Jen pov

I yawned and stretched in bed, I twisted and turned my body with my arms above my head until I heard a pop. I smiled and sat up, "Good morning, Jen." Bleep greeted, "Good morning, Bleep." I responded. "How did everyone sleep?" I asked and stood up from the bed.

"I miss MY bed." I looked back to the bed where Albedo was leaning against a pillow wrapped in my bandana. "Sorry Albedo, but it's probably gonna be a while until we can get off Earth." I apologized and pulled up my screen, I checked my savings and frowned. We couldn't afford to stay in a hotel another night, we would have to camp outside or make some money.

"Is everything alright Jen?" Albedo asked noticing my frown. I explained our situation and his usual grown deepened, "Well, we better get going then." Albedo said. I nodded and began getting dressed, I was fully dressed with my hair in pigtails, and I then noticed the emptiness of my neck. I looked back to the bed where my bandanna still lay. I scowled and grabbed my bag, I left the hotel not caring what happened to the bandana.

I walked down the streets of New York, it was actually very peaceful. I always expected noise and crowded streets, but if you got up at the right time, it was very nice. While I walked I pondered what to do, 'I guess I could go to the park, or subway and sing for money.' I thought. I nodded deciding those would be my best choices right now.

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Albedo pov

"I've got thick skin and an elastic heart

But your blade might be too sharp

I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard

I may snap and I move fast

But you won't see me fall apart

'Cause I've got an elastic heart

I've got an elastic heart

Yeah, I've got an elastic heart"

I happily listened as Jen sang and earned money, and she was earning a lot. I was counting our time, we started in the subway, we stayed for two hours and Jrn earned 230$. Next, we moved to the park and have been there for two and a half hours. I estimate Jen earned at least another 200$.

When the song Jen was singing ended she grabbed the money she earned and sat on a bench. "So, how much do we have?" Bleep asked rolling out of the bag and knocking Megawatts Jar over onto me. The alien laughed and I groaned in annoyance.

"Let's see, let me digitize the money, add it to my account uhh, ...we have 450$ some of it being in quarters," Jen said with a faint smile. "We hit up a few more places and we might be okay for a while," she said. "I don't understand why you don't use your brain, we could be making so much more." I groaned finally getting out from under Megawatt's jar. Jen sighed, "We are trying to lay low remember, and using my brain is better, but it will take longer, and last I checked, you wanted to get off Earth as soon as possible." Jen said becoming annoyed.

I sighed and looked down, she was right, I wouldn't want to waste time. "I know, but we still could earn decent money faster," I said and we both hummed in thought. "Why don't we hack Max's bank account?" Bleep blurted out. "What!?" I and Jen cried in unison, "Bleep we can't do that." Jen stated with a frown. "It was just a thought, besides we hate him anyway," Bleep said and Jen looked down.

Megawatt laughed and began to make noises, Jen chuckled and pulled the Jar from her bag. "You're a punk Megawatt," Jen said with a smile, but her eyes held something else. "Hey, let's go get you some food, then we can go to another subway," I said and Jen nodded. We all climbed back into Jen's bag and she started walking.

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"Hmm, this earth food is greasy, fattening, and disgusting," I complained grossing my arms. "Are you mad because you're too full to finish it?" "...Yes," Jen chuckled and took another bite of her pizza. Megawatt laughed and pointed at me before devouring the last of his slice. I scowled at the alien and looked away, I heard Jen and Bleep chuckle before we started moving again.

"So where to next?" I asked, Jen smiled, "We are going to the busiest part of New York, I have a fun idea, to earn some more money." I recognized the smirk on Jen's face, which I had seen many times since I got stuck here. Laying low was about to, what is it Jen says? Ah yes, Go out the window.

"Jen!" I recognized that voice, Jen started running and everything started getting shaken up. "Hey, come back, you can't run away from us forever!!" Gwen called, I could tell she was following us.

