Big guy and rusty the boy robot #30: Jenny the girl robot.

Big guy is the property of dark horse comics and whoever makes the TV series.

On the USS Darkhorse a ceremony is in progress.

"I am proud to introduce a new military weapon. One that will fill in the loss of the bgy-11." Thorton says.

The sheet is pulled back to reveal the bgy-12.

"The bgy-12!" Thorton says loudly.

The officers in attendance look at it skeptically.

"Is it really going to be as good as the bgy-11?" An officer asks.

"Better. It was originally made to back up the bgy-11 if it is incapacitated. But now it will be the new BGY model. The next big guy." Thorton says.

"NO!" A voice yells.

"Who said that?" Thorton asks annoyed.

The officers part to let in Rusty.

"That's not big guy. Big guy is gone." Rusty says.

Thorton sighs. Dr. Slate whispers into his ear.

"Okay fine. What would you like to call him?" Thorton asks.

"Well if he is from the same line as the big guy. Why not call him big guy Jr." Rusty asks.

Thorton mutters.

"Okay fine. From now on the bgy-12 will be called big guy Jr. Is that understood?" Thorton asks.

The officers nod. Later on after the ceremony a private one is done.

"I formally make you the bgy-12's pilot." Thorton says.

Diana salutes him.

"You won't be disappointed." Diana says.

"I better not. I won't take failure. You understand me?" Thorton asks.

Diana nods.

"I order you to fly the bgy-12 to quarks for a formal introduction to the crew there. They will go once more over your computer code to make sure there isn't any anomalies." Thorton orders.

"Aye sir." Diana says.

She gets inside big guy jr. after making sure nobody is watching. Big guy jr. takes off and flies towards quark.

"I think I could get used to this." Diana says smiling in the cockpit.

After a bit big guy jr. lands and enters quarks.

"What's this? A new toy?" Jenny asks.

"Not for you monkey." Donovan responds.

"I told you to stop calling me that." Jenny says angry.

Diana sneaks out the back and walks up.

"Hey I'm Diana. I'm a new uh...." Diana starts to say.

"Uh she's a new officer on the darkhorse to replace Dwayne." Slater covers for her.

"Thanks for the save." Diana whispers.

"And this is the bgy-12. Informally called big guy Jr." Diana says.

"Big guy jr.? Who came up with that name?" Jenny asks.

"A little mechanical boy told me." Slate says giggling.

"Figures." Donovan says.

"I agree with him. Calling this new robot the same name as the old one is detrimental to his emotional healing. He needs to know that big guy is really gone and accept it." Dr. Slate says.

Meanwhile Rusty is recharging. Images are flashing through his head. He's flying alongside big guy. Suddenly a huge monster attacks.

"This one is mine." Rusty says.

"Wait son." Big guy says.

But rusty ignores him and starts blasting the monster. It gets the monster's attention. It opens its big mouth and fires a huge blast.

"Watch out!" Big guy yells.

Big guy instantly appears in front of Rusty and takes the blast head on. He disintegrates.

"NO!" Rusty yells.

Rusty comes back online with a start.

"NO!" Rusty yells.

Dr. Slate rushes in.

"Are you okay? What happened?" Dr. Slate asks.

"I had visions of big guy being destroyed and it was my fault." Rusty responds sadly.

"You had a dream? That's incredible." Dr. Slate says.

But she goes back into parenting mode.

"It wasn't real you know. There wasn't anything you could of done." Dr. Slate says.

"Why didn't you tell me that big guy needed help? I could have helped him!" Rusty asks mad.

"I'm sorry." Dr. Slate responds.

Rusty pouts and goes back into sleep mode. Meanwhile just outside of town an excavation dig is active. A man with fancy clothes stands above the dig watching over it. One of the workers climbs up to the man.

"Sir we have found a book." The worker says.

"Could it be?" The man asks.

He opens up the book revealing a strange language.

"Yes finally I have found it." The man says.

"What is it?" The worker asks.

One look from the main man puts the worker back in his place.

"Yes sir. I'll get back to work right away." The worker says.

"According to this book an ancient temple is just below this site. It contains a jewel of immense power." The man read.

The man smiles.

"I knew I was right." The man says.

Back at quarks Donovan and Jenny are standing near the bgy-12.

