A.N.: I wrote this story after watching the episode "Phoebe's a clone now" so many times, and since they didn't explained how much time did Max take to finish Phoebe's clone, I tried to match the situation of what could have happened between the first scene and the title sequence. Unlike the other stories, this is not English to Spanish translation (by the way, thank you Evil Trash Queen), this is my first story (also available in Spanish). Please review if you like it.
P.D.: English is not my primary language, so if you notice something wrong, I'm really sorry, please tell me with a comment or PM so I can make the proper corrections.
"Sometimes I wish I could just clone myself and do it all!" That's what the young super hero said as she was desperately trying to make some brownies and calculations for her homework, everything while her cell phone was giving her warnings about other activities she had for the weekend. Without a doubt, this was going to be a hard day for her. But the expression he heard from his sister's lips, was exactly what gave Max the marvelous idea of trying to bring to reality what he just heard.
That morning, after her little siblings reminded a worried Phoebe that she had something else to do for the day, Max seemed to be careless to this situation, but after the apprentice villain saw his sister nervously slamming her head against the little piano she was going to use with Billy and Nora at their practice for the talent show, he strangely wanted to do something for her, but not before doing what he normally do on this cases.
"I'll save your moment of desperation forever." He said at the same time Phoebe raised her head, and immediately he pulled out his MePhone and took a picture. Typical Max. The girl immediately appeared on the phone's screen, she was seated on the couch with a confused face and her hair was messed up.
After the obvious complain she did for being annoyed that way, Max decided to start working with his new and most ambitious project to this day; cloning Phoebe Thunderman, so without making any noise, he let her alone in the living room and walked to his lair using the stairs, which he rarely used to get down there, because he always use the slide. At the living room, Phoebe stopped complaining and then continued doing her homework, but then, she was aware of what just happened.
"Great, I think I'm gonna need another calculator. Max can use yours? Max? You left, right?" A solitary Phoebe said, showing a sweet and afflicted look on her face, but she got back to her complicated homework, and now she had to manually do the calculations.
In Max's lair, he began planning his project. It doesn't mean he haven't done it yet, because he had lot of ideas due to his conversations with Dr. Colosso, in which he used to tell him about his old crimes as a villain, including some of the most interesting experiments, and one of them was cloning. So when Max got close to his friend's cage, he started to tell him about his plan.
"Hey Colosso can you remind me step by step how can clone a living being?" He said while he sat in front of his computer, ready to write everything.
"Wow, and who's the poor guy that you'll turn into your slave?" The bad bunny said.
"Well, having a slave to do my chores is not a bad idea, but I wanted to do it because... because... "
Suddenly, Max realize he doesn't really know why he started this project. Was he doing it because he wanted to probe his inventive ability? Or maybe there was another reason. Was he doing it because he was actually trying to help his sister? he didn't know it yet, but then he remembered some weeks ago, one of his old friends from Metroburg, James Kledner, was able to turn his grandmother into a zombie, and even after getting such incredible score, he was still on the waiting list at the Villains University. That helped Max to find a quick answer.
"...because I need to make a good impression at Villains University. Who knows, maybe Dark Mayhem will get impressed." He answered trying to sound enthusiastic and ready to learn.
"Well, let's do it. Take some notes, Max..." Dr. Colosso began explaining Max about the things he was going to need, such as DNA samples, a software, and the whole process he will need to follow after building the little cloning machine. The young man had made clones before back in his old city, but this time he wanted to start from the beginning.
The first thing was going to be easy, because the old villain had the idea of offering himself for the first experiment, so the only thing he needed was to take some of his DNA and that would be all, the rest will be a little difficult, but there was nothing that Max Thunderman couldn't achieve. He's a super genius after all.
"Luckily I remember all the process. But before you get the sample, I think you should build the cloning machine and make the software so you can calibrate everything with it. What do you say partner?" He explained. The teenager nodded and after a few minutes he was collecting some of the pieces he used for the laser enhancer he build to write his name on the moon with the help of Nora's heat vision, other pieces he could get from the microwave, and other unfinished projects."
"Whatever it takes, as long as I can clone Phoebe... Or it was to make a good impression at Villains University? Yeah, that's right." The young super villain thought. Sometimes Max used to get confused when he tried to do something related to his sister. And deep inside him, he never liked the way it make him feel.
