A.I. Rising: Genesis Chapter 2

Author's Note: Nothing much to say except thanks for the reviews. (^u^)

Disclaimer: You all know already! YEASH! KR2008 AIN'T MINE! NOW SHUT UP YOU LAWYERS! *lawyers shut up*

Year: 2000 Date: January 10th

~Three Months Later~

Its been at least 3 months since REX's activation. The drone spent that time learning and experiancing new things about his home and his new friends. He learned about the holidays he spent with his new family. October was the time everyone celebrated the harvest and dressed up in costumes for Halloween. A few weeks ago Nikita told him to never leave the house unless she was with him. But since it was Halloween she allowed him to leave the house for the first time after explaining what Halloween was. REX was excited to explore the world outside his home, and he was excited to scare some unsuspecting kids. Of course once he did some did get scared and ran off. Alexis congratulated him on scaring kids for the first time. REX even went on his first Trick-Or-Treating day with Nikita, Alexis, and Maverick. He couldn't eat the candy, but he had fun flying around visiting the other houses. He noticed that people took one look at him and thought he was a puppet or a flying toy. It didn't bother him though. His creator told him that on this day people dress up as monsters, aliens and even robots. So they wouldn't believe he was one at first glance. REX had a fun time for that whole month.

On Thanksgiving Nikita's parents invited Alexis's and Mavericks parents over for a party. REX learned Thanksgiving was a holiday where humans give thanks to everything they have and cherished. And also to eat alot of food since the main table was topped with various kinds of food humans eat. He had to stay hidden so he wouldn't be discovered by them. Besides Alexis and Maverick, Nikita's parents knew about REX and they kept quiet about him. Much to the relief of his creator. During the Thanksgiving party he saw the humans walk about, chatting, and doing all kinds of stuff. REX wished he could join them but he couldn't. Maverick's family was a part of a Military branch called Athena's Wisdom and his father is a leader of that branch. Since he deals in technology and top secret stuff who knows what'll happen if he discovered REX wandering about. So using his disguise program, he transformed into a Soccer Ball and stealthily rolled about, scanning everything he could so he can analyze the data later. Alexis's big brother accidently kicked him and he let out a yelp of surprise. Luckly he didn't hear it and walked past him. REX rolled under a table and unfurled himself. He saw that everyone sat at this same table and after saying some odd things, which he later learned were prayers over food, they began eating. He smelled the food and it smelled nice. He didn't have a stomach so he couldn't eat it. But he could analyze it. He noticed someone looking at him and realized it was Maverick's baby sister. She waved at him and giggled, saying what a cute doggy he was. He wasn't a dog, but he knew this human was just as young as he was and didn't know everything. Taking the chance, he walked up to her and let her pet him, but he quickly turned back into a ball and rolled away when her mother asked her what she was looking at. She didn't say anything and laughed. REX peeked around the corner and giggled, maybe next time he could play with the little baby toddler.

Christmas was a holiday he understood well. He saw his home decorated with lights and tinsel and all kinds of festive stuff. He himself was decorated too. He wore a little christmas hat and a collar that had bells on it. On his wings was two removable stickers of christmas ornaments. One day he went outside with Nikita and saw the most amazing thing; It was snowing. It didn't snow in Los Angeles but turns out once every 100 years it did. He saw Nikita and her parents playing in the snow and hitting each other with snowballs. REX tilted his head. He wondered why they threw snowballs at each other until one of them threw a snowball at him. He opened his wings and flew in the air to dodge it. Nikita laughed and told him it was a game. That got his attention as he loved games. He used his speed to circle around some snow and, using his tail, hit the misshapen ball of snow at Nikita's father. It hit him on the head and he started laughing. REX loved this game of snowball throwing. Later on they were all inside and REX looked at the presents around the christmas tree. He saw one with his name on it and was tempted to scan it, but thought better of it. Mrs. Avalon told him about Santa and the history of christmas. And to not peek inside the presents. He couldn't wait to find out what he gotten. On Christmas day he and his family woke up early and, after the humans had breakfast, opened their gifts. REX opened his first and got not one, but two gifts inside. One of them was a modified robot dog from Japan called Aibo, which he could play with and the other was a necklace that Nikita made. He loved his gifts and hugged his mother, saying thanks for the gifts she gave him. She smiled warmly and told him that she loved him. He quickly learned what love is and nuzzled her, saying he loved her too. Mr. and Mrs. Avalon smiled at the display in front of them. Who knew a A.I could feel love? Not them aparrently. Nikita and REX spent all day playing with their gifts, with the Dragon-like drone learning that love from his mother was the greatest gift he could ever get. He felt warm and fuzzy, and he liked it.

Now it was January 10th. New Years flew by fast for the family. Nikita took REX to the state park, disguised of course, to watch the fireworks. He was awed by the pretty lights and how they changed different colors. One thing he didn't like was the loud noise they made when they exploded in the sky. His antenna was a little sensitive. But he enjoyed himself nonetheless.

At home the drone took a little power-nap in Nikita's bed. Nikita however was busy working on her latest project on her computer. She woke up early so she could start on it. She yawned and streched in her chair. She's been working on this all day and she was tired. She looked at REX who was still in recharge and smiled. "Good idea... I need a nap too." She saved her work and turned off her computer. Nikita got in bed and took a nap, not before giving the sleeping drone a kiss on his head.

