My Life As A Teenage Robot Porn Story: Some Like It Bot – Chapter 3

Some Like It Bot

A My Life as a
Teenage Robot Fanfic

Chapter Three Band
On The Run

Drew stared at Sheldon for a few seconds, stunned into
silence, trying to figure out what to do next.P
When Jenny concocted this little scheme a few hours ago shape-shifting
and altering his voice to impersonate her it had seemed insane then.P That was when they just needed to fool Dr.
Wakeman.P Now a hyper-intelligent rat
bent on vengeance was after him.P And as
for Sheldon Good Lord.P You
could practically see the little hearts floating around his head.

Jenny, areP you all
right? asked Sheldon.P It looks like
you kinda had a rough landing there.

Uh, yeah sorry about the mailbox, Drew managed to
stammer out.

Oh, dont worry about it.P
Its replaceable.P Youre
not.P Sheldons eyelids were
fluttering.

Drew clenched his teeth and shuddered.P Oh, the horror.

A rumbling, choking screech from overhead suddenly snapped
Sheldon out of his amorous gaze.P He
shielded his eyes and looked up.P Wow,
would you take a look at that!P Is that
another one of your moms robots?

Drew looked up to see Vladimirs robot suit diving out of
the sky towards him, trailing a dark sooty cloud of exhaust.P A small tube ejected out of the side of the
robots stovepipe-body and a split-second later, its back end ignited.P It was an air-to-ground missile.P It was going to hit in about three
seconds.P And Sheldon was standing right
next to him.

Geez, Sheldon, LOOK OUT!P
He lunged out of the crater, tackled Sheldon onto the front lawn, and
shielded him with his metal body.P The
mini-missile plowed into the crater and detonated with an earth-shaking
blast.P Fresh clods of dirt and rock
sprayed in all directions.

Drew slapped Sheldons face.P Even as creeped out as he was right now, he still hoped the
little nerd wasnt hurt.P Hey!P Yo!P
You okay there?

Sheldon blinked a few times, and smiled.P There he was, lying on his back on his front
lawn, with Jenny leaning over him, showing concern Ive never been better,
my angel.

Drew cringed, wondering just how much worse today could get.

Sheldon shook the cobwebs out of his head.P Jenny that robot is trying to destroy
you!

Yeah, no duh, said Drew.P
Get out of the way.P Ill take
care of this thing.P Well, at least
that sounded like something Jenny would say.P Drew, however, didnt have a clue as to what he was going to do.

Vladimirs robot dropped down on a pillar of flame and
landed near the crater with a thud.P
He opened the door of his beam weapon, and brought it to bear on Drew.P Enough with the runnink away, little robot
girl.P When I am finishink with you,
there vill not be enough left for can opener!P
The rat yanked the large red lever on his control panel.

Drew tried to twist out of the way, but the beam still
caught him in the leg, and slammed him against the front wall of the Lee
house.P Sheldon was horrified then he
ground his teeth in rage, and ran into the garage.

Vladimirs robot lumbered towards Drew, who was still
slumped against the wall of the house, trying to gather his senses.P Pfaah!P
So this is best that Vakeman can do?P
Is all too easy!P I vill be arrivink
at Tremorton vater supply far ahead of schedule!

Drew knew that taking a few more of those hits couldnt be
healthy.P He tried to blink his vision clear
as the olive-green robot stopped three feet away from him, and brought its
weapon to bear directly at his head.P
The barrel hummed with an intense red glow

Then the robot stumbled backwards, as a slimy pink glob
splattered hard against its chest.P Both
Vladimir and Drew were surprised, and turned to see where it came from.

Sheldon stood defiantly in the driveway, holding a
fantastic-looking rifle topped with a clear tank of thick pink liquid.P Anger crackled in his eyes as he glared at
the rat inside the strange green robot.P
Leave her alone, you cheese-eating schnook!P You come to my house, and think you can just shoot your death ray
at my Jenny, and have me do nothing about it?P
Prepare to taste pink, slimy retribution!

Sheldon fired, sending a blob of pink goo directly at the
barrel of Vladimirs energy weapon.P The
pink mess splattered around the barrel, jamming and gumming the mechanism.P Strained servos started to short out, and a
wisp of smoke drifted from the olive-green robots chest.

NO!!! shouted Vladimir.P
You miserable, meddling mouth-breather!!!P The rat jiggled the red lever a couple of times, yielding nothing
but squirting, bubbling noises from the barrel of his beam weapon.P Bah!P
Is RUINED!!!

