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The Adventures of Superbot, continued |
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Street. Be there at 3pm sharp.” Normally such information would be useless. But the kidnapper was not very smart. The note had an address printed on it: 305 Woodland Street. While staring at the note, Superbot snapped into another vision. He saw a building; the address was 305 Woodland Street. He thought, “This must be where they took Janey!”. He snapped out of his vision and dropped the note so Fred and John could find it. Then he thought, “Ok, I’ve got to figure out how to get there, fast!” He tried running and leaping into the air, but he crashed into a tree. He tried snapping his fingers, but just got some strange looks from a few squirrels. Then he remembered |
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what C-Thru said, “Contact me if you need help.” He spun his head around three times, turned upside down until he heard a pop, turned himself over and waited. C-Thru showed up within five seconds. “Need help?”, he said. “Uh, you could say that. Tell me how to get to 305 Woodland Street fast!” Superbot ordered, with a stern look on his face. C-Thru knew this was no time to make a joke, so he quickly said, “It’s simple. Close your eyes and envision you are there. You will be transported within ten seconds.” “Thanks! I’m on my way.”, Superbot said while closing his eyes. |
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Once he arrived at 305 Woodland street, the first thing Superbot did was look around. “Okay, I see the main entrance. Let’s see what’s around the back.” Superbot walked around the building, noticing a few windows along the way. He looked in each window as he walked, but did not see or hear anything unusual. He got to the back of the building and paused. Knowing that time was of the essence, he thought, “There has to be a quicker way to find Janey.” While pondering what to do, Superbot went into a trance. While in the trance, he heard a faint knocking sound. It sounded like someone was knocking on metal, like a metal barrel. Superbot snapped out of the trance and |
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right?” “Yes, I just want to go home.” she replied. Superbot closed his eyes and imagined the Frank’s home. When he arrived, Janey was not with him. “Oh no!”, he said as he quickly transported himself back. “Where did you go?” Janey said with a puzzled look on her face. “Uh, minor technical difficulty. Let’s try again.”, replied Superbot. This time Superbot envisioned himself and Janey arriving back at the Frank’s home. It worked! He and Janey arrived safely.
Janey said, “I’m home, I’m home! You saved me. What’s your name? How did you find me?” Superbot looked sheepishly at Janey, “My name is Superbot. How I found you is a long story.” Janey said, “Bot is short for robot. Are you a robot?” Superbot was not sure what to do. Should he tell Janey he used to be Clancy? She might be sad to know Clancy was gone. But he really wanted to be Clancy again. He needed to contact C-Thru to find out how to make that happen. Then he remembered the Superbot oath: “I Clancy promise to obey Queen Charise within reason to the benefit of Robotica and the Frank family” He realized he had the upper hand. Since losing Clancy would not benefit the Frank family, he knew he would be able to transform back at will. So he decided to tell Janey everything. When he finished, he said, “Janey, you have to promise not to tell anyone about this. It will be our secret.” Janey smiled and said, “Of course, Superbot. I’m good at keeping secrets.” Janey gave Superbot a big hug and ran off to find her mother.
Superbot immediately called up C-Thru. He thought, “I have got to find a better way to contact this guy besides spinning my head and flipping over.” When C-Thru appeared, he said “Okay C-Thru, we’ve got some work to do. First, tell me how to become Clancy again.” “What? You can’t be Clancy again! When you become Superbot there is no turning back, remember?” “Ahhh, but you forgot I didn’t take the standard Superbot oath. I modified the oath so I could turn back into Clancy. Losing Clancy would not benefit the Frank family. Therefore you must allow me to become Clancy again.”, Superbot explained with the right corner of his lip turned up. “Ok, you got me.” C-Thru said. “To become Clancy again, you just need to envision yourself as Clancy.” “Thanks!” Superbot said, “I should have known it would be so easy. I’m starting to see a trend. Envision and it happens…” He went on, “Ok, I need a better way to contact you.” C-Thru said, “Oh, that’s easy. When you are Superbot, you just envision me to be present and I’ll show up. When you are Clancy, you are out of luck. You’ll have to do the spinning/standing on head thing.” Superbot said, “Okay, I guess I’m stuck with that, then.” With that, he turned himself back into Clancy and rolled over to the charger base.
Meanwhile, Fred and John came back into the house. They found Janey with her mother and John asked, “What happened?”
Will Janey keep Superbot’s secret? Will Superbot appear again? Will he be asked to save Robotica? Read the Adventures of Superbot in the next issue of the Paradise Robotics newsletter. |
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thought, “What I need to do is transport myself to the source of the sound.” He closed his eyes and envisioned himself standing near the metal barrel that made the knocking sound. When he opened his eyes, he was there! He saw a metal 50 gallon drum with holes in the lid. He pried off the lid with superhuman strength and found Janey inside!
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeek”, she shrieked, “Who are you?” “No time for questions”, Superbot said, “Let me get you out of there.” Superbot said as he lifted Janey out of the barrel. “Are you all |
