Screamer and the drones that didn't die, flew off. Shelby watched as they flew, making sure they didn't turn back. Then she immediately went to Wheeljack, but not before looking at her hero. The sun was shining on his blue and golden frame. Making him almost look like an angel. He is holding a large sword in his hand, staring up at the sky. Realizing there are eyes on him, he looks down. A guilty look forms on his face plate. Shelby slowly walks closer to him, unsure of how to feel. Pissed off or happy.

"Dreadwing?" She questions. She wanting to make sure this is real and not just a figment of her imagination.

"It is I, Shelby." He says attempting to smile.

She wants to hug him, but at the same time shoot him. She thought for a moment. Then before Dreadwing could take in what was about to happen, She brought her pistol up and shot him in the leg. Knowing well that is won't pierce his armor. Just a small dent she can easily fix and give him a small sting. She then turns and runs over to Wheeljack, while Dreadwing hisses in pain.

Wheeljack groans and rolls on to his back. "You okay, Wheeljack?" Shelby asks him, inspecting his injuries as he sat up.

"Nothing I can't handle." He chuckles to her.

He has yet to notice Dreadwing. Dreadwing got over the pain by now, and is growling lowly as he watches Shelby interact with the wrecker. Wheeljack stands up and sees that Shelby is staring at something.

"What the frag is he doing here?" Wheeljack hisses. Staring the ex-con down. The ex-con doing the same.

"You came back? Or did you go back to Megatron and are here to take me to him?" Shelby walks up to him, her arms crossed. He kneels down to get closer to her.

"I mearly went to retrive me weapons. I am sorry I didn't tell you. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. So, I just took off." He explains, not looking at her. He can't. He feels guilty. Though he didn't understand why. But he feels the need to make it up to her.

Wheeljack puts his face shield on, and a hand over his grenade that is on his belt. "Shelby back away!" He roars, attempting to move in front of her.

"No!" She yells, running in front of Wheeljack with her hands up, trying stop him.

"He's a con!" He argues.

"He didn't go back to Megatron, I'd say he's a ex con." She argues back. Her hands on her hips.

Dreadwing puts his sword on his back and starts to back up a bit. Wheeljack eyes him down. Glaring, intimidating him.

"Wheeljack" Shelby growls his name, crossing her arms and staring him down.

"Well looks like you don't need me anymore." Just like that Wheeljack transformed into his alt mode and sped off.

"Wait! Wheeljack!" She yells, hopping on her ATV and racing after him.

Even though she knew she wouldn't be able to catch up. Dreadwing follows, transforming and flying overhead. He flew until he was in front of Wheeljack. Before Wheeljack could hit the road, Dreadwing lands in front of him. Stopping him in his tracks.

"Get out of my way, con" Wheeljack sneers though his alt mode.

"Wheeljack!" Shelby pants as she drifts to a stop in between him and Dreadwing. "Please, you heard my story. I brought him back. And he didn't go to Megatron. That's got to count for something." She pleads to him.

Dreadwing stays behind his savor, not daring to speak. She was right, though. He didn't go back to Megatron. He chose to come back to her. He wasn't sure why, but he felt he had to come back. He also didn't want to be offlined again.

"Please Wheeljack. At least let Prime know that he came back." She continues to plead.

Wheeljack transforms and put his finger up to his comm, "Wheeljack to base"

"Come in Wheeljack." answers Ratchet.

"Dreadwing has returned." He says with the sound of disappointment in his voice.

"Make sure he stays there, Optimus will want to speak to him." Ratchet makes clear.

"Roger that doc." He smirks into the comm.

"Don't call me Doc!" Ratchet yells back before disconnecting. Both Shelby and Wheeljack snicker. Dreadwing gives a low grunt.

"Well you heard him, stay here." Wheeljack orders, transforming again and driving off.

This time Shelby doesn't stop him. She looks down to the ground. 'I hope he comes back.' She thinks to herself. She shakes her head and looks up at Dreadwing.

"Come on lets fix that dent." She tells him. Then the both of them walking into the garage.

