A.I. Rising: Genesis Chapter 1

(This is a prologue to another story I'm writing, A.I Rising: Sentient World. It takes place in a Knight Rider AUverse before the events of KR2008) She was a child prodigy. A young scientist in the making. The proof is in R.E.X: The Robotic Electron Xenomorph. He's her friend and companion. But being a smart girl with a high I.Q has it's disadvantages. Especially when strange People want to use her intelligence to create machines for war. (Not good with Summaries)

Author's Note: Well my brain is on the fritz. I have writer's block on my other stories so I decided to write this one. Don't worry I'll update on the other's soon, once I figure out what to do with them. Until then, enjoy this Knight Rider AU. Takes place in the years 1999-2008

Disclaimer: *le sigh* I own nothing except my OC's in this story. Can I have my cookie now? *Plot Bunnie gives a cookie*

Year: 1999. Date: September 15th

"Nikita! Get up sweetie, it's almost time for school!" The girl in bed groaned, she was tired and didn't want to wake up yet. But her mother was persistent. She walked upstairs and entered her daughter's room. "Nikita you're going to be late on your first day. Did you stay up all night again?" Groaning again, the girl sat up and yawned, rubbing her tired eyes. "I went to bed at two AM..." "And what were you doing up so late?" "Working...on my project." The mother sighed and shook her head. She then proceeded to yank the covers off of her and give her a good morning kiss. "Well next time save the work for later so you can get some sleep. Now chop chop! It's already 7:00." Nikita yawned again and got out of bed. All she wanted to do was sleep but she couldn't now. Her mother got her into one of the best schools in Los Angeles so at least she could try to not be late on her first day. But she could care less about school. She was already smart enough. 7 years ago her family found out she had a I.Q of 300, the highest I.Q ever to have been recorded. Since then she's been in a special institution called The Mensa Academy that was created to hone her unusually high intelligence. She's won countless awards for various things that interested her. One of them being in Computer engineering. She got dressed and looked at the time. It was only 7:09 and her school doesn't start until 8:30, so Nikita had some time to kill and grabbed her laptop, turning it on. Nikita in a way was happy she was in a public school setting. She got sick of how her old school worked. Too damn strict for her own good. Not to mention mean too. They looked down on anyone who's I.Q was lower than 130. She made some friends over there, although they were all fake in their attitudes. The only true friend she had was a girl named Alexis Barnes. She was just as smart as her and was the Mensa Troublemaker, as she manly pulled sophisticated pranks on her classmates. She sighed remembering how life changed for her family that day. They lived in a poorish place and were trying to make ends meet. When the academy found out about her, they wanted her to attend and gave her family a tour of their institution. Mensa was a secretive place. People did know about it yes but no one but people of high intelligence were allowed in. Children ages 5 to 19 with high I.Q's attended. The Academy offered her family a huge amount of money if she attended. Of course she took the offer. Her family needed the money so why not? Over the years she studied in various topics that they provided her. She outdid her classmates in various subjects and topics, which got her evil looks. She didn't care though. Nikita's parents loved her and were proud of all her accomplishments. The grant the academy gave her was enough for them to move out of their old neighborhood and into a better one. She was glad of that at least. She got out of her thoughts and decided to work on a program she was developing. Once it was completed it'll be beneficial to all mankind. At least she thought so. "Man... I hope this works... Once he's done I can be able to make my dream come true." The computer screen flashed in different colors like it was communicating in a way. Nikita giggled and continued typing in more codes. "Seems like you're already 'active'. Don't worry you'll be in your body soon". After working on her program for a while she checked the time. It was 7:56. She saved her work and turned off her laptop. She noticed her long black hair wasn't brushed, not feeling like brushing it, she pulled it back into a ponytail and put a few purple hairclips in. She checked herself in her mirror. "Eh, looks alright." Heading downstairs, she saw breakfast already made. Not feeling that hungry, she grabbed an apple and saw her mom putting on her earrings. "Nikita I made your favorite breakfast. You're not hungry?"
"No. Not that much."
"You have new school jitters. Haha! No wonder you're not hungry."
The girl sighed. "No mom. That's not it. I'm just not that hungry is all. Dad leave early for work?"
"Yup. Said something about being to work early so he can finish his new car concept or something. You sure you don't want breakfast hun?"
Nikita nodded. "Yeah. I'll eat it later."
"Alright then. Ready to go?"
She nodded and headed out to her mom's car and got in. Her mom came in a few minutes later and turned on her car and drove off. "Nikita you excited about going to a public school? I understand that this is a big change for you." Nikita shrugged and looked out the car window. "Eh. I am somewhat. But I'm glad I'm not in that other school anymore." Her mother looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Why's that sweetie?" "Because I don't have to pretend I'm someone else anymore. I can be me. Everyone at that academy was either mean, snobbish, or just plain fake." She yawned again as her mother sighed, shaking her head. "Now you don't mean that. You made a few friends there. Like that Alexis girl. I like her." She looked at her mother, then at the road they were on. "She's the only person I can truly say is my friend."
"See? And I bet you will make more new friends at your new school too. Just don't make any of them feel jealous about how smart you are. " Her mom laughed and Nikita chuckled a little. "You know dear... You never told me why you wanted to go to Crimson Middle School." "Hm? Oh. Alexis told me to go there. She said it was a fun school plus we'd get extra credits so I thought 'what the heck?' Besides It'll be better than to be bored with nothing to do around the house." Her mother nodded and smiled. Nikita didn't notice it, but her mom could read her like a book. Her daughter rarely expressed emotions but she could tell Nikita was excited to be going to a quote-unquote 'real' school. They drove up to the front gates of Crimson Middle School as she was getting ready to leave when her mom stopped her. "Hold on dear."
"What?" She turned around to be greeted with a kiss on the forehead.
"Have a fun day at school Nikita! Try not to get in trouble now." She smiled and left the car and walked through the front gates. Her mother was a little nervous. After being in private academy full of smart advanced people for years how is her daughter going to handle being in Public school? Well, not one to dwell on negative thoughts, she drove off to work.

