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The two Wall.es trudged across the wasteland, the early morning sun casting a pale glow over the still largely dormant city. E.v.e. CL 001 hovered, dormant, on the roof of their house, and E.v.e. AX 001 stood guard over him, keeping a vigilant watch for the probe ships return. Wall.e 181835 briefly paused mid trudge and looked over his shoulder. Both E.v.e.s seemed as still as statues, if not for the one idly floating, and the others visor flickering with each blink, pan, or change of focus. He resumed his now dreary commute towards work, heartbroken at his boyrfriend's continued dormance. Wall.e 181838 stopped and waited for him to catch up. When she saw the look on his face, she pulled him into a hug. Wall.e 181835 hugged her tightly and broke down crying, and Wall.e 181838 briefly stared up at the sky herself. She briefly hoped that the probe ship wouldn't return that day even though she knew that it would. The two Wall.es continued on to work when Wall.e 181835s tears had dried up.

In thw Wall.e graveyard, both Wall.es worked in silence. Wall.e 181838 kept working for almost the entire morning, clearing, compacting, and hauling away trash, and moving the bodies of dead Wall.es as needed. Wall.e 181835 worked for some time, but eventually wound up sadly sitting in the middle of a small clearing and staring at a trash cube. Wall.e 181838 found him in a reverie when she realized that she was the only one still hauling trash out of the graveyard and went to check on him. She knelt down next to him, and put a comforting paw on his shoulder. He reacted to this gesture by sadly staring at her and giving her a sad smile. The two Wall.es sat together in silence as morning shifted to afternoon, and the winter sun beat down directly overhead. Just after noon, their radio collars blared, and E.v.e. AX 001 transmitted, [GUYS! THE PROBE SHIP'S BACK! GET OVER HERE NOW!!!]

Both Wall.es flew back as fast as they could, and found their home in a state of utter chaos. The wild dragons were fleeing in all directions, and the Axioms passengers, synths, and robots were chasing after them, trying to calm them down. In the center of the mass panic sat the probe ship, which was perched at the edge of the plains with the old Wall.e storage truck on one side and the fog gulch on the other. They watched the double doors along one side swing open and the large robotic arm extend in slow motion, time slowing to a virtual crawl as they ran towards the metal monster. The comically small claw at the end of the arm bundled up E.v.e. Cl 001 in a pincer grip, and the arm retracted into the probe ship in slow motion. The flock of dragons adopted by the two Wall.es and the two E.v.e.s flew into the probe ship ahead of the robotic arm, and E.v.e. AX 001 leaped onto the arm and tried to make it drop her brother. Both Wall.es gasped in horror when the robotic arm simply shook her off, and she briefly fell out of sight, stunned by the arm accidentally whacking her in the head while shaking her off. She reappeared after a moment, her antigravity thrusters in full gear, and lunged at the arm with a desperate wail. The robotic arm finished retreating inside the doors, and they slammed shut with a hollow thud that echoed for miles.

E.v.e. AX 001 flew against the doors, initially struggling to get a grip on the probe ship, but quickly grabbing onto an access ladder. The Two Wall.es landed on the same ladder shortly thereafter, Wall.e 18138 landing next to her girlfriend, while Wall.e 18135 landed behind them. They began scaling the ladder at a rapid pace, heading up towards a window near the nose of the probe ship, which was presently pointed straight up at the sky. As they scaled the ladder, the probe ships thrusters ignited with a loud roar that sent fresh waves of panic across the city. Wall.e 181835s ears swiveled towards the noise, and then he looked over his shoulder and screamed as the probe ship began to lift off. His scream alerted Wall.e 181838 and E.v.e. AX 001 to what was happening, and they quickly flattened themselves against the access ladder as the Columbia's probe ship took off and began to accelerate towards escape velocity. Wall.e 181835, too frightened to do the same, gripped the access ladder as tightly as he could, and curled into a frightened ball, wrapping himself around one rung. Looking back down at him, Wall.e 181838 and E.v.e. AX 001 adjusted their own (very tight) grips on the access ladder, and squeezed between the rungs of the ladder, flattening themselves to the rungs undersides as the probe ship continued to speed up. The probe ship soared higher and higher through Earth's atmosphere, breaking first the sound barrier, then escape velocity. It was roaring towards space at a blistering 30,000 miles per hour within a minute of taking off from a standstill. Wall.e 181835 screamed the whole way up, while Wall.e 181838 and E.v.e. AX 001 either remained stoick, or wound up too frightened to scream. After what seemed like an eternity but was in reality, only one and a half minutes, the probe ship burst into space, and the synths were forced to rely on their radio collars to talk to each other.

In the distance, Captain McCrea watched the probe ship take off in silence. He had guessed what would happen based on his own experiences a few months prior, and he now had the means to remotely keep in touch with his best friends even across light years of distance. He switched on the remote communicator and signaled for his Stormcutter, Helios, to come. Helios walked over, his frills flaring in curiosity as he eyed the device in his trainers hands. After a count of 90 seconds, McCrea signaled for Helios to bark and pointed at the remote communicator. McCrea had been building it in his spare time, and the communicator was as yet untested. Helios barked at the communicators microphone, and after a moment of silence, a grainy sounding "Mmm?" played back from the speaker. Captain McCrea now breathed a sigh of relief at the communicator working and asked, "E.v.e.- which starship does the probe ship you're riding on belong to?" After another moment, the reply came, [The Columbia, Sir. I speculate that they've entered Alpha Centauri after the Axiom returned to Earth...]