Two hours later REX powered on and noticed Nikita sleeping. Deciding not to wake her, he slowly climbed out of bed and unfolded his wings, flapping them repeatly. His verson of stretching. The necklace around his neck sparkled in the light as he looked at it. He told his mother that he'll never take it off. He purred and nuzzled it. REX saw that his little Aibo friend was not fully recharged yet so he walked downstairs to the living room where Niktia's parents were.

"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Avalon!" Both of them looked down and smiled at the drone. "Hey REX! How's the little dragon doing?" Mr. Avalon petted REX's head and he snarled in a playful way. "I'm good! Niktia is sleeping and so is Aibo. I powered on a few minutes ago." Mrs. Avalon reached down and petted his back, making him purr and wagged his tail. "I see. She must've been working hard again. Haha!" "I wonder what she's working on though? She never tells us unless it's finished." Said Mr. Avalon. "Well her brain isn't like ours so it must be something nice. Oooh! I hope it's that little bunny helper I asked her to make for me!"
"Bunny helper?" REX looked at her as Mr. Avalon laughed. "I don't think it's that dear. Who know's what she's doing on that computer half the time." "Aw, I still want one." The drone jumped on the couch and laid next to Mrs. Avalon. "Mrs. Avalon? I read that bunnies aren't big helpers, they do nothing but eat and get fat. Plus multiply a lot." Both of them started laughing at that comment. "Now that may be true but they're very smart animals dispite their appearance. Not to mention cute. And I told you sweetie, you can call me Diana. No need for formalities." "Ohh... Okay Mrs. Diana!" "And it's okay to call me Marcus." REX looked at both humans and nodded his head. "Okay! I call you Diana and Marcus! REX entered dat in databanks." Marcus and Diana chuckled. They still couldn't believe that their daughter created a walking, talking robot. It amazes them sometimes. But they were still proud of her. Marcus saw REX watching the news and the drone suddenly growled. Both of them looked at the tv and saw the newsreporter saying something about a serial killer the police were trying to find.

""There is still no clue as to where Tommy Griffin's whereabouts are. He is known for killing 12 people over the last three years. Police are stumped as to where this horrible man could be hiding. Here's his picture, if you see him anywhere in the vicnity don't approch him, he is very dangerous. Call 911 and report him. Remember, you can remain anonymous.""

REX growled even louder and bared his fangs, which were shrouded in electricty. He saw the man on the news and knew he was dangerous. "Dangerous! He hurt people! He bad news! GRR!"

Diana gently rubbed his back, which got him to calm down a little. "You're right sweetie. He's a evil man that did hurt people. I'll be glad when the police can find and arrest the creep."

"I hear you." Marcus moved so he was sitting next to his wife and put his arm around her. He stared at REX who was still growling at the tv and grinned. His daughter did the right thing by programming him to protect his family. "REX. If anyone tries to hurt Diana or Nikita you stop them. And I'll help ya too. Okay?"

"Got it! REX protect mama and you and Diana and Aibo! I'll bite the crap out of them! Grr.. Rawr!" Marcus chuckled as Diana kept petting the drone, who was fully calming down and climbed on her lap. He was programmed to protect anyone he considered family or friends. Bad people he was free to hurt if they hurt his family. He purred and nuzzled the woman's lap, but he was on guard for anything that happened to his family.

...

Nikita woke up two hours later, refreshed and fully rested. She went to pet REX but saw that he wasn't there on the bed with her. "Hm, he must be with mom and dad." She got up and walked downstairs to see her Dad cheering on his favorite racecar team, along with REX. Her mother was on the phone in the other room chatting with someone and laughing, probably a friend of hers. Nikita sat next to her dad and yawned. "Well I see you and REX are having a good time." Marcus laughed. "Of course we are! My favorite team is winning!" REX jumped up and down on the couch cheering them on. "GO GO TEAM NARA!" She chuckled. Watching REX go hyper about a racecar game was to be expected. He loved any kind of game. She watched a little bit of the game then went to the kichten to get a bottle of water and some chips. Her mother walked in laughing as she hung up the phone. "Hey mom. What's so funny?"
"My friend. She's always making me laugh. How was your nap?"
"Good. REX and Dad are watching a RaceCar game. Hehe, they look silly." Diana looked in the living room and chuckled, seeing those two acting like kids was funny to her." They look and act like a group of kids."
"That's because they are by nature. Hey, I'm going to get ready so I can go to the Library." Before she could leave her mother grabbed her arm and shook her head. Nikita looked at her and noticed she had a somewhat worried expression on her face. "Mom what's wrong?"

"Me and your father watched the News eariler and that horrible serial killer is still on the loose. I think it's best if you don't go out today."

"The cops haven't caught him yet? Jeez. But I need to go to the library today, they have some new books I want to check out."

"Well you can go next time. I don't want you outside today." She said with a stern look on her face. Nikita knew that look. When her mother gets like this she knew to obey her orders. She sighed and nodded her head. "Alright... I won't go out today..." Diana smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead. "Good. REX watched the News too and he's upset too. You should've heard him. He said he'll protect everyone and bite the crap out of him. So young and noble for a little bot." Niktia smiled at that. "Well, I did program him to defend us and his friends. Oh, speaking of friends, Alexis and Maverick was going to meet me at the Library. Might as well call and tell them I can't make it."

