Date Monday, September 15, 2014

Time 3:50 pm

Location Tremonton, Wakeman residence

A few days had passed since vexus' attack on the Wakeman residence in their failed attempt to destroy firebird before he could revive. Meanwhile, after helping dr Wakeman renovate firebird, their creation, skyway patrol continued to serve their sentence in being more active, but they have much to do to earn the public's forgiveness,

in the meantime, after school, jenny told Tyler to meet her at her house. Dr. Wakeman requested an updated training session for firebird's new features. Tyler had just arrived and was knocking at the door. Dr. Wakeman then answered it,

"Tyler" greeted dr Wakeman "glad to see xj9 has brought you here. Please come in!"

"thank you, dr Wakeman," said Tyler, but a little bit of irritation brewed within him at dr Wakeman's inability to call jenny by her changed name and treat her like a human being "so, what kind of training are we in for today?"

"well, today we are going over an updated simulation on firebird's new upgrades," answered dr Wakeman "as you know, when firebird was renovated, there also came new upgrades to his weapons,including updated controls, so for the past two days since I've updated the VR simulator to accommodatethe new features,"

"so an updated training session then," said Tyler. "I'm in. How's Jenny?"

"I'm doing great, Tyler," answered Jenny with a smile "mom and I are glad to have you here,"

"me too, jenny," Tyler smiled back "alright, let's rev up the simulator,"

"Right this way," waved dr Wakeman to the basement, and as Tyler and jenny walked down the stairs,

Tyler could've sworn that he saw a nearby room with the door half-open, showing eight shadowy figures, what were they? However, that was a mystery for another time, "well, here we are," she said once again.

"just as we left it, almost," said Tyler as he walked over to the chair and sat down. Dr. Wakeman then walked over to the radio, jenny following her.

"remember," said dr Wakeman, "we have already gone over the basics. We just need to learn how to use the new weapons."

"understood, dr Wakeman," said Tyler "let's fire her up then," he then put the VR helmet over his head once again.

"activating simulation," said dr Wakeman over the noise-canceling audio, the VR helmet screen flashing to life

In the world of cyberspace, the simulation somewhat was just as Tyler left it last time, except, there would be tutorials on the new controls,

"Alright, dr Wakeman," said Tyler, "what's first?"

"First is the new GPS," answered dr Wakeman over the radio, "look to the lower screen with the circle that's your GPS, do you see it?"

"yep, there it is," said Tyler, looking to the small circle on his virtual cockpit and HUD

"that will guide you to your destination whenever you type in a specific set of coordinates, or if I pinpoint the location," explained dr Wakeman, "follow the waypoint I am downloading to your GPS."

"on it!" said Tyler, then moving towards the nearby waypoint, "alright, I'm there now. What's next?"

"Excellent," said dr Wakeman over the radio, "remember you can always set a waypoint on your map at any time. The next step of this simulation is using the new optic scanners."

"The scanners?" asked Tyler.

"These scanners will allow you to switch optic modes so you can either analyze your opponents for weak points or look through walls for enemies," explained dr Wakeman "there are three buttons to the right of the GPS. Press the one marked 'sensor' to begin the tutorial."

"got it," said Tyler, pressing the button to activate sensor scanners, a blue laser-like light, wiping across the HUD processing, the scan didn't take long as several virtual cluster drones were spotted, "multiple hostiles inbound!" he joked a bit, then using the rocket punch, he made short work of each drone.

"Good work, young man," said dr Wakeman over the radio, "now, use the thermal scanners. They will allow you to detect enemies and allies through heat signature."

"Alright!" said Tyler, switching optics to thermal scan mode. A blue-purple hue showed on the screen,

the scanner then detected five more virtual drones, each showing a yellow-orange shade. Tyler knew what to do. He moved towards the drones behind the virtual structure and blasted each of them with the wrist machine guns.

"now, the last mode on the optics, the data scanner," said dr Wakeman. "I've already explained that you can use the data scanner to analyze for weak points in your opponents. Use it wisely, however."