Jen pov

I dashed into an arcade in hopes of hiding from Gwen. Luckily it was packed, I pushed through the crowd to the back of the arcade. I ducked behind a game and peeked out, no Gwen was in sight. I slide to the ground and sighed in relief, "Everywhere I go." I muttered and hung my head.

"This is what you deserve you freak!" I looked up and searched for the owner of the voice. My eyes landed on a group of boys standing not far away from me. There were five boys, one looked like he was around my age. He was being held by two of the guys, the other two were beating him up. I furrowed my brow and stood up, "It does not concern us." Albedo whispered, but I just ignored him.

"Hey, let him go!" I ordered they all looked at me and one of them smirked. "Best it baby doll," he said and I saw red. I held my hand up and materialized my taser, the boys looked confused and shocked. "Let.him.go." I pressed my Taser to a nearby game and it exploded. The boys all stumbled back before they ran away screaming. The only one who stuck around was the one they were beating up. I walked over and helped him stand, "We better bail, I'm too young to be getting arrested." he said and I nodded.

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I helped the boy outside and saw Gwen was waiting. "Jen, you need to come back right now!" Gwen said and she looked furious. The boy stood up on his own and I approached Gwen, I was getting sick of her.

"Alright Gwendolyn, I am not coming back, and the sooner you get that through your thick skull and into your walnut-sized brain, the better." I fumed and Gwen stepped back. I walked back to the boy still mad, "Now stop following me." I hissed looking back at Gwen. When I saw she had no intention of following me I walked away, and the boy followed.

"Hey, are you alright?" he asked and I shared a look with him, my eyes said everything. The boy frowned at me, "I'm Kevin," he said changing the subject, "Jenny, but everyone just calls me Jen." I smiled. Kevin nodded and we walked a few blocks in silence, "So, you want a tour of New York?" he asked. I actually already knew every part of New York, I had been here for three days, but I said yes. "However, we should get you cleaned up first," I said and Kevin nodded.

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Kevin led me into an old subway, apparently, it was his home. I looked around and observed everything, he had posters, a bed, old arcade games, and TVs everywhere. "I'm a runaway, no home to go to," Kevin said. "Yes, you do." Kevin raised a brow, "You ran away, you have a home, you just don't want to return to it." I said sitting on Kevin's bed.

Kevin had a deep frown, "Sorry, I'm too smart for sometimes I'm a little too smart." I said and patted the spot next to me. Kevin sat and I pulled up my screen, "Wow, that is smart!" Kevin exclaimed and leaned closer. "Yeah, I'm kinda genius," I said while looking through my inventory.

I stopped when I saw the first aid kit and materialized it. "So, are you some kind of robot?" "No, Well, ...kinda," I said, I didn't explain any further and began to treat Kevin's injuries. Kevin watched me with a large amount of curiosity, it was kinda creepy, I didn't voice that thought though.

Once I finished taking care of Kevin I digitized my first aid kit and we sat in silence for a few moments. I was getting bothered, "So, w was up with those guys?" I asked in hopes of stopping Kevin's stares. Kevin straightened up, "Oh, I trashed their hang-out under the 39th Street bridge, but they deserved it." "And you deserved to get your butt kicked." Albedo blurted. Kevin's eyes widened and he snatched Albedo out of my bag, "You got a big mouth shrimp." Kevin growled.

I became panicked, it didn't help when Albedo bites Kevin. "AGH!!" Kevin dropped Albedo and I frowned at him. "What is wrong with you? Why did you bite him?" I fumed. Albedo crossed his arms and turned away, I hissed at him and left with Kevin.

"I'm sorry about him." I apologized as we walked, and Kevin simply brushed it off. "What even is he, a rat?" Kevin asked, "Actually, Albedo is an alien known as a Galven, they are the smartest being ever, and he is here to take Jen." Bleep stated and flew out of my bag. "Umm, this is Bleep, I built him when I was a little girl," I said and Kevin put on a shocked smile.

