I know it has been a while, I'm so sorry! Because it has taken me such a long time to post, I decided to write a longer chapter to try and help you all forgive me. I can't apologize enough for the long wait, but this summer was full of so much trouble that it was insane. I also got a PM that kind of shook me up and really made me doubt all of my writing, but I eventually realized that not everyone will like anything I write and that's okay. I took what helpful critique there was and used it to try and make me a better writer. Then my computer decided to crash and delete everything I had, so it took a while to scrounge it all up again. And then more crap hit the fan as per usual in my life, so I can't apologize enough to you guys. Anyway, I will warn that poor Kat gets a lot of blows this chapter. Shout-out to Transfanforlife, Wolfgirl2018, Roseannie0408, valeries26, Smile0727, ladynjake30, Ice Jewel of eternal beauty, SJReynolds, sydneymarsh, karasu02, Skylerix, Eeirany, TMNTGirl, ShadeReader, Lil blue 87, truwhitewolf16, luv2bake97, and twihard0221 for favoriting and/or following my story! Shall we continue the story?

Legend: Speaking in thoughts to wolves or Edward

Thinking

Emphasis on a thought/word

**** swear words

"Comm"

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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.

This is not good.

I woke up the next morning and looked around blearily before sitting up straight when I realized someone had taken off my shoes and jewelry. I only had my shirt and underwear on and I almost freaked before thinking about it because there was a very good chance that either Bella or Elita undressed me. I relaxed marginally at the thought and picked up my phone to text the femme to see what she knew.

Hey, did you undress me after I fell asleep?

Yes. It is not good for humans to fall asleep in their day clothes and shoes.

I chuckled a little bit and quickly thanked her before gathering a new outfit and heading to the bathroom. I stood under the hot water for a while as the heat relaxed some sore muscles and I hummed quietly to myself. I finally shut off the water and toweled dry before dressing in a black tank and camo short shorts. I slipped on a pair of black shows that had the Hogwarts crest from Harry Potter on the tip and quickly fastened my necklace/tracker around my neck. I put in earrings in the shape of headphones and slipped a black and gray bracelet on my right wrist before slowly walking downstairs. My leg was feeling better, but I still wanted to be careful.

I paused momentarily when I saw Elita's holoform whispering to my uncle, but pushed it to the back of my mind as they both smiled and greeted me. I quickly ate some bacon that Bella put on a plate for me before throwing a bottle of Mountain Dew into my backpack. I started to grab my helmet, but Elita stopped me, "Your bike was making some strange noises, so you need to ride with Bella today."

I stared at her in confusion before it dawned on me that Chromia must have to do something while I was at school. I smiled and nodded before trailing after Bella and climbing into her truck. As we backed out of the driveway, I gave her a quizzical look, "How come we aren't riding with Edward?"

She glanced at me before turning her focus back to the road, "I have to go to work after school and we figured you'd want to go over to their house for a while. I know Rosalie and Emmett can't wait to see you again."

I heard the slight bitterness when she mention the blond and I opened my mouth to ask about it, but decided not to in order to keep the peace until we were at home and away from any prying eyes. Her truck rumbled to a stop in the school parking lot and I quickly hopped out before waving to the Cullens. My cousin and I walked over to them and we chatted a little bit before heading to class when the bell rang. Edward kissed Bella where they had to go separate directions as I pretended to gag before he walked with me to English while rolling his eyes at me. Once school finally ended, we all met up with Edward by his car and I bounced in my seat when I saw the familiar black truck parked in front of the Cullen residence.

Edward had barely stopped the car when I had jumped out and raced towards where I saw Ironhide's holoform chatting with Carlisle and Esme, "Uncle Hide!"

He turned around and caught me in his arms when I threw myself at him as he laughed, "There's my favorite little soldier. How're you doing, kid?"

I grinned at him, "Pretty good. School sucks, but it always does. What are you doing here? I thought I wasn't going to see any of you until Christmas."

I noticed he tensed a little bit, but I didn't really think much of it when he continued to smile at me, "I'll explain later, but I got some free time and figured I'd come up and see you. I got a dinner reservation up in Seattle, you ready to go?"

I glanced at Edward, Could you let Bella know what's going on? The bronze-haired vampire gave me a small nod, so I grinned before looking back at Hide, "Yep! Let's go!" I shrieked in surprise when he threw me over his shoulder and carted me off to his alt form.

