My Life As A Teenage Robot Porn Story: One Good Reason Chapter 3
One Good Reason
A My Life as a
Teenage Robot Fanfic
Chapter Three
Making Waves
Brad nearly broke his neck running down the stairs.P He finally popped his head free of his black
vest, and stopped in front of the hallway mirror just long enough to check his
hair.P After all, with all those news
cameras next door, there was always the chance that he might get to be on
television.P Jenny must have done
something really great this time, he thought.P She must have saved the President or something.P One last check to smooth his collar and his
shirt tails, and he was lookin fabulous.P
He flew out the front door, eager to see what the circus next door was
all about.
A large, excited crowd filled the yard in front of the
Wakeman house, pumping their fists in the air, yelling, and waving large
signs.P TV cameramen were wandering
about in the crowd, collecting shots, and interviewing folks at random.P It all seemed a bit chaotic, and Brad
thought that the crowd seemed a little hostile for a pep rally.P But that had to be why everyone was here,
right?P Jenny saved City Hall last night
maybe the mayor is giving her the key to the city.
Then he started reading the signs.P End Robot Vandalism.P
Just Say No to Robots.P
Protect Our Children From Robotic Menace. PI dont believe it.P These people arent cheering Jenny theyre protesting her!
Brad!P Brad, wait
up!P Tuck ran up to him, struggling to
get his arm through his sleeve.P He
started jumping up and down, trying to see over the hedges.P Whats all the excitement about?
The protesters started their chant up again, as another news
crew started a live feed.P Hey hey, ho
ho, the robot thug has got to go!P Hey
hey, ho ho
Brad glared at the crowd with a mixture of anger and
sadness.P Lets put it this way, Tuck
this isnt a gathering of Jennys fan club.P
Would you get a load of these idiots?
Lemme see!P Lemme
see, lemme see!P Brad finally
surrendered, and lifted Tuck up to sit on his shoulders.P Tuck started reading the protest signs out
loud.P XJ-Nine is an
XJ-Nuisance.P Uh wow, kinda
nasty.P Keep Us Safe from XJ-9.P I dont understand that one, Brad.P Jennys the one that keeps everybody safe,
right?
You know that and I know that, Brad frowned, but it looks
like this bunch of bozos doesnt.
Tuck still didnt fully understand the crowds anger.P They watched the protest silently for a few
more minutes.P Wow, these people sure
dont like robots, do they?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.P The brothers turned to see that Drew had silently
walked up to watch the demonstration along with them.P He was staring with morbid fascination, yet it seemed like he was
preoccupied with something else.P
Brad figured that walking up to a huge anti-robot rally couldnt have
been the most enjoyable experience for him.P
Which explained why he had taken his old human appearance for today
all except for
Dude, Brad whispered to him.P He reached up and tugged on his earlobe.P Most of us humans are wearing them these
days.
Oh, crap.P Drew
focused for a second, and with a tiny shimmer of silver-green, two ears flowed
out of the sides of his head.P Cant
believe I forgot that.P Im not really
thinking straight this morning.P He
gestured towards the chanting crowd in front of the Wakeman house.P Lovely bunch, huh?
All theyre missing is the pitchforks and torches, said
Brad, not trying to hide his disgust.P
Hey, isnt this a little out of the way for you in the mornings?P Well, I am glad youre here it looks like
Jenny can use all the friends she can get right now.
Actually, I came over to see her mom.P But it looks like nows not the best time
for a visit.
What do you need to see Mrs. Wakeman for? asked Tuck.
Well, I sort of have um robot things to talk
about, Drew answered uncomfortably.P
And she is a doctor, after all, or the closest thing to a robot doctor
I can think of.P Its not like I can go
down to Tremorton Mercy Hospital.
Then lets just head on over, said Brad.P You can get Mrs. Wakeman to, uh, probe you
or whatever, and we can go visit Jenny.P
All we have to do is just walk right through the crowd.P Were not gonna let these clowns intimidate
us, right guys?
Drew looked at the sea of angry faces, shouting anti-robot
slogans.P Uh yeah, right.P Maybe I should just come back later
But the boys hopped over the hedges anyway, and started
making their way through the mass of people and journalists clogging up the
front yard.P Brad looked around at the
variety of people in the protest; some of them were virtually boiling over with
rage, some of them seemed like they were barely interested to be there.P Most of them looked like perfectly ordinary
folks, of the sort youd see a hundred times in the run of a normal day.P But gathered together into a mob, an
animalistic mentality seemed to have overtaken them.P The protest was still very orderly, though a pair of police
cruisers were parked behind the TV vans to make sure that it stayed that way.