"I understand, dr Wakeman," nodded Tyler, a virtual drone coming into view. Tyler pressed the button, marked data scanners, and the HUD view returned to normal status except, the HUD was scanning the drone for a weak point, eventually finding it. Tyler again made swift work of the virtual drone,

"as you scan each opponent, the HUD's scanners will store the data into a small computer in your cockpit," said drWakeman "now for the next part in your training, the wrist lasers, the blue orbs on firebird's wrists can now fire the same type of energy as the Raijin beam, squeeze the gun trigger and red button at the same time,"

Tyler complied, and a blue beam of energy shot from firebird's wrist and hit a circular target, landing a near-perfect shot,

"Great job, young man," said dr Wakeman "now for the new upgrade with the missiles, they can now lock on to multiple targets. Hold the trigger, and your HUD will lock all enemies within view on"

The virtual drones then came into view on the screen. Tyler wasted no time squeezing and holding the trigger as the HUD locked on to all of them on view targets. Once they were all locked on, Tyler released the trigger, and multiple missiles fired towards the drones, destroying them all.

"now for the new feature in the rocket punch," said dr Wakeman, placing a large block in front of Tyler's VR view "it can now be used for a capture claw-like function, to grab objects or enemies from long distances, it can also be a rescue claw as well, just as you fire your rocket punch, just move your hand to a grabbing position, and the newly installed motion control system will allow firebird to mimic yourmovements,"

"Alright, catch of the day!" said Tyler, firing firebird's rocket punch, but the hand which stopped spinning copied Tyler's grabbing hand movement, grasping the crate like an object, and the flying forearmreturned to him, with the item held in his hand, and then put the block down,

"now for the motion capture system," said dr Wakeman, "this will allow firebird to mimic your movements so you can move better and have faster reaction time as well. There's a button on the transformation lever on your right to better fight your enemies. Press it to activate the motion capture."

Tyler then pressed the button and activated the motion capture system as the controls moved aside, giving Tyler room to move around, allowing his body's movements to become one with firebird's own,Tyler then tested the system by moving around a bit, even a kick, and a few punches, the movements all matched Tyler's own, the motion capture system was a success

"also," said dr Wakeman over the radio, "the motion capture system may activate automatically when firebird has transformed, but you can always switch back to normal movements if you may."

"that'll be a big help!" cheered Tyler "anything else?"

"Only two more things and this training session will be completed," said dr Wakeman "now, for the communication system, a screen will appear on your HUD whenever I or XJ9 contact you, press thegreen button to call us, or use it to contact us,"

"understood, dr Wakeman," said Tyler, testing the communication system, seeing dr Wakeman's face, with a curious jenny on the HUD on the top right, "hi, dr Wakeman!"

"Hello!" said dr Wakeman "now, for the final step in this updated training session, there's a system in firebird that has been designed to interface with XJ9, with communicating with her, and even allowing her to connect to firebird when entering specific transformations, accessing many new weapons when you need to work together."

"interesting," answered Tyler, "but I suppose that's something for the real deal."

"exactly, young man," said dr Wakeman, "and with that, this training session has been completed, deactivating simulation."

"got it," nodded Tyler, seeing the VR world disappear before his eyes, and then took off the helmet, seeing into the real world once again,

"How did it go, Tyler?" asked Jenny.

"It was quite the simulation," said Tyler, "what with the new controls and all,"

"Indeed, young man," said dr Wakeman. "XJ9, it's your turn for a training session. Meet me at the training quarters. We have to update your reaction time,"

"aw, mom," groaned Jenny

"don't worry, Jenny, I can wait," said Tyler "what say afterward we go over to mezmers'?"

"sure thing Tyler!" said Jenny, then following her mother "alright, mom, let's get this over with,"

"Right this way, young lady," said dr Wakeman, leading jenny to a training room where she would practice her reaction time,

While jenny and dr Wakeman walked away, Tyler, curious about what lied in that room before he entered the simulation, he sneaked towards the door he saw half open just a few minutes ago and got a closer look at the eight shadowy figures, each of them a different shape and size, almost as if they were earlier versions of jenny. Did dr Wakeman know about this? Either way, Tyler decided to move away from the door and rejoin the others.

Later, after her reaction training session, Tyler and Jenny went over to mezmers as promised earlier. Brad also joined them at a booth, waiting for pizza,

"so dr Wakeman called you over to train your new upgrades?" said brad, having asked Tyler about his day earlier today

"yep," said Tyler, "needless to say, it was quite the workout!"

"mom gave me one as well," groaned jenny. "I just wish she'd lay off on those exercises."

"you and me both, jenny," said Tyler, "she's been working you too hard.""I mean, I just want to a normal girl," said jenny "mom's working you just as hard."

