(Please see all previous disclaimers)

Having sorted that mess out, Optimus led the other three to the area that Ratchet used as a med bay in the Autobot base. Optimus knew he was battle damaged and so were the others. Lancex followed quietly, as he didn't want to cause any commotion, unaware his mere presence was already causing a big commotion – between Predaking and Bulkhead.

Ratchet worked carefully on Optimus first, as Ratchet knew Optimus had to make a report to the secret agent regarding what had happened. Ratchet was careful, as hitting wrong areas on a Prime could cause all manner of issues. And as Optimus was being repaired, Bulkhead and Predaking both felt their sparks react to being around Lancex. Lancex, being the dense bot that he could be at times, had no idea his mere presence was already causing a rift.

Soon, Optimus was finally finished being repaired and Ratchet began to work on Lancex and his injuries. Predaking and Bulkhead watched intently. They wanted to make sure Ratchet did not damage to the bot. Ratchet would have rolled his optics if he could have. Those two were going to cause trouble.

Soon, thankfully, Lancex was repaired, and there were only two left to be checked out – Predaking and Bulkhead. But before Ratchet could repair either one, the two bots got into a bit of a tiff.

"Back off, Autobot. Lancex is mine, I saw him first" Predaking growled at Bulkhead.

Bulkhead scoffed at that. "First of all, my name is Bulkhead. Secondly, you back off fire breath. No Autobot would want a bot who was a con."

"You a big, soft teddy bear, not the type of bot Lancex would want. He would want a strong, capable bot" Predaking snarled back. He wasn't going to give up easily, no matter what.

"You are full of hot air, fire breath. One can be strong and caring without being a hothead" Bulkhead shot back, not backing down. Predaking was about to snap back at Bulkhead, but Ratchet put a stop to all of this as he was sick of it.

"Can it both of you, or I will make your repairs a bit more painful than they already will be" Ratchet barked at the two. Seeing the upset medic that neither wanted to fight, both put aside their differences for now, but this would not be the last time these two bickered over Lancex.