Drew took advantage, and jumped to his feet.P He swung his right leg in a kick about
time I do something here that sent Vladimirs robot flying backwards into
the street, while managing to keep his own balance.

Sheldon, you yeesh, you saved my life.P He wasnt sure whether to feel grateful or
embarrassed.P Where the heck did you get
that thing?!?

My polymer-based immobilizer?P Built it right here in my workshop, Sheldon beamed proudly,
gesturing to the garage.P I was going
to give it to you later as a present.

You built it yourself?P Thats pretty impressive.P
Sheldon grinned and blushed, and Drew smacked his forehead.P I have got to watch what I say to this
lovesick twit.

They were interrupted by loud, rattling clanks from
Vladimirs robot, as it clumsily staggered to its feet with belches of oily
smoke.P The rat shook a tiny white first
in boiling fury at Jenny and Sheldon.P
Your trickery has only delayed your inevitable doom, mechanical stooge!PP Vhen my mind-slave army descends on you and
Imperialist Vakeman, you vill be turned into tractor parts!P Ve vill bury you!!!

Orange fire blasted from the robots rocket nozzle, filling
the air with thick, dark exhaust.P It
rose on a column of flame and rapidly arced into the air like a missile.

Now Drew was getting plenty worried.P Water supply?!?P Mind-control army?!?P
Somebodys got to stop that maniac!P
He wondered how this call was going to sound to the 911 operator.P No, you see, its not a just a talking
rat.P Its a talking rat in a
rocket-powered battle suit.P Right, mind-control
army.P Hello?P Hello?P No way they
were going to believe this story.

Sheldon punched the air with a fist.P Cmon, Jenny, I know you can do it!P You can still catch him!

Jenny laughed nervously.P
Ah, heh-heh yeah, youd think so, wouldnt you?P But I seem to be experiencing a malfunction
in my rockets.P From those energy
blasts.P Yeah, sure, thats it.

You mean you cant fly? asked Sheldon.

Afraid not.

Thats fantastic!!!P Sheldon sprinted back into the garage.

Jenny raised a confused eyebrow.P It is?!?

Sheldon was back in a flash, lugging something that looked
like a huge metallic backpack.P This
will give you a chance to try this turbo jet pack Ive been working on!P Just slip these straps over your shoulders
and connect them like this!P He
enthusiastically mounted the backpack on Jennys back, started unfolding the
control arms, and began the activation sequence.

Sheldon continued.P
Just fly it with these two controls.P
Of course, they operate like standard tri-axis translational joysticks
full manual in normal mode, then self-stabilizing fly-by-wire upon reaching
equilibrium cruise velocity.P Heh-heh,
but of course I dont need to tell you that!P
Now, remember to watch your fuel mixture as the indicated air speed
rises above one hundred knots

Sheldon kept talking, and Drews head was spinning he felt
like hed been dropped behind the wheel of a space shuttle.P Theres no way I can fly this thing.P Far overhead, Vladimirs robot was growing
further and further away.P It was going
to reach the water supply in short order.

Somehow, he had to stop Vladimir.P He couldnt reach Jenny.P
He couldnt reach Dr. Wakeman if he wanted to.P And he still didnt want to expose this
whole masquerade.P He came up with one
idea.P By far the craziest idea
of the day, and that was saying something, considering the long list of insane
things hed already done today.

Hold up.P Sheldon,
can you fly this thing?

Well, of course.P I
built it.

Drew closed his eyes and groaned.P All right, thisll go a lot faster if you do the flying.P Would you shudder like to
come with me?

Would I?!?P Sheldon
grinned so hard his face almost folded in half then he scratched his
chin.P Only one problem, Jenny.P Theres only one set of straps.P If I hang on, I cant operate the
controls.P I need both hands.

Jenny grimaced.P
Okay, Ill hold onto you.P
Now hurry up.

Drew wrapped his arms around Sheldon like a harness, holding
him tightly against his chest.P Sheldon
blushed about twenty shades of red.P
Isnt this nice and cozy, he chuckled.

Just start the engines, and keep those hands on those
controls, buster, grumbled Jenny.

Sheldon grabbed the control arms, and flipped a pair of
switches.P The jet pack split in half,
and unfolded into a wing with two engine pods.P
The pods whined to life with a high-pitched squeal, and the unlikely duo
blasted into the sky on a pair of steaming exhaust plumes.

