I failed. I failed Skylar again. That were the only thoughts crossing my mind. How is it possible? I should've listened to her when she told me to stay. If I never left, none of this would've happened. I buried my face plates in my servo. Gosh, I missed her. I will never forgive myself if Dreadraid hurts her. Next time, I will beat the hell out of Dreadraid. I perked my head up. I don't have the right scanners to find Dread but Mirage does. I slowly got back up on my ped.

I called Mirage. 'Dino, I need your help,' I said. 'Skylar?' He asked. 'Dreadraid stole her from me. I need a favor from you,' I said. 'Let me guess, you need my help?' He mocked. 'Please, Mirage. I need you, if something happens to her, I will never forgive myself,' I said. 'I will come to your location,' he said. 'Take Sideswipe with you.' A silence fell. 'I thought you wanted to keep him out of this,' he said. 'I need him,' I said. Mirage sighed, 'alright, give me ten hours,' He said. 'You get five,' I said before I disconnected the call.

((Dino's P.O.V))
I transformed. Sideswipe was in the main hanger, just came back from his patrol. 'Sideswipe?' The said mech perked his head up. 'Your brother just called me. He asked for us both. He needs you. I don't know what happened but Dreadraid got his servo's on Skylar again. He can't find her,' he said. Sideswipe frowned, 'is he injured?' He asked. 'No, or... I don't think so,' I said. 'We should leave right away. Make sure to take some Energon. I go inform Optimus.' Sideswipe nodded and skated away while I searched for Optimus.

'Prime?'

The said mech turned around. 'Sunstreaker just contacted me. He asked for me and Sideswipe. Dreadraid has his servo's on Skylar again. I don't know what happened but Sideswipe and I are going to leave in ten minutes.'
'Take Ironhide with you,' he said. 'Why? He only asked for me and Sideswipe,' I said. 'He's not your commander. I want you to take Ironhide with you. Last thing I want is Sunstreaker going nuts,' I said. The weapons specialist transformed. 'He doesn't trust me.'

'You wonder why?' I mocked. Optimus softly nudged me. 'Sunstreaker has trust issues in general. It doesn't matter who I sent, he won't trust anyone except his twin,' Optimus replied. 'And me...' I added hoarsely. 'You two are fighting none stop,' Ironhide scoffed. 'I didn't execute him.' Ironhide glared at me. 'Enough.' I looked at Optimus again. 'Take Ironhide,' he repeated. 'Sunstreaker said he was going to kill you.' Sideswipe approached. 'He hates you and he was bloody serious about it. You killed him so he will kill you if he gets the change,' Sideswipe said. 'He's too focused on Skylar right now,' Optimus said. 'I agree with Sideswipe. Sunstreaker is going nuts as soon as he sees Ironhide. He will kill him and continue looking for Skylar.' Optimus vented. 'You get 48 hours,' he said. I gave a small nod. 'Come on, Sides. Let's hurry.' I transformed and drove off.

((Sunstreaker's P.O.V))
My brother and Mirage arrived five hours later like I wanted. Sideswipe transformed and hugged me. I rubbed his helm softly and affectionately. He's my only and true brother. Dreadraid means nothing to me and he's nothing more but a stupid idiot. 'Thank you for coming,' I murmured. 'Of course. What happened?' He asked as he stepped back. 'I found her. That soldier, Griffin had buried her alive. Dreadraid and I agreed to torture him together and try to see if we could find her. I knew, he would try to set me up. He took her from me as soon as I found her and fled. I can't find her anywhere.'

'Why did you work with him then? If you know the truth?' He added. 'Because, I wanted to find Skylar as quick as possible and didn't want to fight him. I had no choice. 'Alright, give me three minutes to do the scan and see if we can find anything,' Mirage said and walked off. I nodded and turned towards my twin. 'I am sorry I dragged you into this, Sideswipe. I was trying so hard to do thing good but... I failed her again. I told her yo stay at the base and even got mad at her. She wanted to come. If I had allowed her,' Sideswipe cut me off. 'Sunny, it's not your fault. The soldier have always hated her... that's not your fault.'

'They hate her because of me. They don't like me for obvious reasons and react their anger on her,' I muttered. 'Oh please, Sunstreaker. Sure, humans done like you but, Skylar deeply loves you and she needs you. Don't be so hard on yourself. She's not going to leave you for what you've done and you didn't fail her. You thought she would be save at the base and apparently, she wasn't. She'll be fine,' he said and flashed me a weak smile, which I returned. 'I hope.'

'I found something.'

We both turned. 'Just 20 miles away from here, I'm the woods is an abandoned slaughterhouse. It's not used since the 19th century but, it would be a good hide out for Dreadraid since he loves killing and creepy places. Have you checked it out already?' Dino asked. 'No, I haven't checked it out yet.'

'I also sensed an Energon signal going into that direction. It's worth a try,' he said. I nodded, 'we should hurry,' Sideswipe said. 'Dreadraid will you kill you both if he gets the change. So, watch where you're going. He's really good at sneaking up on people. Use your internal scanners to keep scanning the area,' I said. Both nodded before transforming. I followed Mirage and stayed close to my brother. I didn't want to drag him or Mirage into this, but I had no other choice.