Act 3: Don't Chew What You Cant Swallow
Chapter 4
Main Base, Main Lab
11:46
Nora just looked at the blank screen, once lit with her only chance to bring her daughter home the easy way, now only left her the door for the hard way.
"Damn it!" She cursed, as she typed in the computer for her last known coordinates, which didn't take much to remember was the Mansion.
"You leave me no choice, Im gonna have to deal with this personally." She said as she was gonna leave the room, with Nicolas catching up behind with her.
"Whatever you need, I'll come and-"
"No!" Nora said, clearly not in a fine mood "You are not to join me in this affair, this is a personal matter and not a issue with the XJ project, Im dealing this like a Mother, so I don't need any gadgets or tools to deal with this."
"I know Nora, but I still want to help, I care for XJ6 as well, I cant just wait here and hope for the best." Nicolas protested back.
"I appreciate the concern dear Nicolas, but I worry your presence might agitate XJ6 into thinking you are some back up for a trap, im going in naked on this one, there's no other option." Nora said
"And what if XJ6 doesn't listen to you?" Nicolas puzzled.
Nora didn't feel like answering honestly to that answer, the only option left is possibly forced capture or Termination!
"I will not fail, trust me, a Mother knows best with this." Nora said confidently.
Nicolas let out a defeated sigh, knowing nothing is going to change her mind on such "Fine, I guess I'll just keep in touch her in the control room, if you need anything."
"I'll let you know how well I do soon, don't worry." Nora said trying to reassure him.
As she was about to walk around the corner to her exit, she turned her head back with a thought in her head. "Oh yes!" She said "If you can, or if trouble comes, contact me but more importanlty if General Mack comes back unexpectedly from his vacation or if someone just came looking for me, distract them."
"I'll try, but what should I say?" Nicolas said
"I don't know, say I have a really bad sickness and am just home sleeping or something, anything really." She said as she finally left Nicolas alone.
"Well, hopefully no one comes then." Nicolas said in relief but that was spoken too soon.
Just then the computer monitors lighted up with a call from the greatly timed General Mack, who looked much worse for wear as he would've expected.
"Hello? Is Nora there?" Mack said as a typical grunt.
"General Mack?" Nicolas said surprised but felt more cursed for saying anything too soon. "What a surprise, aren't you on vacation? Why do you looked so, burnt up?"
The look and attire of Mack was that of a obvious but cartoony burn victim he had going, his current whereabouts is in a luxurious resort island in the Pacific Ocean. He had on his Hawaiin shirt and a oversized straw hat covering his eyes, but never could hide away his scary look. His body covered in burnt scorch marks like as if he witnessed an explosion was the most evident of him.
"Well, there's been some explosive incident on my hotel of all places, apparently a small piece of meteor came crashing down and blew it up. Im guessing this has something to do with XJ6." He said getting more upset.
"Oh that! The situation is all clear, XJ6 already dealt with the meteorite, so this can't be the same situation." Nicolas excused
"Maybe, but now that my one time of having a vacation a year is ruined, Im going back to base to get my self ready there for the Morning, I'll be there in an approximate-" The General kept explaining until his rude interruption.
"WAIT!" Nicolas said out loud, not realizing his volume. "There's a, uh, a problem with the base as well then."
"What? What could be so wrong I can't come back?" Mack questioned in a scary manner.
Everyone else in the room looked at Nicolas, waiting for an excuse to come out of that brilliant mind of his.
He stumbled in his mumbling but finally came with the perfect excuse!
"Well, heh, you see, Nora is fixing the plumbing in the base!" He said with a loud gesture in the end.
"Plumbing" General Mack said with one eye brow raised, though cannot be seen.
"Yes! There has been major issues in the bathrooms here, so if you need a toilet its best not to use the ones here!" He said, now regretting opening his mouth
General Mack was silent as he evaluated the situation, it was obvious to him they didn't want him there, but certainly not for plumbing issues, something is up. But he non the less thought its best to leave it be, whatever it is might not be a big issue.
"Alright" Mack said "I'll leave you be, I'll just head back to my house then and come in the morning to evaluate the situation, my father was a plumber you know, im sure I can speed up the process."
"That's great!" Nicolas said in great relief "I hope to see you well and good in the morning then!"
Mack just grunted and turned his communicator off.
Nicolas and all the other staff of scientists around let out a synchronized "Phew" and just sat there looking at Nicolas, who just breezily went out to room to get himself some coffee.
Back at Romeo's Mansion
11:54
XJ6 had felt in her stomach both guilt and entropy, what she said knew would come back to bite her, she didn't think much of it through did she?
Never the less, the young and eager robot still wanted more, she already said and did the things she did, the only option left is to move forward, and soak up as much of the night as possible.
