Oh God, I can't even describe how sorry I am for not getting this out sooner, two months without updating is not an excuse! I am so sorry about the wait, I had to but this story on the back burner so that I had enough physical time to keep up with my other stories and the heavy workload my folks gave me, I should also alert anyone reading my stories that I may not be able to update anything starting Monday for a whole week, my folks decided to ship me off to an school work improvement thing at a Private school, I have barely any idea of what to expect but I doubt I will be able to update, thankfully I am brining my tech so the stories will not be dropped, but working from nine in the morning to eight at night doesn't sound like I'm going to be getting much free time. Anyway! I'm rambling, this chapter killed me when I decided to start writing again, I'd never planned this arc in the story but I wanted to add some spice to it, so without further adieu, chapter 15, I hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 15

"Orion you really didn't have to do this." Oce sighed, her arm wrapped tight around her lovers own crooked arm. The two were walking down the main section of Coney Island. It had been a few days since the events which lead to Megatron's resurrection, and after some pestering from Aerith, the Prime had decided it was time to make the most of his new found, as the humans call them, girlfriend.

It had been Marina's suggestion for the two to go to the amusement park in their human forms, it was close enough for the two to jump into the bay if things got hairy.

And so, they stood there, Optimus' human form looking at the stuffed Penguin with a determination rarely seen, he still remembered their first swim together, Oce had taken him to the Penguin breeding grounds to help him learn how to swim.

It had soon enough turned into a race down a glacier, Oce winning with barely any competition from Optimus, not that he was complaining, something about the entire event had just made him love her more.

And now he intended to repay her for the fun.

"Yo, man, you gonna stare at it all night or yah gonna play to win for the pretty lady?" The worker said from where he leaned lazily against the counter, Optimus straightened, nodded and pulled out the fare needed. The male behind the counter only snorted as he dumped the three balls none too graciously in front of the Cybertronian in human form. "Three chances, you knock all the cans down you win the prize." He grumbled.

Optimus just gave a nod as he picked up the first one, tossed it in the air to test how it felt, looked to Oce, who was looking between the penguin, the ball in his hand, the six cans which he could clearly see had been rigged, and back to himself. Then a wry smirk appeared at the edge of her blue lips, a quick nod was all that was needed for him to turn, pull back his arm, and throw.

The ball made impact. The skin having completely peeled off by the force, the core smashing through the six cans and the wooden structure rigged to hold them up, and out through the back of the tent and lodging itself deep within the afro of a man walking by on the road which ran parallel to the one the two stood on.

The worker stood there in silence, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.

He turned to the happy couple, reaching upwards to grab the blue and white penguin which was hanging from the rafters, with shaky hands he handed it to Optimus, who gave a curt nod before turning and giving it to Oce, her face lit up like a million watt bulb as she pulled him into a crushing hug, lacing a slight kiss on his cheek.

"Come on Orion, I'm hungry." Oce muttered, her stomach, hidden underneath a flowing royal blue dress giving a distinct rumbling sound.

Optimus smiled warmly taking her hand as he began to lead her away from the stall.

The man from the stall next to the one they had just stood in front of however, caught his attention, he was staring at himself and Oce with a look the Prime in disguise couldn't quite decipher.

"Go find something you like the look of, I'll catch up in a few minutes." He whispered into her rich brown with blue tipped hair. Oce gave a faint nod before continuing on.

Optimus turned to the man, he looked like he was into his late sixties, likely close to retirement. "Can I help you sir?" He asked, the man gave him a warm but cautious smile.

"Be careful with that one laddie." He stated leaning upon a finely crafted cane, his back was hunched slightly, a well-kept white beard and balding top showing this man was much older than he looked.

The statement however confused him. "I beg your pardon?" He asked, the man just chuckled.

