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As the three were discussing their future, the battle alarm sounded thanks to Jazz who blared it loud and clear. The cons were on their way and Optimus knew that this time, it was likely that someone was going to fall. Optimus just hoped it wasn't him, but Megatron instead. But, already prepared, all the Autobots that were available headed out to meet the impending threat to their very existence, after having met in the rec room and having tried to formulate a plan to stop the blasted cons. All agreed to let Lancex be part of this, so long as he didn't outright slaugher any bots. Lancex agreed.

Meanwhile, the cons were on the move. Megatron had made it quite clear what the intention was – spare Lancex but all others were fair game to destroy. Starscream, recently repaired, and his two stupid seeker buddies flew high in the sky, waiting to blast things, though Starscream secretly felt if he "accidentally" hit Megatron once in a while, it would not all be bad. "Thundercracker to Megatron, come in Megatron" soon boomed a voice.

"Why do you comm me, you stupid seeker?" Megatron challenged, as his coursed mind was already drifting to what he would do to Lancex once the bot was captured.

"Heads up, Autobots are on their way. Prime is in the lead" Thunercracker relayed, secretly sighing, knowing Megatron's processor wasn't quite all in this battle. Thundercracker wasn't quite sure where his leader's head was, but knew better than to question things,

Megatron had an evil smile upon his countenance when he heard that news. "Very well, let's destroy them, just like we planned" Megatron relayed to all his troops, unaware that Lancex was amongst the Auotbots who were going to fight. He was only along as he had begged Optimus to let Lancex take care of the cons. Optimus was dubious but agreed.

Meanwhile, the cons rolled on, soon reaching the plain where they planned to fight, if it came to that. They met up with the Autobots and after a heated verbal exchange between Optimus and Megatron, the battle began. Optimus just hoped that Lancex would pull through or Optimus was certain that the Autobots would be good as dead, as the cons were already seriously injuring many of the Autobot troops. Lancex watched for now, as it was not yet time for his ultimate assault, as he couldn't complete it correctly with his sword if any of the other Autobots were up and fighting. They had to be down, unfortunately, as it was the only way it would work safely and only attack the cons. The question was would Lancex be able to perform his battle move before he was captured or not.