Nikita walked around for a bit. The time was 8:15. School wouldn't start for a few more minutes so she looked around. This was different from when she was at Mensa Academy. The students were happy and carefree. They weren't wearing any uniforms either. Not only that she saw some of them pass by her and wave hello to her. (Hm. This is different. At least I'm around normal people now...) She felt someone tap her shoulder and she turned around, only to be greeted by a grinning girl. "Hey Nikki! How's my extra-smarty friend doing?" Nikita chuckled and hugged her. Her friend Alexis Barnes was a student at Mensa Academy. And the only friend Nikita made over there. She didn't look it, but she was just as a gifted genius as her, only her I.Q is 290, ten points less than Nikita's. She was more of a tomboy than anything and always got in trouble at her last school. Alexis was the only friend Nikita trusted and cared for. "I'm good Alexis. Nice to see you at this school." "Yeah. I can tell this school is better then Mensa. Jeez, I'm so glad to be out of there." "I hear you." The girls walked to their homeroom class and looked around at the other students at their new school. "Hey Nikki? Are you finished with your secret project yet?" She looked at her and shook her head. "I'm almost done. I can tell he wants to be in his new body." "Wait 'he'? It's a he?" "Yes. And I thought of a name for him too. He'll be called R.E.X."

"Okay. Does it stand for something?" She asked as they stood by their classroom door.
"Robotic Electron Xenomorph." Said Nikita. Alexis laughed at the name. "Xenomorph? What is it, a Alien or something?" The other girl smirked. "Well, his robotic body is Alien-like. I finished it weeks ago." "Really? Oh man I can't wait to see it! Hey, other than REX, what about that other secret programme?"

"What programme?"

Alexis stared at her. "You know. That Pris-" Nikita quickly shushed her and looked around, noticing no one was looking at them she whispered harshly. "Quiet dum-dum! Look, That's already done. I gave part of that programme to REX and I noticed he's been a lot active." Her friend blinked and nodded her head. "So... Do you think it'll work? Your programme I mean." Nikita looked at some of the students chatting away like they don't have a care in the world. She frowned a little. "It will work Alexis. I want to live in a world where war is a thing of the past." She looked at her. "The machines being used by the military take countless lives every minute. With REX's help and the secret programme It'll work. I know it will." Alexis smiled and wrapped her arm around Nikita's shoulder. "And I can help too right? I can program REX's personality and stuff." "Hehe, sure you can. Just don't turn him into a troublemaker." She laughed. "Don't worry, I won't. Oh, I guess that's our teacher." Both girls looked at a man dressed in a brown suit talking to another teacher. Alexis sighed and leaned her head on Nikita's. "Why did we agree to go to school again?" "So we can get our extra credits and have a normal life." "Oh." The bell rang, signaling the start of the new school year. The teacher walked to the door and opened it for his class to enter. The girls sat in the back of the class near some books. The class chattered away as the teacher wrote his name on the marker board. "Alright settle down now. I'm Mr. Matthew and I'll be your homeroom teacher for this year. I only have three rules for this class: Always be respectful. Be here on time. And most important, be yourself."

