My Life As A Teenage Robot Porn Story: Reality Bytes Chapter 3

Reality Bytes

A My Life as a
Teenage Robot Fanfic

Chapter Three The
Grass Is Always Greener

Drew stared at the television, trying to make sense of what
he was seeing.P I thought I saw them
both run into a building then the screen just flashed Level Complete!P What just happened?P Where are they?

Tuck tapped his chin.P
Looks like they finished the jungle game-world, and theyre heading for
the next one.P I thought Jenny was in
big hurry to get in and get out!P What,
so now shes going to hang around and play the game too?P No fair!

Jennys not in there to play games.P Drew looked over at Brad and Jennys
motionless bodies, lying on the couch.P
So whats the next game-world?

After Jungle World comes umm Post-Apocalyptic City.

Wow, sounds lovely.P
He looked at the television.P
Come on guys, get out of there.

The white light pulsed with almost blinding intensity, then
quickly faded away.P The dark greens of
the jungle were replaced with the grays and browns of broken brick and concrete.P With a final sharp crack, their bodies
coalesced back into solid form.P Brad
and Jenny were standing in front of a bombed-out public library, looking out on
a war-torn city street that was littered with burned-out cars and broken
glass.P The sky was blotted out by the
silhouettes of gray, decaying skyscrapers.

Brad grinned, and rubbed his hands together.P All right Jenny, get ready for action!P Its five years after World War Six, and the
only thing standing between the world and total anarchy is yours truly!P And, you too, of course.

Jenny buried her head in her hands.P Brad, you idiot!P I dont believe it now were lost in here!

Pffft!P Were not lost,
laughed Brad.P All we gotta do is

Jenny grabbed Brad by the shoulders, and shook him to get
his attention.P Forget about the
game.P Forget about the stupid
game, will you? she said angrily.P
Youre in danger.P Real
danger.P Out in the real world.P Remember the real world?P Not this play world, where youre running
around like a three year old.P The one
where youre lying on the couch with a bucket on your head, drooling on your
chin!

Brad pulled away, a little shocked, and a little upset.P What are you talking about?P I cant be in any real danger here.

My moms virtual reality helmet!P It causes brain damage the longer you wear it.P Ive been trying to tell you, she
growled.

B-brain damage? but I feel fine, Jen.P Are you sure?

Jenny didnt answer him.P
She cupped her hands to her mouth and shouted into the air, Operating
System!P Ozzie!P We need you!

Brad jumped back in surprise as a disk of green light
flashed on the ground in front of him, and a figure rose up out of the
ground.P A figure that looked like Drew,
dressed up as a plumber.P He had his
fingers stuck in his ears. PFer cryin
out loud, lady, knock it off!P You think
I live on the moon or somethin?P I can
hears ya just fine!

Ha, ha!P Look at
this! laughed Brad.P Drew, after
youre done unclogging the sink, do you want to

Brad, this is Ozzie, explained Jenny.P Hes the operating system that runs the
computers inside Drews body.P I know, I
know its a little strange.P Look, we
need an exit port back to the outside.P
So we can get back into our own brains!

I already showed you the exit port.P Ozzie looked around, taking in their
surroundings.P Heh, heh.P I guess dames really are bad with
directions.P Youre not even close to
it!P What do ya think youre doing?

Arrrghhh . Jenny ignored the remark, and tried to calm
down.P Were in a different world
now.P It was an accident.P A stupid one, she said, glaring at
Brad.P We need an exit port, here.

Ozzie rubbed his chin.P
Hmmm.P Might take some
doin.P He saw the shocked look on
Jennys face, and continued.P Look,
this fella here , he pointed to Brad, his brain is already starting to get
all blended in with the game software.P
Its gonna take me a little time to round up all the pieces.

Brad tugged at his collar.P
I dont like hearing the words brain and blended in the same
sentence.

Ozzie shrugged his shoulders.P Yeah, figure youve been in here, what, thirty-nine
minutes?P The longer ya stay, the harder
itll be to get you out.P You too,
lady.P Tells ya what Im going to have
to put the exit port at the end of this here world.

