Hey! I hope you guys all enjoy this story still since I haven't gotten a lot of feedback lately. For the links, go to Youtube and then attach the rest of the links to after the .com. I haven't been able to get the links to work the way I want, so this is the best I can do. Shout-out to ZabuzasGirl, ShinraFox, and cbrown0925 for favoriting/following the story! Shall we continue with Katherine?

Links to the songs: 1st Song: /watch?v=EsbbABzvIxo

2nd Song: watch?v=xDiqFA3avNs

3rd Song: /watch?v=xjosva6ygYk

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.

Galloway Smellaway

I had unfortunately woken my dad and Epps again after we had all fallen asleep and I kept apologizing until Epps threw a pillow at me, "Would you stop saying sorry? We knew you had nightmares and it doesn't bother us at all. We want to help ya and I love ya, girl, but I will smack you if you say sorry one more time."

I smiled somewhat at my dad's best friend as my father rolled his eyes, "As cruel as he is, he sadly has a point. Wow, never thought I'd say he was right."

I started laughing as Epps threw a pillow at my father and my dad grinned, "Man, you are mean tonight."

We all shared a good laugh before I stood up, "Well, I'm gonna go for a walk. I would say run, but I'm not allowed to yet."

Epps snorted, "Don't let the Hatchet hear you. He'll tie you to a berth until you're old." I chuckled somewhat before I dressed in the bathroom and I used my crutch to help me walk around base. I peeked into the Autobot hangar to see none of the Bots in there, so they must have been in recharge, and I smiled as I headed into the rec room where they stored a keyboard for me. I checked again to make sure nobody was around and I turned the volume down a little before playing one of my favorite songs from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame: Heaven's Light/Hellfire. Afterwards, I played a version of the Tetris Theme before I began a song that hit close to home for me. It was Sound The Bugle from Bryan Adams and my hands shook slightly as I quietly sang while playing.

At the end, my arms crossed as they landed on the keyboard and I hid my face in them as tears tried to fall. I felt arms encase me and I looked up to see Ironhide's holoform, "I got ya, kid." I hid my face in his chest as I shook with suppressed sobs and he held me until smaller hands began rubbing my back. I eventually calmed down and escaped Ironhide's arms to give a weak smile to him and his sparkmate, who both grinned back.

They disappeared as I joined my dad and Epps on their way to the mess hall as the rest of the Autobots all began transforming, "Morning, guys!"

We received greetings from everyone before my dad groaned, "Hurry up, you two. Galloway is coming." My dad practically dragged me with Epps helping him as they rushed to get to the mess hall. I leaned against the wall by the door as I caught my breath and grimaced in pain, "Sorry, angel. Forgot you couldn't go that fast yet."

I shrugged before smiling as my boyfriend joined us and he gave me a quick kiss, "Morning, beautiful. Hey, Epps, Will."

I glared at my dad when he gave a small glower at the kiss and he softened at my look, "Yo, Sam!" Breakfast went smoothly, unless you count Fig and Epps getting into an argument about speaking English, but that was considered normal by now.

Sam kept a slow pace with me as my dad and Epps walked ahead of us to get back to work, "How's Forks?"

I shrugged, "Rainy. Very, very rainy," he started laughing, "I'm serious, dude. It rains every freaking day! I'm losing all of my tan!" He burst out laughing and, after a moment, I joined him as we reached the main hangar.

I headed over to Ratchet when he called my name, "What's up, doc?"

He motioned towards Elita, "Her alt form got a few dents and scrapes from the last mission. Would you please repair her?"

I saluted him, "No prob'. Hi, Elita. Mind transforming for me?" She smiled at me before doing as I asked and I saw Optimus watching for a moment before he returned to the conversation he was having with my father and Glenn. I was so focused on a particularly large dent while I was trying to gently fix it that I didn't hear a man walk up behind me till he snarled.

"Why is a civilian working on you? You have your own doctor!"