A boy sitting to the far right suddenly let out a loud fart and laughed. The class either laughed or was disgusted. Mr. Matthew stared at him. "Really Andrew?" "Hey you said to be myself! So I did!" Nikita shook her head. "Ugh, how nasty." Alexis thought otherwise. "It's funny as hell!" Then one boy in class took off his shoes and reclined his chair, sitting his feet on the desk. "Now I'm relaxed. Someone get me a beer!" At this point everyone in class was laughing, even the teacher. Nikita chuckled. This was going to be a long day.

...

Later on in the day, Nikita and Alexis were eating their lunch when they saw a boy walk up to them. "Um... excuse me. Is it okay if I sit here with you?" Nikita looked at him and noticed he looked a little nervous. "Why and what's your reason for wanting to sit with us?" The boy stuttered a little. "U-uhh... I'm new here so umm..." Alexis moved over and patted the seat. "Of course you can sit here with us! Don't mind my friend she's just mean by nature." "Oh ha ha." Nikita rolled her eyes as the boy sat next to Alexis. "Um, thank you. I-I'm Maverick Deunan. Nice to meet you." Alexis smiled. "I'm Alexis Barnes. And this is my grumpy cat friend Nikita Avalon." Nikita waved at him. "Listen I'm not mean by nature, I'm just wary of random boys who suddenly walk up and ask to sit next to me is all." Maverick smiled sheepishly. "Oh, I understand. Hey um... Sorry I'm a bit shy."
"Oh don't be shy Ricki. You can sit with us every day if ya want." He blinked. "Um, 'Ricki?'"
"She always gives nicknames to people she likes." Said Nikita. "You don't mind do ya?" Asked Alexis. Maverick smiled and shook his head. "No I don't mind it." He started to eat his lunch when Nikita noticed a army emblem hanging from his backpack. "You come from a Military Family?" She pointed to his emblem and he nodded. "Yeah. Not easy being the son of the head of Military Personnel. I just moved here too from Florida." Alexis looked at his emblem and recognized the symbol on it. "That's the Goddess of war Athena. Damn you come from a hardcore branch of the Military huh?"
He chuckled. "You could say that. My Dad is the leader of that branch." She grinned. "Hey, any secret things going on that they're doing?" "Alexis don't ask him that. He probably doesn't even know anything." "What? I'm just asking Nikki."

"Actually there is something my Dad is working on." Maverick opened his bag and pulled out his green laptop. He turned it on and began typing something in it. Nikita moved to sit next to him as Alexis stared in awe. "Wow you're good with computers mang." "Heh, thanks. I'm not that good though. Oh here it is. See look." He showed them a picture of a experimental Jet plane. "This is called the XLR8. Like accelerate. It's supposed to be the fastest jet plane ever to be created." Alexis was wide-eyed as she looked on the computer screen. "Whoa... Imagine what that thing could do!" He laughed. "Yea. I saw it in action. It goes really fast. I'm not even supposed to show you two this." Nikita stared at him. "Then why are you showing us this?" Maverick looked at the two girls and smiled. "Well... I'll admit it. I was walking down the hallway to my class when I overheard you two talking about robots. I wanted to just show you two this because I want to build my own robot. Sorry I was eavesdropping on you." Nikita immediately got defensive and spoke to him in a serious tone. "What did you hear?" "Um... Something about a Robot named REX. B-but that's all I heard! Really!" Alexis put her hand on his shoulder and smiled. "Hey Nikki. He's telling us the truth. No need to be mean. Hey Ricki, you're right. We are making a robot. Well, I'm just starting to help. Nikki did all the work."

"Alexis!" Nikita sighed and rubbed her temples. "Damn I wanted to keep my project a secret from others." The Blond-haired girl stood up and grabbed her friends arm, pulling her away so she can whisper to her. A very confused Maverick tilted his head, wondering what they were talking about. "Listen Nikki, I saw something in those schematics about that plane. There's a part in the cockpit where a computer sits. They're building an A.I. I don't know if this true or not. Ricki doesn't seem to realize it."

"How can you be so sure? For all we know we're the only one's that have an A.I."

