Date Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014

Time 4:25 pm

Location Earth, Mesmer's cafe

After school today, Tyler, jenny, and brad had decided to spend the afternoon at Mesmer's taking some time off after a long day at school, the three friends got settled into their seats at a booth nearby near the window, having been in the popular teen hot spot in the past, after getting settled in at a booth, they ordered their snack pizza

"whew..." sighed Tyler, "it's been a heck of a day today at high school"

"not arguing with you right there my friend" spoke brad, also exhausted from today's events

"yeah, it always feels great to hang out back here," replied Jenny relieved that this time at mesmer's is more pleasant than previous

"sure does Jen, I'd always enjoy hanging out with you guys here!" returned brad

Yeah, and not under attack by vexus either, replied Tyler in his thoughts as he relaxed at the pleasant scene unfolding, it was always good to be with friends at this time of day

"me too brad," replied jenny "but we've still got a big week ahead of us!"

"not to mention, there's a football going on later this week," added brad "this Friday night I think,"

"this Friday night?" asked Tyler "do we have tickets?"

"I think we'll be able to pick those up tomorrow during lunch guys," added jenny but soon frowned a bit "if mom allows it that is..."

"why do you say that?" asked brad to jenny,

"she's been on to me for a while now on training and target practice..." she groaned "I swear mom never leaves me alone during the day..."

"and at the worst possible times too," finished Tyler as he shook his head, becoming familiar with dr Wakeman being a helicopter mom with jenny eventually to the point where'd he would have to confront the brilliant scientist about her treatment towards jenny

"you can say that again..." sighed jenny

"well, let's not worry about that right now," brad spoke again, "we're just having fun, and that's what matters,"

"Yeah, it sure does," smiled jenny, her spirits uplifted

soon enough as the three friends were having a pleasant conversation, the waiter eventually came with their pepperoni pizza, Tyler, and Brad took their pieces onto their plates and began eating up while jenny watched, being a robot, she's much different with these kinds of activities, not wanting to be insensitive, Tyler and brad kept that to themselves,

"so jenny," asked Tyler, sparking up another conversation "do you think dr Wakeman will allow you to come to the quaker's game on Friday?"

"if she doesn't ask me for any more training first..." said jenny "she hardly lets me do anything the other kids do, outside of the house that is..."

Tyler gave a sympathetic frown, for jenny was alone amongst those who were forbidden to do anything in their lives and be confined...all the more reason to eventually confront dr Wakeman on this,

"until you guys came along, climbed up the window, and allow me to know what it's like to be a teenager," continued Jenny, "I couldn't be more grateful to you guys than that, your true friends.."

"I would say the same to you jenny," said Tyler "I'm glad we found you when we were playing that baseball game,"

brad nodded as jenny's heartfelt much warmeth, she felt quite appreciated, even more so than when she first high school and made even more friends, as they all then continued their well-deserved pizza as true friends...

location cluster prime vexus' palace

meanwhile, on cluster prime vexus was planning her next move against firebird and jenny, on the observation deck where she had small spy drones on earth to spy on the planet earth, so she could use any information sent back to her palace to her advantage

"XJ9 always gets in our way, especially that accursed firebird..." she snarled as she watched her minions look over the monitors "as I vowed before, we must destroy them both, but XJ9 must be mine also"

"we understand my queen," said a cluster drone as he clicked over the many instruments on the monitors spying on the earth

"and we must use any means necessary to accomplish these goals, especially the destruction of humanity!" Vexus raised again, making her goals apparent "and first, is to figure out another way to get that firebird robot out of the way,"

"my queen," spoke another cluster drone "might I suggest we discover more about firebird?"

"Perhaps," Vexus said, thoughtful "when we had XJ9 in the palm of our hand, 3 vehicles appeared and soon became one when I had that fleshing whelp in my hands..."

