A.I. Rising: Genesis Chapter 3

Author's Note: Some parts of this chapter might have some... mention of nudity. But no sex or anything. Thought I'd warn you readers. Oh, Nikita and her friends are 14 in this chapter. Since they're a little older they might experience some changes to their bodies. Okay, enough of that! On with the story!

Disclaimer: KR2008 Isn't mine. It belongs to Glen A. Larson. Ugh I'm sick of putting this disclaimer in every chapter... *lawyers glare* Fine! Fine! Dammit... Anyway it isn't mine...

Year: 2001 Date: June 9

It's been almost three years since REX's activation. And so far the little drone has learned a lot of things since then. He learned that the two men that attacked his family were deactivated by the State. This was relieving to hear, he didn't want them to be active again. REX didn't understand the difference between deactivation and being killed. All he knew was his family was safe, thanks to him. A few months after his creator's birthday, REX received an upgrade from Nikita. That Hex Diamond she was working on was to be his new "heart". It contained the data and information of the PRISM program. It was a small heart-shaped diamond that fit perfectly in his main core possessor that was in his chest. When he got the upgrade, PRISM synced with his entire program, making him able to control it. He can use it as a virus or as a healing program. Nikita told Alexis that's what she was working on beforehand. She also told her to not tell Maverick about it. When she asked why, she said he may be her friend, but she doesn't trust him with certain information. That includes certain info on PRISM. For all he knows, it's just something that can be a virus or bring to life some cars. He doesn't know the true reason PRISM was created; True it was created to bring to life other machines and be a virus, but the real reason it was created was to permanently be a part of REX's A.I. Program. Meaning it was meant to be his true soul, and without it the drone will deactivate. Nikita rather not tell Maverick this and made sure her friend agreed not to tell him either. Alexis of course agreed not to tell him. She just didn't understand why her friend didn't trust him enough, but she had her reasons so she left it alone.

Another year passed since then. It was summer break and the three friends were at Nikita's place. It was too hot to stay in her room so they decided to swim around in Nikita's swimming pool in the backyard. REX and his friend Aibo watched them swim as they splashed each other with water. REX wanted to join them but his circuits would get wet, and he couldn't have that happening. Alexis suddenly screamed when Maverick pulled her underwater. She got out of the pool and threw an inflated ball at him. He caught it and started laughing.

"Maverick you ass! That wasn't funny!"

He threw the ball back at her. "Sorry! Couldn't help it!" He felt a hard ball hit his head as he held it in pain. "What the hell?!" Alexis grinned and winked at him. "Sorry Rikki! Couldn't help it." She said tauntingly. Maverick grabbed a water rifle and aimed at her. "You better run you little Manx!" He fired water at her and she laughed as she dodged the wimpy attacks. Alexis grabbed her own water gun and fired back at him. "Who you calling a Manx you brat?!" They kept squirting water at each other and laughing. REX and Aibo hid under a table to avoid getting wet. "I wish I could play water fight too... But REX's systems will get wet and short circuit. Bah." Said the drone. Aibo barked twice, agreeing with him. Nikita rolled her eyes and floated on a raft towards them, being careful not to get in their line of fire. "You two act like little kids sometimes." That comment made them aim at her and shoot water at her face. She yelped and fell off her raft into the water. Maverick and Alexis laughed at her as she got out of the water. She glared at them for doing that.

"You little Bakas..." *AN: 'Baka' means Stupid or Idiot in Japanese*

Alexis snickered. "Hey, we're just having fun Nikki. And that'll teach ya not to call us kids."

"Eeyup! Now it's time to strike!" Maverick smirked as he and Alexis aimed their water guns at Nikita. Little did they know, Nikita had a water gun hidden behind her back. She got it when she fell in the pool while her friends weren't looking. She grinned evilly at them and aimed it at them. Alexis gulped. "Oh crap! It's a Super Soaker!" Nikita fired off her water weapon, spraying both of them with pressurized water. Alexis and Maverick screamed as they both ran for their lives. Nikita laughed all crazy like and ran after them.

"HAHAHA! TASTE MY H2O FURY!"

Some water got a little too close to the little robots under the table. REX at this point grabbed Aibo and flew in the house, closing the glass door. He and his friend looked out at them laughing and shooting water at each other.