The Tremorton Coliseum was shaking from the ecstatic screams
of fifteen thousand teenage girls.P The
Back Sync Boys were heading into their big finish after a spectacular
show.P After wowing the crowd with an
extended version of Baby I Love You,P
and their classic hit I Love Your Love Baby, they were wrapping
up the show with their current number one single, Youre My Baby Baby.P And among the weeping and shouting, down in
the front row, were four contest winners having the time of their lives.

Jenny and her friends were swaying back and forth in rhythm
to the music.P Shed been on edge
earlier in the show, convinced that her belly-bolt would start beeping at any
moment with a call to go off and save some stupid cat stuck in a tree.P But the afternoon had been everything shed
dreamed of, and shed just been enjoying herself for the past two hours.

This is the best concert ever! she screamed to the
rafters.P Actually, it was really the first
concert shed ever been to, but that was nitpicking at this point.P The music was thumping with deep bass and a
techno beat, the fog machines were flooding the stage with rolling waves of
vapor, and the laser light show was off the hook.

Connie started waving her arms frantically, overcome with
joy.P K.J.!P Nicolas!P Logan!P Dakota!P
Omigawd, I love you!P I
love you all!P Marry me, Nicolas!

Connie! laughed Jenny.P
Connie, amp down!P Youre
embarrassing the rest of us!

Samantha started tugging at Jennys shoulder, and pointed
excitedly towards the stage.P
Jenny!P Jenny, Logan is totally
looking at you.

WHAT?!?P He
is?!?P How do I look?!?P Logan!P Jenny lost herself in a dreamy gaze.P A door in her head slid open, and a three-foot wide electronic
sign deployed, with flashing lights around the edges.P In blue and white lights, it started scrolling the message I
LUV U LOGAN, over and over.

So much for amping down, huffed Connie.

Just look at him, girls, swooned Jenny.P Those blue eyes, that long gorgeous hair,
that secret little smile that he just gave me

Latisha arched an eyebrow.P
You sure you dont have that dream chip of yours stuck to on again?

Well just ask him ourselves, smirked Jenny, when we meet
them after the show!P All four girls
started jumping and squealing madly, for about the thirtieth time that
afternoon.

And they were still drowned out by the crowd,
screaming on cue as the band finished the chorus yeah, youre my baby,
baby and broke into a dance routine while the drums and keyboards carried
on in the background.P The four pop
sensations mugged and flirted to their adoring fans, while the stagehands
prepared for the big finale.

Samantha was shouting and yanking on both Jennys arm and
Latishas arm now.P Oh!P Oh!P
Here it comes!P This is the big
finish!P Get ready for the fireworks!

Smoke pots ignited on either side of the stage, shooting
columns of multi-colored sparks into the air in perfect choreography to the
music

Then an explosion blew the center of the stage thirty feet
into the air with a deafening roar.

The singers were tossed across the stage and landed with a thud
as fragments of plywood fluttered back to the ground.PP Stage lights pivoted to focus on the fifteen-foot hole.P The music screeched to a halt.

Connie was a little stunned, then threw her hands into the
air.P Best concert ever!!!

Jenny looked around at the confused faces on the fans, the
stagehands, and the security people.P
Everybody was trying to get the ringing out of their ears from the
explosion, and looking very nervously towards the stage.P Girls I dont think that this is part of
the show!

She tried to see what was happening onstage.P Hydraulic motors whined, raising a
scissor-lift from beneath the stage into the rolling fog.P Five dreary figures stood there, dressed in
dark, drab colors.P They stepped forward
onto the stage, and the fog cleared enough for Jenny to make out their sunken,
depressed faces.

Oh, brother, she shouted.P Its the Lonely Hearts Club Gang!P What are those idiots doing
here?!?P I cant believe my concert
is being ruined by these pathetic mopes!

The Boss, all three feet of him, looked out onto the shocked
audience with disgust.P Look at them
all, cheering and screaming for a bunch of made-up pretty boys.P He closed his eyes, and shook his head.P The girls always went for the musicians in
high school, even if they were a bunch of jerks.P Its not fair, I tell you.P
Its just not fair.P The rest of
us didnt have a chance.

He turned to his henchmen and pointed towards the band
members.P Get em, boys!

The largest henchmen, a massive, sulking lummox, pulled out
four large burlap sacks, grumbling.P
Duh, my fourth girlfriend left me for a drummer!P The thugs each grabbed a sack, and quickly
headed towards the stunned singers.

