ELDT 2 - Chapter 1 - Happily ever afters

September 19,  1953 USA. It's been a jear since the famous detective Elecman had put an end to Dr.Albert Whily's evil plan. Taking over robot masters, most of which were still prototypes, trying to conquer the world. In an interview, he personally claimed that it was one of the hardest cases he had ever done. Almost loosing his sanity with the constant threat of death and failure. Luckily, after all his efforts he managed to save the city and the robots; Putting him in the face of justice and sentenced him for life in prison. The robot got married with his colleague Alisa and Quickman who was one of the doctor's own creation was granted a second chance by treating Elec and all the others with honest respect and loyalty. Things took a turn for the better after joining his side and the two quickly became friends.

Along with Crashman, they formed a powerfull trio and cleared many cases in the past year. Five months later, a few trucks arrived at an abandoned warehouse in the middle of the night. They drove the trucks inside and closed the door. They grabbed tons of weapons made by professors who were forced to make they would kill them. Not being able to contact the police and constantly watched, their fear had to be noticed by someone.

While the thugs were unpacking their stuff, three mysterious figures found a way into the warehouse.

"What does this thing do?" One of them asked.

"It's able to shoot beams of energy. Small ones since technology isn't that far yet."

"Wouldn't it be lovely to strike fear into the people's hearts when we fire this thing?"

"I bet it would be." A voice interupted. They turned around, spotting Elec, Quick and Crashman smirking at them.

"Too bad you can't do it anymore."

"How did you get in here!?"

"That's not important. The important thing is that you're gonna get punished. After all..."

"You're BUSTEEED!" Said Crashman. The thugs began to fire and the trio scattered.

"Take out the machines!" Elec commanded.

"With pleasure~" Quickman replied as he spawned two Quickboomerangs and threw them towards the weapons. Not only did they brought special guns, but also moving platforms that acted much like a tank.

"Let's do it!" Crash shouted, firing his bomb at the trucks creating a big explosion.

Elecman created tension on the floor, making the humans drop out of pain and disabled their weapons.

"Are we clear?" He asked.

"Almost!" Quick replied. Crash joined his side and destroyed the last weapons together.

Elec picked up the bad guys and smirked.

A few minutes later the police along with the professors who were threatened by these thugs.

"Thank you! hank you so much for all your help! I thought that-"

"It's alright sir. They won't bother you again and the weapons are destroyed. Is there anything else we can do?"

"No, everything is fine now. Thanks to you, they got the punishment they deserve."

"Indeed sir." Said Crashman, teasing the thugs as they were held by policemen.

"And I can already tell you, that prison isn't that bad. You'll all wear the same outfits, eat bread and water for breakfast, lunch and dinner and share one toilet while fighting over a very incomfortable bed! So let's start this off with a photo!" He said. The trio stood next to them, smiling while the thugs were angry and emberassed.

The next day it reached the front page again; The detective was the talk of the town for a while. The trio was standing infront the desk of their boss. He was very satisfied as he looked through the many pictures that were taken.

"Gentlemen, I believe that I have no words left to say how proud I am. It would be a bit redundant to say it over and over again, but your efforts, skill and teamwork have made a major improvement for the company. Not only did you solve 12 cases in past 1 year and 5 months, but I've been getting reports that not many criminals, even outside the city do not dare to comit a crime since they know they will be busted." He complimented.

"Well, it's not our fault we're awesome." Said Crashman.

"Are there any reports about strange discoveries in the city?" Elec asked.

"There have been a few. The police has taken a lot of time checking every cornor of everyhouse, most of our human detectives were involved and found out that if we're not carefull, technology could fall into the wrong hands. A lot of them have been accused of using them for murder, others were insane while a small amount thought to have a dangerous gun in their house for safety reasons while they didn't even know how to use it."

"What is happening to all those weapons?"

"Most of them which were not complete will be checked by scientists, professors and the military, while others will be locked away or destroyed. I want you to join this case next week and make sure you don't cause any distrust."