Elita made a small noise of pain when I accidentally struck her and I saw Optimus's head snap towards us at the sound from his mate and probably what he felt on the bond, "Sorry, Elita!" I turned to glare at Galloway (he had a badge pinned on his suit jacket that looked like he had polished it) and I put as much politeness in my voice as I could, "Ratchet asked me to repair the dents and scrapes Elita received because they aren't severe enough to warrant a trip to med bay. I also have small enough hands that it is much easier for me to fix them on her alt mode than it is for him. Are there any other problems, Director?"

His eyes were fuming behind his glasses, "Shouldn't you be in therapy? Oh wait, you're a military brat, so of course you're too tough for that to phase you."

My hand had slowly clenched on the wrench beside me and I stood up as the entire hangar seemed to freeze. Anger and tension seeped from every corner of the room as all focus turned to the director and I in a stunned silence. I put all of my anger and pain into my voice as I replied, "Yeah, I'm a military brat, but that never prepares you for watching friends and strangers die."

I started to walk away as I heard him yell behind me and I turned while throwing the wrench by his head, "Shut up! You have never been inside a war zone and watched people you know scream in terror as they try to find any safety. You have never been shot and then lied in your own blood wondering if you were actually going to die. You have never watched a family member see you dying and watch the panic in their eyes as they race to keep you alive. You have never been hurt like that from another human being! I was in Mission City and that can never compare to the terror and agony of the shooting at school. So until you can understand even a little, do not ever come near me or the next wrench will hit you."

I whirled back around and marched away from everyone as I heard a few engines rumble in anger at Galloway. Once I was alone in a hall, I looked at my hands to see they were trembling and I let out a cry of rage as I punched the wall. I stood there shaking before tensing when a hand rested on my shoulder, "Katherine, look at me, angel," I moved my glance to my father and blinked in shock at the glossy sheen to his eyes, "I should be telling you off for yelling at Galloway, but my priority is you. I know the pain you're feeling, how you feel you should have done something else to keep the others from dying, how angry you feel at the shooter and yourself. You need to let it go, sweetheart, because it will only hurt you. I've felt the same way and it only leads to your own self-destruction."

My head bowed and he pulled me into his arms as my body shook, "It's so hard, daddy. I don't want to feel like this anymore."

His hand ran along my hair and his breath tickled my scalp, "Then don't. How you feel is up to you. Don't let this break you. Use it to make you stronger than ever. He will never win so long as you don't let yourself be the victim. Yes, he hurt you, but you can hurt him by becoming a better you, a stronger version," I smiled and nodded, "Okay, now that you've calmed down, let's get back to the others. You still need to finish repairing Elita, especially with the new dent you gave her."

My mouth dropped, "I dented her?! Oh no! Her and Optimus are gonna kill me!" He chuckled and shook his head as I moved as fast as I could to the main hangar. I walked up to Optimus and Elita before blurting out, "I am so sorry, Elita! I didn't mean to!"

She gave a soft smile and rubbed the tip of her finger against the top of my head, "Calm down, little one. It wasn't your fault. You were startled. Do you wish to finish?" I nodded bashfully and glanced at Optimus to see him give me a warm smile before he returned to his work while I returned to fixing Elita's dents once she had transformed back into her alt.

Later that day, Sam and I convinced Bumblebee to take us out driving and we spent a few hours doing tricks and speeding through the desert. Us three were laughing when we came back and I pouted when Ratchet shook his finger at me, "You're three minutes late, young lady. You should have been here to start your physical therapy." I rolled my eyes and gave Sam a quick kiss before walking into the chamber of doom, A.K.A. Ratchet's med bay. We spent a few hours working until he allowed me to go get dinner and relax for a little bit before I had to go to my session with Optimus. Prime and I discussed miscellaneous topics once more and he walked me to my room again at the end of our session. I waved to him as I disappeared into the room and I crashed beside my sleeping father.

THIRD P.O.V.

After walking Katherine to her room, Optimus returned to his office and pulled up a record of the attack on the large screen on his desk. He read through all the facts, even though he had read them at least ten times by now, and he couldn't help whispering, "You're stronger than you know, Katherine. I promise that we will bring this man to justice." With a heavy vent, he shut everything off and made his way to the berthroom he shared with his sparkmate, who was already deep in recharge. A faint smile made it to his faceplates and he gratefully sank into recharge with her in his arms.