My Life As A Teenage Robot Porn Story: Android Scam Chapter 4

Android Scam

A My Life as a
Teenage Robot Fanfic

Chapter Four Be
Cruel to Your School

Students ran in the hallways in every direction, some
running away from the turmoil in the cafeteria, others eager to see what was
going on.P Jenny quickly made her way
through the chaos in the hall and stepped back into the cafeteria, which was
now empty of all but about fifty people.P
They were all staring towards the far wall of the room, where the
cooking stoves sat in a row behind the serving counter.

Drew who could now easily reach over the counter had
rammed his silvery left arm into the front of a huge cooking grill.P A wave of ooze washed over it, converting
the hundreds of pounds of metal into a quivering, silver-green mass.P The former grill started to flow into Drews
arm, in seeming defiance of the laws of physics.P Fifteen seconds later, the last of it slurped up, and a
three-fingered hand re-formed.

Brad made his way in, just in time to see Drew absorb the
last of a soft-serve ice cream machine.P
Jenny had an annoyed look on her face.

Brad, you told me that Drew wasnt an android!

Well he isnt!P Or,
he wasnt!P I had it on good authority!
he said, shrugging his shoulders.

Jenny, now very unsure of what was going on, took a few
steps towards Drew.P Not five minutes
after shed confronted him about his lies, about pretending to be an android,
here he was ten feet tall and made of metal.P
So hes an android after all?P
Well maybe I made him angry.P She
walked slowly towards him, her hands clasped behind her back.P Drew was literally devouring the kitchen
sink.P She smiled, and tried to get his
attention.

Ahem – Drew?P Hey,
Drew, look.P I may have said some things
earlier that were a little harsh.P
Jenny gently rocked back and forth on her heels.

The silver-green, wedge-shaped head turned around at the
sound of Jennys voice.P A pair of green
eyes narrowed into slits, and stared at Jenny, as if analyzing her.P Drew finished absorbing the sink, and his
long, snakelike arms shrank back to his sides.P
He turned and slowly started to walk towards Jenny.

Good, thought Jenny, hes calming down.P Thats it, Drew.P We can talk this out.

The huge silver-green android took a few more cautious steps
towards Jenny, with slow, fluid motions.P
An electric hum filled the air, and a low synthesized rumble
reverberated from its head.

Wow, thought Brad, almost sounds like an animal
growling.

A horrible possibility suddenly occurred to him.

Jen?P Just a crazy
thought here he shouted.P I think
hes trying to absorb all the metal in the cafeteria.

Uh yeah?P Well,
thats pretty obvious.P Jenny was
trying to focus on keeping Drew calm.

So what else is in the cafeteria right now thats made of
metal?P Or should I say, who
else?

Gasp!P Jenny
cupped her hands over her mouth.

Drew slowly approached her, almost as if he were stalking
prey.P No way he wouldnt!!!

Jenny took a few steps backwards.P Heh-heh.P Okay, Drew,
calm down.P Dont do anything crazy,
now.

The androids arms started to shimmer a liquid
silver-green.P Its hands re-formed into
claws.P It knelt into a crouch, ready to
pounce

Drew, Im warning you!

The android swung a clawed arm towards Jenny like a
scythe.P Jennys pigtail-jets flamed to
life, and she leapt into the air, easily avoiding the attack.P The silver-green claw rammed through two
cafeteria tables, sending table fragments flying in every direction.P Jenny grabbed a ten-foot long chunk of
tabletop out of mid-air.

Im sorry about this, Drew, she shouted, holding the
wooden tabletop over her head, but nobodys absorbing me!!!P Jenny swung the massive board like a giant
paddle, slamming it into the silver androids chest.P Drew flew backwards, blasting tables and chairs into the air.P His body crashed into the wall with an impact
that shook the entire cafeteria, then bounced off and fell to the floor.P He shook his head, as if trying to regain
his composure.

Jenny hovered in mid-air, fists at the ready.P Maybe that will knock some sense
into you.

