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Soon, after Hotshot, Scourge, and Evac left, Lancex finished working on his special bullet, finishing it by putting Megatron's name on it. Then he tucked it away in a secret compartment on his body. He wanted this with him at all times as he never knew when the opportunity to cease Megatron's existence would arise. It didn't take him long to realize he was glad that he had put it away, as two more bots were approaching him. "What do you want?" Lancex queried carefully, as he wasn't sure he trusted these two just yet.
"Easy, Lancex. Optimus sent Scattershot and I, Red Alert, to bring you to the med bay for an exam and a viral update, as we have found that the new planet is in another dimension and Optimus wants all bots prepared to go through the worm hole" Red Alert explained to the reluctant Lancex.
Lancex doubted their story until they mentioned Optimus' name. Optimus wouldn't just say something like that as a joke. "Fine, I will go with you, but just beware that if you are lying to me, you will wish you have told the truth" Lancex finally uttered, making his stance on this whole thing quite clear.
"Understood" Red Alert stated before leading Lancex towards what passed for a med bay in the base.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, having just left Lancex in the rec room, Scourge, Hotshot, and Evac were talking, and the focus of this conversation was twofold – Lancex and Optimus. "I think it is quite clear that Lancex is looking for multiple mates, as he said so, and he didn't say an number, so we three could easily be mates to him and be his family" Hotshot offered up.
"I agree that he will in fact accept multiple mates, but there is a greater concern" Evac offered up.
"And what is that, pray tell?" Scourge asked, clearly agitated by this whole thing.
"We have to remember that Lancex is also Optimus' younger brother, and it is likely that Optimus will be protective of Lancex. If we want to proceed with this, we are going to have to make sure Optimus remains in the dark about all of this" Evac pointed out.
"Yes, you do have a point there, but I think this can be done and we still keep our honor and our secret" Scourge stated.
"Only you would care about honor" Hotshot shot back at the dragon bot.
"Watch your tongue, young bot. He may not be able to transform anymore, but he is a Prime and is deserving of honor and respect, just like Optimus is" Scourge shot back. Hotshot went silent while Evac sighed. This was going to be harder than they first realized, as Optimus was not easily fooled and tended to notice everything. They were going to have to play this close to the vest if they wanted to have a prayer that this would work.