WALL · E and EVE quietly entered the dark control room of the ship’s emergency escape center. EVE found her way to the console that controlled the escape pods. She began tapping commands into the keyboard.
WALL · E glanced down at EVE’s hand. He interlocked his own hands and thought that perhaps this was the right moment to take hers. “Eee-vah?” he said softly.
Before he could take her hand, the control console’s lights blinked on and an escape pod appeared at the end of the room. Its hatch slowly tilted open.
EVE turned to WALL · E. “Earth,” she said, pointing to an overhead screen. The screen displayed the coordinates of WALL · E’s smoggy home planet.
She gestured for WALL · E to enter the pod, and the little robot rolled in. He looked back happily and patted the seat next to him. He was waiting for EVE to join him. But EVE wasn’t moving. WALL · E gestured again for her to come, but she shook her head. She pointed to her chest and made her plant symbol glow.
“Directive,” she said. She would stay behind to complete her directive.
As soon as WALL · E realized she wasn’t going with him, he raced out of the pod and boxed up.
EVE sighed. She wanted WALL · E to go home and be safe. Then she could complete her directive without all the trouble he was causing her. She picked him up and carried him back into the pod. WALL · E raced out and tried to hide behind the console.
“WALL · E,” EVE said, staring impatiently at the love-struck robot.
The chime of the elevator interrupted their standoff. Someone was coming!
EVE quickly shut down the control panel and retreated into the shadows with WALL · E. They heard something motor into the room, but it was too dark to see what it was.
An arm rose up to the console, and a robotic hand worked the keyboard. The lights blinked back on. In the glow, WALL · E and EVE saw ... Gopher. The two bots exchanged a confused glance as Gopher removed something from his chest panel and placed it in the pod.
It was the plant! Shocked, EVE realized that Gopher had been working against her all along. He must have taken the plant from her while she was shut down.
WALL · E gazed at EVE. Now there was proof that he hadn’t taken the plant from her! EVE acknowledged this with a sheepish shrug. She looked up to see Gopher returning to the console. He tapped another series of buttons.
When she turned back to WALL · E, he was gone. “WALL · E?” she whispered. He was inside the pod, trying to retrieve the plant for her.
“WALL · E!” she whispered again, calling him back. But just then, Gopher hit the launch button. Whoosh! The escape pod was instantly jettisoned into space. EVE watched as the plant—and WALL · E—slipped away from her.
瓦力和伊芙悄悄進(jìn)入了飛船緊急逃生中心昏暗的控制室。伊芙來到控制逃生艙的操縱臺(tái)前。她開始用鍵盤輸入 指令。
瓦力掃了一眼伊芙的手。他兩手交握,心想:也許現(xiàn)在是握她手的好時(shí)機(jī)?!耙痢蓿俊彼崧曊f道。
他還沒能握住她的手,操縱臺(tái)的燈就開始閃爍了,一個(gè)逃生艙出現(xiàn)在了房間的盡頭。它的艙門慢慢地斜著打開。
伊芙轉(zhuǎn)向瓦力?!暗厍颉!彼钢^頂?shù)囊粔K屏幕說道。屏幕上展示著瓦力的家鄉(xiāng)——一個(gè)煙霧籠罩的星球——的坐標(biāo)。
她示意瓦力進(jìn)入逃生艙,這個(gè)小機(jī)器人慢慢駛了進(jìn)去。他快活地回頭看,拍了拍他身旁的座位,等著伊芙坐到他旁邊。但是伊芙?jīng)]有動(dòng)。瓦力再次示意她進(jìn)來,但是她搖了搖頭。她指了指她的胸部,點(diǎn)亮了她的植物符號(hào)。
“指令?!彼f道。她要留下來完成她的使命。
瓦力一弄明白她不打算跟他一起去,就沖出逃生艙并縮成 盒狀。
伊芙嘆息了一聲。她希望瓦力平安回家。然后她就能完成她的使命而不受到他引起的各種麻煩的打擾。她把瓦力舉起來送回逃生艙。瓦力沖了出來,試圖藏到操縱臺(tái)后面。
“瓦力?!币淋秸f道,她不耐煩地瞪著這個(gè)癡情的機(jī)器人。
電梯的鈴聲打破了他們的僵局。有人來了!
伊芙快速關(guān)閉控制面板,和瓦力一起躲到陰影處。他們聽到有東西進(jìn)了房間,但是太暗了看不清是什么。
一條手臂伸向操縱臺(tái),一只機(jī)械手在鍵盤上操作。燈重新閃亮。在燈光中,瓦力和伊芙看見……戈法。兩個(gè)機(jī)器人看見戈法從他胸部面板內(nèi)取出什么東西放到了逃生艙內(nèi),交換了一個(gè)不明所以的眼神。
是那株植物!伊芙大吃一驚,意識(shí)到戈法一直在和她作對(duì)。他肯定是趁著她休眠的時(shí)候拿走了那株植物。
瓦力注視著伊芙?,F(xiàn)在終于有證據(jù)表明他沒有從她那里拿走那株植物!伊芙不好意思地聳了一下肩,表示承認(rèn)這一點(diǎn)。她抬起頭來看見戈法回到操縱臺(tái)前。他又按了另外一串按鍵。
當(dāng)她轉(zhuǎn)身找瓦力的時(shí)候,他不見了?!巴吡??”她低聲喚道。他已經(jīng)趕到逃生艙內(nèi),試圖為她取回那株植物。
“瓦力!”她又一次低聲喚他回來。但就在這個(gè)時(shí)候,戈法按下了“發(fā)射”鍵。“呼”的一聲,逃生艙立刻被扔到太空中。伊芙眼睜睜看著那株植物——還有瓦力——離她而去。
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