One morning at the Wakeman household, Dr. Wakeman is singing to herself. She's packing up her clothes, which are all really the same, into a suitcase. She does a measurement of her bag as everything is in a neat place. "Perfect." Her watch beeps and she smiles at it. "Right on schedule. I'm just about ready to go on my trip," She smiles again and waits for a few seconds. The watch beeps again, signaling for her to leave. "Now I'm ready."
She sings again, passing by Jenny's room. She skids to a stop, flinching in alarm. "Whoa!" Everything in the room is a mess and she narrows her eyes, walking inside. "Trash everywhere. These walls and floors are filthy! This room is an absolute pigsty...XJ9!" She shouts angrily at the top of her lungs.
Jenny sits up underneath a pile of junk on her bed. "You don't have to yell, Mother. I'm right here. What's up?"
"Well, I will tell you what is up. The piles of trash in this room," She gestures to a pile of empty oil cans nearby. They all fall near her foot and the robot looks annoyed. "I asked you to do one thing this week: clean your room. There is no way I can leave such an irresponsible robot to defend the Earth. I am unpacking!"
Jenny gasps sharply at that statement. "No!" She protests immediately, walking up to her mom. "I mean, you have to go. How are they gonna solve the energy crisis on Pluto without you?"
"Pluto will just have to sit in the dark with you to blame," She jumps up and pulls down a TV for Jenny to see a bunch of tiny aliens. "The annual Minutian invasion happens tomorrow morning. How can I leave to deal with such a threat on your own?"
"Mother, please," Jenny looks away with a small glare and crossed arms. "Just because I didn't clean my room doesn't mean I'm irresponsible! Now, I fought the Minutians before on my own and have defeated them on my own," She reminds the woman in defense. "You can trust me to take care of this," She gestures to herself. "It's time to face the fact that your little girl is growing up."
Dr. Wakeman tears up at her words, crying a little. "Well, you're right, XJ9. Well, technically, you're wrong because you're a robot and will remain a teenager forever. But metaphorically, you're absolutely right. I do trust you," She places a hand on her shoulder, Jenny smiling at her words. "I will go as planned."
Her watch beeps again and she knows that if she stalls any longer, she'll be late. "Now, there's just one thing before I leave," She turns away from the robot, who smirks. Brad pops in from the window, holding a box of stuff.
"Hey Jenny, I got some stuff for our secret party tonight."
Jenny gasps sharply at him. "Brad, hide!" She extends her arms and pushes him out the window. He screams as he falls.
"What was that?" Dr. Wakeman peeks into the room from the hallway.
"Nothing! What was what?" Jenny responds quickly, bringing her arms back to normal. "I mean, coming!" She races after her mother, who shows her a big X in one of the rooms.
"The Minutians will land on this precise spot tomorrow at 6:00 AM sharp," She explains to her robot daughter.
"How is it again that you know they'll land here?" Jenny raises a brow. For a couple of years now it was the same thing; Dr. Wakeman would prepare for their arrival, and Jenny would just usually ambush them and then everything's fine. But this would be the first time that Dr. Wakeman isn't home.
"They always land here," Dr. Wakeman answers her. "Why do you think I moved here? The Minutians are predictable, punctual, and mean!" She glares at the last word, indicating to Jenny that they should be taken seriously. "So you will need this," She holds up what looks to be a small vacuum. "The SUX Containment Unit, the only weapon against absolute Minutian world domination."
"Oh, yeah, the vacuum thingy," Jenny picks it up with two fingers, holding it up like it's not important. "Well, don't worry," She steps backwards and pushes back a vase, breaking it into pieces. "I'll make sure it's in a safe place." She then puts the unit where the vase was. "See?"
"Hmm, yes," Dr. Wakeman raises a skeptical brow.
Jenny then pushes her out the door, which raises a few more suspicions in the woman. "Now, you don't wanna miss your flight!" She glances to the side, giving an indifferent look.
"Hello, Bradley."
Brad is laying on the ground, a bit disheveled in both clothes and hair from the fall. "Hello, Mrs. W. Have a pleasant trip, uh, ma'am."
"Do not forget, XJ9," Dr. Wakeman reminds her, the robot giving a nervous look. "6:00 AM sharp!"