A tall, thin college student with long stringy hair bumped
into Brad, shoved by the growing crowd.P
Brad was just about to move on, until he saw the students sign, which
read Save the Whales.
Uh, are you sure youre in the right place? Brad asked
him, shouting to be heard.
Oh, I never miss a good protest, the student grinned, as
he adjusted his tie-die headband.P Uh
you mean this isnt this the protest against toxic polluters?
A short, rotund woman with a round, pudgy face turned around
to answer the student.P No, were here
to protest that renegade robot that this Wakeman maniac uses to destroy the
city!P Were going to pressure the mayor
to pass a proclamation, and make him shut down this mad scientists operation!
Brad simply couldnt ignore that.P Destroy the city?!?P She
doesnt do that!P Jennys saved the city
more times than you or I can count!
The pudgy woman was eager to argue, and shouted back at Brad
with a grating, nasally voice.P The
plate glass window in my flower shop has been broken twice in the last six
months!P I just replaced it last
Thursday!P Im sick and tired of it, and
the mayor had better do something about it!
Last Thursday Brad thought for a few seconds last
Thursday was when Jenny defeated that giant flesh-eating worm that crawled up
out the sewers.
And she destroyed my plate glass window!
Brad irately flung his arms in the air.P If Jenny hadnt stopped it, that giant worm
would have eaten hundreds of people and left a rampaging trail in carnage in
its wake!
That window cost me eighty-seven dollars! screamed the
woman, poking Brad with her chubby finger.
The argument started to draw attention, especially from the
television news people.P Ever eager for
spectacle, cameramen made their way over towards the boys, along with
well-groomed reporters, and technicians carrying boom microphones.P More of the protesters took note of them
too, and a circle of craziness started to close in on Brad, Tuck, and Drew.
This is Chet Scarsdale of Channel Six Action News, shouted
a tall, handsome man with impossibly perfect hair.P So you describe yourself as a supporter ofP Wakemans unlicensed robotic experiment?
Shes not an experiment, shes a teenage girl!P Brad was fighting to keep his temper in
check.P Her name is Jenny, and shes my
friend!
This is Vivian Veracruz from CNS, said an intense woman in
a power suit.P This crowd seems to feel
that your friend is more trouble than shes worth, she sneered.P Isnt it true that the XJ-9 has caused
millions of dollars in damage to private and public property in Tremorton since
its activation?
Umm uh P Brad
stammered into the microphone.P You
see, the thing is
Then he noticed that Tuck was happily chatting away with the
reporter from Channel Ten.P then
Jenny got her dream chip stuck to ON, and she hallucinated that I was a goat
boy.P Ha, ha!P She was all zapping stuff with her lasers, and bashing cars and
power poles Pow!P Blam!P Oh, oh, oh, and then there was the time we
all went to Wizzly World and she freed all the robots, and they ran amok
Brad snatched his little brother away from the cameras, and
glared into his eyes with irritation.P
Tuck you are not helping.
What about you?P
The Channel Twelve reporter pushed a microphone into Drews face.P What do you have to say about the robotic
threat to the citys safety?
Drew felt like a sheep in the middle of a pack of
wolves.P Bwa er um, well, I
move into position all units report operational status
tactical analysis complete situational evaluation initiate weapons startup
awaiting execution signal obey obey obey obey obey obey obey obey obey obey
He slammed his hands to his ears, and grimaced as the
torrent of voices bombarded his mind.P
Drews knees buckled, and he felt a mild sense of vertigo for a few
seconds, until the mental blast subsided.P
This had been the worst episode yet.P
Echoes and echoes of the same menacing female voice, like a thousand
whispers in his brain.
Brad ignored the reporters and grabbed him by the
shoulder.P Drew!P You okay, man?
Not sure, he moaned.P
I think Id better see what the Doc has to say.P They managed to squeeze through the
protesters, towards Mrs. Wakemans front door.P
Drew looked over his shoulder at the seething mob, and couldnt help but
feel a sense of danger.P There
was almost a hundred people shouting anti-robot garbage and waving angry
signs.P But the feeling wasnt coming
from them.P The protestors were
intimidating, annoying but werent really dangerous.P So where is this feeling coming from?
One hundred miles above the Hawaiian Islands, the pure blue
expanse of the Pacific Ocean stretched from horizon to horizon.P Even at this altitude, islands and cloud
patterns moved beneath her at high speed, as she rocketed through space en
route to the latest emergency.P The
shining crystal-blue ocean was a sight more wonderful than most people ever got
to experience in their lifetime.P But
Jenny was oblivious to the scenery at the moment.
