke up "Then perhaps we should send someone who cannot be bribed.

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The kids were a little disappointed that the first time they had been invited on board the nemesis was so that they would spy on Deepdrive for everyone. They couldn't complain too much though, this was all way too awesome. They were on the nemesis, orbiting Cybertron, galaxies away from home.

They definitely couldn't complain.

Following Deepdrive was easier than they thought it would be. As in it was no problem at all because on sight Deepdrive had picked them up and gone on about showing them a predercon or something.

As cool as things were so far, the predacon was definitely the icing on the cake.

"Is that a dragon!" Asked Miko, star struck.

Deepdrive looked down at her, "Would you like to feed him?"

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Jack, Rafael and a stunned Miko walked into the officer's mess hall.

"It's in the lab with the dragon," Jack said simply, in a good mood.

"Predacon." Rafael corrected, to which Jack shrugged.

They all stared at the kids. "You're kidding," said Arcee. "She hides the energon goodies, in Shockwave's lab?"

"Yep! And she let me feed some to the Dragon! It was awesome!" Miko beamed.

"Dragon?" Asked Bulkhead, confused.

KnockOut tilted his head, "That doesn't make sense, she hates Shockwave, why would she allow him access of all people?"

Shockwave unlike the last few times this was discussed was now in the room, and stated blatantly, "The adult appreciation of flavored energon is illogical."

The Cybertonians in the room just stared at Shockwave in shock, while the children just stared confused.

There was silence for a few moments.

"You know, I'm beginning to understand why someone like Deepdrive would hate you," said Wheeljack.

Shockwave replied unaffected, "With opposing personalities it is only logical for conflict."

Bonus:

The team of Autobots and Decepticons and three human children entered Shockwave's lab checking for signs of Deepdrive. When the all-clear was given, Jack pointed to a cabinet behind the predacon. They made a move towards the cabinet, only to hear a loud roar and be pushed back by the predacon's tail. Seeing the issue, the quickly decided that coming back with Shockwave would be the best option if they wanted to keep their limbs.

As they turned around to leave, they were stopped with the image of Deepdrive standing at the doorway, a disappointed look on her face.

"Um..." Bulkhead began, looking at the others.