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ROBOTIC OBLIVION

ROBOTIC OBLIVION

An elegant women clad in white twill tapped her high heels going up the cinder blocks of the flowerbed that lead to the Belts' door. She was tall enough and there was no need to show up in high heels but somehow, she wanted to crash people with some sort of importance. She was important. The provocative woman was in her thirties already and had been working for the town hall for almost a decade now. Despite of this, she fell vanished under the public eye if she wasn't around the mayor.

A doorbell rang.

The woman showed indifference in her face.

Someone got it. It was Mr Mitchell. He had some leggings on and a filthy apron only.

"Hello?" He said, trying to sound catchy but he was just pitchy.

"I came to talk to Georgina Belt," the woman announced. She looked taller than the man and her vibes belonged to a Jessica Rabbit.

"Oh really?" Mr Mitchell took off his apron and started flexing. Gina came and kicked him in the ankle.

"Ms Assistant," she smiled like a righteous girl, "what can I do for you? Come in."

When the woman sat on the couch that was in the middle of the living room, Hunter saw her cross her legs and grab a folder with some papers. Gina sat on an armchair waiting for hearing reason of the visit.

"The town hall has been trying to reach you, Ms Belt but we haven't gotten an answer..."

Gina remembered that odd text message she got from an unknown number some weeks ago.

"I've been busy, you know, school and stuff."

The girl answered like it was normal to have been requested by the town hall.

"Well," Ms Assistant said in a seductive voice, "the mayor needs to see all of you. He wants to talk to you as soon as possible."

"All of us?" Gina asked. Hunter was hearing everything from under the dinning table and Mr Mitchell was trying to get the woman's attention desperately with some body flexing in the background.

"Yes, along Paris Healtown and Zach Mole. I'm positive we can have the three of you in the town hall by tomorrow at 2 pm."

Gina gulped. She didn't have an idea of what was gonna happen. "I've got classes," she rushed to say.

"That's not a problem," the woman answered, "we can get you out with a permission. Well, see you there."

The woman sat up and walked out provocatively. Gina ran to show her the way. When the door was closed, the black-haired girl called Zach Mole and he said he was also invited to the town hall.

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The three Healtown sisters were walking up the broad marble steps of the town hall. The building was an enormous courthouse and also worked as an administrative chamber where entrepeneurs could hold their meetings. Matilda Healtown was dressed in black – she always wore a bandana with red horns – and led the gait. With fastness, following was Sonrisa, Petra Bankoku's niece and Matilda's personal assistant. The crew was completed with Natasha, the cute sister, Paris and some bodyguards. As Matilda hated Zach and he feared of her tremendously, the moloid preferred getting there on his megaboard. Gina was coming down the sky in her rocketboots.

"Did the Umiokas confirmed they're here?" Matilda asked to Sonrisa.

"Yes, ma'am," the tremulous girl answered. She was a copy of Petra. "Also, the Hayashia are here too. The new CEO arrived at..."

"I don't care about them," Matilda grumbled. "They're not competition."

Paris stopped in the middle of the steps observing Gina Belt starting to ascend.

"What're you doing, Paris?" Matilda asked. She also had stopped when noticed that Paris had. All the gang did too. "The meeting will start now."

Paris waited for Gina Belt to pass along her to respond.

"Oh, I'm not attending your boring business meeting," she said. "Uncle appointed me at his office today."

"What? Why does he want you to be here?"

"I don't know, bye."

Matilda got furious. She saw how her little sister went inside the foyer and started talking to that insipid common girl with the pink skirt. She had no time to scold her though.

Gina and Paris were dishing out about each other all the way to the town hall office. They were guided by the buff security chief and only shut up when they saw the mayor in his seat. Zach Mole was already sitting in front.

"Hi uncle!" Paris greeted with confidence.

"Oh, hello, primrose," the old man responded.

"Mr Mayor," Ms Assistant said by her side, "you shouldn't allow your niece to be familiar with you in this context."

"Oh, that's true! I'm sorry, Paris, you have to call me, Mr Mayor now on."

Both Gina and Paris took a seat in front of him. The three wooden chairs were elegant and the whole office had a smell of painted wood. The light wasn't bright and the bookshelves around secluded the place from the modernism of the new millennium. Ms Assistant was by the side of the mayor and this one looked tiny in his own seat. An opulent dark table separated the two groups.

