Chapter One: POW!
From a distance, the town of Tremorton seemed peaceful. The birds were chirping, the sky was clear, and a large explosion resonated through the streets.
Wait... what?
In the center of town, almost everything was destroyed. entire buildings ground into powder, craters and trenches proliferating the streets, an antique car driven through the roof of a Dairy Queen (TM) like a railroad spike, and the occasional scorch mark of a stray laser. All seemed quiet until out of the sky plummeted a blue colored streak, leaving yet another twelve-foot hole in the asphalt on collision.
The smoke cleared, revealing the blur to be Jenny "XJ9" Wakeman, gritting her teeth from the "pain" of the crash. Damage sensors going haywire assessing the damage, she was clearly losing this battle.
out of the sky floated a gray humanoid robot with black joint highlights, arms crossed, shaking his head in boardum. on his back, a large claymore rested in a simple scabbard.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk," he clicked as he approached the ground, clearly un amused."what a shame. I could have sworn you offered more of a challenge. I mean, I haven't even drawn my blade yet!" he let out a sigh as he clutched the bridge of his nose. "Oh well. i guess it can't be helped," he murmured, now landing at Jenny's feet.
'Damn! I can't move,' she thought angrily, fighting emergency could feel was losing oil and battery acid internally and her coolant pressure rising. already, her optics were beginning to lose focus and her motors starting to overheat.'I need to act fast, or I'm done for...'
at that moment, the other automaton began to reach for his sword, which was almost as tall as him.
"sorry," he droned, his voice suddenly... less human." but this has gotten boring." he opened his eyes, revealing them to be an eerie yellow color, no pupil.
as he drew his blade, and the blade relieced an evil screech as it grinded against the scabbard, Jenny realized that there was more to the sound than scraping.
'a high frequency vibration,' she realized. 'at the perfect frequency to rip apart the molecular bonds of... titanium-steel alloy.' Jenny squeezed her eyes shut, preparing to "feel" the sharp bite of the massive shard of steel in his hands.
with sword poised to remove Jenny's head, the male robot cocked his head slightly, his mouth a twisted, demonic grin."Time to go to sleep," he sounded in a high, almost sing-song voice.
smile gone, he lifted the gargantuan blade higher for momentum, and in that instant, Jenny's eyes snapped open and relieved beams of plasma, burning a hole through his head and creating a 'gy-wah' sound from the release of the energy.
with his motory chip nothing but burnt plastic and melted copper, the male humanoids hands relieced the Handel of his claymore, which in turn drove itself through Jenny's abdomen, causing her to cough out oil as the blades owner crumpled into a pile in front of her.
"well," he gasped, quickly losing power. "at l-least I'll take you with me..." and with that, his head lolled to the side and his eyes ceased to illuminate, replaced with a creepy grin and two black orbs, as dark and empty as space itself.
as Jenny lay there, pinned to the crater like a butterfly in a glass case, feeling her life drain out slowly through the cracks in the pavement, she looked up and noticed movement on the horizon. when she zoomed in to investigate, she saw it was Skyway Patrol!
"about damn time!" she groaned in spite and relief.
then, from the massive airship came a bright beam of blue light, from which appeared Brad, Sheldon, and a handful of troops, all of which ran straight to Jenny.
"took ya long enough" she said through a cough.
"sorry, Jen," responded brad. "but the evacuation took longer than expected."
"try not to talk, Jenny," Sheldon ordered, trying to asses the damage.'not good, really not good!'
"brad..." Jenny shuddered out before being hit with a wave of damage reports, translated into "pain".
'shit, I'm losing her!' Sheldon thought, panicking.
" I'm right here," Brad said, grasping Jenny's hand.
"I-I feel... cold," she whimpered, a tear running down her cheek.
"DAMMIT!" Sheldon screamed, standing up and walking away.
"I'm right here, I won't leave you!" brad managed, holding back tears himself. "I won't let you go! Jenny? Jenny?!"
power too low to power her audio receptors, she turned her gaze to the sky, and as her eyes began to close she realized...
'I'm going to die...'