She had put back on her Pirate Costume, as to keep the act of her "disguise" and proceeded to get to the front entrance. There she can see from the windows raving colorful lights, it was like the house was alive and blinking different colors every few seconds. She could hear the vibrations of the music playing inside, only making her more eager to show off her skills in hopes of attracting more attention.
She couldn't wait to meet with Romeo again, it was only a matter of time before they continued where they left off.
In front of the entrance doors were two big broad body guards, who would have to look down at XJ6, but didn't.
"Uh, Excuse me?"XJ6 said trying to get their attention, "Can you let me in? Im a guest of Honor with Romeo, I just came back and-"
Before she could finish one of the guards simply said "No entry without ticket."
"Ticket? Oh right this is that big party! Well, I do have my ticket here-" as she went to her pockets to get her ticket, it wasn't there. "Oh no" she thought "It must have slipped out somehow!"
"Uh, listen guys, you don't want to upset Romeo, do you? He picked me to be his personal guest, it would be a shame if he-"
Again, interrupting the same guard said in a harsher tone "No Ticket, No Entry."
This only fummed XJ6 at this answer, she didn't like the attitude he gave, especially to a guest of honor, it would be only former to show him a thing or two about respect "Listen you brute, either let me in or I'll let myself in!"
"Last warning ma'am, no ticket, no-"
Before he could say "Entry", XJ6 had about enough of it, she grabbed him by the arm and flipped him over her down the stairs of the entry way. The other guard tried to grab her but before so, she dodged him and grabbed him by the arm and through him across the stairway.
"I guess I'll let myself in." XJ6 said in with a "Hmph" in the end. Before she could open the door, the door opened itself for no other but Romeo to open it, handsome and dreamy Romeo. He had a look of shock seeing XJ6 with two body guards behind her almost knocked out, making him only go "Uhhh..."
XJ6 straighten herself up, very surprised and even embarrassed he's seen her like this, being rather brutish and rough, not very lady like for her. She tried to come up with an excuse as to why they were down the stairs "Oh, hey Romeo, sorry it took some it took some time, but I can explain-"
"No need to sweetie, I'm quite surprised by your excellent timing as well as your apparent strength." He said smiling at her, which brought the whole mood of them both in a calmer level.
"Wait, you think I did that?" XJ6 said pointing at the still lying down guards. Maybe she did more damage than she thought, they seem to have broken something.
"Why, who else could've? I love a woman with that much power and strength, adds to the challenge and excitement in one." He said with a charming smirk.
"In that case, I am a girl with steel in her bones if that helps impress you." She said flexing her arm to show off herself.
"Glamourous, now let's join the part going on, you don't want to miss the whole night only with me now do you?"
XJ6 giggled at the reminding thought of having that time with him. "Surely that can wait, let's get riled first before anything else."
They both joined in arm together as the door closed, leaving the two guards outside still not getting up, someone surely needs to get a doctor.
Nora Wakeman Driving
11:59
It was a longer drive then she would've thought, she needed to get to her quick before something rash were to happen to her daughter, she had worrying thoughts that this one was gonna end up like the last XJ.
XJ5, that name shook her heart in worry when thinking about her current XJ. This one was obieient only when she wanted to be, which was almost only when she had nothing selfish or personal to gain, making loyalty seem nonexistent to her, did this also pass on to XJ6? It was very possible, but Nora always wanted to make sure it wouldn't be that way.
Somehow, she had failed, again. At least to her she felt like the one betrayed with guilt and her past. She can only hope her Daughter is redeemable, maybe this can be fixed, and forgotten, like it never happened. XJ6 was willing to listen when a meteor came, so she must have some form of loyalty, but that could just be her doing it for her own survival.
Thoughts rampaged through Nora's mind as she was driving, on what she was gonna say to demand her home. Should she come with force, or peace? She already tried asking kindly, it was obvious this would need a call for force to come in and intervene.
Her gentle nature had to be set aside, in hopes a forceful side makes it clear whos in charge.
"It'll be me the brings her home" Nora thought "So I alone must act."
Back at Romeo's Mansion
12:30
For the minutes had past it felt like only exciting seconds for XJ6, she enjoyed dancing along with other people to the rhythms. Her thoughts went to another world as only her impulse to the beats flowed through her circuitry. Dancing with the hunk of her life Romeo, they had been in the blast for the while. XJ6 swears that if she was human, she would be sweating like crazy from all the energy she's putting out.
All the other young dancers, from Teens to Young Adults gathered in their own way of groovin, made XJ6 feel like she truly belonged there, all still wearing their costumes and not caring how another looked, only that their partner was interested in what they got.
XJ6 mainly looked at Romeo, as Romeo kept his eyes on her, they're short company together just made a strong potent of bondage that one would just call young love, but unaware to XJ6 was that this was more then just that. It felt like something more to them.
