My Life As A Teenage Robot Porn Story: Reality Bytes Chapter 2

Reality Bytes

A My Life as a
Teenage Robot Fanfic

Chapter Two A
Meeting Of The Minds

Brad quietly brushed aside dangling vines and big, leafy
ferns, making his way around the perimeter of the enemy base.P He crouched as he walked, taking care not to
step on any dry twigs that might snap and give away his position.P Even in the fading twilight of the day, the
heat of the jungle had sweat trickling down his face.P It only added to the rank dampness hanging in the air from the
steamy humidity.P Brad chuckled, raised
a finger to wipe off a drop of sweat from his cheek, and touched it to his
tongue.P It even tastes salty!P Oh man, how awesome is that!

He flipped down a small eyepiece from his headband, which
displayed tactical information and a small map of his immediate
surroundings.P He had fully charged
energy packs loaded into both of his lasers, plus a couple of spares if he
needed them.P Hed already taken out two
dozen enemy commandos, and he was going for more.P A small stone building stood about fifty yards in front of him,
with carvings that might have been ancient Aztec.P The enemy was using it for shelter at least for another ten
seconds, Brad chuckled to himself.

All right, he whispered to himself, outnumbered twenty to
one just the way I likes it!P Time to
kick butt and chew bubble gum.P And Im
all outta gum!P He reached behind his
back, pulled out the plasma grenade launcher, and steadied it on his
shoulder.P The eyepiece made aiming
easy.

Brad pulled the trigger four times.P Three of the grenades sailed through a small
window in the stone building and exploded.P
The fourth blew up on the outside, sending chunks of stone spraying over
the entire area.P He was a little
disappointed that he hadnt managed to put all four in the window, but three
grenades did the job quite nicely.

He jumped from his hiding place in the jungle and ran
towards the building with lasers drawn and ready.P Right on cue, half a dozen cartoonishly muscular commandos came
out of the stone building, scorched and dazed from the explosions, running
straight into Brads gunsights.P Bright
crimson blasts of energy danced from both pistols as Brad took care of the
first four commandos.P One of the
enemies managed to get to his weapon, and started shooting back.P Brad dove and rolled on his shoulder oh
yeah, thats a seriously cool move and zapped him right in the chest,
along with his buddy.P He jumped to his
feet, heart pounding.P Six up and six
down!P Boo-yah!P He grabbed his grenade launcher, started
playing it like an air guitar, and duck-walked into the remains of the stone
building.

Tuck rolled his eyes.P
Oh, come on.P What a
show-off!P He was still mad that he had
to sit back and let Brad be the first to use Mrs. Wakemans virtual reality
helmet.P Brad always used the older
brother line to be the first at everything!P
He leaned over and shouted into his brothers ear.P Showboat!P
Hot dog!

You know, I dont think he can hear you, puzzled
Drew.P Man, that is seriously weird!

Brad was leaning back on the sofa, looking incredibly
relaxed, especially considering that he was focusing on dodging razor rifles
and concussion blasters.P They couldnt
see his eyes; they were behind the visor of the VR helmet.P But he couldve been asleep, for all the
expression there was on his face.P And
he wasnt budging so much as a finger.

Hey look, said Drew, pointing to the TV set.P Hes waving at us!

Brad was jumping up and down, shouting in the general
direction of the sky.P Tuck!P Drew!P
This so totally rocks!P It
rocks in stereo!P It feels like Im
actually in the games jungle world!P
Woohoo!P And check out that
score, little brother!

Yeah, yeah, Tuck groaned to himself, folding his
arms.P New high score.P Big deal!P
Although seeing Brad jump around in the game world only made Tuck want
his turn on the helmet even more

Suddenly Drew and Tuck were startled by loud, frantic
pounding on the front door.P It flew
open, and Jenny ran into the living room, waving her arms to get their
attention.

Guys!P Guys, youve
got to give back my moms helmet!

