Find Me (You Saved Me Series Book 3)

Earth or Cybertron

Once Soundwave was able to wrangle her into the large cylinder, he saunters out of the prison. She has since stopped struggling, as in the moment from trying to run away from the communications officer, he grabbed her too tight and broke her arm. Now she is doing all she can not to cry out in pain. Attempting to prove to herself that it doesn't hurt that much. The con could care less for her at this point. They only need her alive. It doesn't matter if she is injured or not. He takes her to another room where they are joined by Starscream and Knockout. She gasps in surprise as she sees what they are holding. Three identical cylinders and they are filled with the children. 

"Raf, Miko, Jack!" she cries out. 

"Shelby!" the three say in unison. 

"Where are the Autobots?!?" She asks, trying to lean up to get a better look at them. 

"No idea. They never came to pick us up from school. Then we got snatched." Jack explains. 

"Enough talking!" Starscream shouts, shaking Jack's cylinder. 

"Watch it, Starscream." Shelby growls. 

"Or what? You can't do anything while trapped in there." Starscream gloats, his free hand on his hip. 

"You better hope I don't get out of here." She warns, pulling her good arm back and punching at the glass. 

Starscream jumps back in surprise, attempting to hide his whimper. Knockout only scoffs at the lieutenant's weakness. Shelby doesn't hesitate to send Knockout a glare. He said he was coming back, but never did. She wasn't going to let that one go easily. He looks to the ground, not able to look her in the eyes, but he has a plan, he just can't tell her yet. 

"We must go. Megatron is waiting." Starscream composes himself together. 

Soundwave opens up a ground bridge and the three cons walk through the swirling vortex. Shelby can't help but close her eyes. She isn't ready to see what could be on the other side. Inside she knows exactly where she is going. Why else would they put them in these containers? The kids gasp around her and she slowly opens her eyes. A war zone is in front of her. Flash backs from her time overseas hit her full force. The fighting, the gunfire, the dead all blast in front of her eyes. It's like she's back there. Her friends, brothers, dying in front of her eyes. The enemy rushing forward, explosions landing around her. The screaming of pain and agony. She can only imagine what happened to this planet. But her imagination isn't wrong. 

"So, I may hand over the humans." Megatron smirks. 

The cons stop a ways from a large metal structure, glowing with a blue hue. The only thing in the area that isn't rusted and degrading. Standing under it are the Autobots. All of them staring back her and the children. The cons are playing a dirty game at this point. Her eyes find Dreadwings, his shocked looked slowly turns to anger as he lays his eyes upon her. He grabs is sword and is ready to fight for her life when Optimus immediately stops him. 

"It would be to risky." The leader says to him. 

The former con huffs, but understands. He puts his weapon away and glares at his former leader. 

"And If we refuse?" Optimus carefully asks. 

"Then I will have no choice but to open the pods. Exposing your pets to Cybertons toxic atmosphere and then we can all watch them instantly parish together." Megatron walks over to Optimus, getting in his face, sneering his sinister words. 

"Starscream." Megatron calls the seekers name, giving him a look of go for it. 

"Jack, it's time to come out and play." Starscreams whiny voice rings out, his claws scraping down the sides of the container.