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The Adventures of Superbot, continued |
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around when he noticed three missing spikes at the top of the fence. Upon closer inspection, he also found a rope ladder hanging on the other side of the wall. He thought, “Hmmm, the abductor sawed off the spikes and used the ladder to climb in and out. When he reached the top of the fence, he put the ladder down on the other side. But, the cameras. Why wasn’t he on the cameras?” Fred rushed back to the house. He quickly gave the other officers some instructions and found John, who happened to be standing near Clancy’s charging station. “Sir, there’s no time for an explanation. I believe your daughter was taken over the wall. Let’s have another look at those security |
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tapes.”
While John and Fred rushed to the security control room, Clancy let out a short gasp. “Oh ,no!” he thought. “The worst is true! I have no choice but to become Superbot and save Janey!” Clancy went through the procedure he did before until his 3D hologram showed up.
“Hello, Clancy”, he said. “I’m glad you changed your mind.” “Look,” |
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Clancy said in a gruff voice “I don’t have time to argue. I’ll become Superbot on one condition. You will help me have a life with the Frank’s too. If you don’t, I’ll trip the balance sensor permanently because I have no reason to live.” “You wouldn’t!” the hologram said, his voice trembling. “Oh, yes I will!” replied Clancy with a crazed look on his face.
The hologram knew he had no choice. He would have to help Clancy stay with the Franks while also fulfilling his Superbot duties. He knew this will not be easy since |
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then I’ll make a few changes. The hologram said, “Okay, fine. I, Clancy promise to obey Queen Charise to the benefit of Robotica.”
Clancy thought for a moment and said, “I Clancy promise to obey Queen Charise within reason to the benefit of Robotica and the Frank family.” As soon as Clancy finished stating the oath he started to change. He became thinner and had a more human-like shape. His metal frame grew skin and hair! His eyes turned blue. He grew clothes, including a bright red cape and a green tie!
When the transformation was complete, he looked himself over and said, “Not bad. Guess I shouldn’t have waited so long. Ok, Hologram, what now?” The hologram said, “Now you need to learn how to use your powers. Experiment, and if you have any trouble, just call on me. By the way, you can call me Ycnalc for short. That’s Clancy spelled backwards.” the hologram said. Superbot replied, “Sorry, that’s too hard for me to say. I’ll call you C-thru. So you think I can learn the powers on my own. This will be interesting.” With that, C-thru disappeared.
Superbot tried out his new legs. One step, two steps, THUD. He thought, “I guess I’ll have to be patient. I have to re-learn everything.” Fortunately, no one heard him fall. Superbot carefully made his way over to the security control room and quietly listened to the conversation John and Fred were having.
While John was explaining why the cameras didn’t show the intruder, Superbot looked intently at the monitor. All of a sudden, he had a vision. He envisioned exactly what happened. He saw the intruder climb up the rope ladder, lift it and climb down the other side. The intruder was a strong, tall man with an athletic build and blond wavy hair. He walked up behind Janey who was playing on the swing set and put a cloth over her face. She fell asleep. Then he tied her hands and hooked them over his shoulders. He climbed up the ladder, pulled it up and let it down on the other side and then climbed down.
Just then, John and Fred headed toward the door. Superbot shook his head to snap out of the vision and immediately began to sweat in fear of being discovered. The sweat was not human sweat. In reality it was a special substance that made him invisible. Superbot didn’t know this at first. He stood with his back against the wall, frozen in fear and in plain view of John and Fred. When he realized John and Fred didn’t see him, he knew he had become invisible. John and Fred were standing right in front of him when Jill arrived. The three of them walked off and Superbot breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully walked toward the front door wobbling all the way. (He was still getting used to his new legs.) He walked along the fence and found the place where Janey was taken. He stared up at the missing spikes and snapped into another vision…
Will Superbot see what happened to Janey? Can he save her before the kidnapper hurts her? Will he learn how to use his new powers to their fullest? Can he keep his transformation a secret from the Franks? Read the Adventures of Superbot in the next issue of the Paradise Robotics newsletter. |
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Queen Charise is quite demanding. “Clancy” he said “You have left me no choice. I will do this for you even though my instructions are quite clear. I want you to know this could lead to my demise. Queen Charise could remove me from you permanently.” Clancy said, “Let’s worry about that when the time comes. Now get on with it. I’ve got a child to save!”
The hologram said “Becoming Superbot is easy. You just need to take the Superbot oath. Repeat after me: I, Clancy…” “Oh, no. You can’t trick me that that easily. Say the whole oath and |
