AllSpark Company, underground base in New Mexico.
Four intelligent robots sat around a gigantic metal table. Though they seemed to be equals, Sarah, now sporting red hair, actually sat at the head of the table.
"Is Li Bai not coming?" Sarah asked Violet.
"He..." Violet, still in human form, hesitated.
"Just say it. At this point, there's no need to hide anything. Li Bai has probably betrayed us." Sarah's tone was icy.
"No, no, absolutely not. He's just not good at all the scheming and infighting, so there's no point in his attending this meeting. But he would never betray the Commander." Violet hurriedly explained.
"Now that our master is gone, we can't communicate directly with one another. Are you sure he's telling the truth?" Sarah asked Violet seriously.
"Absolutely, positively, definitely! Li Bai is just a little antisocial, but he would never betray us." Violet assured her.
"Enough. That's not the issue right now. Sarah, you called us all here. What exactly do you have planned?"
Belcher had joined the meeting in robot form, having come all the way from New York through the Chaos Core.
"Our master has been missing for more than seven hours. How are we going to handle this crisis? I don't want him to come back and find that we've either run away or been killed." Sarah turned to Belcher.
"Big Sister, isn't that a little extreme?" Violet couldn't help objecting.
"Not at all. Why do you think humans tolerate us? Because they think we're intelligent robots designed by our master, and that everything we do is according to his orders. But now he's missing. If S.H.I.E.L.D. discovers that we can still act of our own accord, what do you think they'll do?" Sarah's voice was grave, and her expression had grown somewhat ferocious.