Real World Changes II:

All the Wrong Feelings

by Kaimaler.


The normal day, a day out with her friends, a day of relaxation on the beach, and a calm and highly entertaining conversation with the two newest Autobots.

"Skids, Mudflap, what's up?" Riya smiled taking her seat at the completely upgraded computer desk, thanks to Ratchet.

"Nuthin' much, gettin' bored waitin' 'round fer some Decepticon action." Mudflap whined sitting on the large chair Ratchet or Optimus usually took during meetings.

"Yeah, ain't no 'Con's, ain't no fun." Skids agreed with his twin.

"Ah well, can't always get what you want." Riya giggled.

The twins, reclining in their respective large chairs, looked at each other, smiled and faced Riya again. Riya knew that look, it was the look shared between the twin all to often.

"No." Riya growled, instantly coming from friendly jokes to hard headedness, however, this was the stubbornness that Optimus and Ratchet were particularly pleased with.

"Oh come on! Just a little hint?" Skids begged, "Yeah, just a a little hint! We won't tell no one!" Mudflap joined his twin in the groveling.

"No guys, you know I can't! What happens if I say something and you change the story? I mean, it could destroy your entire universe! Unicron would come down, rain hail over your head and acid rain! Hell, Megatron will kill you all and sell your dismembered limbs for spare parts! You see where I'm going with this?" Riya exclaimed, shouting and whispering throughout to send emphasis.

Skids and Mudflap shook their frames. "A'ight! A'ight! We get it! We get it!" Skids put his hands up in defence. "Primus RT, what crawled up your tailpipe?" Mudflap shook his head.

Riya leaned back in her chair, putting her feet up on the large desk. "I had a lot of Cola this morning... And I just wanted to get my point across sparklings." She laughed.

"Sparklings? Who you callin' a sparkling, fleshy?" Skids huffed.

"You two, not go off and bother the Hatch' or 'Hide. Be careful, don't get caught. I swear I'll never hear the end of it, like the time you got Ironhide into believing 'Bee was in trouble down at the docks when you were on the West Coast then dropped, ugh still disgusting, fresh fish water all over him. I could smell him from here!" Riya held her nose, waving her hand in front of her face.
"That was devious, but beautiful."

Skids and Mudflap bowed, "Why thank ya' RT, we live ta' serve!" Mudflap laughed, "And next time, we'll record it all, so ya' can see it to!"

"That's suicide. Now get your diodes outta' here!" Riya laughed, cutting off the connection.

She stared at the computer screen go blank, then into black. The Autobot symbol appeared with Cybertonian words below. Ratchet told Riya that was their way of ensuring her safety, like a child's blankie when they wake up from a nightmare.
Ratchet said it translated to "Now and forever our friend and our family. May Primus watch over you."

Riya thought it was the CMO's way of thanking her after he asked Fredrika about dating her... and she accepted, quite enthusiastically apparently.

She now carried multiple forms of protection, though once it had not saved her from being robbed. Optimus had not no clue humans in desperation turn to thievery and mugging to survive. He became so worried he forced Ratchet to scan her using a teleported computer, but it was thanks to Lola since she was the only one who knew how to work the little black box that attracted the portal.

Optimus was overjoyed to discover the only thing that the muggers did was bruise here or there and Ratchet was pleased to actually have a way to scan Riya himself.

Ironhide stayed out of the Autobots sight when he wanted to talk to Riya personally. She knew he preferred his tough guy persona, so she was not really bothered.

However, it had been just about two years since Riya's expedition to the Transformers universe and she knew she arrived the day, the second Mission City had ended and Megatron was killed, so in turn she knew that after two years that The Fallen would rise... and Optimus would die.

She also knew that Optimus would come back to life, but the turmoil the Autobots would be under could not be mistaken.

Riya had never told them about what was to come, about their future after Lola had told her what could happen if she did.

So she felt it best to wait it out and let the Autobots come to her to tell her, now Lola said she could not tell, but Riya was not going to lie about knowing Optimus' fate as well as what Galloway intended to do after Optimus' death at the same time Samuel Witwicky's part in it all, witnessing Optimus' death and being the cause of his resurrection.

