EPISODE 1 FIREBIRD BEGINS PART 1
20 years later...
Present Day
Date Monday June 14th
Time 1:30 pm
It was a beautiful day in a town called Tremerton, over in the distance was a large but average neighborhood, in a lush environment around near downtown, and the weather looked peaceful,
in a backyard in between two houses, a young man aged 7-8, was getting ready to throw a baseball, at two other young men one 16 with red spikey hair, and brown colored eyes and the other 17 with red-brown but smooth styles hair with green eyes,
they were playing baseball in that backyard between the two houses, one of them was holding a catcher and one of them held the baseball bat in hand, getting ready for the swing,
the young boy then spoke up as he got ready for the throw, "you guys ready for this?"
the other young man turned his head to his friend, and they both nodded as he got into swinging stance and said, "yeah, we're ready! throw the ball tuck!"
the young child, named tuck carbunckle, then started to wind up the ball, as the young man, got ready for the swing,
then tuck threw the ball, and the young man, then quickly swung his bat and made a hit on the ball, then tuck jumped up with catcher's mitten in hand, and barely caught the ball
while tuck was gathering his bearings from the catch, the young individual then got back to his swinging position, baseball bat in hand, "good throw! now, let's try that again!"
"alright!" spoke tuck as he stood up, and began to wind up again, the young men, already in position,
then after winding up, tuck threw the ball, and Tyler again made the hit, but this time the baseball ricocheted into a tree, then the brick wall, then to a pipe and finally into a glass window,
tuck then turned to his friends and was feeling embarrassed by the accident, "eh...too much?"
the red spikey haired young man then pointed at the house signaling him to go and bring back the ball for them, "bring the ball back tuck,"
tuck then turned around and then walked towards the big house, his friend, turned to tuck's older brother in concern, "are you sure about this brad?"
"yeah, don't worry Tyler, he'll be fine, hopefully..." said brad carbunckle assuringly,
tuck grumbled as he approached the door to the house "i'm sure this will be worth it..." he said as he then rang the doorbell, then he waited for the door to open, when...
THOOM!
a loud earth shaking footstep was tuck's answer, as he then looked towards the door, "wha!? what was that!?"
THOOM!
another loud footstep could be hard as tuck began to lose his footing, "a-an earthquake!?" he panicked as he frantically looked around his surroundings for the source of those footsteps,
THOOM!
after one last earth shattering footstep, tuck lost his balance and fell to the ground, "WHA!"
as the door soon opened, the young child tuck lifted his head, and he saw, a large 6 foot female robot stood towering over tuck,
tuck could only watch in horror of the mechanical girl, as she again stopped forward, shaking the ground,
tuck shook as he closed his eyes and barley peeked, and saw the robot girl, offering him the ball back to him, but,
"aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
he screamed in horror, in the fence near the house, Tyler and brad turned towards the sound of the cry for help startled,
"wha!? Tuck!" Tyler exclaimed as his heart raced for tuck's life as he quickly ran to tuck with brad following suit,
but by the Time they arrived the female robot had disappeared the door already closed without returning the baseball, but brad and Tyler still rushed over to tucks side as he layed on the ground still horrified by the experience,
"tuck! tuck! are you okay!?" exclaimed brad as he kneeled to examine tuck,
Tyler in worry, helped tuck up to his feet, and then checks on him, "tuck, what happened? tuck! what is it!?" he said in concern, as he wrapped his arms around him,
tuck horrified, could only spew out a few words, "r..r...r...r...robot.."