"Are you suggesting that firebird May be controlled by...a human?"

a cluster drone asked again,

"It is very possible, not many of those earth vehicles are controlled by A.I," said Vexus, stating her observation of firebird's first appearance "continue your monitoring of earth, we must learn more about the human that controls firebird!"

"and, once we learn of the human," asked a drone "what will you use that knowledge for?"

"a bargaining chip, my minions an edge, I could reveal it to earth, but I have other plans," Vexus smirked sinisterly "I would like to savior the fact that we possess the knowledge of firebird's true identity so that we may watch him suffer before we destroy everything they loved and have fought for..."

"brilliant strategy my queen," praised one of the drones

"thank you, now then back to work all of you!" Vexus commanded

"yes my queen!" The cluster drones spoke up

vexus then walked down the stairs to her main throne room to meet up with a messenger drone

"My queen," he kneeled "I am pleased to inform you, our latest cluster super robot is nearly complete,"

"excellent," Vexus smirked, "and I assume we already have a battalion assembled to attack XJ9?"

"affirmative my queen," said the messenger drone "they will be ready for departure as soon as the latest cluster super robot is ready to launch to attack firebird,"

"We must also secure XJ9 as well, make sure the battalion knows that as well,"

"yes my queen," the messenger drone kneeled and walked away as Vexus went to sit upon her throne,

Date Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014

Location earth Tremonton high school

the next day, Tyler, jenny, and brad were at art class were the art teacher made an assignment to them and the students, practice their art skills to their heart's content, and that's just what they did, Tyler and brad were each making their drawings, while jenny was making a clay sculpture, each of them was hard at work, almost oblivious to their surroundings even,

"boy," sighed Tyler in enjoyment during his mental break "I always enjoy coming to art class with you guys," he always enjoyed art, even as a kid, and this was no different he was drawing a picture of a forest landscape

"same here my friend," replied brad "art class is always so laid-back at this time of day," he too drew a picture of a fairly hi-tech car, with neon violet-red lines on the sides, extra-wide tires, diamond-shaped headlights, a comfy lobby driver seat, and a hi-tech instrumentation panel which made brad himself smirk a bit, would be quite the ride he thought as he drew

"and it always allows you to express yourself!" cheered jenny she picked up many piles of clay and started molding them together, slowly the piles of clay began to take the form of a human figure, one with jenny's features in it, jenny frowned a bit, as this figure was a representation of what she desires, to be normal, to have friends, to be human...

an hour of artistic endeavors later, the group of friends exited their art class as the period ended and the bell has rung, they each felt a wave of relief wash over them as they all expressed their art therapy as they walked to their next class, unaware that they were being watched...

location cluster prime vexus' palace

the small spy drones crawling on the sidewalls of the Tremonton high school hallways had monitored Tyler, brad, and jenny as they walked along, vexus looked thoughtful as she then looked at Tyler, as she had only seen him once when she first attempted to capture jenny, she began running back her thoughts to firebird's first battle and began forming a conclusion

"my queen?" asked a cluster drone manning the instruments, "do you think this human has something to do with that firebird meddler?"

"It would almost be a foregone conclusion, my minion," vexus spoke, thoughtful "but, I would like to see what our fleshling friend may have to do with XJ9, keep a close eye on them both, do not lose them,"

"yes my queen," the cluster drone nodded, "also, reports from the hangar say the latest cluster super robot's construction has been completed, it will go through a complete systems test before being sent out to battle firebird and XJ9,"

"excellent," vexus smiled sinisterly, "we will attack the next earth day cycle, but for now, make sure you have our little spy follow XJ9 and the flesh bag to their home when they leave that earth facility, so that we may confirm my theories about firebird,"

"yes my queen," the cluster drone nodded again as he went back to his controls and vexus then took a seat near the monitor of her spy drone's front view monitor the earth's activities...

