Circuit awoke as she felt someone kicking her back. And by the feeling of the feet and how hard the kicks were, she could guess who the kicker was. Sure enough, when she opened her eyes and looked up, she saw those familiar blood red eyes piercing her soul. What did he want this time?

"Get up, it's morning, and Doctor Nefarious is requesting your presence," Klunk said, placing his fists on his waist.

"Why must you kick me in order to wake me up?" Circuit asked, sitting up and rubbing her eyes and also adjusting her jacket. She had worn her jacket to bed and she hadn't even bothered to cover up with the blanket that was provided for her.

"Because it's fun. Now come on, Doctor Nefarious isn't a patient robot, and neither am I."

Klunk kicked Circuit in the back one more time (which mace Circuit's eyes narrow in an angry position) before hopping down onto the floor. He walked across the room and stopped at the door. He placed his hands behind his back and gave his sister an impatient look. Circuit swung her legs over the side of the cot and dropped to the floor. Her knees buckled and she almost fell down. But thankfully, her legs steadied themselves, and she stood up straight. She noticed the empty can of oil next to her bed. She had drank the oil after it was delivered to her because her (evil) brother had taken the time to grab it and bring it to her. The memory nearly brought a smile to her face, but her smile was destroyed by the look Klunk was giving her. Circuit nodded and walked over to him. He "rolled his eyes".

"God, does it always take you this long to get up and at it in the morning? You must have drove that furball crazy."

"Ratchet never seemed to mind..." Circuit said quietly.

"Well, you're not with him anymore. You're with the bad guys now. And we bad guys get up bright and early so we can consult our evil plans. Speaking of evil plans," Klunk turned around and led Circuit out of the room, "you're about to be introduced to ours."

"You and Mr. Nefarious have an evil plan?" Circuit asked with her head tilted

"Doctor Nefarious. He didn't go to evil medical school to be called 'mister'...at least, I think he went to evil medical school. He's never actually told me. Has he told you?" The purple eyed robot shook her head. "Huh...I'll have to ask him some time because I am legitimately curious now."

Circuit looked at Klunk weirdly as he talked. He wasn't sounding very evil at the moment, and he wasn't spitting insults at her. Klunk sounded like that he was trying to strike up an actual conversation with her. However, something was telling her that she should just keep her mouth shut and let Klunk do all the talking he wanted. She was a bit nervous to say anything ...she kind of liked Klunk when he was like this. She liked it when he didn't sound like he was a bad robot. It made him a bit more like Clank. But, if she ever told him that, he would most likely beat her up, she knew that Klunk hated Clank. So she wasn't going to remind Klunk about she did have a question about something concerning Clank...

"So...why were you...er, we modeled after Clank?"

"What did you just ask me?" Klunk said, stopping and turning around.

Circuit flinched, raising her hands up defensively, she knew that she shouldn't have opened her mouth. "I...I..."

"No, seriously, what did you just ask me? I wasn't listening. Have a tendency to not give a crap about what girls are saying."

"Well...I uh...n-nothing...I did not ask you anything."

Klunk squinted his eyes, which made Circuit very nervous, but she relaxed when he just shrugged and continued leading her down the hallway. After what felt like forever and what felt like a maze of hallways and corridors, the two were heading towards the end of a particular long and dark hallway. Neither of the two had said a thing since the earlier (sort of) conversation. Circuit guessed that Klunk didn't want to talk to her anymore. He would hardly even look at her. And when he did look at her, he was only checking to see if she was still following him. Circuit couldn't even think about running, she would be caught in no time. She wasn't very fast (to taller people at least).

The two robots reached the end of the dark corridor. Klunk opened the door that was there and nodded Circuit inside. Circuit nervously and slowly stepped through the door and entered a dimly lit room. Her eyes were quickly drawn to a glowing white light in the middle of the room. It was coming from some sort of circular pad. And she located two odd cylinders above the glowing pad. What in the world was going on here? What were they planning to do with her?

"Spooky looking when it's like this, isn't it?" Doctor Nefarious said, making Circuit nearly jump out of her metal skin. The robot doctor flipped on the lights, making the room much brighter. "Ah, I love it when strange and evil looking machines are revealed in a poorly lit room. It has a real dramatic effect."

Circuit could have sworn that she heard Klunk facepalm behind her.

"Anyway, dramatic effects aside, we have a job for her to do, so I think that you should explain everything so we can get started," Klunk said, pushing Circuit forward.

"Yeah yeah! You're even bossier than I am," Nefarious said, folding his arms. "Now then, Error. You see that weird looking machine over there? We're going to use that so you can use that power of yours to power my weapon."

"What? My power? A-A weapon?" Circuit said with both nervousness and confusion.

"See? What did I tell you? This girl is deaf!" Klunk said, pointing his hands out towards Circuit.

"Quiet you. Yes Error, we know about that little power of yours. The one that made the Lombax's weapon upgrade. And don't think about playing dumb, because we have you on video! You used that flaming Omniwrench to get to your rat friend, and then he nearly killed Klunk!"

"That fireball really did hurt, that jackass," Klunk said, feeling his face.

"Okay, so you want me to use my power to upgrade some sort of weapon? But...wh-what is the weapon?" Circuit asked, getting a bit angry when Klunk called Ratchet a jackass.

"Well, I was going to keep it from you, but what the heck? Besides, you don't remember it, but the weapon we're constructing had actually been built once, and you were alive when we made it the first time."

"But I have never been dead before. I have just been unconscious for a long period of time," the female robot said.

"Dead, alive, unconscious, conscious, WHATEVER! Anyway! The weapon we are building is one of my own design. I call it the Biobliterator Two...Point Five!"

"Oh my god, he actually decided to call it that," Klunk said, pinching where the bridge of his nose would be.