Tyler and brad were baffled by this, a robot? in a house like this!? "what!? a robot in a house like this!?" he questioned the young boy,
but brad had other thoughts "robot?" he said as he then walked towards the household door to knock,
"i'm serious! there's a robot in there! a scary robot!" tuck said regaining his composure temporally,
"Brad..." Tyler said, worried,
brad then knocked on the door and then turned around to face Tyler and tuck, "guys, relax! mrs Wakeman's WEIRD, but she's not a robot,"
then, the door opened to reveal a woman with grey hair, aged 55 and wearing red lab goggles, a black turtleneck, and a yellow Botton down lab coat with matched heels as she then exclaimed, "AND! I'm not deaf ether young man!"
brad was then embarrassed as he then regained composure, turning to face the woman known as Dr Nora Wakeman scratching the back of his head, "O-OH! sorry, miss Wakeman, tuck here was hyper ventilating about some..."robot"" he said as he looked at tuck,
"brad, its true, I saw it..." pleaded tuck as he looked at brad
"tuck, calm down," brad tried to assure him,
"robot? RIDICULOUS! never heard of such a thing..." dr Wakeman exclaimed, as she then turned to close the door when,
"THATS...what I said" as brad then stopped dr Wakeman form closing the door before asking one last favor, "anyway...outside of the whole robot thing, we accidentally threw our baseball into your house...can we have it back please?"
Dr Wakeman raised a brow "baseball?" she seem genuinely understanding until, "balderdash! never heard of such a thing!" as she then slammed the door in front of the threesome, startling them,
Brad placed his hands on his hips and looked towards the door, baffled, "never heard of baseball?" He said, puzzled, as he then turned to walk away, Tyler and tuck following soon after,
Brad placed a hand on his chin in thought as they were walking away, "...something funny's going on..."
Tyler, who had the same thoughts considering tuck's experience at the door looked at brad as they walked away from the house, "definitely, if there was a robot in there, and she claims she never saw one, or a baseball when tuck screamed at the top of his lungs when he tried to get inside..." he said,
"I'm telling ya! It's a robot conspiracy!" Tuck pleaded, wanting his friends to believe him,
Brad was irritated by tuck's pleas, "hey man, would you quit with all the stuff about a-" but before he could finish his sentence, he took a glance at the top window, and saw the same robot girl whom tuck just saw a few minutes ago, "...robot?..."
Tuck looked at brad seeing as though it looks like he believed him while Tyler also looked at the window with brad, and could just hardly believe his eyes! A robot girl! In the neighbor's house next to their house!
"Now do you believe me?" Asked tuck,
Tyler and brad then turned to each other trying to think wether they should get their baseball back, or, meet the robot girl on the house window seal above,
Brad then made his decision, "guys, I'm going up there,"
"Are you sure about that brad?" Asked Tyler,
"Yeah! That robot could be evil!" Said tuck in anxiety,
"Don't worry about it, worse case in scenario, we'll get our ball back," said brad as he then made his way to the house to climb up,
"brad wait!" Said tuck as he ran with Tyler over to the house, worried for his older brother's life,
High on the household top window, there watching was a large humanoid mechanical figure who looked like a teenage girl, she had white-grey mechanical skin, with some parts blue, and they resembled clothing, even some on her hairstyle, with pig tips, and even had eyes and a mouth, just like humans,
she watched the scene below her with excitement, almost as if she wished she was out there down below out into the world of humanity, she watched with excitement in her eyes until,
"XJ9!"
A voice rang out through the room, the robot, Known as XJ9, built to be one the most advanced robots in the world, then hurried to her bed side where she was reading a book, as dr Nora wakeman, her creator, opened the door with a scornful face,
"It seems, that some young robot, has forgotten the rules of this household," she scolded, as she went around her creation's room, removing many things that anything to do with teenagers, "you were designed to be the robotic global response unit, and for one purpose, to protect the planet earth!"
She carried on as she continued to pick up the things from the room, "unless, your out saving the world, you should stay on your room!" She said she then approached XJ9, still reading her book, "you must avoid any unnecessary contact with the Human population, your existence is to remain secret to everyone, ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS!" She shouted at the top of her lungs as she swiped the book from her creation,
Dr wakeman then stood back, crossing her arms, looking disappointed, "...do I make myself clear? Xj9?"
