EPISODE 5 TRAINING DAY
Date saturday august 23rd 2014
time 7:30 am
the next morning, Tyler got up from his bedroom, and went downstairs to meet with Jenny and dr wakeman, at the kitchen table where they were making breakfast, excluding Jenny, being a robot she has no such need of food,
"good morning!" spoke Tyler,
"good morning!" greeted Jenny and dr wakeman as they continued making breakfast,
"morning young man," spoke dr wakeman as she continued to cook, as Tyler then took a seat at the table, as Jenny continued to help dr wakeman cook,
then after a few minutes, dr wakeman had served breakfast for herself and Tyler, Jenny watch as they ate up in their morning routine,
"so, dr wakeman?" Tyler asked, "anything going on today?"
"well Tyler," replied dr wakeman as she continued eating, "I've actually arranged something in the basement,"
"really?" asked Tyler as he ate his breakfast
"yeah, mom set up some kind of training session for you in the basement," replied Jenny,
"a special training session?" wondered Tyler as he ate
"you'll see after breakfast, a young man needs his nutrients," replied dr wakeman
"got it," told Tyler as he continued to eat
"right this way young man," called dr Wakeman as she led Tyler back down to the basement,
"right," replied Tyler as they went down the stairs,
as they walked downstairs, they went to the same training room dr wakeman designed for Tyler in his training to pilot firebird, but this time, there was another door to another room in the basement, there was a large array of virtual simulation, along with a cockpit that was similar to firebird's cockpit, with a helmet at the center with many cables attached to it,
"what is this place?" asked Tyler, bewildered by the room before him,
"this is the special training session I have set up for you today," explained dr wakeman
"the special training session?" asked Tyler again,
"yes, you've learned how to pilot firebird in vehicle mode, now, you'll learn how to use him in robot mode," dr wakeman explained,
"alright," replied Tyler "how is this gonna work?"
"by getting into that training cockpit, and placing on that virtual simulator, we will go over the basics of piloting firebird in robot mode through a virtual world," dr wakeman replied,
"very well then," told Tyler as he then stepped in the cockpit, "so I just put on the helmet?"
"yes, and remember, you won't be able to hear the outside world, but the virtual world, ill be talking to you through a radio that connects to the helmets headphones, and ill be running the simulation too, so good luck,"
"thank you dr wakeman," replied Tyler as he placed the helmet on and prepared himself,
"activating simulation," spoke dr wakeman as she activated the simulator and the machine hummed to life, the helmet's noise canceling features turned on, the simulator training had begun...
Tyler could see a virtual world within cyberspace, and it looked like he was looking through the eyes of firebird himself, Tyler looked at his hands and arms to see that they looked like they belonged to firebird he looked around until he could hear a crackle in his headphones,
"...Tyler? can you hear me?" crackled dr Wakeman's voice through the audio,
"dr wakeman? is that you?" asked Tyler
"yes, it's me," answered dr wakeman "good, the helmet's audio is working properly,"
"seems that way," replied Tyler then looked around "alright, what should we start off with?"
"first, let's go over the basic controls," explained dr wakeman over the radio, "first off, move the handles to move firebird's arms,"
Tyler then followed instructions and began to move around the control handles, firebird's arms following his movements,
dr wakeman spoke over the radio again, "if you'll just slip your hands into those gloves,"
"got it dr wakeman!" answered Tyler as he slips his hands on to the gloves that seem to be held to the handles the control the arms, "gloves on dr wakeman,"
"good, those gloves allow firebird to follow your hand movements, even be able to hold the sword and shield better, even hold many other objects," explained dr wakeman
"got it, I'll try it," replied Tyler, as he then made a few friendly and basic hand gestures on firebird and just as dr wakeman had transcripted, the robotic hands followed Tyler's own,
"very good young man, now for walking, press the pedal on the left to advance, press lightly to walk slowly, press hard to run, release to stop, and press the pedal on the right to reverse," tutored dr wakeman,
Tyler again followed instructions and he could see the view in front of him look like he was moving as he pressed lightly, then he pressed hard on the pedal and it looked like he was running, he then released to stop, then he used the reverse function and the view around him shrank,
"you're doing very well for your first training session," commented dr wakeman
"thanks dr wakeman, I did after all train in the vehicle basics," replied Tyler,
"yes, I suppose you have a point there young man," said dr wakeman
"alright, what's the next step?" asked Tyler, regaining focus,
"now, to the flight and hover mechanisms," confirmed dr wakeman,
"oh man, this'll be fun," replied Tyler excitedly,
wakeman then began to fiddle with the simulator's instruments, and began to place flight markers in view of Tyler's VR helmet,
"flight markers have been set up on your VR can you see them?" asked dr wakeman, going over the radio again
"yeah, I see them," confirmed Tyler "what now?"