"I still don't quite get what the big deal about this 10 ton piece of metal." Jenny says.

"This '10 ton piece of metal' has saved the day many times. Or at least its predecessor did." Donovan said.

Meanwhile back at the excavation site one of the workers runs up to the man with something in his hand.

"Sir we have found something." The worker says.

The man looks and sees a jewel in the worker's hand.

"Give me that!" The man orders.

He looks over the jewel in his hand. He then opens the book up to the picture of the gem and compares the two.

"Yes at last!" The man says.

"What is it?" The worker asks.

The man pulls away secretive.

"Get back to work. See if there is anything else." The man responds defensively.

The worker goes back confused. The man goes into his tent and reads the section on how to activate the gem's power.

"It says to raise this jewel up at the noon sun where it is at its highest peak and say these words." The man reads.

He looks at his watch, which says 11:59. He rushes outside and just as the watch beeps the hour he raises the jewel to the sun. He says a phrase in Latin. Suddenly the jewel comes to life and surrounds him in a purplish black smoke.

"Power!" The man yells.

When the smoke clears something is different. The man looks half dead. His skin is falling off and has a dull gray look to it. The man runs into his tent and looks into the mirror.

"What have you done to me?" The man yells and smashes the mirror.

He rushes out and runs into one of the workers who rushed up to see what was wrong. The worker yells when he sees his employer.

"Help me!" The man says.

A big amount of gas comes out of his mouth and makes the worker gag. He collapses and right in front of the man's eyes he transforms into something similar to the way he has changed. The worker stands up.

"How can I serve you master?" The worker asks.

The man gets an idea.

"Take my gun and shoot me in the heart." The man responds.

The worker walks into the tent and takes out the gun from the metal box. He aims for the man's chest and fires. The bullet goes right through him with no blood.

"Yes. So this is the power. Eternal life and slaves to work for me!" The man yells.

"What should I do now my master?" The worker asks.

"Come with me. Time to get to get more slaves." The man responds.

The worker nods and they both head for the encampment. Back at Quarks Donovan looks nervous.

"Are you okay?" Slate asks.

"The excavation I funded is not answering anymore. I fear the worse." Donovan responds.

Slate giggles.

"You funded a dig?" Slate asks.

"Hey a man can pursuit other interests. They believed that there was an ancient temple below this site outside of town. But anyway I want to go and check up on them." Donovan responds.

"If you are asking me for a short leave then go ahead. It's slow right now as we have no idea where Poindexter is." Slater says.

"Want to come monkey?" Donovan asks Jenny.

"I told you not to... Never mind. Nah just the thought of seeing an excavation makes me sleepy." Jenny says.

As if to punctuate her statement she yawns big time.

"Fine. I don't need you and your wise cracks anyway." Donovan says.

Jenny jumps off and Donovan leaves for his car. Donovan heads for the city limits and soon reaches the excavation. He gets out and notices one thing wrong immediately. Nobody is working.

"Oh jeez. Did I get ripped off again?" Donovan wonders.

But a man steps out. It's the employer but he looks normal again.

"Axel! What are you doing here?" The man asks.

Donovan clears his throat.

"That's Dr. Donovan if you don't mind. Why isn't anybody working?" Donovan asks miffed.

The man pulls out the jewel.

"Cause we found what we were looking for. An ancient jewel with powers." The man responds.

Donovan looks at the jewel and seems to be entranced by it's beauty.

"I funded this for thousands of dollars so you can find a piece of glass?" Donovan asks angry.

"A piece of glass! How dare you call it this? This stone is thousands of years old." The man responds angry himself.

"So it's an ancient piece of glass."

Meanwhile back at quarks Jenny is checking out the bgy-12.

She walks around to the back and climbs up it.

"Jeez a girl has to get a work out just to climb this dang thing." Jenny says.

She reaches the hatch.

"Hello what's this?" Jenny wonders.

She notices a keypad next to it and starts punching at it. Suddenly the hatch opens up.

"So the metal man is hollow?" Jenny wonders laughing.

Jenny crawls into the hatch and ultimately finds herself in the main cockpit.

"A pilot seat. What the?" Jenny asks.

Suddenly the alarm goes off.