"I won't."
Brad stands up with a wave, Jenny giving him an annoyed look for earlier. "Good-bye." They both wave and laugh nervously. Once the car is gone, Jenny wipes off her forehead.
"Whew. That was close. Come on," She grabs Brad's arm and pulls him into the house. "It would have ruined everything if Mom found out about our super secret party tonight," She flips a switch and all the lights come down from the ceiling, along with a disco ball. A snak table appears from a wall, as well as balloons, and a DJ appears along with the speakers. Music plays and Brad dances to it. "If throwing the coolest party in the world doesn't make me popular, nothing will!"
"Totally," Brad agrees with her.
"And..." She smiles hopefully, glancing away. "Don Prima will be there," A blush comes onto her face; Don Prima is the most popular and handsome boy in school.
"Mm-hmm," Brad moonwalks a bit and someone knocks on the door. Her eyes widen in alarm.
She gasps sharply, re-flipping the switch. "Mom's back!" Everything goes away. "Hide!"
"Hide where?" Brad looks around in a panic and she pushes him away into some stuff. Jenny peeks out the door, looking down and raising a brow.
"Oh, it's you..." She sees Tuck with a fun box...with mostly kid stuff, but Amy is with him and has better stuff.
"I came to help with the super secret party," He smiles at them.
"Tuck," His brother has a lamp on his head, crossing his arms as both teens look annoyed. "Didn't I tell you that-"
"We got a lot of work to do before tonight," The boy invites himself in, annoying them. It's not that they have anything against Tuck, but a little boy and a super secret teen party definitely don't mix, and it'd just make Jenny's chance of popularity...to zero pretty quickly. "It's gonna be a total rager," The three stomp inside. "Where should I put the pin the tail on the donkey?" He smiles at the three and they glance at each other.
"You can't stay, Tuck," Brad tells him plain and simple.
"Yeah, adults only," Jenny agrees with the boy.
"Nothing personal," Amy nods at the two. His eyes get big as his mouth quivers and then he starts sobbing like a baby.
"See, this is exactly why he can't be here," Brad says as the boy is just further proving their points. Tuck then rolls around on the floor like that would change their minds.
"I could be an adult! I could be an adult!" He shouts and Brad places his hands on his hips.
"Look, Tuck, it's just that-"
The phone rings and they all gasp, Amy dropping her box in alarm as he's calling Dr. Wakeman with a smug smile on his face.
"Hello?" She responds to the boy.
"Hello, Mrs. Wakeman? It's Tuck from next door."
Jenny kneels on the floor, clasping her hands pleadingly. "Okay, you can stay," She whispers, hoping her mother wouldn't figure it out.
"Pin the tail on the donkey?"
"Yes!" She frowns a bit.
"And Amy's sisters asked if they can stay too, can they?"
"No!" Amy protests immediately after hearing this. "Piri's way too young, and my sisters are not gonna let me live it down because I never told them!" Her sisters didn't even know about this, all she did was ask Claudia to babysit for a few hours, and that's only to help decorate. And the reason why she asked her sister because she's not going to the party herself, for obvious reasons.
"Dr. Wakeman, I just thought you'd wanna know that-"
"Okay, fine," The brunette relents, glaring at the boy for resenting to blackmail.
"I just called to say...I love you," He tells Dr. Wakeman with a big smile. Jenny gives him a blank look.
"Excuse me?"
He then hangs up and whistles as he walks off, Jenny wondering what she just agreed to...
"The kid's good," Brad gives his little bro props. "Anyway, he'll just end up falling asleep."
Tuck peeks in from the doorway. "I'm totally staying up all night!"
"Ah, whatever," Jenny decides to let it go. "This is gonna be the most fun ever!" She cheers and Amy rubs her neck.
"You sure you guys want me at your party?" Amy raises a brow at the duo since they had asked her to come have fun, but she said maybe. "I mean, we're all cool and all, but I don't think your guests would even want me around." She could just imagine the whispering now...
"Of course I'm sure! I can't have a party without all my friends! Anyone who has a problem with you, has a problem with me," The robot jerks a thumb to herself.
She smiles at Jenny's statement, happy that she has more friends who are okay with her presence.
