Kofuku was in her bathroom, round face being done with cute but simple make up, when it happened. She had smiled back herself in the mirror while a Pr-T dressed in a white and pink baggy uniform finished curling the back of her hair. She was young, a girl with short blonde pigtails, and often worked with the captain. Kofuku loved talking with her, chattering on and on about her date with Daikoku later that evening. Then, the LED lighting of her bathroom turned green and the cyborg working on her dropped the curler.

"What's happening?" Kofuku panicked as her chair suddenly jerked backwards and a plastic dome came over her head. The Pr-T raced forward, walking fast along the chair as it brought Kofuku out of the room despite her best efforts to control it.

"The captain has called everyone to the pool deck for a major announcement! You'll be fine Miss Kofuku!" The girl called out with a frantic wave. Kofuku yelped as she was shoved into the hallway traffic. People who lived next door to her but who she had never seen before in her life, all talking among themselves in panic. The yellow plastic ring that circled their necks making it hard to see.

Kofuku gasped as she entered the center of the ship and saw the whole thing tinted green. The multitude of advertisements were replaced with the leaf symbol Kofuku had only seen in school. At the bottom of the screen, yellow arrows flashed pointing towards the same direction. Every single ship occupant was here, the highway devoid of all cyborgs and transports to make the seven-lane highway clear for everyone. Each of them moving in the same direction, plastic helmets on their heads.

"Kofuku!" A voice shouted at her.

"Daikoku!" Kofuku tried reaching out to Diakoku in the lane next to her. They both grunted, reaching out their hands to connect across the isle.

"What's going on?" Kofuku shouted. As they got closer to the center of the ship, the noise level rose.

"I don't know," Diakoku narrowed his eyes, "But I bet it's got something to do with that Wall-E." They finally arrived to a stop in the middle of where the pool once was. Kofuku gasped as the once decorated entertainment center, was now closed off. The floor was as solid as the rest of the ship, the only lights being that of the green advertisements and LEDs.

"Kofuku, look at that." Daikoku nodded his head to the right. Kofuku's eyes followed to see two rows of Secur-T blocking the hallway to the captain's chamber.

"You think Yatty and Hiyorin got in trouble somehow?" She looked pleadingly at Daikoku who looked back with a stricken expression.

"I don't know," he squeezed their hands, "I don't know but lets keep a look out for them." The very center of the pool projected a four-sided television with the captain in the center, flanked by the Major General of the Secur-T and a familiar Eve.

"Hiyori!" Kofuku and Daikoku cheered.

Bishamon had been fighting with never-ending spirit when the ship turned green. Once Akiha left the room, she was able to fight with a clearer conscious. Kuoto had pointed his blaster at her, teeth bared, but the ball of light went out when he suddenly pitched forward.

"What the-!" Kuoto turned with a growl, throwing off the two Typ-Es. They landed securely on their feet and slipped into their fighting position, mirror images of each other, swords pointed at the co-captain.

"What are you doing? Run!" Bishamon tried to call, but Take just scoffed.

"Don't look down on us Secur-T, we are the Captain's gatekeepers, the last line of defense before this traitor." Take pointed his blade at the Auto.

"That's right! It is our sworn duty to prevent any unauthorized existence from getting past us!" Kuin turned his sword on. Bishamon was surprised to see actual electricity crackle off it and across his arms. While her soldiers had weapons of high tech, these practically boiled with energy.

"'Unauthorized'? How dare you!" Kuoto dashed towards them, his speed matched by the two. He blocked both their attacks and fired a shot at Take's feet, sending his flying. Kuin was pushed back, but his sword caused some malfunction to the rifle. Bishamon took the opportunity to run forward. Kuoto saw this and spun, landing a hard kick on Kuin's torso and pointing his weapon at her. He fired.

The smoke cleared only to reveal that Bishamon was nowhere to be found. Kuoto frantically looked around but his eyes caught movement from above. Bishamon swooped down like a falcon. Kuoto raised his gun across his body, but Bishamon still landed a crushing blow, the ground beneath them cracking from the force. Kuoto leaned back far, teeth grinding as blood bubbled past the corner of his lips. But he did not fall.

"Now!" Bishamon shouted. From both sides, Take and Kuin rushed forward, sinking their blades into the Auto. Bishamon jumped back just in time for the electricity to surge through Kuoto's body. He hollered in pain, his body lighting up like a sun.