"Why are we here? Ms Assistant?" The mayor tried to whisper at her. She whispered back unintelligibly. "Oh yeah, yeah... We're waiting for Officer Elli."

Gina, Zach and Paris turned around. Gina thought she was gonna get imprisoned for playing cops and thieves by herself instead of fearing they might've found out something about the teddysprouts.

Officer Elli came in and said nothing.

"Officer Elli has told me all of the events you three have been participating in. It's unbelievable."

The droll voice of the mayor implied even more fear. What was he going to go against the three youngsters? Gina had the feeling the policewoman had always hated her.

"Isn't it right, Officer?" The mayor tilted his bald head to see the policewoman's reaction.

"Indeed, Mr Mayor. These three kids have been messing around with dangerous criminals. It's inconceivable that ..."

"That's bold!"

The three changers and the policewoman got shocked. Did he enjoy it?

"I'm totally blown away by the boldness of these kids! That's why you'll be decorated as town heroes! Oh, o remembered it now, Ms Assistant."

"What?" Both the trio and the officer exclaimed.

"You're saying you're gonna give us a prize?" Zach managed to steal the first singular reaction.

"You're right, boy. I'm thrilled by your actions."

"But, Mr Mayor," officer Elli interrupted, "these kids have even attempted against private property..."

"Oh, but thanks to them we've captured all of those nasty criminals, am I right, Mrs Assistant?"

"Yes, Mr Mayor," the seductive woman said. Her voice was calming but Gina could notice she was not happy with the decision of her boss just as officer Elli.

"Then, they need to be awarded!"

The mayor's joy was genuine. His moustache incremented the tangibility of his enjoyment. He indeed believed that Gina, Zach and Paris were heroes. Gina was amused.

"Indeed," she finally could let some of her usual confidence go out, "without us, the police would've lost Cleopatra's electropliers and that old murderer woman."

"With my guidance," Paris jumped to add, "we've come out victorious. It's a team job."

"Shut up, Paris Healtown, you're not the leader of anything."

"Of course I am, Zach can tell."

Gina wanted to strangle Paris but Zach was in the middle of them and obviously, she was not going to risk her sanity in front of a police officer and the very mayor. Instead, she was just throwing low-tier insults to the blonde while this one pretended she was more polite.

A press conference would be set for coming days where the mayor will announced their decorations as town heroes. Gina's eyes shot stars. Certainly the three youngsters we'ree glad in their own perspectives but Gina was incredibly happy, like she needed it. Paris talked too much about her guidance and leadership that everybody in the office bought she was the actual creator of the initiative and the mayor just called them 'the Superdetectives.'

"The Superdetectives?" Gina was not too pleased this time. It was a dull name.

The mayor nodded drolly.

Suddenly, an explosion interrupted the meeting. Some bodyguards and the chief, Yanta Umae, broke in the office to provide protection for the mayor and his assistant. They said there was someone in the building that somehow caused an explosion in the board rooms of the commerce hall. Gina sat up and commanded the 'Superdetectives' to investigate but the actual police officer there stopped her before trying to leave for the door.

"You're not going anywhere, Gina Belt, I'll cops some backup and we'll take over the ..."

"Move, officer Elli. You are the one hardening the way. But we can work together, if you wish to," Gina used a sarcastic tone. "Paris, Zach, move."

The three of them left the room running. They split their ways in the vast hall. Looking for the way of the explosion, Gina advised Zach to go left and Paris right. Gina herself would go upstairs just in case the perpetrator would escape through the roof, knowingly the police officers outside would stop anyone suspicious running down the entrance steps.

Gina ate the staircase and soon was on the roof, she didn't notice anyone or any infliction of damage over there. She approached the border of the building and observed downwards the commotion: the police cars, the stirred businesspeople wrapped by their security suited men, the poor secretaries coughing and when she turned around, she saw a figure behind her. It was very fast, but the hands of that figure shoved her and Gina tripped over. The black-haired girl was falling in seconds to the floor of the town hall. All she could catch was the smile of the person who tried to murder her.

The clash that resulted when Gina's body touched the concrete floor of the entrance ended up closing any kind of events in the town hall and a total evacuation. The ambulance picked her up and everything was silenced.

Paris and Zach were mumbling in the hospital hallway about what just happened. They were shocked – mostly Zach – and wondered if Gina Belt was ok. Zach knew that Gina was unconscious and the rumours said she had received damage in her head.