Sorry, Jenny, said Tuck, I called dibbs after Brad.P Well, well, well our new GameStation isnt
so stupid all of the sudden now, hmm?

Tuck, thats not what I oh, no.P Im too late.

Brad was on the sofa, limp as a rag doll, wearing her
mothers virtual reality helmet.P The
cable from the back of the helmet ran down and plugged into Drews chest, as it
had earlier in the afternoon at Mrs. Wakemans lab.P But now, two fingers from Drews left hand were stretched out
into silver cables, and plugged into the back of the brothers new GameStation
3000X.P Drews nanobot body was acting
like a connector.

I dont believe you guys! shouted Jenny.P Thats a dangerous piece of experimental
machinery, and youre using it to play video games!P Youre hopeless!

Well, I told you thats what we were going to do, huffed
Drew.P See, your mom told me that the
computers in my body are all super-adaptive.P
So I figured, if theyll adapt to the VR helmet, why wouldnt they adapt
to the GameStation?P Im like, ultimate
computer duct tape!P Check it out!P He gestured to the television.

Wait-wait-wait-wait-wait, said Tuck, waving his arms.P Jenny, what was the word you just used?

Experimental? she asked.

No, no, before that.

Dangerous?

Yup, thats what I thought, Tuck said calmly.P Then he clutched at his hair and
screamed.P What do you mean, dangerous?!?!?

Thats what Im trying to tell you the helmet is
dangerous, explained Jenny.P Drew,
after you left, I went upstairs and found my mom zonked out in her
bedroom.P The helmet did that to
her!P She said that if somebody wears
the helmet for too long, it could put them in a coma or turn them into a
spaced-out vegetable!

Drews face sunk.P
Are you serious?

She nodded frantically.P
Brad has to get out of there as soon as possible!

Well, no arguments here, said Tuck.P Its my turn anyway.P He reached over to take the helmet off of
Brads head.

NO!!! screamed Jenny.P
Her arms stretched outward, shoving Tuck away from Brad, and onto the
floor.P Tuck rubbed his bottom and gave
her a nasty look.

Im sorry Tuck, Jenny apologized, but you cant just take
the helmet off of him!P Thats not the
way it works.P Right now, Brads brain
is unplugged from his own body, and plugged into the helmet.P He has to plug it back into his own body
by himself, or or hes going to be like that forever!P A small trickle of drool was starting to
form at the corner of Brads mouth.

Tuck started to get a little concerned for his brother.P Well, how do we tell him to come out?P I dont think he can hear any of us.

Jenny turned to Drew.P
Brads practically running around inside of you right now!P Cant you get a message to him?!?

Drew gulped, hard.P
I dont know a lot about how my bodys computers work they just sort
of do things on their own.P Its hard to
explain.P I can give them orders, but
they take care of the details by themselves.P
The virtual world were seeing on the TV right now is well, the
closest word I can think of is, its all happening down in my
subconscious.P Trying to talk to Brad
for me right now would be a little like trying to talk to somebody in a
dream.P Or in my own imagination.P He shrugged his shoulders.P I told you it was hard to explain.

So we just have to wait until he gets out on his own, she
said.P Then she had another horrible
thought.P Does he even know how
to get out?!?

Drew and Tuck exchanged an uncomfortable look.P Okaaaay, said Drew, I may not have
thought this through as completely as one might assume.

Jenny threw her hands in the air and rolled her eyes.P Unbelievable.

So thats it?!?P
Tucked flung his arms around Brads neck.P My brother is just going to waste away into a drooling couch
zombie, trapped in a fantasy video-game world, doomed to be lost to us
forever?P Tuck gave Brad a brotherly
hug, then his eyes lit up.P I get his
room.

Jenny looked down at Brads expressionless face.P She was so mad, and so worried right now,
that she might lose her best friend for such a stupid reason then she got an
idea.

Thats not going to happen, Tuck, said Jenny, with a
commanding tone in her voice.P Somebody
has to go in there and help get Brad out.P
And that somebody is me.

