Sabrina tries again to break the restraints to keep Silas's assistant from putting the energon into Brandon since she is afraid what a full dose of Energon may do to him. Since his body is still getting used to having it in his system a few seconds later, the teen discovers that the only way to earn her freedom would be to turn into her Cybertronian form.
'If I do that, I am doing extacly what Silas want me to do, but I need to save my brother. I'm sorry Brandon, I wanted to make sure you wouldn't get hurt or captured again.' Sabrina thinks.
Sabrina looks to her left and sees the scientist walk over to Brandon. The scientist only chuckles and puts the needle into Brandon's right arm. She feels a sharp pain in her chest when Brandon screams out in pain. The teen is reminded of how strong their bond as siblings is when everything starts to spin around her. The last thing Sabrina remembers as things fade to black is the scientist saying that Brandon has passed out. She isn't sure how long she was out, but when she comes to, the sound of Silas happy chuckles and him saying that he is glad to see Brandon has become a tiny orange and red robot. A strong wave of disappointment to wash over her as she failed as Brandon's big sister to save him and stop the scientist from doing what he just did.
Agent Fowler gets about ten or so minutes away before he stops behind some traffic caused by construction. As he waits for the signal to go so he can get somewhere to speak to General Bryce, a movement to the right catches his attention. A black van coming out of an alleyway at a slightly alarming speed before it goes around a corner and out of sight. Knowing he's going to be waiting in traffic, he allows his curiosity to come out. He moves off the road to park before getting out and looking into the alley the van had just come out. With widened eyes, he quickly grabs his phone and dials 911.
"What is your emergency?" He hears.
"I've got an adult female and adult male lying unconscious in an alleyway." He answers before giving his location and the damage of the two adults that he sees.
Within half an hour, Agent Fowler is leaving a hospital room while on the phone with General Bryce.
"What is their current condition?" Bryce asks about his two former workers.
"Still unconscious but stable as of right now but they're scheduled for MRI's to check for any brain damage." Fowler answers. "I've got guards stationed outside their room. What am I to do when they wake up?" He asks, looking into the room before closing the door behind him.
"As soon as one of them is awake, find out what happened and anything else you can. When the Burtons stable enough to be transported or discharged, they're to be arrested until they can prove their innocence. If anything else happens or you find out the results of the scans, inform me immediately." Bryce orders before ending the call.
Meanwhile, at the Autobot base, Ratchet is doing his best to locate the teens and Brandon. Arcee looks over her shoulder to see Cliffjumper pacing back and forth. He's worried about what this Silas person could be doing to the children and feels guilty again about failing as Sabrina's guardian. Arcee turns around, goes over to him and grabs his wrist because his actions are beginning to drive her crazy. Cliffjumper turns his head to look her in the eyes.
"Cliff, you need to relax. Ratchet will find them." Arcee says.
"I know Cee, but I failed again as Sabrina's guardian. If I went into the school, we wouldn't be in this situation." Cliffjumper says.
"Cliff, stop beating yourself up over this. I can assure you once we bring them back Sabrina will apologize to you."
They walk over to Ratchet.
"I've located another Autobot signal," Ratchet says.
"Autobot signal." Elita gasps.
"Do you think that this Silas person used Energon on Brandon or Natasha?" Cliffjumper asks.
"It could be possible." Ratchet answers.
"Where are they?" Arcee asks.
Ratchet shows them some video footage he was able to get from hacking into a government satellite. The first video is from a few days ago. Ratchet can zoom in enough so everyone can see Graham's father press a button on the dash, then two robotic hands come out from underneath the radio, holding a device. The video becomes blocked out because of a sudden flash of bright light then they hear a robotic voice says. "You don't have any children. Now, go to Silas's office." Ratchet stops the video.
"I can't believe that is what humans think robots sound like," Bumblebee says.
"Focus Bumblebee so this video would explain why Graham's parents were acting strangely in the video we got from Cliffjumper," Optimus says.
"Not to mention why they weren't concerned about Isabella being kidnap." Agent Fowler says.
"This video didn't help us locate the kids. Plus, we still don't know why this Silas person is using them in the first place." Cliffjumper adds.
"We'll have to figure out why this Silas is using Graham's parents later," Optimus says. "Ratchet, are there any other videos from that satellite that would aid us in locating the children?"
Ratchet pulls up the second video it's from an hour ago, it shows Graham's parents and the same men from Cliffjumper's video taking the children out of the jeep then carrying them into a building.
"Ratchet, hurry up and find that building so I can go rescue the kids," Cliffjumper says.
"You mean so we can rescue them, right partner?" Arcee asks.
"Right, I meant to say we," Cliffjumper says.
Ratchet quickly starts to locate the building from the video, but it takes him longer than he was expecting due to the speed of the connection the computer has to the internet. When he finds it and types the coordinates into the ground bridge, the Autobot medic turns to face the team.
"I've programmed the ground bridge to send you to a spot outside the building's security system, so be careful to avoid the cameras to keep this rescue a secret from this Silas person and to make sure our cover isn't blown," Ratchet says.
"Understood, Autobots, roll out!" Optimus says.
Everyone transforms and drives into the ground bridge.
'Don't worry Sabrina I'm going to make this Silas pay if he/she hurts you or any of the others.' Cliffjumper thinks.
After leaving the hospital to waste a few hours as the MRI's are taking place, Agent Fowler soon receives a phone call to return to the hospital. He gets to the hospital as fast as he can before meeting with the doctor that was in charge of the scans.
"I'm glad you are here, Agent Fowler. It would appear that the injuries of Mr. and Mrs. Burton were more severe than we expected." The doctor tells Agent Fowler as soon as he sees him.
The tone of voice that the doctor speaks in makes Fowler a bit worried, having worked with the two for years.
"How bad is it?" Fowler asks as the two makes their way to Mr. and Mrs. Burton's room.
"During the MRI scans, we were able to deduce that with whatever happened to these two, the ones who beat them up to this point… they had the intent to kill them. They both are suffering from intense brain trauma. To give them a bit more time, we were forced to put the two into a medically induced coma. They're going to need surgery to have any chance of survival. Seeing as you are the only one able to make the decision, we need your permission to schedule them into the next available surgery slots." The doctor says, now handing the clipboard he had to Fowler.
"It's that bad?" Fowler asks, looking to the paper.
"There are signs of bleeding beginning in multiple spots. Without the surgery, there's a high probability they won't live." The doctor says.
Fowler signs the paper before handing the clipboard to the doctor.
"Do it." He says before looking into the room that holds the parents of the child that is currently in his care.