This chapter was a bit short also. It seems to be becoming a habit to make my chapters short. I hope you like it.

Chapter 3: Kidnapped

Each probe was assigned a job in the community. Eve also felt that this would help make them more independent. The probes had reached a new level of thought and had chosen names. Probe two was called Red, probe three called herself Pinky, probe four decided on Violet, and probe five went with Lime. Each probe began showing emotions after a week in the community. Quick flashes of intense energy were dangerous to anyone who was nearby. One human had gotten a black eye. The probes made sure to stay away from humans whenever possible.

Eve and Wall-E continued doing what they did every day, Wall-E trying to get home early to study the strange object he had found on the Axiom. Wall-E had found a compartment under the holo-detector, and inside was the device. He hadn't told Eve, as he didn't want her to return it. Whatever it was, it intrigued Wall-E, and everyday he looked for a way to activate it or open the inside.

Two weeks had gone by. Wall-E and Eve were watching Hello Dolly in their truck. As they watched they held hands and deeply enjoyed the moment. Suddenly a noise from outside startled Eve. She turned and activated her ion cannon.

"Evah?" asked Wall-E.

"Stay." said Eve. She approached with caution and went into the darkness. As she surveyed the area she saw a white egg-shape about three yards away. She sighed; it was one of her sister probes. She put away her cannon and hovered toward the probe.

"Hello?" she asked, not certain which probe it was. The probe activated and Eve instantly knew it was Red.

"Red, why active, sleep mo…" suddenly Eve realized something. Now that Red was close, Eve could see Red's angry eyes as well as her ion cannon aimed directly at Eve. Eve backed up a little.

"Red, what going on?" Eve said; her eyes in fear. She forgot about her own cannon. Suddenly the other probes appeared out of the darkness, each one holding up their cannons toward Eve. Eve remembered her cannon now and activated it. Their they were, all four probes aiming at Eve. At this distance, although Eve had a better aim, one shot was bound to hit her. Eve was built to withstand her weapon type, but would have to deactivate to recover.

"Wall-E!" yelled Eve, and then Red fired. Wall-E heard her shout, and came to assist.

"Evah!" yelled Wall-E, "Evah?" but Eve was nowhere to be seen.

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"Can memory deleted?" said a voice. "No, but covered yes." said another. Eve awoke with a start.

She was in a room, on the axiom by the look of it. Two probes, Red and Lime, were hovering next to her. She was on a table, which seemed to have been used for operations.

Once she was aware of where she was and who was in the room, she tried activating her cannon. Nothing happened and then she noticed her right fin had been removed.

"There is no need for your weapon at the moment." said Red. Eve was surprised at her sudden ability to articulate so well.

"What I doing here?" asked Eve. "You are here because we will give you new directive." said Red.

That's weird thought Eve. It almost sounded like… and then she understood. The other probes had connected to her through her brain, so their voices were inside her head. She tried doing the same.

"What new directive?" She asked. "You are to activate the rocket and take us to the Enterprise; the Auto Pilot on that ship will be willing to destroy the humans on earth to follow his directive." said Red.

Eve wanted to protest but she thought it would be best to gather as much information to save the humans. "Why can't the Axiom's Auto-pilot do it instead?" asked Eve. Suddenly Red looked disgusted.

"When we activated him, the first thing he noticed were the plants outside. Then all he did was moan about not fulfilling his directive. We had to shut him down."

"I will never cooperate!" Eve said. She had heard enough; it was time to leave. She flew off the table and through the door before Red or Lime had a chance to activate their cannons.

Red turned to Lime. "You have controller?" asked Red. "Yes." said Lime. "Activate."

In the distance Eve could be seen searching for an exit of some kind. She noticed her energy level was dropping.

"Nighty night, probe one." said Red.

Eve desperately tried to continue moving, but it was already too late. She went into sleep mode and was still.

Hopefully I'll post another chapter before the day is up.