"It's the big guy signal. I mean the big guy jr. signal." Rusty yells.

"Where's Diana?" Dr. Slate asks.

"She must already be in it. Sensors are detecting a life sign inside." A doctor says.

"Oh okay. Must have been familiarizing herself more." Slate says.

"Hypersonic!" Rusty yells.

Inside Jenny is fooling around with the controls.

"What is all this?" Jenny asks.

She yells when big guy jr. comes to life and takes off.

"Oh man. I've heard of monkey's being sent into space but this is ridiculous." Jenny yells.

Big guy jr. and Rusty head for the encampment. Rusty lands and big guy jr. falls on his back.

"Are you okay big guy jr.?" Rusty asks.

"Get me out of this thing." Big guy jr. yells.

"Uh okay." Rusty says confused.

Jenny fiddles some more and gets the big guy jr. upright.

"I've got to get a handle on this thing or we'll never get back alive." Jenny says.

Rusty steps forward towards the camp.

"Hello anybody there?" Rusty yells.

Suddenly out of nowhere Donovan appears.

"Don't do that. You scared me." Rusty says.

"I'm sorry. That was just a false alarm. There is no trouble here." Donovan says.

"Something isn't right. Donovan said he was sorry." Jenny thinks.

"Where are the others?" Big guy jr. asks.

"They are taking a break right now." Donovan responds.

"Okay let's get back big guy Jr." Rusty says.

"Hold on there. Something stinks and I'm not talking about me either." Big guy jr. says.

"You don't stink." Rusty says.

Suddenly the employer jumps out with the jewel in hand.

"Fine if you insist on bothering us then you will fell the wrath of the jewel." The man says.

The jewel fires a couple of blasts at big guy jr. and hits it hard.

"That hurt. Or it would of hurt if I could feel pain." Big guy jr. says.

"Well feel this!" The man yells.

The jewel glows brightly and fires an even bigger blast at big guy Jr. The man turns towards Rusty and smiles.

"Let's see if my breath works on machines." The man says.

He opens his mouth and Rusty yells when the smoke comes out of it. Inside the big guy jr. Jenny is getting pissed. She finally gets the big guy jr. upright.

"All right. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Specially this woman." Big guy jr. yells.

The machine gun comes out and targets the jewel. A rain of bullets hits the man's arm and the jewel is knocked from his hand.

"Rusty gets the jewel!" Big guy jr. yells.

Rusty snaps out of his trance and dives for the jewel. He grabs it and spins around to see the man and the worker advancing on him and growling.

"Give me the jewel now!" The man yells.

"Rusty. I recognize that jewel. You must put it back where it came from or the curse will never be lifted." Slate says over Rusty's communicator.

"Cover me big guy jr.!" Rusty yells.

Rusty races for the encampment while big guy jr. fires on the two after seeing that it won't hurt them. Rusty blasts his way pasts at least a dozen zombie workers.

"Where's that entrance?" Rusty wonders.

He finally finds a hole in the hill and runs into it. He finds the alter with a jewel shaped hole in it and reaches for it. Suddenly something grabs him from behind. Rusty turns his head and yelps when he sees the employer is holding him.

"But I left you back with big guy Jr." Rusty says.

"I have ultimate power. I can go wherever I want. You will never put the jewel back. It's mine!" Rusty yells.

Suddenly a loud growl sounds from behind him. When he turns his head he yells as Jenny jumps on him and starts slashing at his face.

"Rusty do it!" Jenny yells.

Rusty slams the jewel into the niche and the earth shakes. The man yells and crumbles into dust. Outside the other workers all return to normal.

"Jenny what are you doing here?" Rusty asks.

"Uh I hitched a ride so I could see if Dr. Donovan is okay." Jenny responds.

"Speaking of..." Rusty says turning his head.

Donovan rises from the ground and groans in pain.

"Where did this massive headache come from?" Donovan asks.

"Oh poor baby. Let Jenny take you back and cure that headache." Jenny says.

"I'm in too much pain to say anything about that. Just get me the hell out of here." Donovan says.

Jenny gets into big guy jr. and calls for a pickup. After they all leave something happens inside the temple. A wisp of smoke rises from the ground. Suddenly a pair of glowing eyes appears.

"I will live forever!" A voice says.

The end.