But Drew jumped back to his feet, shaking the floor with
his bulk.P The ends of his arms briefly
shimmered a liquid silver-green, and grew from three-fingered hands to heavy
blunt cylinders.P The silver android
crouched, and jumped fifteen feet up in the air towards Jenny, lunging its two
new weapons at her like battering rams.P
Jenny gracefully dodged left, then right, and grabbed one of Drews arms
as it missed her.

Gripping with both hands, she grit her teeth and used the
androids own momentum to swing his body into the ceiling, embedding it with
incredible force, knocking loose dozens of ceiling tiles and smashing
pipes.P Still holding on to the
androids arm, she felt a faint vibration in her hands.P The arm started to shimmer with a rippling
silver-green.P Thats what happens just
before it absorbs something.P Panicking,
she heaved on it and hurled the android back into the cafeteria floor.P Its body lay crumpled at the center of a
ten-foot-wide crater.

Gross gross gross gross gross!!!P Jenny backed away and shook her hands,
rubbing them furiously.P There was no
silver ooze on them, though whew.

A whining schlorrrrrp came from the crater, and pair
of silver-green legs flowed out, lifting the rest of the androids body to an
upright position.P Rippling waves washed
over the body and smoothed out the damage from Jennys attack.P It stepped fluidly out of the crater with a
low, guttural growwwl, looking as if Jenny had never laid a finger on
it.

Brad stared, slack-jawed, from behind an overturned table,
with a couple of other students.P That
would be so cool if it wasnt trying to eat you.

Brad, take those people and get out of here!!!
ordered Jenny.

Shh-yeah, right! answered Brad.P Like Im going to miss this.P And you might need my help.

Jenny didnt have time to argue with him.P Drew started to approach her again, his
glowing green eyes tracking her movements as she hovered in mid-air.P Jenny started to grow concerned.P Up to now, I havent used any
weapons.P I dont want to hurt him but
what if he doesnt give me a choice?

She landed back on the floor, and held her arms open in a
gesture of truce.P Maybe there was still
a chance to reason with him.

Drew, come on.P This
is really getting crazy.P Whats wrong?

Drew crouched to jump again

Suddenly a loud crack, like thunder, tossed both Jenny and
the silver android onto their backs.

A bright, purple light burst into existence a few feet away
from them.P Tables, chairs, and
wastebaskets were knocked over, and a strong wind started to blow loose garbage
and debris into a whirlwind.P Jenny
shielded her eyes with her hands.

For crying out loud, she shouted, NOW what?!?

The bright light expanded into a purple sphere, crackling
with energy.P Two figures started
materializing inside, one tall and huge, the other short and stocky.P A warbling, tinny sound resolved itself into
two robotic voices arguing.

You had one simple job to do, genius!P One job, and you couldnt even get that
right!

Oh, thats nice.P
Way to pass the buck, Mister Responsibility.P Oh, oh, wait, were on.

The purple energy sphere dissipated, leaving two imposing
robots standing in the middle of a scorched circle on the cafeteria floor.P One robot towered nine feet in the air, and
had a crimson, four-armed insectoid body.P
The other was much shorter maybe four feet tall and most of that was
a massive head covered with antennae, blinking lights, and three pairs of
eyes.P He had six arms, and stood on a
single leg that ended in a pair of wheels.

The big fellow thrust out his massive upper arm, scowling at
the students in the room.P His eyes
glowed a menacing yellow.

PATHETIC humans!!!P
Surrender, and bow before your new MASTERS!!!P The robotic perfection that is THE CLUSTER!!!

Gasps of terror spread through the room.P Jenny got to her feet with a nasty look on
her face.P Cluster goons!P Arrgh, thats all I need!

The robot continued.P
I am a representative of Queen Vexus, from Cluster Prime, sent to seize
this planet in her glorious name!P My
name is Cluster Warrior Commander Omicron Twelve!P And Ill be your dictator today.P
Thats Omicron, with a C, not a K.

