It was the last school day before the August vacation in 2045.
Everyone in the N city was busy with their works. But this should exclude the teenagers who liked to roam around. Some are trying to hit on some girls who walking along the road and some are argue with each others.
In this crowded city, there was a person who is watching every incidents indifferently while walking forward in a road.
It is a girl. Her features are very attractive and her golden hair was shining with sun light. Her blue eyes with a bright glint made everyone to looked at her. They were like two deep blue gems and it make her look like an ancient immortal.
Lucy...... Lucy Walker is her name. She is a student in IC High School and she is the school belle who favoured by the every one in the school. There was a slightly cold aura around her. She lazily looked around until the school bus stop in front of her.
Although it was an old bus, it was still in good condition. Lucy slowly came inside and sat in a corner before open the window beside her. There was a classic song playing inside the bus so she try to listen it while looking outside.
When the bus was driving forward she looked at the abandon building that was located a place which was at the border of city. She lazily stretched her limbs while taking out some snacks from her school bag and trying to dig in like a kitty.
She took her ipad and headphones to listen music while eating her precious snacks.
After about twenty or thirty minutes, she stopped taking her snacks because the bus reached to her destination.
After came out of the bus she walked to house while listening to music and making beats from her hands. When she doing that she suddenly remembered a certain girl in her class. It was because her personality change drastically in a short period of time. She became a biggest bully in the school from a polite ans elegant girl. Sometimes she harm students with her beatings.
Lucy didn't mind her things because it was non of her business. But one day that girl bullied her one of friend. Angela was beaten by her and one of her cheeks swollen badly when Lucy found them, she was still beating Angela and she was weakly tried to defend herself. Lucy immediately save her from bullying but from that day on that girl tried to make the things difficult for her. But Lucy didn't intended to fight back so everything eventually became quite. Everyone in her department was afraid of Elena Stoner. Yes her name was Elena. When others who heard her name became freaked out as the many student are only know to do their works quietly and didn’t have any combat powers like Elena.
Even though she is remarkable in that way, but Lucy didn't remind her because of that but for another reason. Eventhough Elena is a problematic student, she attended to her class every day. She didn't cut her class like other bullies in the school. But today she didn'tcame to school. This matter became a huge uproar in the school. So this is natural caught her attention. When she saw her home she keep aside her thoughts and opened her door.
After that she kept her school bag on right place before went to take a bath. After that she wore short white dress and took her evening tea.
Then she tried to finish her home work. Her parents were software engineers and usually they wouldn't in home. So most of the time she would spend her time lonely. she turned on the Tv to watch her favourite documentary while trying to write something on the book.
It was about the universe. It was a learning programme to study astronomy. So there wasn't many people who like to watch it. But it successfully make to wake up the curiosity in Lucy's mind. This time it shows about UFOs. So Lucy thought it was interesting and eagerly tried to watch it.
Suddenly the door bell started to ring and her hand paused. She reluctantly get up from the sofa and went to open the door. It was a thin silhouette with a golden hair like her and it was a girl in her age. Suddenly Lucy's mind became blank. And the figure in front of her crash ro her arms.
"Lucy!"
"Nina!"
"It's been a long time " Nina's tears came out.
"Yeah a long time. When did you come?" Lucy hugged her back tightly.
"Hehe you became taller" she rubbed Nina's hair.
"You are still a bad egg. So angry! hump! I made a big plan to became taller but I can't even taller than Kenny. Even though you are taller than me. You are the shorter after me" She stuck her tongue out.
Lucy smiled at her while letting her to sat on the sofa. "Hey this timewhen will you leave?"
"So sad don't you want me to stay" Nina pouted.
Lucy chuckled while threw a snack bag at her. "of course my girl I really want you to stay here than others. But your family can't do that."
"No this time we won't leave" she winked her eyes. Mom and dad took a transfer to here. so don't need to move to City L. We permanently moved to here now that's why I didn't come here yesterday. Btw How is Kenny?" Nina's gaze became complicated.
"He often came here but don't worry that two idiots definitely come here tomorrow. Then we can do our works that we stopped. I didn't went to our basement for weeks. So we have to clean up there. Otherwise we can do experiments with the dirty things inside. I will call that idiots." Lucy show a lazy smile.
"Hey how about our camping place. Did you forget that?" Nina frowned.
"Hey dummy" she pinched Nina's cheeks. "I already planned it. we can go there for at least for a week. In that jungle there was a old abandon army camp. We can explore it. Hehe" Lucy showed a mischievous smile.
"Can we go inside?" the girl's eyes widened.
"No there aren't any ways to go. Their is a huge wall around it. A huge waste" Lucy sighed. "ok we have more time to talk about that. Tomorrow come to basement after the breakfast ok"
"okok Little blue now I have to go" Nina pinched Lucy's nose and ran outside.