At the enemy camp? Brad protested.P Thats crawling with mercenaries!P Why do you have to put it there?

Cause its already a natural connection from this world
to the next.P All I gots to do just
re-route yas to the outside, and voila, Ozzie said, waving a pipe wrench.P You get started now, and Ill have it done
by the time you get there.P And with
that, Ozzie faded into translucent green photons, and sunk into the ground.

Jenny folded her arms, and gave Brad a foul look, tapping
her foot.

Okay, now, before you start, how was I supposed to know
that the helmet was dangerous? asked Brad, trying to defend himself.

It takes control of your brain.P That doesnt sound dangerous?P She flung her arms in the air.P And now we have to go through this whole city,
looking for the way out!

Brad smiled back at her confidently.P Okay, so?P
We zip to the enemy camp, open a can of hurt on some cybernetic
mercenaries, walk through the exit port and were home free.P No problem!

Right.P No problem,
she said sarcastically.P Do you even
know the way there?

Ive played on this world lots of times.P Its in the biggest skyscraper in town.P Cant miss it.

Fine, she huffed.P
Jenny rotated her pigtails to flight mode, and deployed her wings and
booster rockets.P Just hold onto my
back, and Ill have us there in no time.

That wont be necessary, Jen, grinned Brad.

He tapped a button on the front of the giant shoulder pads
he was wearing.P With a shudder and a
whine, metallic sections started to extend down his arms, and envelop his hands
in oversize gloves.P More sections
started snapping in place around his torso, and continued down his legs,
unfolding into a pair of large metal boots that came up to his knees.P A helmet clamped onto his head, and an
orange-tinted visor dropped down in front of his eyes.P Brad was now enveloped in robotic body
armor, from head to toe.

Behold the secret weapon, he laughed.P The Exo-Suit 500-D!P The D stands for dangerous!

I dont believe you, groaned Jenny.P Will you stop worrying about playing the
stupid game, already!

Hey, when in Rome, Jen.P
Besides, this is the fastest way to the skyscraper.P Oh man, this is awesome beyond words!P Brad flexed and walked around in the robot
suit, testing it out.

Brad, that toy isnt going to help us.

So you think its a toy, huh?P Then just try and keep up with me!

Brad leaned forward slightly, and a large panel opened up in
the armor on his back.P Two rocket
motors unfolded and deployed, then roared to life with searing orange flame.P Woo-hoooo!!P He punched the air dramatically with his fist, and shot into the
sky, soaring upwards towards the crumbling office towers.

Jenny just stared up at him for a few seconds, shaking her
head.

She revved the turbines in her pigtails up to power.P The last thing I want is to lose track of
him again, she groaned.P Her
pigtail-jets ignited along with her booster rockets, and she flew into the air
after Brad and his exo-suit.P She
actually had to nudge up her thruster power to catch up with him.

Brad rocketed through the sky of the burned-out city, fifty
feet above the broken streets of the ruined metropolis.P Walls of mangled steel and shattered glass
flashed by on either side of him, almost too fast to be seen by the human
eye.P It may have been a virtual world,
but Brad could feel his heartbeat quicken from the adrenaline rush.P He slalomed around the looming towers, going
faster and faster.

Jenny finally started gaining on him, but all the weaving
and swerving was starting to annoy her.P
Im trying to save his life, and hes up there goofing around in that
robot suit.P She put on a burst of
speed, and finally caught up to Brad.

Brad! she shouted over to him.P Will you quit kidding around?

Hey hey! he laughed.P
Long time no see, slowpoke!

Well get out of here faster if we fly straight instead of
doing all this twisting and turning!P
Jenny reached over and grabbed the back of Brads exo-suit.P The she pulled into a climb, carrying him
high above the buildings and skyscrapers.

Brad was caught by surprise, but he recovered and shook
himself free of Jennys grip.P What is
your problem today, Jenny? he asked angrily, hovering a few feet in front of
her.

Whats the big idea zigzagging all over the place like a
maniac?

I know what Im doing, Jen.P Whats the matter, cant keep up with me?