"Whew! Dat was close. We almost got sprayed with water attacks."

The robotic doggy shook his head and made a sleepy face on it's screen. ~Bark... (-3-)~

"You said it Aibo."

Outside, the three friends continued their water gun fight. At one point Nikita sprayed water on Maverick, making him fall in the pool, but not before accidently grabbing Alexis's bikini top, dragging her in the pool with him. Nikita laughed triumphly.

"Haha! I win this round suckas!"

Maverick was going to say something but felt something wrapped around his arm. He looked and noticed it was Alexis's red bikini top. He blushed when he saw her run out of the pool with her breasts bare and with her water gun aimed at Nikita, who too noticed she wasn't wearing her top. Alexis grinned, not even noticing herself that her breasts were bare for them to see.

"So Nikki... Any last words before I pummel you with MY water fury?"

"Um... Yeah... Your Bikini top is missing."

"Huh?" Alexis looked down and screamed, quickly covering herself. "Where the hell is my top?!" She then glared at Maverick, who was still holding her red bikini top as he stared at her now covered chest. Suddenly he stuttered and waved his hands innocently.

"W-wait! I didn't mean-It was an accident! R-really!"

Nikita tried not to laugh again as Alexis blushed beet red. "You... you... PERVERT!" Maverick quickly got out of the pool and handed her back her top. He tried to explain that it was an accident but she wasn't having any of it. She snatched it and hid behind Nikita, who helped her put it back on as she burst out laughing. "Alexis I told you not to get this Bikini! It's too small for you!" "Shut up! It isn't funny!" She glared at Maverick who was looking away still blushing. "And you, you perverted pig! Why did you grab my top?! Huh?!"
"I-I'm sorry Alexis! It was an honest mistake I grabbed your top!" Nikita suddenly blushed and pointed to his swim trunks. "Um... Maverick?" Alexis gasped as Maverick looked down, seeing a bulge in his pants he blushed even more as he covered himself. "I-I-I don't m-mean..." "Oh... My... God... MAVERICK YOU GET OFF ON GRABBING GIRLS TOPS DO YOU?! YOU'RE DISGUSTING!" The blushing boy stuttered more. "Y-you g-got the w-w-wrong idea! W-what are you doing?" He saw Alexis walk to the storage shed and walk out holding a rake. "Y-you're not gonna hit me with that are you?" Alexis frowned and walked closer. "Wanna bet?" Nikita whistled nonchalantly and stood by him. "If I'd were you, I'd run. Now."

"Oh hell!" Maverick ran for his life, literally, from Alexis. Who was chasing him around the backyard swinging the rake at him. "YOU'RE DEAD PERVERT!"

Nikita was happy she wore a one-piece swimsuit. She watched as Alexis chased the poor boy around her backyard. "Shouldn't have done it baka." She chuckled and walked back inside the house where REX and Aibo were still watching the two humans chase each other.

"Nikita? How come Alexis is mad at Maverick?"

"When he fell in the pool he accidently grabbed Alexis's bikini top." She grinned. "And well, you saw what happened right?"

"I did. I don't get it. Alexis has big boobs so how come she's angry at him for looking?"

Nikita snickered and patted his head. "Well… Most women don't like it when men see them half naked. Unless they're married." REX tilted his head, as did Aibo. "I still don't get it…"
"You will when you're older REX. I wouldn't think about it too much. Oh look, she's still chasing him. The poor sap." They looked outside the glass sliding door as Alexis still tried to hurt Maverick with the rake. He was screaming his head off while the angry girl kept swinging at him. He then ran inside and quickly locked the door, preventing Alexis from entering. She banged on the glass door hard.

"OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR PERVERT!"

Maverick hid behind Nikita. "Only if you promise not to hit me! I told you it was just an accident!"

Nikita looked at her and sighed. "Come on Alex, he's had enough. Put the rake away and I'll let you in."

"Grr… Fine." She put the rake back in the shed and Nikita unlocked the door, letting her in. She sat in a chair breathing heavily, tired from running. Maverick slowly walked to her and offered his hand in apology. "Umm…. Sorry Alexis..." Alexis looked up at him and chuckled, shaking his hand. "You're forgivin' Rikki. Heh, I wasn't even that pissed with you."

