After three laborious days, the robot was complete and ready for its debut. Victoria and Tobey gazed up at their creation, hands entwined.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Tobey said reverently. "Never in my wildest dreams had I imagined it would turn out so wonderful. It truly is the best robot."

Victoria smiled. "Of course. Why wouldn't it be?"

The robot was not all that different from Tobey's traditional design; the true difference was the pink metal recorder clutched in its hand. The recorder contained a microchip that enabled the robot to play the recorder, and out would come the hypnotic music that made Victoria famous. Anyone within the range of the sound would halt, dazed by the music, so that meant no screams to alert WordGirl that something was afoot. And even if WordGirl would happen by, she too would fall under the spell of the robot. No one would be able to stop them.

Tobey and Victoria stepped onto the empty hand of the robot and were lifted onto its shoulder where they rode as the robot marched into the city.

They were set on top of a building, giving them a bird's eye view of the destruction. A few melodic notes drifted through the air to calm the gathering crowd, and the robot was off, smashing buildings and wreaking havoc.

Victoria watched Tobey as he watched the robot, noticing the hungry, yearning gleam in his eyes. "Tobey," she started. "Why do you do this? Why do you build robots to destroy the city? What do you get out of it?"

Tobey slowly tore his eyes from the robot and looked at Victoria. "Why do I build robots? Hobby, mostly. The destroying the city is my way of expressing my emotions. If I'm feeling angry because I've had something unjust done to me, destroying the city relaxes me. Or if I'm stressed; it gives me a chance to think things through."

Victoria nodded knowingly. "I understand. It's hard sometimes for other people to understand you. That's why I fell for you, Tobey. You and I have a lot in common on a deeper, more emotional level. Don't you agree?"

Tobey was contemplative now. Victoria had opened his mind, and more importantly, his heart, to realizing something: He wasn't in love with Victoria; he was in love with her robot. That heart-pounding, nervous feeling he felt with her was the same feeling he had as he watched their robot in action. He had misinterpreted his love for the robot she created as love for her.

"No, Victoria," he said coldly, detaching himself from her through his words. "I was wrong. I don't love you. There is only one true love for me, and that is my love for robots. I apologize for misleading you like this, but I have just now recognized my mistake. I'm sorry."

Victoria was crushed. "Tobey…" She felt tears come to her eyes. "You told me you loved me. I gave you my whole heart, and my soul, too. I thought that we had something together."

Tobey shook his head. "I did, too, but I know now that I don't love you. So for our sake, I don't think we should work together anymore."

Victoria wiped away her tears and smoothed her clothes. "Very well, Theodore. Thank you for this experience. I certainly learned a lot from it."

With that, Victoria strode toward the roof door, head held as high as she could muster. She opened the door and descended down the stairs, letting the door slam behind her, literally closing off her relationship with Tobey.

Tobey knew he should feel sad, but all he felt was a sense of relief. There was no future for the two of them, so he knew he had done the right thing by letting her go. He never loved Victoria, not like he loved his robots.

"I suppose it's for the best," he whispered to himself. Then he chuckled. "Ha, best. I made a joke."

Victoria, on the other hand, was in no mood for jokes. Her heart was broken, and that was no laughing matter. Tobey had crushed her like the foot of their robot stepping on cars. She loved him, and he had thought he loved her. All the time, he saw her as her robot, not herself. It was devastating, but he would not get away with it.

She lifted her head to the sky and shouted, "You may have beaten me this time, Tobey McAllister. But mark my words, Victoria Best will be back. Back for revenge."

Yes, Victoria would not be "bested" by Tobey. He would pay for the pain he had caused her. He would pay…