"This girl" Lucy sighed helplessly. After a moment she took her phone and dialed a number. Soon after the other side picked up the phone. "Hello" A woman’s voice came out.
"Hello aunt it's me Lucy. Where is Kenny?" she politely said.
"Oh it is our little Lucy. With this vacation what are you planning? you can took our brat anytime my girl. he is rooted in home and don't do anything." when the woman said Lucy lightly chuckled
"I still didn't thought anything aunt. If I do I will definitely tell you."
"ok my girl. Our brat is here." the woman’s voice disappeared.
"Hello" Lucy could hear a sleepy voice.
After that she continuesly spoke to him without giving him any chance to interrupt. "Hey Kenny today Nina came hear and we will plan to go to basement tomorrow after the breakfast. Also speak to Johnny. Bye." after that she hung up the phone and smirked.
Then she looked at the Tv. The programme is already over and there was a cartoon instead of that.
She yawned when looked at that. After spending some time looking at that she heard a car parked at the garage. She instantly recognised that was her parents. And she went to welcome them.
Her father was a professional software engineer and her mother is a software programming expert. Her father, Richard Walker looked like little stern he was very affectionate to Lucy. And her mother, Sarah Walker is very funny woman.
Everyone thought she is their child, She know that they are not her biological parents. Because her adoptive parents and her the only that knew this. But they always treat her like this so she also became protective to them and became a good daughter for them.
"What happened my sweetheart?" Mother Walker came to hug Lucy.
"Mrs. Walker it is because vacation." father Walker sighed helplessly.
"Hehe I know my little brat already going to do something now." she pinched her cheeks.
"It hurt mom. My grace free me it hurts" Lucy pouted.
"okok" she smiled at her expression.
"Mom, Nina came and we planning to clean our basement tomorrow. Can I go?" Lucy faintly smiled when she remembered Nina's face.
"You can go but under one condition. You can't be sick ok?"
"You are underestimating your daughter mom? When did I sick last time?"
"Okok I know my little blue is very strong. ok I will make dinner" your dad already skip lunch." She glared at father Walker before went to washroom.
"Little blue, when did you plan to camp? And how much days?" He sat in front of her.
"In next week dad. At least for week. Is there anything wrong dad? Don't worry dad"
He sighed "you should take care sweetheart."
"So tired I am going to take a wash to" he lazily stood up.
Lucy went to her study room and took a book to read but her mind was thinking about the works that she will going to do. Then she remind the day that the four of them became a team. They established a team for do their own experiments and inventions. As a result of that they ame a basement with their own ideas. Lucy and Jony made a huge contribute when he coverd the base with high technical way and because of that it became like a most advanced hidden basement. Even a expert couldn't find it easily. So they didn't need to think of safety. The team leader became Lucy's cousin Kenny. It was because he is older than other three.
Even though they are same year in the school. But the two boys are older than girls. It because both girls could skip one grade. At that time it made Lucy's blood boil. But she eventually ignored that. Nina was like her twin sister. It isn’t only because their closeness but also their birthday was in the sameday. so Lucy felt it one of reasons to their closeness.
As for Jony, his real name is Jonathan but he didn't like it so he always made others to say Jony. He is very handsome and mature boy. The girls in her school said prince charming Jony. Because of this frivolous reputation. In the very first she didn't like him but she eventually it erased from her because he sometimes help her.
Two years before as Nina's parents' transfer, the team gathered only in the vacations. Because they made a promise to one another. But now they can work together like two years before. Lucy faintly smiled.
But soon after her smile froze because she saw her mom mischievously looked at her.
"Sweetheart did you get a boyfriend? "
"Ah! no!" she hurriedly answered.
"oh my girl still so shy! ok let's go. Dinner is ready."
She quickly came with mother Walker because she felt hungry too.Then she helped her mother to brought the dinner before she started to have her dinner.
After that she went to washroom and brushed her teeth. Lucy looked at herself from the mirror. Not only her habits but also her features became different. Her short hair that that was like a boy now have grown to her waist. Her skin became smooth and fair like milk and snow. The blue eyes made her cold and enchanting while the golden hair gave noblesse. A rare stunning beauty showed in the mirror.
She looked at herself for a while before saying goodnight to her parents and went to bed.
Next day she woke up earlier than usually and wash up herself before went to do exercises. After took a tooka bath and wore a low cut blouse and short before went to take breakfast.
"Good morning mom"
"Good morning dad" she smiled at them before took a seat.
Her mother and father was discussing a project so she had to take the breakfast lonely. She absent mindly took the breakfast.
It is not because her parents were not with her. She remembered the incident happened to her when she took her morning run.
