Lisa Ex Machina: Part 6
Since then on out, Lisa and Thomas were dating, though for the most part it was a secret. On part due to Lisa's stoicism and Thomas's own personal habit of keeping information to himself. Four years later they were both sitting on the cliff overlooking the Hollywood Esq. Springfield sign at night. "You know… you never told me how you could do all of the dragon shouts." Said Lisa, since she and Thomas began dating she became more openly friendly. Mainly to him and her family, but kept almost everyone else at arm's length.
"Oh… yeah about that, you see," he explained awkwardly, "my parents are, or perhaps the better term is where scientists. Anyway, one day when they weren't watching me, so I snuck into lab and… I can't really remember what happened then, but when I came to the entire lab was a huge mess of broken glass and electronics. From what my parents could tell from the security footage I drank some kind of formula, and somehow destroyed everything with my voice." He explained. "I'm sorry Thomas." Said Lisa. "For what? Oh the destroyed the lab! They refurbished the lab very quickly, and the worst that happened was that I had to teach myself to control my new powers." "Oh… when did this happen?" The teenage robot asked. "About two weeks before I met you, I joined the Bullies during that time to ah. Learn there combat techniques." He said, referring to the well-known fact that, at the time the Bullies Union was known for its education in self-defense. (Which basically boiled down to repetitive pummeling)
"Now then? Why did I drag you up here again?" He asked himself rhetorically. "Oh yes," he then drew Lisa towards himself, "I remember." They then kissed each other deeply, their tongues exploring each other's mouths, with the passion of a dying star. As they were doing this, a shooting star appeared in the night sky. "Lisa? Do shooting stars count as wishing stars?" Asked Thomas after they were done. "I think so, why?" "You wanna make a wish?" He asked, initially Lisa thought that the whole thing was childish. "Alright, I don't see why not." Her mind then went back to the memories of Marge, and the day she was kidnapped by the alien warlord, Kang. 'I wish for my mother back.' The android thought to herself, the star then shone brightly. "Lisa? What's the oldest star near Earth? And is it old enough to go nova?" Before Lisa could give him an answer, what looked like a giant scorpion descended out of the night sky, it flew clear over their heads as it came crashing down into the clearing behind them.
"Why is it that every time I wish for it to rain donuts, weird things like that happens instead?" Complained Thomas as the alien spacecraft fell to earth with a loud explosion. "Do you… want to check it out?" Thomas asked. "What? Why?" Lisa asked. "For one thing, we just got here five minutes ago, and I'm not leaving until I get a decent evening out of this. Besides aren't you at least mildly curious as to what that is?" Lisa thought for a moment, which by human standards would have gone on for years. "Alright, it could prove interesting." She said, somehow overlooking the possibility that the ship's crew could be injured. They then went to the wreckage of the ship, what they saw was a giant mess of broken metal and seemingly organic parts. "Whoa, what were the odds of this happening? And before you start calculating the odds like you did last time. That was a rhetorical question." Said Thomas observing the wreck,
Then, a yellow six-legged spider like creature, about the size of a dog, emerged from the wreck. It shivered as it warily walked away from the wreck. "What do you think it is?" Asked Lisa. "Why are you asking me? Probably a pet? A parasite? Both? Part of the crew? A prisoner? The captain? I don't know!" The small creature then scampered and bumped into Thomas. "Ah… hello, welcome. To. Earth." He said, putting emphasis on his words. "We. Are. Sorry. For. The. Circum. Stances. Of. You're. Arrival." "Stop talking! Stop talking stupid monkey creature!" Screamed the bug like alien. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! You can talk?" Asked Lisa, kneeling down to alien. "Yes you stupid baboon." Said the bug like alien snippily. "Well, why are you here? And can you answer that question without being rude?" Asked Thomas. "I don't know, it was supposed to be a first contact fleet. I don't know what happened to the ship, I'm only a grub!" Said the alien insect.
The young alien wasn't lying; he was a Gatorian of the Gatorian Trade Hives. An interstellar trade alliance, dedicated primarily to eradicating poverty in the Milky Way Galaxy. But what he didn't know was that extraterrestrial life had been to Earth before. "So when do you suspect that- never mind, you've already said that you're a grub. I'm also going to assume is your people's term for a child." Said Thomas. "Pretty much, yes. I… I am stranded on this world, thousands of light years away from home." The alien then began to sob into his front legs, Lisa then picked him up. "You want to come home with us?" Said Lisa, going against her better judgment on the matter. "Yeah, whatever." He said not caring, Lisa and Thomas then walked to the car and drove back to the Simpson house.
Homer was sitting on the coach watching the news as Natalya, the clockwork maid that Professor Bishop had made for the family after Marge's kidnapping, was cleaning the house. "In other news, an unidentified object landed near Springfield mountain." Droned Kent Brockman, anchorman of Chanel 6 News. "Boring." Said Homer as he began channel surfing. "Where home!" Said Lisa, as she and Thomas entered the house, the Gatorian (whose real name is physically impossible for humans to pronounce, as Thomas and Lisa learned on the drive home) Walter was hidden under Thomas's shirt, which also made him look like he had developed a large hump.
"Lisa, Thomas your back!" Said Natalya as she rushed towards the duo with a big hug. "Ow!" Squirmed Walter beneath Thomas's shirt. "You're such a wimp." The Russian accented clockwork women said playfully. "Uh… that wasn't me," said Thomas sheepishly, "it was… look can you keep a secret?" "Yes, what does this have to do with that hump?" She asked. "What hump?" Denied Thomas.
"Look just tells me what's going on." She demanded Thomas and Lisa then led her down to the basement. "Alright, brace yourself, BEHOLD!" He said taking off his shirt, and Walter falling out. "Thank the Queens of Old, it smelled horrible back their!" Complained the Gatorian youth. "Oh my…" said Natalya in shock, "that's the most adorable thing I've seen in my life!" She said as she took the alien into her arms and began hugging him.
"Help… me!" Squirmed Walter under Natalya's hug. "Oh he's just so cute I could just eat him up!" She said gushing wildly. "Natalya? That's an alien." Pointed out Lisa, plying Walter out of Natalya's arms. "When was the last time you were wound up? You always get giddy when you're about to wound down" The android teenager asked the clockwork women. "At least five hours, but I'm working just fine…" She said as her voice slowed done, she was then completely frozen.
"Well, this is bizarre. Wait what did you mean when asked her if she 'wound up'?" Asked Walter, currently not aware that Natalya was a clockwork woman. "Uh… don't you think you should get some rest?" Asked Lisa, the little alien then yawned and went into a little basket on the other side of the room. "I tell you," said Thomas, "this has probably been the weirdest day of my life."
"I can imagine," said Lisa as they both went back upstairs, "but that doesn't explain HOW that ship was damaged." She said, as far as she was aware the Rigilians had abandoned all interest in Earth, but she suspected that the Imperium MIGHT have been involved. "Ah we can worry about it later, for now," said Thomas as they both entered Lisa's bedroom. "Let's get our game on." He said lustfully as the two teenagers continued kissing each other.