WARNING the following chapter contains heavy emotional subjects like previously. Like family issues, emotional abandonment, mother and daughter angst, a desire for forgiveness, morality dilemma talk, and implied robot racism.

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Author's note I really want to make this as lighthearted as possible

Update 9/5/22 added drawn image of Firebird's combined jet mode called "Fire Jet" made by me DO NOT STEAL

Jenny Wakeman was still furious with her mother, dr Wakeman, and so were her sisters for justifiable reasons, what with dr Wakeman locking jenny in her room and forbidding her from making contact with the human race despite the doctor's validated fears of prejudice courtesy of armageddroid's actions.

But the fact that jenny's sisters were deactivated and thrown into the basement for their imperfections and flaws one by one as dr Wakeman tried to create Armageddroid's replacement to fight alongside Firebird only made it worse.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Time 4:12 pm

One time jenny was called upon by Dr. Wakeman to halt a Rockslide heading towards another town outside of Tremonton, and also jenny will also be needing Firebird along for extra muscle.

"... we're on it, mom..." grumbled jenny before blasting off to the rockslide threatening the town below. Still angry with her creator

Meanwhile, within the Wakeman Residence, Tyler was called upon to mobilize the blue gladiator to the natural disaster to halt the oncoming menace. The XJ sisters were eyeing his movements as dr Wakeman briefed him on the situation.

"I'm on the way, doc!" said Tyler as he raced for the elevator

"Tyler," said dr Wakeman stopping him before he went off to launch Firebird, "do you think xj- no jenny and her sisters will forgive me?"

"... I honestly don't know..." admitted Tyler. "Jenny's still pretty angry with you..."

"But...I said I was sorry to her multiple times..." sighed dr Wakeman, remorse filling her heart

"Sometimes, sorry isn't enough. All of this could have been avoided if you didn't see your daughter as nothing more than a replaceable weapon," Said Tyler sternly. He himself is still conflicted on whether or not he should forgive dr Wakeman as Tyler enters the elevator to look at the doctor one last time. "Unless you can do something to compensate for what you've done to Jenny and her sisters, I don't see that happening anytime soon."

The elevator doors then closed, leaving only the glass window visible.

"we'll talk again soon," said Tyler as he descended the elevator down to Firebird's hangar below

Once at the bottom level, Tyler raced to Firebird in its combined vehicle mode. That was titled "Fire Jet" it was one of the many upgrades that came with Firebird's overhaul that allowed the three vehicles which formed firebird to fly as one. The cockpit hatch opened, and Tyler jumped in and strapped himself in on the harness straps. Tyler then pressed the ignition button, and Firebird began to activate. The hatch door slowly opened as the thrusters began to whirr.

"Alright, jenny hang on!" cried Tyler as he pushed the control lever. He was clear for take-off. "FIREBIRD LAUNCH!"

The thrusters roared to life as thrust blasted out. Firebird flew out of the hangar straight out of the escape hatch just outside the backyard of the Wakeman residence, blasting off towards the cloudy skies towards jenny to assist her with the rockslide as dr Wakeman only looked on in sorrow and hoped that our heroes will be able to stop the rockslide.

"good luck, young man" was all dr Wakeman could mutter before being left to her thoughts as the XJ sisters returned to their rooms quietly without a word, even XJ6, who didn't want to speak to their creator.

However, such rage cannot burn forever.

Later at the rockslide, jenny could see the massive boulders heading toward the town below, already getting close to blocking the escape routes.

"oh boy, another rockslide avalanche to deal with." cried jenny seeing the rocks tumbling down "this is the third natural disaster this week!"

Jenny rocked down to the large mountain and started blasting Boulder after Boulder, even busting out a drill from her arms every once in a while to bore a boulder into pebbles.

On the inside, jenny was confident she could take this on alone. But The super robot teenager was hoping her good friend, the blue gladiator, would arrive to help out in stopping the rock avalanche soon.

"I sure hope Tyler gets here soon," said Jenny. "I may need some help here."

Fortunately, jenny's prayers were answered when she heard thrusters in the distance, and there was Firebird in combined jet mode closing in on the rockslide, and she could see jenny smashing Boulder after Boulder.

"jenny! I'm here!" cried Tyler as he pulled the transformation lever in his cockpit. "CHANGE, FIREBIRD!"

