"This story takes place in an alternate world where mutant animals and humans are on good terms and the Great Pulse didn't happen, meaning technology was further developed and beast androids came into being."

Two girls arrived at the entrance of “El Pison de Buey”, a famous club where the wealthy hang out. “Okay, Rose, there it is. Made it very early even”, said the girl with a black ponytail. “Oooh, and there he is as well, Juri”, pointed out the other girl with long, red hair, with awe in her voice.

In front on the entrance, they see him, as usual. He looks like a muscular brown mutant doberman in an elegant white suit with patched up grey in the elbows, a black shirt, a blue bowtie ,brown shoes, and silver metal bracelets with spikes on his wrists. More subtle but notable differences from regular doberman is his size, being as big as a mutant jaguar, like Attary.

He also has five fingers in his hands instead of four, and a tail, something that ,oddly enough, was absent from only dobermen but not in the other mutants. There are more android doberman like him inside the club, and they are just as capable, but this one is the one the girls are most familiar with, and so, they gave him a nickname.

He was standing at the side of the entrance of the club, with his arms folded, and perfectly still like a statue, not even blinking or breathing, with the lights of the night reflecting on his shiny skin and clothes. He spotted the girls who were approaching, and their data appeared in his vision. It only showed their names and occupation, which, along with recognizing the girls, was all he really needed.

NAME: JURI
OCCUPATION: WAITER AT EL PISON DE BUEY
NAME: ROSE
OCCUPATION: DANCER AT EL PISON DE WEY

The doberman unfolded his arms and stood straight in front of the entrance to greet them.
“Hello, Dober”, said Rose. “ Hi there, handsome boy” , followed Juri with a giggle.
His neutral, robotic face turned into a slight but warm smile. “Good evening, Rose and Juri. Always a pleasure to see you. And you’re 20 minutes early” , He added while glancing at his internal clock that popped up in his vision.

“Well, we wanted to spend a little more time with you”, said Rose while hugging one of Dober’s strong arms.
“Even though that’s a bit too early for me, but hey, It’s worth it for you, big guy”, Juri added while she pats him in the back.

Rose inspected Dober’s left arm. “Wow, you’re so light-reflective.” She could see her own reflection not only in his spiked bracelet, but also in his hand. She touched the back of his hand. It was smooth and hard, yet somehow flexible. She was barely containing her excitement the whole time. Dober tilted his head curiously but with a proud smile as he observed her.

Meanwhile, Juri climbed on Dober’s back and was sitting on his shoulder. He noticed, of course, while still looking at Rose, who was still inspecting his arm. “Could you lift your arm? I mean , while I’m hanging off it, of course”, she requested. “It would be a pleasure, Miss Rose.” He complied, lifting his arm up and flexing it, with Rose hanging off it and laughing all the while.

Back to Juri, who was watching her own reflection on the side of the doberman’s shiny head. “Hey, Dober, I’m not bothering you, am I?”, She asked. When adressed, the bouncer turned his head to meet her gaze, his neck making a slight whirring noise in the process.“ Not in the slightest” he replied with a smile. “Oh? Not even if I do this?” She poked his eyes repeatedly, but the doberman didn’t even blink of react. “As you can see”, he responded as if nothing happened.

“Yeah, I can definitely see that”, Juri said while laughing. “So, can I boop your nose?”. “Of course, Juri. Access granted.”
“Sweet.” She poked his black snout, which made a click sound. “Boop” she giggled. The bouncer’s face suddenly went neutral and his eyes were glowing red. “WARNING. SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED. THIS UNIT WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN 10 SECONDS. COUNDTDOWN INITIATED”, he announced in a robotic monotone voice.

Before he started the countdown, he broke character and gave Juri a little wink, just in case, then returned to his robot face just as quickly, like nothing happened. Of course, even before that, the girls were not really worried.

“TEN, NINE, EIGHT…”

Meanwhile Rose, still hanging off his lifted arm, observed as the spikes on the doberman’s bracelets were blinking red. “Oh no! What have you done, Juri!?” She exclaimed, pretending to be panicked.

“SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR…”
“Oops. Looks like I did something I wasn’t supposed tooo”, she admited in a playful manner. “Let’s fix that, shall we?”

“THREE, TWO, ONE-

Just as the robotic bouncer announced One in his countdown, Juri poked his snout again. “Boop.” A clicking sound from the nose. The light in his spikes and eyes died down, there was a powering-down sound as he stood straight with his arms at his side and his head looking down as he was, well, powered-down. By that time, however, the girls were already off of him.

“Oops. Maybe I broke him a little?” Said Juri.
“A little?” Teased Rose.

There was a power on sound as the bouncer raised his head.

“SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ABORTED. RETURNING TO NORMAL FUNCTIONS.”

The bouncer stated as he returned to his usual self and gave Juri a smirk. “That was a close call, Juri. I’m glad you’re ok. And you too, Rose”, he said to her before she could get grumpy about being forgotten. “You must have pressed my self-destruction button by mistake,” he teased.
“Yeeeah, by mistake”, Juri said as she looked at her side, playing innocent.
“You sure are quite the actor, Dober”, said Rose.
Dober rubbed under his snout with his finger, looking proud. “I’m glad my display was of your liking, ladies.”

“So, how do you feel, Dober?” , inquired Rose.
“I feel great, stupendous, energetic, splen-
Rose cut him off with a giggle. “C’mon, you know what I mean. Gimme that status report!” She demanded playfully. “Yeah!”, Juri demanded as well.
“Understood.” The doberman then stood straight with a neutral robotic face and voice as his eyes glowed yellow.

