Scent of a Boomer

A How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boomer Side Story

By Roachguy

Original Story by Maxwell Sinclair

Chapter 1

I'm Friggin' Awesome

The first thing I noticed was my ass was cold.

In the background I could hear computers running and occasionally beeping. 'I'm not dead?' was the first thought that passed through my head. Well, that and my ass was cold.

When I finally got the nerve up to open my eyes I was surprised that they needed no time to focus. This was especially odd since I have always worn glasses.

When I looked around the room I noticed it was empty save a computer on the back wall and one next to me that I was plugged into. I sat up and started looking around more. The computer next to me seemed to be monitoring my vitals. I was alive if I was reading it right and that's a good start.

When I tried to focus on the computer on the wall I was surprised when my eyes seemed to "zoom in" and I could read it as if I was standing in front of it. On the screen was something almost like a blue print...of a freaking robot. 'Dude' was the only thought that I could manage.

Having seen enough sci-fi and anime in my time I had a pretty good idea what had happened. I was a freaking robot. I looked closer at the image I was a... I blinked twice. "A BOOMER?!"

To say that this is every sci-fi geek's wet dream is an understatement. I went to Japan died in a earthquake and got turned into a robot. To test my theory I punched the computer next to me as hard as I could. I went slack jawed as it flew across the room and into the wall where it broke apart into hundreds of beautiful 'I'm a robot' pieces.

I thought about the implications of these turns of events for about half a second before hopping off the bed and beginning my quest for some clothes. I went to the door and tried the handle; it was unlocked. Too bad, because I would have liked to have knocked it down. 'Oh what the hell' I thought before kicking the door down. It didn't go quite as far as I thought it would but oh well, at least it went down.

Outside of the room seemed way less impressive. It seemed to be nothing more then an abandoned building.

'Cool', I thought 'I bet this means I'm all advanced and top secret' my geek-gazm was about to fill my shorts, or it would have had I been wearing any. Much to my surprise there was a set of clothes next to the door along with some boots and a freaking sweet looking gun. "This is going to be fun."

Somewhere someone is watching these events unfold on a small screen, "Oh, you have no idea..."

For nearly a week now I had wandered the barren landscape of what was once Tokyo, apparently it had gotten p'owned.

That didn't really bother me that much because now I knew I was in an anime, but what did bother me is I was an advanced super boomer that didn't come with GPS and I was lost. This in itself wouldn't have been all that bad had there been something to do, but there was nothing. Not even a puppy to kick.

On the eighth day of my walkabout (which is what I will call it, so it doesn't sound like I was completely lost) I ran into my first batch of fun; boomer testing.

They appeared to be nothing more then your average boomer with some slight modifications; mainly they seemed bigger. There where three of them.

I was shocked at how far away they where when I noticed them. It was easily a mile away. I took my time getting to where they where testing, so as not to reveal myself to them until it was time to kick there blue asses.

I was able to get within twenty yards of them before I was noticed. And even then they didn't seem too interested. I would have to do something about that.

I pulled out the gun I had found and fired in the general direction of the boomers. I was only trying to get there attention, and boy did I get it. One of the boomer's heads exploded. I laughed for a second before I stopped myself. The other two boomers charged at me.

'Crap' was my next thought as they where almost on top of me. I fired the gun again this time hitting one of them in the chest. It left a very large hole there. As I admired my handy work I was hit in the head by the other boomer. It hurt...bad.

The boomer then picked me up by the neck and pulled his arm back to punch me but his arm flew apart at the elbow right before he could take my head off. I looked over to the side and saw a large AD Police truck with several "SWAT" types pointing guns at the boomer.

I took this opportunity to kick the boomer with both legs and all my strength. This was apparently harder then I thought because the boomer's top half flew away while its remaining arm and legs stayed where they where. I managed to land quite gracefully on my ass. The boomer appeared to be dead.

I looked over to where the AD Police were and they pointed there guns at me. I gave a weak smile.

"Do you know how to get to Mega-Tokyo?" I asked trying my best to seem innocent. I saw several of the younger officers face fault slightly behind there rifles.

The senior officers seemed a little put-off by my comment and started talking over there radios. I heard them say something about illegal testing and another boomer. I decided to play dumb.

I looked at one officer it was a female (quite cute from where I was sitting) and asked, "Whats a boomer?" It got the response I wanted. Her gun fell slightly and a slightly surprised look fell over her features. "Was that robot a boomer?" I asked again. Then I scratched the back of my head "It was pretty poorly made, one kick and it fell apart." I then tilted my head "Was it yours? You guys aren't mad at me for breaking it are you?" several more of the officers started to lower their weapons.

One of the older officers, the one I thought might be in command, walked out a few steps and started talking. "Lower your weapons. We are taking this one in." He looked at me and snarled slightly, "The first sign of trouble I want it destroyed."

"Am I under arrest or something?"

"Something like that," was the only response I got.

'Oh well', I thought, 'at least I will get out of this place.'

TBC...

next time: I get paid for this?

AN: I know this was a bit short I plan on the next chapter to be much longer. This chapter was to set up what kind of character my SI was going to be. I like the way it's started and hopefully I will be able to keep up a good pace with this story. Also my other fic should be updated within the next 2 or 3 weeks by that time there should be at least one more chapter of this fic out as well. As always C&C are welcome.

Thanks goes to Maxwell Sinclair for proof reading and editing.