EVE's assignment for the day was to help her sister probes search the ruins of the city for anything useful. WALL-E's assignment was to help BURN-E, a welder-bot, get some

equipment from the Axiom. EVE and WALL-E were always given assignments that required them to be apart for the whole day, that and the fact that their friends had nowhere else

to go at night meant that, for the past month, they had never had a chance to be alone together, even for a little while. Their lack of opportunities to be alone together, their lack of

chances to interact with each other, and the stress caused by the daily assignments were having a negative effect on their relationship. If it continued for much longer, there was a

chance that they could end up not having a relationship at all. Unfortunately, it seemed to be too late to do anything about it. They didn't even look at each other as they headed off

to their respective assignments.

WALL-E and BURN-E had a brief conversation as they went towards the maintenance areas of the Axiom. BURN-E said, "Hey, I know a secret passageway that leads to a weird room.

Wanna see?"

WALL-E said, "Sure." Early on, a trip to the repair ward left WALL-E with the ability to speak the Axiom code, the language the robots used to communicate with one another, fluently.

He led WALL-E down a hallway and led him to a spot on a wall that looked perfectly normal. BURN-E tapped on various places on the wall and a hidden door opened to reveal a dark

passageway. WALL-E followed BURN-E inside. After what seemed like a long time, a door opened to the side of him. However, when the door opened, BURN-E was nowhere to be

found. WALL-E looked around and called out to him, but to no avail. He went inside anyway. The room was dimly lit and seemed old. It was completely empty. WALL-E wondered why

the room was built if it had no purpose. However, he wasn't aware of who was behind him…

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At the humans' settlement, a steward was showing the captain what he had found earlier on the lido deck: the smashed remains of GO-4.

When the captain saw it, he said, "So that's what happened to him."

The steward said, "What shall I do with him, captain?"

The captain thought for a moment before answering. "Take him to the repair ward. And have them make him able to speak English, we need more translators."

The steward obeyed. When he was halfway to the repair ward when BURN-E came up to him and said, "Have you seen WALL-E anywhere lately?"

"I'm afraid not."

"All right. WALL-E! Where are you?"

The steward watched him until he was out of sight. I wonder what happened, he thought. He then got the feeling that he was being watched. He dismissed it as his own mind craving

stimulation. Besides, where could somebody hide?

He resumed his path. When he got to the repair ward, he gave the captain's request to the AI that was in charge of the repair ward, dropped off GO-4's remains in the proper place,

and left.

GO-4's body had been so damaged, there was no way to repair it. The only thing they could do was download GO-4's data into another GO-4 body, which they did (they were sure to

make it possible for GO-4, in his new body, to speak English fluently).

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The last thing that GO-4 remembered was plummeting towards the lido deck, screaming. Which is why he screamed when his new body was activated. It startled the repair ward AI.

GO-4's screaming died down as he realized that he wasn't falling anymore. He looked around. He was in the repair ward.

He said, "How did I get in here?" Then he realized that he had just spoken in English. "And how come I'm talking in English?"

The repair ward AI said, "You were brought here by a steward. We gave you a program that would allow you to speak in English, at the captain's request. You were damaged

beyond repair when the steward brought you here. We had to put you in a new body." GO-4 noticed the debris that lay on the floor. It vaguely resembled him.

The AI continued. "How did you become so damaged?"

GO-4 told the AI of the last few moments of his life.

"I see…Hopefully that won't happen to anyone again. We have a finite number of robot parts."

"May I go now?"

"Of course."

With that, GO-4 left. He was halfway to the lido deck when BURN-E came out of nowhere and said, "Have you seen WALL-E anywhere lately?"

GO-4 immediately became confused. But he said, "I haven't."

BURN-E left noticeably distressed.

GO-4 wondered what had happened while he was dead when something huge came out of nowhere. It was Auto in his new spider-like body.

GO-4 stared at him for a few moments, intimidated and frightened. Unsure of how else to react, he said, "Um, what-you-uh, what happened, sir?"

Auto was silent for a moment, and then said, "You can speak English. Oh well. It doesn't matter. It'll be very useful."

"Useful for what, sir?"

Auto told him everything.

"Oh. I see. Well, I am willing to serve you in whatever way I can. How can I start?"

"You can start by pretending that you are no longer loyal to me and pretending that you don't know of my reactivation."

"Huh?"

"By pretending that you're with them, they will grow to trust you, hopefully. You will be my spy for them. Get all the information you can get about the WALL-E unit and Probe One

without being suspicious."

"What if they find you?"

"I am already taking care of that."