"...Jenny..." the robot girl spoke up,
"What?" Questioned dr wakeman,
"Jenny! I changed my name to JENNY! Remember?" Jenny shouted angrily,
Dr wakeman sighed disgusted with her robotic daughter's behavior, where could she have gotten so wrong with her? Or rather...where has dr wakeman gone wrong, with the way she treated her daughter?
Jenny moped while sitting on her bed, and sighed, "what's the crisis today anyways? So I left my room for 30 seconds, nothing too bad," she said,
She then looked down onto the floor in sorrow, "mom...you just don't understand, saving the earth Just doesn't feel right to me, yet you never let me do ANYTHING but that...would a afternoon off even cause any harm?"
Jenny then stood up from her bed hold a pair of glasses, similar to her mother dr wakeman, "but no, it's always..." she then mimicked her voice to sound just like her creator, "XJ9, bust up that meteor, battle those aliens, but be back in your room, before 5:00," she then switched her audio to her normal voice,
"Meanwhile, nobody even knows my name!" Jenny vented her emotions "keeping it secret all the time what's the point!?" She said as she threw out her arms
Jenny then picked up a magazine about teenagers "instead of saving earth all the time, I'd like to have friends! And hang out like normal teenagers do!" She expressed her desires to live and be just like the humans,
But then jenny sadly sighed and slumped down, "but i'm a robot, and I've been built for battling aliens and monsters and all that..." she turned towards her reflection on the nearby mirror, loathing at her reflection and misery,
"Who would wanna even hangout with ugly heap of metal like me..." Jenny sadly said, and then repulsor blasted the mirror and shattering it to pieces,
dr wakeman, seeing her daughter in such a mood, patted on the bed next to her for her daughter to come over, "oh, honey, I understand how you feel," she spoke as Jenny then sat along side her mother/creator, "your powers after all, are still developing, and its bound to be a confusing time,"
then Wakeman got off the bedside, having assured Jenny of the future, "when you get a little older, you'll see things my way," she said
"now be a good robot, and watch those monitors," dr Wakeman said, then opened the door and prepare to leave her daughter alone again,
"yes ma'am," Jenny sighed in sadness and frustration
"...thats my XJ9..." dr Wakeman said, pleased with her daughter's answer as she left the room,
"...my name's Jenny," her daughter spoke again, irritated,
then a voice from the window seal "hi Jenny! my name's brad" brad said as he climbed into the semi technogcally advanced room, Jenny then quickly got up from her bed startled,
both individuals could hardly believe their eyes! "wow! a real life robot!" said brad,
"a real life teenager!" exclaimed Jenny in excitement, her dream coming true at last,
the two walked towards each other, "wow! look at that! and those! and that hair!" both brad and Jenny had giggled, and smiled at each other,
brad enthusiastically asked Jenny, "so, your a super hero who goes around the world having death defying adventures and defeating dastardly villains?" she asked the powerful yet sensitive robot girl
Jenny nodded in acknowledgment, "awesome!" said brad, in joy
"and your a teenager who goes to high school and meets other teens and hangs out with them?" asked Jenny, returning the sentiment to brad,
"yep!" said brad,
"sweet!" cheered Jenny,
brad then observed Jennys room in child-like wonder, "cool room! it's excellent! why's mrs Wakeman keeping the whole setup a secret?" he asked as he looked around,
Jennys eyes widened in horror and realization, knowing the consequences if brad remains in the house, "mom!" quickly, the robot girl held up brad and went towards the window seal, "if she finds you here, she'll unplug us both! you have to get out of here!" she exclaimed
brad then held her cold metal hand as he prepare to leave through the window, "okay, let's go outside!"
