To answer some questions that some of you are doubtless asking, JK-NECROS is actually far stronger than Jenny, and would likely have beaten her had I wrote this particular chapter in a different way. However, I figured that I had made Dianna look too much like a delicate flower, so I thought I should reveal another side of her. Anyway, read on and enjoy!
CHAPTER 5: DIANNA'S MOMENT OF GLORY
"Sorry, sister, but this chick isn't going to cool off anytime soon!" said Jenny, converting her right arm into a flamethrower. "In fact…I'M TURNING UP THE HEAT!"
Dianna narrowed her eyes, scanning the flames speeding towards her. "Okay, fire-based attack," she said. "Temperature and trajectory analyzed, execute counterstrike!" A flash of blue light suddenly burst around her as she cried, "DN-9 DNA METAMORPHOSIS, NOW!"
Everyone, including Jenny, stared in shock as the blue light cancelled out the fire attack, and then dropped to reveal Dianna…in a new form! Her hair was longer, hanging all the way down her back. She wore a beautiful blue costume that went down as far as her waist, where it opened up into two fins in the back. A blue flap hung halfway down her thighs from under the costume, and blue sleeve-like arm covers seemed to round off the ensemble. A blue crystal was on these sleeves just at the wrist, and a smaller one was on her forehead. She also had golden knee-guards.
"Playing with fire isn't a good thing for you," said Dianna in a cold voice, her eyes forbidding, "now that you're up against water!"
"Holy cheese and crackers!" yelled Sheldon. "Dianna transformed, just like Jenny's Hyper Mode!"
"What? But, I thought only Jenny had Hyper Modes!" exclaimed Johnny.
"That's not a Hyper Mode, you guys."
"Xander!" shouted Sheldon, seeing the boy robot standing nearby, watching the potential war. "Where the heck have you been, man? We've got trouble!"
"Let's just say I was blowing off some steam," said Xander in an unusually flat voice. "Either way, you guys can relax now. This brawl is as good as over."
"What do you mean it's over?" demanded Johnny, looking at Xander as if he had lost a few screws. "Jenny's berserk and in Fire Phoenix-Mode!"
With the calmest voice they had ever heard him use, Xander simply replied, "Because not even the power of Jenny's Fire Phoenix can stand up to that of Dianna's Aqua-Mode!"
Suddenly, Jackie appeared next to him, once again acting flirty. "Well, hello there, big boy!" she said. "Are you a friend of Jenny's or something?"
Xander actually showed a hint of surprise when he saw her. "Umm, are you Jenny's long lost twin sister or something?" he asked her.
"No, I'm JK-NECROS, but you can call me Jackie," she replied. "I was built by Dr. Ito Masamune, a friend of Mrs. Wakeman."
"Guys, they're starting the fight!" exclaimed Johnny, directing everybody's attention to the two robot girls, both of them super-powered and staring daggers at each other.
"I don't want to fight you, Jenny," said Dianna, "but if you won't back down, I won't show leniency!"
Jenny, unfortunately, was beyond being reasoned with. From inside her head, a voice was crying out for her to destroy this arrogant anomaly before her. Destroy…destroy…DESTROY! "SHUT UP AND FIGHT!" she yelled, her voice no longer that of sweet, caring Jenny, but the insane, hateful cries of Fire Phoenix.
"Then so be it!" said Dianna, who clearly was ready, willing, and able to bash Jenny's head in to bring her back to her senses.
"Have a taste of my Flaming Comet Fist!" Jenny yelled, speeding through the air towards Dianna, her fist already flaming.
Dianna didn't even blink as she responded, "Give me a break! GO DOWN!" She fired a blue beam from her hand, which hit Jenny head-on. The raging teen robot cried out in pain as she shot across the street, crashing into and smashing a parked car.
Sheldon stared at Jenny and the car. To see his expression, you'd think he'd just seen Jenny smash the Ten Commandments. "Ohhh, crap, the neighbors are going to kill us! That was a new car!" he wailed.
"Well, you'd better make tracks for Mexico!" said Xander in a not-very-comforting voice.
Just then, Brad and Tuck came running up the sidewalk. (A/N: There you go, for those of you who were waiting for Brad and Tuck to show up again!)
"Hey, guys, we heard the commotion, and we came to see what happened!" said Brad.
Tuck, meanwhile, had looked up in the sky and seen Dianna and Jenny continuing their fight. "Whoa, check out the butt-kicking!" he said.
"Holy cow!" yelled Brad as he watched the two robots zipping through the air. "Is Jenny fighting a new Cluster robot or something?"
"No, Jenny's berserk and in Hyper Mode," explained Sheldon, "and that other robot trying to stop her is Xander's girlfriend, Dianna!"
Up in the sky, it was clear that Jenny was losing this battle. Her armor was battered and cracked, and she was covered with dents, scars, and who knows what else.
"Had enough yet, Fire Phoenix?" asked Dianna, glaring lethally at her.
Taking great, heaving breaths, Jenny replied, "No…this is impossible! I can't lose!"
Suddenly, she threw her head back and screamed, "I…CAN'T…LOSE!" At the same time, two wings made entirely out of flames sprouted from her back.
