"Guard box, I'm British. I thought I'd make that distinction clear although to be fair the security man doesn't wear a silly hat and might actually be able to smile." Coraline said grabbing Sam's hand and threading her fingers through his. Sam was here, they would be okay. She could be brave. She'd done this sort of thing before. Robot monsters, no problem. "You know that's kind of hot right? Not this bit, the running away bit but the taking over the world saving bit? That's hot Sam."

Although to be fair to Coraline she still didn't realise the effect she was having on passer bys and the people in their homes. The pair of them were running barefoot down the middle of the street, Coraline wearing only a bikini and still pretty much dripping wet. The little gated community might not have talked about the robots in weeks to come but they definitely talked about that.

"Okay, there it is. Right, remember how I can't lie to save my life. You're going to go explain how there's a big old gas leak to the nice guard man and you need to use the phone and I'm going to keep quiet," Coraline said pushing Sam towards the guard house, turning around at what sounded like metal scraping across tarmac. Ahuh, okay they needed to be quick about this.