Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Plant
The Repair Ward is a fully automated clinic for broken robots and daycare for the malfunctioned. The Rejects are kept in force field pens and the wall has dozens in pens along the walls.
Eve and Wall-E stop at the Inspection Stations as robotic orderly-arms activate.
Wall-E watches them systematically check in Eve and preform an I.D. scan.
The then attach a red defect boot to her head and shoulder and press a button on the boot as Eve goes into pod mode and is lifted off the transport.
"Eve?" Wall-E said.
The orderly-arms now start on Wall-E as he escapes before they can place a defect boot on him and races through the ward.
Wall-E runs smack into a defective Beautician-robot as she turned to him.
"Just a trim? Uh huh" She said as she paints Wall-E face with hideous looking make-up then holds up a mirror as Wall-E gasps.
"You look gorgeous!" she said.
"Ah!" Wall-E yelled as he is snatched up by an orderly-arm then Placed in an empty force field pen in-between a Paint-Bot and Vacu-Bot.
The broken Paint-Bot flings paint at Wall-E then the Vacu-Bot sneezes dust in his face.
"Eh" Wall-E said as he cleans his eyes and begins to clean himself off.
Across the way a Massage-Bot flails wildly as an Orderly-arms restrain him with an Energy Straightjacket as Jason and Max snake into the room.
"Yeow!" Jason said touching Wall-E pin and got zapped.
"Hold on Wall-E we'll get you free" Max said.
"Eva!" Wall-E said pointing as Jason and Max look over as Eve slides past Wall-E pen carried by an orderly-arm then brought into the Diagnostics Room as the frosted glass doors shut.
"Eve!" Wall-E yelled.
In the Diagnostics Room Orderly-arms run diagnostics on a few reject robots as an Umbrella-Robot flips out swing his umbrella in all directions as the orderly-arms struggle to contain him.
A Defibrillator-Robot shocks a Crash-Test-Robot and cause him to bursts into flames.
Eve is awoken from her pod mode as a series of tests begin.
Eve is very annoyed but calm and allows them to do their test as an orderly-arm easily detaches her arm.
On the outside of the room Wall-E stares at the frosted glass doors and can only make out Eve but she was blurry but his eye widen in horror.
To him, her arm is being ripped off.
"Eve!" he yelled banging on the force field holding him in his pen.
"Oh my god!" Jason yelled.
Back inside the orderly-arm tests Eve's circuitry by putting a device where her arms go in as her insides light up and tickles her as she begins to giggle while next to her the Umbrella-Robot screeches.
On the outside Wall-E watches in horror thinking it's her screaming.
"What are they doing to her?" Max yelled as they mistake the screeching for her screams as Wall-E bangs on the force field harder as it begins to crack.
Back to Eve she is washed and scrubbed as a Circular Buffer cleans her shoulder pressing her neck.
Back to Wall-E It looks as if Eve is being beheaded.
"AH!" Wall-E yelled jumping back and fires his laser at his pen's force field and causing it to shorts out as he tumbles to the floor and lands on his play button on his tape recorder as Poysc blares across the ward.
All the Rejects all stop and stare as Wall-E focused his on Eve.
"Eve!" Wall-E yelled running to the diagnostics room and crashes right through the glass doors with Jason and Max weapons ready.
Wall-E finds Eve surrounded by orderly-arms then grabs her gun from her thigh and holds it out.
"AH!" he yelled as his hands tremble, Don Knotts-style and doesn't realize he's holding the gun backwards.
Eve slowly reaches for the weapon with her other hand up and reattaches her other one.
She make a 'Wall-E put the gun down' gesture as an orderly arm then lunges at him and in panic Wall-E shoots.
"No!" Eve yelled as the gun fires backwards and the blasts goes through the repair ward and blows up the Repair Ward Control Panel.
"Uh oh" Wall-E said knowing very well he screwed up.
"Wall-E!" Eve yelled.
The smoking remains of the control panel short circuit and all orderly-arms go limp the repair ward doors open up and all force fields disappear.
The Rejects look at each other for a beat then cheer wildly.
The mob of robots all rush Wall-E then lift him on their shoulders and carry their hero out of the ward.
"Wah!" Wall-E yelled still holding on to Eve's gun.
"Hey give him back!" Jason yelled running after the rejects with Max as Eve watches in astonishment as she shakes her head as she flies off after them, "Wall-E!"
The rejects march Wall-E out the entrance as all their red Defect Boots all blink activating a Warning Lights above the doorway.
