Warning – Violent death, and main character deaths...

Chapter 3

Optimus got a commlink from Ratchet and Ironhide that they were set up, and Optimus knew he had to save them somehow. So, he headed for the location where the commlink came from, when he got there he saw the bodies of Ratchet and Ironhide. Optimus felt his tanks just jolt his sire was dead right along with his close friend, Ironhide.

Optimus unexpectedly purged up everything in his tanks as the rest of Cemetery Wind, NEST and Sector Seven surrounded him, Katie and Cora. Optimus was hit with liquid Nitrogen shutting him down, while both sisters were captured.

Katie slid her hand into Cora's and squeezed very tightly.

"Stay strong," Katie said softly to Cora, as Cora felt tears run down her face.

Cora didn't want to lose her older sister, she was all she had left now. They had lost their parents, and now she had to watch her only sister die. She didn't want to oh God, she just didn't want to be strong not if it meant losing Katie!

She was all she had left now, and those bastards would rip her away from her too like they did Ratchet and Megatron.

She just couldn't...

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Several weeks later...

Optimus was tortured so badly his faith in humanity entirely destroyed aside from Katie and Cora of course, but he was so badly battered and incapacitated aside from being able to move his helm.

Then he saw her his Katie brought out by Lennox and Epps, she stared at him mouthed the words 'Stay strong I will always love you they can not take that from you, my love,' she mouthed and then glanced at her sister who was being held by two unidentified Cemetery Wind men. 'Protect him, let find love again, I love you, Cora,' Katie mouthed as tears ran down Cora's face.

'I will, I promise. I love you,' Cora mouthed as Katie nodded and smiled sadly.

"Hey Prime, heard she's your girlfriend, is that true?" Epps asked in a sarcastic tone.

Optimus felt coolant ran down his faceplates as his optics never left his Katie's eyes.

Silence at first...

"Please... Please do not harm her, please I beg you," Optimus pleaded.

Optimus heard and saw when Lennox pulled the trigger, which ended the life of his protector and future bonded. It was like slow motion for Optimus as he watched her drop to the floor.

"No, Katie!" Cora screamed as tears streamed down her face. "You bastard...!" she shouted at Lennox.

Lennox sneered at her then.

"She isn't anymore now is she?" Lennox snarled as Cora had been forced to watch and her heart broke just she knew it would at the loss.

While Optimus made a terrible God-awful keening sound so sad it broke Cora even more, she wanted to heal him she truly did but she knew he would be broken now and nothing would heal him not now.

"Please fight, Optimus, please," Cora begged as Optimus' beautiful azure optics changed to a pained white, while he threw his head back and yelled out in complete and utter anguish as his body finally gave up and he shut down out of pain and agony of loss to strong even for the great Optimus Prime leader and Prime to his people.

Cora sobbed, as she slowly sank to the floor as Katie's body had been badly torn apart in front of Optimus before he had shut down after seeing such horrific acts done to his protector and love. Cora's mind couldn't stand it and it shut down forcing her to pass completely out cold after seeing what was done to her sister.