"It is your first party after...your whole situation," Brad gestures to the tall girl and Jenny beams.
"It is? Well, I'll make it the best!"
"Jen, you really don't have to do that. I'm fine just being somewhere else where there's less people for them to stare at me," Amy waves her hands rapidly.
"Nope! You are gonna have a great time, and I'm gonna make sure of that! Just because you're not like everyone else doesn't mean you can't have fun too," Jenny wraps an arm around her and she chuckles, pushing her away gently.
"Okay, okay, I give."
A few hours later, everyone has arrived, techno music playing. "Yes," Brad steps up while wearing a robe and holding a smoking pipe for some reason. "It's nice to see all my peeps again," He leans in towards two teenagers. "Ladies, how's it going?"
"Hmph!" They hold their heads up high and walk away from him.
"I dig! I dig!" He points finger guns at them and then pouts, blowing bubbles from the pipe.
"Aren't you trying too hard?" Amy walks up to him while holding a cup of punch. He grumbles, crossing his arms a little. He glances to the side as some people are staring at her while others are just talking with their friends.
"Aren't you worried about how people are staring at you?"
"No, that just means that they can't be bothered to worry about their own problems and feel the need to look at me for some reason," She rolls her eyes. "Trust me, I've already noticed, and I've ignored them."
"High-five," Two guys chuckle, but once they high-five, one of them falls backwards onto a table, causing the punch table to fly and break. Jenny cleans it up quickly with a broom and vacuum. In fact, all she's done so far is cleaning and not having fun. She wants to, but at the same time, she needs to make sure that the place isn't a mess so that her mother doesn't know that she had a party.
"Heads up!" A boy calls out and she ducks her head as a cup of punch hits the wall near her.
"Jeez, what's with you people?" She asks in irritation.
"Hey," Brad and Amy walk over to her. "How's my co-host doing?"
"You seem out of it," The girl raises a brow, crossing her arms.
"Oh, you guys, I never realized-" A crash is heard nearby and she frowns in worry. "How hard it would be to throw a party. It's much more fun to go to someone else's..."
"What are you talking about? I'm having a great time," He gestures to himself and she glares with crossed arms. Amy also doesn't look that amused by his answer either because it just means that he's having all the fun, and Jenny's not. "What?" He gives a look of confusion at their reactions.
Three students are standing on a table, and then it breaks. She groans and walks off. "I got it..." She grumbles and he shrugs.
"I'm gonna go find my sisters and make sure they're alive in this crazy place..." Amy murmurs as she leaves. Brad walks off and sees a line.
"Whoa, what's this huge line for?"
Tuck smiles as he has people playing pin the tail on the donkey surprisingly. Piri's even got people paying them for it nearby. A girl blindfolded puts the tail right on the rear and they cheer for her. "Wow, I did it!" She smiles once she has the blindfold off.
"Who's next?" Tuck calls out, smirking as people volunteer. The three teenagers give confused looks.
"Wow, who would have thought?" Brad wonders to his friends. Jenny turns around and gasps, dropping all of the cans she had gathered. She uses her binoculars and sees a girl having a drink and then setting it down on the table.
"Oh, haven't any of these people heard of coasters?" She growls as she tries to stomp over, but Brad pushes her away.
"Chill out. You need to relax."
"I don't think I can," She confides in them.
"How about you take a break and we'll keep an eye on things for you?" Amy offers her. "You seem really stressed, Jen."
"Aren't you? Your sisters are here," Jenny points out to her.
"Well, clearly Piri is having the time of her life," Amy rolls her eyes. "Even though she shouldn't be making money off teenagers, and...Emily's more of a wild card, but Claudia's keeping an eye on her, so I'm good right now. Joke's on them, though, I'll scold them when they're not expecting it."
"Just leave things up to the old Bradster," Brad gestures to himself, the brunette elbowing him in annoyance for not mentioning her. "Ow! I mean us." He turns Jenny around, pushing her towards Don Prima.
"Don Prima..." She blushes at the sight of him.
"Yes, hello," He smiles down at her.
"I think she's going to be just fine," Brad smirks with crossed arms. Amy just shakes her head at him. She doesn't blame Jenny for having a crush on this guy, but she wasn't really into relationships...not that she'd find a guy that accepts her anyway besides Sheldon and Brad. "Anyways," Brad turns towards the cheerleaders again. "Where were we, girls?"
