Mikey, sets off around the back of the house, before the rest of you have the chance to protest. He runs across the road, giving Asimov a wide berth there on the front porch. He holds his breath as pushes through the hedges that separate Cuckoo and his neighbors property.
Nothing…
Asimov must be powered down. You hunch and scoot your way down the side of property. You look back at your friends for a moment and see Andy rushing for the car, following much the same path as Mikey, equally wary of the robot.
You stop at the corner of the house, and look into the backyard. Keeping low and small, you spot nothing. And so you move in.
… kkkkkhhhhkhkhk… the grating sound of a metal edge scraping off of stone. Your shovel. It’s left a long white groove in the driveway by the grass. You wince, and then you see Cuckoo Hernandez standing by the back window, looking out into the garden. He’s in a T-shirt and shorts with a gown over it, but open. His helmet is missing and he holds a mug or something in his hand. He looks surprised and then confused. He starts to shout something, but you can’t hear. He moves for the latch to open a window and yell at the kid standing in his back garden. Until…
Georgie makes his way up on to the porch, with the oblivious confidence of a child. The robot is stock still, even as Georgie thumps up the steps. Even as Georgie is standing in front of the robot, making his introductions. The eye… scanner… thing that serves as a face is black. Inactive. Off.
And then it lights up read, as quick as a flash. The robot unfolds itself there on the porch and towers over Georgie when extended to its full height. A klaxon, unseen by Georgie, emerges on the back of the robots body somewhere and immediately starts to ring.
Weeeeeeeew! Weeeeeeeeew! Intruder alert. Intruder alert!
Mikey: Cuckoo reaches for the latch, and then you hear an alarm ringing out from somewhere at the front of the house.
Intruder Alert! Georgie! You see Cuckoo’s eyes go wide, and then he races from window. You can’t see him anymore, and so you run around the side of the building, back to the front! You’re just in time to see…
Em, as the robot extends itself to full height, you step back for a moment. It is menacing, isn’t it? You see more clearly now, there on the undercarriage, a net launcher… thing set up.
Is this how they caught those animals then?
You lunge out with your homemade device. You wait for the reaction. Nothing. Whatever future scientist designed Asimov already considered your mode of attack and planned accordingly. The scanner that sits on the robots head moves to you. You await whatever it has in store for you…
Jaden, seeing how Em tried to attack the robot, and failed, moves in. Just at the scanner rests on the girl, Jaden’s guitar comes out to left field and connects brutally with the robots head. It’s not much, but it’s enough. You knock the creature off balance for a moment. Long enough for your friends to retreat down the steps and in to the front yard.
The robot reels from the hit. It’s spider-like legs scratch against the wood of the porch. Within a few seconds, it’s corrected it’s balance, and you hear:
"Fffffriend - orr - Fffoooe?" a few seconds pass as it’s gaze rests on Jaden.
"Foe."
It launches one of its nets at the Rocker!
Andy, you had thought to blow out Cuckoo’s tires, but thought better of it and return to the yard as all this commotion breaks out. The swing, the net, the scanning, the melee. Throughout it all, you see the front door of the house swing open. A harried Cuckoo emerges, fastening his helmet to his head, and carrying nothing but a walkie talkie!
OOC:
I’ll need a Body (Move) roll from Jaden!