The next day, Polly was in the garage, trying to fix Frobo. After Anne showed her the wonders of internet videos, she watched as many could about mechanical engineering and circuitry to fix her friend while giving him a brand new body. It was... well, there's not much to say, she wasn't very good.
"Okay! Time to test it out!" Polly said, proud of her accomplishment.
Her "accomplishment" was a body made from a watching machine, spare gutters, pipes, and old paint cans. Not to mention the wiring was from whatever she could find around Anne's house or inside of the "car."
She turned it on, and lasers fired from it.
"AAAH!" Polly screamed as the lasers tore through the garage roof!
Polly quickly shut off Frobo, making the lasers die down from his eyes.
'I didn't know he could do that!' Polly thought in shock.
Footsteps quickly approached and opened the door.
"What was that!?" Anne asked.
"NOTHING!" Polly shouted as she turned to Anne.
Too bad for bad for her that Frobo's new body was smoking a bit from the failed attempt.
"Really? Then why are you trying to Frankenstein Frobo?!" Anne shouted, pointing to Frobo.
"What's a Frankenstein?" Polly asked.
"That doesn't matter." Anne said, "Polly, you shouldn't be doing this by yourself. It's dangerous."
"But I can handle it! And I need to fix Frobo!" Polly said.
"Then how about you contact experts about it?"
"Experts? Who would possibly be an expect in robotics?!" Polly shouted.
"There's lots of people online that know this stuff?" Anne asked.
Anne opened her laptop and typed robots into the search bar.
"These two seem like they know what they're doing."
"Who?" Polly asked, walking to the laptop.
"Ally and Jess, the IT Girls." Anne said, playing their video, "They're fairly popular."
Polly watched the video and could see what Anne was talking about, they did seem like they knew what they were talking about. Even showing some of the robots they created in the video. Polly decided to keep watching, while Anne left. And the more she watched, the more she learned from them. Amazed by the skills and the robotics they created in their lab together. She had to call them.
"ANNE! GIVE ME YOUR PHONE!" Polly shouted, running off to find her.
"Why?"
"I need to call Ally and Jess for help, NOW!" Polly shouted at her.
Polly found Anne's phone in the kitchen.
"Got it!" Polly shouted before running back to the garage.
"Hey, wait!" Anne shouted.
Polly began to use the phone.
"Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!" Polly muttered as she dialed the number for the IT girls.
"Polly, give me my phone!" Anne shouted, banging on the door.
Anne slammed into the door and broke it open.
"Hello?" Ally asked, answering the phone.
"Hi, my name is Polly! Please come to 301 Lee Street, West to help me with my robot!" Polly shouted quickly.
"Polly, give me my phone!" Anne shouted, marching to Polly
"Hurry!" Polly shouted.
Anne grabbed her phone and hung up.
"A little rule in this world, don't randomly invite strangers into your home unless it's absolutely necessary." Anne said.
"Frobo IS necessary!" Polly argued.
"Maybe to you, but outside of this house, that's a strange request to everyone else!"
"And they'll answer it! They love robots!" Polly said.
"And they'll see you guys! You'll be exposed!" Anne shouted.
"I'll wear a disguise! I just want Frobo back already!" Polly said.
"Why?! No offense but why is he so important right now?!" Anne asked.
"BECAUSE HE'S MY FIRST REAL AND BEST FRIEND!" Polly screamed as her entire body turned red.
"Polly, you don't know what you're doing." Anne said, "This can backfire massively."
"I'm fixing my friend! There's nothing wrong with that!" Polly screamed before she huffed deeply, trying to calm down before getting emotional. "I..I…I just want him back. I just want my friend back."
"Polly-" Anne stopped when she saw the pollywog beginning to cry.
"N-Nobody my age would play with me. Nobody liked what I liked back home." Polly said, her tears hitting the floor. "Even if he's a robot, Frobo was the first person to play my games and liked them."
Anne let out a sigh.
"Just... try and be careful, okay?"
Polly nodded as she kept crying, trying to dry her tears. Still feeling bad for making her cry, Anne picked up the youngest of her pack and hugged her.
"Don't worry, I promise that Frobo will be back to normal one day."
'And if they do show up, hopefully it will be today.' Anne thought, now hoping that Ally and Jess will come just so Polly would stop crying.
