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(A Few Days Later)

"So what's the plan?" Rika was lounging on my couch next to me. She played with the hem of her purple t-shirt, before looking up at me from where she had her head laying on my lap. "I mean, it's Monday, but I got the day off. We can go shopping, go swimming, go for a walk, watch movies, head to the park..." She trailed off slightly.

Most of those suggestions sounded good, but it was a drab and dreary day out, and it reflected in my mood, sapping me of most of my usual energy. Shaking my head, I kept playing with her hair. "I dunno. I feel kinda lazy today. Stay in, maybe?"

"Sure." She nodded, staring at the television. Obviously she was in the same boat, but then, that kind of weather tended to effect everyone.

I was suddenly struck with the image of the bots laying around watching a gigantic television, or laying out on the runway, too lazy to go to target practice or pull pranks. The image was so utterly ridiculous, I found myself making a face and describing the image to Rika, who laughed.

We were watching Animal Planet, and when the all too familiar commercial came on, we both busted up laughing. It was a sweet commercial, I guess, except for the special guest appearance by one Prime.

"Boomdeyada Boomdeyada." We chorused, busting up in laughter once again at the utter absurdity of Optimus Prime singing in that commercial. "Seriously. 'Boomdeyada'? I think we can safely add another thing to the list of 'Things Prime Should Never Say'." And that was already getting to be a pretty long list, already. "That and 'All the shorties in the house say, Yeah!'."

I imagined it, and immediately doubled over laughing, almost smothering Rika with my boobs, but I was laughing too hard to move, even when she began mock gasping for air and flailing about. After several moments, I slapped her arm and sat back up. "Then don't make me laugh with your head in my lap!"

She grumbled then sighed. "Guess it's a good thing I didn't mention Optimus Prime should never say 'It's so hot today, I saw a squirrel rubbing sunblock on his nuts."

Immediately, I had a mental image of Optimus Prime rubbing a gigantic hand full of sunblock between his legs, and felt my jaw drop, before I began laughing again, so hard, I had to clutch my stomach, once again shoving my boobs into her face. "Stop!" I gasped as she swatted at me, wildly, laughing and sputtering.

The only thing worse would have been Ratchet or Ironhide, or even better... Prowl!

The image of Prowl rubbing sunblock on his crotch had me gasping for breath from the intensity of my laughter, and then swatting at Rika's arm once again when I was able to straighten up.

The phone rang then, and I groaned, feeling far too lazy to answer it. Instead, I tapped Rika's head and shot her my infamous puppy dog eyes, and she rolled her own eyes before sitting up with a huff and answering it. "Yo, you've reached Rik-I mean Bella's place." She made a face as I struggled to muffle my giggles. "Excuse me. Let me try that again. Welcome. You've reached Bella's Porn Emporium. Can we interest you in a free sex show on your front lawn??"

"RIKA!!" I blushed when my voice bounced off the walls, and I swore I heard it echo down the street, but that didn't even hit me as I launched myself up and out of my seat, growling as I almost ripped the phone from her. I mock kicked at her rolling frame as she fell to the ground, convulsing in hysterical laughter, and grumbled as I warily held the phone to my ear, almost afraid to learn who was on the other end.

It could have been anyone calling, so I braced myself in case I was about to face yelling, threats, profanity, or what.

Instead, hysterical laughter hit me from that end, too, and I relaxed immediately, still blushing profusely, realizing it was Richard on the other end. I should have known. "Very funny. The offer was just taken off the table." I grumbled, even as a giggle escaped from my throat. Rika laughed even harder and I jabbed her in the side with a toe. "I hate you too, bitch!"

"Hey! Who're you calling a bitch?!"

I sucked in a sharp breath, before smirking into the phone. "Who else?" I decided to let him take it as he would.

"I resemble that remark." There was a low chuckle.

Now I laughed, unable to help it. "I'm sure you do, though Ri resembles it more. What's up? It's great to hear from you." I smiled as Rika crawled over to the couch and sprawled against it, still giggling, even as she reached for her pepsi.

"I was hoping to head over for your birthday-"

My heart soared.

"But then got called in. One of the other paramedics came down with something, so I need to take their place. So I figured I'd call and see if I could catch you at home, maybe stop by on my way in, for a minute."

And then plummeted to the ground. I was sorely disappointed to hear he wouldn't make it for my birthday, but I knew how these things worked. Besides, if Rika called in absent and they called her in, she could ignore it and not worry about lives being lost. "It's ok. Your job is important." I could understand his work, so it didn't bother me as bad as it would have otherwise.

"So are you." His voice went quiet, and I blushed even deeper. "Look, I only have a minute, so I'll have to park in the parking lot and pop by for a birthday hug, but that's all I really have time for. I gotta go if I'm even gonna have that time."

Frowning a little, I nodded, before remembering he couldn't see me over the phone. "Alright. We'll be out front when you get here. Talk to you soon."

"Take care Bella." Was it me, or did he sound unduly disappointed? Well, that made two of us.