Romeo while dancing only getting closer to XJ6, as she did the same. They of course signled to each other that they were "ready" to continue where they left of last time. They came closer together until finally they're bodies touched, arms embracing one another and in an instant magnetic reaction XJ6 just started "smooching" Romeo, and he replied with even more welcoming take.
They took their breather and Romeo said to XJ6's side (thinking that's where her ear would be) and said "If you like, we can head up and nest up for the night."
XJ6 blushed at that idea, staying the whole night, that could mean only one thing. "Sure" She said giggling, not thinking straight. But then it did hit her, if thet were "gonna take the next level", he would expect her in the appropriate attire, and since she is actually a Robot, how would she explain such matters to him? She needed some air to think first. "But first I need to use a bathroom to 'freshen up' a little, if its no mind."
"Of course, only when you're ready." He said taking her hand and leading her out the raving room.
When they left the room, he led her upstairs, close to his familiar bed room, and he pointed to where the bathroom was. Such a gentleman.
"It'll be but a moment." XJ6 now sounding nervous, not just because she didn't know what her explanation was going to be, but because she felt scared being this her first time, everything was going so fast it felt like her CPU was going to melt her capacitors!
She stepped in and closed the door, she left the shower on to make Romeo think she's using it. "Ok Think, Think, think." she said to herself, "What are my options? I never since the night began thought it was going to go this far, it feels too much, maybe I should've went home, I mean it's not like I'm ever going see him again, I had my fun, it was safer to go home. God, I wish I didn't have such a short attention span" she cursed herself in her head.
It was clear there was no other choice, come clean, and if he rejects her, just go crying home. That's all she could do. She turned off the shower and just after the door suddenly opened up, which made XJ6 jump and out of reaction pull out a mini gun from her arm pointed at the direction! As if she didn't have stress enough, to her surprise, it was Julia, the same robot dressed girl from before!
"JULIA?!" XJ6 said in complete shock and terror, now her secret was revealed to someone she didn't expect to see, no less in the Mansion running a party.
"Hello, XJ6." Julia said, rather calmly and gently with a Gun pointed at her head.
XJ6 was falling on her words as she turned her hand back to normal, trying to explain her self "Uh, well you see I, I got this, um, well it's a long story-"
"Save it XJ6" Julia said once more "It's clear from the get go you're a Robot."
It then hit XJ6, "Wait, how in Jobs grave do you know my real Name?"
"Well, you see, we both know a lot of things, but I know plenty of about you and what your trying to do." Julia said, approaching XJ6 slowly.
"What do you mean? Why are you here to begin with, what is it you want?" XJ6 said, trying to appear as the dominant in this scenario.
"I should start out by being clean, I'm not actually a little girl controlling a Robot. You see, I'm, your predecessor, XJ-4."
"W-what did you just say?" XJ6 said in complete shock, could it be? Could this be what she was previously built upon?
"Im, your sister, confusingly I don't know if I count as being older or younger but mentally I'm 12 while you are 15 or 16, technically though I'm the older sibling."
"Sister?" XJ6 said befuddled, she never thought her previous builds would be considered in any sense family, but when she thinks about it, and looking at XJ4, she looks awfully different, no way there was a natural physical progression from a 4-armed bucket on a wheel to a 3 spiked legged one with a TV for a head.
"Indeed, I need to tell you more, but not here, there's no time. I can see you're *ahem* "Busy" with your boyfriend here, so I'll let you deal with that, but we must meet again soon, I'm so sorry I can't explain everything now or that I didn't earlier, but we are losing time, and Nora is coming her way here, so you must make it quick." XJ4 said, worried about the returning presence of Nora.
"Ok, we need to back up here, by a whole mile!" XJ6 said now just frustrated more than confused "So you're my predecessor/Sister and only now you show up, just to tell me to meet you later? Where?"
"Here are the coordinates, its 0110110 110 100010." In binary it was easy for them to understand what it meant, so fo XJ6 she got it clear where to go.
"I don't have time now, we'll see each other again, I promise, do you?" XJ4 said as she made her way across the bathroom to a window outside.
"Y-yeah sure, but wait I must ask, how did you get here?" XJ6 said curious
XJ4 pulled out a ticket, XJ6'S TICKET! "Hey that was mine! How did you get it?"
"4 arms, im quite good at pick pocketing, so good luck with Mother." XJ4 said as she dropped off the window.
XJ6 stood there bewildered by the odd occasion that just happened, as if everything wasn't more messed up then usual the past hour, now this is added on top, she wanted to just shut down and stop having these thoughts occur so often. She didn't know what to do with them.
"What now?" XJ6 thought. What now indeed, she said Mother was on her way, though this was to be assumed automatically.