The little guy spoke up.P
Resistance is futile, meat creatures, for I am the most highly evolved
robotic intelligence known to the galaxy!P
My name is written in a quantum language that is beyond the abilities of
your puny human brains to fathom!P
Translating it would shatter the primitive ideas of what you call
mathematics, and science, and reality itself!!! but, everybody calls me
Stanley.

Jenny leapt in front of the two Cluster robots, raised her
arms, and deployed an impressive laser rifle out of each elbow.P She trained one on each of them.P All right, you Cluster losers, listen up.P Nobodys seizing my school or my
planet.P Surrender now, and maybe
Ill go easy on you.

Omicron Twelve gestured towards Jenny.P Why hello there, XJ-9.P Queen Vexus sends her fondest greetings to
you.

Jennys lasers whined up to full power.P Id love to send her my fondest
greetings, but it looks like Ill have to settle for you two.

Oh, its not just us two, chuckled Stanley.

A pair of silver-green tentacles suddenly sailed at Jenny,
and coiled themselves around her arms, pinning them to her sides.P Caught by surprise, she struggled against
them as they grew tighter.

Unghh . Drew!P Drew,
what do you think youre doing?!?!

The huge silver-green android just tightened its grip,
holding Jenny immobile against its chest, within the coils of its
tentacle-arms.P Stanley wheeled forward,
holding several complicated-looking pieces of equipment in four of his six
arms.P He circled around Drew,
apparently inspecting him, and studying his readings with great interest.

Omicron Twelve pulled a small yellow box from a compartment
on his torso with one of his two smaller arms.P
What he is doing is obeying his Cluster masters, as you soon
shall be, XJ-9.

Not likely!P Jenny
grimaced, still struggling against Drews grip.P Wait a second P
What do you mean hes obeying?

The huge crimson insectoid smiled, and opened the box for
Jenny to see.P Inside was a small,
yellow-and-black robot wasp.

Yesterday, your little android friend here was infested
with a colony of Cluster nano-probes, deployed from a robotic wasp, exactly
like this one.P Nano-probes that were meant
to be for you, I might add, growled Omicron.

Stanley rolled his eyes, and shrugged his six arms.P Okay, okay, so sue me.P Lets get on with it.

They integrated with his circuitry, continued Omicron,
giving us complete remote control over his computer brain functions,
and giving him certain impressive abilities that were lacking from his
original design.

Like oozing and stretching and absorbing metal,
said Jenny.

Exactly.P He was
getting a little out of hand, so we intervened to make sure he did not absorb you.P He grinned.P
After all, the Cluster has big plans for you, XJ-9.

Stanley rocked back and forth, waving his instruments
excitedly, almost bouncing up and down.

Fantastic!P
Amazing!P Simply
unbelievable!P So thats why theres so
much carbon in there.P Not that theres anything
wrong with carbon, mind you, its a lovely little element …

What are you babbling about? snapped Omicron
Twelve.

Stanley pointed at the ten-foot, shimmering silver-green
android that held onto Jenny.P This was
a human!!!P Thats why the nano-probes
converted the entire mass.P There was
no internal circuitry!P There was some
metal, but it was just a defective human with a metallic limb!

Jenny struggled for words this was all happening so
fast.P Wait so he wasnt an android
after all?P Then wh-what did your stupid
nano-probes do to him?

They used him as raw materials to make zillions of
copies of themselves, Stanley explained proudly.P Thats what they do.P
They take atoms from a machine, or a table, or a building, or just about
anything with atoms in it.P Which is everything!P Stanley laughed.P The little dickens do have a taste for metal, though.P Then they re-arrange and manipulate the
atoms to create almost anything they want.P
Theyre such clever little devils!

Raw materials? asked Jenny, in a weak voice.

They ate him.

Ate him?P Omigosh.

Stanley continued, matter-of-factly.P From the inside out.P Hes one hundred percent nano-probes now.

Well, whatever he was, said Omicron, now he belongs to
the Cluster.

Omicron Twelve took the robot wasp in one of his small
claws, and lowered it towards Jennys forehead.P Jenny stared at the hideous little insect, its robotic legs
wiggling in the air.

