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Seizing the opportunity presented to them, Soundwave and Devastator made their move. Soundwave quickly injected the unsuspecting Lancex with the first of the viruses he had created. Devastator then picked both Jazz and Lancex up. Jazz found himself face to face with the evil combiner. "Don't do anything, you vile Autobot or Lancex dies" Devastator spoke to the smaller bot. All alone and with no back up, Jazz had no choice but to leave once he was not so gently slammed onto the ground.
At that point, Soundwave took the out of it bot over his own shoulder and then rode atop Devastator, taking Lancex with them. Unable to do anything let alone save Lancex, Jazz ran back to the base,for now grateful that he was left online, but not forgetting that his fellow Autobot brethren had been stolen by the cons. Jazz hoped that Lancex could be saved before something evil happened to the bot.
Meanwhile, completely unaware of all that had occurred due to having been in recharge, Optimus and Grimlock were puzzled and annoyed when they woke from recharge and Lancex was nowhere to be found. "This is you pr fault" Grimlock charged. "You don't belong here."
"This entire base is under my leadership, I go where I am needed" Optimus stated, not really feeling like picking a fight with the dinobot but not wanting the dinobot to think he leader was weak. "Besides, I think you need to give up, as I saw him first."
"You're not being a leader, you're being juvenile. Besides, I carried him first, you back off, Prime" Grimlock shot back. He was a fierce defender of what he thought was his. And this was no exception.
Optimus had a bit of a processor ache, as he hadn't recharged well thanks to the berth being makeshift, and so was not exactly in the mood for all of this. "He needs someone to love and care for him. All you want to do is frag him senseless and have him carry your brats as all you care about is mating with him" Optimus answered, clearly annoyed. He actually loved sparklings, but his processor ache made him grumpy.
Grimlock glared at Optimus at that with a death like glare. "At least I am strong enough to take care of myself and defend those I love. You are too soft on your enemies, you always let them live and give them a chance to cause more harm" Grimlock growled before roaring loudly in frustration. He didn't want to fight with the Prime, but Grimlock wasn't going to back down either.
Optimus was about to retort yet again when a worrisome communication came across the comm. "attention all Auotbots. This is Jazz and this is not a drill. The Decepticons have captured Lancex. Repeat, the cons have Lancex. We need all available bots to help rescue him" Jazz announced, hoping that they wouldn't be too late to save the bot.
