"A so big crowd of humans and robots is here today, in the main square of Detroit. For the third time, humans are joining Autobots to celebrate a happy event: today in fact two Autobots are wedding, or, better, two robots that theorically , on their planet, belong to enemy factions, meaning an Autobot man and a Decepticon woman (man and woman, nor Mech and femme because it's a human who is speaking), two factions that for many years have been fighting against each other on their planet Cybertron, and for many months on Earth. Hopefully, no battles today, differently from the first time Autobots joined us in this place, when on Earth a Decepticon appeared for the first time, but a wedding, that the future couple are celebrating in the ceremony that is typical of a planet that is near Cybertron Cybertron…"
While the reporter was speaking on the platform (the one where Earth Autobots had assisted an inauguration and met Starscream: ep. Transform and roll out part 3) in front of the camera-bots, Sari, on the platform, in front of Bulkhead's legs, mended her white dress and her loose hair. This wasn't the first time she assisted a similar event, an "exotic" ceremony, but seeing it has always a particular effect: a wedding that was celebrated according to the tradition of Polarius, that was appunto a planet next to Cybertron.
"Oh Sari, I hope that everything will be all right this time too!" professor Sumdac, who was wearing a black suit, whispered towards his daughter. Autobots and Decepticons were still fighting, so that there was no day in which anyone, either robot or human, didn't expect a Decepticon attack anyone in Detroit: because of this too, Ratchet had thought it wouldn't be wise to waste time for decorations and anything similar, nor to prepare a complete wedding ceremony, but make the future couple give their consenso in front of an officer or a priest of Primus and a few best men, in an essential and quick way like in the time of Great War.
However, for the first two marriages, few months before, in Detroit the couplet had been lucky: no Decepticon attacks during the ceremony. This had been a relief not only for the couples themselves, ot only for Optimus Prime's team, that had been fighting Megatron in first line on Earth, but also for some inhabitants of Polarius who had insisted for the couples to wed with a full ceremony: the first time because the bride was Skydancer, Crown Princess of Polarius, who had lived for much time on Cybertron and then on Earth in Mech borrowed plums, as Bumblebee, and that had Bonded her teammate Prowl; the second time because Skydancer/Bumblebee's mother was a cadet princess of Polarius, working on Cybertron as an ambassador, and had Bonded Sentinel Prime. In these cases, being the brides two Femmes from a royal family, some Polariusian organizers had proposed a complete ceremony; and it had been celebrated on Earth as Skydancer and her mother had requested because they had liked to see Earth once more before leaving to Polarius. Actually, because of the risks of Decepticon attacking, maybe at least Jazz and Cometblast could have asked for a simple ceremony, with only the main moments– the declaration in front of an officiate, the couple's consensus, the best men's confirm-, but instead the two Cyberninjas had asked for a complete ceremony, maybe to know a ceremony different from the Cybertronian one.
Bulkhead, Ratchet, Jetfire, Jetstorm, Sentinel Prime, all of them with shiny armors tank clearing oil, that were reflecting the rays of the afternoon sun, standing together with Sumdac, Sari, captain Fazone and the Major on a side of the bottom of the stairs as a place of honor, were looking interested at Jazz and Optimus: the last one, standing on the platform, was speaking to Jazz.
"Are you very nervous, Jazz?"
"Yes, so much, understand me, between the fact that I'm Bonding, that isn't a day like other ones, and the fact that Comet is a Decepticon, that had made humans and especially the Elite Guard gossip for a while… yes I'm nervous." was the Cyberninja's anwer.
"Come on." Optimus said "we already know that we can't expect anything bad from Comet: not even from the Polariusians, they've never took part in the war."
"Yes I know… actually Shadowstriker's team was arrived against Megatron, but… yes, I think that thank them Cometblast will be accepted without any prejudice."
The year before, Polarius had sent a strike force, the Renegades, leaded by the noble Shadowstriker, to help Optimus and his team against Megatron: during the Renegades' staying on Earth, Bumblebee had been discovered to be Skydancer, the daughter of Sentinel Prime and ambassador Starsun, whose real name was Wildstorm. Besides, the Decepticon Cometblast had appeared on Earth looking for her brother, Blitzwing, but had affirmed she had been raised by Autobots and didn't follow Megatron's ideals: the Earth Autobots had felt they could trust her, but especially the Renegades and Starsun had been immediately kind to her, without any prejudice, maybe because they had never fought against Decepticons before. Their kindness and receptiveness had took Jazz too, who had discovered that both he and Cometblast felt for each other something more than sympathy for each other…
Jazz smiled and looked again at his polymer clothes, which in that day were covering his armor: a black kimono, a pair of large grey-light blue trousers, a white fan, a typical clothes for wedding on Polariusian. Instead, on the occasion he had taken off his visor: it was rude to hide a part of your face, in formal occasions.