"I'm not going to ask how. But are you sure the plan will work? After all, there are only two of us, and I don't know how many there are of them. We're going to need allies."

"I already have a plan for that."

"You do?"

"Yes. Our first ally will be in the form of Probe Five."

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The probes' day of searching was more interesting than they expected. Not only had they found many things that would be very useful, but they had just found something very

interesting: a human-sized mechanical dragon made entirely of bronze. Of course, it didn't move. It was more like a puppet.

The probes all made comments on the statue. All, that is, except Probe One, EVE. She was thinking about how WALL-E might react if he saw it…

She immediately felt depressed. She hadn't had a chance to be alone with WALL-E for so long. She was afraid that WALL-E's feelings for her were gone…

"Hey, One, wake up."

EVE snapped out of her trance. Probe Two looked at her sternly. She was the undisputed leader of the probes, mainly due to the fact that she had some aggression problems.

Probe Three said, "Leave her alone, Two. She's probably thinking about WALL-E. We should be sensitive." She respected EVE's love for WALL-E and even helped her cope with being

away from him. She also wasn't afraid to voice her opinions, which, needless to say, often got Probe Two mad at her.

"Shut up, Three. You know that you don't talk back to me!"

"Says the one with aggression problems."

"Why you little-I should blast you to bits!" She pointed her blaster gun at Probe Three.

Probe Four quickly said, "Whoa, whoa, calm down Two! There's no need to get upset!" Probe Four usually stayed out of arguments like this, but every once in a while she had to

interfere. Up to that point, she had been looking at the mechanical dragon, wondering what it looked like on the inside.

Probe Two put her blaster gun away. She briefly looked around and saw Probe Five cowering behind a wall, looking at the dragon.

"Five, for the last time, the dragon is NOT gonna get up and attack you! When will you stop being so stupid?"

Probe Five didn't listen to her. She was convinced that, because it looked scary, it was a danger to her. Probe Two often called her incredibly stupid and naïve. She seemed to be

right, for Probe Five always believed anything that anyone told her, even if it was obviously not true or they told her that it wasn't true, she almost never picked up on things, no

matter how clear anybody put it, she couldn't solve the easiest of problems even if the solution was shown to her, she didn't know that she had a plasma cannon in her arm, she

couldn't read at all, and, to top it all off, she was so feeble-minded and stupid, she didn't even know she was. She didn't know the definition of "stupid" either.

Probe Five continued to stare at the dragon fearfully. Probe Two rolled her eyes and shook her head. She knew that the EVE probes had been designed to be very high-end robots,

highly intelligent and efficient. So why was Probe Five so stupid?

Suddenly, BURN-E dashed towards them. He looked at the mechanical dragon for a moment before saying, "We have a problem, EVE. I've been looking for WALL-E everywhere and I

can't find a trace of him."

EVE said, "What do you mean 'you've been looking for WALL-E everywhere'? Wasn't he supposed to be with you?"

"He was, but I wanted to show him this secret passage I found. We went in, and when I looked around for him, he wasn't there."

EVE was concerned. She turned to her sisters. Probe Two said, "You go on ahead. The rest of us will…attempt to get Five to realize that that dragon isn't dangerous."

EVE followed BURN-E. He led her through a dark building. When he got out, he looked back to ensure that EVE was behind him. She wasn't. BURN-E called out for her. There was no

response.

Oh no, he thought. Now BOTH of them are missing? What's going on?

He backtracked, constantly calling out her name. He was soon back with the other probes. Probe Two gave him an odd look. "Don't tell me. One is missing."

BURN-E nodded.

Probe Three said, "Oh dear. This could be bad. WALL-E and One disappear when nobody's looking, and on the same day? This can't be pure coincidence."

Probe Four said, "I'd be very surprised if it was."

BURN-E rushed off. He was going to the captain.

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The captain had been busy with helping a few people get a few things organized in a warehouse with his cousin, Johnny. Suddenly, a voice said, "Good evening sir."

He looked around, but nobody was there.

"Down here sir."

He looked down and saw GO-4, who gave him a quick salute.

"Good to see you sir. What can I do to help?"

The captain said, "Glad to see you're not trying to avenge Auto. At least I hope you aren't."

"Of course not sir. My directive is to help the captain of the Axiom. Since Auto is gone, you're the only one left."

Suddenly, BURN-E came into the room. He was making very frantic sounds. The captain didn't understand a bit of it.

"What did you say?"

GO-4 said, "He said 'WALL-E and EVE are missing and I have no idea where they are'."

All the humans froze.

Johnny said, "That's not good."