Your mom has another helmet? asked Tuck.P Why didnt you bring both of them over,
Drew?P We couldve played head-to-head!

Theres only one helmet, and Brads wearing it.P But we dont need another one.P She sat down on the couch next to Brad, and
turned to Drew.P Okay, Mister Duct
Tape.P Youre connecting a human brain,
a virtual reality helmet, and a video game machine.P Think you have room in there for a robot?

Drew grimaced, and was quiet for a few seconds.P Yeah yeah, that would probably work.P We both have computer brains sort of
yeah, this should work.

Tuck didnt understand what they were talking about.P What should work?!?

Drew can make a connector like the one on the diagnostics
machine in my bedroom, explained Jenny.P
So I can go into your video game here and show Brad how to get back
into his own body.

Im not sure if I like this, said Drew, shaking his
head.P Jenny, the same thing thats
happening to Brad might start happening to you.P You might get stuck in there with your brain unplugged.P If I can just figure out a way to get a
message to him

And how long is that going to take?P And does Brad have that much time?P

Drew sighed, and realized that she was right.P He lifted his right arm, and it started to
warble with silver-green patterns over its surface. PThe arm grew flexible and stretched into a cable, and his hand
expanded into a cone-shaped helmet.

Jennys pigtails whirred on their pivots, and snapped
together on top of her head.P Ready.

Wait! yelled Tuck.P
Jenny, how much do you even know about this video game?

Whats to know?P You
shoot things.P Its not exactly rocket
science, she answered.P Besides, Im
not going in to play.P Im just going in
to find Brad and get him out of there.P
I dont care about winning the game.

Youre going to need a map to find him though, Tuck
explained.P Look, trust me.P I play video games all the time.P Once you get in there, press the menu button
and get a map.P That way you can find
your way around.P Brad is Player One, so
look for his symbol.

Right.P Player One,
said Jenny.P Im sure Tuck thinks
hes being helpful, but Ill be fine.P
Lets go.

Drew lowered the cone-shaped helmet over Jennys pigtails,
until it clamped and made a connection with a loud clicking sound.P They both shuddered for a split-second as
information signals started flowing at high-speed from Jennys electronic
brain, through Drews arm, into the mass of computers scattered throughout his
body.P Then Jennys robotic body went
limp and motionless, and sunk back into the couch next to Brad.P Drew clenched his teeth nervously as Jennys
eyes flickered, then disappeared, replaced with flickering static.P He glanced down at his body, more than a
little freaked out.P Well, shes
inside there now.P Good luck, Jenny.

Jenny was surrounded by brilliant light for a split second,
and the living room suddenly winked out of existence, as if somebody flipped a
light switch.P She had the briefest
sensation that she was dissolving into a cloud of nothingness, and then, just
as suddenly, she felt herself drop a few inches to land on very solid ground
in a hot, steamy jungle.

She folded her arms and whistled she had to admit that it
was amazingly realistic.P Exotic plants
and trees stretched off in every direction, in thousands and thousands of shades
of green.P There was a background of
chirps, caws, and hoots from jungle wildlife.P
Her sensors indicated high levels of humidity and temperature.P Shed been in a real jungle before, once,
saving a dozen villages from some mudslides.P
And the make-believe world she stood in now was very, very close to the
real thing.

Jenny turned around, and saw that she was standing in front
of an Aztec pyramid.P Well, I sure
wont have any trouble finding my way back to where I started from, she
thought.P Now, lets make sure that I
can actually get us out of here.

She tried to remember the tests her mother ran with the
helmet a few years ago.P What was the
command?P Operating System, she spoke
out loud, show me the exit port, please!

A circle of green light glowed on the ground a few feet away
from her, and a ghostly figure rose up.P
Jenny was a little frightened, until the translucent figure solidified
into a person.P And not just any person
it was Drew!P Although he did look a
little strange.P He was wearing blue
coveralls and a tool belt filled with large pipe wrenches.P He wore a baseball cap with Android OS
2000 stenciled on it.P And he was
holding a plunger!