The three vehicles separated from their combined jet mode and reassembled to become the gigantic blue gladiator. Firebird flashed and roared to life with bright blue energy coursing in his mechanical veins as he swooped down to a cliff's edge.

"Firebird! You've come just in time!!" Cried jenny as she swung a flail at a Boulder, smashing it

Preparing a punch, Firebird spun his forearm like a drill And punched a Boulder smashing it into many pebbles like glass, then smashed more boulders.

"gah! We need to step it up!" Cried jenny transforming her arm into a gattling blaster, firing shot after shot like a minigun at the giant rocks

"GATTLING MISSILES!" cried Firebird. His side missile pods slid open and fired a barrage of missiles at boulders.

Jenny and Firebird continued to fight the rocky onslaught. The people below in the town looked on with amazement and worry. They hoped that their heroes would stop the rockslide from threatening their town. A few hours ago, a mining exhibition felt the mountain shake and roar. After multiple TNT explosions combined with hundreds of years of mountain erosion, the rocks suddenly tumbled down the hill, causing a natural disaster.

As soon as most of the miner crew alerted their superiors of the incident, evacuations were underway. They've also sent rescue crews to retrieve the rest of the miner crew and have their injuries tended to, but the rockslide was a different problem. They were so glad when jenny and Firebird arrived to destroy the rockslide.

The people were their own heroes too.

"what do we do? Worried jenny, still destroying rocks with her weapons, "we can't keep this up forever!"

"I know! We must somehow block up all the rocks!" cried Firebird, firing his chest laser. "RAIJIN BEAM!!"

"firebird! That's it!" beamed jenny getting an idea as she smashed another boulder "hold them off while I work on diverting these big rocks!"

"you got it, jenny!" nodded Firebird as he punched another boulder and worked on holding off the rockslide before it hit the town.

Working fast, jenny summoned as much jet power as she could and grabbed as many boulders at top speed as possible to create a natural barrier to halt the rocky assault. The improvised slope stopped the gigantic boulders and diverted them to a wide enough space on the mountain where no one would be harmed.

"Great work, jenny!" cheered Firebird, giving his teenage robot companion a thumbs up.

The people below cheered Jenny and Firebird for stopping the rockslide, especially the miners for correcting their mistakes at the mines.

The cheers certainly lifted jenny's spirits a little bit. They healed a bit of jenny's psyche, which had taken quite the hit after learning dr Wakeman had shelved her sisters and with the terrifying possibility that the same would happen to her if she didn't live up to her mother's expectations as well as the worlds' peer pressure at all times, which was by all accounts impossible for such mental stress would make any sane man or women snap mentally like a twig.

The people outside of Tremonton cheering, however, reminded our heroes why they fight for them.

So they would have hope.

So they would see tomorrow.

The cheering almost felt genuine to jenny compared to Tremonton 60% of the time, and that was saying something for her, considering right now, she feels like her own mother is against her.

"hey, jenny!" cried Firebird, shaking jenny out of her thoughts, "I think we should be heading back!"

"oh! right!" replied jenny and followed Firebird as they jetted back to Tremonton, having completed the task set out for them.

"firebird?" said Jenny, the blue gladiator turning his head towards her "do you think it's all worth it?"

"what do you mean, Jenny?" asked Firebird in worry "we just saved a lot of people today!"

"I know, and I'm glad we could save them and all," sighed Jenny, "but I meant about forgiving mom and the things we do."

"what about it?" asked Firebird as he air-skidded to a halt high in the sky.

"I mean, it's just I don't get a lot of genuine thanks from Tremonton at all," groaned jenny as she stopped mid-air to hover. "and right now, I feel like my own mother is against me and my sisters..."

"well, those people back there weren't against us for saving their lives," pointed out Firebird, pointing towards the town they saved from the rockslide.

"Yeah, you're probably right," said Jenny "it's definitely good to be thanked and not be treated like a freak...but it's also mom still trying to bring me back so that she can feel better..."

"I can certainly understand that, jenny," nodded Firebird grimly, "and with dr Wakeman not trying to make up for what she's done as far as I'm concerned for the past few weeks."

"and that's also why I'm mad at mom, other than her invading my personal space a lot of times, especially at school, at the worst possible times," groaned jenny forming a scowl but not aimed at her good friend, "and when has mom ever done anything about what I go through at school Every day?"