"I know what, I need to start being truthful. I should first start with Romeo." She said with confidence. "This will be out last time seeing each other, but he needs to know what I really am."
She stepped out of the bathroom and looked in the direction to Romeos room, each second her thoughts suggested different approaches, maybe go in slowly, or just get it over with, maybe have a sit down or maybe just go in there and act casual. Nothing really appealed to her, she would much prefer to leave and hope he doesn't get upset, not like it'll come back to haunt her but she'll feel guilt and self-hatred for the rest of her life if she just didn't confront herself to the first person she fell in love with.
She let out a sigh and said "Just go in and say it, not like anything can go wrong, other than becoming eternally depressed forever and ever." She said, beyond exaggerating her optimism.
She opened the door and noticed right out of the bat the room looked, different. It had a different design all of a sudden, one of metallic, robotic and technological look, it was also weirdly both fascinating and romantic in its design. This weirded but in the same time confused XJ6.
The music was some form of slow electro romance. It was soothing and calm but felt like it was building up to something. This made XJ6 feel in trance with it, like she was built to enjoy it, she never thought this was her kind of music, she was more into other typical music the youth find popular, yet this was different.
Yet finally, XJ6 noticed the big meaty prize in the middle, the bed, with a Romeo on top of it, wearing a male silk nightgown, luxuriously green with white stripes. It sheened off him with the light of the room, making him glisten like a disco ball.
XJ6 had no words, just thoughts of "What is the meaning of this?". She had the facial expression of shock and awe, in a positive way. She didn't know where this was going as she expected it to be simpler, but now things are heating up, more for Romeo then her.
"Hey babe, I thought we could be more comfortable in a room that suited, well, you're more standard look." Romeo said with a sly look of eagerness.
"Uh, I'm just lost for words, how did you change your room so quick in a matter of a few hours?" XJ6 said clustering her words together.
"Well, I harbor plenty of innovative technology, room changing technology to be more precise, I can change the suite of this room to any matter of genre or style I want it to be, I can make it fit into western, sci-fi, Noire, classics, historical and more, all with a push of a few buttons, but im sure you've seen plenty of this technology back home."
"Woah woah, woah, I don't think I can harbor such awesome things like this!" XJ6 said, being honest but also lying, she was telling the truth that she herself couldn't own such things but have seen and used it for her training grounds.
"Oh come on, you don't need to coil up with me, I know well enough about you." He said as he rose from his bed to approach his beloved.
"Uh, well, there is something I need to talk to you about, you see-" She was going to talk but Romeo put his finger on her mouth and slowly shushed her, like he wanted to comfort her from telling the truth.
"You don't have to speak, so I will, I know you're a Robot."
"Wha- well, yes." XJ6 said blushing like a stop light "Im so sorry I never told you, I didn't think I would get this far and I only wanted a night of being out and-"
"Getting out of that base must have been one heck of a challenge, there's practically no way in but im sure you found your own way out."
XJ6 was now just starting to get more shocking revelation by the minute, did he know who he was? "How do you know these things?" XJ6 demanded, sounding worried like he's gonna try and capture her somehow.
"Well, it's sort of complicated, but why don't we just relax for a bit and-"
"NO." XJ6 said, stomping one of her legs "I want to know how you know I'm a Robot, how long you knew and how you know where im from!"
"Well, one, it's not hard to guess you're a robot, even with that cute pirate outfit, how can anyone operate on 3 spike legs? Two, I knew from the get go I laid my eyes on you, that you were XJ6, no costume could look as real as you, well except that space pirate bit, that sounds hard to believe. Lastly, I have connections to the military, my father being a officer working there, he told me plenty about the XJ project."
"I cant believe this, you knew the whole time and didn't tell me or question me about it!"
"Well, XJ6, I only wanted to enjoy my night with someone like you, a perfect example of beauty and strength, I've faced many preys and beast and non can be more dangerous that a beautiful woman, but I didn't want just any woman, I wanted someone who never had experience with the outside world, someone who could also out throw any obstacle not just with strength but with personality, you my dear are the perfect combo of a gorgeous soul with a strong body, in which, perfectly resembles me. You are one who can in my eyes be a sincere challenge to me, to find love in a creation that has a heart like yours, one where I wanted it to be free in what it does without worry, so for tonight we can let go ourselves to enjoy such a festive occasion."
XJ6 felt a wave of emotion from that explanation, she could only say "So, you the whole time knew who I was, and just wanted me to act like how I wanted because I am literally resembled your most powerful prey, a beautiful woman, so you can just make love with me?"
"Pretty much." He said smirking.
XJ6 looked at him in a gaze, a straight and thoughtful gaze, but before Romeo could say anything, XJ6 pounced right on him landing him on top of the bed, with her on top. She stared at his eyes for a second, then unleashed her fury, of passion and emotion, she started ragefully making out with him, more intense this time.
