Once again I'd like to thank those of you who have read my story and especially those of you who told me you liked it; seriously, reading those reviews makes my day! As I go through my day I think about your reviews and they make me smile, so that's definitely a good thing! I was thrilled enough just getting a story up, and I didn't have high expectations, so I doubly appreciate it. People reviewing my stories makes me want to work even harder to get up the next chapter, so make sure you do that!(= And I'm sure you want to read the story now, so here it is.

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"Alright, Huggy, initiate plan number three-sixty seven point four!" WordGirl yelled. She threw Huggy at the robot, and he landed on top of it to dislodge the antenna atop its head. WordGirl flew in circles around the robot, making it so dizzy its head started to spin, loosening the bolts on its neck. Its head fell right off just has Huggy propelled himself from it and they moved on to the next robot.

She was thinking while she was fighting; thinking that the day had really started out good. She had really started to believe she'd enjoy the carnival and that Tobey wouldn't cause trouble. She'd even willingly played a carnival game with him! How unexpected was that? she thought as she grabbed a robot by its arm and swung it at another one. And now here she was, fighting robots. Why?

Because Scoops had to come over and act all obnoxious, a voice in her head said.

The idea surprised her. She had been looking at the situation as Tobey being out-of-line again, as usual. But really, even though she wasn't nearly as extreme as he was, wasn't it possible for things to set her off, too? As unintentional as it had been, Scoops had really set Tobey off, trying to probe into a rather fragile situation: him and WordGirl.

She had never realized that she was capable of thinking that way about Scoops.

She left her thoughts on hold for a moment to kick one of the robot's heads off, then returned to thinking as the fighting became simple enough for her to do so.

In her mind, Scoops had always been someone she held in high esteem; someone she wanted to be in high-esteem with as well. Had that wanting made her blind to his not-so-charming characteristics in the past? And why was she thinking this way now?

She had never even noticed before, the way he cared more about getting that great story than about other people's personal feelings. But suddenly today she was acutely aware of it.

Even though pleasing Tobey was not high on her priority list, she didn't think she'd ever go as far as to harass him like that for such a mercenary reason. Certainly he had feelings. Although she'd never given them much thought before.

But for once, she wasn't so inclined to entirely blame him for the situation. Even though she decided that he needed to react to being offended a little more maturely, she realized that for once, she felt a little sorry for him.

WordGirl continued to fight, kicking and punching and flinging Huggy at the robots, dodging their blows and knocking them off their feet. This is easy, she thought. Not too many robots, and no special ones, either. She was glad too, she still hadn't gotten to enjoy the carnival to the fullest extent, and hoped to at least stop it from being destroyed.

It was only a matter of minutes before all of the robots had been taken out, and without crushing anything of importance in the process, either.

At least she had thought they were all taken out. Tobey had taken special care in programming one specific robot and kept it hidden in case he needed it. The robot charged out and stepped into the midway, its big, metal feet barely missing the booths and games lined up there.

WordGirl sighed with frustration, ready to take back her compassionate thoughts towards Tobey. She flew at the robot.

Meanwhile, Tobey saw Scoops standing on the sidelines, writing at the speed of lighting. Tobey wondered how WordGirl could enjoy talking to someone who wrote down every single thing she said and probably only talked to her for the purpose of doing , that reporter-kid was not impressive. Tobey rolled his eyes when suddenly the robot bent down and grabbed Scoops.

Tobey raised his eyebrows in shock, but didn't exactly jump to do anything. If the robot seemed like it was going to try and harm Scoops, then Tobey would step in. But he was really quite interested to see how Scoops would react to being held in the robot's clutches and saw no serious reason to make the robot put the kid down.

WordGirl had been throwing herself at the robot and lashing out with all of her limbs when it had suddenly bent down and grabbed Scoops.

Ugh, could this get any more hectic? she wondered.

"Alright, Huggy, you get the remote from Tobey, I'll get Scoops." she said. Huggy nodded and ran off to get Tobey's remote.

The robot was headed toward the biggest tent as WordGirl flew over. It ducked down and walked right in, still clutching Scoops, who was trying to get the robot to say something amid the dangerous predicament.

Tobey had to admit with disappointment, seeing this reaction was not at all worth the trouble.

WordGirl flew into the tent, her mind spinning fast, trying to figure out the best way to take out this robot and save Scoops.

She flew circles around it, trying to zoom in closer, but the robot kept swinging at her wildly, and its head wasn't spinning off like she had hoped it would. She was beginning to feel at a loss after attempting to grab its arm for the fourth time when suddenly the clowns came running out with buckets of water.

So that concludes this chapter. WordGirl battles a bunch of robots, starts thinking a little clearly about Scoops, and has some sympathy for Tobey. Seems to be going in a delightful direction now that I've gotten certain nonsense all straightened up (Becky thinking Scoops is perfect and whatnot). Well, thank you very much for reading, and please review this chapter. I AM SERIOUS! And thanks once again to you guys who have been reviewing it. Perhaps I sound corny with so much gratefulness, but I really do appreciate it that much! So bye for now. I will TRY to get the next chapter up next Wednesday!