Neither of them spoke while she popped out the dent. There was nothing to say. Shelby was still disapointed that he had left. But she is happy that he came back. Now she can protect him. Even though it will probably be the other way around. Which both don't seem to mind. As she was finishing up, a ground bridge was heard in the distance. Heavy footsteps are heard coming out of it. The two got up and walk out of the garage to meet the bots coming though.

"Hey Optimus." Shelby waves up to the blue and red leader. Dreadwing picks her up off the ground and sets her on his shoulder. Almost seeming out of jealousy of the Prime.

"Jesus Dread, a little warning next time." She hisses in his audio receptor. He doesn't reply, just puts his head down. Seeing this, she puts her hand on his cheek.

"Dreadwing, where did you go?" Optimus asks him.

"Not to Megatron, if that's what your getting at. I mearly went to retrieve my weapons." Dreadwing bows his head to Optimus.

"That is good to hear. I recal asking you before, will you join the Autobots." Optimus brings his hand out to the ex-Decepticon.

"And I've told you before. Betraying the decepticons is not equal with joining you. I will become a nutural. I know Megatron will be looking for me. And he already had Starscream come and try and take Shelby." He explains to Optimus.

"Then you both should come with us. You will both be protected at our base."

No one said anything for a while. Shelby didn't want to leave her home. But she already seen what the decepticons are willing to do.

"I'm sorry but I can't leave my home. I just can't." She says almost to quiet to hear.

"You'll change your mind the next time Megatron sends troops to come get you, and this time destroying everything in its path." Arcee explains, hands on her hips.

"Wheeljack and I did just fine, thank you very much." Shelby points out to her.

"Hey where is Jackie?" Asks Bulkhead. Shelby looks away. Disappointed that Wheeljack had left.

"He left." Shelby says.

"Oh" Bulkhead says sadly.

"I'm sure he will end up meet us back at base, Bulk." Arcee says softly to her saddened friend.

"I am sorry for Wheeljack leaving. I believe he only left because of me." Dreadwing apologizes looking at Bulkhead.

"Well of course its your fault!" Yells Bulkhead, stepping in front of the other bots and over to Dreadwing.

"Bulk, its not just his fault, its mine too. I don't think he liked me defending him." Shelby defends. Bulkhead looked at her. Anger could be seen in his eyes.

"This will be hard for all of use to get used too. But we need to look on the Brightside that Dreadwing didn't go back to Megatron." Optimus's voice rang over everyone.

"I will not force you to come back with us. But I do ask that you think it over." He continues. Shelby looked at him and nodded. She understood the risks she was taking but she is not ready to leave her home.

"Ratchet, please open the ground bridge." Optimus says into his comm.

The ground bridge opens up. Arcee and Bulkhead run though without looking back. Before the Prime stepped though, he looks back at the two. Shelby gives him a small wave goodbye.

"We shall see each other again." He says before stepping though the swirling green and blue vortex.

After the bridge closed, Shelby shifts so she has her legs up on Dreadwings shoulders and her back leaning against his neck and helm. He turns and walks into the garage.

"Why did you really come back Dreadwing?" The finally relaxing human asks the big bad con.

"What do you mean?" He wonders.

"You have your wings back, you can go anywhere in the world and you come back to my tiny home in the middle of nowhere."

Dreadwing picks her up off his shoulder and places her on his hand to look at her better. "I knew Megatron was gonna be coming after you. I know he's going to come after me. He sent Soundwave, but you got rid of him. Which amazed me...I mean it was very well done." He quickly looks away.

Shelby saw hints of blue reaching his cheeks. 'Is he blushing?' She wonders to herself. She thought that it is the cutest thing ever. "Well it means a lot to me that you came back." She tells him with a smile on her face.

They continued to talk for the next few hours. It was starting to get late and Shelby hadn't showered in at least 3 days. She wasn't sure. So much had happened, that she couldn't remember if she had ate either.

"As much as I'd love to continue to chat. I need to shower. I probably smell like horse shit." She says standing up. Dreadwing lowers her to the ground where she hops off.

"I'll be right back. Make yourself at home." She insures to him as she runs off to the house. And Dreadwing chose to do just that, make himself at home.