"well...other than invading your personal space and embarrassing you in front of your friends like an overprotective smotherer," thought Firebird, "I'm at a loss."

"sigh, I just don't know if I should forgive dr Wakeman or not or if it will be worth it all..." sighed jenny. "I'm worried she'll just replace and shelf me like the rest of my sisters. I mean, when will it ever be enough for mom? Should I really forgive mom for all this?"

For a moment, the blue gladiator was rendered silent. Poor Jenny was really punishing herself right now, thanks to dr Wakeman. Jenny usually punishes herself whenever she cannot have an average day of peace and serenity where she doesn't have to save the earth all the time, as more than anything, she wants to be widely accepted as an ordinary teenage girl like everyone else.

Alas, normal was, as anyone is concerned, a relative term in the life of a superhero.

But back at the task at hand, Firebird was still trying to figure out some way of comforting jenny in her existential crisis unwittingly inflicted by dr Wakeman Tyler himself finds it pretty hard to forgive people when they do such questionable things.

Sometimes during the week, he wondered why Dr. Wakeman, if she considered Jenny's prototypes "failed experiments," why didn't she destroy them?

it almost feels as if dr Wakeman herself couldn't find it in her to do such a thing, rather have the XJ sisters locked away to remind her to keep pushing and pushing harder until her work on the XJ series robots reached its apex in jenny,

for all of her overprotectiveness and strictly motherly instincts, it seems dr Wakeman couldn't bring herself to destroy her most precious creations unless it proved absolutely necessary, as the maternal instincts in dr Wakeman were beginning to nurture in the process of creating the XJ series, by then they grew too strong. But it still didn't excuse her actions.

There was still good in dr Wakeman. It seems

After a few minutes of silence, Tyler made up his mind.

"Look, jenny...I can't make that decision for you..." sighed Firebird/Tyler, "nor can I defend dr Wakeman's actions, but I do know one thing, even if her methods were questionable, even if she weren't the best parent if it weren't for dr Wakeman...you wouldn't be here...and neither would firebird, or your sisters..."

Jenny wanted to retort but couldn't find it in herself to do it. Usually, she would do so, but she knew her friend was right.

If it weren't for dr Wakeman, jenny, her sisters, and Firebird would exist, even with the mistake that is armagedroid

"it's your choice on whether or not you should forgive your mother, jenny..." said Firebird, "but dr Wakeman has to do her part as well..."

"You're right, I'll...think about it..." sighed jenny, conflicted, letting a small tear escape her eye "thank you, firebird...for being a friend here..."

"you're very welcome, jenny..." smiled Firebird underneath the gigantic metal shell.

After a minute, They soon rocketed back home to the Wakeman residence to rest for the day.

Tyler still couldn't understand why people would treat jenny, a robot with a heart like a freak, as an outsider because she was different or possibly superior to them.

For it was humans who created robots in the first place. Still, the blue gladiator could not stand such racism.

Sometime later, after the robotic heroes returned, dr Wakeman was waiting for them.

"Hi, doc!" Waved Tyler as he jumped out of Firebird's cockpit

"Why, welcome back, young man!" said dr Wakeman greeting her young protege "well done, both of you, for stopping that disastrous rockslide."

"thank you!" said Tyler as jenny passed by them

"And I see you made it back as well, XJ9 errr jenny," stuttered dr Wakeman nervously, feeling like she was against a brick wall.

"Hey, mom..." waved jenny, disgruntled,

"Um...Jenny?" stuttered dr Wakeman. "I know you're still mad, but..."

"Not now, mom," sighed Jenny as she walked out the door, not paying her mother any mind, And slammed the door behind her without another word.

"I told you so..." sneered Tyler at dr Wakeman, still just as angry as jenny "you can't fix such things with empty words."

"Well, until you're truly ready to apologize to jenny, stay away from her and her sisters," said Tyler firmly, almost raising a fist,

The young man then followed jenny leaving dr Wakeman in her thoughts.

Dr. Wakeman lowered her head, the blue gladiator's advice sinking in. The XJ sisters heard and saw everything, Xj6 was close to revealing herself and the others to dr Wakeman, but XJ8 and XJ4 stopped her before that as they watched their strict and misguided creator leave the scene.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Time 2:10 pm

Jenny continued to stay at Brad and tuck's house, still afraid of dr Wakeman potentially shelving her too. They still kept her company along with Tyler,

The hardest part about being nice is being nice to those who have caused you so much pain and suffering.