What went through her head was too many to count, but to summarize, she was in lustfully in love with this guy. She forgot everything else in the world existed and just started cuddling her arm and legs around him and smooching her screen on him with intense vibration. In return, Romeo went along with it all, and cuddled back with himself smooching. They were, in a way, in heat.
In the process, XJ6 began to try and take her costume off, first with her hat and other easy to remove accessories, then her dress which had issues but she quickly still got that off and then continued on her prey saying "Now embrace me for what I am!"
They continued to play out their desires as slowly but surely, XJ6 was getting feistier, she wanted to just forget about everything, and this was her ticket on doing so. It couldn't be any more better.
Romeo was quite enjoying the ride as well, it went better then he planned, smooth sailing from here would be but a breeze.
They took a moment to breath once more, Romeo saying "Since were in this lovely bed, it would be a shame to not make it into good use." He said winking.
She got memo easily, and started to try and remove her top armor, Romeo helped in the process, and soon enough they got it off along with her skirt. They were gonna have smooth sailing indeed.
Back With Nora Wakeman, Now At Romeo's Mansion
1:15
Finally making it there, it took longer than expected, but the road from the base to the regular town and from there to a mansion was farther and longer than expected to take being there.
She parked her car to the sidewalk and went straight to the entrance, she could see the lights raving from outside and the vibration from the music tingling her skin, she dares not imagine the volumes they must be playing that music in, the mere thought might be ear shattering.
There were two big guards, the same one XJ6 knocked out. They looked sore from the previous intrusion, but still on duty.
Nora came up and expected to easily come into the house but was stopped by the guards.
"Ticket for entrance ma'am"
"I'm not here to party you idiot, Im here to pick up my daughter, I'll just take her and-"
"No Ticket, No Entrance" He said, the same manner as before, but sorer.
"Fine." Nora said, as she grabbed one by the arm and through him down the stair case and quickly did the same to the other. These guards were just having a rough night, beaten by two ladies'.
She made her way in and didn't even take time to admire the spectacle view of the entire mansion, she just made her way where the music was at, she cringed at the idea of going in to witness a bunch of sweaty teens dancing their night off.
She knew she would have to make her way through and try to find her daughter there, shouldn't be too hard though, how hard would it be to miss a 6ft Robot with a TV for a head?
There she saw the doors that blocked the music, as she opened it, soundwaves beyond the sound barrier blasted her ear drums, almost shattering them, she quickly covered her ears and close the door. No way she's going in there without protection.
She took out her phone and used it to form some kinda of ear muffs, that blocked off sound. A smart and useful phone useable like a swiss army knife.
She entered the room again and the music only sounded like a normal speaker volume now, at least bearable.
"How in great Beethoven's hearing can they even stand this music, let alone at this volume!? They're probably deaf at this point!" She thought to herself, though her thoughts couldn't drown out the still loud music even with ear muffs.
She was making her way across the room, searching for her daughter, no sign or indication what so ever. She figured there's no point in asking since everyone is probably bleeding from their ear drums they won't understand what she's saying.
She decided its no point looking for her alone though, so she made it out of the room once more and called up her base.
"Nicolas, are you there?" She asked when she finally got answered.
"Yeah Im here," He said as he sipped on some coffee. "Did you get XJ6?"
"No, it's a nightmare here! The music is awful and incredibly loud, I had to use my phone as ear muffs just so I won't lose my hearing!"
"Well, kids these days sure love ear shattering music more than anyone else."
"Whatever, Im having trouble locating XJ6, I need you to look where she is."
"She's still have her location turned off. I can try the emergency call on her again, if you think that'll help."
"No, that will warn her im here and provoke her to leave to somewhere else, I guess maybe I can look for her all over the house, she doesn't seem to be in the rave room."
"You searched the entire dance floor?"
"It shouldn't be hard to find XJ6 sticking out of the crowd, she sticks out like a sore thumb."
"Ok, sorry I cant do nothing else here, the only thing I did was convince General Mack not to come here to the base tonight."
"General Mack called!? Why didn't you tell me?" Nora said angrily.
"Well, I didn't think it mattered, he said his vacation was ruined and that he was coming back home, its not like he'll be a problem later on."
"I suppose so, as long as he doesn't know about this we should be alright."
"Ok, good luck then."
Nora hanged up the phone. She proceeded to look all over each room and each corridor, from every brom closet to every storage room.
"She's got to be somewhere here!"
Back with XJ6
1:20
Well, they did it, it was rough, it was dirty, but most of all it was one hell of a sex. For XJ6 it was obviously a first but she only wished it was never their last. What they did on that bed was the same many others in the heat of love do. They made sweet melted butter on toast.