"I didn't get a good look okay? It might or might not be. But this might be your chance. You said you wanted to change how the military works. You can use that programme to help save lives and end all wars. So?"

Nikita thought about it for a minute but shook her head. "No. If anyone finds out about REX or the programme I designed to make him come to life, It'll just be bad. I don't even want some Military kid finding out." Alexis raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean bad? Did you do something to PRISM?" Nikita smirked. "You'll see what I did soon. But in the meantime I don't trust Maverick."

"Why? He's a nice kid."

"That's the thing, he's a little too nice. Why all of the sudden he decided to show us Top Secret schematics of a jet plane? 'Because I want to build a robot'. I don't buy that. Listen, all he's going to know is that REX is just a little project we're working on. He doesn't need to know about PRISM."

Alexis sighed. She had a point there. "Alright Nikki. But when schools over you're telling me what you did to that programme."

"Oh of course my friend. You'll be surprised at what I did." She chuckled as they walked back to where Maverick was sitting. They saw that he was frowning at his computer. "What's wrong Maverick?" He looked up and shook his head. "Oh um... I noticed something off about this plane. See this?" He pointed to the cockpit of the plane where something was occupying it. "What is that? It looks weird." Nikita looked on his computer and saw that Alexis was right, they ARE building a A.I. She wasn't sure if she should tell him that or not. But Alexis beat her to it. "I knew it! That's a A.I.!" He looked at her in confusion. "A.I? You mean Artificial Intelligence?" "Yeah. Which means it'll fly itself once it's done." Maverick looked at the screen again and zoomed in on the cockpit. "I don't know... The technology for a A.I doesn't even exist yet. I doubt it." (I beg to differ) Nikita was going to ask something but saw some kids walking to them. She quickly shut his laptop and stared at them. They didn't notice them and kept walking. Alexis and Maverick looked at her like she was crazy. "Um... Why did you suddenly shut my laptop?" She turned to look at him. "Sorry. I didn't want them to see and start asking questions. Call me paranoid." Her friend laughed and the boy chuckled. "I've would've done the same thing. No biggie." The bell rang signaling the start of their next class. The group threw away their trash and began to go to their class. "Hey Ricki? What class you have?" Alexis asked. "I have science next. You?"

"Oh wow we have that next! Looks like we have a new smarty friend Nikki!" She wrapped her arms around Nikita and Maverick's head and giggled. He smiled and she chuckled. "I guess we do."

"So I'm your friend now?" He asked.

"Yeah. You're alright Maverick."

They walked on to their next class chatting about random stuff.

...

It was the end of the day when the trio walked home together. They were laughing about a certain incident that happened in their last class. Someone mixed two chemicals together and caused an explosion. Everyone was alright except for the kid who mixed the chemicals together. His eyebrows and some of his hair was burned off and it made him look like a hillbilly. "He looked like one of the three Stooges! What an Idiot!" Alexis was laughing so hard tears were forming in her eyes. Nikita and Maverick were laughing along with her. "I feel sorry for him. But he'll be alright." Said Nikita. "I'm glad I sat far away from that dummy. Everyone knows you're not supposed to mix Sulfuric Acid with hydrogen peroxide! It's vice versa!" Maverick was laughing and holding his sides. Everyone enjoyed their day and was happy to get out of that class. Nikita yawned and stretched her arms, feeling tired. "Hey Maverick? Where do you live at?"

"I live at Dawson Ave. Not that far from here."

"That's a block away from me!" Said Alexis. "We should all go at Nikita's for a sugar party! I'm craving cookies."

"Why pick my place?"

"Because we have a new friend and I'm hungry."

Nikita laughed, saying she was a sugarholic. "Eh, fine then. I need to finish my work anyway. You coming Maverick?"

"Oh um... You sure I can come with ya?" He asked. He felt a little nervous. He's never been to a girl's house before. Alexis grabbed his hand and started swinging it. "What's the matter? Never been to a girl's place before? Don't worry we won't kidnap ya. Haha!"
"He he, okay then. Sure. Oh Nikita? If it's alright, can I see the robot you're making?"
Nikita looked at him and shrugged. "I don't see why not? But you better not tell anybody about it. It's a secret." Maverick nodded. "I promise. What kind of robot is it anyway?"

"You'll see soon. Have patience."

"What's it like? The robot I mean." He asked.

Nikita chuckled. "Let's just say it's better than your Military Jet."