"CRAP, JENNY JUST ACTIVATED HER WINGS!" screamed Sheldon, looking like he was about to have a heart attack. "SHE'S ABOUT TO LAUNCH HER STRONGEST ATTACK!"
Of everyone there, the only ones who hadn't seemed to hear what Sheldon was saying were Xander, Brad, and Jackie, who were in the middle of a conversation resulting from the fact that Jackie and Brad were first meeting.
"So, you're like a copy of Jenny, but you're way stronger?" asked Brad.
"Yeah, at least that's what I was supposed to be," said Jackie, shrugging slightly. "Anyhow, how about-OH MY GOD!"
Looking up, they saw something happen that they would never forget.
"PREPARE TO BURN IN THE INFERNO, FOREIGN ROBOT!" bellowed Jenny, shooting through the air towards Dianna, her whole body surrounded by flames. "FEEL THE POWER OF THE 'FALLEN PHOENIX DIVE'!"
Dianna just began moving her hands around in an odd pattern, blue energy building up in her palms. "A very good attack, but no matter how hot a flame burns, it can always be put out! POSEIDON BUSTER!"
Another beam of blue energy, this one looking like it had been fired from a giant laser cannon, shot from Dianna's hands. Even more incredible, it tore through the flames surrounding Jenny and struck her…hard.
Immediately, Jenny shrieked in agony, her attack faded, and she was trapped hovering in the air. As soon as the rest of the beam faded, Dianna zipped over and brought the heel of her foot down on Jenny's head, sending her smashing into the front yard of the Wakeman residence.
"JENNY, OH MY GOD, ARE YOU OKAY?" cried Sheldon, rushing over to Jenny's side.
Dianna, meanwhile, set herself back down on the ground and changed back to normal. "Oh, I hope I didn't do anything permanent," she said in a worried voice.
"Whoa, babe-o-rama!" exclaimed Brad when he saw Dianna's true form. "Xander, your girl is hot!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Brad," said Xander with a smile that suddenly made Brad uneasy. "So, if I see or hear of you ogling her in any way, shape, or form," he continued, suddenly becoming deadly serious, "I will make you wish that you had not been born as a vertebrate life form. Got it, friend?"
Pale as a sheet, Brad gulped and said, "Yes, I've got it."
Meanwhile, Sheldon was supporting Jenny in his arms. "Jenny, are you okay?" he asked in a panic.
Jenny groaned, and suddenly her eyes shot open, a look of panic on her face. "Sheldon! Oh God, what happened to everyone else?" she began crying out. "Please tell me that they're okay!"
"Jenny, calm down," said Sheldon soothingly. "Dianna transformed into a stronger form and took you out of Hyper Mode before things got ugly."
Jenny looked at Dianna for confirmation. "Yes, I brought you out of it," said Dianna. "I'm glad I didn't do any serious damage to you in the process."
After a few seconds, Jenny suddenly clutched onto Sheldon, sobbing into his chest. "Sheldon, I'm so sorry!" she cried. "I didn't want to do that, but I…I couldn't control…and I said…oh my God!"
Sheldon held her gently as he helped her stand. "It is okay, Jenny," he said gently, softly stroking her head. "It wasn't your fault, so don't cry. Everything's okay now."
With the others behind him, Sheldon led Jenny into the house. However, Xander and Dianna stayed outside.
"Dianna, come with me," said Xander, beginning to walk towards the backyard. "There's something I want you to see."
Silently, Dianna followed him. Once in the backyard, she and Xander stopped in front of an object that looked like a white stone obelisk set on a bulky, rectangular base. "What is this, Xander?" she asked, coming to his side.
"Just read what it says on the obelisk," said Xander, pointing to it. It read:
IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY, AND ALL THOSE WHO PERISHED WHEN THE WORLD OF MECHANOPOLIS FELL ON THIS DAY, THE 28TH OF NANOVON, 930 A.N. (28TH OF JUNE, 2005 A.D.)
"It's a memorial," said Dianna softly, feeling close to tears.
"Yes, a memorial to our home," said Xander, his voice calm despite the fact that he felt close to crying himself. "I'd been constructing it before I was able to repair you. I wanted to keep it put away until I could share it with you."
A few tears actually left Dianna's eyes as she leaned against Xander and hugged him, saying, "Xander, this is a wonderful thing you've done. It just proves what I've known all along."
"What is that, Dianna?" asked Xander, looking down at her.
Dianna looked up at him, a smile on her face. "That you're a kind, loving boy, and even if I don't remember that much about you, my heart still knows, and that is good enough for me," she said.
"I love you, Dianna," said Xander, bringing his face closer to hers for a kiss.
"I love you, too, my love," she said, pressing her mouth over his, both of them locked in a passionate kiss, and knowing in the backs of their minds that they had better enjoy this quiet while they could. After all, as Xander knew all too well, things were about to get hairy, not just for Earth and his friends, but for him as well.
Well, I hope this wasn't too short. Also, I'm sorry it took so long to update, I had a severe case of writer's block, so I haven't been able to work on this or my other fanfics. I am grateful for your patience, and I hope you are looking forward to the next chapter!