"Hey everyone! It's time for the next chapter! In this Chapter Katrina is now wondering what she has left to live for. Will she try to move on or will she accept death? Keep reading and reviewing!

LOVE NEVER DIES
Chapter 5 No Point in Living

Optimus looked around the dense forest acre by acre.

Soon he heard a scream and followed the direction where it came from.

He was thinking that if anything should happen to Katrina he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.

Elita didn't slow down with her attack.

She threw poor Katrina into a tree and then started slapping her senseless.

"Why are you doing this to me?" Katrina asked surprised.

"I'm just getting started." Elita replied.

She then kicked Katrina as hard as she could.

Following that she stomped her foot on her countless times.

Katrina tried to fight back but Elita wasn't giving her a chance to even lift a arm.

"What did I ever do to you?" Katrina asked.

"You are trying to steal my man." Elita replied.

"What are you talking about?" Katrina asked.

"You know him. Optimus Prime." The Elita said. "I'm Elita-1 and he was mine first."

Katrina remembered her from what Optimus had said.

"What do you care? He's not your man anymore." Katrina said.

"I plan to change that." Elita said. "And I'm not letting some little cow get in my way."

"What makes you think I'm trying to steal him?" Katrina asked.

"Don't play dumb with me!" Elita replied "I know you have a crush on him! I know you want him! I know you love him! But he can only have one sparkmate."

"Beating up one of his allies isn't going to get you closer to that." Katrina replied.

"SHUT UP YOU TRAMP!"Elita said as she continued to slap her.

Following that she took out her pistol again and slammed the bottom of the handle on Katrina's head.

Then she fired multiple rounds in her back and legs.

Elita was just not being satisfied.

She then dug her fingernails into Katrina's joint spots.

Elita smacked the barrel of her gun against Katrina's face.

The angry femme-bot smacked, punched, kicked, scratched, and slapped as much as she could.

Still not satisfied she actually bit Katrina's arms leaving huge marks.

Katrina could just feel her platting giving into the blows.

"And what chance do you think you have with him huh?" Elita asked slapping her face again. "None. You're not even close to his standards. You are hardly fighting back even when your life is in danger. What kind of leader would fall for someone that pathetic?"

Katrina tried to ignore her but Elita was really hitting her delicate feelings.

"Optimus isn't the only one." Elita said. "No male in his right mind would want you. Look at you, lying on the ground begging for forgiveness. What do you want to live for anyway?"

"What?" Katrina asked.

"Why do you want to live?"Elita asked "What is there in your life that worth living for? Your kind is dead, you don't have a male and you never will, your not helping out in battle, even your sister is safer in their care than in yours."

Katrina tried to object but found herself losing this debate as well as her health.

"Who was it that saved her from Megatron?" Elita asked while she held Katrina up by her neck. "What would have happened if Optimus didn't arrive? You'd be dead! Face it sweetheart. You failed as a older sister!"

Katrina's eyes started to water.

Elita smiled glad to see that so far she was successful.

"You have a terrible life so why do you want to move on?" she asked smacking the gun barrel on her face again. "I'm only doing you a favor by killing you."

"My god she's right." Katrina thought.

"Okay fine kill me." She then said.

"That's more like it honey." Elita replied.

She then threw Katrina into the same tree she did the first time and this time the tree collapsed and fell on top of poor Katrina.

Elita then kicked the tip of her toe into Katrina's left eye.

She then picked her up and threw her down on the ground hard.

Elita then unloaded more bullets from her gun into Katrina.

Then she took her face and smashed it against fallen tree.

Again and again Elita attacked Katrina.

She fell to the ground and shook uncomfortably.

"Don't mess with my man you whore." Elita said as she prepared to finish her off.

Suddenly an unexpected blow knocked her away from her target.

Optimus had arrived just in time to stop the finishing blow.

He looked at Katrina and was shocked of what Elita had done.

Parts were exposed, scratched, damaged, and broken.

"Optimus?" Elita asked.

"What have you done to her?" Optimus asked.

"Well you know you can't have two females in your life. I thought I'd reduce it to one." Elita replied.

"You succeeded with that." Optimus said as he covered his arms around Katrina. "I don't know what I ever saw in you Elita."

"Optimus you have to forgive me. I promise I'll be more gentle." Elita said trying to get on his good side.