Maverick got wide-eyed. "T-then why did you chase me around the backyard with a rake?"

She shrugged. "I just needed an excuse to chase you. But I never expected you to grab my top. Hehe…"

Nikita was holding her sides laughing her head off. She saw Maverick's expression which was a look of horror, anger, and embarrassment. REX and Aibo walked up to them and saw his face, they still didn't understand what was going on but they were glad she was not chasing him around anymore.

"Alexis you little Manx…"

Nikita shook her head, saying something about how childish they were. "Hey, I'm gonna make some Lemonade. Anyone want some?"

"Ooh! Ooh! I do!" Said Alexis.

"I'd like some please. I'm thirsty as heck here." Said Maverick.

"Okay then. You two play nice while I go make it." Nikita walked into the kitchen with REX and Aibo following. Alexis chuckled and poked her friend's arm. "Hey I have a question. You still hard from seeing my boobs for the first time?"

At that point Maverick's face was the same shade as a tomato. He quickly turned around and rubbed his face. "Why would you even ask me something like that?!"

She smirked. "Why not? Hehe, you're still acting like the shy little boy we first met 3 years ago."

"Yeah and I'm still am… S-so…" He turned to look at her, who was staring at him. "Why do you want to know? Isn't that kind of personal?"

"Maybe. I'm just curious." She stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck. Maverick was embarrassed. Why was she suddenly acting like this after what happened around the pool? "Um… Alexis?"
"Maverick tell me something, Am I sexy to you?" He stuttered. "W-what?"
"Tell me. I'm curious of what you think of me." Alexis was an enigma of weirdness. One minute she's upset next she's flirting with someone. She pressed her chest up to Maverick's, making him back up a little until he bumped into a wall. The boy was trying his best to control his body's raging hormones, but it was hard thanks to the girl pressed up against him. He sighed and put his arms around her waist, the girl in front of him blushed lightly as she stared into his dark green eyes. "You are a strange one little Manx. But you're fun to be around with. That's what I think." Alexis smiled. "Really now? I get that one a lot." Maverick stared at her bright blue eyes as he leaned in closer to her face. "And oddly, I like that in a woman." He suddenly kissed her soft lips. Alexis was a little surprised but kissed back. It was the first time the two of them shared a first kiss with each other. He gently rubbed his hands down her side, stopping at her hips. Alexis started to trace her hands across his chest as she moaned a little. They briefly broke the kiss and stared at each other, their hands kept exploring each other's bodies. Alexis gently rubbed her hand on his arm, tracing a finger up his arm and down to his chest again. Maverick shuddered and pushed her on the couch. He was on top of her as he roughly kissed her again. Alexis giggled and kissed back, enjoying the feeling of him pressed on top of her. They kept at it for a good 5 minutes before they heard robotic barking and a robotic voice.

~Bark! Bark! Bark! (o.o)~

"Are you two going to mate?"

Alexis and Maverick broke their kiss and saw REX and Aibo looking at them. Aibo was barking at them with a shocked emoji on his face scanner. Then they saw Nikita just staring at them while holding a plate of cookies plus Lemonade she made. By the look on her face, she was blushing. "Um… my Parents are going to be back soon so… You two gonna stay like that or what?" The two friends quickly got off each other and looked away, both embarrassed and blushing red. REX did a quick health scan of their bodies and wagged his tail.

"Why did you two stop? If you're going to mate then go ahead. We don't mind!"

Nikita put the plate of cookies and Lemonade down on the table and grabbed REX, chuckling nervously. "Um, REX? That's not uh... apropriate for them now."
"Huh? Why not Nikita? Isn't it natrual for humans to mate?"
"Uhhhh... Now's not the time for that REX!" Alexis felt more embarrassed by what she did than getting caught. "Um... I-I'm gonna change real quick... Be right back." She quickly ran upstairs to Nikita's room. Maverick sighed and covered his face with his hand. He too was feeling embarrassed. "Oh damn what happened today?" Nikita sat on the couch while petting REX as she spoke. "Puberty happened. I knew Alexis was a little flurtatious but jeez, I thought you two were gonna-"

Maverick interrupted her before she could finish. "Nothing was going to happen!"