Not only that but to live with such prejudice against you for being different, for being a robot with a heart, would make any sane man or woman snap after a good while

Planet Cluster Prime

Location Vexus' Palace, the interplanetary watch tower/throne room

Time 2:20 pm

Meanwhile, In her palace, many planetary miles from earth on cluster prime. Queen vexus was Watching the scene of jenny's suffering in delight along with her drones.

"humans are such utterly fickle beings..." sickered Vexus. "and it seems that my old nemesis, the organic dr. Wakeman doesn't seem to be the perfect mother for our prize at all,"

"not at all, my queen. In fact, dr. Wakeman may have been causing XJ9 more pain and suffering than we thought," marched in smytus, the cluster empire's top general. "especially her prototypes dr. Wakeman seemed to have sealed them away for being failures to her"

"yes, with xj9's spirit being broken every day, smytus," chuckled vexus, "and when she accepts my offer, we will be happy to thank humanity for this after we turn those meat bags into charred ashes."

"afterward, we will add the earth to our collection of conquered worlds," smytus sneered, as he considered himself a destroyer of worlds "along with its subjugated robot citizens to our glorious planet's society."

vexus could only chuckle before letting out a full-blown laugh. She and her minions would strike soon but not now.

At that point, vexus wouldn't have to force jenny or make her willing to join her cause on cluster prime. Humanity's foolishness and self-destructive nature would do it for her.

All vexus would need to do is keep the pressure up, and eventually, jenny will emotionally, mentally, and psychologically crack like all do eventually under peer pressure from humanity's self-destructive nature and racism.

At that point, What would be the point of being nice and polite if all it does is bring even more pain for you? More suffering? More senseless violence?

And what's the point of being a hero if you are only punished for being good just as much as being evil?

There may not be ANY heroes or villains at all. If This is their fate to be punching bags by fate, destiny, and hardship

Planet Earth

Location Carbunckle Residence

Time 5:30 pm

Back on earth, however, when the duo returned from their mission, The latest newspaper from when jenny and Firebird saved a town outside of tremorton's borders showed genuine gratitude read "DYNAMIC DUO OF SUPERHEROES GIANT ROBOT FIREBIRD AND XJ9 SAVES NEARBY TOWN FROM ROCKSLIDE INCIDENT."

"well, at least some people are grateful," groaned jenny in relief, but still annoyed with tremorton's ungratefulness, for she wanted to frame this newspaper at least for the gratitude the other town showed towards jenny and Firebird's efforts.

Alas, The public is always utterly fickle. Especially cities like tremorton,

But at the same time, Tyler, jenny, and the others were worried. They have not heard from vexus or her persistent minions ever since Firebird got renovated a few weeks ago after 20 years of collecting dust and rust locked in dr Wakeman's basement.

"you know what, guys?" said tuck "it's been quite some time since vexus attacked us."

"you have a point, tuck..." thought Tyler "ever since firebird got fixed up, it's just been one emergency after another..."

"yeah yeah, but nothing we can't handle..." said jenny, bitter and jaded, slumping in her chair "still, thank you guys for letting me stay at your house again. I just can't face mom, especially since she's the only one who can truly dismantle and shelve me."

"for the record Jen," said Brad, "I think we can name a lot of other people who could do that also, like vexus, given enough time, a lot of other super villains powerful enough to vaporize us all."

"I don't want to wait for that!" cried tuck, panicking.

"none of us do tuck," said Tyler comforting him "also, you're very welcome, jenny. But if she were to dismantle you, she'll have to get through us first."

"yeah, jenny," said Brad, "take all the time you need before you're ready to face dr Wakeman again."

"Thank you guys..." sighed jenny in relief. "I'll do my best."

One thing was sure, jenny and her friends needed more allies. Perhaps they will come in the future down the line.

They then decided to sit down to watch a TV show in the meantime.

But while they were watching TV in their free time, Jenny had other thoughts. If jenny was so thrown under the bus by Tremerton by how ungrateful and fickle they are towards jenny for being different, then perhaps it may be necessary for jenny to make plans for moving. The only thing stopping the teenage robot is her subconscious desire to protect others despite how much jenny despises the thought and how she just wants to live as an ordinary teenage girl.

