*Warning - Graphic Content*

"What is going on in here?" Megatron scolded.

His powerful steps causing the ground to shake. Knockout continued to work on Starscream's throat, while Starscream pointed his finger in fear at Dreadwing. Megatron looked over at Dreadwing, to see him struggling against his binds. Anger blinded him to what was going on around him. The minute he got a chance he was going to rip Starscream to shreds. Shockwave began to explain what was going on when he walked in. Megatron stood there listening, nodding as acknowledgment that he understands.

"Tell Shelby she might want to start working faster. As I might have to get rid of Dreadwing again to ensure cons stay alive." Megatron looked over at Starscream. "And as for you, Starscream, Stay way from the med bay, unless necessary."

Starscream cowered away in fear.

Knockout finished with Starscream and Starscream ran out of the med bay, not taking a look back. Dreadwing tried his hardest to get out of his hold.

"Soundwave collect the girl and bring her to the med bay." Megatron commed. He brought his digit down from his audio receptor, "I want extra security around here. Make sure he does not leave that table."

And with that he walked out of the room. Shockwave had also left the room. Leaving only Knockout and a struggling Dreadwing.

"You know he's a traitorous piece of scrap." Dreadwing scorned.

Knockout looked over at him, keeping a straight face.

"He has no honor, no loyalty. He only thinks of himself." Dreadwing continued.

"He's a con. What do you expect? Aren't we all like that?" Knockout sassed.

This angered Dreadwing even more. Shelby told him how Knockout was to her. How he had taken care of her. How he put her before him. Knockout wasn't the same flashy, egotistical brat he used to be. So why is he still acting like it in front of him.

"Shelby told me different." Dreadwing. Knockout looked away in shame.

"What did she tell you?" He quietly asked.

"I didn't believe that she was talking about you. You cared for her when I couldn't. I am in your debt for that." He reminded him.

"Well the way she talked about you didn't sound like you either." Knockout huffed back.

"I will admit my change. I didn't want to be apart of the decepticon cause anymore. After I planned to kill Starscream, I planned on leaving for good." Dreadwing admitted. He wasn't ashamed anymore. He was happy he changed. He changed for the better.

"I have not changed! I am a decepticon!" Knockout yelled at him. He strutted over and got in Dreadwings face.

"I suggest you get out of my face." Dreadwing warned.

"I will do what I want. This is still my medical bay." Knockout was losing control of his anger.

"I was only doing what I was told. I was put in charge of her." Knockout continued.

"Then why did you care for her? Why does she think of you as a friend?" Dreadwing asked.

Knockout scoffed at this. "I do not care for her. We are not friends. I was only following orders. She is just some fleshling, who has done nothing but be a burden." Knockout ranted.

"Is that true, Knockout?" A feminine voice rang out.

Soundwave slowly walked in with Shelby on his servo. Her arms were at her side, she was looking up at Knockout with her bright blue, saddened eyes. Her mouth was open just a bit from shock. Knockout turned fast and stared wide eyed at her. Guilt filling his processor. He knew he couldn't say no with Soundwave standing there. He would have to lie to her. He would have to break her heart. He opened his mouth to talk, but nothing came out. He couldn't speak. Not a word came out of his vocalizer.

"It is true." Shelby looked away in disappointment.

She couldn't look at him anymore. Her heart, which was starting to mend back together, was shattered into a million pieces, again. She told herself she wasn't going to cry. She wasn't going to show her hurt anymore. She put on a straight face and decided she was going to escape. Her and Dreadwing were going to escape before the week was up. She looked up at Knockout, he quivered in fear. Her eyes seemed to go black. They lost all emotion.

"Take me to Dreadwing, Soundwave." Her voice dead.

Soundwave walked past Knockout and handed her to Dreadwings outstretched servo. Soundwave brushed past Knockout as he left the room. Knockout wanted to turn around. To tell her it was all a lie. But he couldn't find the words to say it.

"Knockout to the bridge." Megatrons voice was heard throughout the ship. This gave him the excuse to not say a word and leave.

As soon as Knockout was out of earshot, Shelby and Dreadwing started making a plan.

Dreadwing lowered Shelby to the ground. She had her suit on her and thought it would be a good idea to use it for this. Dreadwing couldn't move yet because of his leg. So, Shelby went alone. She planned to scope out the halls, maybe get to a communication dock. She needed to get ahold of the Autobots. She was able to sneak around the vehicons with ease. She crept down the halls of the Nemisis. Keeping out of site. She wasn't to sure where she was going. She was always carried where she needed to go. It wasn't tell she heard Megatrons voice that she knew where she was.

"Knockout, What is this abomination?! And why have you brought it here?" Megatrons voice rang out.

Shelby slowly crept up near the bridge. Then another voice was heard. One Shelby never thought she would hear again.

"I am Silas, as in Cybernetic life augmented by symbiosis. I come with a proposition." She knew that voice all to well. It sounded just like him.

"This is the human who dissected Breakdown." recapped Knockout switching his servo to his buzzsaw.

"Please, my liege, allow me to return the favor." Anger overflowing his processor.

"I propose that you not overlook the one asset that provides Optimus Prime an advantage at least, on this world." Silas remarked.

"And that would be?" asked Megatron.

"The human factor."

This made Megatron laugh. "Look around you, Silas! I command an army from a mighty warship. What could a human possibly offer?" Megatron scoffed.

"I am no ordinary human, and this is no ordinary weapon." Silas explained to Megatron, giving him a smirk.

