Big guy and rusty the robot #34 Project: Neugog.

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Previously on big guy and rusty the boy robot…

Neugog get all of his neural energy sucked out and is lying on the floor.

“Ma ba dah.” Neugog says.

-- Nephew of Neugog --

"What the hell is that?" The man says covering his ears.

"I don't know. It sounds familiar. There's a visual part to it also." The scientist responds

He brings up a picture on the screen. It consists of 0's and 1's. Specifically it says 010.

"Well I'll be damned. She was telling the truth." The man says.

"Should we do what she said?" The scientist asks.

The man nods. The scientist sends the number 6 back. Nothing happens at first then another signal is received.

"It's different this time. The computer says it contains terabytes of data." The scientist says.

-- 010 --

And now the continuation…

Neugog is floating in a black void. He looks around.

“Where am I?” Neugog asks.

“You are everywhere yet you are nowhere.” A voice responds.

“Hawe I died?” Neugog asks.

“No. You are in the point between life and death.” The voice responds.

“Why can’t I sense the neural energy around me any longer?” Neugog asks.

“Cause the reality is that you are no longer in the mutated spidery body you were once in.” The voice responds

Neugog looks down at his spidery body.

“But I am still in this form.” Neugog says.

“That is only the way your mind is making you look. You want to continue to be the spider mutant Neugog and not Dr. Neugog the human.” The voice says.

“I hawe to have Neural energy to suwiwe.” Neugog says.

“You never really needed it. You just got a dependency on it. Your body long adapted from that need.” The voice says.

“If I am not dead then where is my body?” Neugog asks.

Suddenly a bright light appears everywhere. Neugog winces and closes his eyes.

“It’s hopeless. He won’t come out of it.” A voice says.

“There must be a way.” Another voice says.

The light fades to reveal Dr. Neugog in his human form on a table with Slate and Donovan standing over him.

“The little twit is better in a coma. After all the damage he did.” Jenny says.

“He’s not that way anymore. After we got him back to his human form the hunger for neural energy should of gone away.” Slate says looking at Jenny.

“Once a brain sucker always a brain sucker.” Jenny mutters.

Dr. Slate bends over and looks at Neugog.

“What’s running through that mind of yours?” Dr. Slate asks.

Back inside Neugog’s mind he finds himself inside his old lab.

“Why am I back here again?” Neugog asks.

A man walks into the lab.

“Who is that?” Neugog asks.

“You don’t recognize yourself. Or what you looked like as a human?” The voice responds.

“That was when I was week. Wery wery week.” Neugog says.

Dr. Neugog works on a machine. Dr. Slate walks in.

“How is it going?” Dr. Slate asks.

“It’s going great. I think I will be able to test it soon.” Dr. Neugog says.

“Why are you reminding me of this? When I was so weak. I became a better person when I became Neugog.” Neugog asks.

“Did you?” The voice asks.

“I still don’t like messing with minds very much. You are going to test it first on an animal right?” Slate asks.

“Yeah of course.” Dr. Neugog says crossing his fingers.

Slate leaves.

“Soon I will be a genius, no beyond genius.” Dr. Neugog says.

“Why did you do this to yourself?” The voice asks.

“I wanted to be better than them.” Neugog responds.

Dr. Neugog opens his locker and a bunch of tapes fall onto the floor.

“I had those all organized.” Dr. Neugog says angry.

He hears laughter in another part. He throws the rest of the tapes to the ground and storms out.

“They didn’t like me. They only used me to play jokes on.” Neugog says.

“But they didn’t always make fun of you did they?” The voice asks.

Later on Dr. Neugog gets a call.

“Will Dr. Neugog report to the lunchroom?" A voice says over the intercom.

Neugog sighs annoyed and puts down the neural interface. He walks into the room.

“Okay what is this? I don’t have time…” Dr. Neugog starts to say.

Suddenly the lights come on.

“Surprise!” Everybody yells jumping out.

Dr. Neugog is startled. Dr. Slate steps forward with a cake.

“Happy birthday.” Dr. Slate says.

