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Legend: Speaking in thoughts purposely aimed at Edward

Thinking

Emphasis on a thought/word

**** swear words

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Transformers or Twilight, all I own is Katherine, students that were hurt/died in the attack, and the plot.

I hate hospitals

It had only been about a day and I was already going nuts in the hospital bed. Thankfully, I was never alone because that just wouldn't have ended well. School was canceled until further notice, so I didn't have any schoolwork to occupy myself and I kept getting in trouble whenever I attempted to climb out of the hospital bed or use my right arm. I say attempted because I hurt myself more and ended up giving up trying from pain and also the fact that Hide and Mia threatened to have Ratchet fly up and deal with me. Not a promising situation, so I behaved...mostly.

Hospital food is absolutely disgusting and the TV channels suck since most channels don't even work. The few that actually worked show nothing of interest unless you want to watch mindless soap operas. Thank Primus for holoforms since Ironhide created a portable DVD player that could play anything I wanted as an extension of his holoform. He had to recharge his holoform longer, but he said it was worth it to keep me in line. However, I knew he was just trying to keep my mind off of the attack.

It worked great until visiting hours were up and I was alone in the dark. I couldn't sleep much without having flashbacks or imagining the outcome so very different. Many times I woke up screaming or drenched in a cold sweat with nurses hovering over me since my heart rate would skyrocket to dangerous levels. At least, I'm assuming they were dangerous levels since nobody told me, but Ratchet was constantly having my guardians scan me for him.

I had been in the hospital about a week and a half, which was way too long in my opinion, when I was discharged and allowed to go to the Cullens' house. Bella brought by some of my clothes from my room at my uncle's and Chromia helped me get dressed. To be honest, though, it was more me sitting there and letting her dress me like I was some sort of a doll.

Carlisle came in with my dad and they carefully moved me to a wheelchair, but it still hurt like frag since I was still healing at a slow pace. Ironhide was waiting by his alt and he gently placed me in the backseat while my dad climbed into the driver's seat. Chromia was going to follow us to the Cullens' house and then she was going to "leave" with my dad and Ironhide to go back to the base. In actuality, her alt form would stay while her holoform would appear to leave. I saw all the Cullens, minus Carlisle, and my cousin waiting outside the house for me and they all had huge smiles on their faces when we arrived.

Jasper softly picked me up and carried me upstairs to a bedroom with a bathroom attached. After placing me in the bed and helping me sit up with pillows for support, he left as my dad and the two holoforms came in. My dad slowly sat beside me and brushed some hair out of my face, "I love you, angel. I'm just a phone call away and you can come back whenever you need to, okay? Fall break isn't that far away and you'll be able to walk by then!"

We hugged carefully, but tightly, and then Hide took his place, "Comm me if ya need me, kid. Take care of my Mia, got it, soldier?"

I playfully saluted, "Sir, yes, sir!" He chuckled and hugged me before all three of them left and I frowned a bit when I realized that I stunk.

I started to get up, but was stopped when Esme suddenly appeared beside me, "Don't move, Katherine. You'll only aggravate your injuries and put your healing back. What do you need?"

I blushed and looked at my lap as I mumbled, "I was going to shower cause I know I don't smell pleasant and I didn't want to bug all of you with my smell."

She laughed lightly and smiled, "Don't worry about it. You don't smell as bad as some people we've come across in our many years. Now they smelled terrible." I laughed a little before wincing when the laughter pulled at my abdomen, "Hold on, I'll go grab you some food and your medication. Here's the remote for the TV."

I randomly flipped through channels before I found a channel showing the news, "...Forks, Washington, a gunman opened fire in the high school cafeteria almost two weeks ago. This is what many of the witnesses described as the gunman. If you have any clues as to who this man is, then please call the number at the bottom of your screen. Authorities are saying that this man should be considered armed and dangerous, so do not engage him. The high school will be having a memorial for the five students that died that day and the ten students injured. Matthew 'Matt' Johnson, Serena Wilson, Amelia Franks, Todd Hamilton, and George Stark were the five that died in the cafeteria that day. They attempted to run and were gunned down as they escaped. We have reports that a Katherine Lennox attacked the gunman and tried to get the gun away to save everyone. She was released from the hospital today after being shot three times. Many students, teachers, and members of the community are praising this young girl for the courage she showed and for helping their own children escape and live to see another day. We called Miss Lennox's father, but he refused to speak to us and only said 'My daughter is my priority. If I ever get my hands on the ******* that did this to her and these kids, he'll wish he was never ******* born.' We'll tell you more on the story as information comes out."

A commercial came on and I turned to see the Cullens standing in the doorway, including Carlisle now, as tears filled my eyes, "I...I wasn't trying to be a hero...I just wanted to save Isa. I-I didn't think a-a-anyone had died."

They hurried over and Esme gently held me as I cried, "We know, sweetie, we know. You did your best and you're still alive, that's all that matters. Don't mourn for them, celebrate the lives they lived instead. It makes the pain lessen." I remained in her arms as she quietly soothed me and I ate the soup they brought before taking my medication that lulled me into a deep sleep with Jasper's help.