"Oh no need dear. I called their parents and informed them of what's happening. They're staying home too." Diana took the bag of chips from Nikita and nibbled on some. "Oh, okay then." Nikita looked at REX who was now dancing with her Dad chanting 'we won'. "Hey mom? How was REX acting when he watched that News report?" Her mother blinked and shrugged. "He acted fine until that certan report came on. He was growling and snarling, his fangs even glowed like they were coated in electricity. I think he'll be a good guard-bot in the future."

"Hm. Okay. I'm glad to know that. I hope I didn't make him overprotective..."

"Then he'll be like your father over there."

Both of them looked back in the living room as REX and Marcus still kept dancing and cheering for their team. They both rolled their eyes and giggled. "I think it's too late for that mom."
"I'll say. Haha!" They left the kitchen and sat in the living room. Nikita shook her head and poked the drone on his side, which got his attention as he stopped bouncing and climbed in her lap.

"Nikita! You're ups! You just missed a great game, it was so cool!"

"Yeah I'll bet." She chuckled and petted his wings, which lightly opened and closed. She suddenly yawned and sprawled out on the couch. "Ugh! I am bored..." Her father looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Then go work on your computer like you always do."

Nikita rolled on her stomach, making REX climb on her back as she groaned. "Don't wanna. What I wanna do is go to the library." She looked up at him who was trying not to laugh at how REX was poking her back. "Hun I can't let you walk there by yourself. You heard your mother."

"Then you take me. I really want those books, you could even stay there with me until we leave."

"Sorry I can't. I'm working an extra shift at the Automotive Factory."

Nikita groaned loudly and threw a pillow at him. He smirked and threw it back. "No need of you sounding like a wounded Gorrilla. I'll take you when it's not so dangerious."

"Man..." She sighed and looked at the TV while REX nuzzled her hand. "We can go laters mama! There's a bad man out there who hurt people, REX protect mama and everyone from him." She smiled and lazily petted his head, making him growl in a playful way and nipped her fingers. "You all are overprotective." "Why thank you dear." Marcus laughed as Diana walked in and sat next to him. Nikita frowned and sat up, staring at them in the eye. "You two never had a problem with me going out by myself. So why now? Don't tell me you're scared that I could get hurt or kidnapped by that jackass."

Marcus frowned at his daughter's choice of words. "Listen we just don't want you going anywhere. As long as that freak is loose you're staying here."

"Dear we don't want anything to happen to you is all." Said Diana. "To be honest... it's scary to think that someone like him is around our city. I don't want to think about it." She shuddered. Her husband wrapped an arm around her and kissed her cheek. "Honey you should stay home too." She looked at him questionly. "What do you mean by that?"
"I'm saying just in case something did happen you and Nikita would be home safe. REX will make sure of that." REX lifted his head and wagged his tail, growling in agreement. "I was planning to anyways. Today's my day off from work so I plan on reading my novels."

"And what about me? I still stay home?" Nikita asked.

"Yes." said both of them at the same time. Nikita groaned for the third time and gave up. Her parents can be a little overprotective when they need to be. "Alright, alright fine. I'll stay home then." REX flapped his wings, making everyone look at him. "And I'll protect them Mr. Marcus! If anyone hurts them, I'll bite'em!" He then bit the air a few time to make his point, making everyone laugh. Marcus got up and rubbed the drone's head, getting lightly nipped in the proscess. He smiled and rubbed his daughter's hair before walking upstairs to his room.
"I'll hold you to that REX!" Nikita got up and went to her room to work on her other project after all. "I'll be in my room mom. Don't worry I won't sneak out."
"That's good to hear." Diana watched her daughter go upstairs, with REX following behind her.

...

It was around 7:00 at night when Nikita's father walked in. He was wearing a black suit with a blue and red striped tie. Nikita looked at him and snickered. "Hot date with mom tonight? I thought you told her to stay here."

Marcus chuckled. "I did. My boss is bringing his Supervisor over to see how we're doing. I don't want to look a mess in front of him."

"In other words you're kissing up."

"You got that right..." He sighed. "Plus I heard from one of my co-workers that he's looking to promote three enginners that can create the best looking car out there."

"Ah, I see." Said Nikita. "What car do you have in mind?"

Her father pulled out a diagram from his suitcase and on it was a drawing of a futuristic two-door sports car. Nikita whistled, impressed by the drawing. "Nice looking car. I want one of those."

"Heh, thank you dear. Let's hope he chooses me to create it. Remember those old Camaros Cevrolet stopped making? Well this is the newer version of them. Just think, when I get promoted I'll be working for Chevrolet Motors making this car!" Marcus was excited explaining this to Nikita. She chuckled and grabbed the drawing, looking at it morre closely.
"You sure have a lot of confidince, Dad. I think you'll be one of the three that can make it happen. Besides if everyone sees this new soon-to-be Camaro, They'll be wanting one too."

"I know right? Whoo! Okay, I need to get going." He hugged her and kissed her forehead. "Wish me luck Nikki. And remember, no leaving the house."