Romeo was surely exhausted from that ordeal, but most definitely satisfied in his accomplished work. "Yep, I tamed the most dangerous prey alright" he thought to himself, he surely made himself more than a man that night.
As for XJ6, she had herself curled onto Romeo, all over she felt satisfaction deep wither her core and capacitors, their little "snuggle" ended with more than her CPU overloading, but also her heart ever more linked with Romeo's.
She never knew her mother had given her the capacity to enjoy such pleasure, one would assume for a robot such an activity would be nonexistent, only at most dull and un feeling, but not for XJ6, she was built to be genuine in emotions and feelings, the most powerful for her was love. She never thought that the climax of such moments felt so good! She was thirsty for more, still having energy for another round, but let Romeo have a breather, can't have fun when your play thing is tired.
Romeo looked at XJ6 in her eye, seeing in her the satisfaction any woman would find pleasing after a triumphed moment heating her CPU till she felt that overload. She enjoyed it all, and most importantly she felt no shame on it whatsoever.
For her she never thought she would have an opportunity like this, let alone feel its sensations. While cuddling up with her man, she could drift to sleep if she wasn't so tired, but after having a blast, her expression asked for more.
"So, how was that for round one?" Romeo asked looking at her, already catching his breath.
"Well, im always ready for another. My battery can still keep me powered for as much 10 nights, let's see we can drain it all in one." She teased.
They went back to smooching to get started, it was of course fun while it lasted, until a sudden ringing of Romeos phone caught them off guard.
XJ6 looked at Romeo wondering he was going to do, he just looked at her and said "That can wait if you want to keep going."
"Don't worry, a quick call won't interrupt our night, just make your chat quick, im only here as long as you like." She said rubbing her finger on his chin.
He picked up the phone, and answered the call "Hello? Dad!?" He said surprised "Uh, nothing dad, just sleeping... wait now! Uh sure, I'll just be here, see you soon." He hanged up the call and looked at XJ6 with a worried expression that passed on to her.
"What's wrong?" XJ6 said concerned
"Well, my dad is coming home earlier than expected, 2 weeks early in fact!" He said in disappointment.
"Well, what now?"
"Well, I guess I have to ask everyone to leave before he comes here."
"You mean he doesn't know you're having a party?"
"Well, he wouldn't like to come to a house full of raving guests, so to save having a long argument Its best I deal with the guests."
"But, but what about me?" XJ6 said begrudged.
Romeo simply caressed XJ6's head as he said "Oh my dear, you were the most eloquent taste of fine wine and man can enjoy, but soon enough that wine must run dry. I am in all my experience sorry for this un expecting leave, I wish my dad didn't have a constantly changing mind."
"How about we just talk him on not coming here or convince him to let us have more of our fun, your Romeo Prima! You're basically a bad ass in every way, im sure you can convince him with your prestige that you deserve to enjoy a night like this!"
"As much as I wish I could, my Father is one tough nut to crack. He isn't just any officer, he's a General."
"A General!" XJ6 said in complete shock "Why didn't you say this before!"
"Well, that detail didn't seem as important to discuss."
"Well, it is bad because if a general from my facility catches whiff of me here, I'll surely be turned to scrap the next morning!" XJ6 said scared.
"Don't worry, even if my father catches you, I won't let anything happen to you."
"Really? I thought you said your fathers a tough nut to crack?"
"In cases like hosting a unexpected party in our home, yeah, but for a high grade top secret Robot made to save the world, I don't think he'll be eager to just eliminate that."
"Your right" XJ6 said relieved on that idea. "At least it's not General Mack, he can be a real prick to me, would rather I be recycled for chores then trusted with anything else."
Romeos eye lids shot straight up hearing that name. "Wait, General Mack has a issue with you personally? Like a vendetta?"
"Yeah, especially since when I was first activated I had him at gun point, I don't blame him for having trust issues but he takes it too far, why you ask?"
"Heh, well you see, then if my father does catch you it might be trickier to change his thoughts then."
"Why? He a lower ranking General than Mack?"
"Well, that's because Mack is my Father."
Silence shuddered in the room, for a moment it was like the world was on pause, till XJ6 bursted out laughing at that absurd statement.
"What so funny?" Romeo asked concerned
"General Mack (heh) is apparently the father of the world hottest boy model in this continent (hehe) and also the father of the first person I ever made love with. Oh that would make platinum gold records of funny if that is true!" She snorted, not taking what he said seriously In the slightest.
"Well, im not joking, he really is my father, Mack Prima." He said in a more serious tone.
That revelation hit the fan in XJ6's cooling system, this made her CPU skip a line of code trying to figure out and assess this scenario. For all the advanced technology her mind has to make her fully tactical and intelligent, she saw no good outcome to this at all. Even if she evades General Macks notice of her presence in his home, now back at the base, every time she sees Mack, she'll be reminded of who his son is, and what she did with him. Oh, the trauma she ensued on herself.
