Emily yawns softly. Her Cyber-Interface displays "required rest in 30 minutes" in a bright red. The 8-year-old girl sighs. What could my brilliant father have been thinking? She wonders, and her thoughts are displayed on her CI.
Molly McMire, Mortimer McMire's only daughter. Her father thought it would be a good idea to name his daughter after his older sister. Her child has always thought it was silly so she wants everyone to call her Emily. Only Mortimer doesn't follow this rule.
Besides, his father didn't follow the rules when he was her age. He was a bully through and through, and when he wasn't in school, he hatched evil plans after evil plans. With his own spaceship, Mortimer caused trouble in the galaxies, but his childhood rival, Billy Blaze, always managed to stop him. Good, because his ultimate plan was to destroy the entire universe! Commander Keen (Billy) vs The Grand Intellect (Mortimer)... Father is always reluctant to talk to me about those years of his life. He always tells me that he has changed, that he’s a good person, but... why then does he use me as a guinea pig?
Mortimer has been cybering his daughter since she was 4 years old. He says it is for science, to help the human race evolve, to help humanity reach the same knowledge as extraterrestrial beings. Emily thinks that he is plotting something evil.
The young McMire knows that Billy Blaze also had children, a boy and a girl, but she has never met them. I know, however, that their names are as cheesy as mine. Billy Junior and Billie. Honestly, Billy Blaze! Couldn't you have come up with something better?
Emily's CI reads "required rest now." The 8-year-old girl sighs again, yawns one more time, and goes to bed.
Author's comment: There are few Commander Keen fanfictions on AO3 and since it’s one of my childhood’s PC games I had to write a flash fic about it.