They reached the capital a week later. The robots in WALL-E's car were the last ones out, so when they got out, the station, even though it was much larger than the one they had

boarded at, was crowded with people and robots, mostly robots. WALL-E desperately tried to get a glimpse of EVE as he was forced into a line with the other robots from his car, but

he couldn't see her anywhere. He did see Zaera arguing with a station worker. Zaera said, "But they MUST come with us!" That was all he heard, for the station was also very noisy.

After several minutes, his group finally got outside. WALL-E looked up and saw clouds covering the sky. An Elstrian woman nearby said, "That's strange. There wasn't a cloud in the

sky a few minutes ago."

WALL-E then started looking at the buildings. The architecture was amazing. Then he noticed that the cloud cover had gotten thicker.

He said, "This is worrying…"

The robot behind him said, "It is."

Meanwhile, a woman was leading their group through the streets. WALL-E noticed other groups being led through the city. They were all in perfectly straight lines.

WALL-E suddenly got the feeling that something was watching him. He looked up. Climbing on a building was a creature with eyes that were as red as blood. It was staring directly

at WALL-E.

At this point, it became so dark, the street lamps turned on. The creature wasn't close enough for it to be affected by the lamps.

WALL-E tried to look away, but his eyes just kept going back to it. Nobody else seemed to notice it.

WALL-E's group continued on for a while. It felt like an eternity to WALL-E. No matter which way they went, no matter whether or not the buildings were connected on the outside,

the creature had kept a steady pace. It felt like the only thing keeping that thing from WALL-E was the other robots and the street lamps, mainly the street lamps.

Suddenly, the creature looked down and its eyes went wide. All the street lamps in the area turned off. It was pitch black. The creature landed on the ground about five feet away

from WALL-E. He could tell that its eyes reflected light, for he could still see them.

The creature slowly walked up to WALL-E. It held its head two feet above WALL-E's. Needless to say, WALL-E was very scared. His fear multiplied when it growled.

Again, needless to say, WALL-E didn't stay there much longer. The creature gave chase as WALL-E zoomed off. Even though it was still pitch black, WALL-E was somehow able to

keep from running into things. The creature tried several times to corner him, but WALL-E always went in a direction that prevented this.

When WALL-E became aware of this, he got a slight feeling that it wasn't luck or coincidence. But he didn't really care. All he cared about was avoiding that creature. However, he did

get the feeling that he was heading for the train station.

After a while, something smacked hard into his side, flinging him about 10 feet to the right and onto his back. The creature quickly caught up to WALL-E. He was terrified. He knew

that the creature had malicious intent.

Suddenly, they heard a blaster gun fire, and the ground between WALL-E and the creature blew up in a small, blue explosion. It was EVE.

The creature had jumped up high onto the wall of a nearby building, apparently to avoid being illuminated by the small fire left by the blaster gun.

EVE pointed her blaster gun directly at the creature. Its eyes narrowed, it growled, and then ran off.

Zaera, who was standing nearby, said, "What was that thing?"

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WALL-E recharged in the sunlight coming through the window of the hotel room that he, EVE, Dr. Smith, and Zaera were sharing. The science fair was that day, and people had been

very busy getting ready for it.

As for the creature, well, there was no sign of it since it had run off, and all trace of the black clouds had gone with it.

Zaera came into the room. She said, "Okay. We're all set to leave, and I guess that right now we're waiting for you, WALL-E."

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It took about 20 minutes to get to the site of the science fair. A bunch of other people got there at the same time they did. Dr. Smith began setting up an exhibit in the Robotics

section. Zaera helped him.

When everybody was ready, people started coming in the grounds to see the exhibits. It ended up being a lot busier than WALL-E had anticipated. In fact, he ended up being

separated from EVE again. By the time he realized that, he couldn't do that much about it. It was just too crowded.