Location earth Tremonton high school

Date Thursday, September 4th, 2014

The next day, Tyler, jenny, and brad were at art class were the art teacher made an assignment to them and the students, practice their art skills to their heart's content, and that's just what they did, Tyler and brad were each making their drawings, while jenny was making a clay sculpture, each of them was hard at work, almost oblivious to their surroundings even,

"boy," sighed Tyler in enjoyment during his mental break "I always enjoy coming to art class with you guys," he always enjoyed art, even as a kid, and this was no different he was drawing a picture of a forest landscape

"same here my friend," replied brad "art class is always so laid-back at this time of day," he too drew a picture of a fairly hi-tech car, with neon violet-red lines on the sides, extra-wide tires, diamond-shaped headlights, a comfy lobby driver seat, and a hi-tech instrumentation panel which made brad himself smirk a bit, would be quite the ride he thought as he drew

"and it always allows you to express yourself!" cheered jenny she picked up many piles of clay and started molding them together, slowly the piles of clay began to take the form of a human figure, one with jenny's features in it, jenny frowned a bit, as this figure was a representation of what she desires, to be normal, to have friends, to be human...

an hour of artistic endeavors later, the group of friends exited their art class as the period ended and the bell rang, they each felt a wave of relief wash over them as they all expressed their art therapy as they walked to their next class, unaware that they were being watched...

location cluster prime vexus' palace

the small spy drones crawling on the sidewalls of the Tremonton high school hallways had monitored Tyler, brad, and jenny as they walked along, vexus looked thoughtful as she then looked at Tyler, as she had only seen him once when she first attempted to capture jenny, she began running back her thoughts to firebird's first battle and began forming a conclusion

"my queen?" asked a cluster drone manning the instruments, "do you think this human has something to do with that firebird meddler?"

"It would almost be a foregone conclusion, my minion," vexus spoke, thoughtful "but, I would like to see what our fleshling friend may have to do with XJ9, keep a close eye on them both, do not lose them,"

"yes my queen," the cluster drone nodded, "also, reports from the hangar say the latest cluster super robot's construction has been completed, it will go through a complete systems test before being sent out to battle firebird and XJ9,"

"excellent," vexus smiled sinisterly, "we will attack the next earth day cycle, but for now, make sure you have our little spy follow XJ9 and the flesh bag to their home when they leave that earth facility, so that we may confirm my theories about firebird,"

"yes my queen," the cluster drone nodded again as he went back to his controls and vexus then took a seat near the monitor of her spy drone's front view monitor the earth's activities...

location earth Tremonton high school

after finishing off their 6th and last period, Tyler, Jenny, and brad left off through the front door of the high school, as the students entered their buses

"you go on ahead brad!" Tyler shouted so that his friend heard him, " I'll go with Jenny and take her home!"

"Alright!" brand shouted back as he walked through the sidewalk "I'll meet you guys there!"

"geez Tyler, " said Jenny " I didn't think art could be so therapeutic..."

"it usually feels that way for me, " said Tyler " I've always loved art since I was a kid"

"that's great to hear" smiled Jenny " I can see why you always like coming to the art class during school!"

"drawing and creating can do wonders for you jenny, " said Tyler as he and Jenny walked to the Wakeman residence, unaware that vexus' spy was following them as they strolled along the neighborhood eventually they've reached the front door and Tyler knocked

"XJ9! Tyler! Welcome home!" spoke the motherly voice of Dr. Wakeman as she opened the door

"hi mom!" waved Jenny as she and Tyler then went inside the house the cluster spy drone barely slipping inside

"How was school today XJ9?" asked Dr. Wakeman as Tyler then took a seat on the nearby sofa

"it was fine mom, " said Jenny, " I had a lot of fun today,"

"that is wonderful to hear" smiled Dr. Wakeman "and what about you young man?"

"it was a good day for us as well Dr. Wakeman" replied Tyler

"it's always great to have you with us Tyler," said dr Wakeman but she raised a brow a bit when Tyler frowned as if he noticed something "what is it, young man?"