"This can't be real" she said in dread. "Now whenever I see him I'm going to have a hard time keeping my breath trying not to think about, well, tonight!"
"It's alright though, " Romeo said scooting closer to XJ6, trying to comfort her. "We'll meet again someday, I know it, nothing keeps the hunt away from me."
"Oh, I know that for sure," she said also scooting closer, coming in for another kiss out session.
"Then before you leave, let's just have a little bit of time to ourselves." Romeo suggested.
"Much obliged" XJ6 said as she showed her appreciation with the start of another make out session.
They were at it for about a minute until
"SLAM!" The door slammed open, making XJ6 and Romeo stop and look in the direction of who intruded. Oh boy was it who they least wanted to see.
"X. J. SIX!" The raspy voice of a angered woman shouted out. No other than Nora Wakeman.
XJ6 simply squeaked saying "uh oh" as her mother stomped her way to them.
She had a look of disgust and anger flowing through her eyes, everyone could feel an intense moment was gonna play out in this.
"YOU, ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE YOUNG LADY, HOW DARE YOU THINK OF DEFYING ME!" Nora shouted
"WELL HOW DARE YOU KEEP ME AWAY FROM TRYING TO ENJOY A SINGLE NIGHT OUT!" XJ6 protested
"LIKE HELL YOU EARNED IT! YOU LIED TO ME, YOU BROKE MY HEART! AND WORST OF ALL YOU, YOU, YOU MADE THIS YOUNG MAN YOUR DAME!?"
"HE CARES FOR ME FOR WHO I AM, HE DOESN'T SEE ME AS JUST SOME ROBOT! HE TREATS ME LIKE A PROPER PERSON!"
"AND I HAVENT?!"
"WELL KEEPING ME LOCKED IN A BASE NOT GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC ISNT WHAT A NORMAL PARENT WOULD DO!"
"WELL YOUR NOT A PARTICULALRY ORDINARY, YOUNG WOMAN! CANT YOU SEE YOUR MORE THEN THAT!?"
"WELL WHY CANT I JUST LIVE THE WAY I WANT TO LIVE THEN!?"
They went back and forth on this and back and forth. Romeo just being in the middle covered his ears as these two fought and argued, when were they just going to calm down he thought.
He thought it was strange Nora, his current lovers Mother, didn't feel shocked to see her daughter naked in bed, maybe she's so angry at the moment she didn't even make notice?
"WELL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT PEOPLE JUST PICK ON YOU 24/7 FOR WHO YOU ARE THEN?" Nora roared back
"WELL SOME DO BACK AT BASE, LIKE YOU CARED ENOUGH TO NOTICE!"
Nora didn't anything to respond back with that. So, she picked a different topic, as she noticed, surprisingly late, that her own creation was nude "WHAT ARE YOU DOING NAKED IN BED BY THE WAY, DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE- OH NO YOU DIDN'T YOU BASTARD!" She shouted as she pounced on Romeo trying to choke the person who plowed her daughter.
She had a surprisingly strong grip, choking Romeo near knock out. XJ6 took action and grabbed Nora back away from her Romeo to save his life, this was done with ease.
Nora was kicking and screaming at Romeo while being dragged away by XJ6 and nearly pushed to tears as sure realization to what that person had done to her daughter. It was also heart breaking for XJ6 who saw and heard her own mother's tears, she thought wrong thinking she didn't care, indeed she realized that its not that Nora didn't care as much, but that she cared Too Much.
Nora, exhausted from her rant, just slouched down by herself, XJ6 not knowing what to make of this scenario, just began to find her cloths and put her basic get up back together, and her pirate outfit back where she originally carried them.
XJ6 looked at Romeo for help, but what would he know what to do in this situation, he's just as helpless as she is. XJ6 didn't know whether to comfort her weeping mother or just leave and go home. But her emotions played on her, she herself started to weep and wished to seek forgiveness, approached down to her Mother and tried to place her arm over her shoulder.
A sudden smack away from her mother's arm caught XJ6 off guard, her own mother has had enough of XJ6's presence, seeing her was a disgrace. How else would any parent react when they catch their creation in the act of such a moment.
XJ6 felt tears from her monitor form, oil drops formed and she wanted to just disappear. She gave one last look at Romeo, then back to her mother and said "Im sorry, for everything."
Nora didn't say a word, just still sat on the floor crying.
XJ6 took that as a means for silent treatment and left the room.
She went out to find a window, and flew out of it, into the night sky.
She decided to fly her way home, instead of running away, it was for the best, there was nowhere else for her to go anyway, maybe to where XJ4 said to meet her, but now is not the time.