"Do you think someone pushed her?"

Paris rose an eyebrow. She was calling someone through her phone and the image of Petra Bankoku was shown after in the screen.

"She just fell, Zach, maybe to call everyone's attention."

"How could you say something like that? It makes no sense."

"Maybe it was too hard for her ..."

"Oh, shut up, Paris."

"Ms Paris?" Petra said.

"Yeah, Petruzhka, send Alfred to pick me up at the Hospital That Always Smells Like Tangerines, you know the one for poor."

"Are you ok, Ms Paris?" The maid started to sob and lament.

"Geez! Shut up, Petruzhka, you're so annoying. Just send Alfred, you meddler."

"Oh ...," the woman sniffed, "but Jim is not around, Ms Paris. He is supposed to be with all of you three. Ms Matilda called him an hour ago to pick you up in the town hall. Oh, Ms Paris your dog is acting all weird, I think it's sick or some..."

Paris hanged up.

"How come Matilda called him so early if the meeting wasn't over yet? It's like she new it'd end at some point..." Paris mumbled. "Zach, how long have we been here?"

"Thirty minutes, more or so. Good thing is the town hall is not far from here."

While Paris reordered thoughts in her mind – which didn't happen quite often – the mayor and Ms Assistant came over with two bodyguards.

"How's Gina Belt?" The mayor asked. His face showed concern.

"We don't know anything yet. Her dad and mom are inside the room but they haven't told us anything." Zach understood they weren't known well by Gina's mom and Mr Mitchell constantly forgot this name calling him the 'moloid boy.'

"I'm afraid the press conference would have to be put off, am I right, Ms Assistant?"

"Yes, Mr Mayor. With Georgina Belt in this state, we cannot introduce you to anyone."

"Wait a minute," Paris added. "We two can make the press conference and then you make one for Gina Belt, if she ever happens to survive."

Zach groaned.

"No, we can't. We're made of three. The mayor is right. We will wait for Gina to recover. That's all that matters now."

Nurse Kuroba, the chief of nurses, appeared with Gina's parents. This nurse had a she bear who walked in two feet and carried a metal cart with medical supplies. Her name was Oba.

"All of you are relatives to Georgina Belt? Oh Mr Mayor, I didn't know you too ... Oh is that the Healtown girl?"

"How's Gina, nurse Kuroba?"

The nurse stopped rambling. She let know Gina had a concussion in her head and she probably would experience some memory loss but until she wakes up, they wouldn't know how damaged she was. Gina's mom cried over Mitchell's shoulders and the rest was very alarmed. Hunter was over the hall looking at the situation; it managed to butt in the hospital and then broke in Gina's room. The dog jumped in the bed and observed its changer sleeping, she had bandages in her head.

Hunter was feeling bad too. If a changer is physically hurt for a long period of time, such as in a chronic disease, the teddysprouts malfunction. If Gina ended up having suffering from any illness after this, they would both be affected.

"I can't expose myself to have a deficient changer," Hunter was sitting on Gina's tummy considering what to do. It was also curious on knowing what had happened exactly. They all say she slid and fell down.

The teddy suddenly took Gina's rubin and rubbed it into his own. As Gina had the front part and Hunter was left with the bottom, they could fit into one like a small box. Hunter joined the rubin in one for a moment and a blue light emanated from Gina's body. It was the same light that covered her when Foxy and Feline were to grab her and it was the same light that saved her from collapsing to pieces when she stopped pedaling the tricycle the day Tobby showed up.

The girl opened her blue-violet eyes and she saw Hunter.

"What ... a cute puppy. Whose is it? Where am I?"

After Hunter had hidden under Gina's bed, Dr Kurotsuchi checked the patient and lunch service came. Both Gina's dad and mom had been invited in while the physician confirmed Gina had lost some of her recent memories. She remembered them though.

Dr Kurotsuchi also said they weren't able to indicate if Gina would retrieve these recent memories. The patient was licking on some vegan gelatine very indifferent to what the doctor was explaining in contrast to her parents' pity faces.

Hunter, who had been hearing, was cursing on the facts. How could an oblivious changer be worth it? Was it itself going to lose its mustered memories too? Its own fear of white robes transfixed it anyway.

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"I don't remember what happened," Gina said. "You all telling me I've fallen down the hall town, but what was I doing there?"

"Well, err," Gina's mom showed her ignorance, "I don't really know. You Mitchell?"

