Over the next few weeks Hana grew very attached to Alexis and Samantha and they seemed to become attached to her as well. Alexis' hard exterior had softened to reveal that even after all the hardships she had been through in her young life she was a very caring young woman towards everyone and not just her sister. Once she accepted that Hana wanted nothing but to help her and Samantha she even left Samantha alone with Hana when Drill Boy, using his human sized body had challenged her to a soccer match. It had become common for Hana to wake up to find a note from Alexis saying that she was at the soccer field with Drill Boy and would be home in time to get Samantha ready for school.
It had never bothered Hana before, but this particular morning she was less than pleased to wake up and find Alexis missing. They only had an hour until they had to be at court and there was no sign of her.
"Have you been able to get a hold of Drill Boy?" Hana asked over her radio.
"No, last I heard from him he was complaining about not being able to be in the courtroom with Alexis, that was last night and I haven't been able to get a hold of him since." Dekkado told her, "Wait, I still don't know where Drill Boy is, but Alexis just walked into the office, we'll be there to pick you and Sam up shortly."
"Thank goodness, see you soon." Hana said before going to make sure Samantha was ready to go.
Luckily the rest of the day went by smoothly, Alexis and Samantha's mother lost all custody and after hearing from the girls, Hana, the commissioner, Syunsuke, Seia, Ayako and a number of other people who knew Hana, the judge allowed Alexis and Samantha to stay with her.
As they left the court house Hana asked, "What do you have in your pocket? You've spent the whole day holding Sam's hand with one hand and kept the other hand in you're pocket. Do you have some type of lucky charm in there?"
Syunsuke chuckled and Alexis grinned, "Sort of." she replied pulling her hand of her pocket and opening it to reveal Drill Boy who was no bigger than a toy.
"Oh my gosh, is that really you?" Hana asked.
"Yes, now next stop back to the station please." Drill Boy practically begged.
"Why?" Hana asked.
"Because he hates that body and only used it out of desperation because Alexis was nervous about the trial and it was the only way he could be in there with her to support her." Syunsuke replied, "He and Dumpson had a less than pleasant experience while in those bodies, which lead to them no longer being used, it was a miracle it was even still in working condition."
"Oh that sounds like a good story, you've got to tell me about it." Hana said.
"Absolutely not, we got lost and nearly died before being found, that's all you need to know." Dumpson said a hint of what sounded like embarrassment in his voice.
"Oh but it's such a good story and so funny." Ayako said.
"Why on earth did I ever tell you about it?" Dumpson said obviously regretting it.
"Because I know how to get you to tell me anything." Ayako said as she climbed in, lightly running her hand over his dashboard and wheel, making Dumpson shudder slightly.
"Oh yeah, that's why." he practically purred.
"Come on you two, get a room, my little sister doesn't need to see this." Alexis said.
"That's not a bad idea." Dumpson said before quickly driving away.
"Okay. Well how would you two like to go out for ice cream to celebrate?" Hana asked the girls.
"Yay! Ice cream!" Samantha cheered.
"I guess that's a yes, you don't mind making an extra stop on the way home do you?" she asked Dekkado.
"Of course not." he replied opening the doors for them.
Alexis was watching the news with Hana a few days later when a story came on about the Build Team, "Man that has to be impressive to see in real life." she said.
"What?" Hana asked.
"Them all combining into that huge robot, I mean they're already so big, I'd love to see that in real life and not just on TV. You're so lucky getting to work with them." she replied.
"Well, you know guys always like showing off, especially the Build Team, I'm sure I could convince them to give you a demonstration." Hana told her.
"Really?" Alexis asked grinning.
"Sure, maybe this weekend, they've been talking about wanting to get you girls out of town for a while now. They said there's a nice secluded place outside of town where they go for picnics sometimes and they thought you might like it out there and there's a soccer field nearby. Seia asked me this afternoon if you might want to go out there this weekend." Hana told her.
"That sounds great." Alexis replied.
That weekend everyone met for the picnic, all of the Brave Police as well as Seia, Ayako, Hana and the girls.
Once they had all gotten there and had things set up Hana asked the Build Team, "So, would you guys mind showing off a bit for us?"
"What exactly did you have in mind?" Dumpson asked.
"Alexis saw you on the news and thought you were so impressive that she wants to see you combine into Super Build Tiger in person." Hana told him.
"Well we certainly can't turn down a request to show off how awesome we are." Power Joe replied.