"Awesome... Hey um, I'm happy you trust me enough to see your project Nikita. Thank you." Maverick smiled and Nikita shrugged. "Eh, whatever. You like the same things we do so yeah. But Like I said, you better not say anything. I don't want any attention and trouble." "Okay, I promise I won't say a thing. Scout's Honor." He grinned and the two girls smiled as they kept walking to Nikita's house, talking about random things.

A few hours later they were all in Nikita's room. Alexis was sitting on the bed, Maverick was sitting on a giant beanbag, and Nikita was sitting at her desk working on her project. Next to her was a robot in the shape of a Lizard. It had black and white stripes on its body, a long neck and tail, arms and legs like a Monitor Lizard, and somewhat of a oval body. It also had the head of a dragon with two long antennas sticking out the sides. It also had a pair of wings with small turbines attached. The Lizard-like robot was the size of a adult Kimono Dragon. One unique quality of it was that it can curl up into a ball and fly. Nikita sighed and cracked her neck. The body was finished but the A.I itself wasn't ready to be transferred. "Ugh, Hey Alexis? How's he doing?"

"Real good! I've programmed his personality and he's just excited to be in his body. I'm working out some kinks in his programming right now." Alexis was working on her laptop she brought from home. Her computer changed different colors as the REX program seemed to 'talk' to her. She giggled and continued working on him.

"Man... I still can't believe you actually created an A.I. Nikita you're amazing!" Maverick was amazed by how much she and Alexis have done. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No, we got most of it. Thanks."

"But there must be something I can do to help! Does REX come with any weapons?"

"He does. I'm done working on his body so... I guess you can make sure his weapon system is in working order. Mind doing that for me?"

Maverick nodded and asked what he had to do. Nikita gave him the job of installing some defensive weapons on the body; she gave him the parts he needed to start. He got to work and installed a laser pack in both the eye scanners, a Taser charge in the teeth so when it bites on something it'll deliver 5,000 volts of electricity, and the ability to hack into any computer system. By the time they were done it was already nighttime.

"I'm done with his weapon systems! This is gonna be exciting, I can't wait to see it active!" Said Maverick.
"It should be fully operational now." Said Nikita. "Is he ready yet Alexis?"
Alexis grinned and showed them her computer, various colors and text was on the screen. "I'm done! He's ready to be transferred!"

Nikita grabbed Alexis's laptop and connected it to hers. She also pulled out a USB drive and connected it to her computer. Maverick watched as the two computers synced up and started glowing in different colors. "Hey Nikita? What's that you just plugged in?" She didn't answer him and kept working. He asked again and she looked at him. "Something to give him a 'soul'. You don't need to know what it is." Oh… um, sorry for asking…" He looked at the computers as something flew past him. Alexis threw a small plush doll at the back of Nikita's head, making her turn around and giving her a irritated look. "What the heck girl?!" Alexis frowned and threw another plush doll at her, which she dodged easily. "Hey no need to keep secrets anymore. Rikki's one of us now right? A smarty friend. So just tell him." The other girl sighed and looked at Maverick, who was getting confused as to what they were talking about. "Alright Maverick. I'll tell you what this is IF you promise to keep this one a secret. Got it?" He nodded and looked at her and Alexis, who was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. "Okay… I promise. So what is it? You said it'll give REX a soul."
"And it will. A month ago I created a program/virus called PRISM. It's how a virus infects humans except its primary function is to give various vehicles a 'soul' if you will. It'll be like a flowing battery for the 'heart' and 'brain' of the vehicle in question. Once that happens they'll automaticily become an A.I." Maverick was speechless. He couldn't believe that something like that existed. And Nikita created it no less. She continued explaining how PRISM works to him. "And if you're wondering why it's also called a virus it's because it partly is. This program is neutral and can be used to enhance computers or destroy them. I won't get into details about it, but let's just say it can wreak havoc on the pentegon's computers if used in the right way."

Maverick didn't say anything for a few minutes and Alexis giggled. Then he jumped up in Nikita's face, grinning like a crazy man. Nikita backed away a little as he started laughing. "AMAZING! Nikita you're a genius! I'd NEVER thought to do that! This is so awesome!"
"Um, yeah it is... you mi-" She was interrupted when he hugged her and laughed some more. "Of course it is! Nikita you're just amazing! How did you come up with everything? Did you and Alexis go to some school for smart people? Come on I need to know!" Maverick was acting like a little kid in a toy store. Alexis was rolling on the bed laughing as Nikita gently pushed him away. "Jeez, calm down. You're acting like a kid."
"Hehe, sorry. It's just so mindblowing." He chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head. Alexis then hit the bed, making both of them look at her. She was nibbling on a cookie and gave them one. "Well Rikki, to answer your questions, yes. We did go to a smart school. And second, I helped with some stuff on R.E.X. Nikki did most of the work." "Ohh. I'm curious though. What school did you two go to that caters to smart people only?"