Not to mention Megatron's return.

That would be a tough one to explain.

Though all she expected from the Autobots once she told them she knew what was going to happen was that they would recount Riya's universe, remember what Lola, Cab, Skywing and Scatterwing took so long to explain to them and pass Riya's knowledge off as nothing more then a predicted event.

So Riya stood from her heavy duty Cybertronic computer and desk that Ratchet developed for Riya and Riya only, since it was technologically designed to react only to Riya's fingerprints and alert Riya or the Autobots if anyone other then Riya attempted to use it.

She made her way outside, enjoying a leisurely walk through her home town and possibly even down to the beach again... But first, she decided, she would pay respects to the spot that caused this all.

The street was full, unlike it would have been if the Portal was still open.

Lola first learned that the coincidence of the area around a Portal being empty of all life was actually no random event. The Portal, when in the vicinity, would emit a field around it to anyone daring to come near it.

What Lola could not figure out was how the people in Malibu and the cars in the area, being so full of life, did not go through the Portal and only Riya did.
The Autobots claimed it must have had something to do with the Allspark, that it worked in mysterious ways and perhaps it brought Riya to their universe for some unknown reason, or just because it was bored.

Riya decided she much preferred the Allspark bringing Riya there because it did not want it's legacy, all the work it has done, to simply go up in flames the minute it was destroyed and instead had enough power for one last event on it's behalf.

She smirked, pulling out a small black box and walking to a street bench, thankfully, the spot of the Portal was located directly next to the North side of a small park and was in range enough for the little black box to work properly.

Riya barely tapped the top of the box and had an instant reaction, the top and all four sides opened up, displaying a blue screen with dancing blue and green lines until a query displayed.

::User and Password?::

Riya typed in the password and user account until the login bar disappeared and black lights played outward from the box, opening up like the basic human Internet except it was lights playing a show that Riya could manipulate to her will, and again, Ratchet being a fuss over these things, had Lola sensor it. The lock consisted of a test of fingerprint identification and voice print.

The screens eventually merged into a signe transparent blue square with "Please wait while area is being tested."

Once the flashing loading sign exited, the transparent holograph turned green and remained generally the same, only now everything Riya saw through it was carefully calculated into distinctive parts.

Riya selected the road and it appeared on it's own in front of everything else and replied to Riya's request with and flash of it's green screen and answered; "Positive. Connection be made?" It questioned then opened with welcome recipients.

Lola was the only one who used the other black box and Riya selected it, after making a connection for a little while finally Riya stood up and walked to a secluded area of the park where she normally went and hid out there.

Riya set the black box on the ground in the centre of the small clearing between some very thick trees and bushes, she back away from the black box to lean on a tree while she awaited Lola's answer.

"Yes?" Lola's hologram zapped itself to life.

"Hey Lola, say where are the guys at?"

"Why what's happened?" Lola, who was apparently leaning over a few documents on a large desk, turned instantly around and scanned Riya's hologram on her side.

Riya giggled, "Nothing Lola, it's just a special day today, that's all."

Lola's face turned clearly confused, "No parties right?" Lola seemed to look around her office for any other people in the vicinity that displayed as holoforms on Lola's side.

"Nah, don't feel like all that hassle this year, I'm rather akin to being in solitude on days like this." Riya explained slumping down to the base of the tree. "I just wanna' hang out with the guys... if their available."

"For you Riya? Of course, hell, I'm sure old 'Hide hasn't gotten over the whole beliving you were dead, he'd leave the shooting range just for you on an important matter or not." Lola smiled warmly.

Riya sighed happily, "He's such a sap. He's worse then my dog."

"It's sad, it really is." Lola laughed.

"Wait up, I'll go get them for you."

"Thanks Lola!"

"Don't mention it." Lola said before her holoform disappeared.

Word spreads fast about when Lola is talking to Riya, it took only a few minutes before everybody, human and Cybertronian alike, that began asking to see the famed parallel universe girl.

