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After picking up whatever they needed from the battle site, Optimus and Predaking, led by Lancex, headed back towards the chocobo ranch. They needed to inform the rancher that the mission theyhad been sent to complete was now finished, and they needed the proof, which was why Lancex carried the whiskers from the evil beings they had defeated. The rancher soon saw them approach him. "We have carried out and completed the mission you assigned us" Lancex announced.

The rancher looked at the three, "I require proof that you have completed it" the rancher answered, which was just as Lancex expected.

"Here, gaze upon these" Lancex answered and showed the whiskers, all four of them. The rancher was actually impressed.

"There were only two?" The rancher asked, having thought that there were more due to the damage, and Lancex nodded in ascent. Satisfied with all that he had seen and been told regarding the mission, the rancher gave Lancex, Optimus, and Predaking the reward for their accomplished mission – 4000 Gil. Lancex thanked the boss and soon he and the other two got back in the car and headed back towards Lancex's house.

Once in the car, Optimus was the first to speak up. "This place is much like Cybertron right now in some ways – much more than meets the eye and more destructive by the inhabitants than it appears" Optimus offered up.

"We will have to take your word on that, Prime" Predaking added. Optimus nodded, as he realized that that neither of the other two had either been to Cybertron or hadn't been to it in a long time. They continued on in relative silence as all were thinking and processing what had just occurred.

As they finally reached the abode where Lancex resided in this unusual realm, they realized once again things had changed from day time to the evil night. Optimus and Predaking hoped that they wouldn't run into anything dangerous between exiting the car and getting into the house. Lancex was a little less worried, as he knew things the others didn't, yet he didn't want to share that acquired knowledge just yet.

Soon enough, the car was parked and they were headed in. Lancex was tired and the others were too, but something seemed to be nagging at Optimus and Predaking, something about being here and being with Lancex.