The Adventures of Little Riley!
Hi guys! So this is my first ever fan fic! I have currently been addicted to reading them and Transformers Prime is one of the best (IMO) transformers tv shows!
This story is basically about a 7 year old girl named Riley! The first chapter will basically be about how she came to know the Autobots.
Note: This is a story about Optimus having a kid and later on she will be officially but for now, you as the reader, will join along side her as she learns, hangs out, and has fun with the Autobots! I am also sorry if the characters start to seem OOC, I will try my best to keep their personalities the same as the show, tho Cliffjumper will be hard.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Transformers Prime or the franchise Transformers, all characters (Except for Riley) belong to Hasbro!
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It was a quiet day as usual in Jasper, Nevada. The small town was known as the "Capital City of Entertainment" which definitely wasn't true. The town was very much boring, a perfect place for secrets to lay. Located in the outskirts of Jasper was a base holding sentient robotic organisms known as Cybertronians. Within the old missile silo, there were 6 Autobots. Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Arcee, Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, and Bumblebee. Those 6 Autobots were also the guardians of a little girl named Riley. She was 7 years old and full of nothing but energy, curiosity, and fun! The Autobots has been the only family she knew since forever.
This chapter, we discover how little Riley got so involved in the first place!
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7 Years Ago...
The Autobots had been on Earth for nearly a year and got situated within their new base. Ratchet was working on the new medbay, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were joking around, Arcee was on patrol, Bulkhead was on cleaning duty (which sucked) and Optimus was getting everything organized. Suddenly the an alarm went off which got everyone's attention. Moments later, Agent Folwer came out of the elevator.
"PRIME!" He shouted, as usual.
"Agent Fowler, do what do I owe for this visit?" Optimus asked as he walked up to the man. Everyone had already gone back to what they were doing.
"NASA was tracking something coming into our atmosphere" Fowler started to explain. "It made downfall and definitely doesn't look man-made. We also tracked several signals heading towards the thing. We determined it to be a pod, I need you and your team to investigate it."
Optimus gave a reassuring look at Fowler. "Don't worry Agent Fowler, we handle the situation." Ratchet looked over at Optimus and Agent Fowler, listening into their conversation. Ratchet then piped up "it could be cons Optimus."
"If it is indeed the Decepticons, we must not waste anymore time. Autobots get ready to roll out!" Shortly after saying that, Arcee rolled in and transformed, standing with the rest of Team Prime. Ratchet fired up the ground bridge and watched as the team transformed and, well, rolled out.
When the Autobots arrived, they were surrounded by a thick forest, but what caught their attention was indeed a pod. Optimus and the others looked around, seeing no cons.
"Looks like we beat the cons" Cliffjumper said as he disengaged his weapons and smiled.
"Don't jinx it Cliff" remarked Arcee, smirking, as she and the rest of the gang disengaged their weapons.
"Stay alert team, the cons may not be here but that doesn't mean they won't come" Optimus said as he started to walk towards the pod. It looked badly damaged, the trees surrounding it were either knocked down or damaged. Leaving this perfect circle of destruction around the pod. As the others investigated the scene, Optimus looked inside the pod but couldn't see anything. Ratchet then contacted them through the comms.
"Optimus, I'm receiving Decepticon signals heading towards your direction, and fast."
Optimus looked up to to the sky only to be blocked by trees 5x taller than them. "Autobots, ready your weapons and prepare for combat" Optimus engaged his blasters and mask as he heard jet engines above him. The rest of the team heard as well and got into a fighting stance. Megatron and a bunch of Vehicons landed on the other side of the pod.
"Optimus, it seems like we Decepticons aren't the only ones who noticed the pod" Megatron grinned as evil as ever staring down Optimus. "Megatron, whatever your plan to do with the pod, we will not allow it." Megatron started to laugh as the rest of Team Prime stood beside Optimus, ready to attack if the Decepticons made a move.
"Your only delaying the inevitable Prime, the pod will be taken upon the Nemesis and we intend to continue our plan" he smiled, drawing out his blade.
Soon Vehicons started shooting at Team Prime, who fired back. Optimus and Megatron of course had their epic showdowns as their teammates/army fought eachother. The drones were taken down easily. Team Prime rushed to help Optimus who had just shoved Megatron away. Everyone was then caught off guard as they started to hear crying. The cries of a human child were heard, as Arcee quickly ran to the pod and opened it. Her expression changed quickly as she saw a human child inside the pod, laying in a seat 10x bigger than itself. Cliffjumper soon joined Arcee and shared the same expression.