"I thought I noticed something when jenny and I came in..." said Tyler, as he looked around the house for the sound he barely heard when they entered the house when he then saw something crawling on the walls "over there! crawling on top of the walls!"

jenny immediately snapped in the direction Tyler was pointing, and saw the cluster spy drone "it must one of vexus' toys!" the spy drone immediately began to fly around the house

"don't let it get away then!" cried dr Wakeman as Tyler and jenny scrambled to stop vexus' drone before it could learn more about them, the chase took a few twists and turns throughout the house but Tyler was barely able to catch the spy drone

"got em!" Tyler panted as he held the bug in his clenched fist as he walked to jenny and dr Wakeman only loosening his grip a bit allow them to see the small drone "what does it look like to you guys?"

dr Wakeman took a moment to look at the small robot bug "hmm, it appears that this small drone is indeed from the cluster as XJ9 claims" she explained "vexus must have sent these out to spy on us especially you two, learning you're every move so that she would have an advantage"

"even knowing our secrets and how to take us out?" asked Jenny, earning a nod from her mother "well we better make sure she doesn't get any more out of us!"

"agreed, " spoke Tyler as he then offered the drone to Jenny "care to do honors, Jenny?"

"it will my pleasure Tyler" Jenny nodded as Tyler quickly handed the spy drone to Jenny's waiting metal hand and quickly squished the small drone reducing it to small pieces and steam hissed out and sparks flew

"whew...glad I caught that one, " sighed Tyler in relief as Jenny then threw the pieces on the nearest trash bin

"yes, but I suggest you and XJ9 be more careful," warned Dr. Wakeman "vexus will undoubtedly not give up on learning everything she can about you so that she may have an advantage over us,"

"we will mom..." groaned Jenny irritated

"dr Wakeman has a point, Jenny, " replied Tyler "vexus will undoubtedly try again, we'll have to be ready for her"

"indeed young man, " replied Dr. Wakeman "in the meantime, feel free to spend some time here with XJ9, if either of you need me, I will be in the basement checking on firebird,"

"Alright mom, see you soon!" replied Jenny as she went to sit on the couch as Tyler followed,

"have a good time you two!" spoke Dr. Wakeman as she strolled downstairs to the underground basement eventually heading over to the computers near firebird's launching area

But as she went through a systems diagnostics throughout firebird's main systems her mind was also somewhere else, she trusted Tyler with driving firebird, but she realized that she possibly did this all behind Skyway patrol's back, where she had retired from after armagedroid had been tricked into the molten core of the earth and she had started the creation of the XJ series robots including Jenny and ever since Tyler came around, and dr Wakeman entrusted this to him, she had become more nervous than ever, that she would eventually suffer the consequences for this, and she faired her daughter Jenny and Tyler would also pay the price for her mistake...

XJ9...Tyler... Spoke the troubled thoughts as they ran through Dr. Wakeman's mind as she ran through her computers, some of firebird's systems seem functional but some of them seem to short out, she looked concerned, she then checked the inner mechanics through a scanning monitor and to her horror, she saw some inner mechanisms appear to be badly rusted and old, she should have known, being sealed away and neglected for 20 years has many consequences, but where could she possibly get the resources, or even the help to reconstruct a robot as gigantic as firebird? She ran her hands through her head as she let the reality of the situation sink in...

The next day...