Security-Robot than pop out of the walls and race to the repair ward with sirens wailing.
The Reject Mob stampedes through the halls and disrupts all robot traffic with Wall-E still carried over their heads.
"Stop!" Jason yelled as they did, "oh that was easy" he said looking over then realized he didn't stop them, "uh oh" he said seeing rows upon rows of Security-Robots.
"Halt!" they all said as Wall-E dropped in front of the Reject Mob as he held onto Eve gun for life and cowers.
A tiny robot then pushes Wall-E closer to the Security-Drones
"Uh? I think they want Wall-E to blast them" Max said.
"So do I" Jason said.
"Wall-E!" Eve yelled as she catches up to them then flies over to Wall-E and snatches her gun back as she points it by accident at the Security-Robots just as one of their camera eyes take a snapshot of them and all around the ship the Alarms sound and every screens appear, displaying Eve, Jason, Max and Wall-E image with Eve pointing the gun looking dangerous with Jason and Max holding weapons.
"Caution: Rogue robots...Caution: Rogue robots" the ship intercom said as their images appeared on the Security-Drones chest.
The robots prepare to fire Suspension Beams like Gopher as Eve realizes what's about to happen and grabs Wall-E and flies over the stewards with Jason and Max running after them as fast as they could.
"Halt! Halt!" The Security-Drones yelled as the mass of rejects take their cue.
"It's a robot rebellion!" Jason yelled as they saw the Rejects bust through the Security blockade.
Eve and Wall-E fly past many halls as robots recognize Eve and Wall-E as they fly past matching them with the "Wanted" screens as the Security-Drones flying after them.
"We need to hid!" Max yelled.
Eve hides herself Jason, Max and Wall-E in a Porthole Cubby and watches the Security-Drones pass by as she glances out the porthole.
Eve can see the Docking Bay below her just under the bay doors a row of Emergency Escape Pods and gets an idea and grabs Wall-E and flies down the hallway with Jason and Max following.
In an Elevator a few minutes later Eve, Jason, Max and Wall-E ride in uncomfortable silence as their wanted image plays on an elevator screen.
"Caution: Rogue robots" the voice said as Wall-E notices it and points.
"Eve - !" Wall-E said but couldn't finish as Eve aims her gun at the screen and blows it to pieces.
"…She mad" Jason said.
When the elevator stopped it chimes as Eve and the others step out.
Rows of numbered bay doors line the hallway as Eve approaches Bay number one as she and Wall-E enter.
Eve navigates the dark and approaches a freestanding console and fiddles with some buttons.
Wall-E glances down at Eve's hand and privately intertwines his fingers.
"Eve?" he asked as the banks of controls light up around them as an escaped pod is revealed at the end of the room its hatch automatically opens.
Bathes the room with light from its lit interior as Eve turns to Wall-E.
"Earth" she said pointing to an overhead screen and it displays coordinates to Earth.
"Earth?" Wall-E said as she nodded while gesturing for Wall-E to enter the pod as he happily complies.
"Uh Eve?" Jason said as Wall-E jumps up on one of the seats then pats the seat next to him.
" Eve?" he asked
"No" Eve said while shaking her head and points to her chest to the plant symbol "Directive."
"No!" Wall-E said as races out of the pod and turned into a cube standing his ground away from the pod.
"Uhg" Eve said as she shakes her head then grabs him by his shoulders and carries him back into the pod then exits.
Wall-E follows her right back out then drives behind the console.
" Eve" Wall-E said.
Eve then sighs clearly frustrated "Wall-E"
The hallway elevator then chimes as they all look up.
"Someone is coming!" Jason said.
"Hide!" Eve said as she shuts off everything.
Lights go out followed by the pod closing back up as Eve, Jason, Max and Wall-E quickly hide.
They hear someone enter the room but can't see what who it is then someone presses buttons on the counsel as the pod lights up again and the hatch opens.
The stranger's shadow comes around the console to reveal Gopher.
Eve and Wall-E look at each other as Jason raised an eyebrow "Gopher?" Eve whispered.
"Huh?" Wall-E said as they watch from the shadows as Gopher enters the pod opens his chest cavity emits his suspension beam and deposits the Plant.
"Plant!" Eve said.
"So he took it!" Max said.
Gopher then exits the pod as Eve keeps her eyes on Gopher and watches him return to the console she turns to speak to Wall-E to see he's gone.
"Wall-E?" Eve whispered.
"Where he go?" Jason whispered as they then see Wall-E is inside the pod and picks up the plant and proudly shows it to Eve.
