Nora watched Gaz put bandages on Ehren's muscular torso. They'd taken his modified PAK and shirt off, and Gaz used her limited medical ability to keep him from bleeding all over the place.
"It'll be okay, Ehren." Nora whispered, stroking one of Ehren's antennae once Gaz had finished putting bandages on him. Nora put her head on the side of his face as Gaz walked in, drinking a soda.
"You like him, don't you?" Gaz asked.
"I don't have emotions. I'm a ro-"
"Bullshit. You don't act anything like Zim's robot, and no normal robot would talk like that to their master." Gaz said.
Nora sighed. "Nora and Ehren were almost a thing before Nora died."
"But you are Nora." Gaz said.
"No, I have Nora's personality and memories." Nora said. "That doesn't make me Nora."
"Tell me about it." Gaz said.
"Okay, but only because Ehren needs your help." Nora said. "Ehren and Nora were two of a special kind of Irkens: naturally born, no PAKs installed in their back, just to see what would happen. They tried killing the 'Irken Rejects', what they began calling them, and Ehren's desperately been trying to find them. We came to Earth because of a Distress Signal."
"And got shot down?" Gaz asked.
"Doesn't humanity have missile launchers?" Nora asked.
"Dad installed some to shoot down Santa one year." Gaz said.
"Who's Santa?" Nora asked.
"Some fat guy who gives toys to boys and girls." Gaz said.
"We got shot down by missiles meant for him?" Nora asked incredulously.
"They're really high-powered."
"Really? Jeez, your dad must hate Santa." Nora said.
"They go way back." Gaz said. "Go on with your story."
"Alright. Ehren and Nora had been running around, trying to find other members. They'd been getting closer and closer. They'd almost kissed on the mission before Nora died. But, anyways, the guy they wanted to save died, Nora died, and Ehren was able to get her personality and memories into me, a broken SIR unit." Nora said.
"Why aren't you colored like GIR?" Gaz asked.
"Specially colored. Black and white were Nora's favorite colors." Nora said. "You think Ehren'll be okay?"
"Shit, I don't have any experience with medicine. I only know he's alive because he's breathing." Gaz said.
*
"Ehren!" Nora, the real Nora, shouted, pushing me out of the way just as one of the Irken shot at us. I heard a scream as a large part of her was incinerated. I crawled over to her, squeezing her hand as her dark-green blood spilled everywhere.
"Nora, it'll be okay." I said, tearing up. I slowly took two things from my pocket: a syringe and a SIR bot. "I never thought about using this on you. I-I thought I'd be the one to die." I took some of her blood from inside of her and put it into the SIR bot's head. "Goodbye, Nora." I said, putting my forehead against Nora, my tears falling onto her cheeks.
"I love you." Nora rasped, but died before I could say 'I love you' back. I turned on the SIR bot, and it's eyes lit up.
"Master?" It asked. It was black and white: Nora's favorite colors.
"No. I'm Ehren. And you're Nora." I said, wiping my eyes. "They'll think I'm dead, so they'll send a team out to collect my body. We need to leave soon."
*
Ehren's eyes shot open, looking around the room.
"Calm down, Ehren." Nora said as Ehren sat up, holding his injured side.
"Where are we?" Ehren asked.
"A human's house. She knows about the Irken Empire." Nora said as the door opened. "Speak of the Devil."
"'Bout time." Gaz said.