Drew, you made it in, too!P She chuckled.P Love the
outfit.

Drew rolled his eyes.P
Look, lady, somebody call for the Operating System or not?P Because I got places to be and things to do,
know what I mean?

Hey, I just said I liked your outfit.P You dont have to be so snarky about
it, she said.

Snarky?P You want
snarky?P I got yer snarky right here,
he said with a thick Bronx accent, tapping the plunger in his hand.P Then he stopped, and snapped his
fingers.P Wait a minute you called me
Drew!P You think Im from upstairs,
from the consciousness.P Heh, heh,
heh.P No such luck, lady.P You called for the Operating System, and
dats who you got.P Thats OS for
short.P Call me Ozzie.

You mean, youre not Drew?P
Youre part of his brain?P That
is so totally weird! said Jenny, a bit amused.P Why do you look like a plumber?

What is dis, twenty questions here?P Look, this mooks got hundreds of millions
of computers in his body, all talkin to each other, all gotta be connected
together, all gotta have data flowing back and forth.P All of dat, plus now a fancy schmancy video game and, what, two
players?P Ozzie waved his arms, to
emphasize his burden.P Im workin my
tail off here!

Okay, okay, Im sure you are, Jenny chuckled.P Well, Im here to help you take a load
off.P I just want to go find Brad er,
Player One and get us both out of here, and back into our bodies.P I called to make sure that I could find an
exit port.

Not a problem, said Ozzie.P You are currently standing at yer entry point to da game.P Observe.P
Just a few feet behind Jenny, another pale green light glowed in
mid-air, and expanded into a rectangular green door.P Ozzie made a sweeping, theatrical gesture towards it.P Just tap on the door, and yer on your way
back to Kansas.

Jenny sighed in relief, instantly feeling a lot better.P Her idea would work, and getting out of this
strange virtual world shouldnt be too much of a problem.P Thats great!P Oh wait um, Ozzie Im supposed to ask you for a map,
so I can find my way around this place.

What do I look like, a tour guide? he growled.P I just handle the connections, lady.P Youse want anything in the game, you gotta
get it from the Menu.P Now if youll
excuse me, I gots a nasty data clog that needs my attention.P And clutching his plunger, the Operating
System faded back into the ground.

All right, that was extremely bizarre, Jenny said
to herself.P Might as well get
started.P He said to use the menu.P She looked around, and walked in a small
circle, but didnt see anything that might be a computer terminal or screen
that she could use.

She planted her fists on her hips with a clank, a bit
frustrated.P If theres no computer
terminal, how am I supposed to look at the menu

As soon as the word menu came out of her mouth, another
green circle of light flashed into existence a few feet away from her.P Once again, a translucent figure rose up and
solidified into solid form.P It was
another copy of Drew but this time, he looked like a formal waiter!P He wore a long black jacket with tails, a
white shirt and black tie, had a towel draped over his sleeve, and even had a
thin mustache under his nose.P I
guess this is another piece of the software in Drews mind.P This is so freaky!

Drew stood ramrod-straight.P Good evening Madame, Ill be your Menu, he said, in a cultured
accent.P We have a lovely selection of
power-ups and weaponry available.P Im
told that the electron shock rifle is particularly lethal this evening …

Jenny was getting a chuckle out of this fellow too, but she
had to focus.P Never mind that, I dont
need any extra firepower.P I need a
map.P I need to find Player One.P And I need to make sure that I can find my
way back here!

Very good, said Menu.P
He held out his hand, and with a flash of light, a small yellow sphere
manifested in his palm.P He handed it to
Jenny.P If Madame would be so kind as
to gently tap it?

Jenny did just that, and the yellow sphere expanded into
hovering 3-D image, showing a map of the surrounding terrain.P There were solid and blinking dots in a
variety of colors.P Madame is the white
dot, explained Menu.P Your home base
is the blue triangle, and your selected target that would be Player One is
the red dot.P It does look like hes
some distance away at the moment, in enemy territory.