What would also stop jenny from her friend's pleas, her high school enrollment, and how a part of jenny still loves her mother, despite what she's done, although at this moment, it's at the back of Jenny's mind by dr. Wakeman's actions

But even by then, if jenny were to move away from Tremonton, the problem is where would she go?

Beach city?

Metropolis?

New York?

Tokyo?

Certainly not cluster prime (at least not while vexus is in charge)

But then there would also be the problem of finding a new school system that would accept jenny for who she is, for finding such an honest system is extremely hard to find these days.

As the rift between mother and daughter grows wider and wider, Tyler, brad, and tuck are still getting worried, not just for jenny but for the fact that vexus will sooner or later take advantage of this whole situation.

A dark future may come if these ties are not mended or if more people come together to aid our heroes in their emotional, mental, and psychological crisis.

Time 4:50 pm

Back at the Wakeman residence

Dr. Wakeman was slumping in her chair over her workbench. Her eyes were reddish from how she cried herself to sleep again, still haunted by how she had caused unintentional harm to her own daughters, and now she was trying to think of how she could make amends with her family. To find redemption for her sins.

You're just being extremely overbearing!

I'm your daughter, not your tool mom!

Mom! Are you going to replace me too!?

Well, As a parent, it's my right to destroy their happiness!

It is NOT your right as a parent to destroy your children's happiness!! How dare you say that to your daughter! your own child!!

Can't you just let jenny be herself? And let her be with her sisters, isn't that good enough for her!?

Still hearing the words of rage and sorrow, that fateful confrontation of karma ringing in her head dr Wakeman hung her head low still.

Dr. Wakeman must be very cautious and aware of this fact in the future when her newer inventions are created in the future, especially If they are going to fight alongside Firebird, jenny, and her sisters.

Such sentience is not something to be taken for granted and is a sacred responsibility.

In any likelihood, if word of dr Wakeman's neglect of her artificial family and strict overprotectiveness reached the public, she would be arrested immediately. If not by skyway patrol (if not for their incompetence), the police would

But now is not the time for such thoughts...

On the colossal drawing board, dr Wakeman began to draw up a schematic which she would later draw onto a set of blueprints on the drawing bench for an improvement plan for the XJ sisters.

Each improvement would be drawn from the original blueprints on the flaws Dr. Wakeman had discovered while building and testing them. If she were to make improvements on the XJ sisters, she must learn from the design flaws she created

Dr. Wakeman also now knew that the sisters would need therapy after all if what Tyler and jenny said was true. She would need only find the most reliable therapy sessions after what she's done.

Of course, this time, dr. Wakeman will need to ask for the xj sisters' explicit permission and consent, but that will be difficult because of the mother's past sins.

But now is the time for dr. Wakeman to take responsibility for those sins against her own family

Sunday, October 11, 2014

Time 1:45 pm

One week had passed, and jenny and Firebird still continued to handle emergencies, fight criminals, and the cluster empire.

Meanwhile, Jenny was feeling calmer and calmer about her situation with her mother's crime against her artificial yet sentient family over the week, thanks to her friends and spending time with her sisters.

On that day at brad and tuck's house, jenny called for them and Tyler to come to her for she was making an announcement.

"hi, jenny!" waved brad as Tyler and tuck followed suit coming downstairs.

"It's about mom," said jenny simply. Tyler and the others were expecting another rant, but not what came next as she spoke again, "Guys, I still don't know if I should forgive her or not, but I feel I should at least talk to her again..."

"Are you sure, jenny?" said tuck, worried, "even after all she's done to you? That's serious business."

"it really is, tuck thank you," nodded jenny. "I know I should still be mad at the mom, but...I don't feel as angry as before at the same time, though. I'm still afraid dr Wakeman may try to replace me like she did my sisters."

"Look, jenny, you don't have to forgive dr. Wakeman, if you don't want to," said Tyler, "I have a difficult time doing so myself, but lets at least try to talk to dr Wakeman again."

"and if mom still tries to replace me and my sisters and still thinks of me as just a useless machine?" asked jenny.

"then it's over for dr Wakeman, no more second chances, no more gaslighting, and no more abuse. I'm not sure what else to do," said Tyler, "even though I may not be the smartest guy when it comes to dilemmas like this, especially with whether or not bullies or people like dr Wakeman should be forgiven."

