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Though not known for doing so, Optimus continued to hug his long lost brother tightly. Inside Optimus' mind, he was that lost little sparkling who wondered if he would ever see his big brother again. Lancex noticed that the other bots were getting concerned, and though enjoying the hug, Lancex gently helped Optimus break away. Lancex knew if he were harsh, it would hurt the Prime and no one needed that right now.
Once the hug was broken, Optimus did have the decency to look sheepish as he looked over at his troops. "Forgive me, my fellow Autobots. This bot you see here is Lancex… and he is my older brother" Optimus revealed. Many of the gathered bots were stunned, including Vector Prime and Landmine.
"Hello, my fellow Autobots. As Optimus said, my name is Lancex and I am indeed Optimus' older brother" Lancex explained quickly. He didn't want to go into details right here and now.
Jetfire, being the nosy bot he was, had a question for this strange new bot, "so did you come to take over from Optimus as our Prime and leader?" Optimus shot the bot a look. Jetfire was always looking to see if he could get a rise out of Optimus.
Lancex shook his helm. "I come here as another soldier. I will not steal from Optimus what is rightfully his" Lancex replied. Optimus was relieved. And no one else questioned it.
And as they were talking, Vector Prime picked something up about Lancex's sword. Well, more like Vector Prime's sword did. But before Vector Prime could ask anything about the strange sword, Optimus requested a space bridge be created between their current location and the earth bound base. Seeing that things were going to change just yet, Vector Prime used his own precious sword to open the warp gate and soon all the bots went through, with both Optimus and Lancex bringing up the rear. There was much to discuss.