“RUNNING SYSTEM CHECKUP OF D0B3RM4N.U24.”

Whirring and mechanical sounds could be heard from his body for 10 seconds. After that, there was a beeping noise.

“CHECKUP COMPLETE”
“POWER AT 95%”
“NO DAMAGES OR MALWARE DETECTED”
“UNIT’S TEMPERATURE: 45°C.”
“FEET THRUSTER TANKS AT 85%”
“ELBOW THUSTER TANKS AT 75%”
“WRIST THRUSTER TANKS AT 65%”
“ALL FUNCTIONS OPTIMAL”
“SYSTEM CHECKUP OVER”

The bouncer went back to normal again. “There you go, ladies. I hope that satisfied your inquiry”, he said as the yellow light in his eyes faded.
“That was shorter than expected. “ “You’re right, Juri, but that also means there’s nothing wrong with this big shiny good boy.” Rose complimented as she knocked lightly on his hand, making a clang noise.
“That was just the system checkup”, said Dober. “ I can also give you a performance demonstration, if you’re interested.”
“Performance demostration?” asked Juri.
“It means he’s going to move and show us what he can do. Is that right, Dober?”
“Affirmative, Rose. I will also show you some of my combat capabilities.”
The girls’ eyes lit up. “Yes, please!”, both said.
“Understood. Starting flexibility checkup”.

First he spins his head , then his torso, then again with his torso but with his head fixed in place. After that, he raises both of his arms, flexes them and makes the silver spiked bracelets on his wrist spin rapidly. And then, he makes his hands spin just as fast. After they stopped, the bouncer expelled steam from his snout, not to cool himself down, but to show off, while still flexing his arms. He then performed a side chest and expelled some more steam, and now a back double biceps, and more steam. To say the girls liked what they saw would be an understatement, essentially struggling to not get a nosebleed “down there” with all the sexy unfolding before them.

“Flexibility checkup completed”. He stated, after a few more bodybuilder poses (and steam).” Status: Nominal. Initiating combat demonstration”.

As he said this, he raised up his fists in a combat stance, then started to punch the air. Two jabs from his left arm and one from his right, alternating the order between repetitions. Next, the grey patches on his elbows slid aside to reveal concealed thrusters. He threw out a flurry of super fast punches, using the thrusters in his elbows in short bursts to conserve energy and not being unintentionally propelled forward. First from his left arm, then his right arm, and then both.

“So fast!!”, exclaimed Juri.
“A literal punching machine!!”, followed Rose.

WARNING .TEMPERATURE BUILDUP DETECTED. RELEASING EXCESS HEAT.

Stated the bouncer's onboard computer in a robotic female voice when he finished, as he ejected steam from his head, ears and nose. “Elbow Thruster tanks at 73.5%”, he pointed out, before moving on to his last demonstration.

“Searching for target”. Dober scanned the area until he spotted a nearby tree and marked in his vision with multiple bullseyes. “Target acquired”, he says as he cracks his neck and knuckles, then extends both fists forward.

“Is that…!” The girls exclaimed in surprise and excitement.
“Preparing for launch.” The Doberman’s fists were vibrating and making whirring mechanical noises, and his bracelets were spinning. “Ready.” He dettached his hands, along with his spiked bracelets, and shoot them towards the thick branches of the tree, taking them out like heat-seeking missiles as the bullseyes in his vision disappeared one after the other, leaving only one big one left.

“Roketto Panchi!!” Exclaimed the girls in pure awe.

Once done, the hands returned to the Bouncer’s arms with a clicking sound, who then proceeded to adjust his hands and bracelets to make sure they are in proper place. “Wrist Thruster tanks at 62%”, He said as he adjusted his silver spiked bracelets, which opened slightly in the middle section to release steam before seamlessly closing back.

His eyes lit up yellow. “Now for the finishing blow.” The patches on his elbows slide aside. He then spins his right arm, winding up for a powerful blow until… He rushes towards the tree at full force, with his fist spinning, seemingly without moving, and propelled by his elbow thrusters alone, or so thought Juri, until closer inspection to the back of his shoes by Rose reveals the other concealed thrusters.

With this super corkscrew technique, he smashes the tree trunk into pieces, sending them flying. The girls were shocked into silence with their mouths open.

He stood immobile for a while as he was, still in the same pose when he attacked. His fist, still extended, stopped spinning and was steaming hot. The android doberman’s eyes lit up briefly with yellow as he broke silence. “Combat demonstration completed. Feet Thruster tanks now at 84%. Elbow Thruster tanks at 71%” His fist stopped steaming and the compartments in the back of his shoes closed, as well as the patches on his elbows, concealing the thrusters.

The doberman stood up and turned towards the girls. “How was the demonstration, ladies?”
The girls managed to keep it together and also broke silence. “IT.WAS.AWESOME!”, exclaimed in unison.

The bouncer smiled proudly and checked his internal watch once more. “Looks like you have 5 minutes left. I suggest you hurry and get ready, ladies.”
“Oh, crap!”, exclaimed Juri. “Time sure flies when you’re enjoying yourself! Thanks, Dober”, “let’s go, Rose.” She waved goodbye and rushed towards the club.
Rose hugged the big dog’s arm one last time. “Yeah, thanks, Dober. It’s been fun”, she winked and soon followed Juri.

After seeing the girls off towards the club, the robot doberman returned to his post, with his arms folded, a serious and vigilant expression, and completely immobile, ready to perform his duty tiressly, like he’s always been.


Story by Manuz