She had enough on her plate right now, she didn't have time to deal with this as well. After Polly stopped crying, Anne went to help her find a disguise for if Ally and Jess arrive. The two of them went through some of Anne's old clothes and found some that fit, dressing Polly up as a little janitor or an engineer of sorts in overalls and a long shirt. And to hide that she had no hair, Anne gave her a baseball cap to wear.
"There, that should help."
"Thanks, Anne." Polly said as she twisted the cap backwards.
"Just don't blow up."
"Don't worry, I'd never blow up Frobo." Polly said.
"I meant blow up the house but it's the same thing." Anne said.
The doorbell rang, drawing their attention.
"Okay, remember, no talk about Amphibia."
"Yeah, yeah! I know! Just tell Hop Pop and Sprig!" Polly shouted, rushing to the front door.
'It has to be them! I had to be!' Polly thought, wanting it to be Ally and Jess.
She opened the door. Polly was met with the sight of Ally riding on the back of a panda.
"Hi!" Ally said happily, jumping off the panda.
Which then shifted into Jess, who waved at Polly.
"Hello!" Jess said.
"Woah, cool!" Polly said. "Was that your spirit animal?
"Yeah. A cute but fearsome panda bear!" Jess said with a wink.
"And fast since panda can run up to 32 kilometers an hour." Ally said.
"Cool."
"Judging by your voice, are you the one who called us?" Jess asked as she kneeled down to Polly.
"Yeah, that was me! I need your help fixing my friend, his name is Frobo!" Polly said before pointing to the garage.
She led them there.
"He's right in here." Polly said, opening the door and showing them Frobo and his "body."
It then fell to pieces as the head clattered to the floor.
"We see what you mean."
"Ooooh! But you managed to do a good job for a prototype." Jess said as they walked past Polly to the robot. "Especially the head, it's perfectly intact."
"Though he looks more advanced compared to the rest of the robot. Maybe he's from another type." Ally said, picking up Frobo's head.
"There was... an accident... with the rest of the body." Polly said.
'Don't tell them about Amphibia like Anne said.' Polly thought.
"Well, even without that, I think we can help you make him a new one." Ally said as Jess looked over the remains of the second body.
"And we can still use some of these parts." Jess said with a thumbs up. "With our help, we'll have your buddy up and working in no time."
"Yay!"
'Just you wait, Frobo! You're gonna be your old self in no time!' Polly thought as she rushed to help Ally and Jess.
Unknown to the trio in the garage, Anne was peaking in from the door to check on them. She wanted to make sure nothing blew up.
'You both better know why you're doing.' Anne thought, not wanting her pack's "pup" to be sad again.
She left to go check on the others. Which was just Sprig and Hop Pop, in disguised, watching a Thai soap opera with her parents.
"I don't know what's going on but I love this." Hop Pop said, not taking his eyes off the tv.
"So, beautiful!" Sprig said.
"I know!" Bee said, wiping away a tear.
"Did I miss anything?" Anne asked.
"No, but who was at the door?" Oum asked.
"No one important." Anne said.
"Really?" Oum asked, glancing to the frogs. "And where's Polly?"
"She's busy. Don't worry." Anne said to her mother, "I made sure everything is going to be fine, she is safe, nothing should go wrong."
"But she's your pack's pup. Are you really-"
"You don't know Polly like I do, mom. She'll be fine." Anne said, cutting off her mother. "Don't worry too much."
In the garage, Ally and Jess were looking at Frobo. They were looking hmm over without opening his head up without Polly's permission.
"Hmm, this is a very interesting robot."
"Did you design him?" Jess asked.
"No, I just sort of found him or he found me. But I remember what he looked like before he broke." Polly said.
"Can you draw it?" Ally asked Polly. "It can be the start of a proper blue print."
"Sure!"
Polly jumped into the work bench and grabbed a pencil before drawing Frobo from before he was destroyed. It wasn't exact but it was good enough from her memory. And she may have added a few details that would make him look cool.
"Done!" Polly said with glee, showing them her drawing of Frobo's potential new body.
The looked at it.
"Interesting design. Can you tell what he could do before he broke?" Ally asked.
"TONS of stuff!" Polly shouted before listing everything Frobo could do.
It was... strange to the two girlfriends, but still, it was nice to see someone so young try and get into robotics.
"Alright, went can't make it so he can do ALL of that but we can make it so he can do most of it." Jess said with a smile.
"If we all work together, we can get this done in about 2 hours." Ally said with a nod.
"Woo!" Polly said.
"You wanna help?" Jess asked.
"YES!" Polly screamed as loud as she could.