"I don't either. All I know is she left the house in the morning in her rocketboots," the father answered in his pitchy voice.

"Do I have rocketboots? Where's the little dog from before?"

Paris Healtown and Zach Mole broke into the room without permission.

"I'm sorry, only direct relatives to the patient," the doctor said.

"You shabby doctor," Paris complained, "won't tell me where I have to be or not!"

"Who are these?" Gina asked, eating gelatine.

"I told you she was going to be messed up," Paris said to Zach in a brusque way.

"Oh, we should've stayed outside."

"You too, Zach? I'm Paris Healtown, I could buy this whole hospital if I wanted to ..."

Zach and Paris started a mishmash of noises that tried to disguise themselves as whispers but Paris was miffed.

Gina stopped licking the small spoon with gelatin and suddenly changed her expression. She was furious!

"I remember it now!" She shouted. "Where are my gloves? Dad! Get my gloves now!"

Before Gina tried to sit up from her bed, the nurse and the doctor grabbed her still. She was totally overboard.

"It was you, Paris Healtown! You pushed me down the roof! You envious motherf...!

Nurse Kuroba had to apply a sedative to her.

"I remember ... her smile ...! It was her ...!"

"I didn't do that! How creepy!" Paris exclaimed.

Gina was put to sleep. Mitchell always wanted to work for the Healtown company and this restrained him from confronting Paris; however, Regina Belt was mad with the accusations of her daughter. Paris was recriminated and she just shut Regina's mouth with the promise of a lawyer sueing.

"If you keep repeating the same, I'll send you to jail, ma'am," Paris menaced. "I didn't do anything. I was not ever on the roof. Zach," she snapped, "let's go get a taxi. We're done here."

Paris was absolutely mad too. She wanted to show everybody she was right. She disliked Gina Belt but she was looking for the responsible of the explosion when she found about Gina's fall. Zach was too hazy to believe in anyone and just followed her friend as a minion.

The girl disguised herself as a Sherlock and forced Zach dress as a Watson. She showed up again in the town hall after getting out a taxi and her gait was cut by a security guard. The whole surrounding was tagged with police ribbons. The only guard told them they couldn't enter. All the building was closed until police investigation ended up.

"I'm detective Healtown and he is..."

"Omar Mole, a rich moloid in his forties."

"We're on our own investigation."

"Right," the guard noticed the scam right away. "Please move away."

Paris fished out a handful of money and once the man had counted, he just disappeared from anyone's sight.

"The power of money, hotkey! Let's get in, Zach."

Paris wanted to clear her name and Zach wanted to know if this was connected to the rubin hunting.

"The explosion came from the section where the board meetings are taken. If I'm right, the companies of technology were having a meeting today. Wasn't your company attending too?"

"Of course, Mati-evil and the chair court were going to meet the Umiokas and the Hayashis. I guess they will talk about numbers..."

The couple found the office room where the explosion took place. The door had been blown and the inside of the meeting room smell like fire.

"It looks like something was detonated here," Zach said once they were inside.

Zach crouched down and found a metal plate eaten by the explosion. It had some letters on it.

"Paris, take a look at this. It seems like a chip."

"It's a Hayashi chip," Paris explained.

Along the Healtowns, the Umiokas and Hayashis were other hard companies of modern technology.

"Do you think someone from the commerce board caused the explosion?"

"It would make sense," Paris confirmed. "Of you take into account there were technology leaders here and engineers and of course, the perpetrator could break in without someone noticing them."

Paris stopped talking and could see a female silhouette at the door. Zach craned his neck and saw it too. It was a Paris Healtown. Well, one that tried to look like her. This Paris aimed at them with an open palm and a fire flame appeared.

"What's that?" Zach asked, frightened.

But they both needed to evade if they wanted to survive. The fake Paris threw this fire flame and blew the long board table to ashes. Then, she just levitated and crashed through the large crystal window remaining, shattering it. Zach exclaimed.

"She's getting away!"

"Let's get her Zach! Maybe she was the one who pushed Gina Belt from the roof!"

Zach and Paris got out of the board room – they couldn't try to go through the now open wall where the shards of window crystal could cut them. Paris ran down the marvel steps while Zach flew to the sky on his old megaboard.

"Why didn't I bring my scooter?" Paris lamented.

"I saw her! I'm gonna ...! What? Aaarg!"

