Signing Off

Chapter 3

Elizabeth found that the most annoying way to be woken up was by an alarm clock. Their incessant beeping always caused her to wake up in a bad mood. That's why she decided to have X-13 to wake her up in a special way. The music blasted throughout the house, turned up all the way. Elizabeth practically jumped out of bed in alarm.

The music turned up all the way means something is wrong she recalled. Quickly she scrambled out of bed. She threw on her favorite t-shirt and leaving her pajama bottoms on. In the kitchen she found X-13 wearing a bright pink party hat.

"X-13! What is going on here?!" Elizabeth exclaimed.

"Happy birthday." X-13 replied in a complete monotone. She sighed as X-13 played through a preprogrammed song. She was about to say something as soon as the song ended but X-13 replayed it before she got a chance to say anything.

"Thanks X-13. Did you make breakfast?" Elizabeth's mouth watered at the idea of a birthday breakfast. Instead of responding with words, X-13 just reached behind it and grabbed a small platter. On the platter sat a plate of waffles and bacon.

"Waffles! These are supposed to be only for the rich! And real bacon!" Elizabeth looked over the meal. Best birthday meal ever! "Where did you get these?!"

"I made them." Elizabeth looked at X-13, dumb founded. No one cooked not even servants or robots. She decided not to question it and eagerly grabbed the plate excited to eat it. She sat down at on the bar stool next to where X-13 calmly stood. She set down the plate on the bar and dug in. Right after she started to eat there was a knock on her door.

Elisabeth groaned as she got up. She had only started eating. She quickly walked over to the door. Instead of a person being on the other side, there was an envelope sitting in her door way. Hesitently, she opened the letter. As soon as she lifted the flap all the way, the same song that X-13 had played, twice, started playing.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Elizabeth exclaimed as she quickly closed the letter.

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"What?! Why not?!" Elizabeth thought that she was going to have a panick attack.

"You are going to be asleep for possibly the next 100 years. It will rust!" Replied the project manager.

" Are you sure we can't, like ummm, submerge X-13 into some kind of gel or somthing?" She asked hopefully.

"Absolutly not. I will not be persuaded to change my mind. X-13 is not going, and that is final! Now go to sleep you are suposed to be started a new unit of training tomorow." Knowing that he will not give in, Elizabeth just stomped away.

Stuck in a freaking space ship with Adam and Sarah. And, I can't just not go, that would be insane. Elizabeth was getting more and more frusterated about her position. She paced in her room trying to decide what she could do to avoid them as much as possible on the small ship. Right when she was about her kick her wall there was a ring that traveled thoughout the dorm signaling someone was at the door. Elizabeth quickly smoothed down her clothes and walked to the door.

She opened the door to find another evelope sitting on her door step. She reached down and tried to find the address. The front was decorated with pink flowers where the return adress should have been. As soon as she picked it up, the same song X-13 had been playing earlier began.

"You've got to be kidding me!!!" Elizabeth exclaimed with pure annoyance.