The trio got to work. The noise of them working filled the house, making the Boonchuys and the two Plantars cover their ears.
"What are they doing?!" Bee shouted.
"Fixing Polly's robot!" Anne said.
"Frobo?!" Sprig and Hop Pop said in surprise.
"Yeah!" Anne said.
"Is that a good idea?!" Oum shouted, covering her ears.
"I hope!"
To help block out the noise, Anne turned up the volume on the Thai soap opera. In the garage, they were making good progress on Frobo. They had already finished the refined body for Frobot, much better than the original and welded together than the original Polly made.
"Alright, this should be enough to activate him." Ally said, welding Frobo's head on the body.
The eyes lit up.
"He's activating!" Jess said, clapping her hands quickly.
'Come on big guy, come back to me.' Polly thought.
The eye blinked slowly, gazing around the garage at Jess and Ally before setting his gaze on the shortest one.
"…Polly?" Frobo asked, his voice the same.
"Frobo!"
Polly jumped for joy and hugged Frobo's face tightly, rubbing her face on his forehead without a care.
"I missed you buddy!"
"I missed you too, Polly." Frobo said with a grin.
"It's so beautiful, isn't it?" Jess asked as she and Ally watched.
Ally nodded her head.
"It's truly wonderful!" Ally said.
Polly started crying tears of joy. All that was left was to give Frobo some arms and legs, then he would be as good as new.
"Alright, let's get this done and see what he can really do." Jess said.
"Agreed." Ally said, popping her fingers. "Then we can take a food break."
"Yeah!"
Polly jumped off Frobo and grabbed some tools, ready for action.
"Let's do this!"
Ally and Jess liked Polly's spirit, grabbing tools as well before joining her to finish Frobo. It was a long process, but he was good as new.
"One more bolt." Ally said, tightening the last arm bolt. "And done!"
"Frobo is back!" Jess cheered.
"Yes!"
The trio stepped back and watched Frobo look over his new body, which looked very similar to his old one but made of white and black metal without the armor shoulder pads and crown on his chest.
"Well, Frobs? How is it?" Polly asked.
"It is perfect, Polly." Frobo said, giving the trio a thumbs up. "Thank you all."
Polly was happy.
"Come on, Frobs! Let's go show everyone!" Polly shouted, pointing to the garage door.
"Guys, look!"
Everyone turned from the tv and looked at Polly, who was riding on top of Frobo's head and his new body!
"Frobo!" Sprig and Hop Pop said in surprise.
"The robot?!" Bee asked in surprise.
"Isn't he amazing!?"
"That is what you spent hours building in my house?!" Oum shouted in shock.
"Yep! Now Frobo is back!" Polly said in glee.
"And he's been upgraded." Jess said as she and Ally walked up from behind Frobo.
"Yeah, look!" Polly said, pressing a button.
A coffee came out of his chest.
"Did you put the coffee maker in his chest?" Anne asked.
"No. We put reused an old on in your garage." Ally said, taking the coffee mug and taking a sip.
The Boonchuy parents had to admit, they liked that.
"What else can he do?" Hop Pop asked.
"Nearly everything he could before but now he can do this!" Polly said, looking down to Frobo. "Transform, Frobs!"
"Sure." Frobo said before getting on his hands and knees, transforming into a small jeep.
"Tada! He's like a toy car for kids but metal and can go up to 60 miles an hours!" Polly said, in the driver's seat.
Polly did some donuts.
"MY FLOOR!" Oum shouted at the donuts.
"I'm next!" Sprig said, excited.
Anne shook her head and smiled, it was a nice little moment, much needed after the chaos of the last several days.
'At least Frobo has a disguise for when we go out in public. Hopefully that won't end badly.' Anne thought as she got up and walked to Ally and Jess.
"Thanks you two. Really." Anne said before pulling out her wallet.
"Oh, you don't have to pay us. Working with a unique robot is enough." Ally said, holding her hand up.
"Well, feel free to come by and check up on him." Anne said, "After you call of course."
"Gladly!" Jess said with a panda smile. "Any friend fixed by the panda girls will always be called ahead of time."
"Panda girls?" Anne asked.
"Jess is a panda and I'm a red panda." Ally clarified, giving their spirit animals.
Anne chuckled a bit.
"A true match."
"STOP DRIVING INSIDE OF MY HOUSE!" Oum screamed as Polly was now driving Jeep-Frobo around the den.
Anne smirked, it was nice to have some nice calm moments.
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