After the huge fight with her mother, she had actually
looked forward to flying out on the emergency mission, hoping that a few
minutes in the perfect quiet of outer space would help her clear her head.P But all of the mornings turmoil was still
boiling over inside of her.P There was
nothing to listen to but her own inner thoughts, and those were focused on
maintaining a nice healthy rage towards her mother.P All she ever does is order me around.P She just sends me out whenever she feels
like it, like I was her slave or something.P
And when I try to tell her Im tired of it, she just doesnt understand.
Jenny angled downward slightly, watching the scattered
islands of Micronesia speed by.P She
twisted her mouth into a frown, compiling an inventory of her mothers
unfairness over the past few months.
She grew frustrated, as she tried to explain things to
her mother.P But Mom, without ears, I
cant wear earrings and without earrings, Im just a a freak!P Mom just didnt understand how important
this was; all the girls at school were wearing earrings!
Her mom gasped.P
Earrings?P I designed a
state-of-the-art, aerodynamic, streamlined, crime-fighting robot!P Not some simple mannequin to hang with
googols and gimcrackery!P She folded
her arms in disgust.P Earrings!P Oh, the very notion!P As usual ask for Moms help and she just
freaks out!
Jenny started to slip into the upper layers of the
atmosphere, and saw the coast of Australia and New Zealand come into view.P She was getting hot and red-faced, but it
wasnt from the atmosphere.
She almost fell over backwards when she realized just how
hideous the new eyes were and Mom had her out walking around in public with
these things!P Normal!?!P You call this normal?P How could you do this to me?!?P They looked like a couple of periscopes
stuck in her face!
Her mother was totally perplexed.P Do what!?!P
What are you talking about?
How on Earth could she be so clueless?P Im talking about these wiggly-squiggly
bug-snakes you call eyes! she cried.P
Didnt she care that she was making her daughter look like a total
dweeb?
She glided gracefully through the stratosphere, speeding
along faster than anything else in the sky, dropping towards a line of white
clouds drifting over the metropolis of Sydney.P
Less than a minute, now.
She pounded the button on her monitor, but it still
wouldnt retract.P Her mothers face
just hung there, wearing a smug expression.P
I dont call you to chat, young lady.P
I have important things to discuss!
Mom?!?P What are
you still doing here?P Oh no the cute
new boy was walking this way!
I updated your communications software so you cant tune
me out, she gloated.P Now, about that
muck monster P She WHAT!?!P She snuck into her bedroom and reprogrammed
her in the middle of the night!?!P That
thats the most hideous invasion of privacy that she could possibly imagine!
Thats all her mother ever did.P Give her orders.P Ruin her
life.P Tell her what she couldnt
do.P Do everything in her power to make
sure that she never had any fun.
Her blue-and-white form burst through the clouds, high above
the skyscrapers of downtown Sydney.P
There were the trademark giant white sail-shapes of the Opera House,
jutting out towards the ocean.P
Thousands of boats of every shape and size were darting about, along the
waterfront and underneath the bridges.P
Everything certainly seemed peaceful enough, and a temptation flitted
through her mind to simply play hooky and spend the day down on one of the
beautiful beaches
Then she looked at towards the horizon, and saw a blue wall
roaring towards the city.P
Well, it looks like the monitors were right this time.P A huge tidal wave was speeding towards the
city, high and wide and certain to cause widespread damage, and probably
casualties among the citizenry of Sydney.P
It would strike in only a few minutes, but she didnt even have that
much time.P The wave was also a lethal
threat to the boaters, and already it was growing dangerously close to innocent
people, just trying to enjoy a peaceful day on the water.
Jenny rolled her eyes with a sigh.P She was still upset that she had to be here, but she simply
couldnt let any harm come to such a large number of people.P It was probably something that her mother
had programmed into her.P With a quick
series of clanks and whirrs, her boosters and wings retracted
into her back, and she jetted off towards the face of the monster wave on her
pigtail-jets.
One good wave deserves another, she smirked, as she
clasped her hands together.P Her arms
popped open, unfolded, and combined into a ten-foot-long cannon barrel.P Then she converted her pigtails into a pair
of giant loudspeakers.P Taking aim at a
spot about half a mile ahead of the tidal wave, she built up a surge of energy
from her internal reactors, and blasted powerful sound waves into the
cannon.P The sound intensified, focused,
and converted into a powerful ultrasonic beam.