Optimus quickly took advantage of the moment and shot at Megatron, who quickly dodged last second. The shot brushed against his helm as he looked at Prime along with the others. Realizing he was outnumbered, he looked at the pod and fired multiple shots before escaping.
Arcee reacted quickly as she grabbed the human child and ran, Cliffjumper close behind her. The pod immediately exploded and everyone was sent back by the shock.
Optimus slowly got up and noticed the scene around him. "Is everyone alright?" He glanced around with concern as the other bots slowly got up. Arcee then got up and noticed the child crying again. She suddenly got scared, thinking the child was hurt. Besides she didn't know what to even do with a child, let alone a human one! Optimus walked over as Arcee quickly handed the little child over to Cliffjumper who quickly grabbed the child.
"Don't hand it to me!" He shouted looking scared and angry. He then handed it to Bee and the same expression was passed on. "Don't hand it to me either!" He beeped before looking at Optimus. Optimus held out his servos and Bumblebee placed down a small, very fragile, crying child. Bulkhead walked over, "Awww it's so cute! Can we keep it" he looked at Optimus who gave him a confused glance. "First off, it's a she-" Optimus started before Cliffjumper started to ask questions.
"Why was SHE in a pod?! Why were the cons after a human sparkling? And can we keep her Optimus?" Cliffjumper looked at the Prime pleadingly. Optimus started to ponder the questions himself but any conclusion he made didn't add up. "Ratchet, we are in need of a ground bridge, we have found what was inside the pod."
Almost on cue, a swirling vortex appeared beside them. As they started to walk towards the bridge, the child started to cry again. Optimus looked down at the human sparkling in his hand before carefully placing her near his spark. The child then opened her eyes as she stared at Optimus with tears going down her face. His blue optics meet with her cyan eyes. She stopped crying and began to smile, Optimus then smiled back.
"Looks like Optimus made a new friend" joked Cliffjumper. They all entered the bridge smiling and giggling. Soon they were back in base. Everyone then turned to Ratchet who had a dumbfounded look on his face. "Optimus, what in Primus are you holding?! Don't tell me it's a human!" Ratchet walked over to Optimus who held the small child, still close to his spark. The child then turned her head and met optics with Ratchet who looked even more dumbfounded now. "Optimus don't tell me that was in the pod?!" Ratchet now looked annoyed, waving around his tool at Optimus.
"She was indeed inside the pod old friend, for reasons I don't quite know." Optimus looked down at the small child. Everyone started to laugh as Ratchet was getting more annoyed. Ratchet noticed the laughter and walked up to the closest bot and whacked them across the helm, it was Cliffjumper who got the receiving end of the Wrench in Ratchets hand.
"Ow! Hey what was that for!" Suddenly the team heard laughter, they turned to see the human in Optimus' servos laughing at Cliffjumper. "Like that human?" Ratchet said smirking. "Wanna see it again?" Ratchet said. He turned back to Cliff who had dodged the swinging wrench to his helm. "Who's side are you on kid!?" Cliffjumper said laughing as he ran behind Bulkhead for cover. "Don't use me as a shield-Ow!" Bulkhead said as he got hit with the wrench. Suddenly the whole base started laughing as Ratchet continually tried to hit Cliffjumper in the helm with the wrench. The moment was short lived as Fowler contacted the base.
"Prime, I hope you handled the situation!" Fowler yelled. "The situation is resolved Agent Fowler, we have an interesting discovery to show you" Optimus said looking down at the giggling child as Ratchet continued to threaten Cliff with the wrench who held up his services in response. "I'll be there soon Prime and it better be worth my time." The call ended as Arcee walked up to Optimus and the child. "What do you thinks gonna happen to her" she said pointing at the child who tried to reach out and grab her digit. Arcee smiled as she let the child grab her digit.
"It is unknown what Agent Fowler might plan to do with the human sparkling but the question remains on how she ended up there in the first place. And why she seemed to be an importance to Megatron." He finished as Bumblebee chimed in. "Why would Megatron want her? She's just a sparkling! She's so defenseless, he could have harmed her!" Bumblebee clenched his fists, thinking of the times Megatron had blown up cities back on Cybertron, without a care in the world about the lives he had taken.