Date Friday, September 5th, 2014

Location earth Tremorton high school

Time 12:35 pm

at the cafeteria, Tyler, Jenny, and brad were having lunch in the cafeteria after their 3rd period of class, and thinking about yesterday's events, especially with how uneasy dr Wakeman was this morning,

"so guys," said jenny "do you think mom's a bit...unnerved?"

after eating a bit brad put down his food, "what do you mean jenny?" he said as he then continued to eat his food

"I mean, mom looked like she was under a lot of pressure lately..." spoke jenny in worry,

"What kind of pressure are we talking jenny?" asked Tyler as he put down his food as well as he was halfway done with his lunch

"well, she's been worried about me and you Tyler, more so than before lately," replied jenny

on instinct Tyler looked around and then got close to jenny's ear "do you think it's about firebird?" he whisper, jenny replied with a nod as Tyler went back to lunch to finish up,

"well, it's because she cares about you guys," said brad as he finished up his lunch

"yeah, but this is new, even for mom," sighed Jenny, worried about her mother being more worrying than usual

"brad's right though," said Tyler as he finished his lunch, "dr Wakeman seems to have another reason to worry I think,"

"you may be right Tyler," said Jenny, "we'll have to ask her later today after school"

"it's a deal jenny," nodded Tyler

A little while later, Tyler, brad, and Jenny were on their war to their next class, but even as they walked through the halls, the fire alarm rang out and there cries of panic outside the high school

"man..." groaned Jenny irritated by this sudden change of events she then looked at Tyler sent a silent signal to him, telling him to activate firebird, which Tyler replied with a nod and raced to find an empty spot while Jenny races outside the school

There she saw a battalion of cluster drones, and another cluster super robot, attacking the city nearby, this cluster super robot was has back insectoid wings and was able with a left flamethrower arm with an arm-mounted blaster on the right, Jenny realized that vexus as it yet again,

"Another day, another cluster attack, " said Jenny as she then blasted off to confront the cluster drones as she bought up her blasters,

Meanwhile, Tyler went to a nearby empty locker room, where he pressed the button on his wrist device, "FIREBIRD!" he shouted as the wrist device flashed and soon enough, the 3 vehicles were on their way,

Jenny then blasted the nearby cluster drones, the cluster super robot fired its flamethrower on the nearby streets of the city, Jenny's face turned to worry as she knocks aside one drone that was blasting her, she then flew near the flames then activated her water arm after connecting to a nearby fire hydrant, spraying water as the flames were put out,

meanwhile, tanker arrived at the nearby sidewalk and Tyler quickly made a break for the tanker got on board and then headed for the city

As Jenny continued to put out the flames, the cluster super robot turned It's attention to her, "ah, XJ9," it spoke "just as Queen Vexus said you would be here,"

"Well, she said right!" Shouted Jenny as back missile pods emerged from her back and fired upon the cluster super robot in which it retaliated by firing his flamethrower arm, which Jenny quickly reacted by using her water hose arm, still connected to the fire hydrant below,

then at a road behind the cluster super robot, tanker, speeder and scout jet arrived to help Jenny, "Jenny! Hang on!" Cried Tyler as then pulled a lever "CHANGE! FIREBIRD!" The three vehicles then formed firebird and he ran towards the cluster super robot throwing a punch, knocking him aside,

"Thanks, firebird!" cried jenny as she then quickly disconnected from the fire hydrant but not before filling a water tank within her water hose arm,

"no problem jenny," said firebird giving jenny a thumbs up then turned his head, seeing more cluster drones coming out of a portal nearby "watch out! more cluster drones!"

"I'll handle them!" said Jenny as she the enlarged her now free hand and made it a spiked fist and flew towards the drones "you handle the big guy!"

"you got it!" replied firebird as he then turned towards the cluster super robot as he then stood up,

"the accursed firebird," the steel behemoth spoke "my queen had told us we'd be seeing you,"

"indeed you guys would," said firebird, "now leave this city alone!"