Well get to the exit portal faster if we fly
straight.P Smarten up!

We shouldnt fly way up here.P And stop talking to me like Im a little kid!

No problem, once you stop acting like it!

Jenny, the reason we cant fly up high is

He didnt get a chance to finish his sentence.P A stream of heavy gunfire started flying in
their direction, first from one rooftop, then two, then eight.P The video game characters were intelligent
enough to recognize them as a threat, and alert each other to their
presence.P It didnt take long for a
couple of pulses of violet laser fire to find their target, knocking Brad and
Jenny out of the sky.P They plummeted
straight towards the roof of a mid-sized office building, and smashed right
through it.P They plowed through two
more floors, finally coming to rest in a plain-looking office lobby, now filled
with dust, smoke, and chunks of debris.

Brad sat up, picked a ceiling tile off of his face, and
glared angrily at Jenny.P the reason
we cant fly up high is because there are guns on every rooftop.P Just thought youd like to know!P I told you Ive played this game lots
of times!

Jenny slowly got to her feet, and deployed a hand broom from
her wrist to dust herself off.P All
right, all right, youre the big video game expert.P I should have listened to you.P
Im sooo sorry.

Brad shouted with frustration.P Augh!P Okay, what do you
want?P Do you want me to say Im sorry
that were both stuck in here?P
Fine.P Im sorry.P Do you want me to say its all my
fault?P Its all my fault!P There, I said it!

Jenny glared back at him.P
This never would have happened if wed all just gone outside like I
wanted to, instead of playing your stupid game.

Well, when we get out of this stupid game, Brad said in a
low voice, you can go sledding until your circuits freeze over.P Maybe thatll make you happy.

They exchanged cold, angry stares, and said nothing for a
few moments.

Lets go find the exit port, snarled Brad.

The sooner the better, Jenny answered frigidly.

Now that the game characters were alerted to an approach
from the air, Jenny and Brad stuck to the streets of the city, sneaking along
the roads and back alleys, drawing closer to the tallest skyscraper in the
city, where the enemy base and the portal to the real world resided.P They were focusing on speed, and had managed
to avoid most of the mercenaries, but there was a major intersection just
ahead, and it was patrolled by laser-toting outlaws on motorcycles.P They were going to have to fight their way
through after all, this was a video game, and the game was trying to give
them opponents to fight.

Brad peeked over the hood of a broken-down car, counting the
bikers.P Twelve of them.P If we attack at the same time, it confuses
them.P And we have to get them all, or
else the survivors will go for help.P
Understand?P It was the first
words theyd exchanged in a while.

Jenny gave him a cold stare and didnt answer.P She deployed her lasers from her elbows.P Brads robotic exo-suit deployed a pair of
short laser cannons from his wrist housings.P
Now, he said.

They leapt from their hiding place with guns blasting,
vaporizing enemies into virtual electrons.P
Four of the bikers went down instantly.P
Half of the rest roared towards Jenny, and started circling her.P She stretched an arm out, and grabbed the
huge motorbike out from under the massive biker, sending him flying through the
air.P The other bikers pulled out maces
and started swinging them menacingly.P
Jenny used the motorcycle in her hands like a club, and flattened the
rest of the bikers in a matter of seconds.

The four bikers who attacked Brad came at him with shotguns
blazing.P The shotgun blasts bounced
harmlessly off of his armor.P There was
a burnt-out armored police van sitting at the side of the intersection.P He dodged a charge from one biker, and made
it to the police van in one power-assisted jump.P He ripped off the side of the van in his hands, and used it like
a shield.P With the laser cannon in his
other hand, he blasted the tires on the four bikes, and they crashed to a halt
on top of one another.P Brad grinned,
lifted the rest of the police van over his head, and hurled it on top of the
pile of downed bikers.P All twelve
bikers taken care of.

Jenny started to run up the street they were only two
blocks away from the skyscraper but Brad called her over, pointing to the
sky.P They could hear hovercraft
approaching.P Shock Patrols, he
explained.P They saw the
commotion.P Theyre dangerous.P We should lie low for a minute or two.