“You remembered? You guys never remember. In fact it feels like nobody knows I exist except for to be used to further science.” Dr. Neugog says.

A tear falls from Dr. Neugog’s eye. Suddenly a tear falls from Neugog’s eye. Everything goes white again and fades. Suddenly in the real world the monitor goes flat line. Dr. Slate goes into action.

“Damn get him back now!” Dr. Slate yells.

Donovan brings a machine and connects it to Dr. Neugog. His body convulses as energy is shot through it. But the heart monitor stays flat. After a few minutes they give up.

“Call it. Time of death 6:05 pm.” Dr. Slate says solemnly.

Dr. Slate pulls a sheet over Dr. Neugog’s head.

“Why couldn’t he of survived?” Dr. Slate says.

“I guess he couldn’t accept being a human again.” Donovan responds.

“Being human is over rated anyway.” Jenny says.

2 weeks earlier…

Dr. Slate walks up to a computer and looks up.

“Good morning.” Dr. Slate says.

“Where am I?” A voice asks.

“You are inside a computer. Your name is Neugog. When we got your neural energy back from Donovan’s nephew we decided we couldn’t return it to your spider body. The only other option we had was to transfer it into a computer.” Dr. Slate responds.

“You mean I am nothing but a machine now?” Neugog asks.

“Sort of. Your essence has been implanted into the operating system of this computer. For security reasons this computer is not connected to the vital area’s of the base but you have some room for movement.” Dr. Slate says.

“How long hawe I been gone?” Neugog asks.

We extracted your neural energy from Donovan’s nephew about 2 months ago.” Dr. Slate says.

“What happened to me in those two months?” Neugog asks.

“Well we kept your essence in a system. We wanted to make sure that your essence could be safely brought back online. Sounds like it was a success.” Dr. Slate responds.

“Where is my body?” Neugog asks.

“It is in suspension until we can figure out a way to reverse the mutation if possible.” Dr. Slate responds.

“You mean I might be able to return to it?” Neugog asks.

“It’s possible but we can’t find any way with our resources.” Dr. Slate responds.

“I want to return to my body.” Neugog demands.

“I’m sorry but for security reasons that isn’t possible.” Dr. Slate says.

“I SAID I WANT MY BODY BACK!” Neugog screams.

Suddenly the whole lab shakes and Dr. Slate is knocked down to her knees.

“What the hell caused that?” Dr. Slate asks.

“I DID. AND IF YOU DON’T WAN’T ANYMORE OF IT YOU WILL RETURN ME TO MY BODY!” Neugog screams in response.

Suddenly all the lights in the lab go dead and Dr. Slate finds herself completely blind.

“Neugog. Please stop.” Dr. Slate pleads.

But there is no response. Suddenly a sound of a door sliding opens sounds and a flashlight beam pokes through.

“Dr. Slate?” Donovan asks.

“Donovan?” Dr. Slate looks towards the beam.

“What the hell is going on here? Did we forget to pay our electricity bill or something?” Donovan asks.

“Hey I told you to stop tearing up everything when you see a piece of junk mail.” Jenny says.

“I think Neugog has something to do with it. He had a temper tantrum right before everything went dead. Perhaps he created an overload.” Dr. Slate responds.

“I thought you put him in a computer that was isolated from all important systems.” Donovan says shaking his head.

“He was. He must have found a way. But how?” Dr. Slate wonders.

Donovan takes out a scanner and turns it on.

“I am picking up a complete blackout.” Donovan says.

He frowns and hits a button.

“Wait there is one small section with power. It looks like lab 12.” Donovan says.

“Oh god that’s the one where Neugog’s body is being held. He must be after it!” Dr. Slate yells.

The two rush out but being careful to keep the light forward of them. They see light ahead but before they can reach it they are rebounded back by a force field. Slate feels around and finds the force field is complete. Donovan looks again at the scanner.

“Damn this is the only way their from here.” Donovan says.

“Neugog. I know you are there please answer me.” Dr. Slate says.