"I've seen it happen before, a lass like that, she'll draw them in like a swarm of moths to a bright flame. Be careful with her, treat her well, I can see just by looking at her she has a bright heart, but dark past, it makes a girl like that cautious, add her looks and kind nature, and your got a chemical reaction, one that'll only get worse, when a catalyst arrives. Like the one that just did now, remember lad, treat her well, or you'll lose her before you can even say those three words to her." The man stated, before pointing in the direction Oce had gone, confused, Optimus turned, and locked straight onto the man kissing his femme's hand, whilst she did her best to dislodge the man's grip.

He turned back to give a thank you, but the man was already gone.

Leaving it behind for now, Optimus rushed towards Oce and the man, for a human he was good looking, but it was clear he was just a player, only interested in her looks.

As he drew closer, his advanced hearing allowed him to hear exactly what was going on.

"Come on dove, a girl like you all alone, why don't I walk you home?"

"No thank you, but my name is not Dove, it is Oriel, my boyfriend is going to catch up with me soon, and besides I don't live in New York, I'm on holiday." She stated, a slight Greek accent coming forward as she spoke, something which only happened when she was scared.

"Oh really? Where you from?" He asked, his body language suggestive. Optimus was less than a minute away, damnit! Oce could get places when she was hungry!

"Greece, the Mediterranean coast to be precise." She stated quickly, still trying to pull away without using her full strength and ripping the man's arm off, she was trying to stay in disguise.

The man seemed to become even more interested, pulling her closer and wrapping his unoccupied arm around her to grope her rear. Oce gave a startled gasp, her eyes widening and silver rings becoming more prominent, memories where starting to come back, bad ones.

"I always did like foreigners, gives a little bit of extra spice if you get my gist, Ariel." He growled her name, even if he mistook her for a Disney princess.

It was then that he reached the two, the Cybertronian turned human was quick to rip the man away from his femme, earning an indignant cry from the man, Oce looked like she'd been about to snap, he levelled the man to his glowing neon blue eyes, the pupils almost too small as he glared at the man.

"Keep your filthy hands off my girl." He hissed he knew he was acting out of character, but this human had crossed a line, he had scared Oce, and that was enough for the Prime, the human turned merfemme had been through enough in her life she didn't need to deal with anything more.

"H - hey m - man, I - I - we were just joking around right dove?" He stuttered, looking to Oce like she would help him, her eyes had turned dark, the brown thickening as silver rings flashed, making them stand out more in the late night, people were crowding around the three now, wanting to know what was going on.

Oce hissed, this man had first started flirting with her, that she could handle and brush off, she'd had enough humans look at her like that when she was human herself, but he'd gone to far, there was no way she would vouch for him over her Optimus, not for all the treasures on the ocean floor and within her own treasure grotto, that reminded her, she'd yet to show him that.
But then the words of her mother came back to her. 'Some humans are just too thick of skull to realise they've made a possibly deadly mistake.'

"He's not worth it Orion, just hand him over to the authorities for harassment, then we can go continue our night without conflict." Optimus nodded, releasing the man so he fell to the ground, that didn't stop the Prime from levelling one last withering glare on the man.
"You are a lucky man, try that again and I will personally deal with you." The man nodded furiously, rising to his shaky feet before bolting in the other direction.

Optimus turned to Oce as the crowd dispersed, the entertainment over, she was shaking slightly, arms wrapped tight around her middle, and he was quick to pull her into his embrace, not saying a word so she could focus on his presence.

The crowd kept moving around them as Oce stood there, her eyes finally settling back into the beautiful orbs the Prime loved.

They only separated again when the merfemmes gave another annoyed and hungry growl, Oce looked up at him sheepishly with a slight blue tint on her cheeks. "Still hungry." She stated, he just chuckled as they continued their procession through the crowd, the merfemme turned human clasping the penguin close to her chest.

It was only a few moments that the sound of music reached their acutely tuned ears, Oce's eyes winded when she realised what it was.

Resulting in her quickly grabbing the Prime's wrist and bolting through the crowd, the mech almost turning into a living kite as she pulled him towards a the Pirate themed restaurant the music was coming from.

She only slowed when they reached the door, the merfemme almost tearing the door clean off the hinges when she tried to pull it out of her way like a drape.

And then he realised this was likely the first time she'd gone through a door which wasn't automatic.

