Rodney and the Quadropods (Part 2)

The alarm on one of his computers went off. Rodney woke up to that noise and looked around to see if anything had changed. Nothing had changed. He was still in this new house and all his computers were busy recharging themselves at the power outlets in the house. There were twenty computers that he had and they all presented themselves before Rodney when he commanded them to.

Rodney ordered a galaxy brand computer to play some music for him so the computer retrieved music files from the internet and played a list of Rodney's favorites in order to "wake" him and get him ready for the day ahead. Rodney went to the bathroom and took a shower. The bathroom was very pristine and high-class which was what he expected from an expensive house like this. The computers had dug a grave for the bodies of the family, and now they were six feet under their own backyard.

Since the computers seemed to have minds of their own and walked around on four legs each, Rodney decided to call them quadropods. He ordered them to search the house and find money and they came up with two hundred fifty wallops (name of the currency). Rodney pocketed the cash and headed out the doorway to go and find some food, but the computers had already thought of that and brought him scrambled eggs and ham with a glass of milk. Rodney ate his breakfast and turned on the television. There were about a hundred channels for him to choose from and he took his time.

At 11 a.m. the phone rang and Rodney wondered if he should answer, but he was frightened that the caller might ask too many questions about the family so he decided to let the answering machine take the message.

The housemaid came by at 3 p.m. and wondered why there was no one here in the house. She saw the damage that had been done when the quadropods had attacked and killed the residents. She went quickly to the phone and tried dialing for the police when she noticed that the phone wire had been cut. Now she was really scared and started to move to the doorway when two quadropods stood in her way. She looked at them in shock and disbelief because she had never seen these things before. One of them sent a current of electricity through her body and she fell to the floor unconscious. Rodney came out of his hiding in the bathroom and ordered the quadropods to bury the housemaid in the backyard just like the family.

It was daylight and Rodney didn't want to be seen with his quadropods so they decided to stay indoors. Later in the evening, the neighbor came by to visit and no one answered the door. He tried calling the house and no one answered. He looked through the window and saw that the place was in a mess. At seeing this, he went back to his house and called the police.

The police showed up soon and knocked on the door of the house that Rodney was in. He looked outside and recognized the car and uniforms. There were two of them so he figured that the quadropods could handle this as well.

The police officers heard something coming towards the door and then the door opening to reveal the quadropods. One of them jumped on the first officer and stabbed her in the face with a knife-like object that came from within it. The other brought out a mechanical arm that fired an electro-dart at the second officer. Both officers were dead in a matter of seconds. The bodies were dragged into the house and buried in the backyard. The neighbors witnessed all this and reported it to more police.

In minutes, a horde of police cars were making their way towards the neighborhood where Rodney and the quadropods were. They parked outside the gate and drew their guns, aiming at the house occupied by a 13 year old boy and his meta-computers.