"You too. Bye." I hung up and sighed, before grabbing my eyes. "C'mon Ri, he's making a quick less-than-a-minute long stop on his way to work." I headed to the door, hearing the old springs of the couch groan as Rika hopped off it and the patter of her socked feet as she followed me.

"What's up?"

"The sky." I rolled my eyes and sighed. "He was called into work, so he's just stopping by for a moment." I locked the door behind us and made my way down the stairs, not even bothering with shoes. As I left the building, I watched as the familiar yellow Humme pulled into the parking lot next door, before the driver hopped out.

His uniform shirt was unbuttoned, showing a white muscle shirt under it, and he had two small boxes in his hand as he rushed over. His hair was also slightly unruly, his expression not as happy as I would have liked. "Here. Happy birthday, you two." He handed one box to me, and another to Rika.

"Richard!" I pouted at him, blushing as I gently opened the box. "I... I mean, you shouldn't have." I saw what was inside and gasped, hearing an identical sound coming from Rika, before we exchanged wide eyed looks.

"Well, you're both really close. You're both huge fans of Transformers, you both have the Autobot insignia on you, and both of your birthdays are today, so I thought I'd get something identical for both of you." He smiled a little, rubbing a hand on the back of his head nervously. "Do you like them?"

"Wow! It's amazing!" Rika pulled her necklace out, holding the shard of metal on the end in her palm. "And it's heavy!"

I could only nod, following her lead. The metal was indeed heavy, dark reddish brown, with runic symbols all over it. "A shard of the allspark." A prop, obviously. Considering the weight, they both must have been made out of real metal instead of flimsy faux stuff you get on the cheaper merchandise. "Richard, it's..." I shook my head, my fingers dancing over the warm metal. "Thank you."

Rika was already placing her necklace on when I glanced over, adjusting it so it hung happily at the center point of her chest

Warm fingers took the pendant from me, and I looked back, following it as he walked behind me. "Lift your hair?" He had a small smile on his face as he fiddled with the clasp, his brown eyes intent on the task before him.

With a nod, I lifted my hair up and out of the way, bundling it in one hand so I could drop the other, allowing him easier access. I felt the cool chain and warm metal wrap aroud my throat, the heavy shard dangling just under my clavicle as he fastened the chain. Then I felt his cool fingers trailing over the back of my neck as I let my hair down and turned.

"Really. I love it." A small bubble of laughter escaped me. Reaching out, I pulled him to me and hugged him fiercely. "How long do you have to work?" The idea of him not being there for our birthday still bothered me. As I slowly pulled away, I recognized the thoughtful look on his face as I trailed a finger over the paramedic patch on his shoulder.

"I'm not sure exactly, I think I get off at 10pm."

"I don't even wanna know." The look on Rika's face put her cryptic statement into context and I blushed as I flipped her off, again. "What you do on your own time is totally up to you."

"Oh God." He groaned and I watched as Rika's eyebrow lost itself in her hairline, before she shot me a 'Holy shit!' look and masked her expression. "Bella was right, you are a pervert!"

"You say that likes it's a bad thing." She smirked, her eyes just a little wider than usual.

I only half noticed her look, once again lost in fantasies of making him groan and moan and make every other sexy noise known to man. Shaking out of my thoughts I smirked. "Well, text me and we can see about hanging out after, if you're not too tired." I smiled and hugged him again, barely resisting the urge to kiss his cheek, though some small part of me told me it was alright. Appropriate response for such a gift, after knowing him as long as I did.

Although such a gift, was barely approppriate itself.

Or was it?

After pulling back, I watched as he shot us a look full of regret, before starting towards the station. "I'll talk to you guys later. Enjoy your birthdays." He smiled a little and waved, before rushing back to the Hummer and grabbing a clipboard, and heading inside.

"Wow. That was really thoughtful. Ya know, a kiss on the cheek probably wasn't too big of a reaction." Rika called me on my lack of response, before tugging me back up to the building. "Why don't we watch movies until he's off work? If we're lucky, it'll be a slow day and he'll have plenty of energy left. C'mon."

I didn't even bother scolding her for the comment, because I was at that point agreeing wit her. Turning, I followed her inside while biting my lip all the way. I clutched the pendant as we headed up the stairs and then sighed as we got back inside the apartment. "Ok, so we'll watch movies. You make the popcorn and I'll set up the DVD player. What movie did you wanna watch?"

"Well the necklaces kinda got me in the mood to watch Transformers."

"And you moan and gripe about me?" Finally a smile worked it's way onto my face, and I nodded. "Marathon? First the original movie, and then the sequel?" She nodded, heading into my kitchen, and I went over to the DVD player with my small pile of movies. Sifting through them, it took me two quick passes before I slowed down and identified the cases. I popped the original movie in and sat back with the remote, setting up the tv.

Before long, the smell of popcorn flitted through my apartment. Rika wandered over with a super sized bowl and we vegged out, watching both Transformers movies and commenting at various points in it.

