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A few weeks after the powerful night they bonded, Lancex felt not like himself. His balance felt a bit off, his body felt like he was rebelling, and his magic was acting wacky. He tried to practice a few times, but the wrong item would be summoned or his body would not react as it should have. It didn't feel right and so Lancex wondered if he was sick from a virus, as that was the only other time he had felt anywhere near to this. And as he headed for the med bay, he thought of another strange occurrence – Optimus and Jetfire were both fiercely protective of the bot, to the point it bothered Lancex as he didn't understand why he couldn't even talk to other bots. He didn't realize his mates were reacting to the signals Lancex's body was putting out.
Soon enough, Lancex arrived at the med bay and quickly found Red Alert, who was working on something. Lancex looked pale and like he didn't feel right, but Red Alert still needed to ask. "What is wrong, Lancex?" Red asked, concerned.
"Well, I just don't feel like me. My magic is out of wack and possibly too dangerous to use, my body feels like it is rebelling and against me, and I feel low on energon" Lancex relayed.
Red nodded, quickly hooking up an energon drip and then scanned over Lancex's form. Red scanned carefully, and then found something that surprised him, though not that much. "It would seem that you are with spark, Lancex" Red revealed.
"I'm….sparked?" Lancex asked, a bit shocked.
"Yep, and if I am not mistaking, you have at least one, if not two sparklings in there. I can clearly find one spark, but it also picks up an faint second spark" Red explained.
Lancex thought for a second. Yes, this explained a lot, but not everything. "Would this be why my mates are so overly protective of me?" Lancex asked and Red nodded. Then and only then did everything make sense. Lancex thanked Red and then headed for home. Lancex had much to discuss with his mates.
Thankfully, when he arrived back at the shared quarters, both Optimus and Jetfire were there and actually were waiting for Lancex. "Are you ok, love?" Optimus asked, immediately seeing Lancex return and trying to address the bot's needs without even thinking about it. Jetfire just watched, as he would have done the same had Optimus not stepped up.
"I'm ok. I stopped by the med bay because I was feeling off" Lancex explained.
"What did Red Alert have to say?" Jetfire asked, moving to where he could rub Lancex's back.
Lancex appreciated the rubbing as he revealed what he had learned. "I am sparked with at least one sparkling, possibly two" Lancex revealed. He watched to see how the pair would react. Optimus and Jetfire didn't say anything but got up and embraced Lancex, both kissing his softly yet possessively. Lancex smiled when he realized that they were happy just like he was.