The child looked at Bumblebee sympathetically before reaching out her tiny hands in his direction. "Hug?" the child spoke up, shocking everyone in the room. "She can speak?!" Ratchet asked looking over at the child. "Apparently, but she's so tiny" Bulkhead said looking confused. The child started to get desperate as she started to whimper, still wanting Bee. Bee walked up and held out his servos, Optimus carefully put the child down in Bees hands as the child looked up at him. Bee started to bring her close to his own spark before feeling tiny hands try and hug him. He smiled before carefully rubbing her back. "All bwetter?" She asked looking at Bee. Bee nodded and continued to hold the child.
"I wish she could stay with us Optimus" Bee said looking a bit sad that this tiny sparkling was going to have to leave. "I second that" Cliff spoke up before quickly moving away from Ratchet who shot him a death glare. "She isn't staying here right Optimus?" Ratchet looked at his leader hoping the answer to be no. "It's up to Agent Fowler, he is going to be the one who decides what's going to happen to her next" Optimus looked down at the child who was now looking around the base with curiosity.
"She should have a name Optimus" Bee remarked. "Name?" The child asked confused. Everyone grew even more shocked then the last time. 'This kid is full of surprises' Arcee thought. Before anyone could say anything about her understanding Bumblebee, Fowler walked out of the elevator and saw the human child in Bee's servos.
"What in the name of Abraham Lincoln is a child doing here?!" He shouted as Bee handed the kid over to Fowler, who took her carefully. "She was in the pod" said Optimus is a comforting tone. Agent Fowler shot a confused glance at Prime before looking down at the kid who quickly looked at Bee. Tears started to fill her eyes and she motioned for Bee. She felt more comfortable around him or Optimus then this random scary guy who had shouted a moment ago. "Bee Bee!" She shouted wanting Bee back. Bee looked confused, not knowing what to do. "It's ok kid, he's not going anywhere" said Fowler before rocking her, which seemed to soothe her enough from crying.
"What are we gonna do with the kid Prime? Was the cons there?" Agent Fowler asked turning his attention to Optimus.
"The cons were there but even I don't know why they were after her, nor why she was there to begin with." Optimus noticed the child drifting into recharge or what humans called sleep. Fowler noticed as well and lowered his tone. "Whatever the case is, I'll get medical to look her over, I'll check back in with you once I get information." Optimus nodded his head as he watched Agent Fowler take the child with him to the elevator. Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Cliff looked sad as the child disappeared.
2 weeks later
"Proximity sensors going off, that means Fowler's back!" Said Cliffjumper in an excited sarcastic tone. Fowler walked out of the elevator with the child wrapped in a soft pink blanket. The child's eyes were wide open and she smiled at the sight of Optimus and his team. "I see the little ones back" Optimus said smiling at the small child. "Prime this kid is certainly something" Fowler began. "Her DNA matches no one here on Earth yet she looks, acts, and pretty much is Human. We also noticed this with her" Agent Fowler then held up a small blue crystal attached to a black string. Optimus looked at the small crystal before speaking. "This looks like a crystal from Cybertron, perfectly cut. I have not seen one since the war, they were destroyed alongside everything else on our planet. How it got here is unexplainable."
"Well I promised you info on the kid Prime, I'll leave the crystal here for you guys to see better. As for her, we determined her age to be around 8 months but it's very unusual for a child her age to be speaking actual word. Usually they don't start talking till 10 months at the earliest." Agent Fowler looked confused as the child started to smile and ask for Bee. "Me go to Bee Bee!" "Sorry kid but you gotta stay with me for now" Agent Fowler said empathetically at the kid. Though the child started getting pouty and restless "me go to Bee Bee" she demanded with her little voice, as loud as she could.
"I'm not going to go through another tantrum" Agent Fowler said exhausted. "Please don't let that thing cry" Ratchet complained out loud, earning glance from everybody. "Sorry , don't let HER cry for Primus sake!" He said sarcastically and annoyed before returning to his work.
