Find Me (You Saved Me Series Book 3)

He Did What?!?

"This isn't good." Jack states the obvious. 

"No shit sherlock." Shelby can't stop the language from spitting out. 

"What are we going to do if it really is Optimus?" Raf speaks with his small voice. His body shaking with fear. 

"Optimus would never do that. It is probably a new con we didn't know about." Shelby walks over to Raf and puts an arm around him. 

The group goes over different theories. Each was different from the last. It isn't much longer and the bots are coming back through the ground bridge with a very disgruntled Agent Fowler. 

"My car now has a giant handprint in the boot. Optimus has gone crazy. What the hell is going on?" He rages, storming up the steps to the top of the landing. 

"Optimus has been off the radar. Along with Hot Rod." Ratchet points out. 

The arguing continues about what happened. While they all stand there going over everything, Optimus and Hot Rod roll up. Before either can fully transform, blasters are locked on them by Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead and Dreadwing. 

"What is going on?" Hot Rod asked with his hands up in the air. 

"Is something wrong?" Optimus asks curiously. 

"We were just...wondering where you've been?" Arcee questions carefully. 

"We haven't been able to reach either of you." Bulkhead says. 

"We have been outside of our communication range..."  The Prime answer innocently. 

Optimus reaches back and the others shout, blasters warming up. He pulls out a Energon crystal, holding it up for them to see. 

"In a subtraining Energon deposit." He finishes.

"Come on. It's our guy. Can't you tell?" Jack calls out. 

They all pause for a moment before putting away their blasters. 

"Don't blame them, Prime." Agent Fowler starts, "I was attacked earlier tonight out on the open highway by a big rig...one that bore a striking resemblance to you." 

Hot Rod starts laughing, "That's not possible. I've been with him this whole time. There is no way he was able to go run you off the road and be with me at the same time." 

"Curious." Shelby whispers under her breath.

"What is it?" Dreadwing looks down to her. Everyone following in suit. 

"This is something new. This never happened in my coma. I feel as though Silas is behind it, but I don't know for sure." She explains. 

"If this didn't happen, maybe whatever else you saw, didn't happen either?" Ratchet wonders aloud. 

"We need to get to the bottom of this." Shelby pounds her fist into her open palm. "Hot Rod wasn't in my coma either. So, things are definitely different. But there are still a few things lining up. I have no idea how things are gonna go now."

Before anyone can continue, Fowler's phone begins to ring. 

"Fowler!" He pulls the phone away from his ear as a voice screams from the other side. 

"What?!" He shouts back. "That's not possible. I can tell you sure as there are 50 stars on my star-spangle shorts it isn't him." 

He hangs up the phone. Before speaking, he processes the information told to him. Then he looks up at everyone and clearly states. 

"Alden military base is under attack...by Optimus Prime."

"The truck?" Jack asks, staring up at him. Every eye is on Fowler.