Lola would only have to find one of the Autobots before all of them knew and most, if not all, came to see Riya again. Regularly, if Riya was on her holo-projector then all of them would come, but sometimes the higher profile Autobots were busy, like Optimus and Ratchet were normally busy with the human government around the afternoon.

Thankfully, it was not morning or afternoon. Riya made sure of that. She planned on using the holo-projector late, well after dusk.

Lola's hologram reappeared and she was obviously working on something the holo-projector was not picking up.

"Hold on, let me size your holo properly... and..." Lola hit one last button before the Autobots became visible, each one around her height on her side while on their side Riya was about the size of Ratchet.

"Hey everybody!" She waved.

"Yo, we was just talkin' to ya'!" Skids exclaimed.

"I didn't say you had to come, I just requested you to." Riya rolled her eyes.

"Oh." Mudflap and Skids looked sheepishly aside.

"It is good to see you are in good health Riya... For now." Ratchet joked, somehow, all the Autobots, when no real Decepticon threat was found, returned to their Generation One personality. Riya preferred it that way.

"I believe I speak for everyone here when I say that it does all our sparks good to see you walking again." Optimus spoke up, though really, he never had to forcibly join into a conversation by raising his voice, his natural tone was enough to stop anyone mid-sentence.

Riya gave a skeptical look to Ratchet. "You do speak for everyone, but Ratchet. I think he'd rather I was still in the wheelchair, so I don't risk going out and hurting something else."

"Well, you are one of the most frustrating patients I have ever had." Ratchet teased.

"Thanks Ratch'. I strive to make your life harder." Riya laughed.

Ratchet and Riya's jokes pleased Optimus, they had finally stopped arguing and started enjoying each others company. No doubt Bumblebee and Ironhide thanked Primus that Ratchet and Riya's feuding came to a end.

"'Bee!" Riya cheered, "You wouldn't believe it!"

Bumblebee laughed, "Believe what Riya?"

"I met somebody, who's now a close friend really, and she absolutely loves you 'Bee. I swear, she thinks you're the best thing since Star Wars."

Instantly, Bumblebee became embarrassed, offering an innocent stance and a blush. "Aww, tell them I said hi." He laughed nervously.

"Love to, but she doesn't know you exist!" Riya stated, "But if I did, I'd know what she'd say... er, well, do."

Bumblebee smiled, "What's that?"

"Probably scream so loudly she'd break all the glass within four miles..." Riya giggled, "Then faint. A swoon somewhere in there... Probably kiss you." She admitted silently to herself that her friend would more then likely leap on Bumblebee and hug him until he or she dies.

"Hey little buddy! Looks like you got a fan!" Ironhide gave Bumblebee's back a hard pat, it caused Bumblebee to stumble forward a bit as Ironhide laughed it off.

"Well, I wanted to talk to you all again for a rather selfish reason, yeah I know, that sucks huh? But I want to and it's a special day to me." Riya mused, pointing her thumb to herself, "For it is... Lola's birthday!" She laughed, throwing her hands up.

"We know." Ironhide answered, "Same day as one Earth year ago."

"And we expected your call." Ratchet explained, "We were planning on something for Lola, but she wanted something... else. She wanted one thing and one thing only." Ratchet's hologram disappeared.

"Oh?" Riya queried.

"Lola said she would only receive one gift and that it was an invention for you, Riya." Optimus gestured forward to Riya and put a hand on her shoulder, being that the holoforms that Lola generated with the black box were tangible just like the Autobots holoforms they emitted when driving through cities so as to not look suspicious.
"You will see soon enough."

"I want it now." Riya smiled widely. Though she could feel the weight of Optimus' hand on her shoulder and could touch it herself, the hand nor the body would feel like them, it was simply created from the black box, what she touched felt no different then the texture of the black box.

"And here it is." Ratchet stepped back into range of the black box. "We have been talking it over with Lola and found one time where you can visit, or we could visit you, and the Portal could be reopened within two Earth weeks." He smiled triumphantly, Riya knew that meant Ratchet must have dedicated hours or even days to the project and that it means much to Ratchet to receive credit.

At the same time, Riya was overjoyed she stared at Ratchet so thrillingly that Ratchet eventually shook his head.

