"You say what now!?" McCrea gasped.
"That's what she told us!" Rio explained, "We can't land any more starliners! We can't even communicate with them!"
"This is it! We're all going to die..." Rose lamented.
"No! No we're not!" Rio shook with anger, "We hold our ground and we fight til we're victorious!"
"It's no use!" Aya screamed, "We're gonna lose!"
"Quiet! All of you!" Rio's eyes flickered, "We have to keep our heads! Just let me think for a second!"
"If only EVE was here..."
"This is hopeless! More people are dying every day!"
"What can we do!?"
"Should we surrender!?"
"I said QUIEEET!"
Rio looked over the small crowd, her eyes burning, "I've had enough of this! I've already lost Autopilot, and now I'm on the brink of losing Eve! I do not want to hear about everyone I know and love being taken from me!" her voice cracked and she dropped to a whisper, "I just...I..."
"Faaamily!" WALL-E said.
"I know...I know we're a family..." Rio covered her eyes, refusing to cry again.
What would EVE do? What would AUTO have done?
She didn't know, and that's what scared her.
"Warning. All systems are failing."
"Ack!" The captain hurried to the computer, "No! We're all out of power!"
Right on cue, every light on the Axiom went out. All robots connected to the ship were shut off. Not even any distress signals were heard in the intense silence.
"Eve!" Rio held her visor with trembling hands, "No!"
McCrea frowned, "Eve..."
WALL-E shook violently.
"She's gone!?" Aya began to sob dramatically, "NO! My oldest sister!"
"Stop! Shut up! This isn't helping!" Rio cried.
All the EVEs were now crying, their shoulders shaking uncontrollably with their hands on their screens. All their eyes were flickering.
And WALL-E...
"Stop! Stop all of you!" Rio was trying to hold her ground, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to even keep her processor at an even pace, "I said shut up..."
AUTO was dead.
EVE was dead.
And.
They were next.
Loud banging resonated throughout the room, and everyone began to panic. Some were screaming, others held babies tightly. Some were simply manic.
"Wait wait! Hold on!" the captain looked at his screen, "They're not attacking!"
Rio shivered, hugging herself, "It's a siege..."
"A siege?"
"Their going to keep us trapped here until all our supplies run out..." Rio felt physically sick and she didn't even have a stomach, "At this point, we either surrender or die."
Everyone was quiet.
Rio heard a loud rattling sound and so she looked in its direction, "Wall-E..."
He was horror-struck.
"Hey, hey..." Rio took his optics in her hands, "It's okay..."
"E-E-Evvvah..."
"I know I know, hush..." she lifted him up and cradled him gently, "I've got you..."
This was it. They should have stayed in space. At least then they'd be alive. At least then they could find a chance at happiness.
Her sweetheart...her sister...and now her whole family...
"Hope..." she said, "Let's all hope. It's all we can do now."
"Yeah!" Rose turned to the crowd of people and robots, "Everyone! Band together and hope! Hope for everyone! Hope that we can do it!"
"Hope?"
"Hope!"
Everyone was silent, holding hands with loved ones or cradling small children. They all hoped.
Everyone.
Even to their final resting place.
They hope.
"I love you, Wall-E..." Rio sobbed.
"I love you, Rose!" Leah sobbed.
"I love you, Leah!" Aya sobbed.
"I love you, Aya..." Rose sobbed.
"I love you...I love you...I love you..." everyone was talking to someone else, sobbing, holding onto each other for dear life.
They were going to die.
WALL-E nuzzled into Rio, "Looove..."
I'll see you soon, Eve...
With our family...