"Hmph!" They just respond by sticking up their heads and leaving again.
"I dig, I dig."
"They're clearly digging anywhere else because you're not on their wavelength, ha ha!" Amy laughs and Brad pouts at her as she walks off.
"You know, Jenny, it's totally cool of you to throw such a swingin' party," Don Prima compliments while he and Jenny are sitting on the couch. A blush comes to her face as she recoils her head back a bit.
"Really? Swingin'? And me cool?" She gestures to herself, laughing hysterically. He doesn't seem to be that put off by it, though.
"Hm, yes. And it was also cool to have sympathy for that...freak enough to invite her out," He glances at Amy walking by. Obviously like almost everyone else, Don Prima looks down on Amy for her being a transgender, mostly because he doesn't understand why, in his head, she would be so fake. Jenny raises a brow before realizing that he's talking about Amy.
"I didn't invite her for sympathy, I invited her because she's my friend and I want her to have a good time," Jenny defends the brunette. Don Prima holds up his hands, realizing that he crossed a line.
"Okay, I took that a bit too far. But let's get back to you and this party..."
A couple of teenagers are playing hacky sack when one of them kicks too hard and the sack lands in the punch bowl, splashing all over a girl. "Aw, man, our only hacky sack," One of them complains...and then another notices the vacuum Jenny left.
"Hey, dudes, how about this?" He points at it.
Jenny rubs the back of her neck. "You know, Don, I always thought you were really cool too," She blushes as she leans a bit closer.
"Why, thank you. That's a...cool thing to say," He winks at her.
"Not as cool as what you said..." She inches her hand closer while still blushing.
"You think so?" He raises a brow, also getting closer to the robot.
"I...do."
"Yeah, kick that gadget," One of the boys calls out, and she hears it, snapping out of her moment with Don. She sees them using the containment unit to play hacky sack with. She then smacks away Don in surprise so hard that he goes flying off the couch.
"The vacuum thingy!" She shouts and as they continue kicking, she stands up and slaps all of them in the face. Amy flinches as she runs forward and jumps, catching it in her hand like she used to do in football. Both of them sigh in relief, the boys groaning in pain. "Thanks, Amy, you're a lifesaver," Jenny states as the girl stands up, dusting herself off. "If anything happens to this, Mom will definitely dismantle me!"
"No problem, I guess it's habit at this point. What's that thing for?" She wonders as she hands it back to Jenny, who's about to tell her when Brad walks up to the duo.
"Did you just backslap three hacky sackers and knock out Don Prima?" He asks and she flinches in alarm as it hits her.
"Don Prima! Here," She shoves the containment unit into Brad's hands, rushing off to go find him.
"Jen, what about this—and she's gone," Amy gives a deadpan look. Brad looks at the unit while the robot finds Don Prima...lodged into a wall.
"Oh, no. Oh no, no!" She panics as she helps him up, thinking that she's ruined her chances with him. "Are you all right, Don?" He has a black eye, some bruises, and his hair looks like a mess.
"Who's Don?" He murmurs in pain.
Brad slides over to a girl sitting alone while holding the containment unit. "Hello there."
"Hi," She responds, which surprises him because mostly girls brush him off aside from Jenny and Amy.
"Uh...sooo, uhhh..." The girl crosses her arms, expecting something as she stares at him. "How do you...feel about..." He sees his brother dancing with a tail stuck to his pants, Piri giggling and dancing too. "Pin the tail on the donkey?" He smiles nervously at her.
"Wow...I TOTALLY LOVE THAT GAME!" She suddenly shouts, knocking him onto the floor. He sits up, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Really?" He didn't think for once his brother would actually somehow help him score a girl.
"Hey, what's with the little vacuum cleaner?" She raises a brow, pointing at it in confusion.
"Oh, nothin'," He tosses it away, forgetting that Jenny asked him to hold it. It hits Tuck in the back of his head, knocking him out. Piri gasps sharply as she bends down to him.
"Tuck! Are you okay?!" She shakes him a little as he's not responsive. She looks around for any of her sisters, but she couldn't see any of them. Two teenagers walk up to them and she looks up, blinking as they tower over her.