She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? You two were all over each other." REX purred and nodded. "Both their hormone levels were high. If they weren't going to mate then why would they act it out? Humans are strange..." Maverick chuckled a little and rubbed the back of his head. "We sure are REX... Um, I'm going to change out my swimtrunks. I'll be back." He practicily ran upstairs to the bathroom and shut the door. Nikita sighed and shook her head. "Well that was interesting..." REX looked at her. "What was?"
"Seeing them slowly fall for each other." REX scratched his atenna-like ears and groaned.

"I'll never understand humans Aibo. They're all mixed ups." Aibo nodded as Nikita laughed.

...

~Next day~

Nikita was busy working on yet another project of hers. Yesterday was still fresh on her mind as she typed away on her computer. Yesterday Maverick went home after he changed his clothes. He didn't look Alexis in the eye as he waved bye to his friends. Alexis stayed at Nikita's place for a few more hours before she went home. The girl had a blush on her face when she left. Nikita chuckled remembering their faces when they got caught. She heard a knock on the door and yelled. "Come in!" Marcus ran in panting and smiling. REX and Aibo were playing video games on the Playstation 2 when they looked up to see Nikita's father run in, a big smile on his face. The girl looked at him and stared at his expression.

"Dad something wrong? You're smiling like the Cheshire Cat."

"Am I? Good! Because I have big news!"

"What is it?"

Marcus handed her a file from his job and told her to look at the pictures. She did and whistled. "Wow... These cars are awesome. But they don't look like the drawing you showed me before."

"I know. They're better than the drawing I did! Now I just came home from talking to my boss and he loved the redrawings I did. So much in fact that this car will be created within a few months!"

Nikita smiled and hugged her dad. "That's so awesome! Me and mom were kind of worried your car design wouldn't be accepted."

Marcus hugged her back and kissed her head. "I know right?! I told your mother and she's happy too. I'm so glad my design got picked over the others! Now the new Camaro will finally become a reality! Oh, and guess what?"

She looked up at him. "What?"

"Once you turn 16 I'm giving you your own Camaro as a birthday gift!"

Nikita went wide-eyed as she hugged her dad again. "Oh awesome! Thank you Dad! But that kind of spoiled he surprise though." She said and laughed.

"Hell I don't care! You deserve the best their is sweetie."

"Aww... Thank you Dad. I never seen my car and yet I love it."

REX put the game he and his doggy friend were playing on pause and jumped on Nikita's shoulder. "Mama got a gift?"
"That's right REX. In two years I'm getting a car! A Camaro no less!"
"Cools! I can't wait to see it mama!" REX was happy to hear the good news and wagged his tail. "Is the car gonna have a A.I like me and Aibo?" Marcus chuckled at that. "Sorry REX but cars don't come with A.I's."

"Not necessary Dad." Niktia grinned. Marcus looked at her and gave her a questioning look. "Nikita what do you have in mind?"

"Oh... Just a little surprise. Let's just say I was planning to give my new car 'a soul' like REX."

"I see. Well just make sure it's street legal. I don't want you modifying cars to look like Tokyo Drift." Nikita laughed and waved him off. "Trust me Dad, it'll be better than that." Marcus smiled and rubbed his daughter's hair, messing it up. "Well, me and your mother will be back soon."

"Where you two going?"

He grinned as he headed for the door. "On a date to celebrate my big achievement. We're going to that new restaurant in downtown that just opened up."

"You mean Diamond Seas? Dang that's fancy Dad." She sat in her chair and looked up the place on her computer. "A lot of positive reviews on it. But it's expensive plus it's packed with people every night." Her Dad pulled out two light blue pieces of paper, reservations for the restaurant. "That's why I got these in advance." Her jaw dropped. "How the hell did you get those?" "Oh, my boss Steve Farce gave them to me as congrats. Hehe." REX jumped from his creator's shoulder to her fathers and scanned the papers. "Mr. Marcus can I come too? I wanna go! I wanna go!" Marcus patted him on the head. "Sorry boy, but no robot dragons allowed." "Aww... No fair." Nikita chuckled. "REX it's their date, three's a crowd." REX huffed and jumped on the bed to pout. "Next time maybe you can go. Now stop pouting." "I ain't poutin'!" She sighed as Marcus laughed. "Well we'd better go. See you later dear! Oh, we might be back around 12:00 or 1:00."

