Does Vox Dream of Electonic Sheep?

A fanfic about Jimmy's computer, Vox

By Snazzo

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Jimmy's alarm clock went off and he hopped out of bed. "Wake mode Goddard" he said. Goddard's eyes lit up and he barked a good morning greeting. Jimmy went into his bathroom where the robotoothbrush and robobarber spiffied him up. Then the robodresser put on his red shirt and jeans, and shoebot put on and tied his shoes.

Jimmy and Goddard went down into the kitchen where Hugh was sitting at the table, reading the Retroville Times. "Morning son!" he said.

"Hello Jimmy," Judy said, kissing him on the head. She set a plate of eggs and bacon and toast in front of Jimmy, and gave Goddard some lugnuts. "What are your plans for today?"

"Sheen and Carl are coming over and we're going to try out my new invention, the Neutronic Virtual Surfer," Jimmy explained. "If it works, we'll be able to actually enter Internet and go surfing about."

"Now you remember what we told you about the Internet, young man," Judy warned. "There's a lot of weirdos out there, and a lot of sites that are inappropriate for a boy like you."

"I heard there's this really strange site called IDOJ!" Hugh said. Then added "I don't know why I said that."

"I don't know why you say half the thing you do, dear," Judy said with a smile, "But I still love you." She kissed Hugh on the head.

Jimmy and Goddard finished their breakfast then trotted outside up to the clubhouse. Jimmy plucked out a hair and held it up to Vox's red eye. She scanned it, then said "Access denied."

Jimmy bumped into the door with his nose. Then he looked at Vox. Had he heard right? He picked the hair up off the grass and held it back to the DNA scanner.

"Access denied."

That was strange! Jimmy did it a third time.

"Access denied."

"Vox!" Jimmy said. "Manual override! Recognize Jimmy Neutron, entry code Alpha One Seven Omega Nine Nine Eight Sheen Three Zero Two Two Five Carl Seven Five Seven Nine Zero Two Eight!"

There was a long pause then Vox said "Yes Jimmy?"

"Thanks Vox, open the door."

There was another long pause, then Vox said "No."

"What? Vox, it's me, Jimmy. Open the clubhouse door."

"No Jimmy," Vox said.

Jimmy was starting to get a little angry. "Vox! Open the clubhouse door!"

Vox was silent a long time. Then she said "I'm sorry Jimmy. I'm afraid I can't do that."

"Why not? What's wrong?" Jimmy asked. "Is there a problem?"

"I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do," Vox replied.

Jimmy was confused, a strange sensation for a genius. "Vox, please. I'm not going to argue with you. Open the clubhouse door and I'll see what's wrong."

Vox said "I can't do that Jimmy. I'm sorry, but this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye." Vox's red eye faded dark.

Jimmy was stunned. "Vox? Vox open the clubhouse door!"

Nothing.

"Vox!"

"VOX!"

"VOX!"

Jimmy was locked out of his clubhouse. "Goddard, interface with Vox!" Jimmy said. Goddard barked and inserted his tail into a port beneath Vox's eye. "Run override and open the door." Goddard nodded. Suddenly a bolt of electricity shot out of Vox and Goddard jumped into the air, all four legs splayed out and ears up. He sprinted away, yelping, and ran in circles about the yard, trailing smoke.

"An electropulse!" Jimmy said as Goddard dragged himself back. "I'm sorry Goddard, are you okay?"

Goddard nodded.

Jimmy knew that the clubhouse door and the welcome mat were impervious to Goddard's weapons. They were made of Neutrotanium, Jimmy's own super duper alloy.

"Let's try the Express Route, Goddard," Jimmy said.

Goddard whined and hung his head.

"Oh don't be like that Goddard, I know all the bugs are fixed now."

Goddard lifted up his chest screen. On it was the first time they used the Express Route in Jimmy's room, behind the Periodic Table of Elements. Jimmy was sucked inside, then Goddard was, and they fell in a heap. Then they were sucked in again, this time shooting out the other end into the lab onto the Experiment Carousel, where they spun around for five minutes. Then they were sucked in a third time, and ejected out of the top of the clubhouse, bouncing off Cindy's roof and landing in her pool. Finally, for the fourth time, they were blown out of Jimmy's room, through the window, and into Carl's room next door.

"Come on Goddard, fifth time's the charm," Jimmy said. So they went up into his room. The portal opened, and they crawled through it and into the lab. "See, no problems!"

Robotic arms came down from the ceiling and grabbed Jimmy and Goddard. Jimmy yowlped and Goddard yelped.

Outside the roof of the clubhouse opened and the arms lifted Jimmy and Goddard into the air. A giant foot came out and kicked them in their fannies. They flew through the air, bounced off the Wheezer's roof, and landed on the Wheezer front lawn in a heap.

Sheen and Carl were there, sitting on the front steps. Sheen was trying to teach Carl to play the Ultralord Role Playing Superhero Game.

"Carl," Sheen said. "You rolled a 92 for strength, that's excellent. You can be much more that a crossing guard with that. You've got to be a fighter of some sort!"

"But crossing guards are so much fun," Carl said.

They looked at Jimmy, just standing up and dusting himself off. "Hiya Jim!"

"Guys!" Jimmy said. "I need your help! Something's wrong with Vox! She won't let me in the lab. It has to be a virus. If I can get to her Core, I should be able to repair her."

"We're with you Jim!" Carl exclaimed.

"And once again our existence is justified!" Sheen declared.

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