"Good luck Dad. And don't worry, I won't. Now go before you're late." Nikita smiled as her father grinned, then he quickly ran out the door to his car, got in and quickly left. REX and his robotic doggy friend Aibo watched him speed off from the window. Aibo barked twice and wagged his tail. ~Bark! Bark!~ REX nodded, somehow able to understand him. "Yeah, he's going real fast Aibo. Nikita where he going?" "To work. He's hoping to impress his Boss's supervisor so he can make a newer car. He'll get promoted, I'm sure of that." She sat down at her desk and continued working on her project. "Ohhh. Mr. Marcus will get the promotin' thing! Right Aibo?" Aibo barked and jumped down from the window to sit on one of the giant Beanbags. REX giggled and sat next to him. Nikita suddenly yawned loudly, making the two robots look at her.
"Nikita you sleepy?" She shook her head. "No, just tired. I don't want to go to bed though." "Why not? Humans need sleep if their bodies get tired. So why ignore dat funtion?"
"Because I need to finish this thing on my computer. I'll get plently of sleep afterwards, okay?"
"Okay then. Hey! What's dat?" REX pointed to a shiny sparkly thing sitting next to her computer. Nikita looked at it and picked it up so he could see it better. "This is a Hex Diamond. I bought it last week at the jewelery store. It's kinda big so I'm planning on cutting it so it can be smaller."
"Wow... It's so pretty and sparkly!" REX was awed by how beautiful the gem was. Aibo 'sniffed' it and wagged his tail. "Why cut it though? Whatcha gonna do with it?"
Nikita stuck her tongue out in a playful way and giggled. "You'll have to wait a while before I can tell ya. It's a secret." She sat the diamond back next to the computer. REX's ear-like antenna drooped a little. "Awww! I wanna know now."

"You will soon, don't pout."

"I ain't poutin'!"

She looked at him and laughed. "Yes you are."

REX looked away and huffed. "Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not!"

"REX you're pouting. So cute."

"I said I'm not Poutin!"

Aibo started laughing along with Nikita and REX huffed again. Sometimes he acts like a baby when he can't know a secret. "Shut it Aibo!"

"REX don't be mean. How about I tell you tomorrow? Okay?"

"...okay then. And don't leave out any-" REX suddenly stopped talking and raised his ears up. They were moving about rapidly as his scanner dimmed a little. Aibo's ears went up also. Nikita stared at them and furrowed her eyebrows. (Both of them must've scanned someone or something in the area.) "REX, what's wrong?" The drone and the robot dog started growling as he spoke quietly. "Someone I don't recon'ize is downstairs. It isn't Mrs. Diana, she's asleeping in her room." Nikita quickly got up and grabbed a baseball bat she kept under her bed. She told REX to come with her and he followed quietly, with the Aibo dog following closely behind. Nikita came to the foot of the stairs when she stopped. The kitchen light was on and she heard sounds coming from the fridge. REX started growling loudly but Nikita quickly shushed him. "Quiet, don't let them hear us. Now scan the area and see who's in there." REX nodded and scanned the living room and kitchen, No one was in the living room but there was definitely somebody in there. "I scanned one person in the kitchen. He's armed with a 44. Magnum handgun."

She whispered back to him. "A what? Damn, alright... REX sneak up on him and taser him. I'll call the police."

"Right, how much voltage should I use?"

She smirked. "As much as you want. I'll call the police." She said as she ran to the living room.

REX's teeth glowed as it got shrouded in electricity, he told Aibo to hide and the robot doggie hid under a overturned waste basket. REX then snuck in the kitchen and saw the man in the fridge. He hid under one of the open cabinets and took a good look at the intruders face. What he saw made his young circuts rile up in anger. The intruder was the killer he saw on TV eariler on today. Tommy Griffin was his name. The drone scanned him, he was 6'9, had black messy hair, wore somewhat tattered clothes, and had of course a conceiled weapon hidden in his jacket. REX had to make sure he wouldn't escape, his family's life was in danger and he promised Marcus he'd protect them. He crawled out of the cabinet and darted to the man's exposed leg, he charged up 5000 volts of electricity, the maximum amount he can charge up, and fearcely bit down on his leg. The man opened his mouth to scream but nothing came out, his body started shaking and convulsing like he was going into a seizure. REX held his grip for a good 10 seconds then quickly let go. He jumped on a table and watched as the man fell on the floor still convulsing. After a minute he stopped and passed out. REX scanned him and noticed he was still alive, but barely. Nikita ran in and gasped when she saw the tall man knocked out on the floor, she ran and hugged REX who was wagging his tail happily.

"REX you're awesome. He's knocked out cold."

"Haha! Knocked out cold! REX did good!"

She petted him and he growled happily. "You sure did boy. I called the police and they'll be here soon. They're tied up because of some accident on the 401 freeway."

"Should we tell Mrs. Diana we caught the intruder?" He asked.