"Yep, anything for a pretty girl." Drill Boy said smiling at Alexis before stepping back a ways with the rest of the Build Team so they could combine.
A moment later they combined and did a few poses to show off.
"What do you think? Pretty impressive aren't we?" Drill Boy asked.
"Very, you're huge and just awso- oh good God." Alexis exclaimed.
"What? What's wrong?" Drill Boy asked.
"Sam honey, why don't you go pick some flowers for Hana over there." Alexis suggested, pointing towards some wildflowers growing along a wooded area a good distance away, but still within sight of the others.
"Okay." Samantha replied before running off.
"Come on, what's up?" Drill Boy asked.
"Well from the sound of where your voice is coming from you have your head in that giant robots crotch, do you realize how sick and twisted that is?!" Alexis said looking torn between being seriously disturbed or laughing about it.
"Oh my gosh, I never noticed that before." Hana said, laughing.
"That's not funny." Drill Boy said as he and the rest of the Build Team separated.
"Sure it is, in a twisted sort of way. Sure makes me glad I just combine as a gun and not part of a larger robot." Gun Max said.
"It really is just so wrong that your head is down there." Alexis said.
"Yeah, McCrane's head is down there too, I often wonder what Saejima and Syunsuke were thinking when they designed these guys" Seia said.
"It could be worse." McCrane said.
"How can it get any worse than having your head in the crotch of a giant robot?" Alexis asked.
"Could be like Shadow Maru and have windows down there." McCrane replied.
"I don't know about that, it's not like we have anything to hide down there, personally I think you have it worse off." Shadow Maru replied.
"You may just change your mind about that someday." Dumpson said.
"What makes you think that?" Shadow Maru asked.
"Nothing, he's just trying to be annoying." McCrane said as Samantha ran back to Hana and handed her a bouquet of flowers.
A little while later Hana noticed Drill Boy laying down with his helmet off and Seia pulling his AI chip out with some type of tool, "What are you doing?" Hana asked.
"He want's to be able to play soccer with Alexis, we're just switching him to his human sized body." Ayako replied as she carefully took the tool and AI chip from Seia and put it into Drill Boy's human sized body.
"You can do that, I thought Syunsuke had to be the one to do it."
"No, it's not that hard with the right tools once you know what you're doing, we've been doing it for years." Seia said as she climbed down.
"They've certainly become close." Seia said a little while later as she and Hana watched Alexis and Drill Boy playing soccer.
"Yes they have, I think Drill Boy has really helped with getting Alexis to come out of her shell these last few weeks." Hana said, "Do you think there's more going on here than just a shared love of soccer?" she asked.
"I'd say it's entirely possible." Seia replied as Samantha ran out onto the field and Drill Boy and Alexis started showing her how to play.
"After what she's seen of human men it wouldn't surprise me at all if those two ended up together." Ayako said.
Hana had gotten to work early on Monday and was sitting at her desk when Drill Boy came in and started pacing across the room, he seemed to be so distracted that he didn't even notice her.
"Is everything alright?" Hana finally asked making him jump.
"Of course, why would you think anything was wrong?" Drill Boy asked sounding almost nervous.
"Well you're pacing around here like a caged animal, you didn't even notice I was here and you sound nervous about something." Hana told him.
"It's nothing." Drill Boy told her.
"Sure, that's why you look so freaked out." Hana said crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow.
"It's just, it doesn't make any sense." he replied.
"What doesn't make any sense?" McCrane asked as he and Dumpson came into the room.
"Nothing." Drill Boy replied.
Dumpson looked expectantly at Hana and she just raised her hands, "I don't know any more than you do, he wouldn't tell me anything. All I know is he came in here, started pacing and didn't even realize I was in here until I said something to him." she told him.
"Alright what's bothering you? And don't try telling us it's nothing." Dumpson said as he backed Drill Boy into a corner and McCrane joined him, blocking any chance of Drill Boy escaping.
Drill Boy looked for a way to escape for a moment then let out a defeated sigh.
Hana sat down at her desk as she watched their faces when she realized they were communicating over their private com system. They didn't use it very often, but when they did it drove her crazy not knowing what was being said.
Dumpson suddenly burst out laughing while McCrane looked like he was having a hard time keeping himself from doing the same.
"What's so funny? This makes no sense, everything else that has changed makes sense in some way, but this just doesn't. It doesn't seem to have any purpose or be useful for anything." Drill Boy said looking angrily at them.
"So who is she?" Dumpson asked still grinning.