The two Typ-Es stopped their onslaught. For a moment, Kuoto's arms went limp, his top half swaying. His rifle slid off his hand, clattering to the ground. Take and Kuin let out a sigh.

"No! Get out of there!" Bishamon screamed. But it was too late. In a flash Kuoto's head popped up and his hands grabbed the uniform ties still wrapped around the Typ-Es' necks. He yanked and crossed his arms, their two heads colliding forward with a sickening crack. Kuoto let them fall to the ground, but not before reaching behind their heads and hitting their off switch at the nape of their necks.

Their bodies piled at his feet. He stepped over them as Bishamon shouted threats and profanities at him. She didn't run at him fast enough, his rile was back on his arm and blocked her attack. They separated again.

Bishamon blinked. She must have gotten hit hard because the world was suddenly tinted green. The monitor above the Typ-Es' desk lit up with the plant symbol as the lights along the floor began to point towards the center of the ship. Bishamon nearly cheered, but she couldn't stop the smile from growing on her face.

"What?" Kuoto whipped around to look at the screen, "No! I swear if that damn Yaboku-" After a moment, the screen changed to show Captain Tenjin, unharmed, along with two cyborgs.

"Kazuma," Bishamon breathed like a sigh. He was alright. His clothes were torn and the skin broke across the bridge of his nose just over a bruise, but he was standing tall. His eyes showed with a serious, controlled triumph, like they often did, as they seemed to look directly at her. And knowing him, he probably was.

"Please excuse the sudden disturbance passengers, but I have an important announcement to make," Tenjin turned and nodded to Hiyori. She walked off screen for a moment before returning with the plant. It looked a bit worse for the wear, it's green color more than a little faded. She held the bottom in front of her with a flat hand.

"Damnit! A1-13 cannot be ignored!" Kuoto roared. He spun and took off towards the elevator, his rifle charging up. He jumped in the elevator, spinning to fire through the ceiling. Bishamon took off after him, watching as he summersaulted and kicked off the back wall and flew up the shoot. Bishamon following.

"As you can see the plant is in my possession, and if you turn your attention to the stage you will see the Halo-Detector where the plant will be placed." Just as Tenjin described a cylinder rose from the floor in a heavenly green light. The crowd 'ooo'd and 'awe'd as the center opened up a similar pod to Hiyori's, the inside lighting a bright white with the symbol.

"Is that the signal?" Yato whispered to Yukine.

"What signal? You're just supposed to rest!" Yukine hissed back.

"We have the plant!" Yato insisted. Yukine supported him against the wall to the right. Once the ship turned green, scaring the hell out of them, the brown-haired Mo from before came to move the towels. She rolled her eyes at Yukine when he asked for her silence, only shooing them out of the way. Then, suddenly, humans began flooding in. They pressed themselves flat and tried to look as inconspicuous as possible, but everyone was too confused to notice. When they saw Hiyori on the screen, unharmed, Yato felt like his health returned to him, cheering when the Halo-Detector raised from the ground.

It quickly went away when another explosion was heard on screen.

"What's happening?" Yukine exclaimed. Like the other people in the room, they leaned forward and frantically searched the screens. The captain's head whipped around, Kazuma and Hiyori got into a fighting stance.

"Give me the plant!" Kuoto's voice commanded from off screen. Yato flinched.

"Kid, you gotta get me up there." Yato shook Yukine.

"What? No- Yato- there's no way we can get past the guards! You can't fight-!"

"No, not up there," Yato nodded his head straight, "To the Hallo-Detector. We have to get the plant in there. Quickly." Yato didn't wait, he already started forward. Together they pushed past the people shouting in alarm as the Auto-pilot tried to fire up a shot while the two cyborgs frantically tried to fight him off. Kuoto shouted for the plant, fiercely in a way Yato hasn't heard since Yato had beaten him bloody in training. It caused him to move faster, taking his arm back from Yukine so he can push people aside. The Halo-Detector was starting to come into view when the plan collapsed.

"It's not here! You liars," The passengers of the ship screamed as the captain's chair was kicked away. Tenjin gripped the control panel for dear life.

"Eve, make sure the plant gets in the Halo-Detector!" Tenjin ordered Hiyori just in time for the screen to cut to black. The volume of the ship rose significantly as the shouts of shock went to full on panic. The passengers began to struggle, flailing their arms but ultimately unable to move. Thankfully, Yato and Yukine made it though the crowd just in time. Yukine helped Yato up the stairs, the Halo-Detector looming into view.

