Roberto Strikes Back
By Newhook_1
One day, Fry, Bender and Amy were sitting on the couch watching TV at Planet
Express HQ. As Bender was flipping through the channels, Hermes walked through
the door next to them holding several envelopes and packages. "Mail call
people!" he called cheerfully. "Amy here's a letter for you!" he
said handing a letter to Amy.
"Oh, it's from
that anonymous pen pal agency I signed up for! Someone must have seen
my add and sent me a letter!" She opened the letter and began to
read aloud:
"Dear pen pal,
"How our you? I am fine. Respond or I WILL DESTROY YOU!!!!!
"- Anonymous Pen Pal"
"Oh," said Hermes after she had finished. "There's also a package
here for you Fry!"
Fry took the
package, opened it, and took out a pair of swim trunks. "Hey!
It's the Steve Buscemi swimming trunks I bought off eBay!"
Amy eyed the trunks. "They really put his face on everything when he started
his second term as president."
"I can't wait to try them out," exclaimed Fry cheerfully. "Do
they still have pools in the future?"
"Sure!" replied Amy. "In fact, I won two free pool passes in
a radio contest yesterday. I can take you along with me if you want." She
reached into her front pocket, but her hand came out empty. "Hey!" said
Amy with a frown. "They're gone!"
Bender folded his arms and scoffed, "Typical human. Don't worry Fry, at
least you have one friend you can depend on." He reached into his chest cavity
and pulled out two pool passes. "I'll take you to the pool with these two
free passes I didn't steal."
It was only a short walk from the Plant Express building to the local swimming
pool, and it only took a moment for Fry to change into his trunks and Bender to
rust proof himself. Once they were in the pool area, Bender lit a cigar. The lifeguard
seemed to have an objection to this and walked up to Bender. "Sorry sir,"
he said, "no smoking in the pool area."
Bender frowned. "Oh yeah, who's gonna stop me?"
The lifeguard
pointed and a 20 foot tall robot standing behind Bender with a 'No
Smoking' sign on his chest. "Oh, hello sir," Bender said
nervously to the robot while handing the cigar to the life guard. "I
was just giving my cigar to my good friend the lifeguard here."
After the robot had left and the lifeguard turned to walk away, Bender picked
up a pool weight that was next to his foot, threw it at the lifeguard, and hit
him in the back of the head. "Ow!" exclaimed the lifeguard, while rubbing
the back of his head and frowning at Bender.
"He did it!" said Bender pointing at a small child standing nearby.
The life guard said
something into a walkie talky and 5 security guards came out of
nowhere and tackled the child.
After that incident was over, Fry dove into the pool they where standing next
to. "Wow, the pool water tastes really different then in my day," Fry
said when he came up for air.
"Na." said Bender pointing in the direction of another pool 10 feet
away from the one Fry was in. "Swimming pool's over there. You're in the
spawning pool."
"Uh, I think I'm ready to go home now," said Fry, looking in terror
at two squid-like aliens making out in the pool right next to him.
Bender and Fry were just finishing up in the change room. Fry was about to
put his jacket on when Bender noticed a scar on Fry's upper arm. "Hey, Fry!"
he said. "Where'd you get that trendy scar you're sporting?"
"I got that
when I saved you guys from Roberto!" Replied Fry.
Bender just stared
blankly at him.
"You don't remember that crazed knife wielding robot who tried to kill
us?" asked Fry.
Bender continued
to stared blankly.
"It was right after we got put in that robot asylum," Fry said trying
to jog Bender's memory.
"Oh right!" replied Bender. "That whole week is a bit of a blur.
What with the heavy medication they put me on in the asylum and all."
"Anyways,"
Fry continued thoughtfully, "I wonder whatever happened to that
lunatic ...."
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