"That is so cool, but why is he here to get you? Where is he gonna take you?" Kevin asked. I dismissed Kevin, I didn't enjoy talking about leaving Earth, but also because I couldn't answer the question. All Albedo would ever tell me is that he's taking me to some alien named Azmuth. He never told me who Azmuth was, or why he was important. I tried us in Aunt Vera's candies to remember something, but nothing involving Azmuth occurred.

"Jen...earth to Jen, are you there?" I jumped and turned to Kevin, he was holding me back from walking into traffic. "Woah!" I stumbled back and fell into Kevin. We hit the sidewalk and I quickly began to apologize. "When I get lost in thought, I get lost. I walked into an alligator exhibit once, my mom nearly had a heart attack." I said and Kevin nodded. "Yeah, I did stupid stuff as a kid when I got distracted. ...I still do stupid stuff." Kevin said and I chuckled.

We changed direction and walked in silence, it didn't last long though. "So if Albedo is here to take you, why hasn't he?" Kevin clearly wasn't gonna drop it. "Well, another alien, Megawatt, destroyed his ship, and we don't have enough money to buy things to build a communicator," I said, I saw Kevin smirk from the corner of my eyes.

"Maybe I can help, what do you say?" Kevin stopped and held out his hand. I gave a moment of that before taking Kevin's hand. "Alright," I said, Kevin smiled and began to lead me somewhere.

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Kevin pov

I smirked while leading Jen into an empty subway. This was gonna be a piece of cake, I and my boys get rich, and we don't even lift a finger, mostly. I poked and one of the fading bruises, next time Andrew isn't allowed to hit me.

"So, how are we gonna make money down here?" Jen asked and followed me onto the platform. "Ok, it is really simple, I can assume you have wicked computer skills. you need to hack the railroad and switch the track." I stated. Jen gave me a questioning look, but she shrugged and pulled up that screen of hers. I watched over Jen's shoulder, she typed in numbers, and letters, and was getting through with no sweat.

I looked at the track, it switched and I got a wide smile. "So, now what?" I simply put my hand on Jen's head, my hand sparked and Jen screamed as I shocked her. Jen fell to the ground, she was still conscious, but it was just barely. I smiled, she was pretty easy to fool, then my eye caught something. Jen's shirt was slightly lifted traveling something, I lifted Jen's shirt further and stared in awe, but also anger. Jen was holding back on me, whatever, I examined the thing on her chest and noticed it had a button.

I smirked and pressed the button, the device popped up and showed some kind of silhouette. I pressed it down, and I was blinded by a bright flash of bright green light, when it faded my eyes nearly popped out of my head. Jen turned into a fire monster, she was hot, and I mean that in two ways.

"This could be useful," I muttered, I reached for the symbol on Jen's chest, ready to absorb her power. "Don't touch her!" I looked up and received a hard kick in the face. I looked up and rubbed my jaw, I growled and looked at the person who kicked me. My eyes went wide, I was staring at myself, but my hair was white, and my eyes red.

"Keep your filthy hands off of her." the copy growled. I stood up with a smirk, "Your that Albedo guy, I like the new look, aside from what you did to my hair and eyes." I said letting energy cover my hand. "Hmph, you don't know the full potential of your power." he knelt and absorbed the floor, he formed armor. He stood and we shared a glare, "I'm gonna enjoy this." he said.

We charged at each other but I had no plans to fight him. I slide and passed Albedo, I stopped in front of Jen and didn't waste any time. "NOOO!" I smirked this was gonna be fun.

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Albedo pov

I walked down the street with Jen on my back, she was awake just in so much pain. "Are you mad at me?" I asked, she hadn't said I word to me since we left the subway. Jen sighed, "No, I'm mad at myself, I trusted him so easily, I should have listened to you."Jen held on a little tighter. I frowned, I didn't know what to say to her, and what I am about to do will be the cherry on top of her horrible day.

"There you two are." Max rushed out of the tv and toward me and Jen. I stepped aside and watched him run past us. I could feel Jen's anger and anxiety, "You know the deal." I simply stated on got on the RV. I laid Jen in bed and she turned away from me, I didn't blame her. It was gonna be chaotic for awhile.