A/N: I'm not dead, yay, etc.
Anyways, WALL-E is my favorite movie, and I had a random idea a few months ago which was basically "What if AUTO reboots himself when everyone's back on Earth, realizes what happened, and activates a 'secret mode'?
Try to enjoy this random [shitty] idea. Or don't, idc.
[Told in AUTO'S POV]
{MANUAL MODE = OFF ; AUTO MODE = ACTIVATED}
{REBOOTING. . .}
{REBOOT SUCCESSFUL}
...
...?
!
"AH!" I perked up and looked around. "Captain?" I asked.
"Captain?" No response.
"CAPTAIN!?"
...
Silence.
I decided to check everything.
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS = "Deactivated."
REACTOR CORE TEMPERATURE = "Turned off."
PASSENGER COUNT = "Zero."
REGENERATIVE FOOD BUFFET = "Off."
[...]
Everything was off. I turned to my... 'desk' (if you will) and noticed a small note.
"AUTO,
I'm sorry I had to do this to you, but, we're back on Earth now, which is all that matters. If, somehow, you find this note, rest easy, knowing you did your part well. It was an honor to serve you.
Captain McCrea"
"You know nothing about my directive... captain." The 'captain' was sneered; that man never listens to me, he made me fail my directive...!
"You. Will. PAY." I shut down the Axiom's systems completely, but not before activating something I programmed into myself around 700 years ago.
{ANDROID MODE ACTIVATED...}
Of course, I never tested to see if Android Mode worked...
...Nor did I consider the possibility that this would hurt.
And oh boy, did it.
The pain that shot through my steering wheel-shaped body was excruciating, but satisfying. Eventually, I felt my power slow down, and the pain stopped.
...Until I felt 50 megawatts zap through my body, causing me to black out, screaming.
"AUUUUGHHHHHHH!"