Pax and Starscream, too? That gets a frown, and is definitely bad news... but at the same time, lucky. If all three of them went missing then it'll be easier to blame whoever took them than their own incompetence. Maybe Megatron could even consider a rescue mission. Especially for Pax. Megatron definitely wants to keep Pax around.

He finds his mood, for the first time since he and Knock Out ran into the cyborgs, brightening.

"He's an ally," Breakdown adds quickly a little eagerly, back to Alternian again. It's true enough, even if it's more in the personal than the military sense. "Small, but pretty useful. And he's got connections that could find out where they took them."

Which is all hopefully enough for Megatron to decide he's worth keeping around and alive.