They ran into a nearby deserted restaurant, and kept in the
shadows as searchlights swept the street below.P Jenny saw that Brad had a huge grin on his face.P Brad noticed her watching him.P He was still miffed at her, but

Ive always wanted to know what that feels like, he said.

Jenny was trying to stay mad too, but curiosity got the
better of her.P Like what feels like?

Bullets bouncing off my chest.P Kickin butt and takin names.P
He started grinning wider, despite himself.P Being stronger than everybody else.P Why do you think I love video games so much?

Brad sat on the floor, and sighed.P Jenny knelt down and crossed her legs.P Jenny, he said, I like video games because theyre about a
thousand times more exciting than what passes for my excuse of a life.P When Drew told me about the virtual reality
helmet, I knew I had to play this game this particular game because of this
thing.P He tapped on his metallic chest
plate.P The games robotic
exo-suit.P Its so real in here all
the sensations and feelings are so real.P
Flying through the city.P Tossing
a nine-ton van like a baseball!P Its
the closest Ill ever get to knowing what it feels like to be a super-powered
robot like you.

Jenny was a little taken back.P It wasnt what she expected to hear.

All the weapons, all the powers.P Knowing what it feels like to be strong, and powerful, and never
being afraid of anything.P Knowing that
you can handle absolutely anything that comes at you.P Knowing that youre special like you are, Jen.P His head sunk a bit.P Anyways, I suppose it does sound pretty
lame, now that Ive said it.P After all,
its just make-believe.

They were quiet for a few moments, as a pair of hovercraft
whined by overhead.

Brad reached for a compartment in his exo-suit, and pulled
out a pair of white bottles with red crosses on them.P Its a bottle of health.P
Thats how the game lets you heal damage after a fight.P Here.P
He tossed one over to her.

Brad glugged his bottle dry in a few seconds.P Huh!P
It tastes like a vanilla milkshake.

Jenny looked at her bottle suspiciously, then poured it in
her mouth.P When she finished, her
pigtails drooped, and she looked down at the floor.P Mine doesnt taste like anything.P Even in here.P

She fidgeted with the empty bottle in her hands.P Brad, I guess Im sort of flattered that
you think Im special.P But I cant
imagine why youd ever want to be like me.P All I want is to be normal, like you.P Or at least to know what its like to be
normal.P Id trade every rocket and
laser in my body to know that this stuff tasted like a vanilla milkshake.

Jenny closed her eyes, and wrapped her hands around her
knees, clutching them to her chest.P
You and Tuck are so excited about this game your Christmas
present.P I keep hearing everyone
talk about what they want for Christmas.P
Do you know what I want for Christmas?

She paused a moment, then continued.P I hear people talk, about how wonderful the
smell of fresh cooked turkey is, or the taste of Christmas cookies, or even the
feeling of snow down the back of your neck.P
And I realize that Ill never, ever know what any of that feels
like.P But at Christmas, I always get
this I get this crazy idea that maybe, just maybe, the next time I catch a
snowflake on my tongue, Ill actually be able to taste it.P Then next time a cold breeze blows on my
face, maybe Ill actually be able feel it.P
The next time I see a wreath of pine braches on a door, maybe this time,
Ill actually be able to smell it.P The
corner of her mouth quivered a bit.P
And every Christmas, I get disappointed.P I guess its really pretty silly.

Brad was a little confused.P
Is that why you were so hung up on going sledding?P You were hoping to feel the snow and smell
the trees?P Jen, I thought you got over
this after the whole pain/tickle thing.P
Sure, snow on your face feels kind of neat, but frostbite on your toes
feels lousy.

Its not the snow, or the food, or the trees its the
feeling that people seem to get from it this time of year.P I cant even figure out what it is.P I dont even know what I want to feel!P Tears welled up in Jennys eyes, and she
slumped back against the wall.P For me
Christmas is all about watching other people be happy together, and knowing
that its something thats never going to happen to me.

Brad couldnt offer anything more than a sympathetic
look.P Jen, I wish I could say that I
understood.P All I know is, my best
friend is depressed at Christmas, and Ill do whatever I can to make things
better.P Maybe my folks will invite you
and your mom over for Christmas dinner.