"I don't think so," said the cluster super robot "not until our queen gets what she wants, your destruction," he then raised his arm-mounted blaster and started rapid firing

"gah!" cried firebird as he barely dodged but took hits anyways, he then activated his missile pods "GATTLING MISSILE!" the missile began shooting out at the cluster super robot, dealing medium damage to it,

the cluster super robot was sent backward a few feet and then raised his right flamethrower arm and started to shot out flames inside firebird, Tyler tried to press a button that would allow him to summon his shield, but the hatch wouldn't slide open, "what the!?" he tried again, but to no avail "why can't I get my shield?" but there was no time for that, firebird then tried to block the firey blast by crossing his arms together,

as jenny punched the various cluster drones and turned around to see firebird trying to block the flame blast "firebird!" she cried as she quickly used the remaining water within her water arm, and sprayed the water onto the flames shooting at firebird, putting them out and flew towards firebird while also wondering why he didn't summon his shield...

firebird breathed out a sigh of relief as he looked at Jenny who flew aside him "thanks Jenny," he said, thankful for the assistance

"no problem firebird," replied Jenny, "but what's wrong? Shouldn't you be able to bring out your shield?"

"I tried..." answered firebird, "but something's wrong," but there was no time to explain more, as the cluster super robot then got back up on his feet,

but just before he could attack, Jenny brought up her blasters and began firing at him, firebird then took this chance to raised his arms to try to fire his rocket punches, but when the arms turned, a rough scratching sound of turning metal could be heard,

"what the?! I can't use my rocket punches either!" Cried Tyler as the hud on his display read WARNING UNABLE TO FIRE the hud also indicated he couldn't use his sword either realizing his weapons and firepower are limited, Tyler then decided to stick to the machine guns and began rapid-firing upon his opponent

the cluster super robot took medium damage from Jenny's blasters, but small damage from the machine guns in which the enemy giant robot charged, "firebird!" Cried Jenny the blue gladiator tried to throw a punch, but couldn't make it in time and got pushed back and then he took a kick from the cluster super robot as firebird was sent sprawling down onto the ground,

"GRAA!" Grunted Tyler as he tried to gather his bearings when the cluster super robot slammed his foot onto firebird's chest,

"what's wrong?" The cluster enforcer taunted "where is the power of the firebird?!" He then Aimed his flamethrower arm at firebird flames engulfing the front barrel

as firebird struggled to get up, a giant spiked ball was flung at the cluster super robot, hitting it in the chest, knocking him back, taking this chance, firebird used what little energy he had left to fire his chest laser, blasting the cluster super robot back even further away, the blue gladiator then struggled to get up when Jenny used enlarged mechanical hands to support him,

"It looks like you need to get looked at when this is over," replied Jenny, worried about firebird, knowing that her friend is not this frail

"Couldn't agree more jenny," agreed firebird "but for right now, let's take him down together!"

He then got back into his fighter stance

"argh! I've had enough of this!" Growled the cluster super robot, he then used his rapid-fire blaster again,

firebird countered by barley taking a step right to avoid the blast and fired his machine guns, but this time, Jenny brought out her laser blasters and fried alongside firebird,

their combined blasts not only dealt much damage to the cluster super robot but also destroyed his arm-mounted blaster, and then charged forward to melee range,

firebird and his opponent's metal fists clashed with each other, then after back away from each other jenny flew in and dealt a 5 hit combo with spiked metal fists ending with an uppercut,

the cluster super robot staggered, then firebird rushed in again, barley being able to throw a few punches at him, the enemy enforcer tried to throw his punch but Jenny caught it with a rocket punch of her own, while the other one shot across the cluster super robot's face,

he was sent reeling back, then the cluster super robot raised his flamethrower arm again, "BURN! ALL OF YOU!" He roared angrily Jenny then transformed both of her arms into ice blasters, she fired her right arm at the fiery blast while her left ice blaster froze the ground beneath her opponent's feet, immobilizing him

Tyler looked over the weapon systems diagnostics and found he had only one more shot with the Raijin beam, as the routing systems for the weapons were beginning to short out, he has to end this soon, or else...

"I've only got one shot left..." shuddered Tyler "We've got to make this one count, Jenny! Let's make this last shot together!"