Yato feel to his knees on the stage. The lights were starting to be too glaring and it caused his world to blur and sway. His breathing was labored and sound was fuzzy, Yukine said his name, but he was so far away. Yato just stared at the floor with wide eyes. Yukine shook Yato's shoulders, but then his head popped up.

"Hiyori!" Yukine said in alarm. The Secur-Ts that had blocked the hallway to the captain, now had whips and chains tangled around Hiyori's legs. She blasted at them but the others came to take their place. Her boots thankfully kept her off the ground but she still needed help. The Mo looked down at Yato, then back up at Hiyori. Back and forth. Her blasting was scaring the people near by.

Yukine felt sweat drip down his face and his hands shook from their grip on his guardian. His eyes frantically went back and forth again before he squeezed them shut. Yukine slowly let go of Yato, holding his hands up to make sure Yato didn't fall over. Yato stayed hunched over, but steady. Once he was sure there were no Secur-Ts or Go-4s, Yukine forced himself to his feet.

"Y-Yato, I'm gotta to go help Hiyori. Just-just stay right here and-" Yukine nodded to himself at Yato's quiet body. Telling himself everything will be just fine. He pushed through people again and movement caught his eye. Past a couple of hover chairs, someone else was pushing aside humans.

"Hey!" Yukine went to the grimy cyborg, "You're-!" The bear-like man in brown wearalls gave a huge grin.

"Wall-H at your service!" The cyborg gave a salute. Yukine couldn't help but feel relieved at seeing another kind face. Plus the man's size made it much easier to push through the crowd.

"What are you doing up here?"

"The crew and I saw the announcement on the screen, so I thought I'd come up here and help as fast as I could," he explained as they came to the edge of the deck, "And I wasn't the only one!" Yukine looked to where the Wall-H was pointing. Pure joy rose from the tip of Yukine's toes to his head and excitement surged his veins.

The escapees from the Repair Ward were already fighting off the line of way-ward Secur-T. There was less straps holding Hiyori down, but with allies below her she couldn't blast at whim. Without another thought, Yukine charged in, roller in hand. Yukine targeted a wolf-ish Secur-T. His hands shifted to the end of the handle, swinging his roller low to squarely uppercut the cyborg in the jaw. He used the momentum to dodge the man's return swipe, just as Yato described to him.

From behind, the captain's projection came back on. The Auto stood dead center, bruises and blood painting his face and skin. His coat was missing and his under shirt was torn. He breathed in gasps and his open eye socket didn't glow nearly as bright.

"I apologize for the confusion, passengers. The truth is the rouge robots are trying to start a revolt and have brainwashed our captain-"

"Oh no you don't!" Bishamon tackled Kuoto and dragged him out of view, Kazuma following close behind. There was a moment where the captain's torn apart room was all that could be seen along with the sound of scuffling, then Tenjin fell into view.

"Ignore everything my Auto has said," Tenjin gasped with a forced smile, "It seems he has caught the virus we announced earlier. Our competent Generals are here handling it." Tenjin looked to the side at Bishamon's war cry as Kazuma was flung into the background. Tenjin sat in the front of the screen and tried to slick back the stray hairs that dangled in front of his face. He took a breath and folded his hands in front of him.

Below, Hiyori finally broke free and landed next to Yukine. They gave a happy look to each other before Hiyori looked panicked again. She blasted a cyborg that tried to grab Yukine while looking around frantically.

"Where's Yato?" Hiyori shouted over the fighting. Thankfully, the captain's presence calmed most of the humans down, but the ones a couple meters away from the fighting still shouted in alarm.

"Him and the plant are by the Halo-Detector." Yukine blocked a punch and swung. Hiyori sucked in a breath, worry weighted against her as the image of Yato's current state flashed in her head.

"Go to him!" One of the Wall-H's shouted.

"Yeah! Your honey needs you!" Yato's old neighbor winked at Hiyori. The Eve rose back into the air, hovering with a conflicted expression.

"Just go! " A massage cyborg insisted as he tied up his long grey hair. His pale green eyes glowed with fighting spirit.

"We got this!" he shouted, leaping into the crowd with flying fists. Other Secur-T started pushing through the crowd too- Hiyori recognized some of them as the line that follow Bishamon- taking on their counterparts. Hiyori nodded to them and took off, swooping down to scoop up Yukine. She flew towards the slumped form of the Wall-E.

