Vincent looked down at Ruby with a smile, “I think I should get my table leg back, don’t you?” Ruby nodded smiling back, “Then lets send a drone after the pair of them, push that button Ruby.” He pointed at which button to press and Ruby jabbed it with the screwdriver.

A drone detached itself form Dreadnaught. Locking onto the table leg it zoomed over to Emerald and snatched the table leg, rising up once it had latched onto it. Ruby clapped happily as she watched it all unfold on the monitor inside Dreadnaught.

Jade smiled as she watched emmy pout a bit. Sapphire was scolding her for running off with the table leg, she looked over in the fridge for the steaks she was gonna prepare for dinner. She arched a brow when she was unable to find them.

"EMMY! WHERE ARE THE STEAKS?" Jade growled, stamping off the deck.

Emerald's eyes got real big and she looked at her shoes again. "Umm...well I hid them in daddy's mini fridge cause Sapphy told me to."

Sapphire grabbed her younger sibling by the shoulders. "YOu brat you arent supposed to tell her that!" Sapphire exclaimed, wacking her younger sibling on the back of the head.

"Im sorry....I felt bad." Emerald replied

Ruby made a ooh noise. Looking up at her father as if saying. 'thier in trouble.'

Jade growled at both of her older daughters. "Girls you arent setting a good example for your sister!" Jade scolded

Vincent grinned at Ruby. “I think those two are in a lot of trouble.” Turning the speaker on he called out to the girls, “If you two don’t bring the steaks to your mother in the next ten seconds me and Ruby are going to have all of Dreadnaughts drones chase you.”

He nodded to Ruby, who jabbed several buttons with her screwdriver. All of the drones detached from Dreadnaught and hovered next to him. “One…” boomed Vincent’s voice, followed by a giggle from Ruby.

Emerald bolted into the house, running on all fours. She grabbed the steaks from her da's mini fridge and quickly handed them to her mother. She looked up at her then back down at her sneakers.

"Sorry!' She exclaimed before getting a hug from her mother.

"Goo girl, thank you for giving those back to me." Jade smiled patting her on the head.

Sapphire scowled, crossing her arms irritably.

“Well done Ruby,” said Vincent, but with the speaker’s off so only Ruby could hear, “Time to call the drones back.” Grinning Ruby hit the buttons again with the screwdriver and all the drones came and reattached to Dreadnaught.

“Good girl,” Vincent praised, kissing the top of Ruby’s head. He turned and headed back towards the decking where Jade stood. “Do you need a hand with the dinner?” he asked through the speaker as Ruby pointed at Jade on the monitor.

Jade shook her head. "Nope I think I have some helpers right here." Jade responded with a grin as Emerald followed her into the kitchen.

"Sapphire!"

"Yes mother." Sapphire grumbled, following after her mom.

Ruby looked up at her father curiously before saying something none of the Lupin sisters had said before they were a year old. "Daddy and Dreadnaught!" She exclaimed with glee

Vincent smiled in delight at his little girl. “That’s right sweetie, daddy and Dreadnaught.” He was amazed that Ruby could pronounce Dreadnaught’s name. The girl seemed to be a natural with any of his robots, as she’d demonstrated when she used the drones.

“And when you’re big enough daddy’s going to show you how to pilot Dreadnaught.” Turning back to the lab he jetted up and inside before having the roof extend back across. Opening the chest plate he stepped out of Dreadnaught carrying Ruby.

He carried her back into the living room and set her down in her play pen. Her robot lizard quickly came over and scaled the play pen wall and jump down into Ruby’s outstretched hands.

Ruby then set the lizard down and, using the screwdriver, began to carefully undo the screws holing the lizard’s tail on. Rather than stop her Vincent just watched, waiting to see what Ruby was trying to achieve.

Ruby unscrewed the lizard's tail and then after several moments of modifications, screwed it back it with a rather new addition. Now the Lizards tail rattled every time it shook and it also glowed in the dark. The baby clapped her hands enthusastically, holding up her creation for her father to see.

Vincent was impressed. Ruby had cannibalised some of her toys to change her lizard. “Very nice Ruby,” he said as he looked the lizard over. The tail still worked, but inside Ruby had found space to place the head of a small rattle and she’d attached the glow in the dark plastic from another toy to the surface of the tail.

“In a few year’s time I’ll have you down in the lab tinkering away with em wont I?” he said, ruffling Ruby’s hair. The girl had a natural talent with machines.

Ruby nodded eagerilly. "Machines! Robot! Emmy beat up boy at school!" Ruby had heard her mother say the last one.

Vincent grinned at the firs two word, but frowned as she talked about Emerald. “She did what now? I’ll be back in a minute Ruby, you keep playing.” He headed to the kitchen and stuck his head round the door.

“Jade, can I have a quick word please?” he didn’t like the idea of any of his girls fighting, and wanted to know what Ruby was talking about.

Jade nodded and inched away from Emmy, who was shuking corn rather well.

"Whats going on? Did somethign happen with Ruby?" Jade asked

“It’s not Ruby I want to talk about,” Vincent explained, “it’s Emmy. Ruby said Emmy beat up boy at school, now what could she mean by that?”

Jade looked down at her feet, tail drooping between her legs. "Well a boy was making fun of Emerald's hair, saying it looked like a carrot. Then another said it looked like a big strawberry. So even after emmy told on them to the pre school teacher, they kept doing it and Emerald beat the living snot out of the boy." Jade responded

Vincent tried to look disapproving, but ended up smiling. “Well, at least she won. Nice to know she can take care of herself, but she’ll need to learn to hold back, as she can’t keep beating up everyone who makes fun of her.”