Shelby was lost in thought listening to the voice. When he stopped talking it made her come out of her trance. She wanted to listen to him talk more. Though it was a bit more gruff than before. She had so many questions. She ran out of where she was hiding.

"Father?" She questioned as she slowed down as she got closer.

Silas whipped around to find the source of the voice. His eyes were wide, for he had not heard that voice in some time. He continued to looked around.

"Down here, dad." She yelled up to him. He looked down at the small female.

"Shelby! How did you get here? Your supposed to be with Dreadwing." Megatron snapped.

"Dad?" Questioned Starscream and Knockout at the same time.

"I thought you were dead." Shelby ignored Megatron and the murmuring of the others. Silas didn't speak, he wasn't sure what to say. "How did you survive? They told me your body was to damaged to identify, but the only reason they knew it was you was because your wallet had been found on the body. How? Did you just leave mom and Brandon to die? I was told about poor Breakdown. Did you kill him too? I know you attempted to dissect him. What happened to you?" She continued to ask countless questions. She wanted answers. Anger and sadness building up in her. She tried hard to remain emotionless. It was becoming difficult.

"Your not supposed to be here. You were never to get involved." He finally spoke.

He seemed nervous, possibly scared as well. His last remaining child was standing in front of him. Out of all the things to happen. He never expected this.

"Is that why you faked your death, Colonel Bishop?" She demanded, refusing to call this man her father.

"I thought you got out of the military. We all thought you did. What else don't I know? Tell me!" She screamed.

The cons surrounding them had backed up now. Giving the two space. Megatron wasn't even sure if he wanted to intervene now.

"There is a lot you and the rest of the family didn't know about me." He seemed almost ashamed to talk to his youngest child. "And I didn't leave your mother and Brandon to die, I was the one who killed them."

The whole room seemed to freeze. Shelby didn't know how to think or feel. She didn't want to believe this. This was not her father, whoever this man was, he was the devil in disguise.

"Now I think you've seen to much." Silas sighed and before anyone could think, he pulled out a giant hammer that used to be Breakdowns.

Shelby saw her life flash before her eyes. She didn't care anymore, if something were to happen to her. She stood looking up at the hammer. Its seemed to go in slow motion. Everything seemed to slow down. Visions started to cloud her head. She saw her family run though her mind. Starting before the murders started. Then the blood, the broken bodies, the pain and suffering. She watching in order of their deaths. Her two oldest brothers, the first two to go. Then the forth child, her sister, died still showing fear on her face. The twins skulls showing though the acid burns. Her brother and mother, and who she thought was her father, were found together, already buried. But whoever did it, didn't do a very good job, for a hiker found them the next day.

*Flash back*

He died from defense wounds. Like he was protecting someone. They knew the minute the dug up my mothers body. Out of all the body's found, hers had to be the worse. She had surgical wounds all up her body. She was missing an arm and her left foot up to her knee. On her arm, it looked as if someone who was very skilled, probably already a doctor, had tried to attach something. From looking at her leg, it had a metal alloy prosthetic attached to it, it was probably something along as a prosthetic as well. Either it didn't work or it did and she fought back, it was ripped clean off from the stitches. You could still see where the small thin wire that held it together was torn. Where the prosthetic attached to her knee, it was starting to become infected. There were wires that were poorly connected to her knee's nerves. Her whole body was also starting to turn a greenish-blue color, showing that she had been dead for more than a twenty-four hours.

My brother tried to protect my mother. He tried to keep her safe. In the end, its what killed him. They told me he had been dead longer than my mom. Only by maybe a day. He was further along in the decomposition process. His body looked bruised, from turning different shades of green and blue. He had taken quite a few beatings. There was a large cut along one of his main arteries on his neck. He died from blood loss. Because he was protecting my mother, she had to watch the only son she had left, die in front of her. There was nothing she could do about it.

They found another set of remains with them. There was almost nothing left of the body. They only knew it was my father was because of the wallet that was found in his pants pocket. I was told he died last. His body was fresh only just starting to decompose. But it was the rotting of his skin that made it look like he was dead for weeks. His bones showing though his skin, his eyes falling out of his sockets. Because his eyes were still there and what skin wasn't burning in acid, made it known it was a fresh kill. The investigators had a hard time telling me about my fathers body.

I didn't know they were even missing. I hadn't heard from them in a few weeks. Which was normal. I had just talked to them two weeks prier, so I didn't think of this happening. No one in our family talked to us anymore, so why would anyone know they were missing. I became broken and lost. I fell into a deep depression. One that I wasn't sure I would be able to get out of. I went on emergency leave to take care of the burials. I had my father and mother cremated, per their wishes. Their urns stood on the mantel above the fireplace. My brother was buried with the rest of my siblings. On the east side of our childhood home. I knew my time in the military was over now. I had to go back home and protect it. I had to make sure that I wouldn't be next.

I would never know why this happened.

Why my family was targeted.

Why I was left out.

*End of flash back*

Everything started to close in on her. She was ready to die, but when the hit from the large hammer didn't come, she didn't know what to make of it. She looked up and saw a Blue body covering her and heard the vibrating from the hammer hitting his metal. Dreadwing quickly grabbed her and started to run.

"Now would be a great time for that ground bridge." Dreadwing said into his comm.

Shelby looked at him confused. One Dreadwing was running, and Two who was he talking to. Before she could get her answer, a blue and green vortex formed in front of them and the two ran through.