"You've got it firebird!" Cried Jenny as her ice blaster overwhelmed the flamethrowers blast and froze the whole arm gun itself, then she destroyed the arm with a flying drill kick

"let's finish this!" Shouted firebird charging up his Raijin beam, Jenny then switched her ice blasters into double flame throwers the cluster super robot struggled to retaliate but before he could, firebird fired his Raijin beam and blasted at the cluster super robot, Jenny also fired her double flamethrowers as blue flames shot out of them and began melting the metal around the metallic menace their combined blast then overwhelmed him, and the blue gladiator and Jenny's opponent exploded into millions of pieces,

firebird then fell to one knee as some steam started to hiss out from every corner of his metal frame, Tyler huffed inside the cockpit "we...we did it..." he sighed in relief,

jenny reverted her arms to normal and turned to see firebird seemingly overheating and looked worried for she knew underneath the gigantic metal shell, was one of her close friends "do you need help?" She asked "you don't look so good"

"I...I think so," firebird replied slowly but surely raising an open hand for Jenny to grab onto, in which with an enlarged metallic hand she slowly helped him up

"let's go home firebird," said Jenny worried about her friend

"thank you, Jenny," said Tyler as firebird turned his head to his friend and they were slowly walking away

jenny returned the compliment with a nod and a soft smile as they both slowly but surely exited the city...

Location cluster prime vexus' palace

meanwhile on cluster prime at the top of her palace, in the observation deck, Vexus and her minions had watched everything from the view screen

"forgive us, my queen," pleaded one of the drones who bowed their head "we have failed yet again..."

"Yes, you have," snarled Vexus but then looked thoughtful "but, something seemed different with firebird while our enforcer fought with him,"

"is that so my queen?" Asked a drone

vexus nodded "rewind the footage from earlier," she ordered

the cluster drones wasted no time in rewinding the footage to where firebird appeared like his fighting reactions got slower than normal, and even a shot of firebird seemingly overheating, it looked like he was starting to mechanically breakdown, vexus smiled in grim delight

"it appears our firebird friend is starting to break down, my minions," said Vexus in delight

"it would appear so my queen," answered a cluster drone "his mechanics appear to be rusting up on the inside, and his weaponry seems to be hindered,"

"exactly my loyal servants!" Replied Vexus with a sinister grin "this could be the chance we've been waiting for! Order the rest of the troops to gather up an even larger battalion! And prepare the mega cluster drones as well!"

"at once my queen!" Kneeled a drone as he rushed off to spread the word

"when our next battalion is ready to launch, tell them that their primary target is firebird!" Cried Vexus "attack and ware him down until he breaks down completely! And then, when the right moment comes, XJ9 and earth will be ours at last!"

"and what of your theories about the one who controls firebird, my queen?" Asked another drone

"in due time my minion, now hurry along with preparations for our next attack!" said Vexus as she walked to sit upon her throne "with firebird out of the way, XJ9 will be as good as ours again, and earth and humanity will be terminated!" She then roared a burst of wicked laughter as she saw yet another golden opportunity to destroy her enemies once and for all...

location earth, Wakeman residence

time 4:30 pm

Back on earth, firebird was barely taken back to the underground hangar of the Wakeman residence, there dr Wakeman would explain the dire situation of firebird's condition, while Tyler and Jenny were seated near the computer room

"I'm afraid firebird's inner mechanics are rusting up and many of his systems are short-circuiting," sighed dr Wakeman sadly as she lowered her head "it appears all those 20 years of being sealed away are catching up to him..."

"That explains why I wasn't able to fight as well as I had last time," said Tyler with an uneasy look

"Mom, isn't there something we can do?" Pleaded Jenny,

"I'm afraid all we can do is figure out how to get the resources necessary for his renovation," replied dr Wakeman "until then, he will be unable to fight completely,"

"but dr Wakeman" Tyler spoke up "won't Vexus take advantage of this? And send her troops nonetheless?"

