Chibi-Robo watched everyone sleep, swinging his legs over the shelf. He had tried to sleep himself, but he was violently jerked awake by a scary thought. What if he suddenly woke up and it had been another several centuries!? After all, he didn't sleep often, and he had never slept all night before. Who's to say that he'd see the end of the world if that happened again!?

No. He was too afraid. He would never sleep again.

Instead, he explored the inside of the truck. He had learned the nicknames of all the EVEs, and he was told not to move anything from their places on the shelves by EVE, because it would upset WALL-E if anything was out of place. Though, there was plenty of other stuff to occupy his time.

"Can't sleep?"

Telly.

"Me neither...last I went to sleep...well..." Telly looked downwards, "I'm just glad that you're okay..."

Chibi tilted his head to the side.

"I don't like that old memory..." Telly sounded close to tears, "...it was so scary..."

Telly shakily awoke, his eyelids feeling heavy and sticky. He was in a small cardboard box, neatly folded and packed away. He was tired and groggy, but he tried to wake himself up. The box around him was jostling violently, like he was in the backseat of a car.

What was laying next to him got him to sit bolt-upright.

"Ch-Ch-Chibi-R-Robo!?" Telly exclaimed, "Chibi-Robo! Please wake up!"

He didn't stir.

"No! No!" Telly pushed against the top of the box, "Lemme out! Help! Someone help me! Please! Anyone!"

No one heard him. His cries bounced off empty walls.

"No..." Telly stopped to look down at Chibi-Robo, his best friend, "Don't leave me...don't leave me all alone..."

He was trapped with his friend, and he wasn't even moving. He was out of power.

"No...please..." Telly began to cry, "...please don't leave me...I don't want to be alone...don't leave me all alone again!"

Still. No reaction.

"This isn't funny, Chibi-Robo!" Telly scolded tearfully, "You'd better wake up now! Please! I beg of you!" Telly loudly sobbed, "PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE ALL ALONE! I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE!"

Chibi continued to sleep peacefully while Telly cried over him, slowly draining all his energy until he switched off, never to wake up again for hundreds of years.

Chibi was dumbfounded. He didn't know that Telly was awake after he fell asleep and tried in vain to wake him up. Never had he felt so guilty for something that wasn't even his fault.

"I thought I was dying..." Telly floated even lower, "...I thought that was the end...my biggest fear has always been being all alone, that's why I'm grateful that my model was packaged with yours..." he gently nudged into Chibi, "I was extremely nervous about letting you go with Leah by yourself, but she's so kind I couldn't refuse her..." Telly tried to stop the tears from falling, "...is that pathetic?"

"No!"

"Heheh...you're so kind...I just..." Telly gave a sad shake of his head (or his entire body), "I don't know, it just terrifies me."

Chibi nodded, understanding. He didn't like being alone all the time either, though Telly was a huge social butterfly. Denying him social interaction is like denying a fish water. It works. Chibi is a listener, and Telly likes to be listened to. Chibi was introverted while Telly was extroverted.

And the fact that Telly was so alone...

Chibi took out his Drake Redcrest toothbrush he still had and began to scrub the shelf he was on.

"Oh! Be careful! You don't want to fall!"

I'll be fine... Chibi inwardly rolled his eyes. He was grateful that Telly cared for him, but he had a tendency to worry a lot.

"Can I stay up with you?" Telly asked, "I don't think I can ever sleep again..."

Yes! was the reply. Of course Chibi wanted to listen to him. He didn't want to deny him someone to talk to.

Never again.

"Leah?"

REBOOT

"Ugh..." Leah stretched her arms out, "Sorry. Did I sleep in?"

"A little bit." EVE rummaged the shelves of the truck, looking for something, "The others are up ahead at the encampment area. They're trying to build a neighborhood."

"Okay. I'll catch up with them soon." Leah's eyes scanned the shelves, "Where's Chibi-Robo?"

"I don't know. I figured he left with the others." EVE finally found what she was looking for; a mechanical cartridge, "It's so clean in here! Everything is sparkling!"

Leah watched her sister leave before looking around the truck. Nothing was out of place, but the floor and the edges of the shelves were pristine. Some of the rusty paint had been chipped off, showing the grey metal underneath. EVE was right, the truck was cleaner than it had been in 700 years.

Leah left out the open door of the truck, looking around, "Chibi-Robo? Are you there?"

She picked up a small radio signal and instinctively turned towards it. Chibi was hiding among the flowers EVE had planted around the truck. He had a radar sticking out from inside his head compartment. He was so cute peeking out from beneath the leaves.

"That's a clever way to grab my attention!" Leah smiled, "What are you doing out here?"

Chibi showed off a squirter filled with water.

"Watering the garden?" Leah replied, "Hey, um...did you clean up the inside of the truck?"

Yes!

"Really!? I didn't know you were a maid-bot too!"

He squinted at her disapprovingly.

"Who are you talking to?" the voice of Telly could be heard before he appeared around one of the blossoms, "Oh! Hello, Leah!"

"Telly, just what kind of robot is Chibi-Robo?"

Telly shifted under a morning glory vine, "He's a happiness-bot! It doesn't matter what he does, as long as he gets the Happy points!"

"Happy points, huh?" Leah glanced to the side, over the hill where the encampment area was, "Hey, the humans are working on recolonization efforts, you wanna come help out?"

"Well, there isn't really much we can do since we're so small." Telly explained, "But we'll do our best!"

"Okay! Come on, Chibi!" Leah scooped him up, watching him wobble for a moment before settling in the palm of her hand. She carefully carried him to the neighborhood, Telly close behind. The neighborhood so far was a few houses being built from materials and blueprints from a different starliner. They were very old.

"There you are!" EVE said as Leah approached, "Ready to help the humans?"

"Absolutely! I hope you don't mind me bringing Chibi and Telly along."

"Oh, not at all!" EVE smiled sweetly, "Come on, the others have already started."