"That would be Mensa Academy." Said Nikita.

"I've heard of them! My dad tried to enroll me but they wouldn't take me... My I.Q is only 129." He sighed. "Just one point lower than what I needed to enter."

"That's a good thing. Mensa isn't all jolly and fun. Believe me." Nikita turned in her chair to finish installing the PRISM program into R.E.X. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? It sounded fun when my dad explained it to me."
"Trust me hun it isn't." Alexis leaned against Maverick's shoulder while still nibbling on her cookie. "Be glad you didn't get accepted. The teachers are like hardcore stuck up Nuns and Prists who frown on having fun, being yourself and other crap. They're also fake as I don't know what. Mensa accepts people of high intellect and butt kiss the ones who donate the most money to that school. They shun people who's I.Q is lower than 130. I hated that place. Glad I'm out of it."
"Wow... But what about Nikita?" He asked.
"The same. Except she received 'special' treatment because her I.Q is the highest ever recorded."
"Um... How High is it? If I may ask?" He looked at her and she stared at him. "Her I.Q is 300. Mine is only 290." She grinned and sat in a chair next to Nikita, who was tuning them out and still transfering the data to the drone body. "Not bad for second place huh?"

Maverick blinked and slowly sat on the bed. He couldn't believe what he heard. His new friends were smart. REALLY smart. No wonder they were able to create a drone by themselves. He suddenly felt inadequate to them. "Damn. I feel dumb now. I'm surprised you two are friends with me."

"Shocking isn't it?" Nikita snickered as he looked at her wide-eyed. She turned around and smiled. "I'm joking Maverick, You're the only person besides Alexis who I allowed to be my friend. And you're interesting is all I got to say."

"In other words she's happy to have you as a trustworthy friend." Alexis said.

"I'm just happy I am. Thanks again." He smiled when all of them heard a knock on the door. Nikita's mother walked in carrying a plate of Hot Pockets along with some juice. "Hey everyone! I'd thought you might get hungry while working on your project. These are homemade Hot Pockets." "Sweet! Thanks Mrs. Avalon!" Alexis grabbed one and started chomping down on one. Nikita took one as did Maverick. "Thanks mom. They smell good." "Yum! These are good. Arigato Mrs. Avalon!" Said Maverick as they all decided to take a break and eat dinner. Mrs. Avalon smiled. She met Maverick earlier and was happy her daughter made a new friend. Just like she said it'll happen. She looked at their project, seeing a robotic lizard-like drone connected to two computers. She chuckled and shook her head. (She's just like her father, a machine loving girl. I'm so proud of her.) Nikita looked at her mom who was looking at the drone. She had a smile on her face and her eyes looked sleepy. "Mom you okay?"
"Huh? Oh yes, I'm fine dear. Your robot looks great. Is it ready yet?"
"Almost. I'm transfering some secret data over to R.E.X. now. It'll be ready in a few minutes." She suddenly narrowed her eyes and smirked. "Why you ask that mom? You planning to use him as your personal helper around the house?"
Her mother chuckled and winked. "Maybe. Once you're done you should make me a cute robotic helper. Oh! Make him a Bunny! I love those cuties!" The three friends laughed hearing that. "Sure mom. I'll make one for you too in due time. You can't rush these you know."

"Doh, I know. I know. Well I'll leave you all to your thing. Oh Nikita? Your father is going to be working late. He called me a few minutes ago." She nodded, having food in her mouth preventing her from talking at the moment. Her mother waved at them and left to watch tv. "Your dad working again? Must be annoying huh?" Alexis asked. Nikita shook her head. "Nah, I'm used to it. Tomorrow's his day off so he'll stay home and sleep." Maverick was about to ask a question about her father but a loud beeping noise startled them. They looked at the two computers and both were flashing green, indicating the PRISM program worked and the Drone was fully operational. Nikita ran to her computer and typed in a few commands while Alexis and Maverick watched. After a few minutes the computers turned off and she unplugged the cables connecting the PCs with the drone.

