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Renee sat up and clapped a hand over her mouth in pain. She carefully felt over her teeth- everything was there, but instead of natural incisors she had a set of fangs. The other teeth had been left alone, thank goodness. Almost instantly she felt a tingle of something remotely like thirst in the back of her throat. It was a strong, almost overpowering hunger. “Zurg?” She looked around. The room was empty.
“Tell me, Renee.” His voice came in through an unseen loudspeaker. “Are you hungry?”
Rubbing her head, the girl looked around in slight confusion. “If I say yes will you let me out of here?”
“Not yet, can’t have you attacking everyone and all.” You could just hear the slimy grin on his face. “So you’ll get lunch, then you can come out.”
“I’m not going to attack anyone!” She got out of the chair. “Just throw me a battery or something!”
“Nu-uh, that’s cheating.” He gloated a bit. “You’ve got to hunt.”
“Hunt?” She swallowed.
“Oh relax will you?” He said quickly and a panel on the wall opened. Out of the shallow wall compartment stumbled a hornet. Renee tensed up, then relaxed- you could almost feel how stupid these things were.
“What if I said I don’t want to.” She asked, trying to back into a corner. She loved machines more than organics, actually, and now she was stuck feeding on them.
“You have to.” He whined a little. “That’s the whole reason I brought you here! To get ready to destroy-“
“Destroy Star Command I know I know…” She hissed. The hornet stood stationary across the room like it was waiting for her to attack. She folded her ears down. “I AM awfully thirsty…”
“Then do it! I haven’t got all day.” Zurg demanded, hitting some unseen object with his fist. She knew because of the crunch it made over the microphone.
She stood up straight again and tried to figure out the correct angle to leap from, cocking her head. The hornet, as ordered, just stood by and waited for death. Renee extended her claws and looked at them still the same. She chuckled. “What are you doing? Attack! Feed!” Zurg commanded.
“I will I will.” She looked around for the speaker. The room was empty except for her, the small bed she had been allowed to rest on, and the hornet. She approached the cheap and stupid robot with some reluctance and fear. She licked her lips, feeling the tingle of thirst. The nanites were excited and sped up, making her blood pump faster. Her heartbeat quickened, as did her motions.
Renee jumped up onto the hornet’s back and, because she was shorter, had to struggle to hold on. The robot flinched and tried to throw her off. She dug her claws into its chest for support, though it didn’t do much good. Renee hoisted herself up and bit into the machine’s wide shoulder. The hornet convulsed and collapsed on top of her. The weight made her breathing slow but the wonderful taste of…well…power helped her ignore it.
She ignored the robot’s weight on top of her and kept feeding needily. She felt revitalized by the flavorless electricity that sent power to the nanites and kept her body functioning. Finally the hornet became dead weight and she threw it off. Renee gasped for air and coughed, mouth sparking. She struggled out from under the dead machine and sighed happily. Her new need for energy was satiated for the moment. “Happy?” she asked the invisible speaker.
“Yes I am…” Zurg purred. Another door on the wall opened and she strutted out. So the evil emperor could be helpful- she still didn’t trust him.
~~~
“Why do we even need her?” Warp Darkmatter asked. “She’s small, young, and weak.”
“Why is the sky blue?” The big man tapped his fingers together calmly. “She’s bait for Nos-4-a2, that’s it. When he comes after his precious creation he’ll never see it coming.” He pointed out. “The energy vampire will be permanently put offline by Renee.”
“She’s never going to do that.” Warp argued. “The girl likes him too much.”
“Then we’ll show him that if she doesn’t eat him first, he’ll eat her.” Zurg explained with an evil grin.
~~~
XL was worrying himself sick. XR was helping him deliver faxes because Renee, of course, couldn’t. “Do you think Zurg was telling the truth? That she’s a-“
“Bot killer?” XR suggested angrily.
“I was going to say energy vampire.” His brother looked at the papers he was printing off.
“I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen the bites myself.” The ranger crossed his arms. “But I would have easily believed she was working Zurg.”
“But why?” The photocopier asked. He glanced at his hands. “So she helped Nos-4-a2 once, that doesn’t mean she would sink down to helping Zurg.”
“Twice, now” The ranger held up two fingers. “And are you forgetting he tried to kill us? Now she isn’t any different.”
“She’s not EVIL, though.” XL scowled. “Is she?”
“I’m leaning towards evil.” He frowned. “I mean, she let him bite her multiple times-“
“She couldn’t help it!” The fax machine interrupted.
“I’m not finished.” XR glowered at him. “And then she went to Zurg-“
“Didn’t want to be with Zurg!”
“And before that she planned out everything with him to kill me.” The ranger finished matter- of- factly. XL had no excuse for her now, did he? “You better watch your back, bro.” XR rolled past him and out the door. “Because Renee will eat you now, and she has no reason not to.”

