Shortly indeed, as Shockwave's finishing up his conversation with Brainstorm - the other has a few good ideas, and many more that would be troubling to anyone with a moral code. He'll have to keep one eye on him when he can, but something makes him think Nautica is far more likely to voice a complaint.

So when he finds someone in his lab, standing over his datapads, Shockwave's first instinct is anger. But then it registers who it is, and anger fades into amusement and joy.

"I'm beginning to regret teaching you how to apply what you've learned, Skids."

But god, is he happy to see you.