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After the overload, Scourge and Leobreaker talked with Optimus. Optimus was still reluctant about this whole thing, and he still felt off. Because he felt off, he demanded to go back to Cybertron. "Why do you want to go back to Cybertron" Scourge asked.

"I don't need to give you a reason. If that is what I need to do, then I need to do it" Optimus explained, as he never liked his leadership role challenged. Scourge nodded as did Leobreaker. Seeing that Optimus was not giving this up, Leobreaker and Scourge went through the space bridge with Optimus. Optimus wasn't sure he needed them to come, but they weren't going to let him leave if they didn't go with him. Reluctantly, once again, Optimus agreed that they could come with.

After a short journey through the bridge, the three arrived at Cybertron. It didn't have many bots back on it yet, as many were sent far and wide to help with the space bridge building program. Optimus was only able to get Leobreaker and Scourge to leave the Prime alone once Optimus stated he was going to get medically checked out and didn't want any bots in the med bay with him. Seeing the Optimus was adamant about this, Leobreaker and Scourge allowed the Prime to go to the med bay alone.

Optimus entered the med bay and it didn't take Red Alert to tell the Prime was in full blown heat, but Red Alert didn't know why Optimus was coming in, so Red said nothing. Optimus found a med bay berth and sat down. He appeared confused. "Something wrong, Optimus?" Red asked.

"My systems feel off, and I don't feel like all my systems are acting correctly" Optimus stated, completely unaware that Red already knew what was up, without even using any tools. But knowing that Optimus would want a thorough exam, Red drew various tools out of his medical bag of tricks. He examined everything. Red figured he could finally get Optimus' much needed maintenance check during thi. Re

Optimus sat still as he could, squirming a bit every now and then. "Well, your systems are functioning just as they should. Better than I expected since I know you hate getting your checkups" Red then stated.

"Well, then why do I feel off?" Optimus demanded to know.

"Well, you are in full blown transformers heat. There is only one way to 'fix' this" Red answered.

Optimus didn't believe Red. "What is this heat?" Optimus asked, confused and unhappy.

Red explained about heat, basically saying what both Scourge and Leobreaker had said. Optimus still wasn't happy. "the only way to help with this is for you to find two loving bots to bond to and you get sparked" Red finally fessed up.

"will that make this go away?" Optimus queried.

"temporarily yes, permanently i have no idea" Red answered. Optimus sighed. Things had just become more complicated.