"Hey, you know how Bee lubricates Simmons?" Rika made a face. "Does that mean they pee in general? Like...need to empty their tanks or something?" She tilted her head as he flipped a switch at the side of the hatch. "Alien robot pee." She looked down at the yellow buttery popcorn. "There's a mental image I didn't need."

I giggled a little and shrugged, remaining quiet as the movie progressed. "I'm so glad Simmons gets his in the movie, though he really does redeem himself in Revenge of The Fallen. What I want to know now is...does he join them? Or does he go on another 'Alien equals bad' rampage?"

"What I wanna know is how long it took Ironhide to shove one of his cannons up that bastard's aft!" Rika grumbled. "Picking on sweet little baby bot like that." She threw a piece of popcorn at the screen.

I elbowed her in the side. "Hey! Leave the poor popcorn and television alone!" Though secretly I agreed with her. There was something about that little yellow Camaro that made you just want to hug him and never let him go. I kind of had a big alien sister complex about him, which is why it was probably a damn good thing he wasn't real.

With a snort, she rolled her eyes before passing me the bowl and getting up. "Can ya blame me?"

"For making a mess of my apartment? Hell yeah! Now get over there and pick it up, bitch!" I slapped her ass and laughed when she squeaked and shot me a dirty look. "What?"

Sticking her tongue out, she made a show of going over and picking up the single piece of popcorn. "Remind me to warn Richard what kind of slave driver you are." She tossed the piece at me.

With a laugh, I caught it and tossed it back, before reaching into the bowl and taking a piece to munch on as she tossed the garbage piece out and rejoined me on the couch, grabbing her own handful.

As the movies progressed and the popcorn disappeared, both Rika and I settled down. A single glance over told me she was already out cold, and I sighed as I looked back at the screen, smiling a little. I wish Transformers was real. I mean, giant alien robotic heros? Yeah, who wouldn't wanna meet them?! Closing my eyes, I leaned in, resting my head on Rika's shoulder as I let the darkness overcome me.

(Normal POV)

As both girls succumbed to sleep, the shards around their neck lit up in tandem. Glowing a brilliant blue, they bathed the otherwise dark apartment in an eerie blue glow, before jolts of electricity shot out. Every appliance that was hit died instantly. Lights flickered before going out, electronic buzzes and zaps were heard, and the television flickered on the image of the Autobot standing victoriously in Egypt, after Optimus defeated the Fallen.

Time seemed to suddenly reverse itself around the girls. The movie rewound, a constant current coming from the necklaces and to the television. Everything moved quickly, blackwards, up to the point of Shanghai and the NEST attack. Then the disc player popped open and the disc emitted a second blue glow, hitting the other Transformers CD.

Images from that movie began to play across the screen, to the point of Optimus Prime lying on the ground, shouting for Sam to place the allspark into his chest. That's where it stopped, the blue glow highlighting the television as it played through that scene. The allspark was shoved into Megatron's chest, disintegrating with a powerful burst of energy running through the town.

However, the energy travelled to one apartment complex in particular, hitting its occupants inside. As the electronic 'strings' faded and all light darkened, both girls jolted as their identical shards glowed hotly, before disappearing into their bodies, leaving behind only an empty chain as a sign they'd ever been there. The disc player died with the holder out, the disc lying innocently inside it. The television went black.

Everything went dark.

Outside, on the sidewalk, a man pressed send on his cell phone, before placing it to his ear. Then he frowned as the 'the customer you are trying to reach is no longer available' message came up. Walking over to the buzzer, he attempted a text message, only to get a 'sending failed' message. Then he hit the buzzer, not getting an answer. Worry crept up inside him, and he hit the buzzer for the apartment below theirs, in hopes someone would let him in.

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and he shouted as he crouche down, instinctively covering his head. The roaring of fire could be heard, as well as sirens, screaming and crashing.

He heard the battering of things hittin the ground, and dared a look behind him, startling to see a smoking television sitting on the ground next to his Hummer, which had a nasty dent in it's side. A little distance beyond that was a coffee table, barely recognizeable in amidst the flames.

More sparks showered down from above, and he realized it was one of the apartments in that complex that had blown. Oh hell! Bella! Eyes widening, he rushed away from the step and looked up, even as other paramedics came rushing from the station, and people began hurrying out of the building..

He felt his world stop when he realized which apartment was fully ablaze.

Note : Just so you know, that's the last you're going to see of that Richard (at least for a very long time). So don't go asking what he's going to do to find them, because in short, they're gone. At least from that place. XD

The Following lines are taken from Tatyana Witwicky 's 'Guide for Living with Robots'. So I don't own them, check out her story!

1) All the shorties in the house say, Yeah!

2) It was so hot today, I saw a squirrel rubbing sunblock on hit nuts.

I also don't own the 'sex show on the front lawn' bit, I just don't remember where I've read it before. Pretty sure it was a Final Fantasy X-2 fiction, though.

Written : Jan 20, 2010

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