Paris saw Zach fall down. He plopped like a hail ball to the grassy area near the driveway of the town hall. She inspected him but wasn't surprised.

"I told you to get rid of that thing, Zach. One of these days, that megaboard will kill you."

"I didn't fall! He blasted at me!"

"Who?"

Two figures came down the sky. Some rockets gave fire off their shoes. It was the Paris from before and a Zach. They carried handkerchiefs tied on their heads and they were made of metal.

"They're robots, Zach!"

Paris finished helping Zach get on his feet while the perpetrator appeared. It was a blond woman in a red dress with a remote getting close to the scene. She commanded the robots with it.

The woman laughed. Describing her smile as huge would not be enough. The woman had some red lipstick and her smile was tremendously broad, like amused of the situation.

"Who are you?" Paris asked. She saw in the background a black SUV parked. She had been observing the couple from there.

"You've seen me a lot of times before, Paris Healtown but you think you and your family are the most important thing in this stupid city. I'll show you you're not anything but a despicable fly."

"I don't know you!"

"Why did you bring these robots? Why did they..." Zach was disgusted "look like us?"

"I'm Christina but I assume that doesn't move anything in Paris Healtown's roasted brain," she laughed, fumbling her remote. "With these little fellows, I'm gonna get rid of the Healtown company. They will not be the hugest company now, right?"

"She must work for the Umiokas, Zach! You just envious because we're rich and better than your knockoffs!" Paris yelled.

"You don't know anything," Christina laughed cynically. She pressed some buttons and RoboParis and RoboZach ascended. "No one is gonna believe in the Healtowns once they start spreading terrorism in New Heart Hill with their own robots."

"What do you mean?"

Paris looked up at the robots floating in the air. They were labeled 'Brand Healtown' on their clothes.

"Those mediocre posers of a robot weren't built by my company. There's no comparison!"

"Nobody will say that after some damage is made all around with a pair of robots that has the Healtown logo on them. This is the end of your empire."

Zach drew his claws but when he was about to attack Christina, RoboZach came down and drew his claws too. The robot's claws and Zach clashed and some ashes blew.

Zach was astounded. He receded.

"That thing moves like me, Paris."

The blonde was mute. This was the first time Zach noticed concernment in his friend's face. Christina moved away and walked to her SUV. She started the car and waving at them, she drove far to the falling night. Her two abominable robots followed her from the sky.

"Matilda must know about this!"

In the morning, Zach went to visit Gina on his own. She was feeling better but doctors advised her to rest some days interned. The moloid boy had narrated the fight from yesterday and that RoboParis would probably have been the one who pushed her.

Hunter was there. The poor dog hadn't separated from its changer since day 1 but hid anytime nurse Kuroba came in.

"Ad why this Christina would want to hurt me at all?" Gina asked. "She doesn't know me."

"I'm not sure of it. For example, the copy she had of me moved exactly as I moved and even had my claws." Zach was very reflexive, sort of disappointed of himself.

"Then do you think this criminal would attack the Healtowns somehow? She had Paris right in front, she could've taken the chance and you know ..." Gina imitated a blast with her hands.

"That's not funny at all!" The boy complained. "This is serious. We must stop that schizo!"

Hunter, who was strangely on the bed with Gina showed its nonchalance to the story.

"If it's not related to rubins, Gina won't mess in."

"Huh?" Zach exclaimed.

"As far as you're saying, that woman just claims revenge against the Healtown family. A matter of a personal affair. Let the police corps handle it, that's their job."

"But Hunter..." Gina started to complain.

"Quiet, lass. You're weak and sick. I can't take any risks. I think the boy and the girl can work it out without you. It doesn't concern us anyway."

Zach bit his lips and squeezed his fists. Somehow, Hunter was absolutely right but it didn't feel right at all. Paris opened the door with a slam, the teddy hid under the bed right away then it got out again when the blonde started talking.

"Matilda is in a business trip to Bahamas! Can you believe it? I couldn't tell her anything about that messed-up," she blurted. "Zach, we need to stop her! What is she going to do with my image?"

"Calm down, Paris Healtown," Gina appeased. "Did you already tell officer Elli?"

"What will you know, Gina Belt? Your family is an x in this country. That lunatic threatened my entire company with some serious crap! Those cops will do anything at all. They're so incompetent!"

Paris was indeed nervous and shaky. Gina agreed on something, the distrust in the efficiency of the police department.