After a good couple of minutes of flying back, still slowly weeping from herself, she finally made it back and saw the base. She didn't want to go to her room, that's where her mother and others would look to find her and ask her questions later.
No, she went to her special spot outside, in the corner of the base. Where she built her little shack with all her collectables. She went inside it and crawled to the little bed she made herself inside of the shack, she could barely fit in it.
She regretted everything, everything from living to even enjoying her own night out. She paid a bigger price she would ever have imagined one can pay.
It wasn't her life, it wasn't someone else's, but of her own Mothers, the one person who gave her life. She broke her heart, broke her trust, her own Mothers vase of grace. There's no one in the world she trusted more than her Mother, and she broke it, all in the name of "having fun.".
"What have I done?" XJ6 whispered herself, as finally the tears she was holding back couldn't be held back no longer, she opened up her flood gates and tears of oils flowed out from her. She wept as she hugged the pillow on her face, trying to snuff out her cry's, as well as to try and comfort herself.
Nothing but her Mothers forgiveness would fix this, but XJ6 had a feeling like that was never going to happen.
Her mind wondered into a state of anxiety, what was she gonna do when she woke up, when she awakes in a new bright day of possible labor, will she face punishment, will she run away, or will she become nonexistent. Any of these were possible, and they struck her heart each second worse, like a venom from a snake seeping through one's veins, the more one moved the more it got worse. For XJ6 however, the more she tried to think, the more it came to hurt her, and make her regret ever living her own life.
Back at the Mansion
1:30
Nora finally got up and left. Romeo was already downstairs addressing everyone to bail as soon as possible, Nora figured because he was now in no mood to continue a party after she trashed it.
"Good" she thought to herself "I hope whoever his parents are gives him a proper beating too if they ever get home."
She slopped down the stairs, in a depressed fashion, she saw everyone leaving, while they all had trouble hearing what each other were saying, some even having blood come out of their ears.
This didn't surprise her, but even if all of a sudden, a dragon came out of the room it wouldn't surprise her either, even the most shocking and out of worldly thing were to happen out of nowhere she wouldn't express any other emotion other than depression, she was now awe struck by the blinding curse of depression.
Nothing in her head felt positive no more, not even the thought of beating this "Romeo" guy till he begged for mercy for seducing her daughter into sinful lust. No, not even that satisfied her thoughts. She wept in her own mind what she had witnessed and done. She had failed not as a scientist but as a Mother, again. It was as though the universe had a special hatred for her. No one in her life was there to comfort her even, she had no shoulder to fully rely on, no friend of family she fully trusted.
Her only family she can think would help would be her Mother, but she's old, in her death bed at a hospital back in her old town. She hasn't talked to her for years, in fear of what to say or what to ask, like a shame of never even visiting her when she was healthy or started getting sick.
Her sister, Wisteria, was too much of a up stuck hippie and would only get on her nerves, like she would be of any help what so ever.
Nora always thought it would be her own child, a daughter, that she can trust the most, but seeing the truth is that no one, not even your own creation is honest to the end.
Loyalty felt bleak, like a glimmering star about to die, soon it just keeps expanding and building up energy until BOOM, it destroys everything that relied on its gravity to keep it in a stable orbit. All obliterated in its presence, what once brought light and possibly life would eventually lead to its death.
She joined the crowd as she exited the building, she saw the guards on the side, looking down in a lot of ways, she figured she should apologize for being rough earlier, maybe they would've saved her the trouble of finding her daughter that way. She only kept moving, no point on fixing anything anymore.
She finally got to her car, still parked in the sidewalk. She got inside and started the car but didn't move it. "What do I do." She asked herself in glum.
It was obvious, go back to base and see if her daughter is home, but she didn't want to even think about XJ6 right now, she only brought shame and disappointment in her mind. No, it's better to leave space until she cooled off.
"Maybe head back to my house, and just sleep it off." She thought. Yeah, it sounds about right. But another thought occurred "What if, I need advice?" She wondered, as earlier she thought about her dying mother, maybe, just maybe she needs Motherly advice, from one with better experience then her.
She heard her heart thump as she thought about the decision, maybe it's best not, she doesn't know what to say, or how to even greet her own mother, she would be insulting herself if she did so.
Or worse yet, what if Wisteria is there in support of her Mother, she was the more favored daughter, that being more in touch with nature then technology as her own Mother loved gardening more than anything.
It was obviously a choice she would regret doing, but she would also regret not seeking out help on this matter. So, without other thoughts, she went off and drove to the direction where her old town was. It was going to be a long journey, but didn't care if anyone back at the base, even Nicolas, knew where she headed, she only wanted to do things one step at a time. Everything else, even her own daughter, were not of prime concern.
So off in the night, drove the depressed scientist, who as a Mother, failed to recognize her own true faults.
END OF CHAPTER 4
END OF ACT 3