The inside of the restaurant was styled like the inside of a wooden ship, flags hanging from the thick rafters and large barrels were stacked on all walls above the round booths which looked to be able to hold ten each, there seemed to be just an air of happiness as people cheered and sung sea shanties, the music which had caught the merfemme's audios.

A woman dressed in the attire of a bar maid walked up to them, smiling warmly like the rest of the people in the eating area, and beyond if the cheering coming from the kitchen and from upstairs meant anything.

"Welcome to the Loreley! How many are we serving tonight then aye?" She asked in a strong Nordic voice, she was slightly older than the two's human forms, her rich black hair held up in thick curls which sprang out in all directions, she was quite a large woman, showing off her strength with the bulging arms she had and the powerful way she held herself without looking at all like she wanted to smash someone's head in.

"Table for two please." Optimus asked, looking at the name tag it said 'Helen'. "Helen." He nodded.

Helen grinned the large woman crossing her arms over her large chest. "If you know my name, you tell me yours." She commanded, looking at the two like a mother would when looking at their childs new significant other.

Oce stepped forwards first, an arm still in the Prime's. "Mine name is Oriel Pridon." She introduced, she saw a small shimmer in the womans eye but didn't question as Optimus stepped forwards.

"Orion Pax." He extended a hand to her which Helen firmly took and almost crushed in her firm hold. But Optimus didn't even flinch at the powerful grip the woman had.

Finally Helen let go and smiled at the two. "Follow me, I know just the spot." Oce had to muffle a giggle when the woman turned her back on them, giving the Prime the perfect moment to clasp his hand and shake it, wincing in pain at the slight bruise already forming there.

He leant over and whispered in her ear. "Next time, I'll give a verbal greeting."

Oce raised her eye brow at him. "If you asked me she looked about ready to hug you." She joked.

The Prime winced. "I'd prefer my ribs intact so I can enjoy the meal." Oce almost lost her fight with her own laughter with that one.

"That's why I didn't hug yah laddie." She joked, Optimus reeled back a moment, Helen almost sounded like… "Yeah that old coot's mah grandpa, has a keen eye the old bastard, now, table for two, the special tonight is a selection of lobster oriented meals, take your time to chose yah love birds, the entertainments going to begin in quarter an hour. Oh and lass." She leaned in to whisper to the merfemme. "Nice Translator, Oce, it's a piece of art." Oce froze, Helen just chuckled and clasped a firm hand on the younger woman's shoulder and shook it, causing the merfemme to jerk and look at the Nordic woman in shock.

Helen seemed to know exactly what she wanted to ask. "Aerith is a chatty woman, any time I contact her she's always talking about you two, and now, the fine mech you got yahself, just know you've got all our best wishes, every one of us." With that the woman was gone, leaving the couple in stunned silence.

Optimus gave her a startled look. "I thought you said Aerith didn't contact humans?" He asked.

Oce just shook her head, looking at the Prime with a confused look. "She doesn't, Helen isn't human." The revelation startled the Prime and he looked at her confused.

"What do you mean?" He asked, Oce looked like she was trying to remember something.

"Aerith never said we were the only one's she saved, and if Shockwave hadn't turned us into Cybertronians, I would've been an organic merfemme and Marina would've been the same, what's to stop her from making more?" Oce pondered.

"I can answer that one." They both jolted when Helen returned, a warm smile on her face as she placed an unlit candle on the table, , a small flicker of flame appeared on the tip of her finger, the flame then jumping from the older woman's hand and onto the candle wick, lighting it immediately.

They both looked at her in shock, Helen just grinned. Choosing to sit in the large ten strong booth she'd put the two in. "I'm not surprised yah ma kept us from you, your life is the oceans, ours is on land. Anyway, for the most part I'm like you lass, six hundred and thirty two years next month ago, I was but the wife of a Viking Chieftain by the name of Bluda. Not the nicest of men I'm telling you, had a habit of drinkin' blood and spitting at me and the rest of his spouses and conquests. I was the only stubborn one who resisted that brute, something he punished me for often, and very rarely with just words lass." She pulled back the sleeve of her shirt, revealing a jagged scar running up her arm from her wrist and only ending at the shoulder that was only the most visible one, the rest no less gruesome.

