Sir, where is Pazu located? Makoto realised the robots were communicating telepathically as they flew through the open ceiling into the air.
"We'll have to find him by searching." He replied.
Yes sir.
They scanned the base for any possible locations, but after a few minutes, Makoto knew it was useless. "Alright then," He commanded. "We'll have to go inside the base."
The robots did so, slamming into the concrete walls like they were made of paper. They assumed walking mode, moving through the corridors in a lanky, four-legged position. Soldiers yelped and screamed for backup as the group sped through the base.
"This looks promising," Makoto said as they approached a prison cell. He leaned forward. "Pazu," He called. "Pazu, are you there?"
"Whatever took you so long?" A small voice replied.
"Stand back, we're going to blow the door open!" A beam of light erupted from one of the robot's eyes and melted the door. Pazu came out a little confused. "Those are…"
"No time to explain," Makoto interrupted. "We have to save Sheeta! Hop on!"
On the edge of the military base in the highest tower, the general stood beside Sheeta in his personal, luxurious office. "Well, princess," He sneered. "It seems you have had meetings with us."
Sheeta averted his eyes and stared out the window. "What do you want?" She asked.
The general threw back his head and laughed. "What do I want? What do I want? What do YOU want?" He leaned forward. "You want to see the safety of your pitiful little friends."
"Why are you doing this?" Sheeta screamed suddenly. "Why do you want to hurt us?"
"Well, princess, I believe we can come to an arrangement. Pazu is of no use to me, and Makoto has already been interrogated."
Sheeta spun around and stared at him in anger. "What did you do to him?"
"Have you ever seen the scars on his body? Well, we did that to pump him information after he refused to give us what we wanted. A little information was taken when I threatened his mother personally, but I executed her anyway."
"How? How can you be so heartless?"
"Oh, don't worry, princess, it's nothing personal. I just like watching people suffer."
What did he just say? Sheeta slumped back into the chair.
"You give me what I want now," He said, "And I'll let them go."
"The only person you'll be letting go today is the princess, general!"
The military officer spun around to see Makoto and Pazu hovering beside the window on a robot. It fired a beam, and the general was only barely able to dodge. He sprinted out of the room, for he had no weapon.
"Sheeta!" Pazu yelled.
"You're alright!" The princess of Laputa climbed out the window and dropped into the robot's hand.
They sped off into the distance, leaving a powerful roar of the thrusters behind.