That looks easy enough, she said confidently.P Ill just fly straight to the red dot
pick up the Bradster and be right back here before you know it.P See you later, Menu.

The waiter arched an eyebrow, which seemed to be the limit
of his emotional range.P Is Madame certain
there will be nothing else?P Perhaps a
standard compliment of food, equipment, and ammunition?P Or a quick tutorial on

But Jenny had already pivoted her pigtails to flight
configuration.P With a blast of exhaust,
and clutching the map in her hand, she rocketed into the skies above the lush,
steamy jungle.

Jenny was trying to make sense of direction and distance in
this phony world.P Her internal
navigation system didnt seem to be working well; it was hard simply keeping
track of which way was north.P She was
starting to match up some of the features shed seen in the holographic image
to the ground passing below her, though.P
That river below marked the border between the good guys and the bad
guys.P Jenny sailed overhead, into
enemy territory.

She stopped and opened up the floating map again, looking
for the red dot.P Lets see where
Brads gotten himself to now, she groaned.P
Im going to kick his butt!P
Whats the big attraction in sneaking around this icky, humid
jungle?P I can practically feel myself
rusting away, just hanging here in mid-air!

A series of whining laser blasts sounded off in the
distance.P She glanced at the map the
blasts were coming from the general direction of Brads red dot.P Uh-oh Brads in trouble Okay, okay,
Ill save his life first.P Then Ill
kick his butt.

Jenny added the rockets in her feet to her pigtail-jets, and
blasted off in the direction of Brads signal, diving down to skim the
treetops.

She was surprised by a burst of shimmering purple energy
bolts that sliced up towards her from somewhere in the jungle below.P They didnt come close, but Jenny started
seeing larger and larger numbers of enemy troops the deeper she got into enemy
territory, and more and more of them started taking random shots at her.P Great, I may not want to play the game,
but these computer bozos dont know that.

Jenny popped up over a dense grove of palm trees, and
suddenly she was over a clearing with military tents and vehicles.P Dozens of computerized commandos ran in
every direction, scrambling to action.P
Shed flown right into one of the main enemy bases.P Within seconds, a dozen heavy weapons turned
towards the sky and opened fire on her.

She dodged the blasts of glowing plasma balls for a few
seconds, then stopped and laughed at herself.P
What am I doing?P This is a
video game.P These silly things cant
hurt

A imaginary plasma ball caught her square in the chest,
blasting her backwards into the trunk of a tall palm tree, snapping it in
half.P Dazed and surprised, Jenny
tumbled down to the ground with a thud, grimacing.P Cripes, that sure felt real enough!

She got up to her knees, as more laser fire from the enemy
commandos started kicking up puffs of dirt around her.P Apparently the concept of taking prisoners
wasnt part of this game.P She deployed
a pair of laser rifles from each elbow and got ready to fight

But suddenly, one of the enemy plasma cannons started firing
again at the other enemy plasma cannons.P The commandos froze in their tracks, stunned, as a series of
plasma balls sent their weapons and buildings soaring in the jungle sky on
billowing pillars of flame.P They opened
fire on the rogue plasma cannon, and bolts of red laser energy shrieked back in
reply.P Jenny shielded her eyes from the
glare, trying to make out the figure standing behind the hijacked plasma
cannon.

Hey, Jenny!P Welcome
to the party!P Wooo-haaaa!

Jenny rolled her eyes.P
Oh, for crying out loud.

Brad leapt off of the cannons barrel, somersaulted ten feet
in the air, and landed in the middle of three commandos, leveling them each
with one laser shot.P Wow, I didnt
think youd want to play with us, Jen!P
This is awesome!P He
fired off another pair of shots.P That
was a great distraction you caused but the object of the game is not
to get yourself blasted!P Youve got to
keep moving!P Come on, gimme a little
help here!