Back at the living room, the poor Phoebe has decided to finish her math homework later in the day, because without a calculator she will need more time to finish it, so she spend more time with the brownies. She knew cooking wasn't her thing because whenever she tried to cook any food, if frequently ended with a bad taste or with a lot of condiments, which was something unacceptable for a perfectionist girl like her. The only relief she had in the last hour, was that she was able to continue with her math homework, and now she could spend more time with her almost impossible activity; cooking brownies.
"Well, the first time I didn't know how to do it, but after watching this tutorial of 'how to add an egg in a bow', I'm sure I'll do it, it looks easy. What can go wrong?" The girl thought, placing her phone on the couch, which had the paused video while she tried to do the same.
Phoebe took an egg and tried to smash it several times against the bowl, suddenly it got broken and yes, she was able to put it into the bowl, but the egg got mixed with the broken shell. The situation was desperating for her, she had to get another bowl, more flour and more eggs so she could repeat the steps she saw on the video. She thought maybe she missed an important detail and that was the reason of her failure. However, the teenager was so immersed in her activity, that she completely forgot she could use her powers, so when she had everything ready, she seated on the couch again, then she began concentrating her energy, and with a little move of her fingers, she raised the egg using her telekinesis to break the shell, but after keeping the egg levitating for a few seconds, she applied too much force and the egg literally exploded all over her face.
"Damn!" The future hero yelled, while she got up to get a towel. She cleaned herself and kept trying.
At the lair, Max was hardly working with his project. It took him more than an hour but thanks to his friend's help, he could put together all the pieces he collected for the cloning machine, which was basically made with two old modified PC speakers with some cables on it, electronic pieces and some lights too. Everything was connected to his super computer using a USB cable. Right now he's working with the software he was going to use to follow the whole process. With this software, he was going set every detail for the clone too, according with the DNA sample.
"I'm almost done with the software, I'm only running some tests before I can connect it with the machine. I hope it doesn't break when we finally run it" He said a little worried because he was still writing some hard codes at his computer.
"Ouch! Here Max, I think that's enough." An arching Dr. Colosso exclaimed, after taking some of his fur, he then placed it near his cage.
"Thanks buddy, we're gonna start in a minute." Max said taking his sight to his friend quickly, and then he got back to his work.
Max made the last adjustments to the software, and after two more tests, he considered the software was ready. It's time to make a test.
"Everything is ready Colosso, now let's analyze the sample." He said after he got up, and took the bunny's fur.
He placed it on the biometric scanner and a flashing red light covered it, soon after, a digitized picture of the furry rabbit appeared on the computer screen, then all the future clone's characteristics were displayed. Max made some other adjustments to his software and he was able to show a better 3D model of his test subject, apparently it was perfect.
"Check it out Colosso, that's how your clone is gonna look like." He said while he turned the screen so his friend could see the image.
"It looks pretty good Max, and what can I say? my fur is perfect in any way. Hehehe. Can't say the same about you. Hehehe." Dr. Colosso said, after trying to annoy his partner.
"Villains don't laugh Colosso." The boy replied with a frustrated face. "Ok the sample is ready, now let's get the machine prepared." He said after he got up and raising his old PC speakers from the floor. After taking those parts, he placed them on each side of the table, he turned on the switch in the machine and quickly some blue leds were lighting.
The machine was connected to his computer, so he only needed to calibrate some additional options at the software, and finally he could be able to clone Dr. Colosso.
"Watch out Max, if you don't make a good configuration for the DNA, the clone may come up with two butts." Dr. Colosso said.
"Now I know why I had to do a lot of cleaning when I tried to clone my hamster back in Metroburg. But don't worry, it's ready. Now, let's cloning!" The exited teenager said, getting ready for the whole process.
"Wait Max, before you begin... there was something I could never do when I learned cloning, could you take a piece of my cape, just to know if the machine can clone something inorganic?" The bunny asked.
"Sure, let's see..." He said while he got near the bunny to take a sample.
He then took a little thread from his purple cape's friend, and he pulled it out. Once he had it on his hand, he got back to his desk. He scanned the sample with the computer and a 3D model of his super villain friend's cape appeared instantly above the rabbit model shown on the screen.