"almost," said Tyler, "we were only going over firebird's new weapons, that's all, and I also want you tolive your life as well, Jenny,"

"well, at least it's been quiet for the past few days," said Jenny. "I mean, we did tear up vexus."

"We sure did, jenny," said Tyler, "but who knows what other stuff might come up?"

"I just hope things stay quiet for a little while," sighed Jenny, "I'm beat...""me too, also jenny?" asked Tyler, deciding to tell jenny about his subscriptions about the figures back in dr Wakeman's basement

"yeah, Tyler?" said Jenny

"After we eat our pizza, could we talk for a little bit?" said Tyler, "I think I may have seen something in the basement."

"Sure we can talk," nodded Jenny

"count me in, buddy," smiled brad.

"thank you, guys," said Tyler.

A few minutes later, the pizza arrived, pepperoni, cheese, just the way they like it. After eating their pizza, Jenny spoke up.

"so," said Jenny, "what did you wanna talk about?"

"so, before I got into training earlier today," began Tyler, "I saw a door half open in the basement."

"Really?" asked jenny curiously "what was in there?"

"I saw eight figures inside the room," said Tyler. "I couldn't make out what they were, but they looked like...prototypes?"

"prototypes?" asked jenny "for what?"

"what could ms Wakeman be working on?" asked brad suddenly.

"I don't know, brad," said Tyler, placing a finger on his chin in thought, "but judging by the appearance of those figures, I'd say they were already completed like, a while ago..."

"then what the heck are they doing in there!?" exclaimed brad "if they're completed, they shouldn't be sitting there!"

"I know, brad, but here's the odd thing," continued Tyler "those figures, as I looked closely, looked more and more like jenny..."

"like me?" asked Jenny, her eyes widening a bit, "but why would mom keep them there?"

"that's what I wanna know, too, jenny," said Tyler, then looked jenny directly in the eyes "jenny, dr Wakeman calls you XJ9, right?"

"Yeah, what of it?" asked Jenny

"I think it may have something to do with those metallic figures..." said Tyler "and, if Wakeman calls you the ninth model, and there were eight of those figures in there, could it mean?..."

"do....do I have sisters?" said jenny in shock,

Tyler, brad, and Jenny's eyes widened with realization and came to the only foregone conclusion, those eight figures, maybe jenny's earlier models, and dr Wakeman never told them at all...

But that was a problem for another day, as they agreed it was too early to confront dr Wakeman on the subject. Tyler, jenny, and brad all went their separate ways and head home for bed for the next day, confident they would meet again at school,

date Tuesday, September 16, 2014

time 12:30 pm

location Tremonton high school, cafeteria

Later the next day, at high school, Tyler, jenny, and brad all agreed to get together at a cafeteria table while they eat lunch to discuss more on the prototype sisters of jenny...

"I can't believe I have sisters and mom never told me...." sighed Jenny, a little angry with her mother, more than usual it seemed...

"Yeah, how could dr Wakeman keep this from us?" said Tyler "more importantly, why would she keep them sealed away in the basement like firebird was in the past..."

"Yeah, I mean, who separates anyone from their siblings?" asked brad

"you're telling me!" said Tyler

"wait till we get back home..." said Jenny

"easy, jenny, confronting dr Wakeman that harshly won't solve anything." said Tyler "we have to be reasonable about this,"

"But, if my sisters are down there..." said jenny sadly.

"we will break them out in due time. We just have to learn more about your prototype sisters," advised Tyler

"Tyler's right, jenny," said brad, "you may not have known your sisters in a while, but we need to know them better first."

"I think I might know a way to do it!" said Jenny, getting an idea "mom usually goes off to auto shop in the afternoon after I get off from school every Tuesday, while she's away, we could sneak in,"

"or if possible, talk to dr Wakeman personally," suggested Tyler "sure, she may get mad at us, but it seems less of a hassle than keeping a secret, don't you think?"

"We can do that too," said Jenny, "either way, I want to see my sisters, however which way will work,"

"guess we'll find out later today, Jenny," said brad

"We sure will, brad," smiled Jenny.

"then it's settled," said Tyler "this afternoon, we'll learn more about your sisters Jenny!"

Jenny and Brad nodded as they went back to their lunches, thinking about what to talk to dr Wakeman about when they sneak into the basement and learn more about the XJ prototypes, hoping that everything will go well as they will bring them out into the world as they did with jenny and firebird in the past...