New Bot on the Block
Chapter 19: Arising Suspicion
When she left Leo in the Living Room, Jenny came up to her mother's room and saw Nora deeply pondering in her desk chair. Jenny then asked "Hey mom… what's the problem?" Nora looked at Jenny in a focused look, before she replied "The Captain of the Sky Patrol had contacted me a few minutes ago… He decrypted a portion from the data from the escape pod and… well, it'll be much easier to show you."
Nora then gestured Jenny to the computer and showed her the evidence: The Background is definitely Cluster-made, with a text that was deciphered "ESCAPE POD #6: EJECTED AT 10PM. OCCUPANT: MODEL YJ-9." Jenny widened her optics in surprise, before she turned to her mother, who replied "This is a theory… and I don't have any hard proof… but I believe Leo is the occupant in that pod."
Jenny blinked twice blankly, before she said "Mom… I must agree…" Nora nodded as she covered her mouth with her hand, before Jenny continued "You need some HEAVY evidence to even prove that Leo was an occupant in that pod! Look, we may have met him a few days ago, but he isn't the hostile type!" Nora rubbed her forehead in annoyance before she replied "Jenny, he hasn't told us everything in his past; I mean, a tight leash from his mother? That sounds very similar to 'Vexus' to me!"
Jenny rolled her optics before she pointed out "What about XJ-1? You said so yourself: Her servos are built with a morality system, yet she calmed down and had fun with Leo when he first held her in his arms." Nora shrugged and replied "Could be a malfunction… I mean, XJ-1 IS a prototype still…"
Jenny groaned in irritation, when Nora continued "Still, I do need hard evidence to prove Leo belongs to the Cluster. He might be this 'Model YJ-9', for all we know…" To her surprise, Jenny sniggered at that quote, raising her brow and inquired what was funny; Jenny then said after calming down "Well… my model name is XJ-9 and the model name that the Cluster made is YJ-9… HAHAHAHAHA!" Jenny supported herself on the desk because she was laughing so hard at the joke, which Nora sighed in annoyance with her arms crossed.
It took a few minutes before Jenny finally settled down, when Nora wave her hand and said "Forget it, I'll figure it out myself… Just… hang out with your boyfriend." Jenny then stuttered "Leo? My boyfriend? I don't know what you're… Oh, screw it. Yeah, I admit, I love Leo. I think he's a really great boy, who is not a bad guy and is such a sweet, amazing boy! I don't care who else says otherwise, he's a caring guy who will take a fatal attack for anyone, even for me."
Jenny held her hands over her chest as she looked up with her optics glistening and smiling endearingly, before she left Nora's room, which Nora looked on weirdly before she shook her head and went back to her computer, pondering "Jenny has a point… Even if Leo DID come from the escape pod, he didn't showed any hostilities when we first encountered him… in fact, he stood still like a statue when he first saw Jen—Hold on… I have an idea on what happened…" Nora then typed into her laptop, putting in the evidence she witnessed and found out into her report…