"grip the handles tightly to hover," explained dr wakeman,
Tyler then gripped both handles tightly and he could feel his simulator cockpit shake, as if the jets from behind him, his view then began to rise upwards,
"I'm going up!" spoke Tyler, as his view shifted upwards, the hover features already working as dr wakeman had transcriped
"raise the control handles upwards to increase altitude, lower then to descend downwards," called dr wakeman over the radio again,
Tyler followed instructions by first descending, then increased altitude again,
"alright, now what?" asked Tyler
"now, it's time for flight," explained dr wakeman, "thrust the handles forward for straight flight, pull the handles backwards for airbrakes, follow the flight markers I'm now setting up on you VR view screen, can you se them?"
"yeah, I see them," confirmed Tyler as the flight markers came into view
"good, now practice your flight training by flying into those markers," dr wakeman taught over the speakerphone,
"got it," responded Tyler as he then raised altitude, and took flight for the first time, following the instructions dr wakeman had transcribed Tyler barely managed to gain control of light and ventrally flew through the flight markers dr Wakeman had placed, and eventually flew back down
"very good," dr wakeman congratulated over the radio "now it's time to go over the weapons,"
"understood dr wakeman," spoke Tyler over the speakerphone, "what's first?"
"first is the machine guns," explained dr wakeman, and then she set up virtual targets "just squeeze the triggers on the levers to fire them, hold for rapid fire"
Tyler passed both red buttons and fired the gauntlet mounted machine guns and hit each of the virtual targets as the targets then respawn, but in a straight line,
"now onto the next weapon," dr wakeman said "the rocket punch"
"whoo man," said Tyler with enthusiasm
"just squeeze the levers on the control handles, and then thrust them forward,"
"got it dr wakeman" replied Tyler,
Tyler then squeezed on the handle on the left and the mechanical arm with clenched fist began to spin, then after a few seconds and aiming...
"ROCKETTO! PAAANCHI!" shouted Tyler with enthusiasm as the spinning arm launched forward and punched through the straight line of targets before reattaching,
"oh dear!" spoke dr wakeman over the radio "you've given out quite the enthusiasm,"
"heh" chuckled Tyler "guess I kinda over did it there huh?"
" a little bit," replied dr wakeman
"your probably right," acknowledged Tyler, "alright, what's next?"
"next is the missiles," dr wakeman replied, "press and hold the red buttons on the top of the levers, hold to lock on, release to fire,"
"got it, dr wakeman," replied Tyler over the radio then began to follow instructions as he saw the virtual targets being set up by dr wakeman, he then pressed and hold the red buttons, then after a few seconds the targets were locked on, then Tyler released the buttons as the missiles then hit each of their targets,
"very good shot young man," spoke dr wakeman over the radio again, "next is the chest laser,"
"alright, what do I have to do?" Tyler asked as the virtual target was set up in front of him,
"squeeze both triggers and red buttons on the levers" explained dr wakeman
Tyler did exactly as dr wakeman had described and a large blue beam of pure energy shot towards the frontal virtual target in front of him, incinerating it,
"got it," Tyler said over the speakerphone of his VR helmet
"your doing just as good as you were first training young man," complimented dr wakeman,
"I'll say, it's paying off just like last time!" said Tyler
"now for the cannons behind firebird, just press the green button on you right," explained dr wakeman,
Tyler then pressed the button and in the virtual world he could barley see the cannons swing into view, then he took aim at the nearest virtual target,
dr wakeman spoke again over the speakerphone, "now just squeeze the triggers on the handles just like you did when you used the machine guns,"
"got it," replied Tyler as he then followed dr Wakeman's instructions, and the twin back cannons fired upon the virtual target destroying it completely,
"and now for the final weapons training," announced dr wakeman "the sword and shield,"
"the sword and shield?" asked Tyler "the ones I used to finish off vexus' mega cluster drone enforcer a few days ago?"
"the very same young man," replied dr wakeman, "theres a control pad in front of you, do you see it?"
Tyler looked over and saw a control pad in the front of the cockpit, beside the radar screen lied 2 buttons, one for the sword, and one for the shield,
"yes, I see them," he confirmed
"good, press the button on the right for the sword, press the Botton on the left for the shield," explained dr wakeman,
Tyler then pressed both buttons as both melee weapons shot upwards and he barley caught them, now having sword and shield in hand,
"nicely done Tyler," congratulated dr wakeman, "with this, this concludes your weapons training,"
"anything else?" Tyler asked,
"this next test will now test everything you've learned so far, you will now fight a virtual opponent who actually fights back," dr wakeman explained
"I'm ready dr wakeman," replied Tyler
"alright, good luck young man" spoke dr wakeman, she then fiddled with the virtual reality controls, setting up a virtual opponent for Tyler it looked like a mecha sized cluster drone, who looked ready to fight "your opponent will be this cluster drone,"
"got it dr wakeman!" spoke Tyler over the speakerphone, then he got ready to fight,
the virtual cluster drone then got into a fighting stance, preparing to fight Tyler "get ready to be sent to the junkyard!"
