Lily grinned as she carefully walked across the wooden planks suspended high up in the air, giggling slightly.
"This is really fun! It's too bad we don't have things as big as this where we live!" She said, turning her head back. Wobbling behind her was a young man with slightly mussed up black hair and glasses covering his steely blue eyes. His skin was pale and he wore a T-shirt with a small red dot in the middle and long black pants. He was a perfect mimicking of a human.
"Of course, but please do be careful. We don't want you to fall. If you would like, I could always make accommodations with an empty room so we could make one of these for you." Birdie replied. The bot had had his data transferred into a new body so the two could go to this particular adventure park.
"Aw! Would you? That would be awesome! I'd bet that everyone in the base would like it too." Lily replied happily. Birdie smiled and sighed. They continued across the high up area before moving back down for food.
After eating, Lily decided she wanted to have them both ride the zipline. So, as per her request, Birdie led her over. And within a few minutes they were strapped in the harnesses and sliding down the zipline.
"Wooooo!!!!" Lily cried, laughing loudly as the wind whipped around her hair. Birdie chuckled lightly as well, glancing to the ground. His eyes shot open.
"Miss Lily!! The enemy!" He shouted. She blinked and glanced down, just able to see two boys from the team that was attempting to capture them. She stared wide eyed as they shot past.
"Oh. Oh no. Birdie we have to run." She said hurriedly as they slid down the line. He nodded.
"Right. I have already sent an sos to headquarters. Help will be here soon." He replied. They soon arrived at the end, hurriedly taking off their harnesses and beginning to take off down the bridge towards the exit.
"Hey!" A voice called. The two turned. Sprinting up behind them was the blonde girl with glasses and the short chubby boy. Lily let out a small squeak of fear, grabbing onto Birdie.
"Stop running!" The boy yelled after them.
"I'd rather not, thank you very much!" Lily replied loudly. The two finally reached the end of the stairs, landing on the dirt in synchronization. The relief of that was short lived as two were confronted by the boys they had passed on the zipline.
"Hey guys. How are ya?" The blonde one chuckled. Lily laughed nervously.
"Quite well thank you. But, ah, we should be going now." Birdie said, sweeping Lily up into his arms and shooting between the two. They were soon way ahead of the four others, and approaching the exit. Lily gripped Birdie harder.
"Wait, stop stop stop! There's the other two!" she cried. Birdie swore under his breath, sliding to a halt. The two unfortunately had already noticed them, and were approaching quickly.
"Crowd! Get into the crowd!" Lily said, pointing back towards the area with food trucks where people milled back and forth.
"Good idea." He replied, turning on his heel and into the crowd. Once they were sufficiently hidden, Birdie set Lily down onto the ground. She put her head in her hands.
"Noooo, what are we going to do? They have the exit covered." She groaned. They sat down behind one of the food trucks, letting themselves calm slightly. For a few minutes they were quiet. Both of them only were thinking of how to escape. Lily suddenly jerked, eyes widening. She bit her cheek and cringed at whatever she was thinking. Birdie raised his brows at her.
"Have you figured something out?" He asked. She nodded slowly, eyebrows furrowing.
"It's...a kinda really horrible idea. Ethically anyway. Do you think we could...like...take one of them hostage? They might be reluctant to hurt us or put us in jail if we have one of their teammates. I know, it's bad, but it might work. And we don't have to keep them for long! Just until they agree to not bother us anymore." She explained.
Birdie stared at her wide eyed and surprised. His eyebrows slowly furrowed, thinking for a few seconds.
"Well, I suppose it could work. It would all hinge on them being attached to their teammate." He said. Lily nodded, standing up.
"I'm pretty sure they are. We don't have any time to waste. You still have the tranquilizer right?" She asked. He stuck up his pointer finger, showing a small needle that came from it as he stood up. The two quickly made their way back through the crowd, keeping their eyes open. It wasn't long until they found one of them. It was the mexican boy with the harness around his torso. Lily nodded to Birdie, and he strode forward, grabbing his shoulder and sticking the needle in. The boy yelped in surprise before beginning to slump against the bot.
"Sorry." He said quietly, hefting him up into his arms and setting his head gently on his shoulder before jogging back to Lily.
"There's an emergency exit in the back of this place. If they aren't guarding that too, we should be able to get out. And call off the sos too. I don't wanna make chaos for no reason." She said with a gesture. He nodded, and for the thousandth time, made their escape from danger.