"Hide! Put me down!"

I was laughing too hard to really sound upset as he laughed underneath me and shook my body from the force of his laugh. He deposited me into the passenger seat and I was still laughing a little bit as we pulled away from the house. We didn't really talk much until I knew for sure we were too far for the Cullens to hear us, "So is Mia meeting us there too?"

Ironhide chuckled a bit again as he smirked, "Of course she is. I can't come out here and completely forget my sparkmate."

I laughed a little before commenting, "Well, ya could, but then I think she'd test some new weapons on you." He burst out laughing and his alt form shook under us with his laugh. We made idle chat about some of the newer recruits and I had to laugh hysterically when he told me about how he pulled his cannons on them and they freaked.

I was able to finally ask my question, "So how come you came out? I thought I was here with Mia and Elita till Christmas."

He shrugged, "Eh, took a hit in the last battle and Ratchet is forcing me to take time off to heal."

I sat straight up and stared at him in worry, "But you're okay, right? You are okay to not be at base?"

He chuckled and ruffled my hair, which eased my worry, "I'm fine, kid." We eventually reached Seattle and we went to Texas Roadhouse once Chromia caught up with us.

After we ate, they took me to a movie before we headed back to Uncle Charlie's house and I saw Bella wasn't back yet and Uncle Charlie wasn't there. I shrugged and figured she probably went to the Cullen house, so I didn't put much thought into it.

I greeted Elita before going upstairs to do my homework real quick, but I had to go back downstairs since I left my calculator on the kitchen table, "-need to tell her. We can't lie to her about Will. He's her fragging father, Ironhide!"

I paused when I heard Chromia yell and I stood on the stairs for a second, "I know, Mia, but I don't want to break her heart!"

I slowly made my way to the doorway to the kitchen and commented, "What are you guys not telling me? What's wrong with my dad?"

They all shared grave looks and I felt tears well up as Elita crouched in front of me, "Kat, there isn't an easy way to say this, but your father was captured in the last battle. We're working as hard as we possibly can to get him back."

I shook my head as I backed away from them and their sympathetic gazes, "N-No! You're lying! He promised! He-He doesn't break his pr-promises! Let me talk to Optimus! He'll tell me the truth!"

I could see the slight hurt fill their eyes, but I was in full denial mode as Chromia used my laptop to Skype the Prime, "Chromia? Why are you calling me from Katherine's computer?"

Elita answered for her sister as the laptop was turned towards us, "We told her about Will and she wanted to speak to you."

I saw understanding and sadness fill his optics as he focused on me, "Optimus...tell me they're lying. That my dad is fine. That-that he's sitting there with you laughing."

He opened his mouth and I felt dread clench my heart, "I'm so sorry, Katherine," but I didn't stick around to hear the rest of it.

My body took the flight reaction and I found myself out the door and sprinting through the forest by my uncle's house. I lost track of any sense of direction as tears flowed down my cheeks and I stopped when I ran into something furry, Kat?

I shoved the wolf away as I recognized Sam's voice, "Leave me alone!" I continued running as he called after me and I could hear him following me.

I broke through the edge of the forest and was yanked back by something and I struggled against whatever was holding me. It took a minute before I recognized Ironhide's voice, "Stop struggling, Kat! Please, sweetspark, please stop struggling."

My body slowly relaxed against the familiar body of my family guardian and he turned me around to face his holoform, "Come on, sweetspark. Let's get back to the others. They're worried about you." I tried to walk, but I couldn't get my legs to work, so Ironhide swept me up into his arms and carried me through the forest. I was curled up against his chest and only glanced up when I heard a familiar voice cry my name. Bella was running towards me as Hide and I broke through the cover of the trees and I turned my face away from her because I didn't have the energy to deal with her.

Sensing my need to be alone, Hide carried me up to my room and gently set me on my bed. I immediately curled into a ball and turned my back to him as he sat on the edge of my bed, "Sweetspark, I know you're upset and angry at us...at me, but I swear that I will get him back. I swear on my spark that I will bring him back to you."

My shoulders shook as sobs tried to break free and I covered my mouth with one hand before Hide pulled me into his lap. He held me close as the dam broke and tears flowed freely down my face. I was terrified of what was happening to my dad if he was still alive and I was panicked over what would happen to me since I would have no parents if the Cons killed him or if we never found him.