"You just fussing Gina up!" Hunter said. "Leave and solve your mess on your own, move, move."

In the hall of the hospital, Paris was pacing back and forth. Zach was sitting on the blue chair smelling the tangerine air while he saw Oba, the nurse bear, carrying the medical cart all over the place. He then heard the news on the tv of the wall and got closer.

'A big fire has been spread from an hour in Downtown region near the computer parts hackstore,' the reporter confirmed. 'The fire department has been trying to put it out while the police evacuates the vendors and nextdoor shops. This event has been catalogued as an attack and the Healtown company itself may be involved. This attack could be related to yesterday's explosion at the town hall...'

Paris came to hear. "That's a lie! We don't have to do anything with that!" Paris took her phone and searched the news. She soon played a video where the robots had been spotted. Zach and she heard.

'A robot resembling a Healtown girl and another a moloid boy have been spotted in the scene where a second fire was ignited. Both robots are labeled 'Brand Healtown.' The city is wondering if this is part of a Healtown experiment that went wrong. So far, the town hall hasn't offered any declaration and despite our crew has trying to contact the Healtown company, they haven't answered back.'

Paris's teeth chattered then, she received a call. Her sister Natasha's face appeared. She seemed upset.

"Paris, where are you?"

"What happened? I'm busy! Aren't you hearing from the news?"

"Paris, a crazy woman showed up in the entrance of the company. She's threatening the staff with two robots. We already called the police but she doesn't want to negotiate..."

"Oh no! She won't! I'm gona stop that lunatic myself!"

"Paris don't make something crazy. Let the police handle it."

The girl hanged up.

"If Gina Belt is not going to help us, fine. We will cover this. Right, Zach?"

"Sure. I can't have that madwoman sully the image of all moloids with that ugly robot."

When both of them arrived at the industrial zone, half of the whole police department spanned over the grid of the Healtown company. Christina was at the entrance or the building. She managed to tie and gag the watchmen and the inner staff were hidden inside the building. She hadn't explained why she didn't want to get in.

The robots were there, RoboParis was aiming at the watchmen tied on the floor while RoboZach was flying over the perimeter. None of the police officers had tried to shoot and Christina hadn't announced what she wanted.

Paris came jogging along Zach. Officer Elli stopped her by grabbing her shoulders.

"She is a dangerous woman, Ms Healtown. Don't get any closer."

Paris let go. "I know what to do to save my company," she snapped. "Zach!"

The moloid boy drew his claws and suddenly gapped a hole in the muddy ground, like a screwdriver. The moloid made a tunnel as far as the other side of the grid where the tied watchmen were and opening an exit, he rekidnapped the men into, snatching them from the vigilance of RoboParis. The hostages were pushed through the tunnel and soon they were being held by the police.

Paris walked to the grid and fished out a cannonball from her handbag. She lit it up and threw it against the very grid. The burst made the police officers get away and Christina had to get herself into action.

The woman then just moved buttons in her remote and both of her robots faced Paris and Zach. RoboZach drew metal claws and a villainous smile on the face and RoboParis made a whip appear out of its right hand. They were imitating Zach and Paris styles.

Paris got her electropliers to the stage. It was buzzing in sparks. The girl, lacking of fears, made her dead set against her clone. They both were whipping and evading. The two Zachs were clashing claws again and again but after some minutes of the same results, it seemed tiredness had accosted them. Nonetheless, the two robots felt fresh as newborns.

"My robots don't know what exhaustion means," Christina laughed. "Thanks for coming, that way I'll get rid of some birds and then I could finally set fire to this factory with all of your original supplies inside. Ha ha ha ha."

"You're out of your mind. You will get nothing from this. You'll be arrested in no time!" Zach screamed.

The police officers had returned to their positions, they were just observing, guns in hands, waiting for the chief to command something. The grid was blown up and some tiny flames danced on the surfaces and on the dusty ground. The imposing crystal building from the background revealed how the curious secretaries and engineers peeked at the battle against their boss and the mad doctor. The dusty parking lot at the entrance drafted a perfect arena for the clash.

"I don't think so..."

The blond woman pressed a button and RoboZach shaped its body into a drill, dug in the earth copying the moloids ability to do so and reached Zach from behind once it came out of the soil.

Zach gasped and his copy assaulted with a scratch of its claws. Zach's goggles felt down on the floor, he had moved enough not to feel his skin torn open.

