"This isn't good." Jack states the obvious. 

"No shit sherlock." Shelby can't stop the language from spitting out. 

"What are we going to do if it really is Optimus?" Raf speaks with his small voice. His body shaking with fear. 

"Optimus would never do that. It is probably a new con we didn't know about." Shelby walks over to Raf and puts an arm around him. 

The group goes over different theories. Each was different from the last. It isn't much longer and the bots are coming back through the ground bridge with a very disgruntled Agent Fowler. 

"My car now has a giant handprint in the boot. Optimus has gone crazy. What the hell is going on?" He rages, storming up the steps to the top of the landing. 

"Optimus has been off the radar. Along with Hot Rod." Ratchet points out. 

The arguing continues about what happened. While they all stand there going over everything, Optimus and Hot Rod roll up. Before either can fully transform, blasters are locked on them by Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead and Dreadwing. 

"What is going on?" Hot Rod asked with his hands up in the air. 

"Is something wrong?" Optimus asks curiously. 

"We were just...wondering where you've been?" Arcee questions carefully. 

"We haven't been able to reach either of you." Bulkhead says. 

"We have been outside of our communication range..."  The Prime answer innocently. 

Optimus reaches back and the others shout, blasters warming up. He pulls out a Energon crystal, holding it up for them to see. 

"In a subtraining Energon deposit." He finishes.

"Come on. It's our guy. Can't you tell?" Jack calls out. 

They all pause for a moment before putting away their blasters. 

"Don't blame them, Prime." Agent Fowler starts, "I was attacked earlier tonight out on the open highway by a big rig...one that bore a striking resemblance to you." 

Hot Rod starts laughing, "That's not possible. I've been with him this whole time. There is no way he was able to go run you off the road and be with me at the same time." 

"Curious." Shelby whispers under her breath.

"What is it?" Dreadwing looks down to her. Everyone following in suit. 

"This is something new. This never happened in my coma. I feel as though Silas is behind it, but I don't know for sure." She explains. 

"If this didn't happen, maybe whatever else you saw, didn't happen either?" Ratchet wonders aloud. 

"We need to get to the bottom of this." Shelby pounds her fist into her open palm. "Hot Rod wasn't in my coma either. So, things are definitely different. But there are still a few things lining up. I have no idea how things are gonna go now."

Before anyone can continue, Fowler's phone begins to ring. 

"Fowler!" He pulls the phone away from his ear as a voice screams from the other side. 

"What?!" He shouts back. "That's not possible. I can tell you sure as there are 50 stars on my star-spangle shorts it isn't him." 

He hangs up the phone. Before speaking, he processes the information told to him. Then he looks up at everyone and clearly states. 

"Alden military base is under attack...by Optimus Prime."

"The truck?" Jack asks, staring up at him. Every eye is on Fowler. 

"The bot." This time they all turn and look at Optimus. 

The anger glowing in his eyes. Someone is framing him, and it is not sitting right with him. The others in the room will not allow this to continue. They all start to gear up and get ready to ground bridge to the base. Shelby Walks down the platform and gets ready to go with the others. That is until Dreadwing picks her up by the back of her shirt and puts her back up with the children. 

"Hey! What gives?" She cries out. 

"You are not going? I am not about to let anything happen to you again." Dreadwing ordered. There was no room for arguement, but that wasn't about to stop her. 

"I need to see this. I need to know who is behind it." She growled. 

"They can tell you when they get back. You are not going into the middle of battle." He growled back. His voice raising, it echoing around them. 

"Shelby, you are to stay here." Optimus gives his two cents before the group goes through the ground bridge. 

Shelby and Dreadwing continue a stare down. Neither of them ready to give in. With Dreadwing not battle ready yet, he can't protect her the way he feels he should. She knows that, but she still feels the need to protect him. She eventually huffs and turns away. There is no speaking, no one is moving. Except the pitter patter of Ratchet typing away at the computer. 

"Ratchet! Send a ground bridge!" Optimus roared through the comm. 

The ground bridge opens and the team comes rushing back into the silo. A few bullet wounds litter their metal, but otherwise unharmed. 

"What happened!?!?" Shelby asked frantic that they came back so fast. 

"They started shooting at us." Arcee claimed while Ratchet began to look her over. 

"Who did?" Fowler asked. 

"The soldiers at the base. They thought we were with..." Bulkhead stopped midsentence and looked up to Optimus, who looked just as confused. 

Before they can continue, Fowler gets a call. Everyone leans in, trying to listen in on the converstation. Fowler's arm wings out and waves as he talks. Shelby and the children stand as close as possible. Shelby practically in his ear. At one point, he gives her a glare. To which she backs away with her hands in the air. He then slams the phone shut. 

"So, what's the damage?" Jack asks. 

"All military personnel are on strict orders to destroy any and all 'Bots on sight." 

The arguing insued. All the children going off. Saying how it isn't right. How it wasn't Optimus. There were so many speaking. Then Ratchet said something. Something that seemed to trigger Shelby. Sending her into a tunnel. She thought she would be fine, but it was more than she could take. 

"I should have known he would be behind this. Why wouldn't he be? He had Dreadwing and other Cybertronians on his medical slab. Disecting them. If anyone is going to get him out of the picture, it's going to be me." She vowed. 