"Yeah, let's wake mom up and tell-" Before she could finish, another man grabbed Nikita from behind and held her arms back. She started kicking and screaming but stopped when he pulled a gun to her head. REX was shocked and surprised, he didn't scan another person here with them so how was it possible? He did another quick scan and noticed the intruder's clothes were covered with lead. He growled, his young scanners couldn't see through lead yet. REX growled loudly, atrracting the other man's attention and he laughed.
"What the hell is this? A little toy is threatening me? What a laugh!" REX spoke up and snarled. "LET NIKITA GO NOW!" The man held the gun closer to Nikita's head and cocked it. She held her breath wondering what she was going to do. "Sir please let me go... We don't have anything of value here..."
"Shut up bitch!" He said. He looked in the kitchen and saw the other man passed out on the floor, he shook his head and cursed. "Last time I hire a damn hobo to do the work." "I said LET HER GO NOW!" Nikita saw that REX was readying himself to strike but she quickly shook her head. The drone got the message but was confused on what to do, his creator was in trouble and if he made any sudden moves she'd be terminated. Nikita decided to ask why they were here. "Sir? Why are you here? What do you want?" The man looked down at his hostage and smirked. "Well Nikita Avalon, you want to know what I'm here for?" Her eyes got wide, how did this man know her name? Who is he? He whispered in her ear and what he said made her hair on the back of her neck stand on end. "First let me tell you the truth, I am a hacker and I hacked into your computer system in your room. I know all about your family, friends, and that stupid Robot sitting there glaring at me. By the way, I'm wearing clothes covered with lead, that's why your dumb robot didn't see me." Nikita was scared now. This stranger knew who she was and her family and friends by hacking into her computer. But it was impossible, she had a perfect anti-hacking device installed so how did he do it? "H-how? Please who excatly are you?" The man laughed loudly and told her to look at the other man passed out in the kitchen. "See him there? I know you saw him on the news today, 'Dangerious Serial Killer Tommy Griffin.' Well guess what? That's just some retarded hobo I hired to kill all those people and take the fall if he gets caught." Nikita had tears in her eyes and REX was snarling like crazy. Both of them put two and two together. "W-what?"

"That's right sweetie... I'm the REAL Tommy Griffin." After he said that he hit her on the back of the head with the butt of the gun, knocking her out cold as he carried her to the couch. REX was furious, he just witnessed his mother get hurt by that evil man. Without thinking, he charged at him and tried to bite his face off. "RAWR!" Tommy grabbed the robot by the tail and threw him against the wall, REX wasn't injured, but he was more than pissed off. Before he could get another strike in Tommy pulled out a Taser gun of his own and electrocuted him. REX screamed in pain as some of his systems malfuntioned, the electrity caused him to temporary shutdown but not before sending out a signal/message to Aibo, who was still hiding in the waste basket watching everything. "H-help...mama...Aibo..." The little robot dog was shaking in fear, but he yipped quietly and ran upstairs to Diana's room without being noticed.

...

Diana woke up hearing the sound of snarling and growling coming from downstairs. She yawned and looked at the time, it was 8:00pm. She fell asleep reading one of her books. She got up and streached, then put on her robe as she exited her room, but before she could even reach the stairs, Aibo ran to her and started whining. She picked up the little robo dog and cuddled it. "Goodness what's wrong cutie?" Aibo then looked up at her and relayed a message on his Face-Scanner. There was usually emoticons on it's face so people could tell it's expressions. But this time it was a message from REX. It read ~Nikita in trouble, Intruders downstairs, DANGER! DANGER!~ Diana raised an eyebrow, wondering if this was a prank. "Aibo is this a prank?" Aibo quickly shook his head and showed an emoticon crying. She decided to slowly walk downstairs and her face turned white; She saw two men rummaging around the living room, and Nikita was knocked out cold on the couch. She covered her mouth to surpress a scream and looked to her right, REX's eye-scanners were dark, meaning that somehow he was deactivated. Diana reconzied one of them as the Serial Killer she saw on TV today. She continued looking in the living room and overheard the two men speak.

"Dammit... My head and everything hurts..."

"Oh quit complaining you ass! I gave you one job and that's to kill everyone remaining in this house, but NO you had to think with your damn stomach!"

"Listen I got hungry alright?! So what do we do now?"

The other man in black clothing looked at the girl laying on the couch. He shrugged and began to walk towards the stairs. "Listen, you grab everything electronic and load it up in the bag, including that robot laying over there. It might prove useful."

The hobo scratched his head. "Um, okay. But the girl?"

"Kill her after you're done. I don't want blood on the goods."

Diana ran to her room and grabbed a handgun she kept near her bed. No one was hurting her baby and getting away with it. With Aibo still in her arms, she peeked out of her room and saw the man enter Nikita's room. She snuck in the room and pointed the gun at the back of his head. "Listen whoever you are, you have no right breaking and entering my house and hurting my little girl! So just back up slowly before you get hurt." Diana seemed brave but in reality she was scared out of her mind, not for her but for her daughter who was downstairs unconcious. The man slowly raised his hands up and backed up slowly. He turned to face her and started grinning like the Cheshire Cat. Diana frowned as Aibo growled at him.
"Why the hell are you smiling jackass? If I know my daughter she called the police on you bastards and they should be here any minute!" He was still grinning as he slowly tilted his head before he spoke. "And why should I care bitch? I have someone to take the fall for me, and he's right behind you." Diana quickly turned around to see the hobo-looking man aiming a gun at her head. The other man then grabbed her arms and restrained her. She started screaming and trying to fight back, but his grip was too strong for her. He hit her on her head near a pressure point and she was instantly out cold. "Hey hobo take this bitch downstairs downstairs and put her next to the girl."
"Okay. But do you want me to kill the both of them? I still haven't gotten around to it yet." He asked.