Latisha screamed in horror.P
Theyre kidnapping the Back Sync Boys!

Oh, no theyre not, growled Jenny.P She leapt over the security barrier and
dropped onto the stage in one fluid motion, only a few yards away from a very
surprised Lonely Hearts Club Gang.P
These guys were small timers.P This
should be over in about thirty seconds.

The robot girl?!? shouted the Boss.P You certainly didnt waste any time getting
here!

All right, you lovelorn losers lets get this over
with.P The sooner I send you off to
jail, the sooner the boys can play their first encore.

So youre a fan of shallow musical hacks too, hmm?P Well, I think youll find that the concert
is ending on a sour note.P He
pointed to one of his henchmen.P Hit
it!

The henchman reached into his burlap sack and pulled out a
set of bagpipes.P He slung them
over his shoulder and blew into the mouthpiece.P The pipes squealed with ear-shattering volume, filling the arena
with a piercing, mournful dirge.P Jenny
slapped her hands over her auditory inputs, and just about everyone else in the
Coliseum covered their ears, groaning in agony.

The Boss took a deep breath and drank in the shrieking
music.P Ah, the bagpipes.P Their wail symbolizes the futility of life,
and the folly of happiness.P They are
the saddest, most miserable, depressing sound there is.P Next to country music, of course.P He snapped his fingers.P Back to business, boys!

The Lonely Hearts Club Gang rounded up the four Back Sync
Boys, who were now both stunned and twitching in agony at the screeching
bagpipes.P They quickly tossed a burlap
sack over each of them, and started carrying them away K.J., Dakota, Nicolas,
and Logan

The sight of Logan being stuffed into a burlap sack snapped
Jenny back into action.P Still clamping
her hands to the sides of her head, she raised her right leg in the air,
cracked open her leg housing, and deployed a crossbow.P Jenny took careful aim at the gangsters
bagpipes, and shot an arrow that pierced the pipes air bladder.P The gangster blew furiously into the
mouthpiece, while his bagpipes deflated in his arms with a muffled whine.

Jenny lunged forward, knocked the bagpipe gangster on his
butt, and landed in front of the rest of the gang.P She raised a fist towards the Boss.P Thats just about enough out of you guys.P Now let those highly talented, and extremely
cute, boys go right now, or youll be singing the blues.P So help me, if you hurt one hair on their
head

The gangsters froze in their tracks, blocked from escape by
the teenage super-robot.P From one of
the burlap sacks, one of the Back Sync Boys, Logan, popped his head out, trying
to see what was going on.

Whoa, no way!P
Dakota, I told you she was a real robot!

Another head popped out from a different burlap sack.P Whoa, no kidding?P Dakota shouted towards a short, fat man
standing just off-stage.P Hey!P Morty!P
Check it out!P Were being saved
by a robot!

Morty, manager and agent of the Back Sync Boys, flung his
arms in the air with excitement.P
Fantastic, baby!P Kidnapped by
gangsters and rescued by a robot!P This
publicity is worth millions!P Millions,
baby!P Im going to make sure this is
the top story on every TV news program tonight!

He gestured towards the stage technicians and began barking
out orders.P Get those lights on
her!P Cue up the cameras!P This gimmick is gold, baby!P Morty started making calls on his cell
phone.

Jenny was just about ready to round up the Lonely Hearts,
when she noticed the huge video screens on either side of the stage.P They had been showing clips of the band, but
now they had switched to a live shot of her.P A pair of thirty-foot images of her face stared out at the crowd.

She overheard Morty yelling into his cell phone.P Get every news crew you have over to the
Tremorton Coliseum, baby!P I got your
lead story right here!P Robot saves teen
singing sensations!

Jenny was flush with excitement at the thought of all that
attention focused on her.P Im going
to be the girl who saved the Back Sync Boys, she grinned to herself.P Im going to be on the evening news!P Im going to be famous!!!

A thought suddenly occurred to her.

Mom watches the evening news.

This was a catastrophe!PIf her mother found out that she had defied her orders, and gone
to the concert behind her back, shed be grounded for a year if she was lucky.

Panicking, Jenny blasted over to the side of the stage and
grabbed Mortys cell phone.P She started
shouting into it.P No!P Dont send any news crews!P Theres nothing to see here!P Just a big misunderstanding!P A great, big misunderstanding!

Morty nearly had a heart attack.P What?!?P What are you
doing?P Youre killing my P.R., baby!

