The Twins of Techno

07

          The twins arrive home and find a letter saying how their parents were asked to go on another trip to a neighboring city. Yet another one of their back-to-back trips. Throwing the letter in the trash, they head to the kitchen for some food before making a bee-line for their rooms. Naru was jumping at their feet having been alone all day and wanting attention. But besides a greeting of head pats, the siblings were too exhausted and worn out to give their little robo dragon attention. They'd had enough action in their day to last them a lifetime. Being in an old abandoned warehouse was scary enough but then add a robot dinosaur that can hide in shadows and a robot ghost head thing with glowing orange eyes. They felt like they could sleep for years.

          The two head off to bed and fall asleep before their heads even hit their pillows. Unbeknownst to them, The Robotic was running a thousand miles an hour. Only relying on a lot of coffee and sweets, he enacts a new plan to get both the children and the stones they possess. After hours and hours of coming up with new ideas and adding them then coming up with more, his final robot is complete. A masterpiece in his eyes. He's long since given up on caring if the public sees these newer, scarier robots. He'll come up with an excuse when the time comes. The Robotic plops himself into his desk chair and turns towards his collection of monitors. Pulling up a new tab, he begins typing away, giggling to himself the entire time.

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          The twins slept much later than they normally do, opening their eyes to find that it was already late into the afternoon. Even though most of the day was gone, they ate some waffles. The two pulled out their computers to try and catch up on what they missed from their morning classes. "Alison. Look at this." Wilson said, looking at his screen. Alison tore her eyes from her own screen to look at his. He had been checking his email when he noticed an email from an anonymous email. Opening it he read out loud, "Bring the stones if you want your mommy and daddy back alive." underneath the alarming text were coordinates. They took a minute to decide whether or not they should trust this email. It could just be a trap and whoever sent the email could not actually have their parents. However, they decided not to take that risk. Leaving their schoolwork behind, they rushed up the stairs and grabbed the extra stones and also changed out of their pajamas and put on their masks. They ran out the door, practically sprinting to the bus stop. Naru was able to keep up by exchanging his little clawed feet for wheels.

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          They get off the bus and run the rest of the way to the location that had been sent to them. Upon reaching their destination, they stoop over with their hands on their knees and struggle to catch their breath. They look around at their surroundings. It's farther in the city than they've been before. Well, at least without their parents. It was in the main part of the city so all the buildings were super tall but it wasn't as vehicle-busy here. "Hey! We're here! We have the stones with us. Now give us our parents back." Wilson's voice echoed off the buildings. Almost immediately after announcing their presence, they heard a very loud metallic groan mixed with the sound of metal clanking. Naru cowered at their feet. The first thing they saw was a giant head that appeared to be made of scraps of metal. Its bright glowing orange eyes peered at them from over a building. Scraps of metal were flying around it as it rose above the building and loomed over them.