Yo yo yo! I hurried to write this since I made you all wait for so long for the last chapter, sorry about that. Anyway, you know I had too much time on my hands when I actually decided to make a movie trailer for this story...yeah, I'm weird. Shout-out to BellaPevensie96 for favoriting my story! On with Katherine!

Legend: Speaking in thoughts purposely aimed at Edward

Thinking

Emphasis on a thought/word

**** swear words

"Comm"

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.

Last day at base

I woke up and smiled, but then frowned as I realized that I would be leaving tomorrow in order to get over jet lag before school started again. Sighing, I dragged myself out of bed and quickly got ready in some camo shorts I had and my favorite my dad had gotten me about shooting like a girl. Digging around my dad's closet, I found my boots with skulls embellished on and I threw my hair into a fancier braid than normal as I locked my dad's room on my way out.

I smirked when I saw Sam hadn't noticed me come into the main hangar and I sauntered over quietly while motioning for everyone to not give me away, "I wonder when Kat is going to get up, she never sleeps this late."

It was all the Bots, Epps, and my dad could do to not laugh as I chuckled inwardly before grabbing Sam's shoulders while yelling, "Boo!"

He shrieked like a girl and spazzed out while everyone else started laughing, "She got you good, Sam!"

My boyfriend glared at Bee before looking at my dad, "Shouldn't you be telling her not to give people heart attacks?"

My dad smirked as he looked at me, "Now, Katherine, what did I say about scaring people?"

I grinned and shrugged, "To always make sure that you get them when their guard is completely lowered and wait for the prime opportunity."

Sam groaned and ran a hand through his hair as he glared at me, but he softened when I gently kissed his cheek, "I'm somewhat sorry, Sammy. I didn't mean to give you heart failure."

I saw most of the Bots jolt as Ratchet immediately scanned my boyfriend, "Why didn't you tell me that your heart had problems when she scared you, Samuel?"

Bumblebee rolled his optics at the CMO as the humans snickered and the scout quickly explained, "It's a figure of speech, Ratchet. It just means that they were spooked more than usual."

You could literally see all of the tension drain from the Bots at Bee's explanation and I continued to chuckle. I saw Chromia enter the hangar and I started to run before slowing to a fast walk after about ten feet, "Hey, Mia!" She smiled down at me as I stopped beside Elita when we all paused at the sound of an explosion.

The ground shook heavily and all the Bots grabbed a human as parts of the ceiling began to fall. I was yanked to one side and I found myself in Elita's hands as I stared in shock at the metal beam that would have crushed me. Gulping, I turned to the femme, "T-Thanks. I owe ya."

She gave a soft smile and we all looked at Sam when he asked the same question I had, "What the **** was that? Are we under attack?"

The Bots all sighed and Optimus answered, "No, Sam, that explosion was caused by Wheeljack, our scientist and inventor."

As if on cue, a mech with tail fins on his face that I didn't recognize stumbled in with scorch marks all over him and he was literally carrying his right arm in his left hand, the only one still attached to his frame, "Hey, Ratchet, could you reattach my arm? Oh, who are you two?"

I thought Ratchet was about to blow a fuse as he stormed over to the mech and I winced in sympathy when Ratchet used the mech's unattached arm to hit his helm, "Wheeljack, you fool! This is the fifth time this month that I've had to reattach your arm because of some ridiculous experiment!"

Surprisingly, they didn't go to med bay as Elita did introductions, "The young man on Bumblebee's shoulder is Samuel 'Sam' Witwicky and this is his girlfriend and the Major's daughter, Katherine 'Kat' Lennox. Sam, Kat, this is Wheeljack."

I waved at the mech when my name was spoken and his tail fins lit up, "Oh! You're the one that was shot at school."

My whole body flinched at the casual way he reminded me and I saw Chromia storm forward, but I stopped her, "It's okay, Mia. I gotta get used to comments like that when I go back to school. My face and the story were blasted over the news for forever, so there will be a lot more like that. Anyway, yes, Wheeljack, that would be me."

I could see everyone worriedly gazing between Chromia and Wheeljack and then Wheeljack and I. Instinctively, I knew they were all concerned that his callous remark would send me into a flashback, but I took Prime's advice and held onto Elita's hand tightly to remind myself that this was reality and I slowly counted to ten in my head. Sam and I were gently set on the ground beside my dad and Epps as Optimus changed the subject, "Robert, were you able to download the information on the flashdrive?"

My unrelated uncle nodded and started patting his pockets on his pants, "Do you know where I put that flashdrive, Will?"

I shared a smirk with my dad and we both yelled in unison, "Left cheek, left cheek, left cheek!"

We laughed at the look sent our way and Epps grumbled, "I can't believe you told her about that."

My dad snorted, "Well, you didn't need to scream it at me three times. Once would have been fine."

Epps through his hands up in the air and cried out in his defense, "We were getting shot at by a big *** scorpion, so excuse me if I wanted to make sure you would hear me!"

I kept laughing before yelping as he lunged at me and I lightly jogged to Ironhide's foot. I held my arms up and the weapons specialist lifted me onto his shoulder while Epps pouted below, "You cheater!"

I stuck my tongue out and blew a raspberry, "There wasn't any rules in this game! Not my fault you didn't think I would do this." Epps groaned and walked off to go cool down or sulk, my bet was on sullking because I knew him to well.

I gently kicked my feet up and down from my spot on Ironhide's shoulder, which earned me a strange look from Wheeljack, "What are you doing, Kat?"

I glanced down at my legs before shrugging, "I do this all the time when I sit on one of their shoulders. Just a habit." I could see the mech was still a little confused, but dropped it when Ratchet distracted him. I got a sudden idea and called down, "Hey, dad, can we have a late-night movie marathon?"