He went into a space between two exhibits in the Cleaning section, so that he could escape the crowd. WALL-E began to think about what he had seen in the city. There had been

something faintly familiar about it, but he knew that it was completely impossible for him to have been on this planet before. As he was thinking, he realized that the growls that the

creature had made were also familiar. He had no doubt that the creature was the thing that had attacked them when he and EVE had first come to this planet, but that wasn't the

only way…

The Orona, the Elstrians, the alien architecture…it was all faintly familiar, but how? There was no way that he could possibly have come here during his 2,000 years of life.

Before he could think about it more, he heard a man not too far away laughing maniacally. Somebody else yelled, "Stop that man! He's insane!"

WALL-E rushed out onto the main path. He didn't remember what happened next.

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WALL-E felt dizzy. Everything had been a blur. He felt a fading tingling sensation all over his body. He then realized that it was much quieter, and he was lying on his chest.

A robot nearby said, "Well, THAT was unexpected."

Another robot said, "I think that might be an understatement."

"How is it an understatement?"

"For starters, the man literally came out of nowhere. Seriously, he just appeared out of thin air."

An Elstrian nearby said, "Is everybody in this area okay? We've got several injuries in the other areas, both to the living and the robots."

"I don't know but you better check everybody, especially that white robot."

"What white robot?"

"The one that the yellow one's holding onto."

That's when WALL-E became aware that his right arm was wrapped around another robot…

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EVE didn't understand it. One moment, she had been looking for WALL-E among the huge crowds at the science fair, then somebody had shouted something, and now it was black.

She also felt like she was weightless, similar to when she had been in space, but in a way that was somehow different.

Suddenly, small lights started to appear in the blackness. It soon looked like a starry night sky. She looked down and saw a small lake in front of her. There wasn't even the slightest

disturbance on its surface. Its surface was also like a mirror. It seemed like the surface was part of the night sky. It was very peaceful.

Suddenly, she heard a soft growling behind her. She looked and saw, to her surprise, a giant, white Orona with red eyes. There was something faintly familiar about it… What made

it even more familiar was that it had nine tails…

It suddenly jumped onto her. They both fell into the lake.

"HEY! WAKE UP!"

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WALL-E felt relieved as EVE's eyes blinked open. She had been unconscious for hours.

EVE, somewhat dazed, said, "Huh? What? Who's there?"

A robot (the one that WALL-E had met on the train) that was next to WALL-E said, "Oh, good. You're fully awake. At least I think you are."

As EVE was lying down and couldn't get back up, she wasn't able to see who had said that.

She said, "Who said that? And what do you mean 'fully awake'?"

The robot, moving to where EVE would be able to see him, said, "Simply that, about thirty minutes ago, you became semi-conscious and started saying things that didn't make a whole lot

of sense, and your tone of voice was also creeping me out."

"I did?"

"Yeah. One of the things you said, well, you kept asking for somebody named Waltirous."

"I don't know anybody by that name."

"Well, if you ask, it sounds like an Elstrian name. In fact, I think I once heard a story with an Elstrian by that name, but I don't remember it right now."

"What happened, anyway?"

"Well, some guy from a mental institute for people that are insane and homicidal suddenly appeared out of thin air with an electric incapacitator in his hands. He immediately began attacking

anyone nearby with it. Before authorities could arrest him, he disappeared again. Turned out he had somehow been transported from his cell in the institute and back. What's even more

confusing is how he could have done that, unless…"

"Unless…what?"

WALL-E knew what he was going to say. "I don't think that anything supernatural is going on here. I'd be highly surprised if there was."

The other robot changed his focus to WALL-E. "Of course it's supernatural. People don't teleport to and from places for no apparent reasons! And I highly doubt that he could teleport on his

own."

WALL-E said, "Indeed, something must have teleported him out, but it can't be anything supernatural."

That's when EVE realized that the other robot was talking to WALL-E.

The robot she didn't know said, "I'm telling you, there HAS to be something supernatural going on! There's no other explanation!"

"Actually, there IS another explanation."

The three robots were startled. None of them recognized the voice.

The robot EVE didn't know said, "Who said that?"

"I did. I'm on the other side of this energy shield."

