Chapter 2: Anniversary
Wall-E made sure that Eve was well in sleep mode before he entered the house trying to be as quiet as possible. He told the helper robot to do the same, and they slowly carried all the supplies down the stairs to Wall-E's treasure room. After everything was unloaded, Wall-E thanked the help bot and went to find appropriate hiding places around his treasures. His thoughts settled on how much longer he and Eve would live. He saddened to think that they probably only had another century left. Eve was made about a decade after Wall-E so they were only ten years in difference. Therefore their life expectancy ended around the same date. Wall-E finished hiding the parts and went up to snuggle beside Eve. A sudden idea occurred to Wall-E to help out with increasing the life expectancy. He'd tell Eve about it in the morning.
-----
There was no leader or president on earth. Everyone judged themselves. Sure there were police bots to control minor crimes, but everyone lived in peace. No one expected anything bad to happen. The next morning Wall-E went up on the roof to recharge. Hal scurried up behind him onto the roof. Wall-E wondered what the roach had been doing. He hadn't seen the roach in a while. In truth, Hal had lived longer than any insect would today. He was genetically made that way to increase the chance of life being sustainable after a certain period of time.
Wall-E chimed when his power meter hit full. He then folded it and went down to see how Eve was doing. From the look of Eve, Wall-E could tell Eve had just gotten out of sleep mode.
"Happpyy anniiiivveeerrssaarryyy!" Wall-E said excitedly.
Eve giggled. "Presents!" she said, then turned to retrieve Wall-E's present. Wall-E went down to gather Eve's upgrade collection. He returned trying to hold the giant box and three smaller packages behind him. Eve immediately noticed how much Wall-E had gotten. She suddenly regretted only getting Wall-E one present.
"Ta-da!" said Wall-E as he rolled away from the boxes. Eve was shocked; there were all kinds of upgrades for herself including a new cannon with increased power, a longer-lasting power supply, and a name plate that had "Eve" laser cut in a fine font. Eve was very grateful for this present. She loved things that were shiny.
Eve then shyly presented the old touch screen to Wall-E. He was intrigued and immediately went to study it, taking much interest in every inch. Eve sighed, Wall-E had gotten her a much nicer present. Her concentration changed though as she saw her new cannon hookup. There were two. One for her right arm and one for her left, and they were twice as powerful and easier to handle. Eve was excited.
Wall-E set down his present for a moment and distracted Eve from her interest. He started trying to explain his idea.
"Evah, life me aannd yours short." he said.
Eve understood. Wall-E had started noticing that the estimated life expectancy was only a short while away.
"Idea to help." Wall-E said. Eve listened more intently. "Recycle Axiom body."
Eve understood what he wanted to do. Wall-E wanted to use the metal from the Axiom to make more parts for robots. While it didn't solve all their problems at least it would last for a while. Eve smiled with her eyes and gave Wall-E a spark kiss.
"Repair bots." Eve said, "I'll send to clean out." Eve thought that the repair bots could clean up the area and make sure no one was in the Axiom before they started cutting the metal. Wall-E nodded. Eve grabbed Wall-E and they headed out to the city to declare a meeting.
-----
Once the meeting had been announced, robots and humans from all over began to gather at the town hall. Wall-E and Eve made their way to the stage. Eve used the computer to type a message out in front of a holo-screen. The message read, "Robots and humans, spare parts are beginning to run scarce. Therefore Wall-E and I propose to use the metal from the Axiom and place them in the Axioms matter reorganizers. We will then have the right material to make spare parts for robots for a long time to come. Repair bots will clean up the Axiom and then we will proceed to start cutting the metal."
Proposals in the city were rarely refused. Unless a majority of citizens didn't like it, they went through with it. This was no different. Humans and robots immediately got to work on their new task after the meeting. The repair bots already were heading towards the Axiom to begin their sweep.
-----
A group of the repair bots went to the lead-o-deck to clean and fix things lying around. The bots circled around to avoid the water. One repair bot spotted something next to the large pool. Getting closer, the repair bot noticed it was a broken down Go-4 unit. Since the repair bot only knew how to clean and fix, it decided that this robot should be repaired. It gathered up it's pieces and brought it to the repair ward. Their it reassembled the parts on the Go-4 unit. After twenty minutes the repair bot was done, and Go-4 unit reactivated.
I've been reactivated thought Go-4. How?
He looked around and spotted the repair bot in front of him. Yes! I'm free!
-----
Go-4 did not pay anymore attention to the repair bot, and instead left the repair ward. The repair bots' feelings were slightly hurt, but it knew that Go-4 units didn't feel emotion. Well most ones at least.
Go-4 immediately left the Axiom. All he could think about was his freedom, the fact that he was no longer unmoving. He could feel the air, the wind, the Plants!? What? thought Go-4. He looked out and saw the miles of plants and vegetation. Go-4 was surprised. He didn't believe that plants could have survived on earth. Humans and robots had made earth a wasteland and now they had turned it into a livable green planet? This didn't compute in Go-4's mind, so he ignored it tried to find shelter of some kind. He still didn't know exactly how he would seek revenge on Wall-E, but he was looking forward to it.
Please forgive the fact that this chapter may seem a little slow. I struggled a little with setting up Go-4's activation. I hope you liked it anyway.