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Seeing that he had agreed to the deal, Scourge led Optimus outside of the secret chambers and to the edge of the temple stairway. Once there, Scourge ordered Optimus to call his fellow bots. With a bit of hesitancy, Optimus called and reached Vector Prime, who was stunned to hear from Optimus. Optimus had called for the Autobots to return to the strange temple, and a few minutes after receiving the comm, the Autobots turned up. All were eager to hear what this was all about.
"Scourge is releasing me and wants to release the jungle planet key to us" Optimus informed the others. Scourge watched carefully to see how this would all go down, as he didn't want his secret revealed.
"What is the catch?" Vector Prime asked, seeming to know Scourge wouldn't just give something like that away without wanting something valuable in return.
"All he asks is to be allowed to join the Autobots and help us fulfill our mission" Optimus replied, not revealing the other, sicker part of the deal regarding the Prime himself that Optimus had agreed to. Some of the Autobots were okay with that, such as Snarl and Leobreaker. Some Autobots didn't care as another teammate was always good, bots like Landmine. And some bots were not happy at all about this, with Jetfire easily following right into this category. Optimus, wanting to not answer anymore questions, asked Vector Prime to help the bots get back to earth. Reluctantly, Vector Prime agreed and did as asked.
Soon, the Autobots were heading back to earth via the warp gate Vector Prime was opened. Jetfire and Scourge were towards the back of the group. "Back off, Scourge. Optimus is mine" Jetfire hissed possessively at just loud enough for Scourge to hear but not anyone else. Jetfire didn't like this, not one bit of it and he made it crystal clear.
Scourge just smirked, as Jetfire had no idea of just what the real deal Optimus had agreed to. Scourge wasn't worried. "No, fly boy, I will not back off. Optimus will be mine" Scourge retorted aggressively and possessively. Scourge had no fear of the shuttle and it clearly showed. Annoyed, Jetfire went through the space bridge, followed by Scourge. Scourge was ready to fight for what was his, Autobot or not. But he found it amusing that the shuttle even thought he had a chance. This was going to be fun.