The ocean heaved and frothed as Jenny pumped it with
ultrasound energy, until the water started to rise up into a second massive
wave moving away from Sydney, and traveling directly towards the first
wave.P She poured on the power, herding
the counter-wave away from the city to make sure it collided head-on with the
incoming threat.P In mere seconds, the
two giant walls of water would slam into each other
And with a boiling fountain of foam and spray, they
collided, canceling each other out.P The
folks back on shore had been given a scare and a show, but they were safe
now.P The oceans surface, while it was
still roiling and growling like an irritated old sea monster, started to settle
down although there were still secondary swells rippling away from the
colossal impact of the twin tsunamis.P
Those posed no threat to the city itself.
But there was a large, unfortunate pleasure boat only a
short distance away.P The skipper was
trying to turn his bow around to point into the surf, but he wasnt acting fast
enough.P In a few moments, a series of
forty-foot waves was going to bulldoze into the side of the craft.P At the very least, the boat would be flipped
over.P Most likely, it would be snapped
in two.
Jenny swooped down towards the churning ocean, converting
her arms back to normal, and streaked ahead of the rushing swell, towards the
imperiled boat.P With a slight tilt of
her body, she dove, and disappeared beneath the surface with a spectacular
splash.P The two passengers on the boat
took no notice of her, though, as they gaped in fear at the oncoming
waves.P They braced themselves for the
inevitable crushing impact then nearly fell off their feet as a powerful jolt
lifted the boat clear of the water.P The
pleasure boat rose safely into the air, and the assaulting waves rushed
harmlessly by beneath it.P One of the
passengers rushed over to the side and looked down
Strike me! he laughed heartily, pointing over the
side.P Would you have a look at this
now?P We just done got our necks saved
by this robotic Sheila ere!P Good on
ya, luv!
Jenny held the thirty-foot boat aloft without difficulty,
balanced on the twin rocket plumes from her feet.P She smiled back at the boater, although she was a bit confused I
think he just said thank you.P
Youre welcome!P But my names
Jenny, not Sheila.P I dont think
that Mom loaded me with a language disc for Australian.P Oh well, guess this mission wasnt too hard
after all
Holy Dooley!P Lets
have a look-see, grinned his partner.P
He leaned over to take a look at Jenny then his attention was caught
by something else.
The color drained from his face, and he raised a shaking
hand, pointing towards the ocean.P Crikey.
Jenny turned to look, wondering what could possibly be the
problem now the waves were gone, and the ocean was settling back to
normal.P Wait no, that wasnt
right.P A huge patch of ocean was
starting to swirl and froth like a giant whirlpool.P An audible roar rose up from the water, and the wind started to
whip up with strong gusts, making it tricky for her to balance the boat.P But she didnt want to set it back down
until the seas calmed.P The whirlpool
grew chaotic, and suddenly heaved into the air
Something breached the water, rising up from beneath the
waves.P Something immense. P
It was a vessel of some sorts, with a massive, rounded body
like a giant metal dome it probably was close to the size of a domed
stadium.P The vessels hull, painted an
ugly dull green, kept rising out of the water, higher and higher into the sky,
filling the air with an overpowering thrum from its engines.P Then the flat bottom of the vessels hull
cleared the surface, and still it rose higher into the air.P This was no submarine, nor was it a naval
vessel.P Jenny stared in astonishment as
the mammoth ship floated hundreds of feet above her head, and blotted out the
sun.P Its silhouette stood out clearly
now a large round body with a small spherical hull attached to the front, and
six long, spindly booms stretching out in every direction.P It hung amongst the clouds, looking like a
giant evil insect.
Thats thats a Cluster starship, Jenny gasped.
She set the boat back on the water as gently as possible,
but everyones eyes were focused skyward, at the colossus floating in
mid-air.P She hovered in place, and for
a few moments it seemed like nothing was happening.P Then a powerful loudspeaker crackled to life from somewhere on
the hull of the starship, piercing the air with a painfully loud test tone.P Then silence, save for the low rumbling hum
of the ships drives.P Then a smooth,
condescending voice
Well done, Jennifer.P
I must say, your feats of strength never cease to impress me.P Although, Im afraid I cannot say the same
for your stubborn choice of allegiance.P
Perhaps today is the day that I manage to persuade you to
join us in the Cluster family.
Jenny recognized the voice all too well.P The revulsion on her face was plain as
day.P Vexus.
It looked like her troubles for the day were just beginning.
Continued in Chapter
Four