Helen continued her voice turning sombre. "It was one autumn night he went too far, somehow I'd stayed pure in thos long six years of being tied to him by marriage, he kept me though, a challenge, as he would say before he would ignore me for denying him. In that time I'd found a baby boy, I named him Sven, sweet lad, brown locks and hazel eyes which shone with life, he'd been left in the forest outside our village to the wolves, no one knew by who, not even a name for the lad. Bluda wasn't pleased, he hated Sven, and so I kept the lad out of sight, away from his wrath. He wanted me to tote around his son, not someone else's mistake. Anyway, one night, he found Sven playing with one of his own sons, from one of his other wives, Niren, anyway, Bluda drew his blade… and killed him, he killed my Sven. I saw the whole thing, and in my rage, I grabbed one of the torches and threw it at him, setting his food ridden beard on fire, oh he howled in pain but I didn't stop, I'd never loved him, I hated him, and he'd killed my son. I wasn't really paying attention, the house caught when his body fell to the ground, I ran to my son, both parts of him, Bluda had taken his head clean off, I held my boy to my chest and screamed, I prayed to Odin and Thor to give me my boy back, but neither responded, instead, it was your mother." She stopped then, looking at how the two had drawn closer as the story progressed, the Prime's hand gripping that of the merfemme's

"She saved both of us, I can't remember what she looked like, she didn't have a physical form, but a bright light, at fisrt I believed I was going to Valhalla, but she told me, she had a job for me, I was to protect the innocence of all humans, and bring joy to all I could, and Sven, he grew up fast, he's a fine young man now, he's the aerial messenger of all of us, had a right bloody hard time during both world wars though I'm telling you! The amount of times he had his wings shot was bloody more than a colander! And ma father, got the right old shock of ma life when I found out my dead father was now the head guardian of wisdom. Oh but I'm confusing yah. So, what would you like to order?" Helen asked, her tone having quickly turned bright again.

Oce and Optimus where struck by the quick change in tone. The two actually blinking in time as they tried to real their minds back together, all the while Helen just chuckled.

Oce looked down at the menu, it all looked inviting. "I'll take the… Buttered Crab with a side of fries and a two litre bottle of water please." Oce asked after a few moments, her eyes glancing to the older woman every few moments.

Optimus then took his turn. "T-bone steak and fries we'll share the water and ask for a refill if we run out." One thing they certainly needed to do was keep hydrated.

Helen nodded, taking the menus with her and walking quickly back towards the kitchen.

The silence stretched on for a few minutes before Oce began shaking, catching the Prime's attention. Before he could even ask if she was okay she burst into a fit of laughter, her head colliding with the table and her fist banging a slight dent into the large barrel which made up the table.

He soon joined in, it wasn't happiness laughter but more terror mixed with the unnerving feeling that there was a lot to this story they were missing.

All the while they were drowned out by the raucous cheering of many of the other customers, some of the men sitting at the bar even clanging their tankards together, sending the frothy liquid inside all over themselves, but it seemed they were either too drunk or too happy to really care or notice.

They sat there for a while, watching the crowd, at least until a young child, maybe three years old, sprouted bird wings and leapt from his mother's lap, only for the mother to flick a wrist, a vine to fly out from her long draping sleeve, wrap around the child and pull him right back onto his mother's lap, causing the child to giggle and clap their hands together, the woman, not once breaking conversation with the woman next to her.

Oce blinked whilst Optimus rubbed both eyes with his fists before looking back at the child, the bird wings, which Oce realised looked like a Larks, brown with white streaks, were still there.

The merfemmes head snapped to the men at the bar, still singing their lungs out, but the one on the far right, white smoke, which she'd originally thought was form the candles, was actually floating of the tips of his ash black hair.