Paris blinked and her copy ascended the sky, then started to launch fire blasts at her. Uncontrollably, Christina commanded her creation to blast at everything. The police officer cars started to being shot which forced everyone to start fleeing, more explosions sounded and hurt a lot of people around while the woman with the remote laughed.

Zach and Paris ran and hid in the watch house.

"There's nothing we could do that they don't try to copy!" Zach said. He was all shaky and his breath cut itself by times. "We need to take the control of those freaking robots."

But it was not an easy task. If they tried to get close to Christina, any or them would show up to fight and the scene would repeat itself.

"Where are you, Paris Healtown? Don't you wanna save your sister? I got bored."

Paris wasn't thinking Natasha was actually in the building. She was about to get out the watch house when she heard the voice of Gina Belt.

"I'm surprised to see how good these robots look..."

Zach and Paris ran outside and through the constant waves of smoke from the explosions, Gina landed on her feet. She was ok, but the bandages on her head hadn't been removed.

"However, I wonder where RoboGina is."

The hero had appeared, hands on her hips, posing as if she was needed to close this battle.

"So," the girl said, looking up at the fake Paris, "was that one that pushed me down the roof?" Gina then stared at Christina.

The woman let go of her Joker smile for the first time, took a whole glimpse at the newcomer and then asked:

"Who are you?"

Gina fell down on the floor. She was disappointed!

"HOW DARE YOU? I'M GINA BELT!"

"That doesn't tell me anything. Well, bye, get over with her, RoboParis," the woman pressed a button and the levitating robot launched fire blasts at Gina.

The targeted girl cast Mode 1 from her gloves and the two forces put off when they crashed in the sky.

"Is that it?"

Christina got mad and by pressing another button, RoboZach moved forward to Gina with its long claws but the real Zach attacked. He repeled the onslaught with his own claws.

"I won't let you touch Gina!"

Another battle started. Gina also knew how to fly and confronted the metal Paris in the air very well while the real Zach and Paris were giving a hard time to RoboZach. Both of the robots were indeed untired but their attempts to hurt anyone were demeaning and thus, Christina's development was getting poor. She clicked her tongue and moved her fine fingers through her remote but seems like the trio were even better than her pair.

"Enough!" She yelled. Then, RoboParis descended and along RoboZach levitated close to her. "You'll be erased now."

A red button was pressed and following, the two robots started shining and detaching parts. She was joining them into a one single giant RoboFreak.

"We won't let that happen!" Gina announced while posing on the ground afresh. Paris and Zach also got close to her. "It's time for a new weapon I haven't tried yet."

Gina placed her right knee on the soil and grabbed from her left pocket in the orange belt a small cannon. She pressed a button and the cannon became a large bazooka. She put it in her left shoulders and asked the guys to stick things inside. Paris saw the tube that pointed out and stuck one of her cannonballs in, Zach stuck a fumer in too and both he and Paris held Gina's arms since she was going to fire.

The bazooka combined both of the weaponry they two just got in and closing an eye, the black-haired girl shot. The percussion of the bazooka agitated her and soon it was blasted, she dropped it down because of the heat.

The projectile it vomited became a furious dart against the forming shining robot. This impact was brutal. There was light all over and a fearful sound.

After everyone could open the eyes, they saw the parts of the robots throw all over and Christina, distraught on her knees, like in dementia. The facade or the crystal building had been cracked but no death toll – if you don't count the poor cars of the police.

Christina was arrested afterwards and everyone clapped at Gina, Zach and Paris. But the woman still had her remote with her, he could've pressed it and made all the chips remaining blow but a voice inside her mind had appeased her to do it. A voice she wasn't sure it was hers or someone else's.

Hunter saw the events from a near tree.

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Three days after that. The mayor made the press conference at the entrance of the renewed town hall.

"I decorate these valiant youngsters as the Superdetectives of New Heart Hill ..."

The press flashed photos and some routine clapping was heard. The trio was happy. Gina felt tickles, she saw a small amount of people in front, from where she saw her parents and Samantha. Hunter was also there but it wasn't smiling. Then she saw detective Hamaguri's face lit in something similar to rage and it united to officer Elli's. There were people there who weren't any happy for this dumb decision of making a group of teenagers coassociates of the police department. Gina felt judged and observed, the confetti and clapping didn't take her bad taste away.

A mysterious figure stalked from a tree.

"Unhappy mortals, they don't know what's coming" he said, then he cackled.

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