Nikita turned around and looked at her friends, who were staring at her in anticipation. "He's ready. Now to activate him. Let's hope this works..." She turned back around and pressed a button inside the chest cavity which was open. Suddenly it closed and a slight wirring sound can be heard from it. Everyone watched as the eyes turned on, glowing a light shade of blue. It then started to move a little bit. The tail swayed, the arms moved, and finally the head turned to look at the small group of humans that stared at it. Nikita thought it was time to give the drone it's first order.

"I am Nikita Avalon. Your creator. What is your name?"

It spoke in a child-like voice mixed with an electronic buzz to it. "I am the Robotic Electron Xenomorph. But you can call me REX."

Everyone stared at REX for a few minutes before cheering and shouting in joy. They all hugged each other and kept cheering. REX tilted his head, wondering what was wrong with them. "I can't believe this! It worked! It worked! REX is alive!" Shouted Nikita.

"Nikita this is awesome! I'm so happy he's alive! Whoohoo!" Alexis was jumping on the bed as Maverick grinned with joy. He looked at REX and noticed how he was staring at them and laughed. "This is so freaking cool! And look! REX is looking at us!" They all stopped and looked at him, who was lightly wagging his tail. "Someting fun 'appen? I wanna know what 'appened!"

Everyone laughed as Nikita petted his head. "We're celebrating REX. Today is the day I activated you."

REX purred when she petted him. "Acti'ated? So it's birthday for me?"

She nodded and gave him a light kiss on the head. "Yup. Today is September 15th, 1999. Your birthday." Nikita leaned down a little and REX slowly climbed on her shoulder. He gently flapped his mechanical wings and looked at the other two humans smiling at him. "REX, these are my friends Alexis Barnes and Maverick Deunan. They helped me create you."

"Alexis Barnes and Maverick Deunan... Nice to meet ya!"

"Oh goodness so cute!" Alexis petted him as did Maverick. "This is so amazing Nikita. But why does he sound like a 5 year old?"

"Blame Alexis. She programmed his personallity and voice." Said Nikita.

"Gulity as charged. Haha!" Alexis giggled when REX climbed on her shoulder next. "Besides I'd thought it'd be cuter that way."

"It surprisinly works. I like it." Nikita saw REX 'sniffing' her friends faces as they laughed. Thanks to his built in thermal sensors he can smell any kind of scent. From sweet-smelling honey to foul-smelling garbage. REX then sniffed the air and looked at the plate of Hot Pockets on the floor. He jumped off Alexis's shoulder and walked over to it. He scanned the food and kept smelling it. "Is he analyzing the food?" Maverick asked.
"Yea he is. I programed him to learn about his envroment." Nikita sat in her chair and watched her creation go about in the room. "REX? What do you think of the food you saw?"

REX looked at her and wagged his tail. "It smells good! But it's loaded in high fat and colest'alls. But it's okay since you're not fat yourselves." Nikita chuckled, saying how much he's learned already. Alexis snickered. "Good thing I'm not fat huh REX?"
REX jumped on the bed and poked one of the stuffed dolls. "Nope! Alexis weight is 119 pounds! You're nowhere near overweight." "I have a high Metabolism that's why." She petted him and he giggled.

"Wait, How can he tell? Did he scan her?" Maverick asked.

"Yeah he did. He can scan a person or animal and analyze the data, then he can determine the exact weight." Said Nikita. She grabbed a Hot Pocket and ate it as she looked at him, who was still surprised at the walking, talking drone. "Like I said Maverick, he's better than your Military Jet." "Yeah, WAY better." Maverick sat on the floor and ate some more of the food. REX walked about the room while the three friends talked about what he can do and other stuff. REX Jumped on the window and stared at the night sky. The full moon was out and so was the stars. He saw a few airplanes plus helicopters fly about. He scanned them and saw that there were people on board. His little prossessor was filled with wonder for this new world he was created in. He saw all kinds of houses that were lit up, cars drive by, even other humans walk about. Nikita got up and looked out the window with him. "Tell me what you see REX." "I see... Other humans and cars and planes and all kinds of stuffs! What is this place?" "It's my neighborhood. This is Kellogg Avenue. The whole city is called Los Angeles." REX looked at her and tilted his head. "Los... Angels?" She smiled and shook her head. "No, Los. Ange. Les." "Los. Ange. .les... Okay! Nikita's home is Los Angeles right?" She petted his head again and he purred. "That's right. It's also Alexis's and Maverick's home too. And it's your home." "REX's home... I wike it here." He wagged his tail as she gently rubbed his wings, which lightly opened and closed. "I like it here too."