And in a few seconds, XJ-9 so will you, he chuckled.

Jenny fought back tears. PNo matter what she thought of Drew, nobody deserved anything like
this.P It was a fate worse than
death.P And they want to do the same
thing to me!P Never before had she
felt such complete and total hatred for the Cluster.P With a mighty yell, she fired the rocket boosters in her feet,
propelling herself and the Cluster android she couldnt think of it as Drew
anymore, he was gone into the air.P
The Cluster android was taller than her, and its head rammed against the
ceiling, hard.P That was enough to loosen
its grip.P Jenny grabbed the androids
head and flipped it over her shoulder, driving it back into the floor, and
knocking both Cluster robots twenty feet backwards.

Jenny landed and planted her fists on her hips, defiantly.

What part of NO WAY dont you understand?

Omicron Twelve scrambled back to his feet, still holding the
robot wasp, growling.P XJ-9, we tire of
these antics!P Your future is with the
Cluster.P You will serve the
Queen.P He gestured to the students who
remained in the cafeteria.P And these
hairless monkeys will serve you.

He pointed towards his short partner.P Stanley!P
Order the android to capture XJ-9, and enslave the humans infesting this
building.P Yknow, you can really never
have too many human slaves.

Stanley opened a compartment from his body, and took out a
large remote control device covered with buttons, tiny screens, and
joysticks.P He started manipulating the
controls with all six of his hands.

Jenny stood in a martial arts position, eager to dish out
punishment.P Capture me and everyone
else?P Puh-lease.P For somebody so smart, you dont
count very well.P Youve only got one
android.

Stanley smirked.P
O-ho!P Little Miss
Attitude!P Maybe youve heard of
divide and conquer?

He pressed a red button on his controller.

A hum came from the silver Cluster android.P Its body and limbs started to shimmer
silver-green in a now-familiar way but this time, its whole body dissolved
into a huge pile of shiny molasses.P The
silvery blob gurgled grotesquely and started to pull apart.P Soon one large blob separated itself into
eight smaller blobs.

Jenny watched in amazement as each of the blobs started to
grow in height.P Shimmering green
patterns flowed over their surfaces as they sprouted gooey branches that turned
into arms and hands.P They grew heads,
each of which sprouted two glowing green eyes, and where there once stood one
large android, there were now eight androids, each six feet tall.

They charged.

The first two lunged for her arms, trying to pin her
again.P Jenny let them grab her arms,
then spun to her left, slamming the silver android on her right arm into three
others that were diving for her legs.P
It shook off, but the other one held tight on to her left arm.P Jenny simply swung him over her head,
tossing him backwards so hard that he knocked over the remaining two androids,
and sailed back into the kitchen.P She
flipped backwards and landed upright in a textbook fighting stance, watching
the Cluster androids spin around on the floor like bowling pins.

But they recovered quickly.P
And as eight regular-sized androids instead of one large one, they moved
a lot faster now.P Two androids got back
to their feet and dove for Jenny.P She
ducked them, then fired her pigtail-jets to leap over three more who came at her
next.P Three more, behind her, lifted
one of the few remaining unbroken tables, and threw it at her back.P But she turned and caught the massive lunch
table, swung it over her head, and slammed it down directly onto two unlucky
silver androids.P They didnt even break
they splattered, as if they were made of toothpaste, spraying the
walls and floor with a thick silver-green goo.

Ewww!P All right,
Omi-creep Twelve, Jenny said angrily, now its your turn.

But before she could take one step towards Omicron, four
silver androids tackled her to the floor.P
Jenny rolled with the tackle and somersaulted to her feet, delivering a
brutal kick that sent one of the androids flying across the room and into a
wall.P A couple of punches sent two more
androids sailing through the air.P
Another two tried to tackle her feet, but Jenny delivered a perfect pair
of kicks to their silver-green chins.P
They rocketed towards the far wall of the cafeteria, arms and legs
flailing like rag dolls, and smashed through it, sailing outside towards the
parking lot.