"Who's who?" Drill Boy asked looking confused.
"If you can't figure that out for yourself you're a poor excuse for a detective." McCrane told Dumpson.
"I guess you're right, there aren't many possibilities are there?" Dumpson replied.
"Would someone mind telling me what's going on here?" Hana finally asked.
"He's just getting balls and I don't mean the ones that pop out of his chest." Dumpson replied.
It took Hana a second to figure out what he meant and when she did she looked at him in shock and asked, "What?! But he's a robot, how can that be possible?"
"Has anyone ever told you about how our bodies have changed since we were built?" McCrane asked.
"Feeling, full circulatory systems and solar energy absorbers, yes, but I've never heard anything like this." Hana replied.
"Neither have I." Drill Boy said.
"Of course you haven't, this particular change has been kept between Syunsuke, Seia, Ayako, Dumpson and I, no one else knows because it only happens to those of us who fall in love with human women." McCrane explained.
"Basically we're fully capable of pleasing a human woman with in a few months of falling in love, of course it takes a bit longer if we don't spend much time in the properly sized bodies. That's one of the few things that are completely useless in a body this size." Dumpson said.
"You're serious, we can really do that?" Drill Boy asked.
"Yep, so it's Alexis isn't it?" Dumpson asked.
"Uh, yeah, we've kind of been dating for about a week and a half now." Drill Boy admitted a little uncomfortably.
"Drill Boy, come here a minute." Hana said as she walked over to the edge of her part of the room.
"What?" Drill Boy asked when he got over to her.
"Come down here." she said.
When he was at eye level with her Hana grabbed him by the drill ends on either side of his face and said, "If you try anything with her involving this new development unless there's a wedding first, I will personally cut it off, understand?"
"Yes, ma'am." Drill Boy said sounding a little scared.
"And I'll pin you down while she does it." Dumpson said.
"Why would you care?" Drill Boy asked.
"Because it's disrespectful to do that before committing yourself to her and it would reflect badly on the entire team if something like that were to happen and anyone found out." Dumpson replied.
"You're such a hypocrite! You've probably made love to Ayako countless times, that's probably what you were doing that day I came to tell you about the emergency meeting a few months ago and you were in your human sized body practically overheating and Ayako was only half dressed. So what, you don't care if the team looks bad because of something you do, but I can't do the same thing? And if not having sex until after marriage is a sign of respect then you must have no respect for Ayako at all, do you even love her or-."
Drill Boy was suddenly cut off as Dumpson grabbed him by the throat and pinned him against the wall, "I love and respect her more than anything else in this world." he said then lowering his voice added, "and I did marry her before I laid a hand on her."
Behind him McCrane loudly cleared his throat, "Okay before I even thought about trying to get any farther than second base." Dumpson somewhat reluctantly admitted, "But Alexis is only sixteen and you won't even attempt to get that far or you're getting neutered." he said threateningly.
"Alright, alright, I never really had any intention of trying anything like that anyways. Now since when have you and Ayako been married and why weren't any of us told about it?" Drill Boy asked.
"Because I asked her to marry me the same day that Seia found out almost her entire family had disowned her. If we had gotten there before she told everyone about that then everyone would have known, but after hearing about how her family had reacted I wanted to just call off the engagement completely, I couldn't bear seeing Ayako go through the same thing. Ayako on the other hand refused to give up so easily and we finally came to a compromise, we would get married, but would never tell anyone so there was no chance of her family finding out. Seia and McCrane are the only ones who knew and our witnesses when we exchanged vows." Dumpson explained, "And you two are never to breath a word of this to anyone." he said eyeing Hana and Drill Boy.
"No problem." Hana replied.
"Yeah, I wouldn't dream of telling anyone, you've already threatened to neuter me, I don't want to find out what you'd do to me if I told anyone." Drill Boy said.
"Good." Dumpson said starting to loosen his grip from Drill Boy's neck.
"What are you doing to him?" Dekkado asked as he stepped into the office and Dumpson swiftly pulled his hand away from Drill Boy.
"Nothing." Dumpson replied walking over to his desk.
Dekkado glanced around the room at each of the others who avoided eye contact and busied themselves around the room, "Alright, what's going on?" he said as his gaze finally landed on Hana.
"It's nothing to worry about, Dumpson was just giving Drill Boy some dating advice." Hana replied.
Dekkado smiled, "Alexis I take it?" he asked.
"Yep, they do make a nice couple don't they?" Hana said.
"Yes, they do." Dekkado replied.