Jenny grew nervous, as she tried to move back, her arm still grabbed, "...I can't leave..."
brad then tugged on her mechanical arm "come on!"
both individuals struggled with each other as Jenny said "let..." then, her arm snapped off "...go!" brad then fell from the window
as brad plummeted down towards the ground, Tyler and tuck were horrified as they both shouted " BRAD!"
but then, a blue streak of light, Jenny went down to the ground before brad and caught him in her arms, just before he stuck the ground,
Tyler was relived "whew...brad..."
but tuck had other worries as he ran over to Jenny and began to kick her titanium armored leg, though they did nothing to her, being a powerful robot "let! go! of! my! brother! robot!"
"tuck! she saved his life!" shouted Tyler, seeking to relive tuck,
brad then came off of Jenny and kneeled towards tuck "don't stress it tuck! jenny's cool!" he said,
tuck placed his fists on his hips, "uh, excuse me we're talking about an evil robot cyborg, thingy, not 'Jenny'," he snarked,
Tyler was not convinced, "I dunno about that tuck, she doesn't look evil to me, besides, she saved his life and all that..." he said, hoping the child would not jump to such conclusions,
Jenny then started to turn around to fly back to her house, "uh guys...I gotta get back now..." she then activated her jets and started to hover,
"WAIT!" shouted Tyler, stopping Jenny,
"DON'T YOU WANNA...HANGOUT!?" shouted brad, catching Jennys attention as she fully stopped and turned around, bringing her back toward the ground,
"did you say you wanna hangout...with me!?" squealed Jenny,
Jenny had found true friends at last,
and so throughout the day, Jenny and her three new friends had many activities,
on the side of the road of the neighborhood, Tyler and brad were skateboarding down the road of the neighboring houses, with Jenny following on roller-skates,
tuck was on his own skateboard, doing his best to catch up, Jenny then went behind him and gave him a push to boost him to Tyler and brad, only to pass by them with a streak of flame,
a short time later, the four then had a water war, Tyler, brad and tuck each squirted each other with water guns, the battles took them to many parts of the neighbor hood, behind cars, bushes, and houses, eventually they managed to squirt Jenny short circuiting her,
behind a mailbox, tuck was just about to fire his water blaster, when a large jet stream of water blew him over, the source of the blast ruined out to be Jenny, who had gotten her water supply form the nearest fire hydrant,
later, tuck had sighted the nearest ice cream truck but when he came up to the sidewalk to greet him, the driver passed by him with a grim smile on his face,
Jenny happened to be nearby, tuck then reluctantly ask her for a favor, Jenny then converted her arms into twin magnets, and magnetized the ice cream truck back to them, the driver looking baffled as they then acquired the ice cream,
the four group of friends then each had their ice cream, thanking Jenny again,
"you know tuck, I'm not so sure, why you think she is an 'evil robot cyborg', she isn't that bad at all," said Tyler convinced of jenny's good nature,
"yeah, I guess, but still," said tuck, still not convinced,
Jenny was then having her first impression with ice cream, being a robot, she can't digest human food, tuck looked puzzled, Jenny, deciding to bite the bullet, shoved the ice cream into her mouth, and then rubbing her stomach, seemingly digesting the ice cream,
but Jenny knew the truth of the matter, as she then turned around, opened her stomach, and threw out the ice cream before it could short circuit her systems,
"hey! what are you doing?" asked brad, seemingly noticing something,
"n-nothing!" blushed Jenny as she turned her head to face her friends,
"no, your pigtips, they're freaking out," said brad, noticing jenny's hair tips moving around in her head,
"yeah, what's that all about?" asked Tyler also puzzled,
Jenny looked at her hair seeing what brad saw, her mechanical hair moving around, grabbed them in horror realizing what this means, "oh no! that's my remote emergency warning system! it tells me when the world is in life threatening danger! I better call home!" as one of her hair tips converted to a communication radar dish,
Over at the Wakeman residence, alarms were going off, and monitors showed something near earth's atmosphere, the computer systems then relayed a message to Jenny, warning her of the situation at hand, "alert! alert! giant asteroid approaching earth! please note: meteor will not burn in atmosphere, as it is now D-class, planet destroyer! 5 minutes until earth is destroyed!" spoke the computer in Jenny's room,
Jenny then cut off communications, looking frustrated and groaned "if this giant asteroid destroys the earth...i'll be grounded forever!"
