Cyborgia by D.M. Darroch

Author:D.M. Darroch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen robot fiction, dr. who, time travel teens, cyborg teens, books for kids who like to read, funny cyborgs, nerd teen fiction
Publisher: Sleepy Cat Press
Published: 2015-06-05T04:00:00+00:00

12

The Lab

Mrs. Howitzer would love this guy. The notebook was a collection of detailed lab reports: introductions including hypotheses, procedures, results both graphed and in table format, brilliant conclusions. The kid was a science genius. But then, what else would you expect from a guy who built his own robot pet? His procedure and findings during the robot’s construction were beautiful to behold.

Angus looked down at CATT who was curled in an angular heap beside him and buzzing.

“Are you snoring?” asked Angus.

The robot raised its welded head, blinked two LED lights at him, and said, “Maow.”

“Look at me. I’m talking to a robot cat-dog,” said Angus. “Can you say anything other than meow? Why did you want me to read this?”

“Maow,” repeated the robot. It thumped its PVC tail on the floor, causing the gray surface to undulate gently.

“Your boy made you, didn’t he?”

The robot nuzzled his leg and whimpered.

“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do next. I have to find Ivy, but I don’t know where to begin. Is she the girl in the hospital? And if she is, how do I get there?”

Angus tried to stand, but the robot grabbed his leg and pulled him back into the chair.

“Hey, let go. What are you doing?” protested Angus.

The robot let go of his leg and butted the desk with its metal head. It blinked its red eyes at Angus, then pointed its head at the desk, PVC tail extended straight out in the other direction.

“I’m not done yet, huh? There’s something else you want me to read? Okay, since I haven’t figured out yet how to get to Ivy, I might as well.”

Angus moved his finger across the screen, turning virtual pages in the notebook. He skimmed experiment titles organized by date. The earliest experiments were along the lines of: “Effect of Various Dye Colors on Gray Polymer”, “Comparison of Insect Velocities on Gray Polymer,” and other experiments on clear polymer.

As the dates advanced, the titles of the experiments indicated that AC had grown bored of polymers and had begun investigating insects: “Scent Glands of the Cockroach”, “Territorial Behavior of Red Ants”, and the alarming “Effect of Leg Loss on Insect Speed” and “Flight Patterns of Tethered Blue Bottle Flies”. The last documented experiment was dated eight months ago. It was named merely “Ivy”.

“Is this what you wanted me to see?” Angus asked CATT. “The experiment called Ivy? I can’t understand you, but you can understand me, can’t you? This is going to help me, isn’t it?” The robot creaked back on its metallic haunches, blinked at Angus, and buzzed softly.

Angus turned back to the notebook and read:

One month ago, Ivy Calloway was discovered lying on a floor in her bedroom. Beside her was an empty glass vial. She was breathing but unconscious and remains so. It is my belief that she ingested a substance stored in the vial that resulted in her coma. By reverse engineering the residue swabbed from the vial, I intend to create an antidote that will reverse all ill effects.

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