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After the battle was over, Lancex carried a broken Smokescreen to the med bay. Smokescreen seemed in pretty bad shape, and so Lancex made sure not to waste any time getting to the med bay. Once there, Lancex carefully placed the busted bot down onto the med bay berth. Appreciative of what Lancex had done, Optimus and the other Autobots thanked Lancex for saving Smokescreen. Lancex had the grace to smile and respond with a "no problem" but after saying that, Lancex appeared to sway and nearly fell over. Only Optimus and Jetfire catching the exhausted bot stopped Lancex from crashing hard onto the floor.
"It looks like this battle has taken a toll on all of us, let us rest and recharge so that we are prepared for next time" Optimus announced before taking the sleeping Lancex back to the Prime's room with Jetfire following closely behind. The other bots nodded and soon dispersed. Smokescreen had wanted to tell at least Optimus and Jetfire about what he had seen, but he didn't get a chance to as the pari had headed off with the out of it Lancex before Smokescreen got a word in edgewise.
Well, all but Red Alert and Smokescreen. Red informed smokescreen that his body was too damaged to salvage and that he would have to be rebuilt in order to survive. Smokescreen reluctantly nodded. He knew he was badly damaged, but he also knew he was lucky to still be online. And as Red alert began his work and before Smokescreen drifted off, Smokescreen thought of the fight he saw. He wondered if Optimus and Jetfire knew, but that was as far as he got before he drifted off into temporary stasis lock.
Meanwhile, Optimus and Jetfire took the passed out bot back to the room Optimus and Jetfire now shared, as Jetfire had lost his private room awhile ago and didn't want to share one of the more public berths. As they couldn't figure out just what had made the bot so exhausted, though Optimus knew fighting Megatron was quite a task, as even Optimus struggled with it. But seeing that their longed for lover was sound asleep, Jetfire and Optimus curled up on either side of Lancex, both hoping that someday, in some way Lancex would choose them as his loving mates. And with that thought in mind, Optimus and Jetfire snuggled close to Lancex. What Lancex would think in the morning was anyone's guess.