"The only one they will disturst is mister quick boomerang over here." Elec teased.

"Oh boo-hoo are people still not over this yet?"

"I'm afraid it's gonna take a while before people have full trust in robots again. The case of Whily had a great impact on the bond of men and machiene. But with your help, we can fix it."

"No problem sir. But why do we have to start next week?"

"First off the situation isn't urgent. Second, I've been getting reports from the police and goverment that the crimes in the city have dropped with 50% enough for me to allow a have a party."

"A party? But your birthday was 2 months ago!" Said Crash.

"Very good Crashman. But perhaps you forgot that today is the 15th anniversary of the company?" He teased.

"Oooooooh. But, no one ever told me that."

"We told you like 30 times int he past 3 years." Quickman stated.

"Anyway, tonight, guests will be coming one by one to make sure there won't be an supiscion. I want all three of you waiting near the entrance to make sure no crazy people come i the ruin it. When everyone's here, you can join the party." He replied.

"We will."

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Hours later, guests started to arrive who were mostly family members of the detectives who worked there. Even the creators who build the other robots visited.

The trio stood next to their boss, making sure everything was well.

"So are there any family members coming for you?" Crash asked. But before he could answer, a thin, woman with a fancy dress and hat came walking in with her friend. Her outfit was overweening and acted a bit gushy while she approached their boss.

"Hellooooooo Heraaaaald~" She said happily, hugging him.

"Hello Amanda."

"It's been aaaaaages since I've seen youuuu."

"It's only been a week."

"Reeeeaaalllyyy?"

"Yes. These are my detectives."

She turned around, looking quite surprised at them; Amazed by their design.

"Oooooooooh you guys look gooooooood~"

"Thanks ma'am. You look quite...uh, daring today." Said Elec.

"Boys, this is my sister Amanda and her friend Todd."

"Nice to meet you."

"You'll have to forgive her attitude since uh...she fell a bit too hard on her head when she was young and-"

"What do you meeeaaan? I never fell on my heeeaaad."

"Yes you did and you still are suffering from dementia."

"Oh come on Herald you know that I- Oooooooh who are these three handsome boys?" She said. They noticed her dementia but knew they had to be polite.

"Those are my detectives. Quickman, Crashman and Elecman."

"Sooooo nice to meet youuuuuu~ But are you going to a carnavaaaaal?"

"No Ma'am these are our designs."

"Weeeell I do like a lot of coloooors~ There's too much black and white in this time period."

"I have noticed since your dress kinda stands out."

"What did you say?"

"I said...that your outfit looks nice."

"Ooooooooooh-"

"Uh, Amanda?"

"Yeees?"

"Don't you know that these are robotic detectives?"

"Ofcourse I doooo. I'm not that foolish."

"Glad you noticed." Said Elec.

"What was- Oooooooh who are you handsome?" She said, approaching Elec a bit too close.

"I'm a detective. And I hope you'll enjoy the party."

"I hope I caaaan. You'll never know if an insane person comes in and tries to kill us aaaall."

"Don't worry ma'am, I shall protect you and-"

"Oooooh really? You are soooooo sweeeeet!" She said and kissed his left cheeck for 3 seconds. Crash and Quick watche din awe, then tried hard not to laugh after she left her lipstick mark on his face. Elec was a bit overwelmed by her action, but was not not going to complain since she had an accident long ago.

"Now then, shall I give you a drink?" Said Herald as he walked away with his sister.

"But I'm not thirstyyyyy."

As they left, Elec grabbed a cloth from his pocket and whiped the lipstick off.

"I may have to invesitgate her backstory cause I can not BELIEVE a person with dementia did this. " Said Quickman.

"One thing is for certain, she is probably your biggest fan. With your reputation, you're getting all the ladies~" Said Crash.

"Don't make me hit YOUR head, guys. I'm a married man and I promised myself to stay that way."