By this point they were looking at all the other customers, after looking close enough, different ethnicities from seemingly all across the world, a man who looked like he was from India, was painting upon a sheet of paper, a small elephant.

And then, as he placed the brush back in the water pot, the elephants front left leg pulled of the page, pressing down on the paper as it pulled itself off, gaining a bright white colouration with purple dots as it blew out, forming a tiny elephant, the size of an apple, the man chuckled as he picked the tiny thing up and gave it to the young girl next to him, the girl squealed with happiness, revealing large needle like teeth, she leant up, revealing her lower half to be made of brown and black scales in a diamond pattern, and kissed the man on the cheek before jumping off the seat, and slithering towards a girl maybe two years older and holding the tiny elephant to her, the girl smiled as her hair came to life, much like Oce's own cables, and wrapped around the elephant, bringing it close to her face, drawing attention to the fact that, below the elbows the girls did not have arms, her long blonde hair acting as her an alternative.

And there was so much more, a man with reindeer antlers sprouting from just in front of his ears, which in turn looked like that of a deers, and a woman sitting next to him with similar ears, the two holding hands with the fingers intertwined, two shining gold rings glinting in the light of the restaurant.

It was then that the sound of horse footsteps hit them, coming from the stairs. "You've got to be kidding me." Oce muttered as the centaur stepped onto the flat grey stone which made up the floor, chocolate brown hair cut short and curled along with a finely trimmed beard decorating his face, his chest covered by a black jacket which matched the deep grey of his other more equine half.

Optimus could only nod.

The centaur seemed to notice them, a broad smile appearing on his face as his back hoof lifted off the ground and slammed into the stone floor with a resonating clack.

All sound in the bustling room ceased as all eyes (or spheres in the case of a woman missing her eyes who had four spheres floating around her head) turned to the centaur.

"By the name of Aerith, look who finally showed up! Not only the lost beauty of Athens and daughter of our queen, but her mate as well! Oce has finally come to our humble establishment!" His arm whipped out and pointed directly at the two.

All heads snapped towards the couple, seemingly not noticed the two sitting there.

And then it all went to Pit.

Half the 'customers' jumped to their feet and stampeded towards the two. All of them talking at once, some grabbing their hands and shaking their hands, and others pulling out cameras from almost every decade and snapping pictures at them.

At least until the sound of a loud horn, blasting from where the doors to the kitchen where, everyone stilled, turning to see Helen, the large rams horn still hovering near her lips, a well-built man stood next to her, angelic dove wings held tight to his back and a thick mass of brown hair covering one of his two golden eyes.

Helen frowned. "That's na' way ta treat our princess, all yah back ta yah tables and settl' down. Aerith, yah lot act like a load of wild boars offered a carrot sometimes!" The woman exclaimed, her thick Nordic accent leaving no room for questioning as she turned to the man. "Thank you Sven, I may be out of it sometimes, but I still heard Galileo clear as day." The man went to argue but she interrupted him before he could even speak. "I know its yah job son, but yah got to relax, this is my resturant, I know what I'm doing." The man they now knew has Helen's son Sven, nodded although looked like he wanted to argue his point.

Helen turned to Oce. "I'm sorry lass, it's just, with yah living in the Ocean with no land contact up until recently, yah didn't really need ta kno' 'bout us. Bu' now yah here, well, I'd like to intraduce yah to them all, but seeing as there's four floors full of us lot, and a couple thousand more across tha globe, you'll have to settle for a few, yah have your meal tah get through after all." Oce could only nod dumbly.

Optimus spoke up then. "Princess?" He asked.

Helen gave Oce a curious look as the merfemme ducked her head. "Geat yah tail out lass, you're free tah be in you're true state here, no human can get in. Oh and, seeing as Aerith's pretty much queen of this planet, makes her herald and daughter here a princess, just logic for yah." Oce by this point was looking at her confused, but in now way allowed the other half of her organic transformations take over as she looked around.

