\u201cYou have meddled in affairs that don\u2019t concern you, mortal,\u201d the robot maid said to Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese affairs DO concern me, tin can! They\u2019re getting in the way of real peace!\u201d Emily tried to wiggle out of the robot\u2019s grasp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere IS real peace. You are a disruption and will be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no peace! Lurazzi! You know this is just tyrannical quiet! You can\u2019t turn a blind eye! Your people were praised for being peaceful because you changed your social status on a whim! The Adrexians were prospering because a Queen could be a farmer or a maid or a street sweeper and no one would bat an eye! I\u2019m begging you! Listen to me!\u201d Lurazzi considered what was said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026X5272, let her go!\u201d The robot stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Your Majesty?\u201d asked the robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour new orders are to help me propagate this information to the entire station,\u201d ordered Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot necessary. You may give me that data-disc,\u201d urged the robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You know what, I should do it myself.\u201d Lurazzi headed to the door. \u201cSomebody\u2019s gotta fix Auriella\u2019s mess!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour Majesty!\u201d The robot then got between Lurazzi and the door. \u201cMa\u2019am, I insist you give me the data-disc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cX5272, get out of my way!\u201d commanded Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe cannot go home,\u201d said X5272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean \u2018can\u2019t go home\u2019?! Why not?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat is classified information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s classified?! You don\u2019t keep secrets from the Queen!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are the stand-in Queen,\u201d reminded X5272. \u201cGive me the data-disc.\u201d The robot reached for the data-disc, but Lurazzi kept it out of reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTell me what\u2019s classified! Is it what Verdutha found?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe disc!\u201d Lurazzi then pointed a magnet at X5272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTell me what\u2019s classified or I shove this magnet into your brain!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour Majesty!\u201d protested Emily. X5272 and Lurazzi stared each other down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Very good, Your Majesty.\u201d X5272 headed to a window and keyed in a command on the terminal nearby. The window became a holographic display of Auriella with an arm around Katie while she rested her head on Auriella\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd the light\u2019s on! We\u2019re good!\u201d said Auriella. \u201cHello, Nanny! I\u2019m sure you remember what\u2019s going on. Well, this is kind of my confession. I have constructed an ecological disaster so the Adrexians will have to move. It should be millions of years before it\u2019s over. Until then, the Adrexians need to be off planet as life is unsustainable on Adrexia Prime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnsustainable?\u201d asked Lurazzi as she remembered some reports about plant life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know, sad and against what Peace taught us, but we can\u2019t tell who\u2019s doing what job anymore,\u201d continued Auriella. \u201cSo, rather than go to all-out war against Peace, it\u2019s easier to just contain her and her followers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEasier?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNanny, I\u2019m implementing Directive V-117,\u201d commanded Auriella. \u201cGo to full autopilot, take control of everything, and do not let the Adrexians return to Adrexia Prime. Repeat; do not return to Adrexia Prime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s enough, sweetheart,\u201d purred Katie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight you are, love.\u201d Auriella kissed Katie as she turned off the camera. Lurazzi was dumbfounded at what she just learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow, the data-disc,\u201d said X5272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo!\u201d said Lurazzi. \u201cNo, wait a minute! Dame Emily, does the data-disc actually have an ecological report?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt does,\u201d replied Emily. \u201cLast I saw, there was plant-life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd X5272, when was Nanny given that message?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe message was received in the year of the Blooming Star,\u201d replied X5272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTHAT\u2019S 800,000 YEARS AGO!\u201d shrieked Lurazzi. \u201cX5272, it\u2019s been long enough! We gotta go back!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur orders are not to return to Adrexia Prime,\u201d said X5272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut life IS sustainable! The plants\u2019 existence down there is living proof that Auriella failed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIrrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?! IT\u2019S COMPLETELY RELEVANT!\u201d Lurazzi pointed at the planet out the window. \u201cDown there is our home! HOME, X5272! And it needs us! I can\u2019t just sit on the throne and do nothing! That\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever done! That\u2019s all anyone on this damned station has ever done! NOTHING!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are surviving,\u201d said X5272. \u201cThis station means survival.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo these women LOOK like Cybermen to you?!\u201d snapped Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSilence, interference!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBelay that!\u201d snarled Lurazzi. \u201cDame Emily, keep talking, because you\u2019re right! I don\u2019t want to just survive! I want to live!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSurvival and living are the same thing,\u201d insisted X5272.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLiving isn\u2019t just blood-flow and heartbeats and brain activity!\u201d Lurazzi went on. \u201cIt\u2019s exploring and playing and doing new things!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have directives to follow.\u201d Lurazzi howled in frustration. She then looked out the window and clenched her fist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAuriella is no Queen! I am!\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re going home TODAY!\u201d Just then, there were multiple clanging sounds. Lurazzi, Emily, and X5272 looked outside the throne room to see robots falling over. Emily smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOutdated hunks of junk that can\u2019t handle paradoxes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat should make the job easier!\u201d said Lurazzi. \u201cI\u2019ll take care of my people! You and your team get the shuttles ready!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill do!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSTAY WHERE YOU ARE!\u201d shouted a voice. Lurazzi and Emily turned to see X5272 still standing and tearing its maid dress off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026How are you-?!\u201d gulped Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat robot wasn\u2019t built here,\u201d guessed Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCorrect,\u201d replied X5272. \u201cBut my mission remains the same! To prove to everyone that Auriella has it right! That there NEEDS to be a rigid hierarchy! I would have been the first robot of the Realms to prove it, but now-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Realms?\u201d interrupted Emily. \u201cAs in\u2026Arsha\u2019s home?\u201d Emily then realized who this robot was! \u201cJANSHA?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the flesh, in a manner of speaking,\u201d replied X5272-Jansha Borg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know this robot?\u201d asked Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour Majesty, get your people to the shuttles and get them home!\u201d directed Emily. \u201cI\u2019ll take care of this out-of-date scrapheap!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t lump me with those things running the station!\u201d snarled Jansha. As Jansha charged, Emily fastened her Vortex Driver and inserted her id tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHenshin!\u201d she called. She spun the wheel and became Kamen Rider Touch\u00e9, drawing her blade and swinging it at Jansha while Lurazzi dashed out of the throne room to tell everyone the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verdutha and her team dashed through the station and were trying to make their way past confused Adrexians. Lurazzi then ran into them. \u201c\u2026Stand-in Queen Lurazzi?\u201d asked Verdutha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I am QUEEN,\u201d replied Lurazzi. \u201cNothing more, nothing less!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLurazzi, what makes you say that?\u201d asked an Adrexian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAdrexians, we\u2019ve been duped!\u201d called Lurazzi. \u201cI have here, in my hand, proof that Auriella tricked us all into staying here on the station! The rebels have been trying to clear a path for us and we were too comfortable to listen to them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen\u2026there IS no ecological damage?\u201d asked another Adrexian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNone whatsoever!\u201d replied Lurazzi. \u201cRelease the rebels and let them get down there first!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cYou have meddled in affairs that don\u2019t concern you, mortal,\u201d the robot maid said to Emily. \u201cThese affairs DO concern me, tin can! They\u2019re getting in the way of real peace!\u201d Emily tried to wiggle out of the robot\u2019s grasp. \u201cThere IS real peace. You are a disruption and will be removed.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s no peace! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[754,880],"tags":[482,9,146,337],"class_list":["post-6587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journey-through-wonder","category-story-journey-through-wonder","tag-fantasy","tag-kamen-rider","tag-sonic","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6589,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6587\/revisions\/6589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}