Tommy thought for a moment and shook his head. "No. Leave them both alive, I want to have some 'fun' with them."

The hobo shrugged and carried the unconcious woman downstairs, muttering. "Jeez, this thing is heavy..."

Tommy felt something hitting his leg and looked down, seeing Aibo growling and trying to fight him. He chuckled and picked up the little thing, it squirmed and started barking and growling at him. "How cute are you? You think you could fight me? Alright where's the off switch?" He turned Aibo around and found his off switch on his back, he pressed the button and Aibo stopped barking, Tommy unknownly put him in sleep mode instead of being shut down. He threw it on the bed and walked out of the room. He went downstairs and saw the Hobo tieing up Nikita and Diana. "Hey, you got everything in the bag?"

"Yeah yeah I did. Hey can we go now? I don't wanna be here much longer."

Tommy rolled his eyes. "We'll go soon, quit worrying. Now hurry up and pack everything dammit." He walked over to where Diana was while the Hobo groaned, Irratated that he's doing all the work. There was three bags filled with items they stole sitting at the entrance of the door. While the hobo kept packing up more stolen stuff, Tommy stared at Diana with a smirk on his face. "It's been awhile since I've been with a woman, hehe..." He started untying her robe and saw the silk gown she wore, he noticed she wasn't wearing a bra so he fondled her breasts a little. "Damn she has some big ones..." Tommy kept fondling the unconcious woman when the Hobo yelped in pain. He turned around and saw him sucking on his finger. "Dammit what the hell?! You want them to wake up?!"
"Sorry! I grabbed that robot dragon thing and it bit me! It fucking bit me!"
He looked at the drone and saw it wasn't moving or had it's scanners on, he sighed, irratated and waved him off. "That thing isn't turned on idiot, keep packing." The Hobo grumbled and continued packing the other things, leaving the robot alone.

REX had powered on a few minutes ago and did a systems check, everything was working in order except his wings, they couldn't close right but that didn't worry him. He was more worried about Nikita, Diana, and Aibo. He noticed the Hobo picking him up and bit him, causing him to yelp out in pain and drop him. After a few minutes no one noticed when he turned into a Soccor Ball and rolled behind the couch. His wings were hurting him as he tried to make them work. He thought for a moment wondering what to do. Owie... My wings hurt... But I have to save my family! REX will save them! REX unfurled himself and quietly climbed up the couch, he saw Nikita tied up but still knocked out. When he saw Diana he noticed the Killer touching her breasts and rubbing her legs. Why is he doing that? He thought. He survyed the area and realized he couldn't attack from where he was, so he crawled to the other side and found a perfect spot to strike. He charged up his Taser-like teeth to the max and readied himself. When he saw the oppotunity, he lunged at him and bit harshly down on his neck, sending over 5000 volts of electricity through his body. Tommy screamed out in pain and fell to the floor, breaking the glass table next to him as the glass scattered everywhere. REX snarled and shook the intruder's neck more, sending even more electrcity through his body, when he let go, he saw a second-degree burn from the bite mark. REX smirked in his CPU, the bastard was still alive but he didn't care, as long as he was unconcious himself. The Hobo saw everything and tried hitting him with the bat Nikita had eariler, The drone dodged the attack and leaped on the Hobo's shoulder, he bit down with all his might and delivered more volts of electrity throughout his body. The Hobo screamed in pain and fell to the floor for the second time, this time however he bumped his head and had a concusion.

"That's what you get for hurting Mama and Mrs. Diana!" REX huffed and went to where his creator and her mother was. He used his laser to cut the ropes and sprayed some air on their faces, soon both of them woke up and quickly looked around, seeing the Living Room a mess and seeing both men sprawled out on the floor knocked out. Diana quickly hugged Nikita tight and started to cry.

"Oh my baby are you alright?!"

Nikita for the first time in her life started to cry. She never felt so scared and volated in her life. She hugged her mother tight and nodded. "I-I'm okay... I'm okay..." They both stayed like that for a good few minutes until REX climbed on the couch with them. Nikita and Diana looked at him and saw that his wings were open and crooked a little. "Mama! Mrs. Diana! Are you two alright?! REX was worried!" He snuggled the both of them as Nikita rubbed her eyes, still a bit in shock of what happened. "We're fine dear. My head hurts though..." Said Diana. "Other than a headache... I'm alright. But your wings..." Nikita gently folded his wings back in place and suddenly hugged him tight, she started back crying as her mother rubbed her back. "I'm so sorry REX! I'm so sorry!" REX tilted his head, confused as to what she meant. "Sorry? About what mama?" "You got hurt because of me! I realized I forgotten to update your scanners for you to see through lead. Not only that I let my guard down and that bastard hacked into my computer! It's my fault everything happened! Y-you're hurt b-because of me..." Nikita kept crying loudly, hugging REX who started to purr.