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Renee sat up and clapped a hand over her mouth in pain. She carefully felt over her teeth- everything was there, but instead of natural incisors she had a set of fangs. The other teeth had been left alone, thank goodness. Almost instantly she felt a tingle of something remotely like thirst in the back of her throat. It was a strong, almost overpowering hunger. “Zurg?” She looked around. The room was empty.
“Tell me, Renee.” His voice came in through an unseen loudspeaker. “Are you hungry?”
Rubbing her head, the girl looked around in slight confusion. “If I say yes will you let me out of here?”
“Not yet, can’t have you attacking everyone and all.” You could just hear the slimy grin on his face. “So you’ll get lunch, then you can come out.”
“I’m not going to attack anyone!” She got out of the chair. “Just throw me a battery or something!”
“Nu-uh, that’s cheating.” He gloated a bit. “You’ve got to hunt.”
“Hunt?” She swallowed.
“Oh relax will you?” He said quickly and a panel on the wall opened. Out of the shallow wall compartment stumbled a hornet. Renee tensed up, then relaxed- you could almost feel how stupid these things were.
“What if I said I don’t want to.” She asked, trying to back into a corner. She loved machines more than organics, actually, and now she was stuck feeding on them.
“You have to.” He whined a little. “That’s the whole reason I brought you here! To get ready to destroy-“
“Destroy Star Command I know I know…” She hissed. The hornet stood stationary across the room like it was waiting for her to attack. She folded her ears down. “I AM awfully thirsty…”
“Then do it! I haven’t got all day.” Zurg demanded, hitting some unseen object with his fist. She knew because of the crunch it made over the microphone.
She stood up straight again and tried to figure out the correct angle to leap from, cocking her head. The hornet, as ordered, just stood by and waited for death. Renee extended her claws and looked at them still the same. She chuckled. “What are you doing? Attack! Feed!” Zurg commanded.
“I will I will.” She looked around for the speaker. The room was empty except for her, the small bed she had been allowed to rest on, and the hornet. She approached the cheap and stupid robot with some reluctance and fear. She licked her lips, feeling the tingle of thirst. The nanites were excited and sped up, making her blood pump faster. Her heartbeat quickened, as did her motions.
Renee jumped up onto the hornet’s back and, because she was shorter, had to struggle to hold on. The robot flinched and tried to throw her off. She dug her claws into its chest for support, though it didn’t do much good. Renee hoisted herself up and bit into the machine’s wide shoulder. The hornet convulsed and collapsed on top of her. The weight made her breathing slow but the wonderful taste of…well…power helped her ignore it.
She ignored the robot’s weight on top of her and kept feeding needily. She felt revitalized by the flavorless electricity that sent power to the nanites and kept her body functioning. Finally the hornet became dead weight and she threw it off. Renee gasped for air and coughed, mouth sparking. She struggled out from under the dead machine and sighed happily. Her new need for energy was satiated for the moment. “Happy?” she asked the invisible speaker.
“Yes I am…” Zurg purred. Another door on the wall opened and she strutted out. So the evil emperor could be helpful- she still didn’t trust him.
~~~
“Why do we even need her?” Warp Darkmatter asked. “She’s small, young, and weak.”
“Why is the sky blue?” The big man tapped his fingers together calmly. “She’s bait for Nos-4-a2, that’s it. When he comes after his precious creation he’ll never see it coming.” He pointed out. “The energy vampire will be permanently put offline by Renee.”
“She’s never going to do that.” Warp argued. “The girl likes him too much.”
“Then we’ll show him that if she doesn’t eat him first, he’ll eat her.” Zurg explained with an evil grin.
~~~
XL was worrying himself sick. XR was helping him deliver faxes because Renee, of course, couldn’t. “Do you think Zurg was telling the truth? That she’s a-“
“Bot killer?” XR suggested angrily.
“I was going to say energy vampire.” His brother looked at the papers he was printing off.
“I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen the bites myself.” The ranger crossed his arms. “But I would have easily believed she was working Zurg.”
“But why?” The photocopier asked. He glanced at his hands. “So she helped Nos-4-a2 once, that doesn’t mean she would sink down to helping Zurg.”
“Twice, now” The ranger held up two fingers. “And are you forgetting he tried to kill us? Now she isn’t any different.”
“She’s not EVIL, though.” XL scowled. “Is she?”
“I’m leaning towards evil.” He frowned. “I mean, she let him bite her multiple times-“
“She couldn’t help it!” The fax machine interrupted.
“I’m not finished.” XR glowered at him. “And then she went to Zurg-“
“Didn’t want to be with Zurg!”
“And before that she planned out everything with him to kill me.” The ranger finished matter- of- factly. XL had no excuse for her now, did he? “You better watch your back, bro.” XR rolled past him and out the door. “Because Renee will eat you now, and she has no reason not to.”