New Bot on the Block
Chapter 36: Leo's Tearful Goodbye
Leo and Jenny then rushed over to the console and saw a screen still active that said (Self-Destruct Function Activated… All personnel must evacuate to the Escape Pods immediately… Detonation will activate when Flagship Alpha makes contact with planet's surface.) Leo widened his optics in fear as Jenny hugged him tight in panic, when the observation windows were suddenly blocked by steel shutters.
Leo and Jenny looked around frantically for a way out, before Leo led Jenny towards the Escape Pods; Leo helped by prying open the auto-doors by hand as Jenny repelled the remaining Sphere-Bots with her weapons. As they reached the retractable bridge leading to the Escape Pods, they witnessed the doors on either end suddenly shut and shielded by an energy barrier; what's worse, the bridge began to retract as to red eyes peered at them from below.
Leo and Jenny then looked at each other slowly, before they nodded in synchronicity and jumped off before they activated their flight protocols; they looked down at the red eyes and saw it was a massive robot with a chainsaw on the left arm and a tesla whip on the right arm. Leo and Jenny then held hands in terror, before they breathed and exhaled deeply with their optics closed; Jenny then felt her energy levels increasing gradually and opened her optics to see she was cloaked with the same energy that Leo was when he came for her earlier.
Leo then looked at Jenny and the latter asked him softly "This… is Overdrive?" Leo nodded with a curtly smile, before the robot rises in front of them; It was glaring at them with a malevolent look, but both Leo and Jenny smiled slyly at it and got out their weapons.
The massive robot then swung its Chainsaw at the robots, when Jenny blocked it with her axe and locked blades with it; Leo then got out his energy blades and hacked off where the Chainsaw and the robot's torso joined up. Where there was a firm, joined Chainsaw, there was now a red hot, limbless wound; the chainsaw then suddenly stopped and fell down into the dark pit below.
The robot then looked at its wound, before it glared maliciously at Jenny; it flared its tesla whip angrily, before it threw it towards her. Jenny flinched as she was going to get hit, when she heard the coil make contact; she then opened her optics a little and saw Leo catching the whip in his right arm, but is slowly getting fried.
Jenny then looked around quickly and saw the joint where the whip and the torso is connected; she then darted towards the joint and hacked it in one swing. The whip then gradually died down and fell down into the dark pit as well, when Jenny turned and saw Leo rubbing his damaged, but otherwise still functioning arm in concern. Leo then looked at Jenny, then gestured his head towards the massive robot; Jenny did not need telling twice, so she unleashed her Multi-Sword technique and made an insurmountable amount of slashes at the robot, reducing it into sparking cubes.
Jenny then flew over to where Leo is hovering and checked his injury; she looked highly worried about his arm, so she pecked it softly with her optics closed as she began to well up with tears. Leo blushed deeply from Jenny's soft kiss, before she moved her head to Leo's face; as they were about to kiss passionately, the Flagship suddenly jerked to the side and began to shake abruptly. Leo then said with his optics widened in panic "The ship's entered the Earth's Atmosphere! We've got only two minutes to get out!"
Leo then gripped Jenny's arm and darted to the Escape Pod Bay door, prying open them in a hurry before they entered the Escape Pod Bay. Leo and Jenny looked around frantically for an intact Pod, when Leo saw one left at the very end of the bay; however, he also saw that the Flagship is heading right for Downtown Tremorton. He thought frantically for ideas, before he came up with one; it was risky, but it's something only he can do.
Jenny then came towards Leo in a mix of panic and relief and said "Quick! Into the pod, now!" Jenny quickly opened the Pod doors and was about to jump in, when she paused briefly and turned to Leo, who was looking rather devastated. Jenny then looked in worry and said "Leo… what's the matter?" Leo looked at Jenny with his optics glistening in sadness, before he replied in a soft, croaky voice "Get in the Pod Jenny… I'm going to direct this ship into the sun."
Jenny's optics began to glisten in deep sadness, before she held Leo's arms and said "No… Leo, no… Please, you don't need to do that…" Leo closed his optics in pain and replied "They need you, Jenny… The Earth needs you… You're their protector." Jenny then welled tearfully and her mouth trembled before she stuttered in hard sobs "Leo… P-p-please… I can't… I can't lose you…"
Leo tilted his head up a little and opened his optics tearfully before he replied while caressing Jenny's cheek "I can't lose you either… Jenny, Nora can make another you, but I prefer the one Jenny in front of me. Besides, only I can stop the ship from barely making contact on the surface at this speed." Jenny thought frantically for a counter, but she buried her face in Leo's chest and bawled out crying; Leo stroked Jenny's back and said "I love you Jenny… Even in death, I will still love you."
Jenny sniffed hard a few times, before they shared their final kiss; Jenny wrapped her arms tight around Leo's neck with her right leg kneeled as Leo held Jenny's waist. They then, with heavy reluctance, broke off their kiss and Jenny entered the Escape Pod; Jenny then held her hand on the window and Leo placed his on the exact spot, both saddened to leave each other. Leo then said in an audible whisper "Goodbye… Jen-Bear." He then pressed the ejection button before he blasted a Pod Door open as Jenny said when the Pod descended to the surface "Goodbye… Lee-Bee."
Leo then flew to the top of the Flagship and gripped it tight before he pulled with every ounce of his strength before the ship had just barely came a few inches from making contact with the Sky Patrol HQ. Leo then puts everything he got into his boot thrusters and slowly gained speed until he shot out of the Earth's orbit into outer space; as he was flying straight into the sun while gripping the flagship, his life suddenly flashed before his eyes: His birth, his training, his escape, his contact with Jenny, his date with Jenny and befriending Brad, Sheldon, Tucker, Misty, Melodie, Nora and Vega. He then closed his optics and shed his final tear with a spark inside, before he opened them blankly and flew into the sun.
Meanwhile, Jenny had just landed on the front lawn of her house as Nora rushed out frantically, as Brad, Tucker, Melodie, Sheldon, Misty and Vega came outside and helped Jenny out of the pod. They then saw her fall to the ground, sobbing hard as her tears fell onto the grass; Nora then asked "Jenny… What happened?"
Jenny made an alarmingly loud sob before she replied with much difficulty "Leo… He's… he's gone!" Everyone widened their eyes at Jenny's reaction and comforted her to the best of their abilities… but it proved fruitless.