Panel 1 Frank & Ted find the security room, they cautiously look inside. Frank: This does not seem very secure. Ted: This whole episode seems like the writer phoned it in. Panel 2 Frank picks up an outrageously large energy rifle Ted (off panel): Put that down, Frank. Frank: (unhappy face emoji) Panel 3 Ted peers at a retro-looking terminal screen Ted: This terminal says there's an escape rocket! Panel 4 Frank, close-up Frank: I suddenly feel very secure remaining in this robot graveyard.

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Panel 1 Ted presses the down arrow on an elevator. Panel 2 Frank and Ted in the elevator Frank: Have you thought about what we'll do when we get out of here? Ted: We? Panel 3 Close-up of the elevator panel to change the focus from the awkwardness Panel 4 Frank: Man, full day, huh? Ted: ...

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Panel 1 Frank checks the doors Frank: Locked tight, some crazy magnetic thing. Somewhat intoxicating! Panel 2 Ted: Ok, let's see if there's a security room with an override switch. Panel 3 Frank and Ted running down the hall Frank: Why are we running? Ted: In case we get optioned as action figures. Ted: hey, an elevator!

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Panel 1 Caption: Eventually, Ted and Frank find the lobby. A receptionist desk and a few broken robots strewn across the floor. Panel 2 Ted looks at some blank screens Ted: These retro CRT screens are cool! Panel 3 Frank, speaking into the receptionist microphone: All Psycho Kill-Bots please report to the lobby. Ted: FRANK! Panel 4 Frank: Ha ha, Ted, I didn't have it turned on. Ted: Geez, Frank, go check the front door.

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Panel 1 Frank and Ted surveying a bunch of broken robots Ted: I say we ask a few more questions before we start shooting Frank: Ok. Panel 2 A broken copy of Frank rests against a wall Ted: Aside from being blown to bits they all look brand new Panel 3 Frank checks the bottom of a robot foot Frank: Speaking of branding, shouldn't there be some? Or serial numbers? Ted: Yeah, weird. Panel 4 Frank rests a hand on Ted's shoulder Frank: Still think someone will come and give us a nice program? Ted: Don't be that robot.

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Panel 1 Caption: Frank and Ted cautiously consider their next move. Frank and Ted exit the storage room in fighting stances Ted: Hello? Panel 2 Frank and Ted survey piles of destroyed robots. Ted: What a mess. Panel 3 Frank picks up a robot head and stares into its eyes. Frank: All destroyed robots? Looks like they were only fighting each other? Panel 4 Ted stoops down to look at another broken robot. Ted: I haven't yet found you to be that irritating. Panel 5 Frank and Ted look through a window into a junk room Panel 6 Looking at a dead robot on the floor that looks identical to Ted Frank: But they all look just like... us? Ted: Nevermind that, clearly there is a great difference in philosophy. Panel 7: Close-up of Frank Frank: So, we're not going to grab a few guns?

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Panel 1 Caption: Our heroes take stock... Ted: Let's take stock, shall we? Frank: Sure! Panel 2 Ted: We are trapped in a storage room with two recharging pods. Frank: For days! Panel 3 Ted: And I am, for reasons unknown, wearing a shirt and tie. Frank: And trousers, yes. Panel 4 Ted (pointing at closed door): And some violent event seems to be winding down on the other side of this door. Panel 5 Ted (fist clenched): Lacking a directive beyond self-preservation, I think it is time we carefully assert ourselves! Frank shudders nervously in the background

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Panel 1 Caption: Fortunately, the would-be intruder discovered that shooting a lock doesn't work. Frank: Ha ha! Ted: Whew. Panel 2 Caption: More blasters fire outside the storeroom! Sounds of a scuffle! Panel 3 And then, an ominout silence! Panel 4 And then a foreboding dragging and clanking! Panel 5 And then another ominous silence!

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Panel 1 Caption: Someone outside the storeroom is trying to bypass the keypad! Frank and ted are alarmed Panel 2 Ted: See! I knew someone would come for us! Frank: I think we should hide! Panel 3 Frank and Ted hide behind some boxes Ted: I feel foolish. Panel 4 Caption: Giving up on the keypad, the caller blasts the lock! a Zap! from a rifle blasting the keypad

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Panel 1 Caption: We could describe the greater events which are unfolding, but instead... Frank: Ted, it's been days. Ted: Yes? Panel 2 Frank: And there hasn't been an explosion for hours. Ted: True Panel 3 Frank: And taht evacuation alarm finally cut out. Ted: Yeah, that was annoying. Panel 4 Frank and Ted are startled. Caption: But then, the sounds of metal footsteps outside the door!

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Panel 1 Caption: Well, you may have heard of this galaxy, it just has never been listed on Kepler's "Top-Ten Most Eligible Galaxies" A poorly rendered drawing of a bookshelf featuring books by some guy named "Kepler" Panel 2 Caption: Regardless, in a locked storage room, two robots search their memory banks for clues to their purpose... Frank: Probably nothing important! Panel 3 Ted: We could just wait here for someone to program us? Panel 4 Frank: Ok, Ted, let's try that. Caption: And, in doing nothing, they avoided a terrible and thorough demise!

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Panel 1 Caption: This very minute, at the edge of a galaxy you've never heard of... Panel 2 Caption: A robot, self designated as "Frank", ponders the naure of its existence Frank, lying in a recharging pod Frank: Ok, I'm hitting my reset button, be right back Panel 3 Ted, lying in a nearby recharging pod. Ted: Yes, do that a twenty-third time. Caption: And another, that calls itself "Ted", is skeptical.

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