"Ok, seems like it's working." Max said, unable to take out his eyes of the screen, because he was checking everything.
"Well partner, let's cloning!" Dr. Colosso exclaimed, who suddenly appeared behind Max and rushed for pressing the "Enter" key with his foot, causing the cloning process to begin.
"Colosso! I wanted to press the key!" Said an angry Max after watching how his friend took advantage.
"You snooze, you lose." He answered making funny of it.
After a few seconds, some blue lasers came out from both machine parts and they were getting mixed just in the middle of the table, and as they were moving and mixing at a high speeds, they were gradually building the bunny's clone. It was going to be a long process, but even with all that, after 10 minutes the machine had already made almost the half of the rabbit. Both partners were amazed watching how their invention was working perfectly, even the cape was coming out just like the original, even if it was made with inorganic material.
Outside of that place, Phoebe kept trying to cook the brownies, and even if things didn't end up that good, the teenager wasn't gonna give up. That was one of the things Phoebe always tried to avoid at any cost. But after 12 wasted eggs, two accidentally dropped bowls, and a tray full of burned brownies, she was stopping trusting herself, but she kept trying, as long as she could take those desserts at the bake sale with her friend Cherry, only that way they will save the narwhals.
"I don't get it, I followed all of the tutorial's directions, how this youtube girl doesn't fail?" Phoebe thought, feeling embarrassed because she couldn't bake a single tray of those delicious desserts yet. When she first saw the video, it looked too easy for her, but when she was actually mixing all the ingredients, she realized that things are not always as they are shown on the tutorials.
"I hope I don't get this all burned." A worried Phoebe said, while she was placing another tray inside the oven, hoping this time she will have success with the recipe.
After that, she just had to wait about 30 or 40 minutes while the brownies were cooked. And without anything else to do at the moment, she continued with her hard math homework, but not before setting an alarm on her cell phone, that way she will be warned 5 minutes early, and she will be able to take the tray out. She didn't want to make the same mistake twice in a day.
Back at the lair, the cloning machine was done with the composition process, and now there were two identical rabbits inside Dr. Colosso's cage. Without a doubt, Max's invention was a success.
"Wow, it's like if I'm watching double." The teenager said, carefully watching at the bunny's clone.
"Yeah, everything is fine, especially because you could handle the double butt." Dr. Colosso Said.
"And, do you think it can be used with humans now?" Max asked.
"Theoretically speaking, yes, maybe it will need more electricity but, it doesn't matter, Hank pays the bills." Dr. Colosso replied, making funny of it, while the teenager was laughing with him.
"Ok then, let's do something big." Max said as he got up slowly.
"What do you have in mind partner?" The curious evil bunny asked.
"You'll see." Max responded with an evil smirk on his face.
After that, Max got outside of his lair with the intention of finding the things he will need to create his sister's clone. He passed by the living room, and he saw she was still dealing with her homework, but he didn't want to bother her, so he got up to the second floor. As he walked through the hallway, he stopped for a moment, "why I didn't annoy her?" he thought, he love to scare her in situations like this, why this time was different? Max couldn't explain it. Finally he went to Phoebe's bedroom as he began his search. He was looking for something he could use as DNA. And after watching everywhere, he finally found what he was looking for, it was placed on her vanity table. Max grabbed his sister's pin brush and took a large wavy hair form it.
When he was holding that hair in his fingers, Max remembered some time ago he was curious about how the genetic twins works, because after seeing a picture of his sister on her bedside table, he realized his hair was practically the same color as hers, and the fact they share some facial features, or how their eyes were very similar, sometimes it make him feel awkward, especially when he could almost see his own reflection on his twin. Max would never tell anyone, but frequently, when he was close to his sister, he could sense a soft scent from her hair, he could barely feel it like a perfume, and at the moment, for just a second he thought he was feeling that scent again. Apple shampoo maybe. He thought it was just his imagination.
Suddenly he reacted and remembered the place he was in, so grabbing the hair with his fingers, Max took a jacket that was placed on a chair, and quickly got out from the place so he could find his last sample. When he reached the stairs he saw his sister at the couch, writing with a lot concentration, so without making any noise he walked down the stairs, and from there he carefully tried to use his telekinesis to take a piece of her clothes, without a doubt, the jacket would not be enough for the clone. But it was very difficult for him, because he was not used to move such small things like threads, and in his attempt, he could only tickle on Phoebe's leg when he moved the border of her pants, so he gave up and decided to get back to his lair, he will get the rest of the clothes later. He walked down the stairs again.
