If any of you have questions or comments about the series or my stories in general, please don't hesitate to ask. I'll be only too happy to answer them, unless it gives away the plot. My series is unlike all the others, so I understand you might have questions. Thanks for reading!

-Cascade of Dreams

2

"What the heck is that?!" Peter's eyes were as big as all of Cybertron. Almost all of the wedding guests had run off, and only Penny, Peter, Heather, Bruce, and Kiara were left.

"You again?" Heather said, taking a step forward. "Why don't you just lie down and die already?" She shook a fist at the metallic giant.

"It's not that easy, fleshling," Megatron sneered. "It takes a lot to kill a Cybertronian. More than all you fleshlings have on this whole planet."

"Prowl," Kiara hissed into her phone, "anytime now." Megatron reached his claw down towards the humans.

Suddenly, Megatron's face was gone from the opening and was replaced by Prowl's profile. Ironhide rushed past him to face Megatron, and Kiara closed her phone.

Prowl gently stepped into the church and leaned down. "Sorry, I had to place a call." He smiled at Kiara and she smiled back.

"Kiara, what is going on?" Peter was looking from the metallic giant to Kiara and back.

Prowl looked around, "Let's get you out of here." He grabbed Kiara and set her gently on the outside of the church. He did the same to Bruce and Heather.

As he reached for Penny, Peter stepped in to intercept Prowl's hand. "Don't touch her you…whatever you are!" He sounded intimidating but his legs were shaking horribly.

"Calm down," Prowl told him, "I won't hurt you." He grabbed both of them gently and set them on the outside of the church. He then stepped out himself.

Megatron was driving Ironhide back, gave him a good punch to the jaw, and the Autobot staggered back. He was just about to shoot Ironhide through the chest when a portal opened. A plasma shot came through and hit Megatron in the arm.

"The cavalry has arrived," Prowl smiled. Optimus Prime, Strike, and Bumblebee raced through the ground bridge and towards Megatron. Megatron shot at each of them, and they all dodged out of the way.

"Megatron," Optimus said commandingly, "fight me face to face. Don't sink so low as to attack our human friends."

"Apparently you don't know me very well, Prime," Megatron glared at him. "I sunk lower than that many a time on Cybertron."

"Leave my human friends out of this," Optimus unsheathed his axe, "and let's fight this out one on one."

"You call, and I will answer," Megatron sneered. He jumped, transformed, and flew off.

"Slag it," Ironhide growled. "What was that about?"

"Revenge," Optimus said simply. He turned to Prowl and the humans, "Let's head home."

The Autobots filed one by one through the ground bridge. Heather and Kiara had to lead the stunned Peter and Penny through it and into the Autobot Base. Once they were inside, Penny nearly fainted from shock, and Heather had to catch her. They led the couple to the couch and sat them down.

Peter looked around, "What is going on? Who are you?"

Optimus Prime walked over and kneeled in front of the humans. "First of all, congratulations. Kiara told me about your bonding ceremony, and all of us are happy for you." There was a collective nod from all the Autobots in the room.

"Thank you, I think," Peter still looked dazed.

"Now to your question. We are autonomous robotic organisms form the planet Cybertron. We crash-landed near Kiara, Heather and Bruce, which is how they met us. We mean you no harm, but the same can't be said of the Cybertronian who ruined your ceremony."

"Alien robots," Peter laid his head on the back of the couch.

"They're our friends," Kiara assured him.

Ratchet stepped forward and took a thorough scan of the couple. "You're in shock," he informed them. "I suggest you take deep, calming breaths until your heart rate slows down." They followed the med-bot's advice, and color began to come back to their faces.

"I think I'm alright," Penny said, sitting up. She turned to the Autobot leader, "Thank you for saving us…"

"Optimus Prime," he replied. "That's my med-bot, Ratchet. You'll get to know the rest of my Autobots by name eventually."

"Well, Optimus Prime," Peter started, "why in the world did Megatron attack us?"

"Revenge," Optimus replied simply. "A few months ago I defeated Megatron with Kiara's help. He's been seething ever since, and he decided to go after our human friends instead of facing us faceplate to faceplate." Fury was building up behind Optimus' optics.

"You beat the slag out of him you can do it again, right Optimus?" Bruce looked up the Autobot leader. Optimus stood up and silently left the room.

Jazz started to follow him, but Ratchet stood in his way. "He's in one of his rare moods," the med-bot said. "He's just upset, let him blow it off."

"That doesn't happen very often," Jazz commented.

"This was a low blow," Ratchet replied. "It's got to be hard on him. He'll be back."

Meanwhile, the new couple had decided to mingle with the Autobots. Peter came up to Kiara, who was buffing out Prowl's scratches on his legs and fueling him up with more energon. "So," he looked at the two, "this is…"

"Prowl," the black and gold Autobot leaned down to Peter's eye level. "Kiara's guardian."

"I hope you're keeping her safe," there was the slightest threat in his tone.

"If she was any safer, she wouldn't be able to do anything," Prowl assured him with a smile.

"Who wants a tour of the base?" Heather called from the elevator.

"Shot gun!" Sideswipe called, sliding into it. Penny and Peter raced towards it with Kiara on their heels.

"Hey," Penny piped up as the doors began to close, "will we be able to change out of these clothes soon?"

"We'll bridge you back when the tour is over with," Heather replied.

"Bridge?" Penn inquired, and then the doors silenced their conversation.

Ratchet smiled and shook his head as he turned back to his computer console. He could see Optimus' energy signature, but it was odd because it was not in the base. Ratchet decided to watch it closely.

Optimus cruised down the highway. Once he found a nice, secluded, rocky outcropping he transformed and ducked into it. He unsheathed his axe and looked around at the rocks rising around him.

"Come out, Megatron!" Optimus called. "I'm ready to end this once and for all, before anyone else gets hurt."

The large silver con dropped over the edge of a large boulder and landed in front of the Prime. "You call, I come." He sauntered a few feet the left. "Shall we commence?" Without another word, he lashed out with his claws. Optimus blocked them with his axe, and the battle had begun.

Starscream smiled to himself as he watched the clash of the giants. He had perched himself on a high boulder to watch the fight. Hopefully they destroyed each other. Starscream wanted to be rid of both of them, but he knew he would have to put up with one of them. He would wait to see which one would come out alive.

Suddenly, a large ground bridge opened behind the two leaders, but neither of them noticed. It was not the right color, however. Ground bridges were usually green, but this one was a deep purple color shot through with red. It had a sinister look to it, and it sent a thrill through Starscream's spark. Then, an idea popped into his head, and he smiled to himself.

Starscream stood up and calculated his angle. Then, he fired up his jets and shot towards the warring giants. The two came close, clashing each other's weapons together. Starscream slammed into them right where they clashed. He shut off his jets just as he connected with them, and took a couple steps back.

Optimus was slammed from his side and felt himself falling. He caught a glimpse of Starscream's smirking face before he was swallowed by a purple portal. He could hear Megatron cursing Starscream as he fell. Suddenly, a patch of ground rushed up to meet him.