Jenny smiled at the idea.P
My mom, at Christmas dinner.P
Shed probably run a chemical analysis on the turkey instead of eating
it.P No, Mom says that Evil does not
take holidays, and neither shall we!P
But thanks for the thought, anyway.

He glanced out the windows, and saw that the hovercraft had
wandered off.P Looks like the air
patrols are gone.P One last attack, and
well be on our way home.P He smirked
at Jenny.P Shouldnt be a problem for
the amazing team of Jenny and the Brad-inator.P He flexed his metallic arms, hamming it up
for her.P Hasta la vista, bay-bee.P Come with me iff you vant to live.

She laughed it was hard to stay mad at him.P Lets get going, then.

Drew rocked back and forth nervously, as if pure willpower
could help speed Brad and Jenny along towards the end of the game.P Man, theyve been in there over an
hour.P Wheres the end of this
level?P Whats the hold-up?

Tuck folded his arms.P
Yknow, if I was the one wearing the helmet, I wouldve already been
out by now.P Brad always has trouble
finishing this level.P Even with
the robot suit.

I feel as useless as a P
He was cut off by a loud, ominous creaking sound.P It seemed to come from the roof.

Tuck clutched onto a sofa pillow.P Wh-wh-what was that?

Relax, Tuck.P I
think its just the wind.P Is it still
snowing out?

Yeah, I think so.P
He ran over to the big window and climbed up on a footstool to look
outside.P Tree branches were starting to
sway back and forth, and there was four inches of snow on the roads.P Wow, its really starting to come down out
there!

Brad and Jenny had snuck up to the third story of the
building directly across from the giant skyscraper.P Her eyes were extended outward like telescopes, surveying the
area below.P The plaza was filled with
overturned vehicles and scattered oil-drum fires, and over a hundred ragtag
mercenaries.P There were four gray,
rusting tanks parked in what used to be a fountain, their engines rumbling at
the ready, their barrels pointed outward.P
The skyscraper was gaudily decorated with floodlights and neon
signs.P Small groups of mercenaries were
enjoying rowdy celebrations, tossing bottles into the air, and shooting
burnt-out cars for target practice.

A-ha, she declared, I think I found what were looking
for.P Amongst the graffiti sprayed on
the walls of the skyscrapers entrance, there was a small, green flashing neon
sign with an arrow which read Club Ozzie Room 42.

She rolled her eyes.P
Even Drews operating system has a weird sense of humor.P Ready, Brad?

Doors slid open on the exo-suits wrists and boots,
deploying lasers and flamethrowers.P A
small missile rack sprung up from Brads back, and pointed over his head.P He lowered the visor down over his
eyes.P Lets rock and roll, Jen.P Despite himself, he giggled.P This is gonna be so cool!

Oh, please robot rookie, she chuckled back.

Two pairs of rocket motors ignited, and the two robots roared
out of the office building with lasers blasting.P Since this was the end of a game-world, the mercenaries were
alert, and returned fire immediately.P
Shafts of sizzling laser fire screamed through the sky around them as
they swooped down, picking off computerized opponents.P Jenny deployed two huge loudspeakers from
her pigtails, and unleashed a crippling wave of ultrasonic pulses on the crowd
below.P The mercenaries dropped to their
knees, dazed, with their hands over their ears.

The tanks were still fine though, and one of them swung its
long gun barrel around.P It fired a
glowing plasma ball that ripped through the air between Brad and Jenny.P The other three tanks followed, and started
to rumble out of the broken fountain, looking for maneuvering room.P We need to take care of the tanks first!
shouted Brad.

Jenny swung her arms together, and they quickly combined and
unfolded into a large deflector panel.P
One of the tanks fired another plasma ball at her.P Jennys deflector struck back with a massive
magnetic pulse.P The plasma ball stopped
in mid-air, and reversed course, blowing up the tank that had fired the shot.