"This little dude is totally partied out."
"Dude, they need a place to crash."
Piri hisses at them and they recoil back in fear, screaming and running off. She looks at the containment unit and gasps. "You did this to him!" She accuses angrily, taking it and tossing it away.
Jenny is using a fan to help Don out on the couch. "Please snap out of it, Don," She pleads with him.
"Don?"
"See, the trick to pinning the tail is all in the wrist," Brad recites to the girl as they walk past the duo, her arms linked around his.
"Brad," Jenny stares at him as he's not holding the containment unit. "Where's the vacuum thingy?"
"Don't know. Chucked it somewhere," He tells her with a smile.
"What time is it?!" She flinches as she needs to find it.
He checks his watch. "5:58 AM."
"WHAT?!" She screams at that answer. "Oh, no!" She flips over the couch trying to find the containment unit. "Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no, oh no, oh no!" She knocks over the punch table and the DJ section. Amy runs over to her, shaking her a bit.
"Jen, calm down. What's the problem?"
"I need that vacuum thingy, have you seen it?!" She shakes her friend so hard that her eyes roll. Amy pushes the robot away, slamming the sides of her head together to make her eyes go back to normal.
"Hey, that robot chick's totally wrecking her own place," One of the teenagers points at her and the crowd cheers. And because Jenny starts breaking stuff, the others follow suit. They throw toilet paper, some furniture, and some plates.
"Where is it?!" She scopes the ground, unable to find it. "Where...is...it?" She looks up and notices what's going on as everything starts getting wrecked. Two people somehow got on the chandelier, and because of their weight, it falls and breaks. Brad and his female friend start tearing out the wallpaper. "Brad!" She places her hands on her hips.
"Oh, sorry," He calls out sheepishly.
"We'll just tell them to stop and ask if they've seen your-" Amy turns to Jenny and flinches in alarm, backing away as Jenny looks really mad. She clenches her fists as she narrows her eyes.
"Everybody...STOP!" She shouts at the top of her lungs and everyone freezes in place from breaking stuff. They stare at her for about a few seconds and then continue what they're doing. She frowns at this as Amy winces.
"Yeah...no one likes a party pooper," She informs the robot and she gets even more angry at this.
"That's it! Party's over!" Jenny makes her pigtails into giant fans, blowing everything and everyone out of the house. Everyone flies out of sight from the house, Claudia and Emily landing on their front porch. Emily blinks at what just happened.
"...Do it again!" She cheers and Amy facepalms at her.
"And stay out!" Jenny slams the door shut, everyone stuck on the front porch of Amy's house or just in front of it. A tiny alien spaceship arrives, Jenny wiping off her forehead in relief.
"Phew..."
"Jen, you're gonna send everyone home, right?" Amy gives a nervous smile. "Because I'm not taking the blame if my parents ask me why there's a bunch of high school kids in front of our house!"
Jenny doesn't answer and she gasps sharply as the entire house is a mess, with dirt and grime everywhere, along with broken stuff. Amy gives a horrified look at this.
"Ooh," Brad is in the ceiling fan, spinning around. "That was the raddest party ever..." The ceiling fan snaps off and crashes onto the ground onto the girls. Their eyes widen as the clock chimes and they immediately sit up, looking at each other. Then they look up at the ceiling window, which smashes into pieces. The small spaceship from before lands in front of the trio, stupefying them. They bend down to the spaceship, which looks like a little acorn, and Amy shakes her head rapidly.
"Wait a minute, what is this?" She blinks at it.
"The Minutian army Mom warned me about. That vacuum thingy is supposed to defeat them," She uses a magnifying glass to get a better look. The Minutian king steps out, speaking in an alien language. Amy just raises a brow, wondering how is this a threat...
"We need to find that weapon."
Brad just scoffs, hands on his hips. "Weapon. I got your weapon right here!" He stomps on the alien.
"Bad idea," Jenny looks up at him. "Really bad idea."
Brad's leg shakes and suddenly he's slammed to the ground by the alien. Amy steps back in shock as he's flung back and forth, and she snickers a little at this. He's spun around rapidly and then thrown away. Jenny looks down at the stomped king, who looks enraged. He then starts multiplying, rapidly. Amy slowly backs away as they all grow so big that they all form into a scary entity. Jenny takes Amy's hand and they run.
