I woke up, my wrist cuffed to the medical bed. I groaned. "How do you feel?" Ratchet glanced at me. "Fantasic. Why am I cuffed?" I snapped. "Lennox's orders," he said. "Release me..." He gave me a look."You will later today," he responded. I snorted angrily. "You're cuffed for obvious reasons and your leg needs to rest and time to heal," he said. "This is ridiculous," I snapped. "You climbed over the fence... cut yourself with barbed wire," he snapped. "Sunstreaker is in Texas. I need to go there and find him." Ratchet shook his head, "So that you can get yourself killed?" he mocked. I tugged on my wrist. Ratchet walked off and came back two hours back.

I was released and Prowl took me with him. "Where are we going?" I asked but he didn't answer me. "Prowl!" I tugged on his arm. He walked off the stairs and so did I until he stopped and opened a metal door. "Go inside." I frowned. "What are we doing here?" I asked. He pushed me in and I collapsed on the ground. "We can't trust you... Sunstreaker doesn't want you to follow him for obvious reasons and I am willing to treat you the same way as I treat Sideswipe. If you don't listen, you'll have to deal with he consequences," he snapped. "This is madness! Only because I love him I can't go after him? This is not a prison," I sneered. "You disobeyed not only our orders but also Sunstreaker's orders, you stay here until Optimus returns and that's in about six days."

"Prowl!" He smiled the door shut as I jumped back on my feet. Tears started to flow down my cheeks. I couldn't control my body anymore. I curled up and cried for what seemed hours. Many emotions overwhelmed me. I didn't want to be locked up in a dark basement like this. I know where he is and now I want to find him there. I am sick of waiting, this has lasted long enough. I lived for years without Sunny and now, I just want him back. I can't cope with the mental pain anymore. It's tearing me apart inside. I lifted the medical gown to look at my leg. Ratchet had stitched it nicely. The Energon will heal it overtime.

I laid down and waited for someone to bring me a meal. I didn't need much of a plan. I don't have that many options anyway. A guard walked in two hours later to bring me dinner. "Skylar, food." He placed it on the table and walked up to me when I didn't respond. The moment he crouched down, I jumped up and grabbed his throat, slamming him onto the floor. I may be weak but I am still able to fight. He hissed. I punched his face a couple of times before I grasped for his gun and aimed it at him. Getting up, I moved towards the door and locked.

I sprinted towards my room, collected a few things, including Sunstreaker's knife before I took the back door to leave. I climbed over the fence without making the same mistake twice and ran off as fast as I could towards the train station, ignoring the intense pain in my leg. I bought a ticket towards the North and would hop out of the train at the next station to plan my journey to Texas.

((Sideswipe's P.O.V))

I felt bad. I shouldn't have yelled at her and I shouldn't allow Prowl to lock her up in the basement but if she leaves, she will get herself killed for sure. I already felt bad for telling her where Sunstreaker is. Ironhide walked up to me. "You're okay?" I nodded and got up. "Yeah, sup?" he asked. "Prowl would like to see you," he said. I nodded and walked off, still thinking about Skylar. She just wants and needs some attention. I treated her horrible and I promised myself to visit her after talking to Prowl. The mech didn't had much special to say, just my schedule for this week. When I got downstairs and opened the door, I faced a bloody soldier but no Skylar.

"Where's Skylar?" I asked, grabbing the soldier's uniform tightly and smashed him against the wall. "She ran off," he said. "Damn it!" I sprinted off towards Prowl's office and burst in. "She escaped... she's gone. I came to apologize to her but she wasn't there. She attacked a soldier and got away with it. She has an hour head jump... we need to find her." Prowl gritted his teeth and got up. "Get me Mirage, now!"

"Mirage!?"

I looked around. "What's wrong, Sideswipe?" The red mech appeared. "Skylar escaped the base... can you help me find her? She's going to die if we don't do anything." He sighed, "You know... you all keep trying to make her wait and tell her everything will be okay but... she loves that mech. If she wants to go, she will go. Regardless what others are telling her. They say love makes blind." I gave him a look, "right now... love kills her so move your aft and find her," I snapped. "It doesn't matter how many times you will lock her up, she'll always find a way to escape and go after Sunstreaker," he said and walked off to meet Prowl.

Mirage is right. Skylar is going to keep trying and pushing. I didn't know either what to do or how to help her. She's depressed and anxious. I am sure she's not too far yet, especially in her state she can't be far and besides, we know where she's going. Ironhide drove up to me and transformed. "Optimus is coming back to base... he just called," he said. "Wouldn't he be gone for a couple of days?" he asked. "He was out to find Sunstreaker and he did... we better find Skylar soon before Sunstreaker gets here and goes on a killing spree for not looking after his girl.