As the group searched the underground citadel of Vos, strangely enough, it was Crash who found the special gloves, tucked away in an abandoned building nowhere near the temple of primus or the building that had housed the suspended animation device. Crash had been paired with Armor to look, much to Armor's chagrin. "I think I found them" Crash stated.
"Are you serious?" Armor asked, as she didn't believe Crash.
"See, these look special, don't they?" Crash asked, showing the strange gloves he had found.
Armor sighed. Go figure, it would have to be Crash that found them. "Where did you find them?" Armor asked.
"Come, I'll show you" Crash stated, and reluctantly, Armor followed, only her curiosity driving her to see the place. "Here it is."
Armor looked around the strange looking place. It looked like Wheeljack's laboratory where everything had been blown up or had self-destructed. Armor tried to make sense of this, but could only guess that the seekers must have had a scientist much like Wheeljack for this mess to be here. "I guess I can see why this area was enclosed" Armor stated.
"Why is that?" Crash asked.
"Because the sight of this would have put a blemish on the whole pristine look of the Citadel. And it would make sense that a special set of gloves would be located in such a lab setting" armor replied.
"Cool. Now let's find the others" Crash replied.
Armor was relieved, and she had feared Crash would try to kiss her or worse while they had been assigned alone together to look for these gloves. "Let's go, kid" Armor stated.
"Hey, I am no youngling, thank you very much. I am a young adult" Crash stated emphatically.
"Then start acting like one" Armor stated, pushing him towards the door, as she sensed danger.
"Why are you pushing me?" Crash asked suddenly.
"Because you aren't moving fast enough" Armor stated, alarm in her voice. Crash realized that Armor wasn't pushing him to push him, she sensed some kind of danger and he began to move faster. She quickly followed. And it was just after they left the area, the room imploded from a device that had not yet self-destructed. Both Armor and Crash were relieved to be safe.
The others in the area stopped their searching when they heard the blast, as they feared bots were either hurt or killed. The others raced back to the area, only to find Armor and Crash safe and the special gloves in hand. "Are you two ok?" Nightfall asked.
"Never better" Crash stated in his usual brashness.
"We are safe, Nightfall, thank you for your concern. We had found an old scientist's laboratory and explored it, as that was where Crash said he found these gloves you see. They look not like your usual gloves. Could these be what you have been searching for to take care of that orb?" Armor asked.
Nightfall examined the gloves, but wasn't sure. He gave them to his mate, Sunsetter. "Do you think these are it?" Nightfall asked.
"How should I know, Stingray was the scientist of the bunch" Sunsetter retorted before handing the gloves off to Stingray.
Stingray looked at the gloves, wanting to thoroughly examine them. "These are it" she stated.
"Great, now can we get rid of that thing" Crash stated.
"Patience, young one. This must be done safely" Stunray stated, trying to calm down the excitable young mech.
"He's right, you know, Crash" Burst stated, "this task has to be done carefully or we could put this whole place, including ourselves, in suspended animation." Crash shut up at that, as he didn't want to be in suspended animation. Armor was just glad Crash shut up.
Stingray carefully placed the gloves on her hands. "Since I helped invent it, I will move it" she revealed.
The seekers weren't shocked, but the grounders were. "You invented that thing?" Burst asked.
"With the help from other scientists, yes. I was part of the group that worked on it and tested it. They saved me as they knew if we returned from suspended animation, they would need someone who knew how to work it to take care of it" Stingray revealed.
They carefully made their way back to the area where the orb was. It's dazzling, beautiful light belied just how dangerous it was. Stingray carefully put on the special gloves and them grabbed the orb in a strange manner, as if she knew where the least dangerous parts were to hold it. She then flew up in her robot form and flew away for a bit, transferring the orb to a secret, safe location that she didn't want any of the others to know about, as this safe area contained various dangerous results of experiments go wrong. She placed the orb in the area and then locked it up again before returning to the others.
"It is done" she stated.
"What is done?" Crash asked.
"The orb is in a safe place where no one will find it" Stingray replied.
"Good" Burst stated, "the last thing we need is a few rogue bots being able to find that and then using it on others."
"Rogue bots? I thought you said the war was over. Was I wrong?" Nightfall asked.
"No, you are not wrong. The war is over, however, not all the Decepticons, as they called themselves, were captured or destroyed. Some remain on the loose, the most dangerous among them are the Con seekers Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp" Burst stated.
"I recognize those names" Stingray stated.
"You do?" Sheetrock asked.
"Yes, they were the youngest set of sparklings sparked to our eldest grandson, Shark. They were stolen in sparklinghood" Stunray stated, shocking all who heard.
"You are related to them?" Burst asked.
"Yes, we are" Stingray stated, saddened to hear what happened to her precious great-grandsparklings. "They were Shark's last gift, as he died sparking them." The others remained silent, unsure what to say. Things had just gotten stranger for all.