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When she started to run she met certain someone was was always lazy. She stunned and looked at him like she saw wrongly so she wiped her eyes and looked at her again.
"Lazybone What happened to you?" she looked at Kenny suspiciously.
"Hey Don't say that damn name. It is not I am lazy. It is you who is workaholic!'' Kenny pressed her head.
"What can happened to me? See there is nothing wrong"
"When did you trying to do your most disdainful things or did you possess by that Jony? Seems like did you sleep with him yesterday. so that can make your soul exchange." she rolled her eyes.
"Hey how can I sleep with that idiot. I am sleeping alone ok" he protested. "How can I sleep with that lovesick fool!" he muttered.
"What did you say?" she frowned.
"No nothing. I got a news that some teenage criminals started to follow you. As your one and only cousin I should protect you." he patted his chest. "So I had to do a morning run for you. Are you touched?"
she scoffed at him. "why should I? Like I care those things. Who gave you this news?" she asked coldly.
He secretly freaked out by her expression. So he truthfully told it to her. "It is Johnny. He said to look after you for these days.''
"Oh it is him" she coldly smiled at him. "I don't need anyone to look after me. Understand"
"okok cool down little blue" He immediately started calm her down. "I know you are stronger than us. So I am wrong ok. You can take care of this matter with him ok" he immediately betrayed to his friend and started to bootlick her.
"I see" she ignored him and continued her morning run.
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'following me. ok I see. Everyone what are you up to?' she darkly lookedat the pancake.
After finishing breakfast she started to look at the news. At that time mother Walker came to her and hug her. "What happened sweetheart? Someone made you upset?"
At that time Lucy realise she was like going to fight with someone. So she came back to her senses. "Nothing mom. Some idiots trying to pester me"
"You are like your dad. He is also like you. Do you know even though he is married...."
"Sarah! " father Walker sighed at her.
Lucy smiled at her parents attitudes. "You two really act like kids" she giggled.
''See our daughter mature than you" father Walker chuckled at her mom.
"okok I came to say we are going now. It will be night when we return. so be careful. I made your meals and I made some foods for your friends too."
"Mom is still the best" Lucy hugged her and kissed her cheeks.
"Hey sweetheart where is mine. I want too" father Walker showedhis cheeks.
Lucy and mom giggled at him both of them gave a kiss to his both cheeks.
"Hahaha" the three of them started to laugh.
"Bye mom bye dad" she took the picnic basket and waved her hand at her parents.
After a quick walk she entered Nina's garden and went to the small store room that separate from her room.
"Seems like I am not that late" She said to Nina.
"Good morning Lucy. How is your morning"
"Oh it is....good. Or do you know I met certain Lazybone when I took my morning run."
"Kenny! what happened to him? Did he became retarded? I remember he make a oath in front of us that from that day on he won't took morning run otherwise a lightning came to his head." she widen her bright green eyes.
"Seems like the lightning going to descend to his head. Should we arrage the furnaral now instead of this thing" Lucy raised her eyebrows.
"You are so cruel little blue" A boy with red hair came inside.
"Why are you going to sue me because I am cruel?" she nonchalantly said.
"......." Kenny looked. 'How can my cousin be this cocky'
"Sue me. I have a good lawyer. I can make you bankrupt from that very much." She sat on a bench lazily.
"Pfft" Nina burst in to laugh. "Seems like little blue's venomous tongue developed. hahahaha"
"Who gave the idea of 'following little blue' to this block head." Nina's tears came out.
"Me! what's wrong with that?" a voice came out from nowhere. And Nina stunned for a while. Lucy paused for a moment but she regained her lazy attitude from notime.
At that time a boy with brown hair and green eyes came inside. His tall and slender figure was leaned on the wall. His sharp features could make blush any girl. He held his chin and faintly smirked at Lucy.
Lucy frowned but soon after ignored him. "Is it that funny? So sorry but I don't need a protecter who can't even protect himself " She showed a fake smile at him.
"Hey Lucy, who said I can't protect myself hey I am not a weakling ok. I can defeat a man only with a touch" hump Kenny jumped.
"If the hat suit for you, you can wear it" she lazily looked at Kenny.
"Then how about me?" Johnny came closer to her.
"You" she smiled at him but her eyes was cold like ice. "I don't need any protecter"
"You" she smiled at him but her eyes was cold like ice. "I don't need any protecter"
"oh really! But that people wanted you badly. So what do you think? Anyway you are a girl they are men. How can you save yourself then?" he held her chin while looking at her eyes.
"None of your business. I can take care of myself" she smirked at him while slapping his hand.
"Oh" He frowned but didn't say much.
Because of this two the whole atmosphere became weird. But soon after Kenny was able to break it. "So sleepy'' he yawned.
