TBBT 4A Apartment.
Outside the door.
Using a miniature camera, Bluetooth earpieces, and subsonic impact sensors, Howard and Rajesh had armed Leonard as the Alien Heroine. When they saw "Alien" Penny grab "Heroine" Leonard, they swiftly packed up the entire set of equipment and slipped away without a word.
They had no choice.
They could handle a single "Alien" Penny, but the crucial issue was that there was also an "Alien Queen" Sheldon in the bedroom.
They had not even entered through the door precisely to guard against this move, cutting off Leonard's path to survival from the start.
As for Howard having crushed Leonard's glasses, forcing severely nearsighted Leonard to risk coming back for them?
Hadn't Leonard dropped them first and voluntarily asked them to help find them?
They were all accidental injuries.
So the responsibility was entirely Leonard's own.
"You deliberately left me here to suffer with Sheldon!"
Penny snapped angrily.
"I didn't want to either..."
Leonard explained with a placating smile. "You saw what Sheldon was like, and I didn't know you'd come back with him..."
"..."
Penny froze.
That was right!
This time, she had been the idiot. After scaring off the troublemaker, she had actually been foolish enough to take leave and deliver herself right to his door.
"Penny, I'm hungry~"
Sheldon's restless voice came from the bedroom again.
"Okay, sweetheart. Good news—Leonard's back, and he can take care of you now."
Penny's maternal instincts kicked in. Even though she was furious, she still spoke to Sheldon with gentle affection.
As she spoke, she began pulling off her spacesuit.
"No~"
Leonard let out a wail, then hurried after Penny. "Take me with you."
"No, no, no."
Penny wagged a finger with her left hand while her right directly grabbed the back of Leonard's shirt as