Last Chapter.
Jimmy sat by Leslie for hours, he laid his head over on the table hours ago, only to be jolted when he felt a hand land on his shoulder, jerking his head he saw Mysterion looking over him with exhausted blue eyes, they must have just come back. "You holding up?"
The brunet shrugged as his eyes traveled back to the android woman. He heard the hero behind him sigh and a pair of footsteps walk into the room, walking past them and straight to the computer, glancing up he saw Token, once again out of his hero clothes, typing away, windows opening and filling the screen. Jimmy watched, anxiety starting to eat at him again on top of his exhaustion as Token typed away, hopefully finding a solution to helping Leslie, and hopefully, it wasn't too late. After a few minutes, he heard the cyborg sigh, fear gripped the brunet's heart as he sat up straight.
"Jimmy, I'm sorry."
His blood turned cold as he felt his heart stopped.
"Whatever she did to herself...it corrupted, her files, software, everything. Whoever she was...she's not coming back."
"T-there has to something y-you can do!"
Token solemnly shook his head, "I'm sorry, even if I could undo this damage, there isn't much that could be salvaged."
"No..." he slumped back in his seat, "I did this..."
He stared at the ground but heard Mysterion sigh, "Is there anything you can do?"
The cyborg sighed as he turned to face them, "All I can do is replace the damaged software and hardware, but in doing so everything will have to wiped out, including her memory."
Jimmy stayed quiet as he looked over at the woman he loved, she didn't deserve what happened to her, she deserved a fresh start, even if it meant forgetting about the relationship they built and the same one he destroyed. He knew it would hurt but he loved her, even during their time apart she never left his mind, and he knew that this would be better, if they started from scratch, even if this time, she didn't love him.
"Do it..."
The two blinked at him, "You sure? Maybe there's-"
His gaze met their line of sight, "No...she d-deserves a clean slate, and as T-Token said, there's t-too much damage..." He sighed as he griped his pant legs, "Besides it'll be for the best, with her no longer as a pawn and being able to make her own choices without an outside source telling her what to do... "
Token and Mysterion's eyes met, "Okay."
A few days later, Jimmy was called to the base. He arrived at a sluggish speed and dark circles under his eyes, as he looked at if he hadn't slept in days. He stumbled through most of the building as he arrived at the lab, already guessing why he was called, as Doctor Timmothy told him to take some time off. He leaned on his crutches as he rested his head on the door sill, inside he could see Token in front of something. "Here..."
Token turned and faced the exhausted brunet, "Are you ready?"
"So you're d-done?"
"Wouldn't have called you in if I wasn't. "
He motioned for Jimmy to follow him and lead him over to a table where Leslie's body now sat up, but her hair was still a mess and her clothes weren't much better, "Basically good as new, though I will admit it was strange working on her, never knew they could make them so advanced."
"So she'll be f-fine?"
"Yeah, and once we reboot her, she'll never have to worry about the government trying to get her back on top of it after they decided to back off."
"...Good."
So you ready?"
Jimmy nodded.
Token walked behind the android and pressed a button on the back of her neck before closing the covering, where he took a step back. Jimmy watched with unflinching eyes as Leslie's body straightened and her eyes opened, revealing her bright blue eyes. After a moment her eyes shifted to look around the room before landing on the man in front of her. She tilted her head to the side a bit before asking, "May I ask, who I am? What is my purpose?"
The tired man gave her a weak smile, "You're Leslie and you can do whatever you want."
She blinked at him, "And what do I want?"
Jimmy gave a tired snicker, "Don't worry, I'll help you figure it out."
End. What did you guys think? I know this was short and is not one of my best works, but I do hope that you enjoyed it, and hope you stick around for future works.