"My beloved passengers- no- my fellow humans, it is imprudent that the plant gets into the Halo-Detector. Some of our workers have been manipulated by my co-pilot, and I take full responsibility. But," Tenjin explained, "We need your help! Earth is our home! Our real home! We left it to rot and die due to our ancestors' negligence, but it's us who should take action! We are five hundred years overdue for us to take responsibility! The plant must-"

"Out of the way!" Kuoto shoved the captain harshly out of the screen. He flipped up the casing that protected the plant-button and slammed it. The plastic cracked under the force. The stage began to vibrate as the Halo-Detector slowly spun it's way back down. The vibrations shook under Yato's knees. His systems tried to turn on, to examine the noise, but there were too many failures to process. Yato's eyes opened slowly, but everything was still dark. Noise started to filter in, a ringing accompanying the muted noise.

"Passengers, our forefathers have given me the order to prevent return to Earth at all costs," Kuoto growled. The humans protested. Shouting their disagreement and waving their fists. Tenjin jumped on Kuoto's back, causing the cyborg to reel. Hiyori flew over the cheering crowd, Yukine dangling in her arms. Yato was just up ahead.

"What's he doing?" Yukine exclaimed. Hiyori willed herself to go faster at the sight of Yato staggering to his feet. His compactor clattered to the ground, the plant rolling out. He managed to kick his compactor under the Halo-Detector, its steel box preventing it from shutting.

"Yato!" Hiyori called out to him as they landed. They ran toward him. Hiyori got to him first, catching him when he spun around too fast.

"I'm good," Yato stood up, "I just needed a little nap," he gave her a smile. Hiyori smiled back, not completely letting him go. Yukine ran over to the plant, his smile becoming contagious when he pried the compactor open and got the plant out safely. Yato suddenly paled.

Hiyori looked to ask him what's wrong before she could, the world began to tilt. There was nothing on the screen, Kuoto and Tenjin must have hit the wheel somehow. Yato's weakened state couldn't stable his weight, he fell to the right, dragging Hiyori down with him. Yato curled around her, his hand holding her head against his chest, his other arm wrapping around her waist. Yukine also pitched to the side, tripping over his own feet. The plant fell out of his hand, sliding across the stage and clinking down the stairs.

"Shoot!" Yukine scrambled to his feet and took off after it.

"Yukine!" Hiyori called after him. She pushed herself up, looking down the stage to see the humans sliding out of their chairs and oxygen-masks towards the wall in a large pile. Hiyori's heart pounded and her hands shook. Her eyes frantically darted across the floor. Yukine was trying to avoid getting mulled over by a sliding human, the plant no where to be seen. She felt her eyes widen when something lightly touched the top of her hand.

The Eve looked under her, eyes meet with the clear blue of the last Wall-E. They were steady and calm. Screams filled the air and somewhere she could hear the Lieutenant General fighting for life with her partner, but for a moment there was just him. Just them floating in space. His fingers brushed against the top of her gloved hand again and not for the first time she wished she took them off. Her expression relaxed a bit. She knew was he was trying to say, but she couldn't stop herself from balling up the front of his uniform.

"Go." Yato breathed. She couldn't hear it, but she read his lips. Hiyori looked at him with misty eyes and nodded, giving him a grateful smile. She got off of Yato, flying back into the air towards after Yukine. The Mo was dangling from a stair railing, his roller extended so that Kofuku and Diakoku could grab on. Hiyori gasped as infants from the a preschool class were sliding towards the mass of bodies at an alarming rate.

"Kid!" Diakoku shouted, "Swing us towards the babies! We have to catch them!" Diakoku looked at Kofuku in pleading, her scared expression was replaced with a soft one.

"Oh Daikoku! I'd love to have kids with you!" She squealed. Yukine swung them and the two managed to catch all the kids in their arms. They assured Yukine they were fine as they slid into the pile of cheering people.

"Hiyori!" Yukine called, he pointed down to the left. Hiyori saw the brown glare off the glass bottle.

"On it!" Hiyori flew over. The ship was turned nearly forty degrees on it's side, the humans were starting to get squished. Suddenly, she heard a woman scream loud in alarm. The people started getting louder again. She stared at them, at their waving hands and pointing. Then something crashed behind her.

The train. The long two-car transport that circled the pool fell off it's tracks and was screeching across the floor. Hover chairs were tossed aside or completely run over. Pieces of their crushed metal causing sparks to spray like a fountain. It only gained speed, ready to crush the helpless humans like a box of cherry tomatoes. Hiyori flew to meet it, she hit it hard and pushed against it with all her might, boots on full throttle. Yukine jumped in next to her when it slid by, righting himself so his shoes could get some traction. They both slid closer and closer. Hiyori gasped when someone joined her on the right. The blonde-bearded Secur-T, his feet scuffing across the floor just like Yukine's, next to him another Secur-T, and another. Members of Bishamon's line coming to provide the Eve with support.