Helen sighed as she stepped forward, walking towards the two, the crowd parting in the process. Finally the Nordic woman lent down and placed her powerful hands, one on each of the couples shoulders and looked both straight in the eyes. "Yah safe here, nobody not givin tha gifts of Aeirth can see or get in tha joint, yah safe and yah can have yah tails and fins out all you want." Oce and Optimus looked at one another, then back at the woman they now recognised as an actual Viking, nodding as they allowed their organic mer forms to take over.

Their two long royal blue tails soon snaked around both sides of the barrel, the sails on their backs flattening back so they could still sit whilst the rest of their fins made their own appearances.

Oce smiled. "It's a pleasure to meet all of you, this is Optimus, we've been together for little over a week and we couldn't be happier." She introduced, wrapping her arm around his as she leant into him, Optimus just nodded as the centaur they guessed was called Galileo walked up, an apologetic look on his face.

"Sorry there lass, just got excited to finally see you, Galileo, former astronomer now the head guardian of Curiosity, Necra and Dolumn are my co guardians." He introduced as two more stepped up, they two where centaurs, the female of the group, who they guessed was Necra, had a pitch black pelt and wore a white short dress which just stopped before the end of her human half, thus leaving the white pelted centaur with the silver dress shirt which looked like that of a Victorian higher up to be Dolumn. The two centaurs bowed, both centaurs front hooves being pulled back so they could lean on the first joint as their human halves bent forwards as well.

"Welcome to the Loreley." Necra said, pixie cut black hair falling just in front of her eyes before the two rose again, turning in the wide paths between the tables and chairs suddenly making a lot more sense, the two were soon walking away back towards one of the other booths, which seemed to actually expand to welcome their much larger forms.

It was then that a second loud below of the horn rocked through the large area, Helen now stood upon a large stage in the corner, a broad smile on her face.

"Now yah all kno' tha our fine lady is here, and seein' as Aerith won't shut up about it, Oce! How'd yah like to sing for us, after all, this old shack wa named after your legend." Helen declared to the young merfemme, who could only just blushed.

"Okay." She murmured, she'd never sung in front of a crowd before, just before she could get down from her seat and onto the floor, Optimus caught her hand, she looked back just in time to give her a quick peck on the lips, earning a few groaning and gagging sounds from the younger members of the large group, who where quickly shushed by their elders.

"You'll do fine." He whispered into the fin which made up her ear, Oce just gave him a warm smile before the female mer landed on the stone floor, with a few tries she was able to pull herself along the stone, batting helpful hands out of the way, and she was in a stubborn mood after all the strange stuff going on in this eating establishment.

She finally made it up to where Helen was, the older woman raised an eyebrow. "Why didn't yah just walk lass?" She pointed out, Oce's eyes widened before she groaned and slammed her head down into the wooden stage.

"My brains srambled." She admitted, the crowd just erupted into more laughter as Sven and Galileo helped her up onto a raised bar stool in front of a mic which looked like it was made forty years prior.

She nodded to Helen who, nodded to a man with four arms and a pair of green futuristic glasses over his eyes, the man nodded and with his second left arm, pressed a button on the laptop which was rigged to the speakers.

Soon enough the speakers where blaring a balard of musical insturments as the crowd began to clap in tune.

"Merrily we sailed along
Though the waves were plenty strong
Down the twisting river Rhine
Following a song"

"Legend's faded storyline
Tried to warn us all
Oh, they called her, "Loreley"
Careful or you'll fall"

"Oh, the stories we were told
Quite a vision to behold
Mysteries of the seas
In her eyes of gold"

"Laying on the silver stone
Such a lonely sight
Barnacles become a throne
My poor Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"You would not believe your eyes
How a voice could hypnotize
Promises are only lies
From Loreley"

"In a shade of mossy green
Seashell in her hand
She was born the river queen
Ne'er to grace the land"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"Oh, the song of Loreley
Charms the moon right from the sky
She will get inside your mind
Lovely Loreley"

"When she cries, "Be with me
Until the end of time"
You know you will ever be
With your Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

"And the winds would cry
And many men would die
And all the waves would bow down
To the Loreley"

When Oce finished the slightly grim song, the crowd erupted in cheers, one or two actually sheeding tears. Helen was actually smiling like a other would when her child would give her something they had made as she walked over, clasping a hand on the merfemmes sleeve covered shoulder. "Yah mother was right to brag about those pipes of yours lass, yah did good, now, Sven put your meal on the table." Oce nodded as she shifted back into her human form, quickly walking back to the booth where Optimus sat, she was quick to sit down and let her tail replace her still slightly shaky legs.

