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Not wanting to face the wrath of the irritable medic, Lancex quietly followed Ratchet. Ratchet wanted to give this bot a thorough once over, as Ratchet could tell Lancex hadn't seen a medic in quite some time. "The more you keep quiet and so as asked, the quicker this will go" Ratchet barked at Lancex, who hadn't realized Ratchet was grumpy not because he was a bad bot, but because he was an old war bot who was sick of seeing all the casualties of this war.

Ratchet directed Lancex to a berth so that Ratchet could scan the bot. Lancex, not wanting to suffer any wrath, did as asked. He wasn't quite sure about all of this, but when the scan started, Lancex realized that Ratchet was not as bad as he appeared. He just was a very tough bot so others didn't cross him. After the Scans and all, Lancex thought he was done. How wrong he was.

"Now for that unusual attachment on your back" Ratchet stated, sending a bit of a chill down Lancex's spinal unit.

"I keep it covered for a reason" Lancex responded.

"Well, before I can let you fight, I must check it over and document it in your file" Ratchet responded, leaving no room for argument. Lancex, reluctantly, removed the cover. "What is that thing?"

"It's called a gn drive. It's a rare attachment" Lancex answered, hoping that this would soon be done. Ratchet nodded, scanned the device and then went to palpate it to make sure that there were no problems. Upon feeling the metal of the drive, Ratchet's touch caused Lancex to moan softly in pleasure. Lancex knew it was sensitive but not like this. Ratchet, not liking that sound, quickly finished his work and closed the cover over the drive.

"Alright, you are ready to go. I will enter your medical history into my special medical history computer. No one has access except Prime and I" Ratchet explained. Lancex nodded and then took this chance and left. He realized that while the medic was thorough, that was a little too thorough in Lancex's mind. Hoping to take his mind off of all of this, Lancex went to find Bee and Arcee to see if he could help either of them.

Meanwhile, Bulkhead headed off for his friend Wheeljack, though Bulkhead wasn't exactly sure how much help the bot would be. And Predaking headed to Optimus. The former con had some questions, and only Optimus could answer some of them. Both Bulkhead and Predaking hoped that they could find a way to "win" against the other.

On the other hand, Lancex, just hoped he could figure out why Bulkhead and Predaking were acting so weird.