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Completely unaware of all the plans of others, Lancex woke. He was still in pain from having been restrained and from what Megatron had tried to do, but he also woke up feeling much warmer than usual. He onlined his optics and was quite startled at what he saw. On his right, Grimlock was snuggled up close, softly growling. On Lancex's was Optimus, holding Lancex loosely but closely. Lancex, being the dense bot he was, figured the two either were running cold or Lancex himself had been, as it was the only reason Lancex could think of why these two big bots would snuggle with him.

But seeing that he was awake and they weren't, Lancex carefully extracted himself from the situation. He didn't want to wake these two, but Lancex was famished. Finally extracting himself from their grasp, Lancex cleaned up his form and then headed out to get some energon, as the bot was ready to off Megatron alone. He just needed to refuel first, or so he thought.

Now that Lancex was alone with his thoughts, he was trying to figure out why his spark seemed to beat more regularly now that he was away from Optimus and Grimlock. Lancex just figured it was that he was nervous being in the presence of the two leader bots, but that didn't seem to explain everything. Still befuddled, Lancex drank his energon and then headed out to an area where he could practice with his sword. It still hid many secrets, that much he knew, but he hoped to learn a new one today.

Meanwhile, back in the berth room that Lancex left, Optimus and Grimlock woke up and discovered that they were snuggling with each other, as Lancex was gone. The two pushed off each other and the each got up, an easier task for Optimus than Grimlock. "Don't take advantage of me, Prime" Grimlock blurted out.

"Grimlock, no one was trying to take advantage of anyone. We were helping Lancex rest and recover. Obviously he woke before we did. It must mean that he is feeling better and that we helped with that. Come, let's go get energon and then seek out our friend Lancex" Optimus replied, still holding to the truce that they had made.

"And just why would I want to go with you?" Grimlock asked, thinking the truce was now over since Lancex was back.

"I have access that will allow us to find Lancex easily. I am not sure why you are so upset. When I set up a truce, I don't stop honoring it until the other bot fails to respect it" Optimus explained to Grimlock. Seeing thst Optimus wasn't trying to thwart the Dinobit but assist him, Grimlock stopped fussing and started working with Optimus to locate Lancex. Both just hoped that the bot was safe.