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Kenji stared down the barrels of the blasters.
"I should have known something was wrong when you said kids." He said buying time. "If you didn't know about us, how would you have known that there was more than one?"
Bobo who was not Bobo grinned manically. "Too bad you figured out too late."
"Where's Uncle Bobo?" Violeta asked from behind Kenji.
Bobo snorted. "Wouldn't you like to know?" He pulled the triggers.
Kenji's hanbo slipped from his sleeve and flew at one of the blasters knocking it from his grasp. The other blaster went off. Kenji turned around to protect Violeta, his eyes shut tight.
"Um Kenji? We're ok." Violeta's muffled voice came. Kenji opened his eyes. To his surprise a blue light was surrounding them.
"I think the omega-1 kicked in." She noted.
"No kidding." Kenji said with some surprise, tapping the force shield.
"I think this is what dad calls the Block Party." She said with awe. Then she wrinkled her nose. "Dad's so corny."
"Drop the shield." Kenji suddenly commanded. "He's getting away!"
The blue shield faded and Kenji dashed after the fleeing chimp. "Contact Uncle White!" Kenji told her.
"How?" Violeta asked as she chased after him. "I don't have any radio."
"Use your technopathy!" Kenji pulled away to catch up to Bobo.
"Oh yeah!" She slapped her forehead. She stopped running and placed her hand on a panel.
o0o
Rex and Six were running to the last known location of Kenji, Violeta, and Bobo. Rafael was not far behind.
"I'm getting a message from Violeta." White's voice came into Six's earpiece. "Bobo is not the real Bobo. He's the emissary."
"Where are they?" Six cut in.
White immediately told him their location. Six bolted.
"Hey! Wait up!" Rex cried in surprise as he chased after him. Huffing and puffing he caught up to Six. "You want to fill me in on what White said?"
"Bobo's not real. Kenji and Violeta are in trouble." Six answered without breaking his stride.
"Why didn't you say so?" Rex panted in between words. His legs transformed into a motorbike. Six jumped onto the back and rushed off.
"Um guys? What about me?" Rafael asked the empty hallway. He sighed. "I guess I'm walking." Rafael stuck his hands into his pocket and trudged after them. When he turned the corner there were two hallways. He stared trying to decide which way to go.
"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers let him go, eeny meeny miny moe." His finger landed on the left hall. Rafael shrugged and walked in that direction. After he walked past several doors, he saw a sign for the restroom. It reminded him that he had to go. He tried to push the door open. It was locked. Rafael frowned. He knocked on the door. No one answered. Really needing to go, he blasted the lock with his sonic scream. When he walked in, the lights came on. He walked to one of the stalls. Pressing the handle, the toilet flushed normally. Rafael quickly went about his business. When he finished, he went to wash his hands. As he lathered up, he happened to glance at the mirror. He did a double take. In the last stall, he noticed an abnormal shadow.
"Hello?" Rafael nervously walked over. He pushed the door gingerly. The door didn't budge. Rafael bent over low to try to catch a glimpse from underneath. He caught the sight of blue fabric. He quickly kicked the door open. Curled on top of the porcelain bowl was a tied-up unconscious chimpanzee. "Bobo!" Rafael cried. When he went to try to help him, he accidently knocked him into the water.
Bobo's eyes shot open at the touch of cold water. His scream would have been louder if the rag shoved in his mouth hadn't muffled it.
"Opps, sorry." Rafael said sheepishly.
0o0
"Turn left… your other left." Six snapped.
"I am!" Rex retorted.
They were going so fast they passed Violeta without noticing her.
"Hey dad!" Violeta yelled. When it was clear that they were not stopping, Violeta formed her own Rex Ride and sped after her father and uncle.
"Dad! Kenji went after Robo Bobo!" She shouted out.
Rex nodded. It was strange to see someone else with his bike but slimmer.
"Cameras say Bobo is heading toward corridor B." White's voice came into Six's comlink.
"He must be heading to the training rooms." Six said out loud to Rex.
Rex steered toward the training rooms. He was impressed to see Violeta easily follow his lead. A small feeling of pride swelled in his chest until she pulled in front of him.
"You're too slow." She said over her shoulder before speeding away.
Rex frowned as he tried to catch up.
0o0
"Okay Zag, you're not going anywhere." Kenji said to the fake Bobo. "You're finished."
Kenji had chased Bobo into one of the large rooms in Providence. He held Bobo against the wall with his hanbo.
