Arcee raised her helm to look at the door when it opened and a Vehicon came walking through with two big Energon cubes. He places the cubes before her, "These are for you. They should hold you over for a good while." The Vehicon turned and walked through the door, back into the ship.

Arcee looked at the cubes as she played over the last thing he said about them holding her over. Truth be told just one of them can hold her over for a while, she doesn't need two. She looks over at the Predacon and wonders when it last had any Energon. She's not sure why she's so concerned over a creature that has intentions to kill her, probably because she just witnessed Starscream treating it so rudely and being so brutal with it, she's not sure.

Either way, she knows she doesn't need two big cubes of Energon and she doesn't know what else to do with the other cube. She notices that it's still asleep, or appears to be, so she quietly gets up and takes one of the cubes. She moves as quietly as possible over to the sleeping Predacon and places the cube in front of it.

Just as she places it on the ground the Predacon opens its optics. It lets out a ferocious growl and Arcee falls to her knees and positions herself to show it she means no harm. She lets go of the cube and puts her hands up, "I mean you no harm, I just wanted to give you some Energon." She carefully backs away while keeping her optics on the beast in front of her. She's not sure why she's so concerned for it but she does know for certain that if she is to survive this ordeal she must get on the Predacon's good side and earn its trust.

The Predacon looks at the cube of Energon she had just placed in front of it and sniffs it. It then looks back up at the femme and growls at her again. "They just gave me the Energon cubes, gave me two of them. All I need is one so I thought I'd give the other one to you in case you haven't had any and needed some."

The Predacon's growls subsided to low rumbles as it looked down at the cube again. It doesn't trust this femme, but her actions of kindness...

Something starts brewing inside the beast as it thinks of the kindness this femme has been showing it, a foreign instinct it's never felt before and not used to. It glances up at her again before it dips its head down to take a drink from the cube, just one little drink to test it out. Once it realized she didn't do anything to it it drank up the Energon until there was nothing left.

It looks back up to the femme and gives a low growl of appreciation and gratitude just before the door opens and Shockwave walks out. The one optic mech observed the Predacon before turning to face Arcee who just stood up, "You're still intact I see."

Arcee folds her arms as she glares at the mech, "Yes, I am. Did you think I would be in pieces?"

"I thought you would at least be missing a limb or two."

"Well, sorry to disappoint you."

Shockwave just ignores her remark as he looks at the Predacon again. He notices the empty Energon cube and starts putting things together, "You gave him Energon I see."

"Him?" Arcee raises an optic ridge as confusion sets in, "That thing can be different genders?"

"Predacons can be male or female just like ordinary Cybertronians can."

"And this one is a male?"

"Yes."

Arcee looks at the Predacon apologetically, she had been calling him an it and a beast and all other things and not once considered that maybe 'it' could be a him or a she. But being a male would make sense with the size, males are usually a lot bigger than females.

"Did you give him the Energon?"

Arcee looks back at Shockwave as she tries to gather herself from the revelation, "Yes. I was given two cubes to last me a good while but my small frame can last a while on just one. So I gave it to him, I thought it - he - might need it."

"So, you're trying to get on his good side by being kind to him so he doesn't tear you apart."

"It's called surviving."

"That is logical and very clever. Seems you'll come out of this whole thing in one piece."

"I'm a lot tougher than you think. Or did you forget that I shot out your optic and escaped your lab?"

"I did not forget. It's why you're here, remember?"

Before anything else could be said between the two the Predacon moved to get between them and growled slightly at Shockwave. This surprised all three of them. The Predacon was surprised he growled at his creator, the one who gave him life. But something in him pushed him to do it, to protect this femme, for some reason.

"It would seem your plan is working, he's starting to get protective of you."

Arcee didn't say anything, she just looked at the Predacon in disbelief. Did she really change his prospect of her by just giving him Energon?

"I must get back to the lab. I'll return later." Shockwave walked through the door and the door closed leaving Arcee and the Predacon alone again.

The Predacon lays back down and watches Arcee as she moves back to the corner she had been in earlier. She sits down, takes the Energon cube, and starts drinking it. The Predacon lays his head down and closes his optics to go back into stasis.

After a few sips of the Energon, Arcee puts the cube down and closes her optics as well, not to go into stasis just to rest them. She keeps playing what happened through her processor, still in disbelief that the Predacon was protecting her. As they say, kindness goes a long way.

Not long afterward, Starscream comes back in the apex armor, thinking it would save him from the beast. Arcee opens her optics and laughs at the way Starscream looks, "You look so stupid in that, Starscream."

Starscream just rolls his optics as he walks over to the Predacon. The Predacon opens his optics and looks up at him sleepily.

"Okay, now in you go." The Predacon stands and roars and Starscream laughs, "Do your worst. The apex armor is virtually --" Before he could finish the Predacon grabbed him by the arm and started swinging him around.

Arcee could hear Starscream screaming inside the armor and she laughed some more. She can't help but find it humorous to see Starscream like this. She watches as the Predacon throws Starscream and he collides with the wall just above the door and then falls to the ground. The Predacon stands over him, glaring down at him as he gets a call from Megatron.

"Starscream, are you with the beast?"

"Yes, master. We've been reviewing attack maneuvers. He's doing quite well."

Arcee covers her mouth as she laughs some more then murmurs, "Like getting your aft kicked?"

But Starscream hears her and he sends a glare her way which only makes her snicker.

"One of the excavation teams has failed to report in," Megatron announces which causes Arcee to stop laughing and listen. She knows that if one of their teams has stopped reporting in it means some of her teammates had been at the place and took out the Decepticons that were there. They must be there to look for Predacon fossils.

She doesn't feel bad in the slightest that they're looking for Predacon fossils instead of trying to save her because she knows that making sure Project Predacon is stopped is top priority, they must stop Shockwave from making more Predacons before it's too late. She just wishes she could get in contact with them to inform them of what she has learned, even if it is only a little bit. 

She also knows they're trying their best to find her and save her but with the threat of a Predacon army at hand it's becoming difficult. But she knows they're worried about her and wants to get her back, especially after Shockwave told her that the two he was fighting were asking about her and demanding to know what they have done to her. 

Also, they're like a family and they worry about each other.

"I shall descend my seeker armada immediately and dis--"

"I would prefer that you lead our newly returned asset on this mission so that we may see if our Predacon is as adept at fetching bones as it is at hunting Autobots."

Arcee listened on in terror, this Predacon will tear them apart. If only she could find a way to contact them and warn them.

Two Vehicons come walking out of the ship with Soundwave and go over to Arcee, "We've been instructed to take you to Lord Megatron," one of the Vehicons tells her. She stands up and follows them inside as her concern for her teammates and friends grows. She hopes they'll be alright.