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As Megatron was planning things with Soundwave, an alarm went off. Megatron seemed to sense that this was due to the Autobots nearby. "You go protect our captive, I will keep Optimus busy" Megatron stated. Soundwave nodded and headed for the med bay while Megatron headed out, unaware this was exactly according to the plan of the Autobots. And so, Megatron was distracted by fighting Optimus.

And as that was going on, Grimlock and his group of bots were swimming towards the base. It was the only way to get to the door. Fortunately, it didn't take long and they soon were in the base. "That was too easy" Ratchet said.

"What do you mean?" Grimlock asked, not quite as aware of the danger as Optimus.

"We are in for trouble. The cons would never let us in this easily unless they were planning something for us…. Likely something with Soundwave" Ratchet stated. Grimlock nodded and took note. He had one goal in mind – grab Lancex and escape. Well, that was two, but he thought of them as one and the same. And so, carefully, the bots headed into the base, always ready to fight just in case.

In yet another part of the base, Lancex was weak from struggling and the forced overload but he was struggling to find a way out. Unfortunately, all he found down this hallway was a dead end where the seekers resided. Starscream, who had refused to go out with Megatron, smirked as he saw the lost and weak bot. Thinking with his below the belt brain, Starscream tried to seize the lost bot, but thanks to a mastered skill of the Yamato sword, Lancex easily defeated the pompous seeker. Lancex felt weaker and hoped that help was on its way.

Soundwave had no reached the med bay and noticed that the captured bot was gone from the area, but Soundwave figured that Lancex couldn't have gotten far and so Soundwave headed out, not just yet telling Megatron about this.

Before Soundwave could reach Lancex, the bot collapsed in a familiar hallway, as the bot had been going in circles. But instead of hitting the ground, Lancex was caught by Ratchet. Grimlock shot the medic a dirty look. Ratchet quickly handed Lancex over to Grimlock, who threw Lancex over his shoulder and headed out. And just after the Autobots left the base, Soundwave discovered two things – Lancex was gone and Starscream was in temporary stasis lock. Soundwave commed Megatron, as this news needed to be relayed. Megatron would not be happy when he finally received the comm.

Unaware of what had occurred , Optimus was still fighting the foul con leader. Grimlock wasn't planning to comm Optimus, but Ratchet realized that both Lancex and Grimlock would need transport to head back to the base. Ratchet commed Optimus and updated the leader. Optimus and crew headed out to meet up with Ratchet and the others. It was going to be an interesting journey back to the base. For now, Megatron could wait, but the injured needed to get back and soon.