"You're right. I'm not going anywhere." Bobo grinned evilly. "But you're the one who's finished." His legs lifted and caught Kenji in the stomach. Kenji staggered back before regaining his footing. He glared at the techno chimp. Bobo's eye glowed as he raised his hands. Doors all around the room slid open as drones poured out.
They gathered around Bobo.
"Destroy him." Bobo ordered. The drones turned to face Kenji and charged.
Kenji jumped up and landed behind the first line of drones. Using lightening quick reflexes he inherited from his father, he separated their heads from their bodies before they could even react. He swept his hanbo low tipping over the drones in front of him. He tried to fight his way to Bobo, knowing he was controlling them.
"Eh, eh, eh." Bobo wagged his finger. He then leapt up and grabbed the light fixture above, swinging toward the exit. "I'm not staying to watch my friends put an end to you. I have bigger fish to fry." He chuckled before disappearing through the sliding door.
"Mom!" Kenji realized where Bobo was going. He tried to follow the chimp but the drones closed in on him.
0o0
"They're here." Rex said confidently as he pulled into the hallway that contained the training rooms. All the doors flew open as drones flooded the hallway.
"You think?" Violeta asked in dead pan voice.
"Rex, clear a path." Six said getting off the bike.
"No problem." The front of Rex's bike sprouted a triangular shield. He drove straight down the hallway mowing down the drones. Six ran down the straight path slicing any remaining drones standing. His ears caught sounds of fighting from the adjacent room. He cut open the door. Kenji was fighting off the drones but there were too many. Six leapt into the fray. He took out several drones to reach Kenji.
"Dad!" Kenji gasped. "Bobo, I mean the fake Bobo, went after mom!"
A robotic arm wrapped around his throat cutting off his air. He struggled against it. Kenji heard the sound of metal against metal. A second later he was breathing again. He felt a firm, but gentle hand, pull him up.
"Are you okay?" Six asked him. "Can you stand?"
"Of course." Kenji said slightly offended. Did his father think he raised a weakling? "I've got a lot of fight left in me."
He was surprised to see the corner of his father's mouth quirk up.
"I know son. I wouldn't expect any less from you. But I would be a poor father if I wasn't a little concerned."
Kenji wasn't sure how to respond to that. It reminded him that his father in the future was gone. He tried to hide the tears that pricked his eyes. "Ok dad." He responded stupidly.
"Now, let's go get that psychotic robot." Six said as he sliced two drones without looking.
"You got it." Kenji agreed as he rammed his hanbo into a drone that was coming from behind.
"That's my boy." Six spun around and attacked the remaining drones.
0o0
Jade paced back and forth in the conference room.
"I don't like this." She said for the umpteenth time.
"Relax, chica." Caesar addressed his niece. "You'll wear a hole in the floor."
"Hmph, you should talk." Beverly said teasingly. "You do that too when you're nervous."
"I'm never nervous," Caesar denied it.
"Yes, you are." Angel said from under the table. "Like the time you lost me in Central Park."
"What?" Beverly looked at Caesar with wide eyes.
"I'm sure you weren't lost." Caesar said trying not to squirm.
"Yes, I was. You told me to go through the castle maze and that you'll wait for me on the other side but you didn't know there were two other sides and I went out a different one and you were waiting at another…" Angel chattered away.
Beverly's eyes were narrowing.
"Mijo, silencio." Caesar hushed him in Spanish.
"Mental note, don't let Caesar take our son to Central Park." Beverly muttered darkly.
"But he found me after he stole a policeman's horse." Angel interrupted.
"See, I found him." Caesar said triumphantly before he realized the rest of Angel's statement. "I stole a horse?"
The lights in the room flickered. Everyone froze. The lights flickered again. Jasmine checked the computer.
"The security systems are shutting down." She said in a worried voice. Zag is bypassing our firewall.
"How?" Rebecca got up with baby Kenji in her arms. "The program is designed specifically to combat any attempts to hack our system."
"Well, Zaggy found a way around it." Jade said angrily. "She's coming." She pulled out her katana and stood in front of the door.
Jasmine pulled out her firearm and got ready. Rebecca held Kenji tighter against her as she walked further into the room. Caesar and Beverly got up from their seats and kept their eyes on the door.
The lights flickered one more time. The door slid opened.
"Hey! It's Bobo!" Angel said from underneath the table.
White Knight's face appeared on the screen. "That's not Bobo!" He managed to say before the screen exploded.
Everyone stared at Bobo is surprised.
"That's all folks." He said sinisterly before he opened fire.
You don't have to read this part.
Things have been a little crazy lately. I've been concerned about work, my class, my parents, my friends and such. So the story has been on the back burner. You have to excuse the lateness but I am working on it.