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While Optimus pondered all that he had learned about his brother, Lancex found himself in a park deep in the heart of Iacon. Not many bots were around, as many were elsewhere helping with various things, but the bots a Lancex did see surprised him a bit. It was the trio of Hotshot, Evac, and Scourge. Lancex had assumed after the battles were over and the blackhole fixed that Evac would go back to earth, Hotshot to Velocitron, and Scourge to Jungle Planet. But no, here they were.
"Scourge? Hotshot? Evac? What are you bots doing here?" Lancex asked, a bit confused, and even more so as his older spark reacted to their presence.
"We came looking for you" Hotshot replied, trying not to blush as his spark pulsed wildly but doing so anyway. Lancex noticed but said nothing.
"Our sparks feel drawn not only to each other but also to you, Lancex" Evac replied, his own spark going wild around these other bots but he hid it well. Lancex could feel it, thanks to being a Prime and being more sensitive to spark reactions.
"We hoped that you would give us a chance to get to know you better and maybe develop into something more, as long as you approved" Scourge stated, his spark also going wild, but like Evac, he was a bit better at hiding his wildly pulsing spark.
Lancex nodded. He could feel his own spark react to each of these bots and was glad to be able to sense that the three also pulsed for each other, as he didn't want any infighting amongst his potential sparkmates. There was only one issue that Lancex could think of – would his older brother allow this? Lancex then sighed as he felt like he had to give the others bad news. "I feel drawn to all of you, I can feel it in my spark. But there is one issue that must be dealt with before we can proceed any further" Lancex reluctantly replied.
"Name it, we will fix it" Hotshot spouted off, not realizing this was not as simple of an issue as that.
"If only it were that simple to fix" Lancex responded.
"What is it that we must do in order to proceed?" Evac asked.
"You must seek approval from my older brother" was all Lancex got out before he was interrupted.
"That shouldn't be a problem. Who's your older brother?" Scourge asked, none of the three seeing the answer coming.
"My older brother… is Optimus" Lancex replied, lowering his helm, fearing rejection.
Evac then spoke for the trio. "If that is what we must do, then we will do just that." Lancex nodded, hoping that Evac was right. Lancex didn't want to hurt them or have them hurt him. It was all up to Optimus now.