"well that would be an awful way to live life..." said Tyler, worried of Jenny and how she lives with her mother only sending her out when she's needed,
"tell me about it..." groaned Jenny, but knowing she must not forget the consequences of what will happen, she then activated her jetpack and other thrusters, "stand back boys..." she said as she prepared to blast off,
Tuck's shirt then gets caught with one of jenny's thrusters, "uh...robot?" he asked but before he could say more, Jenny blasted off into space to face the asteroid,
"wow..." said Tyler in awe
"yeah! tuck, you gotta admit, for an 'evil robot cyborg thingy' Jennys pretty cool" said brad, also in awe then he noticed tuck wasn't responding, as Tyler and brad saw tuck was gone when Jenny took off "...tucker?"
Tyler's heart raced as he looked around for tuck, "tuck? tuck! TUCK!" he shouted at the top of his lungs worrying for the young child's life, and then looked at the sky with brad hoping tuck would be alright,
Jenny was soaring high in the skies with tuck hanging on to her for dear life, as they both reach the outside of the atmosphere, seeing the gigantic rock heading towards earth,
Jenny then activated her weapons, as she converted both of her arms into powerful laser cannons, and charged up energy, she then fired upon the meteor and in seconds it blew to pieces
but the battle wasn't over yet, as fragments of the meteor flew across space, still dropping towards earth, Jenny quickly dodged then all, then converted her arm into a spinning blade, slicing through a section of the meteor shower, then got in front of them,
Then she activated her drills and kicked a couple of the rocks with them, as she then activated even more of her weapons to destroy the meteorites, she use a spiked ball and chain, and then used a hammer at the rocks,
Then she activated even more of her weapons, with lasers at her jet boot, hair tips, and repulser ray blasts, seemingly as she then destroy all of the meteor fragments,
All but one,
Jenny wasted no time, as she then activated a lasso and wrapped around the remaining meteor to slow it down until it would burn in the atmosphere...
and burn it did, as Jenny was able to destroy the meteor entirely, and save the earth as she stood up triumphantly as brad and Tyler watched in awe,
but as she stood, an unexpected passenger came up from one of her jet wings, ash all over his face, and gasping desperately for air as he then fell to the ground,
"TUCK!" Tyler and brad shouted as they rushed over to him,
"tuck! are you okay? speak to me!" asked brad in worry, cradling his younger brother in his arms,
Jenny looked on in sorrow as Tyler walked over to brad, still craddling tuck,
"Jenny! what have you done! you BARBECUED my brother!" shouted brad as he shock tuck who was still gasping for air,
Tyler watched the scene unfold as he looked at tuck "I don't think she meant to..." he said,
"j-j-j-jen..." wheezed tuck, gasping for air still,
"shh...it's okay tuck, Jenny won't hurt you again," comforted brad, Jenny, looked guilty and then turned to walk away, knowing this was all her fault as Tyler looked on in sympathy,
Then, tuck spoke up, "j-j-jen-jen-jenny...IS SO COOL!"
Tyler and brad were take back by this but relieved to know tuck is alive and well, "re-really!?"
Tuckjumped up out of brads arms and towards Jenny, "yeah! you should've seen her guys! all her powers! and weapons! she totally wasted that rock!" he praised Jenny as she then put a hand behind her head, never receiving such praise before,
Tyler added on "I'll bet she did!"
"AND! she totally disobeyed her mother," said an observing dr wakeman form the window of the residence through a telescope, seeing everything, and was then pondering the punishment on Jenny...
But then again, the thoughts of their conversation, how Jenny just wants to have friends, and how lonely she really was, despite having her mother/creator by her side, and just wanted to live a teenage life like everyone else, this thought of jenny's misery and loneliness then moved her mother, that maybe, SHE was wrong...