Thats four down, and Im only using my fists, she grinned
towards Omicron Twelve and Stanley.

Amazingly, Omicron Twelve didnt seem concerned at all he
was actually leaning against the wall with his arm.P He pointed behind Jenny with a smug look on his face.

Stanley was working his remote control with all twenty-four
fingers, he cranium lights flashing with intense activity.P And he was chuckling.P What was it you were saying about not
counting very well?

Huh? PJenny turned
around to see what was left of the androids

There were twelve of them now.

Parts of the cafeteria wall, floor, and kitchen glistened
with a shimmering silver green.P And the
shimmering silver patches seemed to be gurgling, oozing, and growing.P One of the soda machines was dissolving into
a silver paste.P Suddenly, with a
disgusting schlorrrrp, a stream of silver goo flowed out of what was
left of the soda machine, and started taking the shape of a Cluster
android.P Two new green eyes flickered
to life, and glared at Jenny.

The new silver android charged, joining eight others in
another attack on Jenny.P Okay, time
to get serious.P Jennys hands and
wrists split apart, unfolding into a pair of giant fists.P One right cross knocked two silver androids
into the wall, shaking loose the plaster with a clang.P The left hook blasted three more androids
into the air, sending one crashing right through the wall and into the
hallway.P The other two tried to wrap
themselves literally around her arms and legs.P Jenny shook them loose, stepped back, and converted one of her
fists into a huge saw blade.P One neat
screaming blow sliced both androids in half at the waist.P They flopped to the ground, and started to
flow into silver-green goo … repairing themselves.

A voice shouted from the far wall of the cafeteria.P JENNY!!! ack! Little help!!!

Brad!

Nine silver androids jumped on her back, trying to force her
to the floor.P A blast from her rockets
sent Jenny into the air.P Eight androids
flew limply in random directions; but one clung stubbornly to her back.P She looped and dove straight for one of the
few remaining tables.P At the last
moment, she pivoted her body to land on her back cushioned by the silver
android, of course.P The force of the
blow turned the android into a shimmering silver-green paste.P Now, she could see what was wrong with Brad.

Brad and six other students were clutching at silver-green
collars around their necks, each of which was fastened to the cafeteria wall
with a strong silver cable.

Jen! gasped Brad.P
They just came out of the walls!!!P
And theyre giving me a rash!!!

Oh, man hang on, guys!P
They came out of the walls?

Jenny squinted, and a thin red laser beam shot from her
eyes, cutting the collars off of the students necks one by one.P The last student was wildly gesturing as his
collar broke off, as if to say look behind you Jenny turned in time to
see seventeen androids coming at her.

Everybody behind me! she shouted.P Brad, get everybody together.P Were getting out of here.

Out of here is sounding pretty good, he said, rubbing his
neck.

Jenny positioned herself between the growing crowd of silver
Cluster androids and the remaining students in the cafeteria.P There was an exit on the outside wall that
led directly outside.P Jenny raised her
arms, and activated the lasers concealed in the palms of her hands.P While Brad led the group towards the exit,
Jenny opened fire on the androids.P
Rapid-fire, white-hot beams of energy shot out of her palms, cutting
into the first row of attackers.P The
destruction was spectacular.P Silver
androids shuddered and shook as they were pounded by the powerful laser fire.P Androids flew over backwards, some with
smoking holes in their bodies.P Some
androids simply blew to pieces.P It was
almost bothering Jenny the stupid things arent even trying to dodge!

Brad reached the door and pushed the handle.P The door was locked and the handle started
to shimmer with a silver-green color.

Omicron Twelve, standing a few feet away, still hadnt
bulged a robot muscle.P If anything, his
smirk was even more arrogant.P Going
somewhere, mammals?

The entire door quivered into a silvery mass, and small buds
started to grow out of it, forming into long, thin arms, with hands reaching
towards the students

Jenny! shouted Brad.P
Ahhh the whole out-of-here thing really isnt happening!!!