"Wait why stay out so-" Nikita quickly shook her head and looked away. "Um... Nevermind... Have fun you two!" Marcus smirked as Diana popped her head in the room. "Honey we're going to be late! I want that Lobster plate!" "Okay I'm coming. Bye Nikita!" He left the room as her mother waved at her. "We'll be back soon sweetie!" Nikita waved at them and got up to yell something to them.

"Let me know if I have to share a room because I'm not sharing!"

Both her parents looked at each other then burst out laughing, getting what she was saying. "No promises Nikita!" Said Diana. The girl rolled her eyes and smiled when they left. She went back to her room and sat at her computer. REX crawled out of bed to finish his game with Aibo only to find out the little robotic doggy continued it and beat him. ~Bark! (^w^)~ "HEY! You cheater!" ~Ruff! (w)~ "It doesn't matter! You cheated!" ~Bark! Woof! (:P)~ "Nikita! Aibo's calling me names!" She sighed. "You two play nice. And Aibo no cheating." She kept typing away at her computer while the robot A.I's played their game.

...

~Later that night~

Maverick was at Alexis's place sitting in her room on the bed. Alexis was on her own computer typing up what looked like to be schmatics of a advanced vehicle. Nikita sent her an e-mail about her future car and wanted her to redesign it. As she was doing this, Maverick kept staring at her until she sighed and turned around in her chair.

"Look, I know you keep staring at me so what is it?."

Maverick looked away. He had a light blush on his face. He wanted to talk about yesterday, but decided against it. "Um... Well... Remember that Jet I told you and Nikita about? The XLR8?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"Well, I secretly hacked into it's systems when my Dad brought me to the Military Base. It has a A.I. but it acts like a mindless drone. I was wondering what would happen if Nikita could use PRISM on it?"

Alexis thought about it for a second and shook her head. "No can do Rikki. Nikita hates war so using that on it is a big N.O." She got up from her chair and sat next to him on the bed. Maverick immediatly tensed up when she got near him. "And I know you don't want to talk about that. So what's truly on your mind?"

"Uhh... Oh fine..." He sighed. "No I didn't... Um. Alexis? Even though it was a spur of the moment I did enjoy our..." He looked at her and she was looking at him. He grabbed his water bottle he brought with him and took a big gulp of it. "...um...our kiss." Alexis giggled and kissed his cheek. "I enjoyed it too. It was a spur of the moment thing huh?" Maverick nodded and kissed her cheek. "Heh, yeah. So... Are we dating now?" She slapped him with a pillow and stuck her tongue out. "Ask me again in a week. I'll have a answer for ya." He laughed and hit her with a plush doll. "Okay then. I can wait." Alexis returned to her computer and began typing again. After a minute Maverick asked what she was working on.

"Hey what are you working on anyway?"

"Nikita sent me an e-mail about her latest project."

"Okay. And what's it about?"

She grinned and turned her head to look at him. "You'll see soon. She might ask you to help with this one."

"Really?" He smiled. "Can't wait to see what it is."

...

~At Nikita's house~

It was around 11:00pm when Nikita fell asleep at her desk. REX and Aibo were in recharge also. It was quiet around the house except for her computer. It glowed in different colors as it spoke in a young female voice.

"Hello? Helllooooo? Aww darn, you must've fell asleep. Oh well. Time for me to power down too. *yawn* Goodnight Creator!"

The computer turned off by itself as something popped up on screen. It said: [PROJECT K.I.R.A. COMPLETED. FULL DOWNLOAD OF PRISM AT 100%. PREPARING TO GO IN STASIS MODE.] At that moment it shut off. Nikita, REX, or Aibo heard nothing as it powered down. The secret project she was working on for 2 days was finally finished. Nikita slept peacefully, unaware that her next A.I. was 'born'.

AN: Sorry it took me a few days to upload this chapter. Real Life problems suck. R&R please!