Distraction!?!P
Brad, Im not here to play! she shouted.P Im here to get you out!

The Space Marines dont pull back, soldier! laughed
Brad.P Were pressing forward!P The enemy headquarters is just over
there!P Thats where they keep the
secret weapon!

Brad, will you listen to me for a second?

But Brad ran had run off towards the enemy headquarters,
ducking for cover behind a stack of wooden crates.

There were still plenty of enemy commandos running around,
explosions mushrooming into the air, and gunfire zinging around in a whole
bunch of directions.P It wasnt the best
time to strike up a conversation, and Jenny balled her fists in frustration.P All right, if I have to take out a bunch
of video goons to end this, then here we go.

Jennys lasers roared to life, spraying blue streaks of
energy in a wide arc, sending a dozen enemy commandos falling to the
ground.P She leapt back in the air,
dodging scattered fire, looking for anything that didnt look like Brad.P Thats the way these silly games work,
isnt it?P You just shoot at everything
that moves?P One creative enemy
commando pointed a grenade launcher at her, and fired.P She caught the grenade in mid-air, and
nonchalantly tossed it towards a fortified gun turret, blowing it into pixels
and polygons with a thundering boom.

That had been easy enough.P
She retracted one of the lasers, and deployed a loudspeaker.P All right, Brad, thats the last of
them.P Now lets get out of this stupid
place before

Brad rolled out from behind the boxes, and ran towards the
enemy headquarters.P All right,
Jen!P See, youre a natural at
this!P But on this world, theres always
two guards left who try to surprise you at the end, when you think youve won!P Stick with me and watch!

She was rapidly losing her patience.P Brad, will you just forget about the stupid
game and listen to me!!!

Two bolts of laser rifle fire rang out from the windows of
the enemy headquarters, cutting off Jennys words.P Brad rolled on his shoulder man, I love that move! and
lunged into the front door, ready for a little room-to-room close-in
action.P He started stalking down the
two remaining enemy guards.

Outside the building, Jenny was furious.P Im going to haul you out of there by your hair
if you dont stop horsing around and listen to me!P She dropped back down to the ground, and heard two laser shots
ring out from inside.

Jenny stomped into the headquarters building.P Brad was clowning around in the command
room, where five enemy generals were lying on the floor with their hands over
their heads in surrender.P He jumped up
on a lighted map table and struck a pose with his rifles.P I came, I saw I kicked some serious
booty!P Thank you very much folks!P Youve been a lovely audience!

BRAD!!! she screamed.P
Listen to me for just one second.

Sure, Jen, what is it?

She gasped in relief.P
Finally!P Im trying to
tell you that youve got to get out of here!

Brad was trying to open a large set of locked doors on one
wall of the command room.P My thoughts
exactly, he grinned.P But not without
this little souvenir!P This is what I
came here for.

Arrrghhh no, I mean youre in danger!

No kidding the reinforcements will be here in
seconds.P Brad grabbed some
piece of equipment out of the locked cabinet.P They looked like a ridiculously oversized pair of football
shoulder pads.P Brad slid them on over
his head.

Jennys face started to turn red.P Brad!P If you dont get
out of this world right now, you are going to die!

They heard sounds of laser fire hitting the outside of the
building.P Shouting voices grew nearer.

He smiled confidently, and reached into a pocket on his
pants.P Brad pulled out a bronze
cylinder with a shining orange button, and tossed it casually in his hand.P Thats why I picked up a teleporter on the
way here.P He held the cylinder in one
hand, and grabbed Jennys arm with the other.P
Hop on board, Jen!P Were
heading to the next world!P This is
going to be a blast!

Brad!!!P NO!!!P I only have a map for this world!

Brad mashed the orange button with his thumb, and they were
surrounded by a pulsating sphere of white light.P Their bodies started to dematerialize into shimmering particles,
and before Jenny could say another word, they were gone.

Continued in Chapter
Three