"However, it is not until next Earth month... and it is only once an Earth year." He admitted.

"I don't care. One week once a year is better then none at all." Riya leaped forward and hugged Ratchet's hologram.

He barely felt the weight, being that she, although hologram size was equalized between her and the Autobots, was light as a feather to the Autobots.

Ratchet just smiled and patted Riya's back, pushed her forward and nodded. "Next Earth month then you will visit us or shall we visit you?"

"I'll come, I miss hanging out with you guys... in person that is." Riya smiled, but she lied and thanked God that the Autobots could not read her heat signature through the black box, they would have easily told if she was lying.
Partically it was true, she wanted to visit again, more so then she wanted them to come to her home. It was rather boring counting out the beach, the parks, the parties and beautiful homes.

The underlying truth was that Riya knew what was to happen within the year, exact time was unknown to her. Whenever it came it would require every strength the Autobots have and them coming to visit her was too much danger for mankind on their side.

Not to mention the Autobots leaving for two weeks would drive their universes government insane and when they returned they would be bombarded with questions and regulations that would bury them and their human friends in paper work so much so that they might as well have been buried six feet under in a casket.

"So, when is it?" Riya asked excitedly, trying to forget their future and enjoy their presence.

"On a human calender? The Internet says June 10th and my time calculator as well as Lola's studies say it will reopen for you to return on June 31st." Ratchet answered and Riya could tell he was searching the Internet that very moment to grasp the specific date on a human calender rather then confusing Riya with a Cybertronian date.

"Awesome. I can get off if I work some overtime down at the shop and since I've already worked up some overtime I can get a... well... about a two week vacation. Almost, I'll be off by a few days, but no harm no foul. My boss likes me, he'll let it slide." Riya thought about it a moment, actually taking the time to correct the days she could take off.

The Autobots knew nothing of human careers... "What?" Bumblebee asked first.

She sighed, shook her head and grinned. "Nothing, just means that I can come."

"Yeah!" Bumblebee cheered, "Finally you can stay with Sam and me, I'm sure he'd be fine with it."

"Hold up there 'Bee, the gov' will have a cow if I go anywhere without permission... and a guardian." Riya stated, mostly to herself, she was sure the Autobots must have thought of that by now. "What's the plan guys? Sneak me in or let me meet the big wigs?"

"Where you stay will be your choice, however, letting the human leaders know is unavoidable and if we are to sustain their trust, we must gain their authorization." Optimus added, once more returning to his Generation One personality that Riya so dearly loved.

"Fredrika knows some inside people, she can get you in without a problem Riya." Ratchet explained, but was soon questioned.

"What are inside people, Ratchet?" Bumblebee asked and all the Autobots agreed, they did not know what he meant.

Ratchet shrugged, "Honestly, I do not know. Fredrika said it and I thought it best to tell you she apparently has a plan."

"Ooo, some inside strings huh? Who does she know? General Harris? The Vice President? The President? Adam West?" Riya laughed hysterically. "Sorry, inside people means she knows people who have either control over or influence in what we want. In this case, getting a free visit with you guys." She began to play James Bond theme in her head with Fredrika in the tuxedo, she thought it was funny and giggled.

"You will be ready then?" Optimus spoke up, ignoring the childish giggling Riya broke into.

"Yeah sure, just call me when Lola's ready." Riya winked, snapping her fingers and pointing to Optimus. "I hope you're ready, because I have not matured one single bit."


AN: I'm doing it! I haven't quit! I'm trying to make this clearer then the first story so that you can all understand Lola's inventions and the Portal's mysterious workings.

Well, I hope you all enjoy it. It was not particularly easy I've found...

Also, you will discover more on the Portal, but not much. This sequel is meant for developing Riya's relationship with the Autobots, not explaining her travel to the Transformers Universe.
However, all information on the Portal will be revealed on the third sequel, the last one. Everything you've ever questioned about the Portal, Lola, Lola's old crew, how Riya came into their Universe, everything will be explained in as complete detail as I can possibly type, draw, and imagine.

There is one thing though... I will be working full time on this story, so all others may suffer for it, so I require reviews o'plenty!