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Soon, Lancex woke up. He felt something strange, like someone had bestowed a red hot kiss upon his lips. He felt something, but wasn't exactly sure what it was. He had given up feeling using his feelings long ago when he felt compelled to do so or the war in the other realm would have like destroyed him. He shrugged them, grabbed his sword and then headed out. He wasn't sure if the feelings going through him were good or bad, but he had to clear his mind for now.
His feet took him to the rec room. He wasn't quite sure why but they had. He decided it would be a good idea to get some energon. As he headed in to get energon, He saw Snarl and Scourge stop talking. He wasn't a fan of stuff like that, as it likely meant they were talking about something or someone and didn't want somebody to know. Curious about all this, Lancex headed over after snagging some energon. "May I join you?" Lancex asked, unaware that the bot who had planted the hot kiss was right there.
"Sure" Snarl answered and allowed the bot to join in. Scourge was a bit wary, but thought that this would be a way he could get to learn more about Lancex, his potential future mate. Lancex sat with the pair and began to chat with them. Once again, he felt strange but he chalked it up to the fact he was still recovering from the fight.
However, the good conversation was not going to last, for shortly after Lancex joined the animal bots, Optimus entered the rec room. Optimus grabbed a cube of energon and then scanned the room. Most things Optimus was fine with until Optimus saw Lancex talking with Snarl and Scourge. For some reason unknown to most, this made Optimus very upset, and without thinking about the consequences of his actions, Optimus marched up to the table that Lancex was seated at and firmly removed the bot from the conversation. Scourge, Snarl and Lancex were all in shock but none were about to argue about it.
Optimus led his brother out of the rec room. Optimus wasn't going to let his brother get taken advantage of if the bot could help it, or so Optimus justified this to himself. It was just the that Lancex realized something was wrong with his brother but couldn't figure out what. Lancex thought Optimus had everything he wanted. Why was Optimus so strong about "protecting" Lancex, the bot wondered.
Meanwhile, Snarl and Scourge were left a bit stunned. "He can't keep him from me" Scourge finally said, "as Optimus believes in freedom for all bots."
"Yes, that is true, but Scourge, you have never had family nor have I. Maybe this has to do something with them being brothers?" Snarl replied. Scourge hadn't thought of it that way. Maybe he needed more than his charm and leadership ability to win Lancex, and Optimus, over. Only time would tell.