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Well, time had passed. The blackhole was gone thanks to Primus and the planet of Cybertron was reborn. In addition, the Autobots had captured Megatron and placed him in an inescapable jail.
Five days later, Optimus had made his decision. He still didn't want to admit it, but he now saw he had little choice. The Autobots needed to know. Optimus gathered his troops and friends. The others were concerned, especially Scourge and Jetfire. They knew Optimus was usually predictable but with the end of the war and such, he could potentially be a little less stable.
Once they were all gathered, Optimus first admitted the truth about the deal he had made with Scourge. The others weren't exactly pleased to here it, as all respected Optimus as their leader, but they weren't going to stop things. Optimus then sighed and swallowed hard when he admitted that he was going to step down as leader and leave Landmine and Vector in charge. The others were puzzled, Scattershot asked the question all wanted to know – why. Optimus was then compelled to admit that while he had been selected as leader by Primus, he wasn't truly a leading bot – he was more of a submissive bot and now he needed to fulfill that side. And while Hotshot and kids fainted, the rest understood, as now that the war was over, Cybertron and the other planets needed more bots. Optimus promised to visit as time allowed, but for now, he needed time away.
Now that that was over and Optimus even noticed that even his admission hadn't changed respect the other Autobots had for the Prime, Optimus made his way over to Scourge and Jetfire. "You have fulfilled your end, Scourge. Now it is time to fulfill mine" Optimus admitted, and while it still bothered him a bit, he knew he had given his word.
"Hey, I'm part of this too!" Jetfire announced. Scourge shot the cocky bot a look.
"Please, for me?" Optimus asked, his inquiry hitting Scourge right in the spark. Optimus seemed to hit just the right pitch and tone to sound like he was pleading. Scourge nodded, though he had never intended to leave Jetfire behind.
"Now let us head out" Scourge soon said, leading the other two to the space bridge.
"Where are we going?" Jetfire asked.
"Home" Scourge replied. And while Jetfire at first thought Cybertron, when he saw the space bridge, he realized it was not Cybertron where they were headed by Jungle planet. Jetfire shook his head, transformed, picked up Scourge and Optimus and headed for Jungle Planet.
The others watched. They could only hope the pair would take care of the Prime, or all knew there would be hell to pay. They had made that clear to Scourge and Jetfire, who quickly agreed only now seeing just how much Optimus meant to all the Autobots and not just Scourge and Jetfire.