Bee walked up and held out his servos and soon felt the small child on them. Fowler and Prime continued to talk as Bee, Arcee, Cliff, and Bulkhead turned their attention to the small kid. "Hey Fowler!" Bulkhead interrupted Prime and Fowler's conversation. Fowler looked at Bulkhead "What is it soldier?" He asked trying not to sound annoyed. "Does the kid have a name yet" Bulkhead said pointing behind him at Arcee, Bee, and Cliffjumper playing with the small child who now laid on her blanket free from it on the ground. Her giggles filled the entire base, earning an annoyed sigh from Ratchet.
"I was hoping you guys would come up with a name for her" Agent Fowler said looking at the now bubbly child. Cliff played peek-a-boo with her as Arcee and Bee watched smiling. Prime looked at how happy his team was 'who knew such a small thing could capture the attention of most of my team, maybe after years of war, this is something they could use. The comforts and warmth of a small youngling.' He returned back to the conversation with Agent Fowler.
"Hear that guys? We get to name her!" Bulk shouted excitingly. He sat down with the rest as they tried to come up with names. "Haven't you bots learned anything?!" Ratchet spoke up, gaining the attention of both the bots and the child. "As soon as you name it, you'll get more attached! I certainly hope you won't go begging Fowler to let her stay here! That's the last thing we need!" He shouted annoyed.
"The cons were after her! We don't need to give her name to know she needs to stay here!" Cliff said looking at the medic angrily. "Wouldn't she be safer here anyway" asked Bee staring at his leader. Optimus simply look at Agent Fowler who seemed to be thinking about it. Bulkhead then snapped Arcee, Bee, and Cliffs attention back at the child. "She still needs a name guys!" He said. "How about we say names and whatever one she likes, that's what we'll call her?" Suggested Arcee. Everyone agreed, as they started saying random names and waiting for the child to agree or not. Ratchet walked over to them, knowing he couldn't get his work done with 4 bots shouting out names like birds.
Ratchet bent down and stared at the child. He hated to admit but she was kind of cute and he knew she would be safer here. Wait was he gaining a fondness of her?! Ratchet quickly got up and walked away. "Ratchet why don't you suggest a name" Cliffjumper said before the medic could go any further. Ratchet looked at Cliff, then the child. He did a quick search of names and saw one that caught his eye. He sighed and looked back at the child.
"How about Riley?" Ratchet asked, knowing the child wouldn't like it. Instead the opposite happened. The child grew a really big smile on her face and shouted "Ya!" "Look at that, she likes the name" Cliff said looking at the beaming child. "The doc named her, that's so sweet" Arcee said tauntingly as she stared at the Medic. "Whatever" he said going back to his work. "And don't call me doc!" He shouted leaving everyone laughing.
"Here I'll leave you bots a proposal" Agent Fowler spoke up, finishing the conversation with Optimus. "How about when she turns 1, she can stay with you guys, she seems to like you guys a lot and like you mentioned, she's far safer here. But if there's a single problem or issue, you can contact me. If anything bad happens to her that I find isn't safe, I'll take her away. I'm letting you guys take care of her because I know I can trust you bots." Fowler finished giving them all a glare that said 'one screw up and she's gone'. Everyone agreed, well except Ratchet but he was outvoted in the end.
Team Prime and Agent Fowler were still left with questions as to why the cons wanted Riley and why she was there in the first place. Now a new question rose up, what was she exactly, Cybertronian or Human? Perhaps neither?
5 Months Later
The Bots were already used to Riley in their base after a month of having her. She seemed so happy and bubbly. She sort of knew how to walk but stuck to crawling. She was rarely left unguarded or on the floor. Her safety was now everyone's top priority. Well maybe not Ratchet but he was getting there. Riley always enjoyed it when he used wrench's on the others or when he threw them across the room. The relationships with Riley were made almost immediately clear. Bulkhead, Arcee, Cliffjumper, and Bee seemed to be the caring and loving older siblings, Ratchet was the grouchy uncle who had love in his spark but it was rarely shown, and Optimus of course being the parental figure but never fully taking it on. He simply saw himself as her main guardian, not her father.
That would all change at age 6 when Riley called him dad one day. From then on, he accepted the term and officially became her father. What the Autobots didn't know is that the cons knew every detail about her but made sure the Autobots never knew.
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Stay tuned and keep reading to find out what the cons are hiding! Please leave reviews so I can improve on Riley's story! From here on out, we will be looking at 7 year old Riley and her story.