EVE peered around a corner, "Okay, the coast is clear."

"Eve, Forthright isn't here anymore." Aya told her, "Don't you think you're being a little paranoid?"

"I'm not taking any chances." EVE retorted, "And anyway, this is where those robots are coming from. Stay on high alert."

Leah followed close behind her sisters. Rio was also with them, but Rose had stayed behind to help in the neighborhood with Telly. Chibi couldn't stop staring at all the burnt metal around them. This starliner was clearly abandoned.

It was creepy.

"Let's just get in and get out." Rio said, "I don't wanna spend more time in this creepy place than I have to..."

"Same..." Leah said.

"Shhh..." EVE hushed, "I thought I heard something..."

All the girls tensed, which made Chibi nervous. Everything was silent for a beat, then something fell. EVE shot at it, white-hot plasma spraying from her cannon arm. Chibi's heart lurched.

Near where EVE had shot, there was another EVE Probe, this one black in color with red eyes. Her cannon was brandished and pointing at them.

EVE growled in annoyance, "Ruby!?"

"Eve!" Ruby sheathed her weapon, "I thought you were going to kill me!"

"I almost did!" EVE put away her laser and moved her hands around in a frustrated manner, "What are you doing here!?" she hissed.

"The same reason you are! I'm looking for the robot generator!"

"They're spawning from a generator!?" EVE watched every entrance and exit, "Where are they!?"

"I have no idea!" Ruby looked like she was boiling with rage, "I can't find it anywhere!"

Chibi was confused, and extremely frightened. Leah picked up on this and stroked the top of his head with her finger, "It's okay. I'll explain later."

"Who's that!?" Ruby demanded.

"This is Chibi-Robo." Leah said, "He's a friend." he was still frozen, "I think you scared him."

"Yeah, I tend to do that..." Ruby tried to calm herself, "I'm Ruby. That's R-U-B-Y, got it?"

A crash could be heard in another room.

"Come on..." EVE brandished her laser once more, "Let's go check that out..."

Chibi had had enough. He used his copter to jump out of Leah's hands to try and fly away.

"Wait! Chibi don't do that!"

He'd never run so fast. He simply grabbed his plug and bolted. He was brave, but those robots from before were twenty times bigger than him! Plus he already had the fear shot up his throat when EVE blasted out of nowhere and revealed Ruby, so as a last-ditch effort, he ran.

"Chibi! Stop it! Stop!"

He couldn't hear. Something was making him want to get out.

Leah called again, "CHIBI!"

Chibi was knocked back by an upgraded robot, taller than the first model with spider legs and mounted guns for arms. Leah watched Chibi get tossed aside like he was nothing more than scrap metal before she and her sisters were gunned down.

"CHIBI! NO!"

Chibi forced his cameras to focus in the darkness. He could barely see much of anything, and the fog in his consciousness wasn't helping. As soon as he was fully awake again, he took his plug again and resumed running.

Stop.

He scolded himself, grinding to a halt, Those girls are in danger and you're just going to leave them!?

He wanted to run again, but he forced himself to stay still until he could calm down. Calm enough that he could think straight.

He reassessed the situation. If he left, he could get help, but how long would that take? He wasn't exactly a star athlete, and his battery was almost down to low levels. It would make much more sense to find them just to make sure they were okay, and then they could finish the job on their own. On the other hand, trying to escape and going deeper in had their own risks, but he tried to imagine that since he was so small, he could sneak by without anyone noticing.

The biggest factor was his fear.

He'd never felt such crippling terror, even when he went against the queen of the spydorz. Even when Mr. Sanderson stuck a dangerous tool into his Chibi-Blaster he was able to remain somewhat calm. What had gotten into him? It shocked him how he'd reacted to everything.

Well, now that he was calm, he wasn't afraid anymore.

He almost laughed to himself. If only Telly was here to keep me out of trouble...

Leah felt the socket where her right arm once sat. It was torn from her body when the robots were unsuccessful in killing them, and they resorted to more brutal means of execution. She hadn't seen Chibi in all that time. Was he okay? He hadn't seemed okay...

She was stuck in a magnetic rail with Rio, EVE, and Aya. Ruby was in a magnetic cage, constantly struggling with the lock.

"Could you shut up already!?" Rio huffed, "I don't want you making that noise in a situation where I can't run away!"

"Ugh!" Ruby hit the lock violently, "This thing is impossible!"

"Well then stop struggling with it!" EVE retorted.

"Can everyone stop, please?" Aya asked, slightly annoyed.

"Not until I get this cage open!" Ruby replied, "I've always been good with locks, you know!"

"Apparently not this one!" Rio growled.

"What a big happy family we got here..." Leah mumbled to herself. She just then caught sight of something running across the floor. It quickly climbed onto the computer on the far wall and began typing commands into it. Immediately, the magnetism released and the girls were free.

"Oh! Got it!" Ruby got the lock open and exited the cage, "See? As soon as the magnetism was gone, I was out!"

Leah recognized the shape that had freed them, "Chibi!" she scooped him up, "You saved us!"

Killer robots began flooding the room, but the girls were able to take them out no problem.

"Chibi..." Leah said, "You saved me...thank you..."

And then she kissed him.