When he got down there Max sat at his computer, and took a good position with it, so he could prevent a new trick of his bunny, then he scanned Phoebe's hair, and then he saw a 3D model appearing on the screen, which he hide quickly with his mouse, after Dr. Colosso asked what he was doing, forgetting the fact that the old villain was inside of his cage, some foots away from him, along with his new and identical friend. But deep inside him, Max knew he was hiding the 3D model because it was shown just like the rabbit appeared before the cape was scanned, without any clothes.
"Are you gonna tell me who are you cloning? Dr. Colosso asked, cause he was thinking about it since Max got out of the lair."
"Sure, I'm cloning Phoebe. That's why I brought this jacket." Max replied, holding the jacket on the air.
"Why are you cloning her?" A curious bunny asked.
"Well, truth is, it was her idea, she practically told me she wanted to be cloned, besides, when she finds out she will be mad." Max stated with a big smile.
"Yeah! And I'm not gonna miss that." Dr. Colosso said.
"Me neither." His clone added.
"Hey, and what about you and your twin?" Max asked, anxious to know the results of his work.
"Well we had a very productive villains conversation. It seems like he has my whole memory, but for now we should watch he doesn't get hurt, or he could become a dumb, other than that I think he's a perfect clone, well at least I haven't notice anything weird, except his fur seems flossier than mine." The jealous bunny stated.
Yeah well... let's rock this." The teenagers said, while he got up and prepared the place where he was going to clone his sister.
He thought he should do it on the same table, but it was too small for a person, so he began to move everything to his bed, and then he carefully put both parts of the machine, one on each side of the bed, everything was ready to start the clonation. Then, he returned to his computer. He set every detail very carefully, trying to distract himself from the window where his sister's model was showed, which he needed to see in order to configure all of the DNA features, but deep inside him, he knew he couldn't help but see her model several times.
Max was so distracted that he completely forgot about the clothes, and if it was very uncomfortable for him watching Phoebe that way, he couldn't even imagine the effect on himself if he could see her on his bed like that. So he asked an advice from Dr. Colosso.
"Colosso I couldn't get pieces of her clothes, what should I do?" He asked, very worried.
"And how did you get her hair?" He curiously asked.
"I sneaked into her bedroom and took it from her pin brush." The boy answered, trying to explain himself.
"You sneaked into her bedroom and you didn't take other clothes than one single jacket?" An incredulous Dr. Colosso asked.
"What do you mean? Should I just take her underwear? What if someone caught me with that thing in my hands?" He nervously answered.
"That could be very funny indeed, but I would have missed it. Hehehe." His friend's clone said while he was laughing, making Dr. Colosso unable to hold his laugh.
"Colosso!" A furious Max yelled, trying to get an answer quickly.
"Okay, okay. In that case, maybe a picture can do the trick." A serious rabbit replied.
Max took out his MePhone and found the picture he took from his sister some hours ago, that picture where she was so worried about her infinite activities, and when Max saw her, he couldn't prevent himself from thinking, "What a cute girl..." but when he heard himself inside of his mind, it didn't sound like he was joking about it. Does he really think his sister's a cute girl? Suddenly his mind got back some weeks ago, when he went to the school dance and he saw her sister was wearing a purple dress, he thought something like that, she looked really pretty back then. But that night he tried to ignore those weird thoughts and help her with her date.
This time he had to do the same thing, leave his ideas behind and send the picture to his computer using his cell phone's Bluetooth. But in order to process the picture with the cloning software, Max had to reprogram a part of his software, so he began typing a lot of codes very quickly, he wanted to end reprogramming the faster he could. Once he had everything ready, he loaded the picture's information, and used the new 3D models to create the clothes for his sister's clone; a blue tank top, a pair of blue leggings, two grey shoes etc. And then, he grabbed those virtual clothes to his twin model, because he was feeling a little embarrassed, every time he had to see his sister on the screen, using any kind of clothes.
Please don't be so rude with my english grammar, I'd like to know my mistakes in order to set them right for future stories.
As for this story, chaper 2 is on it's way.