Everyone was silent for a few moments, unsure of what to say.

"Look, maybe it would be best if you have dr Wakeman promise you a few things, so you can trust each other again," said Brad "dr Wakeman really has a lot to learn about being a genuine good parent."

"she really does," nodded jenny, "so I don't end up replaced, but thank you all for letting me stay here for a good while."

"anytime, dear, you're always welcome here," said brad's mother, Emma carbunckle "just please make sure our little boys don't get themselves in trouble."

"I'll do my best..." said jenny as she thought about her next move

Soon Jenny made her decision.

"Alright, guys...I'm going..." sighed jenny as she stood up from her chair.

"good luck, jenny," said Tyler placing a hand of comfort on her metal shoulder

"if you still feel like you need to stay away, you're always welcome back here," said Brad

After giving everyone a hug, jenny left the house and walked right to the Wakeman residence,

It was time for her to see her mother again and make things right with the family.

Time 3:00 pm

Jenny soon approached the Wakeman residence, walking slowly but surely to the front entrance. She knocked on the door and took the first step toward talking to her mother again.

"oh! XJ err...Jenny!" Greeted dr Wakeman as she opened the door upon hearing her daughter knock

"hi...mother..." jenny said, conflicted. She felt she was ready and yet was still in emotional turmoil. "I...I've wanted to talk with you again..."

"oh? is that so?" asked dr Wakeman, equally nervous as if this was what she was hoping for

"Yeah...I think so," sighed Jenny nervously,

"come on in then, and we can talk more," said dr Wakeman opening the door all the way

"What is it you wanted to talk about?" asked dr Wakeman as she took a seat at the table in front of the couch

"It's...about us," said jenny as she sat down just a few feet away from her mother.

"yes, what about it?" asked dr Wakeman

"i...I know I was so angry with you before..." said jenny with a hesitant tone, "for not even considering me truly as your daughter who can take care of herself and shelving my sisters, and were probably planning to do the same to me one day but..."

Dr. Wakeman listened to jenny as she held a hopeful breath for what she was about to say next.

"...I felt like I should talk to you again, at least." continued jenny, conflicted but still trying to be the bigger person in the room "i...should still be angry. I still am a bit, but...I started to miss you, mom, even after what you had planned to do then...I just felt like I should see my mother again after a while..."

"I know, oh...jenny, I'm so ashamed. I should not have done all those things to my poor little girls..." sniffled dr Wakeman, the guilt weighing heavily upon her, even though she knew she deserved every bit of what happened to her. "I should not have been thinking so thoughtlessly of all of you...I had turned up no different than vexus in that regard...I'm very sorry...Can you please forgive me, jenny?"

Jenny only stammered, her lips quivering, "I....I...."

A part of her felt like she had to forgive dr. Wakeman, to be the bigger, better person, but another part of her was telling her 'not yet.' for the road to forgiveness is quite a long one. As the tense stammering continued, the angel and demon within jenny continued to clash on whether or not forgiving dr Wakeman's sins against her and her family was the right thing to do

Soon, jenny gave her answer to dr Wakeman, her mother/creator.

"I...I think we can at least...start over," answered Jenny, Still not yet ready to forgive but would need more time "from the beginning, I think."

Dr. Wakeman sighed a breath of relief, but it was cut short by jenny's following answer.

"But mom, please promise all of us a couple of things," said jenny as she was not done yet and followed her friends' advice

"oh? okay, my dear..." said dr Wakeman in surprise "what are they?"

"First, please promise me and the others...no more secrets," pleaded jenny one last time, making her promises dr Wakeman needs to make clear.

"I will. I'll try to be more honest from now on," said dr Wakeman.

As Secrets destroy relationships, whether by omission of information or lying, through the assumption of whether or not the person in question was not emotionally mature enough to process the information. Secrets have still destroyed relationships for friends and foes alike, granting them much trauma, grief, and almost if not getting them killed for something they may have every right to know.

The truth will always set you free, no matter how much it hurts later, For Honesty wins out every time.

If any other demon from dr. Wakeman's past arrives to haunt her or her family and friends. She will let them know no matter the odds.

"Thank you, but please promise me and my friends you will never ever try to replace me, my sisters, or any other robot you create ever again, under NO circumstances," said jenny, "not even as a plan b..."