"I see. So, did she call today?"
"Alisa told me she would be home in the afternoon. Too bad I couldn't call her after Herald told us about the party."
"I'm sure she knows you're here. And when she comes, I'd like to see some action between you two again~" He teased.

"You really need to get a girlfirend."

Later, Top, Heat and Ringman arrived as well as their creators. Topman brought a CD player and danced to the song "Party" by Elvis presely. He was a dancing legend and encourged Elec to dance with him. He did for a few moments before Crash took his place. The detective stood next to his friend, watching the two having fun.

"Not in the mood?" Quick asked.

"You know me. I'm a bit shy when it comes to dancing."

"Hmm. It is pretty difficult to be like Topman while you're tapping your fingers on the neck of a guitar. How's it going by the way?"

"Ask my any kind of song and I'll do it. To be honest, that thing is barely used as theraphy and more of an instrument to kill time."

"And that means, you've been doing great." He claimed.

"Since you're acting less like a jerk, yes. I am. And I hope you'll stay like that."

"Don't worry about it. if I had to choose between drinking a 100 E-tanks or turning evil, I would go for the E-tanks."

"And then the next day you promised to follow on an electricity diet for the rest of your life." He teased.

"For you it's easy Electrive detective. But now, I'm going to burn all that fuel."

"Have fun." He said, watching Quickman as he joined the dance floor. A seconds past before two hands covered his eyes from behind. But he knew it wasn't danger, but a guessing game.

"Nicole? No, uh...Jennifer. No, no no wait...Sarah?" Then, the hands disapeared as he heard a very familiar giggle.

"I havn't been gone for that long havn't I?" He turned around and smiled.

"Alisa." They hugged and looked each other in the eyes.

"I'm so glad you're back."

"Me too. So, you've been quite bussy huh?" She teased.

"Oh yeah, you don't know how lazy the others were with preparing for the party. I did everything while they played outside." He replied.

"But you're just in time to celebrate. So how did it go?"

"It went well after three weeks of hard work. But I'm still technicaly not done yet."

"What do you mean?" He asked. She looked down and a little, blind haired girl who stood behind her peeked towards the detective. He was surprised at first; He didn't see her at all.

"I don't recall that we had a child." he teased.

"We don't. But this is Emily. They gave one to all of the robots and I have to take care of her for another week before I pass." She explained. Elecman stooped and offered a handshake.

"My name is Elecman. I'm the head detective." They shoock hands while Emily seemed a bit shy.

"Hello..."

"Now I know that this party seems kinda overwelming with all these strange people and robots, but it's alright. Make yourself comfortable." He said. She nodded yes and took a few steps forward before Crashman approached them.

"Whooo~ I'm danced out. Never seen Topman spinning around like this." He looked down and saw the little girl.

"Since when did you guys get a child?"

"We don't." They both answered. Crashman stooped and carefully showed his non-hand.

"Hi, I'm Crashman. I may not have hands, but we can shake it right?"

She smiled and seemed to be a bit more confident then she was before. "You're funny." She replied.

"Oh you havn't seen anyhtign yet girl. So what are you doing here? Are you a friend of Alisa?"

She explained everything while Crash introduced her to the rest of the detectives and robots. The couple watched and Elec layed his left arm on her shoulder, allowing her head to lean on his.

"Thank you." She spoke softly.

"For what?"

"Knowing that the city has become much safer and that we're able to have a party in a place like this, means more then you know."

"It does make sense. I mean who could possibly avoid or resist the power of electricity? It is a dangerous and powerfull element that I have. It's scarry sometimes."

"Don't worry handsome. I always feel safe when you're around."

"I'm glad. And I'll make sure you'll feel the same way when we get back to work." He stated. He then gently kissed her cheeck and rested her head on his shoulder.

"I missed you." He said.

"I missed you more."

Quickman was inviting Emily to dance with her while the couple watched. As for the party, everything went well and no bad guys dared to enter. Finally, around 23:45, the all went home.