"Whoa!" Brad screams and Jenny catches him as he falls from above. "Good catch." They slam the door to Jenny's room as the army tries to attack from the outside.
"This is why you don't stomp on tiny aliens," Amy points at Brad after catching her breath. She could see that Jenny needs help, but at the same time, they're in her bedroom, and there isn't that many places to hide in here to try out...however she's supposed to help out her friend. She thankfully brought the brooch with her if something like this ever happened.
"In less than an hour, those Minutians will completely take over the world! If only we could find-" Jenny trips over her bed, and suddenly Tuck and Piri pop out of it, rubbing their heads.
"Hey, we're sleeping here," He grumbles at her.
"Meanie!" Piri bounces up and down as if she's drunken a bunch of coffee. Jenny looks down at the containment unit in glee.
"The vacuum thingy!" She takes it into her hands. "On my signal, open the door," She gets closer to the door, waving Amy forward. She goes over to the robot, who whispers in her ear. The brunette's eyes widen at her and she turns to the robot.
"You sure?"
"Trust me!" Jenny responds with a thumbs up and Amy sighs in defeat, nodding. "Now!"
The boys open the door and the two girls push their way through the army so fast that they close the door. The two give wide-eyed looks, but if they open the door now, the army would grow in there, and Piri's safety is more important (especially since she's on a sugar high).
Amy takes out the brooch and places it on her coatigan. She presses the button and suddenly, a magenta metal overlaps her upper body. She flinches in alarm, letting out a small scream as she gets entirely engulfed...and turns into a magenta-colored metal superhero. Her ponytail is entirely robotic, but sleek, like the rest of her body. There's eye shields in front of her eyes that are blue like Jenny's pigtails, and she has a magenta metal top and skirt similar to Jenny's, as well as magenta rocket boots, but her ponytail can also act as a rocket just like Jenny's ponytails. And her entire body is covered in metal, so no one would recognize her from her body shape either. Jenny really had thought of everything when she asked her friend to help out...
"Cool!" Jenny cheers at this, pointing the vacuum while Amy looks at herself.
"It is kinda awesome..." She admits while looking down at her boots. She looks up at the army as they're heading for Jenny's room as she gasps, remembering her little sister is in there. She points her hand at the aliens and it turns into a vacuum as well. She blinks in shock that she has the ability to switch hands like that, and her hand is underneath the thing, so it doesn't hurt either. She narrows her eyes as they suck up every last alien, cleaning up the house in the process. After they were finished, the house is spotless, including Jenny's room. The door slightly opens and the two flinch.
Amy quickly presses the button to change herself back to normal, the metal all going back to the brooch. She sighs in relief as the three step out, looking around the house.
"I guess it really was a dust cleaner," Brad comments after a few seconds.
"Well, well, well," They all flinch as Dr. Wakeman arrives, having just come back from her trip. "I see the Minutians are gone and you cleaned your room. Splendid work, XJ9. I'm glad I trusted you," Jenny winks at Amy, who returns it as only the both of them knew what happened with the aliens. "To show my appreciation, I think I'll let you throw that party you've been wanting to have."
Their eyes widen aside from Tuck and Piri's, the three teenagers fainting after all they've been through.
"I'll set up the pin the tail on the donkey!" Tuck says eagerly with a big smile.
"Can I come, can I come, can I come-" Piri bounces up and down, Amy putting a finger to her forehead.
"Okay, stop," She advises and the little girl suddenly falls unconscious, snoring.
"Is she gonna be okay?" Jenny stares down at the little girl.
"Yeah, she's always like this whenever she eats too much candy, she usually passes out right afterwards thankfully...I've gotta get her home and let her sleep before my parents realize what happened. Bye..." Amy says wearily as she now has to deal with an overenergized Piri after she wakes up, and that's usually not fun because the girl can never calm down when she's like that...
"Oh, and Amelia, before you go...did you throw a party because I saw a bunch of teenagers outside your house! I think I should give your parents a call." Dr. Wakeman scolds her and she groans, leaning her head back in exasperation. Great, now her parents are getting involved, hopefully she could explain all this...