He paused to think before nodding, "Yeah, I took the day off tomorrow, so we can do that. We'll have it in the Bot rec room after your finish therapy."

I smiled and he smiled back before he looked down at his sheet, "Well, Hide, looks like we need to test some rifles today."

Ironhide set me down on the ground and left with my dad while announced to the others, "Since I leave tomorrow, I'll give all of ya a wash today. Elita, you're first! I'll meet you outside in ten."

I paused at Prime's feet and tapped it until he crouched close to me, "Yes, Katherine?"

I pointed a finger at him in a playful scolding manner, "You're getting a wash too, big guy, so don't even try to get out of it. If you want, we can do it during my therapy session. Kill two birds with one stone, right?"

The Autobot leader chuckled and gave me a soft smile, "As you wish, little one. Until then." I saluted and then rushed to change into exercise shorts and my bikini top from yesterday. I headed to get all of the supplies I needed to wash the Bots and headed out to the tarmac. Elita was already in her alt and it didn't take me very long to get her glistening in the sun. I quickly washed Chromia, Sideswipe, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Arcee, and Bumblebee before putting my shirt on over my swimsuit top.

I headed towards the gun range and raised my hand to knock, but stopped an inch from the door. I took a deep breath and forced myself to rap on the door three times before it opened to show my dad's shocked face, "Kat? What are you doing here?"

I bit my lip and glanced at the ground as I mumbled, "I...I uh, was wondering if Hide would come out for a wash. I also, um, wanted to know if I could shoot a couple rounds." I thought his jaw was going to hit the floor and I quickly regretted the idea, "Never mind. It was a stupid of me to ask. I'll just go."

He grabbed my arm as I turned to leave and I looked back to see his eyes were soft with concern, "Are you sure?"

Nodding, I let him lead me in and he called out to his guardian, "Hey, Kat wants to shoot a few rounds before she gives you a wash."

Ironhide's optics widened in shock before he controlled himself, "Fine with me. Get over here, youngling, and pick a gun." I walked forward with my dad and I chose a rifle that had already been loaded before I went to one of the stalls.

Since my shoulder and leg were still healing a bit, my dad stood behind me to steady me as I raised the gun and noticed that my arm was shaking as I fought to keep flashbacks out of my mind with the smell of the gun powder. I felt my dad move closer and he put his arms around me to help me stay in position as he whispered in my ear, "Easy, Kat, you're safe. Just me and you here. Remember when you were younger and I would take you out on the farm to shoot cans? It is just like that."

His touch helped me stay in reality and I took a deep breath before firing. I continued to fire without noticing my dad had slowly moved away until he was in his original position. After I had no more ammo, I cleared the chamber and stared at the target before grinning as I whirled to face my dad and Ironhide, who had both been silent, "I did it! Look, I did it!"

Both of them had large smiles on their faces and my dad set the gun down before spinning me around in a hug, "Great job, Kitty! I knew you could do that. I'm so proud of you."

I grabbed the poster of a person and took off, "I gotta show Mia!"

I ran as fast as I was able to and entered the hangar yelling my guardian's name, "Mia! Mia! Mia!"

She whirled around from where she was talking with her two sisters, "What's wrong, Kat?"

I held up the target that showed six holes grouped on the heart, "My dad and Hide helped me shoot a few rounds. I didn't let the flashbacks stop me!"

All three femmes congratulated me and Chromia gently rubbed the top of my head, "We're proud of you, Kat. Now get going, Ironhide won't wait for forever." I smirked and gave her my sheet before rushing outside as I pulled my shirt off to stand in my swimsuit top again.

I had mostly finished and I was kneeling on Hide's hood to better reach his roof, but I shrieked when someone screamed, "Boo!"

I had jumped and that sent me sliding off his hood and down to the ground. I yelped when I landed headfirst and I heard footsteps race closer before arms carefully helped me sit up, "You're bleeding, Kat!"

I blinked at Sam from where I was leaning against Ironhide's holoform and I faintly heard my boyfriend bellow, "Ratchet!"

I groaned as I shifted and it wasn't long before the CMO was checking me for a concussion, but he just needed to stitch the back of my head, "Be careful, sparkling."

I gave a lopsided smile, "Eh, it was karma. Thanks for the patch up, doc!" I got a rare smile before he disappeared as Sam helped me finish washing Ironhide's alt and I threw on my regular shirt. Sam and I grabbed lunch once we finished with Bee watching me like a hawk and I simply rolled my eyes because I had lost count of how many times I've hit my head while growing up.

Come on, I grew up with horses and seventy-five acres to run around on! However, I didn't say anything because I knew he was just worried, as everyone had been since the attack. We talked with some soldiers even after we had finished eating and I almost panicked when I saw I only had seven minutes to get to physical therapy with Ratchet. I jumped up, "Sorry, gotta go! I'll see you at the movie, Sam!"

I raced off and slid into the med bay with thirty seconds to spare and I leaned over gasping for air. I looked up to see Ratchet staring at me and he dryly commented, "Enjoy your workout?" I stuck my tongue out at him before standing straight and going through all of my stretches and exercises.

Afterwards, I went out to the tarmac and pulled off my top to stand in the bikini top as Optimus pulled over in his alt. We made idle small talk as I made his alt sparkle and it was difficult to wash a semi even with his help. I hugged his grill when I finished and I then hurried to go shower and throw on pajamas.

I made it to the Bot rec room as my dad arrived with Hide and Mia while Sam was already there with Bee. My dad put in the first Jurassic Park movie before sitting beside me in Ironhide's lap and we watched the entire trilogy. Sam and Bee decided to go to bed while my dad and I decided to watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I fell asleep around the beginning of the third movie.