"well...she's already saved the world today..." dr Wakeman said as she then walked away from the telescope "an afternoon off...can't cause much harm..." as she then turned off the equipment in the house and left the now dark room, leaving her daughter to her well deserved reward,
Then back at the spot where Jenny had landed, the four friends were still having fun, and having a conversation as she was showcasing some of her mechanical transformations,
"Wow jenny, your so cool!" said brad
"Thanks brad!" laughed Jenny
Tyler turned towards tuck "well, after what I've heard, I'm sure that this young lady is NO evil robot cyborg thingy huh tuck?" he said
Tuck chuckled, "defiantly!" now convinced of Jenny's good nature,
"heh, thanks! by the way, I never got you guys' names," chuckled Jenny,
"I'm tuck" said the young child
"hey i'm brad, his brother," said brad,
"and i'm Tyler!" said the young teenager,
"Tyler, brad, tuck, I've had a great time with you all, for the very first time, I got outside..." cherished Jenny,
"the first time you got outside?" asked Tyler in worry,
"yeah..." sighed Jenny
"wow, you must not get out very often," said brad, concerned
"no I don't because of mom..." Jenny then widened her eyes in horror and realization, "MOM! I gotta go! it was really great getting to hangout with you all! see ya!" she turned to leave,
"bye Jenny!" the three of them said
"we should try this again sometime!" suggested Tyler
"you bet!" said Jenny, but just before she left, "oh! I almost forgot!"
Jenny then passed up the lost baseball and passed it onto tuck who gladly accepted it with ease this time,
"cool! thanks!" thanked tuck as he held the baseball in his hand,
"your very welcome! bye!" said Jenny as she then flew away,
the group of friends looked on and waved her bye,
"so, what should we do now?" asked Tyler,
"we should probably go home, it's been quite a day..." said brad, seemingly tired out from today's events,
"I suppose, I can't wait for more baseball tomorrow!" cheered tuck
"yeah!" cheered Tyler, as the group of friends then left for home, having gone through an extraordinary day, in meeting the powerful robot, Jenny Wakeman,
time 6:50 pm
That afternoon at the Wakeman residence, dr Wakeman was walking down the stairs of the semi technically advanced home of Jenny Wakeman she had congratulated her daughter on another job well today in protecting earth, even letting the fact that she made contact with the human population slide...
After a long mother-daughter discussion, Jenny had then decided to take her rest for tonight, her creator, dr Wakeman then retreated to her basement laboratory, to tinker and ponder,
Many thoughts were going through her head, her daughter made contact with the human population for the first time, and her daughter had dreams, and desires like humans, like dr Wakeman does,
But now that Jenny has made contact with the human world, what does this mean for both of them? granted she has been giving some thought in how she could do better with her daughter instead of keeping her in the house unless she is really needed, when the world is in danger,
But above all that, the misery and loneliness Jenny had expericend until now and also given her thought about how she was neglecting...another creation of hers...one who was built before Jenny/XJ9 was, and this made her wonder, if Jenny could make contact with the human world, would this other creation do the same? who was also built to be a defender of earth, but lacked the means,
Pondering the possibilities, dr Wakeman got up from her crafting table after assembling a contraption, she walked towards a secret hangar in her laboratory underneath, there, laid 3 vehicles...which was all part of dr Wakeman's other creation alongside Jenny,
Jenny at one point noticed it, but dr Wakeman told her it was not ready to protect the earth, as it was designed to be piloted and driven by humans, and dr Wakeman, she was in no such state to drive it...so, she left them underneath the earth, while checking up every once in a while,
If only someone, even one of jenny's new friends could step up to do what she can't, pilot such a creation of hers, to pilot those 3 vehicles to protect the earth alongside Jenny someday...
But something tells dr Wakeman, that someday, that someone who will pilot her other creation, may not be that very far away...
To Be Continued...
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