Alexis and Maverick smiled at them. They still couldn't believe that REX was finally active, and not only that, all three of them saw that he had a soul like them.

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It was late at night when the three friends and REX were playing a video game called Sonic Rush. A go-kart racing game. *AN: I don't know if there's a game like that so I just made it up.* REX controlled Silver the Hedgehog, Nikita controlled Sonic, Alexis controlled Knuckles, and Maverick controlled Shadow the Hedgehog. After a few seconds, REX won the game and started dancing. "YAY! I WON! I WON!"
"Dang it! I was so close!" Maverick groaned and plopped on the beanbag. "I can't believe we lost. Again." Alexis sighed and drunk some of her juice. "Well, we know now that he loves games and can beat us at them." Nikita yawned and laid on her beanbag. REX climbed on her stomach and nuzzled her. "That was fun! I won three times!" "You sure did. But REX you're heavy..." "At least I'm not fat! You ate too much foods Nikita. Your belly fat." REX began poking her belly, making her giggle as the others laughed. "Hey... I'm not fat you silly." "Well you did eat 4 Hot Pockets. I can see the belly from here." Alexis smirked and poked Nikita's stomach, which got her a slap in the face by a flying pillow. She laughed and poked her stomach again. Maverick chuckled and got up when his cellphone in his backpack started to ring. REX heard this and quickly got off of Nikita, running to the backpack and growling at it. He bared his fangs which were glowing in electricity. The two girls looked at each other as Maverick laughed. "It's okay boy. It's just my cellphone, see?" He took it out of his backpack and showed it to the drone, who scanned it and tilted his head. "It's harmless." "Harmless... Cellphones are harmless. Okay!" The boy laughed as he answered his phone.

"Hello? Oh hey Dad. ...I'm at my friends place... ...Okay, I'll be home soon... Bye." He hung up and grabbed his things. "I gotta get home. My Dad doesn't want me out past midnight." Alexis got up and yawned, packing up her computer in her bag as well. "I'd better go home too. My parents worry too much if I stay out late." Nikita nodded and walked them outside, REX following also. "Where you going?" "Home REX. It's getting late." Said Maverick. The drone tilted his head in confusion. "I thought this was your home. You two have diff'ant homes?" "That's right! We live in different houses." Alexis patted his head and he purred a little. Nikita yawned and cracked her neck. "I need sleep. See you all tomorrow, and thanks for helping me with REX."

"No problem. I didn't do much but I was happy to help. You have a good night Nikita. You too REX." Maverick waved goodbye and began to walk home. Alexis waved at her friend and the drone. "Night Nikki! Night REXXI! See you tomorrow!" She ran to walk with Maverick as Nikita and REX waved back.

"Night guys."

"Bye bye friends!"

Nikita closed the door and walked upstairs, REX following behind. She stopped by her mother's room and saw her asleep. She chuckled and wished her goodnight and went to her room. She noticed that their dishes were dirty and began picking them up, but REX flew up and grabbed them. "That's okay, I got them." "Nope! REX help clean ups! New friends forgot to so I do its!" She chuckled and told him where the kitchen sink is. The drone picked up the plates and cups and flew down to the kitchen, dumped them in the sink and flew back up to the room. Nikita changed into her PJ's and climbed into bed. REX landed in the bed and curled up to Nikita, who let out a huge yawn. "Wow... I'm really sleepy... Goodnight REX."

"Goodnight mama."

She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Mama?"

REX looked up at her and showed his teeth, which meant he was smiling. "Yeah! Nikita is mama! You created me so that's makes you mama."

"REX..." Nikita was amazed how much the drone learned in his short time active. And she was touched that he considered her his mother. She lightly hugged him and kissed him on his head. He purred and swayed his tail as he nuzzled her. "I'm happy to hear that. You're my son and I'm your mama. Now let's sleep, sweet dreams REX." "Eat sweets in dreams mama." Nikita giggled and closed her eyes. She was soon fast asleep. REX nuzzled her cheek and powered down to recharge his batteries.

AN: Took me two weeks to finish this. But I'm glad I'm done with it. This Prolouge is ten chapters long, each with a year at the beginning. So yeah, oh Nikita is 12 years old in this chapter. Next chapter she'll be 13 and so forth. Same with Alexis and Maverick. R&R please. And Happy Valentine's Day! *Plot Bunnie's give out chocolate Hearts* :3