At the periphery of the square, many police and S.W.A.T. vehicles were standing to oversee the situation, and a small spaceship surrounded by some blue Polariusians robots was near to them. Instead, together with Optimus and Jazz, on the platform, a white, black and golden robot stood, who was a priest of Primus send on Earth to officiate the ceremony, carrying a sort of small tray, covered by a light blue cloth , where there were some objects that he needed for the ceremony: a blade, a metal cup, two small clothes, a big ring with a red and blue crystal on it Sunring set up the ceremony. "What are you feeling today actually, Jazz?" the reporter asked; she took the microphone from its support towards the Cyberninja, so that he kneeled.
"I'm very excited, believe me, it's a day the arrive of which I would have never expected, before knowing Cometblast." Jazz answered, "Especially, it's a pleasure to me to know that COmetblast has been accepted soon by all my teammates without any problem."
"In which sense, actually?." the reporter asked.
"I mean, Optimus Prime and his team trusted Cometblast immediately, when she affirmed she didn't believe in pour enemies' ideals and she didn't have any hostile intentions toward us. Sentinel Prime too, the ex-leader of Elite Guard of Cybertron, told me he trusted her too, besides his Bondmate, or wife as you say, Ambassador of Polarius, showed to be very open-minded towards Cometblast. Comet is a Decepticon by Creation, and this during the war would be enough to make us suspect her good intentions: but she had always lived with some Autobot and then holds no hostility for us, nor for Terrestrial."
"You said that an Ambassador from another planet expressed her opinion towards the bride: could you please be more precise?"
"Well, Ambassador Starsun, Sentinel Prime's Bondmate, as maybe you already know, comes from a planet that never partook in our civil war against Decepticons, maybe because of this the ambassador has no prejudices against Cometblast."
"Hey you look, the bride's coming!" somebody among the humans cried. And Jazz roused himself, while, in the crowd, the humans were parting to let Cometblast pass.
Here she was: the Cyberninja Decepticon was wearing a long white kimono with long sleeves and a fire red embroidery, and a basket-like hat with yellow and red Polariusians flowers, while in her servos she was carrying her sai daggers. Actually, Sari had noticed that these Polariusians wedding clothes were so similar to those one of an Earthern country named Japan: this had surprised Jazz, because Polarius and Earth had never had contacts before the past was taking Cometblast to the platform, servo in servo, causing the crowd's surprise, was…
"Blitzwing?"a surprised Sumdac exlaimed, while the curious humans were looking at the Decepticon.
"And the other one is..."
Blitzwing, in his Random mode, was laughing and greeting the crowd with a wide gesture of his servo. By the other servo he was pushing ahead nobody less than Megatron: the Decepticon leader was full of dents and scratches, didn't carry his fusion cannon, and had a pair of stasis cuffs at his servos, looking humiliated and furious.
" You're safe, I'm here for the ceremony only!" Blitzwing exclaimed to the humans,"and this is the gift for my zizy: something, old, something, new, something borrowed, something blue, as you say. The dress belonged to our mom, the autobot symbol is new, we burrowed the flowers from Starsun, and Megatron is black and blue." he added pointing to Megatron, who looked at his traitor general and gritted his denta. Somebody in the crowd seemed to smile interested.
"I promise Professor Sumdac, nothing will happen." Jazz said with a smirk while the reporter was announcing: "The bride, the Decepticon Cometblast, is arriving now at the platform where the ceremony is going to take place. At her side there's a Decepticon who's leading a chained Megatron, Autobot's grat enemy..." She noticed Optimus who was pointing to himself, asking her to make him speak, and Optimus too kneeled to speak in the microphone.
"He's Blitzwing, Cometblast's brother, he's arrived here just as a witness: he and Cometblast have been invited rom Ambassaor Starsun to live on Polarius, so that he's leaving with Comet and Jazz."
"What about Megatron?" the woman continued.
"It seems that Blitwing's being not get along so much with Megatron in the past year, having Megatron tried to hide him Cometblast's existence for a lot of time. So, maybe Blitzwing took here Megatron to make fun of his leader, to force Megatron to see two Decepticons that leave his army."
Once Comet and Blitzwing were arrived at the platform, Blitzwing stood at a side, holding firmly the chain that was both Comet and Jazz kneeled, opposites each other, and the priest said.
"Jazz, Cometblast, you are here today to unite your lives in a Bond, in front of Primus and Cybertron."
Jazz posed his fan on the ground and by his right servo he put ahead his nunchuks; and the same thing Cometblast did, putting ahead her sais in her right servo. Then, every one of them, by the left servo, that was free, touched the other's one right servo and weapons.
Sunring put his servo on their united ones.
"Neither I, Jazz possess you, nor you, Cometblast, possess me, but in my total freedom and totally respecting your freedom, in front of Primus and these witnesses, I am taking you as my legitimate mate." Jazz said.
"Neither I, Cometlbast, possess you, nor you, Jazz, possess me, but in my total freedom and totally respecting your freedom, in front of Primus and these witnesses, I am taking you as my legitimate mate." Cometblast repeated.
"On my Spark I solemnly promise that to love you in joy and in sorrow, in good times and bad times."Jazz said. And Cometlast:
"On my Spark I solemnly promise that to love you in joy and in sorrow, in good times and bad times."
Jazz continued , "On these instruments of mine I solemnly promise to share with you the labour and the results of the work that will support our lives."
