TS1 and the Planet of Robots, Part 8

Verde busily refuels the Aero-Bots, sticking the pump into their mechanical mouths. It is as if she is feeding young babies who can not hold their own bottles. She knows several robots are flashing pictures of her profile and butt as she does, but she doesn't say anything about it.

"All full!" she says to Aero-Bot 40021. "Who's next?"

Another Aero-Bot takes 40021's place, and opens up his mouth. Verde puts the nozzle in, and begins pumping.

"I can't believe Y'Tar's sisters are letting themselves be the playthings of the other robots," she mumbles.

"Oh calm down, Verde," Ruby says from her station. "They're just having fun! It's not like they can do anything like this on our journeys."

Ruby's station is shaft polishing. The robots sit--or stand, depending on their default height--as Ruby takes hold of their long metal rods with her hands and rubs wax up and down them.

"Keep going, Ruby," the robot says. "You're almost done."

"Are you sure?" she asks. "It's pretty shiny already."

"No, no," the robot replies, "keep going."

Ruby shrugs and really works the wax into the metal rod. After a minute of hard pumping and rubbing, the rod shines like a gem in the light of the room.

"Thank you, Ruby," the robot says as he walks away with his shiny rod.

Footsteps can be heard at the doorway. Ruby and Verde turn to see Y'Tar walking into the room.

"Y'Tar!" the shout with smile.

"Are you all done here?" he asks.

"Just about," Verde says. "Unit 41212 is almost... full!"

Verde puts the gas pump away and waves as 41212 flies off.

"And I just finished making Unit 33258's rod nice and shiny!" Ruby says.

"You made what shiny?"

"Enough, enough!" V'Mar says, crawling out from the bubble bath dripping wet and naked. "You're clean!"

"Thank you, Mirror-Bots!" V'Bar purrs as she redresses. Her legs are wobbly from the tentacle-loving she received, but her mood is happy.

"Let's get out of here..." Y'Tar grumbles.

As the robots wave good-bye, the five members of The Sinful Ones enter their ship. The engines fire and the ship heads back out into deep space.

"We are never coming back here," Y'Tar says. "EVER."

"Yes, sir," the girls say in unison as they return to their usual posts.