Astro lazily flicked through the channels on the T.V. Weather channels, ads, more ads, a pony cartoon… Zoran gasped and her eyes widened. Astro changed the channel without a blink. "Hey! I was watching that!" she wined. Astro sighed.

"I don't want to watch a silly pony cartoon, Zoran." Astro said. He came to the Super Sonic Plane Championships and starting watching. Zoran eyed the remote control. Astro still stared at the T.V. Zoran leapt forward and tried to snatch the remote. Astro moved his hand without even looking. Zoran leaned over him and reached for it again. Astro raised his arm to the right, way out of Zoran's reach; eyes still locked on the T.V. Zoran leaned more forward across Astro, waving her arms around for the remote. "Eh…eh….EEE!" Astro pressed his back into the couch and Zoran fell over and flipped onto the floor. Astro looked down at her and laughed. She sat up and crossed her arms. "Have a nice trip?" Astro joked.

"Shut up, okay! I meant to fall!"

The phone from the kitchen rang. Zoran sprung up and ran over to the door. "I'll get it!" she said.

"Okay, but tell me if it's dad." Astro told her. She nodded and entered the kitchen and grabbed the sleek phone. She looked around and held it to her ear. "Hello?"

"Robot girl?" came Hamegg's voice.

"Hamegg!" Zoran cried.

"SHH! Don't let Astro hear you. How is it going?"

"Great! Was having so much fun! I've learned so much and I-"

"QUIET YOU USELESS MACHINE!" Zoran whimpered. "Now, you're supposed to get Astro in trouble!"

"I got him in detention!" Zoran boasted.

"Not good enough. And remember to slip those infection chips into his system… tonight. And don't even think about not doing it. I have remote to show whether they've been used or not." Zoran thinks for a while.

"Zoran! Who is it?" Astro's sweet voice called from the lounge room.

"Understood?" Hamegg asked. Zoran sighed and tried to suck it up. She didn't want Astro to be deactivated. She loved him like a true brother. "Yes Hamegg." She almost whispered. She put the phone down and skipped back into the lounge room. "Wrong number!" she chimed.

"You took a while."

"Well they were very nice people, brother." She convinced. She sat on the couch. Astro still watched the Super Sonic Plane Championships. He looked at her and switched it to the pony cartoon. Zoran gasped in pleasure and looked at Astro. He smiled. She leaned her head on his shoulder and sighed. Astro wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Her smile dropped, feeling the infection chips in her pocket.

Zoran looked at Astro, silently sleeping away. She unrolled her fingers to reveal the infection chips. The faint glow of the city lights filled the room. Zoran lightly turns Astro's head to see the chipped mark on the back of his neck. She reaches over to drop them in. Her eyes watered. She hesitated for a while, thinking. She leaned close to Astro's ear. "Sorry brother." She whispered to him. Then, with a fling of her arm, she chucked the infection chips into her own mouth, and swallowed.