"Mama don't say that. It's human error is all. Nothing's your fault and it never was. Please don't cry mama..." REX then rubbed his head on her cheek to wipe some of her tears away. "Besides, I bit the crap out of them like I said! HAHA!" Nikita smiled and kissed his head. "Y-yeah... You sure did boy..." Diana hugged both of them as tears ran down from her face. "I'm so happy you two are okay, I love you both." Nikita and REX leaned into her embrace, saying they loved her too. Suddenly they heard a crash and all three looked up to see Tommy Griffin holding a huge piece of the glass table over their heads.

"YOU STUPID BITCHES! YOU'RE NOT EVEN WORTH MY TIME! DIE!"

Something hit him on the back of his head hard and Tommy dropped to the floor again, behind him was Marcus, who got home just in time to see that his family needed help. He held the bat the Hobo had in his hand. "Dumb bastard..." He hugged his wife and daughter who started back crying again. "Are you two alright?" "Yes dear we're okay, other than a slight headache..." Diana kissed him and looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Oh baby I'm so glad you're back... It's was horrible!" Marcus rubbed her back and gently shushed her. "It's okay baby, Everything's okay now..." Marcus noticed that Nikita was unusally quiet. He looked at her and noticed she was still hugging REX and silently crying. REX kept purring, trying to calm her down. Marcus wiped the tears from her face and she flinched. "Nikki?" Nikita looked at him and leaned against him. "I'm so glad you're home daddy... I was so scared." He held her close and kissed her forehead. "I know it was, but thank God you and your mother are alright. Hey REX?" REX looked up at him. "Yeah?" "Thank you for protecting them. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to my girls." The drone giggled and waved his claw. "It was my pleasure Mr. Marcus! Oh! I did a quick health scan, Mama and Mrs. Diana have a slight concussion from being hit on the head. But it's nothing serious."
He nodded when Nikita spoke up. "I called the cops too... It's been 30 minutes though..." "I'm sure they'll be here soon dear. Oh goodness! I forgot about little Aibo!" Diana yelled. Soon everyone heard barking as Aibo trotted over wagging his tail. ~Bark! Bark!~ REX jumped down and nuzzled his robot canine friend. "Aibo! I'm happy you're still active! You're not damaged?" ~Bark!~ Aibo said. Aparrently that mean't no he was fine. Seconds later everyone heard a knock at their door as 5 Police Officers rushed in. One of them was Marcu's cousin Harry, who ran over to the family sitting on the couch.

"Holy hell are you guys alright?!" He asked. "We're fine Harry, but where the hell were you?! My daughter called the police 30 fucking minutes ago! THEY COULD'VE BEEN KILLED DAMMIT!" Marcus was pissed off as he yelled at his cousin. Harry was shocked, his cousin never used foul language before. "I'm sorry Cos', there was this huge accident on the 401 freeway involving 7 cars. Plus the dispatcher tried calling you guys back but they couldn't get through." One of the other officers pointed out something by the telephone on the wall. "Hey Harry! This is why the dispatcher couldn't get through the second time, see? The wire's been cut." Everyone looked and the wire had been cut. Probably by one of the intruders. "Well that explains everything..." Said REX. Aibo nodded in agreement. Harry didn't know about REX but was mildly surprised by it. Soon he heard the ambulance arrive. "Hey everyone come outside, the paramedic's are here." Diana and Nikita stood up but Nikita winced and sat back down. She held her ankle and saw a huge bruise on it. "Oh nos! That bruise looks bad!" Niktia shook her head. "I-I'm fine REX... I can walk..." She tried walking again but almost fell when Marcus caught her. "You're not fine at all, come on let me carry you." He picked her up and carried her bridal style to the ambulance, with Diana, REX and Aibo following closely. Harry decided to look at the intruders and noticed that both of them had second-degree burn marks on their necks, and another one on the Hobo's leg. "What the hell? Did that robot do this?" He whispered to himself. He saw that they were both alive and frowned. "Hey! Load these bastards in the ambulance, they're still alive."

Nikita and Diana got checked out by the Emergancy Doctor and both were cleared of any fatal injuries. They sat on the sidewalk wrapped in a warm blanket while REX and Aibo snuggled under the blanket so the cops couldn't see them. REX's eyes were dimmed, he was deep in thought about what he saw the killer do to Diana. He decided to whisper to Nikita about it.

"Nikita?"

She looked inside the blanket to see the drone staring up at her. "Yeah REX?"

"I saw something strange the killer did to Mrs. Diana. I'm confused as to what to do about it."

Nikita was alarmed. That monster touched her mom?! "What did you see?"

"Um... It's hard to explains... I have it recorded so you can look at it."

"Alright. Let's go." Nikita carefully got up and Diana saw her daughter walk back in the house. "Where are you going sweetie?" "Back to my room, REX said he saw something and I want to review it on my computer. I'll be back soon."

...

Nikita could not believe this. That sick freak was touching all over her mom. She had REX hooked up to her computer and was watching everything that man did to her. Not only she felt voilated from him hacking into her personal PC, but he almost raped her own mother! Nikita felt sick and angry at what she was watching.

"That monster! I hope he rots in Prison!"

Her father walked in and heard her saying that. "Sweetie? What's wrong?"

"Dad... You better look at this..." She restarted the video and turned to look at her father, who had a concerned look on his face. "What is it?"