The students screamed, and ran away from the exit.P Jenny gave her lasers a rest, and took a
brief moment to look around what was left of the cafeteria.P The floor was littered with broken tables,
benches, chairs, and scattered garbage.P
Most of the kitchen area was either gone, or dripping with silver-green
goo.P The walls, windows, and ceiling
were scarred with holes from the ferocity of the battle, and many of those
holes had trickles of silver-green syrup dripping from them.P And then there were the green-eyed silver
androids, already recovering from Jennys laser assault, oozing up from large
silver puddles on the floor.P Jenny
counted twenty-two of them.

The hallway! she shouted to the students.P Its the only way out!

Brad led the students into the hallway, as Jenny covered
their escape with a long wooden bench.P
She swung it back and forth like a sword, knocking five or six silver androids
into the air with each blow.P Finally,
everybody was out of the cafeteria.P
Jenny took one last look at the Cluster robot invaders.

Omicron Twelve shook his head.P Foolish XJ-9 you are only delaying the inevitable.

She left the cafeteria and joined the crowd in the
hallway.P Students that escaped, and
curious passers-by, talked and shouted, trying to figure out just what was
going on in the cafeteria.P Some were
crying and hugging each other.P Some
were in a near-panic.P Jenny deployed an
arc welding torch from her right elbow, and sealed the cafeteria doors
shut.P Hopefully, that would hold those
monsters in there for a while.P Now, she
just needed to calm everybody down and get them out of the building.P Fortunately, as a global defense robot, crowd
control was part of her programming.

A panel in her chest slid upon, and deployed a
microphone.P Her pigtails unfolded into
loudspeakers.P Everyone, I need your
attention for a minute, please!

The crowd of students ignored her, buzzing with dozens of
separate conversations.

Excuse me?P Would
everyone quiet down, please?

If anything, the noise of the crowd grew louder.

She reached for a dial inside her chest, and turned it up to
11.

EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!!!

The hallway was filled with silent, staring faces, hands
clasped over their ears.

Heh-heh sorry about that.P Jenny returned her volume to normal.P Now, we had a little excitement in the cafeteria.P She held her thumb and her finger half an
inch apart.P There was a little
situation, but theres no need to panic.P
So, if we just all walk down the hallway to the front doors, and head
outside, everything will be just fine.PP Very professional, if I do say so myself.

One girl at the back of the crowd raised her hand.P Excuse me?P Everyone turned to look at her.

She pointed towards her locker.P Whats that?

A thin stream of silver-green goo dribbled down the front of
her locker door.

The crowd looked around.P
The hallway was lined with lockers metal lockers on either
side, and everyone suddenly realized that about one-quarter of them looked like
they were splattered with thick silvery paint.P
Paint that seemed to be flowing out of the lockers themselves

Brad grabbed the microphone coming out of Jennys chest,
nearly jerking her off of her feet in the process.

Its evil alien robot slime zombies!!!P In the name of all thats holy, run for
your lives!!!

Brad and Jenny were knocked on their backs and nearly
trampled underfoot by the wave of panicked students.P Screams rang through the hall, and arms waved in the air as they
sprinted down the hallway for the front doors.

Jenny sat up, gently pushed her bent microphone back in her
chest cavity, and glared at Brad.P
Thanks a lot.

Brad propped himself up on his elbow, grinning with
satisfaction.P No problem, Jen.P Just doing my part to help out.

One of the locker doors flew open, gushing a stream of
shimmering silver-green paste onto the floor.P
Then a second locker door simply dissolved, also flowing onto the
floor.P An electric hummmm echoed
in the hallway as two pillars of ooze started to rise, schlorrrrp, up
from the silvery mess.P Brad and Jenny
scrambled to their feet, and backed away from them, in the direction that the
crowd had run off.

But pools of silver molasses were pouring out of the lockers
in that direction, too and to make matters worse, the cafeteria doors that
Jenny had just welded shut started to ripple, and warp, as if they were
melting.P A few trickles of silver ooze
leaked out from the cracks, and started to envelop the doors in a shiny silver
glaze.

