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Grateful that his son had returned somewhat safely from wherever Megatron had taken the bot, Optimus lead Lancex towards the med bay. Lancex didn't stop his father, as Lancex felt he needed a check up to make sure Megatron hadn't toyed with anything. "I'm glad you have returned, but I don't understand how you were able to free yourself from Megatron's tyrannical grasp" Optimus said softly to his son.

"Dad, part of my training and upbringing was reading and discerning runes. Some runes are merely for communication. Special runes have special properties" Lancex explained before telling about the two he used to escape.

Optimus listened but grew worried. "And what if Megatron finds them?" Optimus asked.

"The rune that dissolved the chains, dissolved with the chains. The warp rune only works for so long after activated. It would be ineffective by now" Lancex explained. Optimus nodded, trusting his son as Optimus knew little about runes.

Meanwhile, away from Optimus and his son, Landmine, Jetfire and Mirage met up. "Well, Lancex is now back with us" Jetfire stated.

"But in what condition? Megatron fouls up everything he touches" Mirage replied.

"Well, knowing Optimus, he will likely bring Lancex to the med bay. Lancex doesn't seem like a naïve bot. We best up our game if we want to have a chance to win his spark over, so to speak" Landmine reminded the other two. And soon, the three were talking about ways they could demonstrate to Lancex that they were drawn to him. They hoped that this would work.

Meanwhile, Megatron was burning with rage. He had lost the bot he wanted for two reasons – as a breeder and to destroy Optimus and foul up the Prime's lineage. Megatron never spotted the rune, but at this point, it wouldn't have worked anyway. Megatron was lividly planning on how he was going to plan to capture Lancex again. Little did Megatron realize his temper tantrum had been witnessed by the sometimes visible and sometimes invisible Starscream.

Upon hearing tyrant spout off, Starscream left. He had a report to make to Alpha Q. It didn't take long before Starscream made his way to Alpha Q and made the report. In response, Alpha Q ordered Starscream to monitor Lancex, only to capture him if the opportunity presented itself. Starscream acknowledged and took off. After all, a task was a task and this one would hopefully be more fun and more successful.