"I wonder if Chibi-Robo is alright..." Telly mumbled.
"That's the fifth time you've said that!" Rose hammered another nail, "Calm down!"
"I'm sorry, I just worry so much!" Telly fretted, "You see, I have to worry about him! The bot's not afraid of anything! I have to be there to keep him safe!"
"I understand, but too much worrying is unhealthy. Just have faith in him, like how I have faith that Leah will keep him safe."
"Okay..." Telly tried to calm his rapid processor, "Okay...I'm calm..."
"Good!" Rose giggled, fiddling with another nail.
"Chibi-Robo!"
"Telly, what did I just-!" Rose caught sight of her sisters, Leah noticeably holding a little brown and silver robot.
"Chibi-Robo Chibi-Robo Chibi-Robo!" Telly hurried to him as Leah set him down on the ground, "How dare you make me worry! You were gone for so long I was afraid that...Chibi-Robo...?"
Chibi looked very dizzy, his closed eyes spinning around and around.
"Chibi-Robo? Are you okay?"
Chibi swayed on his feet, finally collapsing in the dirt.
"What? What happened?" Telly looked around until his lopsided optics fell on Leah, who was flushed and giggling, blubbering nonsense to Rose. Rose's eyes widened as she took her sister's hands, and soon, both of them were a mess.
What had gotten them so flustered?
Whatever. He needed to get Chibi to an outlet.
E-ER-R-ROR-R.
Chibi began to feel electricity flow through his system. What had happened? Well, he knew what happened, he was kissed by Le-ERROR! The dizziness came back full-force. It wasn't really the kiss itself. It felt nice...really nice...but that isn't what had gotten him so flustered. That isn't what made him dizzy enough that his head spun faster than his Chibi-Coptor blades.
He finally found the strength to stand, spinning his head so it was on straight.
"Chibi-Robo..." Telly said, "...what happened...?"
Chibi blinked. That's not what Telly usually said when he fell on the job.
Telly looked at him very seriously, "Tell me what happened."
Chibi couldn't really think about it. It was such an overwhelming feeling, he wasn't used to it. It made his hydraulics boil and his battery acid steam.
Finally, he put his hand to his face and moved it away.
Telly's eyes widened, "What...? Leah...she kissed you...?"
Hearing it out loud made the feeling flow back ten fold.
"Ooohhh..." Telly was dumbfounded, then excited, "You're in love!?"
What?
"You're in love!" Telly spun around in circles, "Chibi-Robo is in love! Chibi-Robo is in love!"
Chibi felt his legs give out. It took all his strength to stay on his folded legs and not on his side. He was feeling sick.
"-in love! Chibi-Robo's in..." he trailed off, "Chibi-Robo, are you okay?"
Chibi's held a hand to his throbbing head.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt sick.
The more confused he became.
"You did what!?"
"I can't believe I actually did it!" Leah was saying, her face flushed, "I was just so grateful he saved us and so happy he was okay that...I don't know! I was so scared that he was hurt!"
EVE shook her head, a smile playing on her visor, "Sounds like my first kiss with Wall-E. That was the first time I felt fear and success."
"Yeah. You've told that story before." Leah squeezed her eyes shut, "Eek! I'm so embarrassed!"
"Haha! Alright, calm down." EVE gave her a rough pat on the back, "Let's get back to the problem at hand."
"Right. Sorry. Ehem."
"So, the generator." Aya said, "Ruby, how did you know it was a generator?"
"Because I found it and tried to destroy it!" Ruby replied, "The ratchets chased me out before I could even make a mark!"
"Ruby! Language!" Aya scolded.
"Oh, cool off..." Ruby spat.
"Guys! Stop!" EVE demanded, "This isn't helping!"
"Eve?" Rose asked softly, "What if it escalates like last time?"
They were quiet.
"No no!" EVE tried to calm her suddenly panicked sisters, "It won't come to that!"
"You have me on your team this time!" Ruby seethed.
"But what if Forthright is still alive...?" Rose whispered in EVE's ear.
"No! She's dead! I saw her body! All the computers are dead! There's no way she survived!"
"No! Don't you get it!?" Aya exclaimed, "She's going to magically survive because it's a part of the storytelling process!"
EVE flattened her eyelids, "You watch too much old tv."
"Shut up! Me and my laserdiscs are legit!" Aya crossed her arms, "The author is stupid that way!"
Hey! I resent that remark!
"Besides, Forthright's death was too sudden and we don't know much about her and-!"
EVE slowly pushed her away and turned back to everyone else, "Okay, so what's our plan?"
"Um..." Rio glanced again at Aya, "Okay...Ruby, what kind of generator was it?"
"It was a multiplier of sorts." Ruby explained, grateful for the distraction from Aya's continued rambling, "It was packed with all kinds of dangerous metals and gizmos, it was almost hard to watch. I don't know whether the robots were building materials or other robots or themselves. Everything was so hectic."
"Did you see where the materials came together?" EVE inquired.
"No."
"Then we need to be cautious around it." EVE concluded, "We'll set off at dawn. In the meantime, I'm going to run diagnostics on the scrap robots we already have while you guys check up with the repair ward."
"Ugh...that place again?" Rio complained, "We checked up with them last week!"
"I'm not taking any chances!" EVE replied, a little stern, "I'll join you myself when I'm done. No one's getting out of this, unless you're okay with staying here while the rest of us go!"
Rio huffed, "No, of course not."
"Okay." EVE gave one finalizing glare over her sisters before leaving, "I have work to do."