Mike smiled, waving as they all left.

Then, closing the door with his mind, he just lay down on his bed and, very quietly, cried.

And decided that yes, he would kill his brother.

(5 hours after the Big Battle, back from the Technolab)
The window slowely opened, and Hairpin floated into the empty room. She lay on the bed sleepily. She knew she should tell someone she was back, but she knew there would be alot of questions, and right now, she was very tired. The little girl fell asleep soon, and the small robot also flew into the window. Elvis slowely walked underneath the bed, and awaited the girl's next order.

After putting Sarah to sleep in a new room that would soon hold Hairpin as well, Mike and Daria continued to worry over where their new ward had been taken. Hours passed and finally Mike sensed a change of emotions in the building and proclaimed that Hairpin had returned. Elated beyond any verbal expression Daria grabbed Mike's hands and tleported to his room to find Hairpin sleeping peacefully on the bed.

Daria runshed over to the girl with cat like silence and sat lightly on the edge of the bedd looking down happily at her.

"Thank God." Mike sighed... he'd been worried as hell, but hadn't wanted to show it too badly for fear of making Daria even more agitated.

"So... I guess that this means the robots really are on a level?"

Hairpin's eyes flutter open sleepily. "Mo... Daria!" she exclaimed. Leaning over in the bed, Hairpin hugged the cat lady tightly. "I missed you!" Her hair shot over to Mike and two blue kevlar pigtail arms hugged Mike as well.

Daria squeezed back with just as much force trying hard not to cry. She smiled.

"I missed you too, honey. Are you okay? Didi he hurt you?" Daria frantically began to pat Hairpin gently checking for bruises or scars.

Hairpin looked up at Daria with a look of surprise on her face. "Hurt me? Elvis? No he showed me the Technolab. It's this big place in..." Hairpin stops, remembering what Elvis said about keeping it secret. "I't's a cool place with lots of big machines. Oh, and there's over a million Technobots!" the girl said smiling.

"Over a million... Okay, consider me weirded out now," Mike said, falling back into his chair.

"So you're all right now? Not hurt?"

Daria cocked an eyebrow. She wanted to press the girl for answers, she was already extremely suspicious of the robots because of all the Whitmore business and not to find out that the robot who flew of with her was her...or thought he was her..

"What about the robot who took you? The big one? What did he tell you?"

"Big one?" Hairpin asked. "I didn't see a big one. I remember the big clay man, then I woke up in a room and Elvis was there." Hairpin said scratching her head.

Daria smirked. Typical.

"It's really important that you tell me where he took you, Kit-kat. You could know something that may help us alot." she looked the girl in the eyes.

"All I remember about where it was was that it was surrounded by water. Elvis asked me to close my eyes when he flew me home." Hairpin told Daria.

Daria nodded and kissed the girl's forhead.

"Alright. Thank you, Kit-kat." She stared at the girl a bit more. "And you're sure you're alright?"

Hairpin scratched her head again. "Huh? Why? I'm ok." she ssaid as Elvis walked out from under the bed.

Daria laughed. "I'm just worried is all. I mean he could've taken you anywhere and done horrible things to you. A complete stranger-" she stopped "I sound like a mother!" she pulled a lollipop from her pocket and handed it to Hairpin then eyed the robot emerging.

She still didn't trust it, it had nothing to do with her instincts-the robot had no smell, gave off no pheramons and definitly had no vibes. She just didn't trust and, especially since it had ties with the freak that took hairpin.