"I could say the same toy you!" Tyler replied getting into his own stance, ready to fight,
the battle began as the cluster drone lunged forward with Tyler barely throwing a punch of his own against the drone, sending him back a few feet, then the drone countered by pulling out his gun and fired in which Tyler barely got up his shield despite getting a few hits,
"a clever move, but it won't last for long!" boasted the cluster drone as he chased in for an attack,
Tyler responded by firing his machine gun attack, the cluster drone took a few hits, but he still got close in which Tyler threw a few punches at the drone in which the drone returned with a counter attack,
Tyler took the hit as he then step sided the cluster drone, then countering with a kick, then when the drone got up he summoned multiple clones of himself, Tyler then took this opportunity to use his missile attack and locked on to all targets and fired
dr Wakeman's voice cracked over the speakerphone again, "your doing good Tyler, I see your using what you have learned so well!"
"thanks dr wakeman, but I'm not done yet!" Tyler spoke over the radio, but the remaining cluster drone then brought up dual blasters, in which Tyler responded with activating the back cannons, both weapons fired and as the beams struggle a burst of light flashed,
the cluster drone staggered a bit and Tyler was temporally dazed, when he recovered his vision he saw the cluster drone rushing towards in which Tyler reacted by firing a rocket punch to the drone's stomach,
Venus's virtual computerized minion was sent staggering as Tyler then used another weapon in firebird's arsenal, his chest laser when the drone tried again to attack Tyler, he fired the beam and the drone suffered heavy damage,
"alright, one last weapon!" said Tyler, then pressing the button to unleash firebird's sword, and the cluster drone suddenly did something unexpected, he threw away his gun and brought out a heated blade,
the two virtual combatants clashed with their blades, Tyler had only little experience with the sword, though he was able to destroy the mega cluster drone with it but since this was a training session, he was less stressed about it,
dr wakeman was observing form her computer monitor in the virtual world as she adjusted the drone's fighting style to tutorial sword fighting, so to better help Tyler with his sword training
Tyler was now starting to do a little better with the sword training session, as every once in a while the drone would freeze so that Tyler would learn the basic sword techniques,
but soon the freeze frame sessions would end, and the duel would be back in following again, as Tyler decided to end the battle, with one sword he broke the heated blade of the drone, and split the cluster drone's torso in vertically in half, ending the battle and the training session itself,
as Tyler settled down, dr Wakeman's voice crackled over the speakerphone, "well done Tyler! training session over!"
"thanks dr wakeman!" Tyler said, thankful that the training is over
"I think that should do it for today, young men like yourselves need to be out once in a while," dr wakeman said,
"couldn't agree more," replied Tyler
"alright, deactivating simulator," spoke dr wakeman as she shut down the virtual simulation, the noise canceling headphones offline, and the vr helmet visor screen going black
when Tyler took off the vr helmet, he was greeted with a smile from Jenny, "hi Tyler!" she waved,
"hey Jenny," Tyler smiled back "what are you doing back down here?"
"I was hanging out in my room," said jenny "but I wanted to see what was up with you and mom,"
"yes, she came down as I was watching you train," dr wakeman replied,
"good to hear," Tyler said as he got up out of the chair, Jenny helping him up
"easy there Tyler," the robotic teenager replied, "I'm sure your a bit worn out,'
"yeah," Tyler nodded, "even though that was virtual reality, I still felt like I fought for my life"
"It would appear so," sighed dr wakeman, "my virtual reality machine still needs a few kinks worked out,"
"I know you'll iron them out mom," said Jenny in kind,
"jenny's right, ms wakeman," said Tyler "if you can build jenny, and firebird, you could update the virtual simulator,"
dr. wakeman smiled at the words of encouragement from her child and protege, "thank you both so much, I'll be sure to work hard on it,"
"no problem mom," replied Jenny, then she turned to Tyler, "by the way Tyler? wanna hang out at the mall? I've already asked brad and tuck to come there as well,"
"I'd sure like to come," answered Tyler
"very well then," said dr wakeman "have fun you two!"
"thanks mom!" replied Jenny as she and Tyler exited the training room, intent on reaching the mall with brad and tuck, dr wakeman then looked on to her beloved child and she reflects on how proud she is of how Tyler and Jenny were getting along, especially now that Tyler is one step closer to being better at piloting firebird...
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