Find Me (You Saved Me Series Book 3)

But is He?

That paranoid feeling lingering in the back of her mind never seems to leave her. Now it seems to be a constant part of her life. She watched her father get flattened, but it didn't put her at ease. He's dead, but is he really? They got back to base with the others. The reprimanding from Dreadwing did nothing to make her feel better. She barely recognized that he was yelling at her. Her mind being elsewhere. She watched the fake bot land on her father, but she had a feeling it wasn't really over. 

"Shelby! Are you listening to me?" Dreadwing scooped her up and made her look at him. 

"I'm sorry Dreadwing, but I had to." She says lowly. 

"What happened?" He finally realized she wasn't acting herself. She looks away, not sure of how to use her words. 

"Silas is dead." Optimus voices. 

"Are you sure he's dead?" Ratchet says, fear laced in his tone. 

"The robot he was controlling fell on top of him. There is no way he would have been able to survive." Optimus explains. 

"That's good isn't it?" Miko asks. 

The proximity sensor then started going off. In a short few moment, Agent Fowler walks through the elevator. 

"We got bad news, Prime." It's not starting off good. 

"What is it, Agent Fowler?" Everyone turns looking at the agent. Waiting for his answer. 

"They didn't find the body." Gasps come from everyone. 

"No!" Shelby shouts angerly. "I knew he wasn't dead. Optimus we have to find him. It's going to happen. He's going to become Breakdown."

"What are you talking about?" Agent Fowler asks the question everyone is thinking. 

"Look while I was in my coma, I continued to dream about this whole thing. Silas became Breakdown. Taking over his body and tried to kill me. Kill all of us. We have to find him before he can go to Megatron." She quickly explained. "I need to go home and check on my mom. Something bad is going to happen."

"You can't leave. It's not safe." Dreadwing argues, he picks her up and brings her close to him. Not giving her a chance to fight. 

"Dreadwing! I have to. I might even be able to find Brandon. I need to convince him to stop this. Or he could be dead too." She cries out. 

"Breakdown did disappear. He was killed by Arachnid and when I went back, his body was gone." Dreadwing admitted. 

"Optimus? Please let me go home and check on my mother.  A bot can come with me." She pleaded. 

"I'll go with you." Dreadwing announced. 

"Dreadwing, you are not up to par yet. I'm not risking you getting hurt." She looked up at him, pleading with her eyes, willing him to change his answer. 

"I will take you." Optimus declares. "She will be safe with me."

Dreadwing growled under his breath. Not happy about the situation. Shelby places a hand upon his chest, hoping to ease the tension. He looks down at her, his optics softening. He brings her up close to is face. 

"I can't lose you again. I understand you need to do this, but I don't know if I can let you go. I can't let you die." He whispers to her. 

"I promise. I won't die. I will come back to you." She said reaching up and placing a small kiss upon his cheek.

Dreadwing set her down and she made her way over to the ground bridge. Optimus following behind her. He nods to Ratchet and he opens the ground bridge. The swirlling vortex whirls to life before them. She looks over her shoulder one more time, giving Dreadwing a smile. Then the two step through. Transported back to her home. They arrive through the bridge in the back of the property. Where no one would be able to spot them.