The gangsters werent sure what Jennys problem was, but
they were grateful for the distraction.P
The boss ran over to the fog machine, and cranked the dial up to its
maximum setting.P A thick blanket of
white vapor poured over the stage, and into the first ten rows of spectators.P People screamed and coughed, and for a few
moments, Jenny couldnt see anything.

She fixed that quickly.P
Her elbows unhinged, and a pair of giant propeller blades slid out of
her arms.P She pivoted them towards the
center of the stage and revved them up to full power, quickly driving the thick
fog away.

Then she gasped.P The
stage was empty.P The Lonely Hearts Club
Gang, and the Back Sync Boys, were gone.

Drew and Sheldon corkscrewed wildly through the skies high
over Tremorton, in fevered pursuit of Vladimirs battle robot.P They could see the Lake Tremorton reservoir
in the distance, getting nearer, but they were also getting closer to the
olive-green flying stovepipe.

The wind blasted their faces as the jetpack lurched left and
right, making for a very bumpy, stomach-churning ride.P Sh-Sh-Sheldon! yelled Drew.P I th-th-thought you said you could fly this
th-th-thing!!!

A patch of turbulence spun them through two barrel rolls,
but Sheldon managed to level them out, only fifty yards behind Vladimir.P See, I knew we could do it!P Were right on top of him, Jenny!P Now you can bring him down with one of your
fancy lasers!

Drew frowned.P He
hadnt thought this far ahead.P Yeah
about those fancy lasers

Sheldon looked back over his shoulder at Jenny.P Theyre malfunctioning too?

Uh okay, sure.P
Lets go with that.

Not a problem!P Now
I get a chance to impress her even more!P
Ive stocked this baby with a few optional extras!P Sheldon pressed a trigger switch on the
right controller, and small rocket spat out of the jet pack with a whoomp.P Its motor ignited, and it blasted off
towards Vladimir

And flew right past him, weaving wildly back and forth,
until it suddenly dove towards the ground and slammed into the sign of the
North Hills Bowl-A-Rama.P People
screamed and ran for cover as pieces of giant, neon bowling pins crashed to the
sidewalk.

Sheldon blushed, with a nervous smile.P Ahh they are still in the testing
phase.

Jenny sighed.P All
right, lets just take the direct approach.P
Fly us right underneath him!

Aye aye, Capn Jenny!P
Sheldon squeezed a throttle control, and their speed increased.P In a matter of moments, they were flying
directly underneath the olive-green robot.

Drew wanted to get underneath Vladimir so that Sheldon
couldnt see what he was about to try.P
His pale blue legs started to shimmer silver-green, and stretched
upwards towards Vladimirs robot.P He
concentrated, and managed to form a large clamp at the end of each leg.P With one last stretch, he grabbed on to the
flying stovepipe.

Got him! shouted Drew.P
Holy smoke, that actually worked!

Drews sense of triumph lasted about half a second.P Vladimir started randomly working his flying
controls, desperately trying to shake off his robotic pursuer.P Drew held on tight, but the combined
gyrations of Vladimirs robot and Sheldons jet pack soon sent them into a
wild, uncontrolled spiral.

Three voices screamed at the top of their lungs as the
entangled robots plummeted towards the outskirts of town.P This is the second time Ive hurtled
towards the earth in the past hour, Drew moaned to himself.P Any chance of landing somewhere soft?P Didnt look like it.P They were diving towards the north parking
lot of the Tremorton Mall.

Jenny jumped down through the hole at center stage, figuring
this was the only route the Lonely Hearts could have used.P Sure enough, there was the scissor-lift,
sitting in a concrete tunnel that ran underneath the Coliseum.P But there was no sign of the Gang or the
Boys.P They couldnt have gotten
far!P At least I hope they
havent gotten far!P Her only hope
was to get the band back safely, and try to fast-talk them into keeping
everything out of the news if that was even possible any longer.P She had to try, though.P Mom would burst an artery if she knew I
was here!

She flew down the tunnel, which wound up leading her outside
into the Coliseum parking lot.P All she
could see was acres and acres of cars.P Oh,
no!P How am I supposed to find their car
in the middle of all of this?!?P Ive
got to try.P If anything happened to
Logan, I would just die!P She leapt
into the air and started circling around the Coliseum parking lot.P They had to be here somewhere, and she was
going to find them, no matter how long it took.

