Find Me (You Saved Me Series Book 3)

Bring Him Home

They all gasp in shock as Smokescreens signal vanishes. They knew it was going to happen, but they weren't ready for the reality to hit. Shelby is the only one without emotion. She stands on the platform, watching the screen. Optimus and the others come back through the ground bridge. Ratchet begins to struggle against the computer, trying to get Smokescreens' signal back. He groans in frustration, not being able to get through to the Nemisis. 

"Ratchet, he will get through to us. We just need to wait." Shelby says, her voice monotone. 

"Who knows what the Decepticons will do to him. I need to at least have his signal." Ratchet yells, pressing more keys. 

"This is the plan. We knew this was going to happen. Do you know how long he was on the warship before we were able to get his signal back?" Optimus asks, looking at Shelby. 

"An hour, maybe two." She says, not mentioning things that happened in between. 

"So, what do we do? Just stand here?" Arcee's hands go to her hips, cocking them to the side. 

"Yes, essentially. We wait until Smokescreen contacts us." Shelby looks over, speaking to Arcee. 

Shelby then goes to the couch and sits down. No use standing up the whole time. The others start talking amongst themselves. Hot Rod steps over to the platform, the gears turning in his head. Shelby feels the optics on her and turns to look at him. 

"Can I help you?" She whispers to him. 

"I don't get it." He spits out. 

"Get what?" She asks, drapping her arms over the back of the couch. 

"How you know all this? I know you explained it, but it still doesn't compute with me. How did you experiance this all in your head?" He looks around as he talks, then his optics stop back on her. 

"I wish I had an answer for that question, but I have no idea. In my head, I went into a few comas. But I made it off the Nemisis with Dreadwing before the first one. I woke up a few days later in the hospital and I was still fighting with the Autobots. Then I went into a second one after I was rescued off of Darkmount, then it wasn't until everyone left that I woke up again. But it was all one big coma from the first one. I have many questions as well, but no answers." She explains. 

"How do you deal with it?" He asks. 

"Deal with what?" There are many things she is dealing with. 

"The whole knowing the future thing?" He waves his hands around as he specifies. 

"I'm looking at this in a different light. I'm basically reliving it but changing things as I go along. I want the same ending, but yet different. So I'm trying to think positively." She leans up on her forarms as she answers his question. 

"Was I in your coma?" He asks in a whisper. 

"No, you weren't. I was never captured by Silas before either. There is a lot that has happened that was not in my coma. So I'm assuming there is a base timeline, but things are happening differently this time." She bites her bottom lip in nervousness. 

"Well maybe I'm just the edge the Autobots need to win this war." He says with a smile. 

Shelby laughs, "Yes, maybe you are." 

He gives her a wink and walks off to join the group. Dreadwing then comes over after watching the whole situation. 

"Have a nice chat with Hot Rod?" He asks, leaning against the platform. 

"He was just curious about how I came to know what I know. Nothing to worry about." She says sensing his jealousy. 

"I'm not worried." He scoffs, crossing his arms.