Chapter 7: Lily Sparklesmirk
The Senior Sell bot Vice President was just waking up when the phone rang. "Hello?" VP said. "VP, it's Garret. Remember the Two-Face, A-102 you sent to find Jack?"
"Yeah," VP said. "It was destroyed," Garret said. VP cursed. "Oh well, B-102 is almost complete."
"And I know who beat him," Garret said. "A kid named Zach Osborne."
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The Mr. Hollywood was waking up for the first time. "You are complete," VP said. "You are the second of my 102 cog series. You have power that no other cogs have, B-102." B-102 got to his feet. "So what am I supposed to do?" B-102 asked. "Follow my commands no matter what," VP replied. B-102 nodded. "You're first mission, find Lily Sparklesmirk," VP said.
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Lily sat in her moms car. Lily was a dark pink cat, medium, and tall legs. "Mom, why can't I just walk to school?" she asked. "You know what happened to that agent," Mrs. Sparklesmirk said. "And I'm not taking any chances." Lily rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she said. They arrived and Lily got out. When she went into the class room, Jack's seat was still empty.
"Miss Grubbs?" She asked. "Where's Jack?" Miss Grubbs just shook her head as if to say Don't worry about it. Her best friend, Little Kippy walked into the room. Kippy was a short, dark brown cat. She looked small and weak, but the last dude who tried to tease her got a black eye. They heard Domino Spence and Cool Ace whispering about some Two- Face.
"Two dogs beat him, Zach Osborne and Master Milton," Ace said. Lily wondered if Jack changed his name for some reason, impossible.
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B-102 stood outside Toontown Middle school. "I think I heard something over here!" A guard shouted. Two dogs came up in front of him. "And what the hell do you think you're doing?" one of them asked. B-102 grinned and grabbed them both by their shirts. He rose them high and slammed them to the brick wall, knocking them out. The bell rang, class was starting.
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Lily, Ace, Domino, and Kippy sat in study hall trying to think of something to do. They didn't have homework or books. Lily thought she saw something outside. She tapped Kippy on the shoulder. "I think I saw something outside," she said. "I'm gonna check it out." She raised her hand, Miss Grubbs called on her. "Can I uh go to the bathroom?" she asked. Miss Grubbs said yes and Lily bolted out of room and outside. A Mr. Hollywood sat in a lawn chair reading a book. "It's about time," he said. Helicopters shot out of his back and he rushed Lily. She jumped up and bounced off of Hollywood's head. He turned around. "Impressive," he said. "But still not good enough!" He sped forward and grabbed Lily by the head. Lily struggled to break free, but Hollywood wasn't letting go. He took out his golf club and rose it over Lily's head. "Say good night," he said. Lily grabbed the club just in time. Hollywood tugged hard, and Lily let go. The cog went tumbling down, releasing Lily. Lily grabbed the club and swung, taking off Hollywood's right arm. With his remaining strength, he punched Lily in the head and knocked her out.
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"What happened to you?" VP asked B-102. "That cat's got skills," he replied. "Well of course, she is one of the seven, they're all almost impossible to beat," VP said. Two hours later, B-102's arm was repaired. C and D-102 were complete. "I grow tired of failures," VP said. "I want success this time, or else." The three cogs saluted and flew off.
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"What happened to you?" Ace asked. "A Hollywood attacked me," Lily replied. Domino didn't seem to hear anything. He looked like he was in some kind of trance. Then Lily heard a whisper "Zita's Gate..."