Hang on, Brad!P
Jennys legs cracked open, unfolding and deploying, until her lower body
had converted into a powerful set of tank treads.P Her arms unfolded at the elbows, and expanded into a large
snowplow blade.P With a blast of
throttle and a squeal from her treads, Jenny took off in the direction of the
crowd.P Brad hung onto a pair of
handlebars which had extended out of her pigtails.P Looking over his shoulder, he saw the cafeteria doors collapse
into sludge, and dozens of green-eyed silver androids poured into the hall,
sliding and clanking like kitchen pots.

Jenny roared down the corridor in the direction of the front
doors.P Lockers and water fountains
everywhere were melting into shimmering silver goop.P Puddles of silver-green were leaking out from under the bathroom
doors.P And while most of the Cluster
androids were behind them, more were springing to life out of the nano-ooze in
the hallway.P A dozen silver androids
ran towards Jenny, some with arms extended to grab her, some with
tentacle-arms, some actually turning their entire bodies into steel cable,
trying to slow her down.P Jenny lowered
her head and plowed right through them.P
Androids clanged and rattled off of her, into the walls and ceiling,
stunned. PA couple were flattened under
her tank-treads.P Jenny caught the last
one right in the middle of her plow blade, neatly slicing him in half
top-to-bottom.P The two halves flopped
to the floor on either side of her as she rolled on past.

WOOHOO!!! Brad yelled, hanging on for dear life.P Dangerous or not, this was a rush.P Way to kick Cluster butt, Jen!!!

The front doors are right there, she said, as they
screeched around a corner to the main entranceway of the school.

And they ground to a halt.

Dozens of thick, shiny silver tentacles wrapped around
Jenny, lifting her into the air.P The
main entranceway of the school was crawling with dozens of silver androids, and
more were pouring from cracks in the walls and the ceiling.P Androids jumped towards Jenny, clutching and
wrapping her up in their arms.P Androids
climbed the walls and crawled upside-down overhead.P Silver ooze was flowing down the stairwells like a pair of waterfalls,
spilling out into thick bubbling pools that spawned even more Cluster androids.P The trophy case, the school statue, the
pipes in the walls were gone or dissolved into glistening silver pudding.P More silver-green arms reached up from holes
in the floor which led to the boiler room in the basement.

The sudden stop flung Brad into the air, and he landed with
a splash in a foot-deep pool of shimmering metallic goop.P Jenny was struggling in the web of silver
tentacles and android arms, trying to free herself.P She managed to get her arms transformed back to normal, but each
was wrapped tight by at least fifteen androids, plus a few tentacles that
simply emerged from the walls.P Every
time she managed to wriggle free of one, two more androids would grab on.P She tried to convert her tank-treads back
into legs, but the androids had them wrapped up too.P Every move she tried to make was countered by the grip of
seventy-three androids, plus wall-tentacles on top of that.

Brad sloshed his way out of the pool of silver slop, trying
to think of anything that could help.P
Anything around them that was metal, and even some wood and plastic, was
being devoured by the flood of Cluster nano-probes.

Jenny!P Oh, man
hold on!P Ill get you out!

Jenny strained and struggled.P Run, Brad!P Run!P Save yourself!

No chance of that.P
Theres gotta be something around here theyre not eating!!!P But anything Brad could see that was metal
had already melted into ooze, or was in the process of melting.P And its not like he was strong enough to
rip the wood out of the walls and use it like a club.P Those miserable Cluster dorks will do anything to get
Jenny.P Theyre not even paying
attention to me

Bingo.

Brad took a few running steps and jumped, landing on the
back of one of the silver androids coiled around Jennys left leg.P He started beating its head with his fists.

You lousy alien robot!P
Clang!P Ouch!P You let Jenny go!!!P Clang!P
Ouch!P Let her go or
else!!!P Clang!P Ouch!