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The two Wall.es trudged across the wasteland, the early morning sun casting a pale glow over the still largely dormant city. E.v.e. CL 001 hovered, dormant, on the roof of their house, and E.v.e. AX 001 stood guard over him, keeping a vigilant watch for the probe ships return. Wall.e 181835 briefly paused mid trudge and looked over his shoulder. Both E.v.e.s seemed as still as statues, if not for the one idly floating, and the others visor flickering with each blink, pan, or change of focus. He resumed his now dreary commute towards work, heartbroken at his boyrfriend's continued dormance. Wall.e 181838 stopped and waited for him to catch up. When she saw the look on his face, she pulled him into a hug. Wall.e 181835 hugged her tightly and broke down crying, and Wall.e 181838 briefly stared up at the sky herself. She briefly hoped that the probe ship wouldn't return that day even though she knew that it would. The two Wall.es continued on to work when Wall.e 181835s tears had dried up.

In thw Wall.e graveyard, both Wall.es worked in silence. Wall.e 181838 kept working for almost the entire morning, clearing, compacting, and hauling away trash, and moving the bodies of dead Wall.es as needed. Wall.e 181835 worked for some time, but eventually wound up sadly sitting in the middle of a small clearing and staring at a trash cube. Wall.e 181838 found him in a reverie when she realized that she was the only one still hauling trash out of the graveyard and went to check on him. She knelt down next to him, and put a comforting paw on his shoulder. He reacted to this gesture by sadly staring at her and giving her a sad smile. The two Wall.es sat together in silence as morning shifted to afternoon, and the winter sun beat down directly overhead. Just after noon, their radio collars blared, and E.v.e. AX 001 transmitted, [GUYS! THE PROBE SHIP'S BACK! GET OVER HERE NOW!!!]

Both Wall.es flew back as fast as they could, and found their home in a state of utter chaos. The wild dragons were fleeing in all directions, and the Axioms passengers, synths, and robots were chasing after them, trying to calm them down. In the center of the mass panic sat the probe ship, which was perched at the edge of the plains with the old Wall.e storage truck on one side and the fog gulch on the other. They watched the double doors along one side swing open and the large robotic arm extend in slow motion, time slowing to a virtual crawl as they ran towards the metal monster. The comically small claw at the end of the arm bundled up E.v.e. Cl 001 in a pincer grip, and the arm retracted into the probe ship in slow motion. The flock of dragons adopted by the two Wall.es and the two E.v.e.s flew into the probe ship ahead of the robotic arm, and E.v.e. AX 001 leaped onto the arm and tried to make it drop her brother. Both Wall.es gasped in horror when the robotic arm simply shook her off, and she briefly fell out of sight, stunned by the arm accidentally whacking her in the head while shaking her off. She reappeared after a moment, her antigravity thrusters in full gear, and lunged at the arm with a desperate wail. The robotic arm finished retreating inside the doors, and they slammed shut with a hollow thud that echoed for miles.

E.v.e. AX 001 flew against the doors, initially struggling to get a grip on the probe ship, but quickly grabbing onto an access ladder. The Two Wall.es landed on the same ladder shortly thereafter, Wall.e 18138 landing next to her girlfriend, while Wall.e 18135 landed behind them. They began scaling the ladder at a rapid pace, heading up towards a window near the nose of the probe ship, which was presently pointed straight up at the sky. As they scaled the ladder, the probe ships thrusters ignited with a loud roar that sent fresh waves of panic across the city. Wall.e 181835s ears swiveled towards the noise, and then he looked over his shoulder and screamed as the probe ship began to lift off. His scream alerted Wall.e 181838 and E.v.e. AX 001 to what was happening, and they quickly flattened themselves against the access ladder as the Columbia's probe ship took off and began to accelerate towards escape velocity. Wall.e 181835, too frightened to do the same, gripped the access ladder as tightly as he could, and curled into a frightened ball, wrapping himself around one rung. Looking back down at him, Wall.e 181838 and E.v.e. AX 001 adjusted their own (very tight) grips on the access ladder, and squeezed between the rungs of the ladder, flattening themselves to the rungs undersides as the probe ship continued to speed up. The probe ship soared higher and higher through Earth's atmosphere, breaking first the sound barrier, then escape velocity. It was roaring towards space at a blistering 30,000 miles per hour within a minute of taking off from a standstill. Wall.e 181835 screamed the whole way up, while Wall.e 181838 and E.v.e. AX 001 either remained stoick, or wound up too frightened to scream. After what seemed like an eternity but was in reality, only one and a half minutes, the probe ship burst into space, and the synths were forced to rely on their radio collars to talk to each other.

In the distance, Captain McCrea watched the probe ship take off in silence. He had guessed what would happen based on his own experiences a few months prior, and he now had the means to remotely keep in touch with his best friends even across light years of distance. He switched on the remote communicator and signaled for his Stormcutter, Helios, to come. Helios walked over, his frills flaring in curiosity as he eyed the device in his trainers hands. After a count of 90 seconds, McCrea signaled for Helios to bark and pointed at the remote communicator. McCrea had been building it in his spare time, and the communicator was as yet untested. Helios barked at the communicators microphone, and after a moment of silence, a grainy sounding "Mmm?" played back from the speaker. Captain McCrea now breathed a sigh of relief at the communicator working and asked, "E.v.e.- which starship does the probe ship you're riding on belong to?" After another moment, the reply came, [The Columbia, Sir. I speculate that they've entered Alpha Centauri after the Axiom returned to Earth...]