And they were there, still unseen to Jenny flying high
above.P In the middle of the parking
lot, a big black sedan sat with its engine running.P The Lonely Hearts Club Gang was inside, with the four Back Sync
Boys tied up in burlap sacks.

Duh, Boss, what are we gonna do with them? whined another
one of the gangsters.

Ill tell you exactly what were going to do with them,
said the Boss, looking very depressed.P
These four record industry Romeos represent everything that is phony
about romance.P Legions of girls scream
for them, pledging their undying love.P
But what they love is a mere illusion, conjured up by some marketing
department in an office somewhere.P We
will expose that illusion for all to see.

Logan spoke up.P
What are you lunatics babbling about?!?

The Boss moped on.P
The robot girl herself gave me the idea.P She said not to harm a single hair on your heads.P You four are products of a cruel society
which says that only the beautiful people should ever experience true
love.P People with beautiful faces and beautiful
hair.P Well, lets see how your fans
take it when the objects of their affection are a little less beautiful.

He clasped his hands behind his back.P Were going to shave them bald, boys.

Dakota nearly spat his teeth out.P What?!?P You cant! PThats crazy!P We have a photo shoot tomorrow!

I remember Dorothy, my second girlfriend, the Boss moaned
to himself.P She dumped me after I
started going bald.P And that was in
junior high.

Duh, we got no scissors or clippers, Boss.

Then we shall simply drive to the closest hair salon,
gentlemen.P Fasten your seat belts.

The whiny gangster revved the engine and shifted into
gear.P The tires squealed on the big
black sedan, and it fishtailed out of the parking lot, towards the
highway.P The sound of the tires carried
high into the air, where Jenny was scanning with telescopes and radar dishes.

Thats them! she shouted.P
Ive got you now, you depressing dweebs.P Jenny dove towards the highway, following a
big black sedan that was recklessly weaving through heavy traffic.P She was going to have to be careful here
her programming told her that it would be difficult to stop the speeding car
without creating an accident, or harming the hostages inside.P And she still wanted to try and keep
everything as quiet as possible, so the last thing she wanted to do was cause a
highway pile-up.

Jenny figured shed simply catch the sedan, pick it up, and
carry it back to the Coliseum, but it turned out that the Lonely Hearts werent
going that far on the highway.P Their
sedan pulled off at the very next exit, and roared into the south parking lot
of the Tremorton Mall.

Mrs. Wakeman groaned in frustration, and tried to explain it
again to the store clerk.P For the last
time, I asked you if you had any more micro-fusion regulators.P The ones on the shelf were the wrong
size.P How difficult can that possibly
be?

The teenage store clerk held up the parts in his hands.P Uh are these the right size?

Those are lawn sprinklers.

Oh, mumbled the clerk.P
Uh do you need any lawn sprinklers?

What I need is to speak to somebody with functioning brain
matter, she sighed, rolling her eyes.

Uh Im not sure if we carry that, either.P The clerk yelled to his manager.P Mr. Johanssen!P This old lady is looking for micro foosball roller gators!

Oh, for the love of Oppenheimer do you or do you not have
any micro-fusion regulators in stock?

A chubby, balding man ambled over to Mrs. Wakeman.P Ah, lets see here oh yeah, these things
just fly off the shelves this close to the holidays, eh?P We wont get another shipment in until next
Tuesday.P But I tell you watcha can do,
ya?P They carry stuff like that over at
the new Circuit Suburb, over in the mall, there.

Mrs. Wakeman tapped her chin.P A new Circuit Suburb, you say?P
At the mall?P Hmm.P Normally, I wouldnt want to get within a
mile of that three ring circus on Saturday afternoon but I do want to get
back to work on those new engines for my daughter.

Aw, thats sweet, eh?P
They for her car?

No, theyre for her head.

Well, thats real nice too, youbetcha.P You have yourself a good day now, eh?

With that, Mrs. Wakeman left the store and headed back to
her station wagon.P The Tremorton Mall
was a zoo on Saturdays, but it was only two miles up the road.P And since she was by herself, she wouldnt
have the distraction of her daughter begging for every fashionable trinket and
knick-knack that caught her eye.P Honestly,
XJ-9 can make such a production out of a simple purchase of supplies.P Well, at least she wont be gallivanting
about the mall today.

Traffic was actually flowing well.P Perhaps Ill manage to zip in and out without too much
trouble.P Mrs. Wakeman quickly found
herself pulling into the west parking lot of the Tremorton Mall.

Continued in Chapter
Four