The silence is broken by a deep booming voice that seems to be coming from everywhere.

“I am here.” Neugog says.

The hall way slowly lights up and gives the two a good view of the lab.

“Soon I will be back in my form and I will drain you all!” Neugog says.

“Please. Let us help you. You don’t have to return to that life again.” Dr. Slate says pounding on the force field.

To her horror she sees Neugog’s body float out and gets sucked into the vents. Donovan tracks it on the scanner.

“Where are you taking it?” Dr. Slate asks.

“He’s taking it to one of the main labs. Dr. Neugog’s lab.” Donovan responds.

“Where it all began.” Neugog responds.

Slate and Donovan rush towards the old lab but run into another force field. The body falls into the lab and sits below the machine.

“It’s time I finish what I began.” Neugog says.

“What is he doing?” Donovan asks.

“The only thing I can think of is that he wants to be like the way your nephew turned out. The way he would of turned out if the machine hadn’t malfunctioned.” Dr. Slate responds.

“When I got the taste of his brain power I knew that he was far more powerful then I was. That I need to get rid of this spider body and make the full ewolution!” Neugog says.

“So this was all a setup. You knew we would do this and then you would have access. No!” Dr. slate says.

The machine comes to life and a beam strikes Neugog’s body. It starts to change; it becomes smaller and more human like. When it’s done the body is a cross between it’s old self and a human.

“We have to stop him before it’s too late.” Dr. Slate says.

Donovan takes out a small laser and targets the door panel to short it out. The force field goes down and they rush in. Suddenly the body stands up and the eyes open up.

“It’s too late. I have ewolwed!” Neugog yells.

Neugog’s head crackles with energy.

“I’m hungry!” Neugog says.

Slate yells as the sucking tongue reaches out for her but before it can reach her it stops and pulls back.

“No I can’t do it. I am human!” Neugog yells.

He goes into a fetal position.

“What’s going on?” Donovan asks.

“His human side is fighting it. That was the one flaw of being a human with this power.” Dr. Slate says.

Donovan rushes forward and injects Neugog with something and he comes to a complete still. After all the power is restored Neugog is taken to a lab and his skin is restored to normal and his entire mutant DNA is eradicated.

“Now what?” Donovan asks.

“His body may be cured but his mind won’t be as easy.” Dr. Slate responds.

10 minutes later…

The monitor goes flat line. Dr. Slate goes into action.

“Damn get him back now!” Dr. Slate yells.

Donovan brings a machine and connects it to Dr. Neugog. His body convulses as energy is shot through it. But the heart monitor stays flat. After a few minutes they give up.

“No it’s not too late.” Dr. Slate says.

She pulls out a helmet and hooks it up to the computer.

“No not neural interface. If you are inside his mind when he goes completely then you will die as well!” Donovan yells.

“I have to try.” Dr. Slate.

“Go ahead and let her risk her life on that alien technology.” Jenny says.

Dr. Slate turns on the interface and finds she floating in a void with Neugog nearby.

“Neugog!” Dr. Slate yells.

But there is no response.

“Please I know you are still there. It’s not too late. Please come back.” Dr. Slate says.

“I don’t deserve to liwe after what I did to my friends.” Neugog says.

“It wasn’t your fault. It was like an addiction.” Dr. Slate says.

Neugog’s body starts to alter towards its human form.

“That’s it.” Dr. Slate says.

The body completely returns to human and the eyes open up.

“Will they ever forgive me?” Dr. Neugog asks.

Dr. Slate reaches out smiling.

“I forgive you.” Dr. Slate says.

Dr. Neugog reaches out and they make contact. Suddenly everything goes white and Dr. Slate finds herself back in the real world. She hears a heart beat once more.

“I did it.” Dr. Slate says.

Dr. Neugog opens his eyes and smiles.

“Welcome back.” Dr. Slate says.

Epilogue.

Dwayne sits down in an old fashioned diner. A waitress comes up.

“How can I help you?" The waitress asks.

“Can you tell me where some place called… Oh what was it called? Quarks?” Dwayne asks.

To be continued…