She's Just a Human | Transformers

53: What Lurks in the Dark •

3rd POV:

"How can a 18 year old who's known by everyone disappear into thin freaking air?!" Will Lennox shouts at his soldiers. Desperation, anger and guilt runs through his veins, making him feel like a confused walking mess.
She was supposed to be in that alley, safe and sound, but when his team arrived to the place, they found no one.
Not even a glimpse of her presence. No footprints, marks, blood. Nothing.

"Captain!" A soldier calls him from the other side of the hangar.

"What?!" He turns around, trying to hide the true concern he's feeling, failing completely.
He looks at the soldier calling him, Parrish, walking next to another guy, whose mouth is bleeding, and whose black eye looks really severe.

"We found him inside a building near the alley she was supposed to be in" Parrish says. "He was unconscious when we got there"

"Go on" Will says, shooting Parrish a 'what-am-I-supposed-to-do-with-that-information' glare, while scanning the man next to the soldier, his green eyes looking right into the Captain's eyes, his clothes all dusty and bloodied.

"He was with Cael" Parrish says, looking at the green eyed man, whose look turns dark.
Will frowns.

"Start talking"

-)././.(-

Christian tells them everything, from the moment he found her stuck in the debris, until the moment he was knocked out in the fight.

"All I know, is that they were not NEST soldiers" Christian says as he finishes telling Will and Parrish the whole story of how Cael was taken.

"He tried to attack me when he woke once we got there" Parrish snickers.
Will, unable to smile, runs a hand through his hair, he's about to speak when loud metal steps echo through the place.

"I'm telling you, Sideswipe, it's my fault" Ironhide's upset voice tone makes the three humans face the two Bots entering the hangar.
Will sprints towards them and looks up.

"Nothing?" He asks, already knowing the answer.

"Sorry, cap" Sides shrugs, looking down, shaking his helm.

"I was taking care of her! I should've been there!" Ironhide doesn't even lifts his sight as he squeezes his fists over and over again. It had been a while since they had all seen the black bot in that mood, or at least a while since he had let it show.
He returned to stay with her.
To protect her.
And yet, she was missing, and the only one he blamed, was himself.

"There's no time to blame ourselves, Hide" Sides places a servo on the black Bot's shoulder plates. "The important thing is finding Carly"

"Caelyn"

"Exactly" Sides nods.

"Wheres Ratchet?" Will asks, looking around.

"Outside, reaching Optimus" Sides replies.
Will slowly nods, his mind going a thousand miles per hour.

"We need to find her..." He mutters. His sight drops to the ground as he tries to think in something, anything, that can make Caleyn's search faster. Closing his eyes for a moment, he doesn't believe what he's about to say. He presses his fingers on the ridge of his nose, trying to find another idea to replace the one that came to his mind, but nothing appears. Sighing, he looks up. "Contact Haddelin"

-)././.(-

Caelyn's POV:

I can't be here.
I have to get out.
Now.

I've really lost track of time.
The hours (I guess) I've been kept here with no one to come have become incredibly concerning.

I try to guess as much as I can from the place I'm trapped in.
I know I'm sitting on a chair, somehow tied to the floor, for I can't swing the chair or try to drop to my side to try to escape. My hands are tied to the legs of the chair, making it impossible to move or even try to be comfortable.
The thing covering my eyes feels hard, like a cloth with soap which was never washed, and it's squeezing my bruised nose and the cut on my face, also making every movement painful.