Brads blows had no effect on the silver androids metal
body.P But it did distract him

That was all Jenny needed.P
Her left leg twisted free enough to retract the tank-tread, and she
deployed a grappling hook in its place.P
Small but powerful rocket motors blasted the grappling hook down the
last remaining Cluster-free hallway, and the hooks latched onto an intact set
of sturdy lockers.P With all the power
she could summon, Jenny yanked herself free of the silver androids
clutches.P She wrapped one arm around
Brads waist, pulling him to freedom with her.

They lay on the floor for a moment, Brad catching his breath,
Jenny restoring her legs to normal, and they glanced back to see what lay
behind them.P The front entranceway was
totally engulfed in Cluster androids.P
They could hear the rumbling and clattering of Cluster androids running
down the hallway from the direction of the cafeteria.P They could hear a liquid, slurping sound coming from the walls
and the ceiling.P The entire school was
being overrun by the Cluster nano-probes.P
The only untouched part of the school was this corridor, which led to
the gymnasium.

They got up, brushing droplets of silver-green goo off of
themselves.P Ewww, disgusting!
said Jenny.P Then she chuckled at
Brad.P My hero.

Brad wiped his hands together.P Hey, I said you might need my help.P Ouch.P
His right hand was still sore from his rescue.

But a mob of silver, green-eyed androids coming around the
corner snapped them back to attention.P
Jenny ignited her pigtail-jets, grabbed Brad by the arm, and blasted
down the corridor towards the gym.P They
flew through the doors, and Jenny slammed them shut, once more welding them
closed.

The gym was filled with students.

Brad was relieved to see that the gym still seemed to be
normal; the walls, the score clock, the basketball nets were still there.P But he was surprised to see most of the
student body was standing in the middle of the hardwood floor, looking
confused, nervous, and plenty scared.P
He recognized some kids who had been in the cafeteria, where everything
had started.P Why hadnt they just run
outside, he wondered?P The gym had two
pairs of big double doors that led out to the football field and the parking
lot.

All the conversations made talking difficult, but Brad
managed to grab a sophomore by the shoulders and get his attention.P Hey, whats going on?P Why is everybody just hanging around?P We got a bit of a crisis here.

Didnt you see the front doors? shouted the
sophomore.P All the doors are like
that.P The whole place is, like, gooey
and shiny, and theres like arms everywhere!!!P This is the only non-freaked-out place left in the whole
school!!!

Yeah, no duh, said Brad.P But those doors go outside.

Nobody can get em open, whimpered the sophomore.

Jenny ran over to the middle of the gym, joining Brad.P Whats going on?

Doors are locked, I guess, said Brad.

Not for long.P Stand
back, guys.

Jenny walked over to the closest set of double doors and
tried them.P Sure enough, they wouldnt
open.P Well, that wasnt much of an
obstacle to a super-powered robot.P He
drew back her arm and threw an impressive punch.P The doors ripped off their hinges and sailed outside.

A wave of relief washed over the students, as they moved
towards the opening.P Jenny just stood
there, though, staring.P That seemed
strange to Brad, until he saw what she was looking at.

A shimmering lake of green-tinted nano-ooze slowly boiled
and flowed in the afternoon sun, hundreds of feet across, a bubbling pool of
silver lava.P The parking lot, the cars
in the parking lot, the streetlights, the fence, and the football bleachers
were either gone, or melting like silver chocolate.P The two silver androids that Jenny had earlier kicked through the
cafeteria wall had landed in the parking lot.P
And theyd been busy making copies of themselves.P Green-eyed silver androids walked and
crawled all over the ball field, the football field, the yard, and the outside
walls of the school.P Silver-green
androids marched towards the gymnasium in columns from the edges of the silver
lake.P And thick worms of shiny molasses
were springing up from lake with slurping, humming noises, growing into dozens
and dozens of new Cluster androids.P
Brad was speechless.P The whole
school ground seemed to be a living carpet of flowing silver.P There were more silver-green androids than
he could count.P Jenny had an advanced
electronic brain, though, and she had no trouble counting them.

Two thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven.

Seventy-eight

Seventy-nine

CONCLUDED in Chapter
Five