Optimus was quick to pull her into a loving hug. "That was amazing. Something from your past I guess?" He asked jokingly, Oce just blushed as she poped a fry in her mouth and began chewing it, once the morsel was gone she looked to him.

"That's a story for another time." Optimus just shrugged before joining in, seeing as no one seemed to bother with cutlery or even decent table manners, he grabbed the medium done T-bone and began ripping into it with his sharp teeth, Oce grinned, grabbed the crab, ripped it in half and then again and popped one of the quarters whole in her mouth, a crunching sound soon following as she crushed the crabs hard exoskeleton.

The rest of the meal followed as such, the odd person would come up and start a conversation but for the most part the couple was left to their own devices.

It wasn't until two hours later that they left the resturant, the time long past midnight, it seemed that customers could be there for days at a time, seeing as the resturant was actually a place for guardians to meet and just relax, Helen didn't charge a thing, seeing as the cooks could litterally just make food appear out of thin air already cooked, it was mearly a place of atmosphere and relaxation.

Helen stood at the front door with them, giving Oce and Optimus both quick hugs as she looked at them, the older Viking woman giving them firm pats on the shoulders. "Yah welcome here whenever yah want ta have a break, the Loreley's always open to weary members of our fair community. Now, get on back ta the Meda yah lovebirds, Aerith is having trouble with Marina, calf got into the rock candy stores again." The woman chuckled when the two groaned. "Once again, yah have all of ours blessings, now… oh crap I forgo somethin'" The woman grumbled, a look of annoyed confusion and pondering causing the lady to look that bit older. "Ah!" She pulled out a beautiful flowering lily from her front pocket, the royal blue petals with red and silver spots completely undamaged. "Saji painted it for yah, head guardian of creativity, the Naga was his first creation, Selia, cute thing, suggested it as a way of reminding yah of us." She placed it carefully into the merfemme's hair, the tip cuddenly coming to life and winding around the base of her ear until it held a tight fit.

"What about the girl she was with?" Optimus asked, the young girl without lower arms had left some time ago without the two realizing it.

"Sophie? Poor lass, victim of the French revolution, she was the daughter of a nobleman who supported the royal family, she was just a babe at the time, soldier took some pity on her, 'sted of killing her, he cut her arms off at the elbows, she died from it and Aerith brought her back as the youngest guardian of dexterity, she really likes those lads and lasses who make those new limbs fa people, it's what she helps with after all. Anyway, off yah go, and don't be strangers! We wan' yah back here within the month!" Helen explained.

Oce just chuckled and nodded before an idea struck her. "Would the rest of the Autobots be able to come?" She asked, Helen grinned.

"Aerith blessed them too, just haven' realized they got tails yet, they'll be able ta come, just don' tell um, I wanna see tha first reactions maself." Helen stated, the two nodded before turning and walking towards the end of the walk way which stood above the crashing waves below. The two looked at one another and the rest of their surroundings, everything had shut down for the night and all the light which was provided was from the still bustling resturant only they could see.

By this point, the temperature had dropped harshly, the large stuffed penguin was held tightly in the merfemmes grasp as they walked down towards the water, the Prime noticed this and was soon shedding his crimson red jacket, quickly placing it over her shoulders so all that he wore was a pale silver short sleeved top and royal blue trousers. Oce gave him a thankful and loving smile as they drew closer, the two scooting closer so they could enjoy the others proximity before they reached the end of the pier

With one final look at the place which had quickly become a spot of sanctuary for the two, they leapt into the water, quickly teleporting back to the Medateraian for a good long rest before the Prime had to return to his duties. Neither would forget the strange night they just had for a long time.