"Eve!" Wall-E whispered.
"Wall-E!" she whispered but was too late as Gopher hits a button as the pod door shuts on Wall-E and launches into space.
Gopher shuts off the room exits the room as Eve leaps out of the shadows and looks out the pod bay window.
"Wall-E!" Jason yelled as he and Max looked out the window.
"What are we going to do?!" Max asked as Wall-E's pod rapidly shrinking in the distance as Eve rushes to a narrow service airlocks and launches herself and bursts out into space and rockets after Wall-E.
"How are we going to go after them?" Max asked as Jason looked to the closed door.
"Mini!" Jason yelled casting the spell and shrinking Max and placing him in his shirt again as he activated his armor as he ran to the closed doors and forced them opened as he got sucked out and spun a few times as he threw his Keyblades and his glider formed and flew to him as he grabbed on and flew after Eve.
In the Pod Wall-E plastered against the back of the pod with his cheeks making him smile because of how fast he was going.
It suddenly reduces speed as he drops to the floor with a loud thud.
"Oh" Wall-E groaned.
"You are now free to move around the cabin" a computer said.
"Ugh" Wall-E said with his face still on the ground.
Wall-E fumbles to get his bearings as he stands up and peers out the rear hatch window and sees the Axiom receding from view.
"AHHH!" Wall-E said as he jumps up into the pilot's seat and pulls back hard on the throttle to see nothing happens as he looks down at the console to see a self-destruct dial is counting down.
"Twenty seconds till self-destruct" the computer said.
"AHHHHH!" Wall-E yelled as he frantically hits the Self-Destruct button but no change as he pushes every button on the console.
Everything activates Lights flash, Oxygen masks drop but outside of the pod Windshield wipers activate, Flares fire off, Parachutes deploy...
Back inside Wall-E franticly pressed more buttons and switches.
"Ten seconds till self-destruct" the computer said as Wall-E screams and panics and looks for a means of escape.
"Ah!" Wall-E screamed as he spots the hatch and runs to it and grabs the pod's fire extinguisher and runs to the door.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two..."
Wall-E then pulls on the emergency exit lever but the hatch wouldn't open.
"AHHHH! Wall-E yelled.
Outside in space Eve and Jason races through the lanes after the pod as suddenly, in the distance, the pod explodes as Eve and Jason stop.
Eve felt like her gut been punched as her eyes begins to water "No!" She yelled as she flies towards the debris field.
"Wall-E!" Jason yelled as they fly and Wall-E whizzes right past them.
"Eve!" Wall- E yelled as he held the fire extinguisher and used it as a form of flying in space.
"Wall-E!" Jason said smiling.
"He's safe" Max sighed in relief
Eve then chases after him as Wall-E points the extinguisher the other way and attempts to fly back over to her as they rocket right past each other again.
Wall-E then turns to Eve and made a "stay there, I'll come to you' gesture as Eve waits.
When Wall-E finally has the hang of steering he fires short bursts and very slowly makes his way to Eve and gets extinguisher foam in her face as she giggles.
"Eve!" he said opening his chest and he reaches in and pulls out the plant, still in the boot.
Eve then gasped as her sensors zero in on the plant, confirm its authenticity as a map of the Axiom appears and draws directions to the bridge as a command flashes deliver to Axiom superior.
Eve then snatches the plant up with her tractor beam and seals it safely in her chest then scoops up Wall-E in her arms giving him a big hug as she spun him around.
"Whoaa!" she laughs.
"She happy" Jason smiled seeing Wall-E expression who couldn't believe his luck and takes advantage of it and rests his head on her shoulder.
Eve stops spinning and she leans her head and kissed him as a tiny arc of electricity passes between them.
"Oh" Max smirked as Wall-E floats circles in space lost in bliss.
Eve then giggled and made a 'come on' gesture as she reaches for his hand.
Wall-E shakes his head and holds up his extinguisher instead to say 'No thank you I can fly myself now' then kicks on the extinguisher spins in a pirouette and flies away as Eve giggles and chases after him and Jason road after them.
The two fly around the stern of the ship as Wall-E does a few barrel rolls as Eve giggles and matches him move for move.
The pair fly between the booster engines of the ship and weave in and out of the rocket flames and bank up along the ship's port side then execute a double helix in perfect unison.
Passengers hover down the hallway all focused on their private screens no one looks out at the stars to notice the stars or the dancing cyborgs except for Mary.
