The Edisons

-Ding Dong!- The bell on Mrs Edison's apartment rang on a very early Monday morning.

Mrs Edison whose cooking was interrupted by the sound of the bell, An agile looking lady who probably was on a fitness program, she has had to step up ever since her husband passed away years ago when Neon was still a kid, he was shot while trying to stop a shoplifter from robbing a supermart, if only he had just stayed put, Mrs Edison always thought, and she could see a lot of Tom her husband on Neon, and this scares her.

She has brought Neon up in the best way she could, playing both parental roles and tugging it with her job as a nurse at the lightville memorial hospital.

"Hold on a minute," she said while walking over to open the door.

Standing at the other side of the door was Max, a 15years old wimpy looking boy with glasses, Max A.K.A Maximus Prime of the autobot Spartans, at least that's what he calls himself, you could already guess his favorite movie, Transformers, he could go on and on about the movie even to the unreleased of the franchise, he has multiple collections of the autobots.

This was probably one of the reasons that might have prompted his love for machines, at age 7 he built his first mini-bot that works from scrap.

"Good morning Mrs Edison," Max said politely after Mrs Edison opened the door.

"Hey Max, how are you today?," she asked replying the gesture.

"Well am as good and fit as bumble bee ready to take on the decepticons," he replied with a reference from one of his favorite scene in the transformer movie.

"Oh!, good for you," Miss Edison said with a confused face, "I'll go get Neon," she suggested, already knowing why max was here very early on a Monday morning.

Max and Neon have been best friends since they were kids, he's practically family now, and they've usually gone to school together, as Max's home is just down at the end of the street.

"Neon?, Neon?, Max is here," Mrs Edison called out glancing up the stair case leading up to the other floor in the house where Neon's room is located.

-Thud!- A loud thud is heard above the ceiling coming from Neon's room.

"Ouchh! ," Neon could be heard groaning, "coming!,"Neon shouted from his bedroom.

Shortly after, Neon came running down the stairs, halfway down the stairs he jumped over the remaining stairs and landed safely, he had a smile on his face like he was feeling a sense of accomplishment.

"What was that noise," his mother asked worriedly, over the years Neon has always been someone who gets in a lot of trouble , he does crazy stuffs without thinking about the consequences, there's always this confidence on him everytime to dare the impossible.

"Oh, nothing serious, morning practice," Neon replied trying to convince his mom.

"You're gonna get yourself really hurt someday if u keep this up," she said with a stern look.

"Don't worry mom, I gat this," Neon said convincingly while he touched her gently on her shoulder, "Am almost late for class, see you later," he added as he headed towards the door.

"I'll probably have a night shift again today, so don't wait up," his mom said.

"You okay," Neon who knew his mom had been working a lot lately trying to make ends meet asked with a worried tone.

"Yeah, am fine, just take care of yourself," she replied trying to hide her fatigue, she would hate for Neon to start worrying about her, right now all she wants to do is to protect her son, he's all she has left.

"Okay, bye mom," Neon said as he walked out.

"Bye Mrs Edison," Max who was in the sideline throughout the convo said, as he heads out with Neon.

On their way to the bus station.

Neon staring at Max with a glimpse of excitement in his eyes,"so did you get it," he asked.

Max looking confused, not sure of what he was talking about, "Uhmm, get what," he asked in reply.

"The device, dummy," Neon replied with an impatient look on his face.

"Oh yeah, you bet I did," Max said suddenly remembering what Neon was talking about, he opened his bag slightly to show Neon a glimpse of the device, it was a special kind of machine component that Max spent the whole weekend searching for in the entire town, he and Neon have been gathering different parts over the years together, and he finally got the last piece.

"Huh, is that it," Neon asked, a bit disappointed, "I thought it would be bigger."

"No, this is definitely it, now i can finally complete my MAX-O-Tron 2000," Max said excitedly.

"Sweet, can't wait," Neon said, as they both took a bus to lightville high.