"No one asked for you opinion you little trash can!" Nefarious yelled, making Circuit flinch.

"The Biobliterator 2.5? What does it do?" Circuit asked.

"Exactly what it sounds like it does! It obliterates bios!" The two little robots stared at the evil doctor in confusion (Klunk looked like he was done with everything). "...It turns organics into robots! There, is that better?"

"I still think very little of you, so...no," Klunk said, folding his arms.

Nefarious gave a frustrated grunt and walked forward, angrily grabbing Klunk's antennae and lifting him into the air. There red eyes met each other in an angry eye lock.

"You better shut your mouth, or I will personally put you in a scrap compressor!"

"Hmph," The little red eyed robot turned his head away from Nefarious. The insane robot threw Klunk down onto the floor, making him land roughly on his back.

This little fight made Circuit a bit frightened. Everything seemed to be frightening her. Doctor Nefarious and Klunk's presence, the isolated room, the weird machine, everything. And this Biobliterator that Nefarious had told her about, it turned organics into robots? That sounded...awful. And they were going to use her powers to help build it? She was extraordinarily tempted to back out, because this was pushing her comfort zones. She may be evil, but even villains have their limits. Dr. Nefarious must have noticed Circuit's nervousness, because he walked behind her and kicked her forward.

"Alright, we've wasted enough time. Let's get this over with so our plan can move along. Get on that glowing white pad."

Circuit obeyed and walked over to the pad. It was only half a foot tall, so she could easily step onto it. When she placed her foot on it, she could feel the warmth coming from the light. It was actually a nice feeling, like she was standing on a box full of warm towels. However, once she looked up and saw the strange cylinders, her good feeling went away. Something about the two cylinders made her feel very uncomfortable. She wondered what they were for.

Unfortunately, there purpose was for something that Circuit didn't like.

Dr. Nefarious grabbed Circuit's arms, and she felt a magnetic pull yanking her hands forwards. Her palms stuck to the end of the cylinders, and she couldn't pull them off. Also, the magnets were a bit too high from the pad, and Circuit was forced to stand on the tips of her feet. This whole thing was a new level of discomfort for the female robot.

"Now, Error! Release your power into the Biobliterator, and put my-no, OUR plan into motion! Mwuhahahahaha!"

...

...

...

"...Any day now, Error!"

"I cannot," Circuit said quietly.

"What?!" Nefarious said with a confused and angry look.

"You see, I can only upgrade weapons when I am experiencing a large amount of fear. It is like some sort of defense mechanism. That is why I upgraded Ratchet's Omniwrench, because I was scared that people I love were going to die."

"Oh...well, what are you scared of?"

"Heights, nightmares, I have the tiniest fear of bugs-"

"Someone get me a cockroach or something!" Nefarious screamed into the air.

But, Klunk put a hand into the air. He looked up at Nefarious. "No no, Nefarious. I think that I can handle this."

The little male robot walked over to where Circuit was being held. Circuit could see the look in his blood red eyes, he had something to say to her, and something told her that it wasn't a good thing. Klunk placed his hands behind his back and paced back in forth in front of Circuit.

"Well well, Error, you have been through quite a lot, haven't you? How do you like it here, anyway?"

"Well, it is not exactly a cozy place," the female robot replied.

"I cannot help but agree. I bet that your old home was much nicer. You know, speaking of your old home, let's talk about what made you leave that place." Klunk noticed that Circuit pulled on her magnetic restraints a little. It was already working. "You were simply standing there, Ratchet was right in front of you, telling you about your relationship with him, and then WHAM! You attacked the poor Lombax."

"Shut up..." Circuit said quietly.

"I saw the whole thing in your mind. He was bleeding pretty badly. And how strange is it that he hasn't contacted you in any way? I wonder why that is?"

"I said shut up," the female robot said, starting to shake.

"You know, he was bleeding pretty badly. And that cur to the torso might have hit a vital organ. Bleeding badly, no contact...hm. It's almost like he's dead."

Dead.

Dead.

Dead.

Circuit's eyes widened. She had never considered that possibility. She had injured Ratchet fairly badly, no doubt he lost a lot of blood. But, was it actually enough to kill him. Was...was her father figure dead? No...no he couldn't be! But, there was still a chance. There was a chance that she had murdered Ratchet! That meant no one to hold her, no one to love her, no one to comfort her, and no one to save her from this nightmare.

"No! NO! He cannot be dead! He cannot be dead! Ratchet! RATCHET! I AM SCARED, RATCHET!" Circuit screamed as tears streamed down her face. The white pad below her turned into a light shade of purple, and the same color pulsed through the cylinders.

Klunk brushed his hands off, "I may have broken her a little, but at least she spewing out the power juice...and I now realize how wrong that sounded."

Dr. Nefarious clapped his hands "Bravo Klunk, you cracked her like a nut. I despise you a little less now."

"Thank you, Nefarious...I still think very little of you, though," Klunk said, walking upside the evil doctor.

"Ugh, nevermind, I hate you fully again." Dr. Nefarious walked forward a little and watched the miserable little purple eyed robot struggle in her position. Everything was going according to plan. It was moments like this when he just wanted to unleash an hour straight evil laugh. But his mechanical vocal cords probably wouldn't be able to handle that. "Yes! Let it out! Give me your energy so I can finally conquer a universe with absolutely no squishies! Long live the Age of Robots! Mwuhahahahahahaha!"

Circuit squirmed as she heard Dr. Nefarious laugh. She was giving off so much energy that she would pass out at any moment. So, with all the voice left her conscious state, she let out one last tear filled scream.

"DADDY!"


Well...that was brutal.

This chapter was supposed to be longer, but I wanted to get this up before I went to bed, so it turned out shorter. But all content that was supposed to be in this chapter will move over to next chapter.

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