"On these instrument of mine I solemnly promise to share with you the labor and the results of the work, that will support our lives." the ninja Decepticon repeated.
"On my existence I solemnly promise to accept and support the Creations that Primus will want to give us." he said.
"On my existence I solemnly promise to accept and support the Creations that Primus will want to give us." she repeated.
Then the Elite Jazz Cyberninja pronounced the last formula "On my existence I solemnly promise to fulfill all this, every decacycle of my life, until destruction will not separate us."
Cometblast repeated the wording.
Sunring, who had kept his hands posed on them during all their speech, said:
"I have heard your proposal and have assisted to your promises, and by my hands now I call Primus to testify your declaration."
He kneeled and posed the tray on the ground. He picked up the blade and cup from the tray. "Now, be the life force that flows in the circuits of anyone of your, united of the life force that flows in the circuits of the other one, so that your promises will be valid in front of Primus." he said.
"The ceremony is proceeding, uniting a so strong bond like the blood one, meaning the union of the newly married couple by a source of life, to the exchange of a ring, a symbol of eternal union, in this ceremony that makes us think the relationship we have in terms of spirituality. A so different and so similar to us race of beings, the same relationship that today is uniting two enemies' soldiers, who belongs to different armies: so different in ideals and so similar in their soul and life."
In fact, during the reporter's speech, the two ninjas were unwinding the sleeves of their kimonos and picked the small clothes of polymer: Sunring, while he was speaking, put the glass under Jazz's arm, cut a little Jazz's forearm, making some Energon flow and fall in the cup. He repeated the same gesture on Cometblast, who too wiped the Energon away.
"Sari, the more I see it, the more I'm lucky that we don't do this, think how many infections in that case!" Sumdac whispered to his daughter.
"To us it's a little more difficult actually" Ratchet whispered back, with a small smile "we're less sensitive to infections than you"
"Ssh! The ring, here we are!" Sari interrupted them. In fact, Jazz, after having wiped the Energon from his forearm, had took the Transformed-sized ring from the tray
"Cometblast, you are receiving this crystal as a confirm of our union, in front of Primus, that nothing and nobody will ever be able to break."
In a word, like the Christian wedding ring, but curiousely this was done by the Mech only.
Optimus, in the meanwhile, rose for a moment the cup filled in Energon, everybody to see it, then he kneeled and posed it on the ground, stood up again, and Jazz and Cometblast they united together their hands again, Jazz's left hand in Cometblast's right hand and vice versa, in a position as to shake them, but actually crossing each other's fingers, the palms opposites each others and the back of hands towards the priest and the crowd. And Optimus, standing up, put again his hands over them. Blitzwing, Sentinel Prime, the Sumdacs, the Earth Autobots including Bumblebee and Prowl bowed their helms to mean they were witnesses of the union.
"... and now, the leader of the Earth Autobots is pronouncing the final wording." the reporter finally announced.
"I, Sunring, am a witness of your union, and by the powers that have been given me as a minister ofPrimus, in the presence of Primus and of these witnesses, I pronounce you mates. Be then a single thing, equal in rights and duties, until destruction will not separate you."
It was done. Jazz and Cometblast were mates, and all the Autobots began to applaude joyfully, followed by Sari, her father, Blitzwing and the crowd of humans, saluting the kiss that the two Cyberninja exchanged.
The cameras were still taking photos, while the humans and robots were applauding. Some fireworks exploded in the sky. Blitzwing laughed joyfully, and went to hug Cometblast, then pulling Megatron's chains, he joined the newly-bonded couple down the stairs.
The applausing crowd parted again to let the four bots pass, and the Earth Autobots, the Sumdac family (and the priest, having gathered the tray and the instruments) followed them. Finally, the group reached the spaceship, and here, the Polariusian guards took Megatron to take him on Cybertron The ramp and door of the ship opened.
"Congratulations to you all, a wonderful ceremony said with a smile always exciting to see it, even if we saw twice more"
"Yes he's right, I agree" his daughter added.
"I hope you will have a nice trip to Polarius an will happy together Sentinel Prime said Let's keep the contact, Jazz. I'm gonna stay on earth.
"You can count on this, sir"Jazz answered.
"And thank you all for this" Cometblast added, bowing her head. What if Master Yoketron was here…
"Thank you all Autobots, really. Have fun In the stockade My lord." Blitzwing laughed "Count on this, he'll not escape. " was Optimus's answer.
"Many good thing to you all, have a nice trip" the Autobots greeted together.
"And don't forget greeting Prowl and Bumblebee when you arrive" Bulkhead added.
"We will, thank you" Jazz and Comet answered. Finally, they walked up the ramp, and the priest carrying his instruments, Blitzwing and the Plariusian guards joined them.
The ramp and door finally closed, and the ship began to rise, with a loud noise of its engines. The Autobots and humans greeted the ship until it really left.
Megatron gritted his denta and his optics was burning with rage. How dared his general to betray him in this way: leaving Decepticons because of that cursed Cyberninjas, especially considering what the Femme one meant to Megatron. Ah, but that traitor would pay…