"I won't, I promise," answered dr Wakeman, having already dealt with the guilt enough to know that if she were to repeat history with her strictness making her artificial children have dr Wakeman lose them for good, but would also doom the entire earth from what she was trying to protect.

"Are you sure?" asked jenny with an eyebrow raised combined with semi-misty eyes.

"Y-yes, I am. From now on, any invention I create will not only benefit mankind but will also be an ally to fight alongside you and Firebird, jenny." finished dr Wakeman with grief in her voice but still making her point clear to her daughter.

"Okay, Lastly, Please try to balance out your life." Said jenny, "please spend more time with me, not in the lab, but as my mom."

"i...I will try my best, for my daugther...no...my daughters!" answered dr Wakeman with a determined nod after a few moments of silence, still with misty eyes behind the red glasses.

"thank you, mom..." sighed jenny as she stood up and approached, "please do..."

With jenny's conscience starting to clear by a smidge, jenny and dr Wakeman then hugged each other as mother and daughter began to heal. Jenny was controlling her hugging strength when hugging her mother.

Dr. Wakeman and jenny started to discuss therapy sessions Which will begin very soon, possibly in a week, which might be for the best for jenny's mental, emotional and psychological state.

Dr. Wakeman soon revealed her improvement plan for the XJ sisters she had worked on for the last few weeks while jenny had been living with brad and tuck, fearing being replaced and disposed of like her sisters.

Jenny was happy that her sisters would be given improvements, but she reminded dr. Wakeman that they would not accept it so easily, given the fear of being deactivated again is still there. Nora Wakeman understood this, however. And that it should be done with one sister at a time

They went downstairs to find the xj sisters to discuss their improvements and future therapy sessions, which jenny will also need. They soon found them lying in wait in their respective quarters. Jenny stepped forward, as the sister would listen to jenny more than dr. Wakeman

XJ6 nearly exploded with jealousy upon seeing Jenny with dr wake man, but mother and daughter were able to restrain XJ6's jealousy to hear jenny out

The family conversation lasted a long while, with XJ6 still seething with jealousy which is precisely one of the many things that will need to be healed through a good long period of therapy along with the other XJ robots and their mental and emotional issues created by Their creator.

The improvement plan for the XJ sisters that dr. Wakeman created to redeem her sins against her artificial family will be realized in due time. The therapy comes first.

Jenny may not have forgiven her mother just yet, but if dr Wakeman keeps her promises and redeems herself sincerely, maybe jenny will forgive her, but if dr Wakeman breaks those promises. It's over for good this time.

For the time being, however, jenny's plans to move away from Tremonton have been quelled for the time being thanks to this tiny reignited spark of hope within her.

The bond between mother and daughter may be healing uneasily, and the XJ sisters' future light may be shining right now, but the heroes of earth will have to deal with vexus and her minions again very soon...

Author's note hey everyone! Sorry to keep you all waiting for several months.

This was another one of the most complicated chapters in any story I had to write due to the dilemma of whether or not dr. Wakeman deserved forgiveness for neglecting the XJ sisters and her overprotectiveness and strictness over poor jenny, even if she can be pretty reckless sometimes.

As forgiveness, especially for those who have wronged you, is one of the hardest things we'll ever have to do in our lives

I eventually came around to the decision that jenny should at least talk to dr Wakeman again after a little while to be the bigger person and at least start over,

I think that's all I can do for their relationship for the time being,

if anyone is wondering why aren't the XJ sisters are not taking revenge against dr. Wakeman for neglecting them, calling them failed experiments, and leaving them to turn to rust in the basement

Well, the short answer is, I don't think the XJ sisters would be capable of enacting their revenge (yes, there's that final episode turncoats, but still), nor do I think it's worth it at all

What I mean by that is that dr Wakeman is the only one who can truly stop them and deactivate them, knows everything about them, and even exploit their weaknesses. The XJ sisters may have good reason to fear their creator

Rest assured, everyone, I will do my best to make sure dr. Wakeman keeps her promises if jenny and her sisters are to trust her again.

And maybe, just maybe, jenny and her sisters will forgive her mother if dr. Wakeman keeps those promises to change for the better. And spend more time with the family not as a scientist but as a mother

I honestly hope I'm doing the right thing here.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this latest chapter of the blue gladiator firebird story! And I'll see you all next time!