She has pulled over to the side and stares wistfully out the deck window and sighs, "So many stars" she said as she spots Eve and Wall-E dancing among the stars, "Oooh!" she said recognizing Wall-E.
"Hey, that's what's his name!" she said as she backs up to wave hello and bumps into John's hover chair.
"Hey! What the-" John said as Mary leans over to his armrest and turns off his holo-screen and points out the window.
"Look! Look at THAT!" Mary said.
John is disoriented but speaks "Wha...huh?" he said as Wall-E flies past the window and a wave of recognition hits John and he comes to life, as if wakened from a long sleep.
"Hey... I know that guy! It's, uh..." he said as he snaps fingers, "Wall-E! Hey Wall-E! It's your buddy, John!" he yelled.
"Right, Wall-E! Hi Wall-E!" Mary said as they both wave until Wall-E's out of sight.
John absentmindedly lowers his hand to his armrest and touches Mary's hand.
Both turn towards each other they make eye contact for the first time.
"Hi" John said.
"Hi" Mary said.
Outside Wall-E and Eve soar across the Axiom's bow with Jason close behind.
Auto busy operating the ship and doesn't see Eve, Wall-E and Jason outside the window.
Back at the bridge Auto turns the Sky Dial from day to night while inside the concourse the sky dome fast-forwards to evening.
With the captain he was still learning much about Earth, "Define "hoe-down" " he said as multiple images hit the screen.
" 'Hoedown' - a social gathering at which lively dancing would take place." The computer said as an aperture opens in the ceiling above and Auto lowers down to face the Captain.
"Auto! Earth is amazing!" the Captain said as he points to the images "These are called "farms". Humans would put seeds in the ground, pour water on them, and they'd grow food, like, pizza!" he said as Auto shuts off the holo-screen.
"Good night, Captain" he said as the Captain lets out an annoyed grunt as Auto rises back up to the bridge.
The lights then shut out as the Captain glares at the ceiling then whispers conspiratorially to the computer.
"Psst! Computer!" he said as the holo-screen lights up. "Define "dancing"."
Back outside the Axiom Eve and Wall-E descend along the starboard side and spiral gracefully around one another.
" 'Dancing'- A series of movements, involving two partners, where speed and rhythm match harmoniously with music."
Wall-E's extinguisher runs out of foam as he lets it float freely out into space as Eve catches him in her arms as Wall-E croons.
Eve scans the Axiom for a way in and then notices sparks down on the ship's lower hull as she points to it and Jason sees.
"Right behind you!" Jason said.
A Repair-Robot name Burn-E welds an antenna as Eve and Wall-E fly into the open hatch behind him as it shuts.
"Huh?!" Burn-E yelled as he bangs on the closed door. "AH!" Burn-E then stops then looks around, "uh-oh!"
On the Lido Deck it was no closing as the last few passengers exit the pool area all wearing the same color blue uniforms two red ones still in the pool.
With their feet they ripple the surface of the pool as John and Mary float over the water's surface splashing one another playfully.
"Hey now. Stop that..." John said
"Make me" Mary giggled.
"I didn't know we had a pool" John said.
A Lifeguard-Robot with a megaphone lowers from its tower and approaches the pool's edge:
"No splashing, no diving" he said.
"Ahh! Go on!" John said as he splashes the Robot as he shorts out.
On Upper Deck Eve, Wall-E, Jason and Max sneak onto the deck and hide between a rows of towel carts.
Eve then peeks through the towels surprised to discover two Security-Drone on duty in front of the bridge lobby entrance.
'No way in' Eve thought as a Trash-Cyborg passes and dumps its load down a nearby trash chute.
Eve scans in on the chute and saw it runs all the way up the tower to the bridge 'I'll use that!' she thought. Wall-E couldn't help but stare at Eve's hand
'Time to seize the moment!' Wall-E thought and hits the play button on his tape recorder and "It Only Takes a Moment" plays from it scratchy speaker as he puts his hands together and Eve whips around.
"UH?" she said frantically as Wall-E holds his hands up to Eve.
"Eve-" Wall-E said but cut of when Eve immediately shuts off his music and shoves his hands down.
She then makes a 'stop it!' gesture as she places a stack of towels on his head then made a 'stay here and blend in!' gesture then points to her plant light, "Directive."
Before Wall-E can even protest she is gone and zooms silently across the Lido Deck and up into the trash chute.
"She can't go on her own and with us on that wanted sign we can't take the elevator" Jason said.
"Do you think that garbage shoot big enough?" Max asked.
"Let's find out" Jason smirked.
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