Great, I thought. My house is on lockdown, Ben is knocked out in the basement, and my friends hate me. Could this get any worse?
I walked downstairs and stuck my finger in the special socket.
"Commencing SLEEP MODE," I said automatically, closing my eyes. "Charging for 72 minutes."
"Elaine! Your finger's in a socket!" yelled Ben.
"Program restart," was my automatic response. "5…4…3…2…1…successfully restarted."
I turned to face him. He had a shocked look that I had never seen before. It was…a mixture of fear and anger.
"You lied to me," he said angrily.
"Ben, please, don't…" I began.
"No, you lied to all of us! And then you locked me up in here, paralyzed!" he yelled.
"That wasn't me!" I yelled back. "And none of this is my fault! Just stop it! You don't know what you're talking about! I knew I couldn't trust you! Now I have to erase your memory."
"Even if you do, I'll always hate you," he replied sharply.
I stopped, breathing heavily. "You can't."
"Can't what?"
"Hate me."
"Why?"
"Because I did this." I waved my arms, and Ben was unparalyzed. "I can't have you hating me." My voice broke.
"Elaine?"
"Just go," I replied sadly. "Maybe someday I'll explain, when we have more time. I'll open a portal to get you home."
"But won't she hurt you?"
"I know, but what do you care anyway? I'm just a robot."
"But you're not just-"
"Just go before Hana come and hurts you too." I opened to portal and he left.