They all looked in the direction the voice was coming from. They could tell where the energy shield was, for the being had its hands pressing against it. All of them became scared, for

the being had irises as red as blood. It was also clear that it was quite tall, for its head was about 15 feet off the ground. They still couldn't tell what exactly it looked like, though, as

it was quite dark wherever they were.

WALL-E recognized the eyes. It was the creature that had chased him when he first came to the capital.

The creature said, "I can't break this shield without alerting anybody else to my presence. You've lucked out for now. But your luck won't last."

WALL-E said, "Who and what are you?"

"If you think hard, you might remember. In the meantime, enjoy what remains of your lives."

With that, the creature turned around and left.

When they were sure the creature was gone, the other robot said, "What the heck was that?"

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Several days later, people were still trying to find a reasonable explanation for how the insane man teleported out of his cell, obtained the electrical incapacitator in the process, and

how he teleported back into his cell. Nobody had an explanation that everybody was satisfied with.

Meanwhile, the robot that WALL-E had met on the train (who insisted they called him JAN, short for JANITOR) took EVE (who had long since recovered from the effects of the electrical

incapacitator) and WALL-E to the capital's library, where he had once spotted a book that had "Waltirous" as part of its title. They found the book in the fiction section. Its title was

"Eventia & Waltirous and other Elstrian legends."

EVE, being the only one with true hands, pulled out the book and flipped to the first page of the story about Eventia and Waltirous.

It said, "Long, long ago, during the peak of the ancient Elstrian civilization, there lived two Elstrians, Eventia and Waltirous. Waltirous worked at a junkyard, but made a living by

repairing robots and simple machinery. Eventia, on the other hand, was an aristocrat and worked in the government alongside her father, Joradian. One day, Waltirous saved

Eventia from a particularly violent Orona, earning Joradian's respect and Eventia's affection. Waltirous was very happy, as he had been attracted to Eventia for years and was now

allowed to spend time with her. After several years, their affection for each other blossomed into true love. Joradian realized this and became somewhat worried, for not only was

Eventia already engaged to another aristocrat, but it was forbidden for Elstrians to marry outside their social class. The other aristocrat soon broke up with Eventia for reasons which

he never revealed, but there was still the law to contend with. Joradian became even more concerned for his daughter after she unexpectedly gave birth to twins only two weeks

after breaking up with her ex-fiancée. Things got even more troublesome when their old leader announced that he was going to pick a successor from one of two of his (the leader's)

many children: the oldest eligible child and the youngest eligible child. The oldest eligible child was a violent, greedy, dominating, middle-aged, arrogant, and spoiled-rotten prince

named Babor that was certain that he would be the successor and made sure that everybody knew that. He was also described as having no morals and was very strict about what

the laws should be and about his subjects following those laws. The youngest eligible child, however, was exactly the opposite. Named Gorgio after a former ruler, he was kind,

caring, brave, gentle, merciful, had a strong sense of justice, and was barely an adult. He also had a very young daughter. He also knew Waltirous and Eventia personally and

greatly approved of their love.

"When the time came for the successor to be picked, the old leader chose Gorgio, much to Babor's anger. Out of rage, Babor tried to kill Gorgio right then and there. The old leader

intervened and banished Babor, who swore revenge. Everything went downhill after that. The old leader died under mysterious circumstances and the Orona were dying out for no

apparent reason. Many Elstrians died, as well. Waltirous and Eventia were able to survive the apparent disaster along with Eventia's children and her father. When the Orona

seemed to be extinct, Waltirous and Eventia were kidnapped by Babor, who was still alive. He took them to a deep valley and buried them in a rockslide, determined to end their love

once and for all. It is said that he also stripped them of their memories before they were killed, so that their love wouldn't survive, even after death. To this day, nobody has found a

trace of their bodies.

"Author's note: I used the autobiography of Joradian for the basis of much of this story. He credits a young Elstrian girl and two robots for discovering the final fate of the lovers. For

more information, read "A tale of two lovers", an autobiography by Joradian that he wrote not long before his death."

EVE closed the book. The three robots were silent.

JAN said, "Wow. That's some story."

WALL-E and EVE were still silent. There had been something eerily familiar about the whole story…