I don't think I actually got any sleep that night or the next few days because I couldn't find the energy to sleep or to do anything really. A couple days went by before I forced myself to get up and go to school because I knew my dad would expect me to keep going with my life, but I also knew I would never be able to fully keep going until I knew what really happened to him. I threw on a Star Wars shirt and some galaxy leggings before tying on some galaxy printed shoes. I slipped on a bracelet with characters from Star Wars and some R2-D2 earrings as I headed downstairs and tossed my hair into a high ponytail.

Skidding to a halt, I stared at all of the people crammed into the kitchen, "Uh...did I miss the party or something?"

I saw the three holoforms, my cousin, my uncle, and all of the Cullens all turn to look at me, "Hey, Kat. Are you okay to go to school today?"

I raised my eyebrow at my cousin as I nodded, "Yeah...I'm fine. Hide, will you drive me?" My guardian nodded and stood up before leading me to his alt form as the room stayed silent. I glanced at my phone as it kept vibrating and hopped into the passenger seat.

Hey, freak! Ur mom was probs happy to die. I know I don't want a fail like u.

You should just die! Nobody wants you around.

I stared at the several messages that were so similar to those first two and I felt moisture fill my eyes and I startled at Hide's voice, "What's wrong, Kat?"

I rubbed my eyes and gave a shaky grin as I locked my phone, "Nothing, just missing my dad." Realizing we were at the school, I unbuckled and started to get out before pausing, "Hide? Will...will you promise me something?"

His alt shook a little, "Anything."

I turned my head towards him as a couple tears escaped, "Bring my dad back. Whatever happens, bring him back. Please." I saw his eyes darken before I tore out of his alt and raced to my class. I floated through my classes as I continuously received messages from kids at school saying cruel things and I did my best to ignore it, even though I'm pretty sure the vampires knew.

Days went by where I would eat enough to be healthy, but no more than that. I had even stopped drinking Mountain Dew, which scared everyone that knew me. The messages kept coming and coming to my phone as I continued to worry and agonize over my dad's fate the longer he was held by the Decepticons. It was probably two weeks after my dad had been kidnapped when the Cullens convinced me to come with them to play baseball.

I was to be referee and cheerleader with Bella since it is kind of impossible for humans to play with vampires without getting slaughtered. I threw on a black Batman shirt, pants with one black leg and one checkered leg, my combat boots, and my necklace with the Autobot symbol. I had a bad feeling, so I grabbed my bag with my tazer and my gun before locking it into place on my right leg.

I went downstairs where Hide stopped me and handed me a knife in a thigh holster, "What's this for?"

He practically strapped it onto my left thigh as he explained, "It's just for extra precaution. You got your gun, tazer, and tracker," I nodded, "Good. Have fun and call if you need anything." I nodded again and hugged him tightly before running out to the gigantic Hummer out front, where Alice quickly buckled me in as Edward buckled Bella in up front. We roared down the street and through some narrow road in the forest that was ridiculously bumpy. After driving for a while, we all got out and I paused when I realized we still had to walk to wherever we were going.

Bella instantly climbed onto Edward's back and I yelped in shock as I was suddenly swung up into someone's arms before everything because blurred. I stumbled when I was set down and I turned to glare at Jasper, "Ya know, it wouldn't be too difficult to give a little warning."

He simply smirked at me before joining his family as they picked teams. Everything was going well and I was actually having a great time, but that didn't last of course. Without any warning, Alice suddenly stiffened and her face went blank. Bella and I shared a worried glance as everyone ran over while the pixie came back to her senses, where her mate had already wrapped her in his arms, "What did you see, Alice?"

I had to give Carlisle some credit for being so calm when everyone else looked a little freaked out at what Alice had to say, "I don't know. There was a...a giant, metal thing. It attacked us here. It had a high voice."

I felt my heart pick up speed as my mouth dried, "Did it have red eyes?" She looked confused and a little spooked as I grabbed her hands, "Did. It. Have. Red. Eyes." Alice gave a shaky nod and I started swearing up a storm for a second, "How long do we have? Does it kind of look like a freaky Dorito?"

Her gaze became unfocused again as she stared at something only she could see, "About ten minutes. And yes, it does resemble that. What is it?"

I felt my face drain of any color and whispered one word in explanation, "Starscream."