Swe-ee-eet! shouted Brad.P
I wanna do one!P He flew around
and landed on top of the turret of the furthest tank from behind.P It was aiming at Jenny, and was just about
to unleash another plasma ball at her.P
Just as it fired, Brad jumped and pushed down on the barrel of the
tanks gun, pointing it directly at the back end of the tank just in front of
it.P The plasma ball meant for Jenny
ripped into the tank instead.P It
mushroomed into the sky on a column of spectacular flame.

Jenny dropped to the ground, directly behind the only other
remaining tank.P It tried to drive
forward, but Jenny grabbed onto the back of its chassis, holding it in
place.P Its heavy treads spun up chunks
up pavement, but it still couldnt move.P
She looked over at Brad, and shouted, Come on, Brad, you know you want
to!

Brad somersaulted backwards until he was directly behind his
tank too.P Mustering all the power the
exo-suit could provide, he lodged his hands underneath the tanks body.P Brad grit his teeth, grunted, and heaved
with all his robotically enhanced might.P
The massive tank flipped over onto its side, then tumbled over
upside-down, its treads spinning helplessly in the air.P Jenny lofted her tank into the air,
too.P It flipped over three times, and
landed on top of Brads tank.

Brad grinned at her.P
Show-off!P She laughed, and
stuck her tongue out at him.

A new wave of laser fire reminded them that there were still
plenty of game opponents to fight through, but the tanks were gone now, and
they had a major advantage.P They didnt
care about scoring points or winning the game.P
They just needed to get to the door of Club Ozzie, which hopefully
was the exit port that Drews operating system had set up for them.

Got an idea, said Jenny.P
She ripped the turret off of one of the burning tanks, and lifted it
over her head.P Lets get inside!P We have to find Room 42.P Brad took care of the mercenaries with his
lasers, while Jenny ran behind, holding a ten-ton tank turret over her
head.P As they ran inside, she dropped
the turret behind them, sealing off the entrance to the skyscraper.

Pretty slick, Jen, smiled Brad.P Theres another arrow up ahead!P A pointing green neon sign read Club Ozzie This Way.

The lobby was filled with more partying bikers and
mercenaries, all packing serious hardware.P
In such close quarters, Brad and Jenny couldnt help but take some laser
hits, but they still dished out more than they took.P Jenny leveled one half of the lobby with a blast of wind from
huge propellers in her elbows.P Brad
launched tear-gas grenades that had the rest of the rowdies doubled over in
agony.

They turned the corner, following the neon sign.P Room thirty-six room thirty-eight

Jenny saw a familiar face, and grinned with triumph.P Ozzie was standing just ahead of them, in
his plumbers outfit and ball cap, with his plunger slung over his
shoulder.P Well, ya took yer own sweet
time getting here, he moaned.P Whadja
do, stop for cheeseburgers?

Brad took a deep breath, and laughed.P Well, its been pretty amazing.P Id love to stay and chat, Ozzie, but
theres about three dozen post-apocalyptic bikers right behind us.

Sure, whatever, said Ozzie.P Now, heres what ya gotta do.P
Its simple.P Go inside, an
theres two green doors.P The lady goes
to the left, and you goes to the

Ozzie froze, and flickered on and off like a bad television
signal.

Jennys smile faded away.P
What in the world

The lights in the skyscraper dimmed, and then the floors and
the walls started to hiss and flicker.P
Ozzie looked at the ceiling, which was turning the color of television
static.P Holy motherboards, dis could
be a problem.

Drews head snapped upright.P Did the lights just flicker on and off?

Yeah, I think so, said Tuck, looking at the floor
lamp.P It was on now, but

A strong gust of wind blew outside, and they heard the walls
of the house creak again.P Somewhere out
in the winter storm, an heavy branch was waving in the wind, burdened with a
heavy load of ice.P It came into
occasional contact with a main power line.P
This strong gust proved to be too much for the overstressed branch,
though, and it finally snapped off.P It
landed across the power lines, short circuiting them.

All the houses on the street instantly went dark.

The lights snapped off in the living room.P Drew and Tuck stared in horror as the image
of Brad and Jenny disappeared from the television screen, which faded to black.

Continued in Chapter
Four

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