"yes, that is also a problem as well," said dr Wakeman "but I fear it won't be XJ9 she's targeting, it will be firebird, or in other words, you young man,"

Tyler narrowed his eyes realizing dr Wakeman was right, from here things were going to get more serious, "does this mean I'll have to train more seriously?" He asked, fearing the worst

dr Wakeman nodded "yes, but thankfully we'll have the weekend to practice young man," she said "be sure to come over first thing tomorrow morning Tyler, we have much to do, that goes for you XJ9"

Jenny barely resisted the urge to complain, normally she'd argue about training sessions with her mother, but with firebird breaking down, she realized this was no time for family disputes and simply nodded

"but dr Wakeman?" Asked Tyler again, "where can we get the resources or even the manpower to renovate a giant robot?"

"the only place to find those," dr Wakeman explained "would be skyway patrol central, where I used to work,"

"You may be right dr Wakeman" groaned Tyler "but do you think they'll let us in?"

"...I had hoped they would," dr Wakeman sighed "but if they found out that our creation was piloted by a teenager? I shudder to think what they might do..."

"Then again, these guys don't seem too fond of me," groaned Jenny in annoyance, she wasn't wrong, however, skyway patrol was often harassing Jenny for "unauthorized" aviation, even though she was saving lives

"Well, I don't think they have a choice in the matter," replied Tyler "it's either we all work together, or the earth is doomed,"

"Let us hope you are right young man..." sighed dr Wakeman sadly as she went over to her desk trying to figure out what else to do to restore firebird before Vexus makes her next move...

time 6:00 pm

Meanwhile, inside an office building somewhere high in the sky... a suited man with grey hair looking like he was the highest-ranked man in the building sat on his desk and waited for a report when the office phone on the side of his desk rang,

"Supreme commander Hawkins, your informant is here to see you," the speaker spoke,

the supreme commander pressed the button on his office phone "send him in," the phone then disconnected as his front door suddenly opened later

"Informant Gerald reporting for duty sir!" The skyway patrol informant saluted

"Easy now, take a seat," Said Hawkins promoting Gerald to take his seat in which he did "now, there is something you want to talk to me about?"

"yeah, this just came in from the newspapers today at Tremonton,"

said Gerald as he then handed Hawkins the newspaper the read,

FIREBIRD AND XJ9 SAVE OUR TOWN FROM CERTAIN DOOM

FIREBIRD SEEMINGLY SLOWER THAN LAST TIME, WILL HE STILL GO ON?

Hawkins nearly scrunched up the newspaper in his hand in anger upon hearing the news "this, is the second, time..." he snarled

EARLIER...

After the battle with the first cluster super robot skyway patrol saw the news and saw with wide eyes, firebird the experimental giant robot they created alongside dr Wakeman, Hawkins was angry she did this behind their backs violating the confiscation Hawkins made with the firebird project years prior once firebird was functional and the energy issue was fixed, he would select one of his skyway patrol officers to pilot firebird and use him to fight against many interstellar threats, and dr Wakeman did this behind their backs, but Hawkins calmed down and decided to give her a chance to shut firebird down,

PRESENT

"She's done it again..." growled Hawkins slamming down the newspaper

"yes sir," calmly nodded Gerald, almost unfazed by the supreme commander's anger, even though there were rare moments of rage

"we, cannot allow this to go on," said Hawkins seemingly calmed down "thank you for your report Gerald,"

"of course sir," replied Gerald

"now then, finish everyone's daily business with our paperwork, tonight" ordered Hawkins "tell the first lieutenant to gather his men, tomorrow, we're going to visit an old friend,"

"I shall inform him right away sir," nodded Gerald

"very good, you are dismissed," said Hawkins, Gerald then left the office calmly and Hawkins then was deep in his thoughts about firebird, and the upcoming day tomorrow

"you will know there are consequences for going against our confiscation, Nora..."

to be continued...