"Your not going anywhere. We don't even know where they are hiding out." Hot Rod finally spoke. His silence was surprising. This didn't stop Dreadwing from keeping a small growl to himself. 

"Prime. You find out where he is hiding. I do not give a damn. None of you will stop me from having my vengance. This is the only way I can make sure my mother and brother are safe and the rest of the Autobots." 

Prime looked into her eyes. Understanding her emotions and status on the situation. This is something she needed to do and no one is going to stop her. Prime will not stop her. 

"I will not give you the go ahead, but what you do and how you get there is on you." He meets her on her level upon the platform. 

"I understand." She nods. 

The bots leave base, leaving Dreadwing, Ratchet and Hot Rod behind. Shelby begins pacing back and forth. 

"Shelby, I understand he is your father, but you can not go in front of him, if it is him behind it." Fowler tries to get her to reason. 

"I have to do this Fowler. He is my father. My blood and I'm letting him do this damage. I should of known this all from the beginning. I should have stopped him already." She waves her arms, yelling. 

"He has an army. He will kill you if he has you in his clutches again." Dreadwing joined. 

"An army that Hot Rod and I have already dealt with. I won't be going in unarmed either. I can do this. I will do this." 

"So I'm going with you?" Hot Rod looks at her with confusion, but promise.  

 "None of you are going. Optimus wants you all to stay here. I've also started trying to isolate the control frequency to the remote link Silas is using." Ratchet shouted over them all. 

"Remote link?" Fowler questioned. 

"You didn't think M.E.C.H. possessed the ability to build a completely autonomous robot, did you?" Ratchet laughed not looking up from the computer.

"This is great. That means you can find out is location!" Shelby jumped with joy. 

"Aha! Frequency isolated" Ratchet announced. 

"Then reopen that groundbridge." Fowler decided. 

"Agent Fowler, did you not hear Optimus advise against your involvement?" Ratchet looked up at Fowler, "It's for your own safety."

"Hot Rod, can you see where the location is?" Shelby leaned over the railing, whispering in his audio receptor.

"Yeah?" He answers looking at her with concern. 

"Memorize it. We are going for a drive, but we need to quick and quiet." She continues to whisper. 

"Got it. Get on." He holds out her hand and while the others are focused on Fowler and Ratchet. The two head out the other enterance. 

Lucky for them, no one hears the door sliding open. The two get outside and Hot Rod is quick to transform and they race off to the location. Shelby knows Agent Fowler will get there before them, but they won't be far behind. The ride is quick. Shelby behind Hot Rods steering wheel, pushing him to go faster. To which...he does. 

"There's Optimus and Nemisis Prime. Hurry don't let them see you." Shelby urges Hot Rod. 

He transforms and hold Shelby in his servo. He tip toes to the building that Silas's signal was coming from. Two guards are standing in front, but it isn't long that they are both knocked out and Shelby is inside. She finds Agent Fowler tussling with Silas. Both talking about their past military training. 

"Marines." She shouts standing behind her father. 

"Wha.." Before Agent fowler can finish his sentance, silas is getting kicked in the face by his daughter. 

"I knew you wouldn't be able to stay away." He sneered throwing a punch her way. 

"I knew you would know I would come." She growls ducking his punch and throwing her own hands. 

"It's sad that it had to come to this, daughter." He takes another shot, not holding back. 

"I think what has happened to you is sad." 

"You could have joined us, you know? We could have done great things." He grunts. 

"Nothing about what your doing is great." She cries out. 

"That's not what your brother thinks." He laughs, throwing another punch, this time hitting her in the jaw. 

"Shelby, stop fighting." A new voice joins them. 

She makes the mistake of turning towards it. Silas puts her in a choke hold immediatly taking her by surprise. She struggled, trying to kick back and get him to let go. He only held tighter. Laughing as she continued to get loose. 

"Not so strong now are you." He grined in her ear. 

Her brother stands there watching. Letting this happen. Letting his father slowly kill his last remaining sister. Her face beginning to turn blue, loosing oxygen fast. 

"Ahhhh!" Fowler screamed, grabbing Silas from behind. Pulling him off the young girl. "Unhand her!"

"You bastard! This is family business." Silas starts to fight with Fowler. "Your out of shape. Don't try and think you can beat me." 

"I'm not gonna let you kill her. I may be out of shape, but we did buy Prime some time." Fowler smirked. 

Silas stilled for a moment. Then rushed to the to the screens that were the eyes of his machine. Prime stood in all his glory, reaching back, then throwing a punch. Before Silas could stop him, Optimus pumled the fake Prime through the roof of the building. The metal fake came falling down, crashing down upon Silas, flattening him. Both Shelby and Brandon stood staring in the spot their father once stood. 

"Father?" Brandon said quietly. 

"Prime you need to get out of here, uncle Sam is coming." Fowler called out the the Autobot leader. "Shelby I suggest you leave too."

She nods. Before leaving, she turns and looks at her older brother. Who is still staring at the same spot. Her hand reaches out, wanting to give him some type of comfort, but quickly changes her mind. She runs out of the building, not looking back.