"Just watch. You're not going to like this. REX recorded something that bastard did to mom. She doesn't even know since she was knocked out cold."

That got his attention. He sat next to her as she replayed the video. 9 seconds in the video he stopped it and buried his face in his hands, breathing heavily. Nikita was worried and put her hand on his arm. "Daddy?"

"...You're sure your mother doesn't know about this?"

She nodded. "Yeah. She must've been unconsious throughout the whole thing. She would've mentioned this if she knew..."

Marcus let out a shaky breath and glared at the screen. "If that bastard wasn't in a coma right now I'd make sure he'd stay that way permently..."

Nikita hugged him as he hugged her back. Marcus was angry, pissed off, and wanted to kill the man that dared to touch his wife that way. "Is there anyway you can get this on tape? I want Harry to see this." She nodded again and let go of him, she typed in a few commands on the computer and after a few minutes, the CD Slot popped open. She grabbed the disk and put it in a CD case. "Here you go... Hey Dad?"

He took the disk from her. "Yeah sweetheart?"

"...can I go to the library after this is over?"

He chuckled and kissed her cheek. "Of course you can Nikita."

She smiled and kissed his cheek, then unhooked REX from the computer as she wrapped a huge metal band around him, preventing him from opening his wings until she could get them fixed. REX shuddered and wagged his tail.

"I'm happy everyone's safe Mama. And I'm glad you're not that injured."

Marcus and Nikita smiled at him. "I'm happy too son. Come on, let's go outside. It's stuffy in here."

"Okay!"

REX followed Nikita and her father back outside, he hid underneath the blanket Diana was in and nuzzled his friend Aibo. The drone protected his family tonight by biting the crap out of them. Just like he said he would.

...

It's Feburary 25th. Well over a month since the break-in at Nikita's home. Marcus gave his cousin Harry the evidance of what Tommy Griffin did to his wife. To avoid him later asking, he told Harry that he had secret servallance system installed in his house and that's how he got the video. His cousin believed him and thanks to the video, he got sentenced to Death Row along with his Hobo friend. They later died through Lethal Injection. Diana found out what that man did to her and felt disgusted by the fact another man besides her husband laid his hands on her. Marcus reassured her that all he did on the video was touch her and nothing else. Diana was so happy that those evil men, no, monsters got what they deserved. Alexis and Maverick rushed over after the incident and were glad Nikita and her family were safe. She told them everything that happened and Alexis wanted to throttle them. Too bad the State did it before she did.. Maverick was upset that this happened to his friend, but she was okay now and that's what matters. Nikita fixed up REX's wings and upgraded his scanners so he could see through even the thickest lead coating. She even turned up the voltage on his taser teeth. Instead of 5000 volts, it was now over 9000 volts. REX was happy to be upgraded. And just to be safe, Niktia saved everything on her old computer and stored it in a USB Drive, then wiped the computer's memory. Reinstalled a better security system, and restored the stuff she stored on the drive.

Now, Maverick and Alexis lead a blindfolded Nikita to the backyard. They were both snickering and Nikita was getting irratated. "Come on guys what the heck is going on? I was reading my science book."

"You'll see Nikki-chan!" Alexis tried her best to not laugh but she was failing poorly.

"Grasshopper, patience a virture it is. Haha!" Said Maverick in a Yoda-like voice.

Nikita sighed and chuckled. "You're not good with Yoda impressions Maverick.

"Oh very funny Niktia..."

Alexis and Maverick lead her to the backyard and told her she can look now. As soon as she did, her family popped some party crackers and started shouting.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NIKITA!"

The girl was shocked herself. She was so busy reading that she forgot her own birthday. Nikita was grinning ear to ear as her friends and family, even REX and Aibo started singing the Happy Birthday song. When it was over the cheered for her and it brought tears to her eyes. "Everyone... T-thank you for this..." She couldn't wipe her eyes fast enough as tears started to run down her face as she cried. Her mother smiled, walked over to her and hugged her. Everyone else smiled at them as they had their moment. Nikita wiped her eyes and calmed down a little, her mother smiled at her and kissed her head. "Feel better dear?" "Yeah... I'm alright now. I'm just glad to be alive to celebrate my own birthday." Diana nodded and poked her cheek. "I'm happy to hear that. Now come on! Make a wish on your cake so we can eat! I'm starving!" Nikita laughed and walked towards her cake. It was in a shape of a coiled Dragon, one of her favorite mythical creatures. She made her wish and blew out the candles as everyone clapped and cheered. The cake was delisious and everyone was enjoying it. "Hey Nikki! What'd ya wish for?" Asked Alexis. Nikita shook her head and stuck out her tongue and grinned. "If I told you it wouldn't come true." "Aw... Oh well! I bet it was good anyways."

"Hey Niktia? How does it feel to be 13?" Asked Maverick. The girl shrugged. "I don't feel that much different. But I'm happy to be alive so I can celebrate my birthday with you guys."

"Awww! Smartie Group Hug!" Alexis grinned and hugged her and Maverick. REX suddenly climbed in Alexis's lap and hugged her also. "I'm a Smarty-friend too you know! Don't leave me hangin'!" The three friends laughed as her and her parents continued celebrating Nikita's special day.

AN: Hehe... My DragonBall Z quote is there. You saw right? xD R&R Plz!