The train slowed down. The humans screamed when the cyborgs came in close, the heat of Hiyori's boots just brushing against the mass of bodies. The train was stopped by the columns that held up its tracks. Grunts and gasps escaped the group as the held the train in place for a moment longer as the space between the cars bent at an awkward angle. Once the two halves touched, the train was stalled. Everyone let out a sigh of relief, tears streaming from the weaker hearts.

"It's not over yet!" A Secur-T shouted, "Get the plant, Miss Eve. We'll handle this part!"

"Right!" Hiyori flew over the train and back to where she last saw the plant. Yukine looked to the line of cyborgs.

"I'm going too!" Yukine stated. He clambered around the transit and half ran half climbed back towards the stage. He could still see the top of the Halo-Detector. Yato must have found a way to keep it open.

Yato grunted against the force of the closing machine. Once his two friends took off, the detector tried to force itself shut. His compactor started to concave, it's old metal unable to handle the pressure. Yato had scurried over, his fingers curling under the lid as he hauled the thing back up. It screeched as the mechanism kept trying to fight against him. Somewhere behind, Yato heard the sound of something crash and the increased screams of the humans. He prayed his friends were alright just for a moment before shaking his head to focus.

Yato looked down, his compactor had a massive dent in the side, theres no way it would ever function properly again. Letting out a strangled cry, Yato turned his palms under the Halo-Detector's lid and pushed up. He kicked his compactor away, not even looking at where it skidded off to. With a grunt the Wall-E forced his body under the lid of the detector. The metal clasps of his shoulders, pressed against the bottom of the lid next to his hands. He spread his boots apart for a more solid stance.

Someone called out to Hiyori from the side lines. She looked to see the massive Wall-H, his arms waving at her. He stood with the other battle-worn cyborgs, all the rouge Secur-T each securly handcuffed and piled agaisnt the wall. One of Bishamon's Secur-T jumped up and down with the plant over her head, she tossed it to a cleaner. Before Hiyori could make it over there he let out a yell and tossed it. A Pr-T caught it and threw it only to be caught by another Secur-T who then flung it up to her. Hiyori flew down and finally wrapped her fingers around the cracked surface of the glass. She scanned it out of habit, her fingers running over the stem of the confirmed earth life. The Eve gave her fellow workers a tearful thank you, and took off towards the stage.

The Halo-Detector groaned as Yato worked to push it up. His ribs were starting to fold in on themselves, his legs shaking under the pressure. The Halo-Detector pushed back down with seemingly more force, causing Yato to sink to his knees. Sweat continued pouring down his face and neck and his breathes came out in short wheezes. His vision was started to get spotty again from the lack of oxygen. The machine pushed him back down, Yato dropped a knee under it's weight, his human half unable to keep up. Yato turned and pushed his shoulder against the main part of the Halo-Detector, his neck bend down at an awkward angle.

"Yato!" Hiyori cried out as she landed. She stumbled towards him but her calls to him were drowned out by the Auto. Kuoto's bloodied hand slapped onto the control panel, the metal contraptions that replaced his bones showed from the tears in his skin. The people gasped as their picture perfect co-captain pathetically heaved himself up onto the ledge, looking like a nightmare version of The Terminator. The rip Yato had make over his eye now stretched past his teeth to his jaw line. The naked red light that had once hid under his fake human eyes blinked rapidly as it tried to warn him of the massive damage

"I'll crush you, Yaboku!" His battle cry splattered blood against the screen. It was as if time went in slow motion. Hiyori ran up against the slant, Yato trying desperately not to let his other leg come down. Kuoto raised his other arm, his hand wrapped around his taser. It all happned so fast. All in a single moment.

The ship suddenly righted itself. Kuoto slammed the button again, the taser shocking it with power until the ship caused him to roll back to the floor. Hiyori stumbled and fell, her head meeting the floor hard, the ear piece of her helmet all but shattering under the hit. The crowd cheering as Tenijin came back on screen, walking on his own two feet like no human has done in centuries. Yukine frantically climbing up the stairs to the stage. Yato's boot slipping down into the hole in the floor, and the Halo-Dectector coming down on him like a gavel confirming his death sentence.

Yato stopped moving.