"Get away." Optimus replied. He could see right through her charm disguise.

"Oh come on I-" Elita continued.

"Get away!" Optimus said louder.

"You better stop talking like-" Elita tried to say.

"GET AWAY!" Optimus yelled loud enough to wake the dead.

"You'll pay!"Elita said then left.

Optimus looked down upon Katrina.

She looked so vulnerable, so helpless, in need of a protector.

Gently he lifted her up and cradled her in his arms.

"O-o-Op-Optimus?" Katrina barley managed to say.

"It's okay" Optimus whispered in his calming voice. "It's okay. Everything is fine now."

She was so sweet and innocent looking. Even though she was covered in wounds she was still beautiful.

Optimus felt the need to protect her no matter the costs.

He had a feeling that at first was new to him but then he realized he felt that with Elita.

Only now it was much stronger.

"I promise I'll be there for you next time Katrina" Optimus said although Katrina had lost continence by now.

He decided to worry about that later.

At that moment he had to make sure to get Katrina back to base.

When he arrived Ava went into hysterics.

"OH MY GOD KATRINA! WHAT THE HELL DID SHE DO TO YOU?" She yelled crying.

"If we don't act now the wounds will be highly fatal." Ratchet said examining them.

Katrina was rushed to their emergency room.

During the operation there was no autobot absent from the room and very few who weren't keeping their eyes on Katrina.

"I'm scared for her Skyfire." Ava said digging her face into his chest.

"I know Ava." He said trying to calm her down.

Ava then took her head out and turned towards Optimus.

"I can't believe you ever loved her." She said to him.

"Neither can I." Optimus replied.

It was a long, hardworked operation but soon Katrina was barley saved.

Her continence was regained and she slowly looked around.

"Sis!" Ava said wrapping her arms around her.

"Katrina you're alive!" Bumblebee said smiling at her.

"You pulled through great girl!" Jazz said giving her a thumbs up sign.

The everyone smiled at this recovery.

Everyone...except Katrina herself.

"Why?" She whispered.

"Why what?" Ava asked confused.

"Why did you save me?" Katrina asked.

"What you don't appreciate it?" Ironhide asked.

"No it's just...I should have died." Katrina said starting to cry again.

"What?" Ava asked surprised.

"What point is there for me to live?" Katrina said getting up running up to her room as tears fell out of her eyes like waterfalls.

The smiles from everyones face disappeared.

Meanwhile at the Decepticon's base.

"I told you to only wound her! Not kill her!" Megatron said angry.

"She wanted me to do so." Elita replied.

"Don't take her requests over mine!" Megatron said. "Under normal circumstances I would have your head but seeing as the job was done all the same I'll let you off with a warning."

"That's somewhat nice of you." Elita replied.

"Don't get too cocky." Megatron said. "If you disobey me again there won't be another chance."

"I won't disobey as long as you promise Optimus Prime will die." Elita said.

"That will happen or I will die doing it." Megatron said.

Back at the Autobot base

The autobots all followed her to her room and heard her sobbing on the other side.

Ava walked in while everyone else listened.

"Katrina?" She asked.

"Yes?" Katrina replied.

"What do you mean you have nothing to live for?" Ava asked.

"It's true." Katrina said. "Our family is dead, I'm never going to find a man to love, you're safer with the autobots than with me, and all these things are preventing me from even helping fights."

"Did Elita put these thoughts in your head?" Ava asked.

"She's right Ava." Katrina replied. "She was doing me a favor by trying to kill me. Why did you bring me back?"

"Because you're part of our family." Ava said.

"That can only go so far." Katrina said. "I'm just holding you all back. I know you all try to be nice to me but deep down inside no one cares. I'm no help to any of you."

"Katrina please." Ava begged as her own eyes started to water.

"I'm sorry Ava but I'm not leaving this spot." Katrina said.

Ava walked out of the room crying.

The other autobots heard everything.

"What has that bitch done to my sister?" Ava asked still crying.

Optimus started brainstorming on ways they could make her feel better.

One by one each autobot tried to cheer her up.

Everyone of them had walked in with a smile and came out with a frown following by a headshake to confirm they failed.

Katrina lyed on the recharge bed on her side.

She stared into a blank wall.

She was ready for her life to end.

For Katrina there was no point in living.