"You deserve it. Who said you to follow me" Lucy stood up and turned on a switch and stuck some chips to a board. "Hi Max long time no see."
"Hi Lucy you. I miss you. Do you want to enter the basement?"
"Hmm"
"Seems like Max was developed again. He is more and more like human than AI" Jony smiled lightly.
"Thank you for compliment Jony" Max said.
"Max send me your report after our works" Lucy sighed.
"ok Lucy. There isn't many places to clean. I regularly maintained the base. But the private rooms and store room is a mess."
Max said.
"Seems like we need a psychology expert in the future." Nina listened to max interestingly.
"Nina do you mean the people who is experimenting human mind?" max asked.
"Oh yes.Did you search about it?" she asked.
"yes there are many information about it. Wasn't human mind is like my core system?" max asked again.
Lucy chuckled at max question. "Seems like you are interest to know about that?" she and others came inside the elevator.
"answer is yes and no. Human mind is more complicated than you think even I don't know how to describe it. But according to my analyses.one day your core system will be like human mind"
"Yes I wish in that way." max said to her. "here is the places that I couldn't maintain well." the lift door suddenly became a computer screen.
"I think I should clean the physics lab and meeting room and my office." Kenny rubbedher chin softly.
"I will clean private rooms." Nina said.
"Johnny I think you should clean store rooms." Nina looked at Johnny.
"ok" He smiled gently.
"Seems like I have to clean kitchen and Inventory" Lucy sighed.
"Why do you think it is small work?" Kenny smirked. "Then you can make some drinks for us."
"ok. Anyway max is at my help" she showed a creepy smile and went outside from the lift.
"Good thing that yesterday my parents cleaned store room." Nina sighed in relief when she left.
"max how is the other entries to here."
"Don't worry Jony I maintainedthem well except for this entry." max's voice came.
"That’s good."
"You are really beyond the repair" Nina looked at Jony while rolling eyes.
"Oh really!" Johnny's face close to her. "That why I always say I am one that rotten to the core. Am I right cousin" he smiled brightly.
"Yeah yeah you rotten to the core" Nina pinched her temples.
Meanwhile Lucy went to the kitchen and take a good look first. There wasn't many things to clean there. She put her headphone and played a song. Then she took a sponge and cleaning liquid from a cupboard. And she started to wipe the places that seems dirty. After about half an hour she finished cleaning kitchen and looked at there with satisfied look before brought her food basket.
"Ok let's go to inventory" she made a whistle.
"there wasn't any things to clean Lucy. You only have to looked at the material in here and check they are at a good condition." max said.
"oh! ok show me the record in here max" she took her glass like tablet and switched on it.
"hmm let's go" she started to look all around the inventory.
"seems like we need many fullerene, silicon, Asanic.....ammonia, Why is there are many poisons in this list? Thus will be little bit difficult to order. I will have to use blackmarket website.ok there are some ic designs it should be Jony's. Oh there is some aluminium..............."
After an hour she took a breath in relief. "we really need a manager."
"Hey how about the gym?"
"there wasn't any thing to clean Lucy" max said.
"ok then. I finished everything." she stretch her limbs.
"Lucy I think you have to make drinks for others." max said. "Today is a sunny day and every one was tried so I think a drink like lemonade will be good. There are good ingredients for it in our greenhouse. There are many good lemons that we stored" max said.
"Ok bring them max" she sat on a chair in kitchen.
"It's already here Lucy. Are you tired."
"No don't worry" she took the lemon and other ingredients from the robot and started to make lemonade.
"Seems like another one is already finished his works." max suddenly said.
"oh" Lucy stirred to lemonade and put the waste to trash bin. "max bring me suger and salt"
"ok" max said but at that time a hand stretch out with suger.
"here"
Lucy didn't notice the abnormality and took it from the hand. "Thank you max."
"suger already supplied, here is salt Lucy"
''ok" she took it and finished the making process. Suddenly she felt a warm breath on her head. She froze for a moment before looking up behind.
"oh it is you" Lucy regained her senses.
"So you really didn't have a awareness of the surrounding." he raised eyebrows.
"I thought it was max" she shrugged her shoulders and put the lemonade in the refrigerator.
"There was some food in the basket. Can you put them out" Lucy said before went to the washrooms.
"ok"
"Jony do you have a crush on Lucy?" max asked innocently.
"Do you know about crushes?" he raised eyebrows while making the dining table.
"yes, there are many things about crushes. And many crushes. Human crushes, planet crushes, star crushes and many types of crushes." max said.
"pfft hahahahaha" his composed face break and his laughter spread inside the dinning room. "max don't talk this in front of her" he said while stopping his laughter.
"ok Jony"
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