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list of emotions I have the choice of downloading, and I tick every box.
    I don’t notice much of a change to begin with, but when the chip has finished installing I start to get dizzy and I feel like I’m going to power down. A smiley face icon appears on my head screens.
    â€˜Hello, and welcome to your new Emotochip!’ chirps a cheery voice. I look around but the others are still ignoring me, so I figure that the voice is in my mind.
    â€˜Let’s cycle through your new range of emotions. First up, happiness!’
    I feel a rush of emotion that makes me want to smile and laugh out loud, so I do. The others stareat me like I’ve gone crazy, but I’m too busy being happy to worry about them.
    â€˜Now, anger!’ growls the voice. My happiness evaporates in a second, replaced by wild rage. I just want to yell at everyone else in the car for not understanding me. But before I can, the voice chirps up again.
    â€˜Time for some sadness!’ All of my anger disappears and is replaced by a feeling inside my chest like a gaping chasm. I feel so alone, so upset. There’s a strange sensation on my cheeks. I reach up and notice they’re wet.
    â€˜Are you crying, Sam?’ asks Leigh in concern. ‘What’s wrong?’
    â€˜Get ready for fear!’ informs the voice, and when I stare up at the others my heart races. I wonder if the Star League are secretly the bad guys and if they’re taking me back to Professor Pestilence’s laboratories. I start screaming.
    â€˜Sam! What’s going on?’ asks Jay. The othersdon’t look mad anymore, just really worried.
    â€˜And lastly, regret,’ says the voice. A wash of feelings comes over me, a little like sadness, a little like fear, but still very different. I think about all the awful things I said to my friends about them being inferior and I feel so ashamed.
    â€˜Everyone, I just want to tell you how sorry I am,’ I say. ‘I didn’t mean those things I said before, and I wasn’t thinking about your feelings. I don’t think you’re inferior at all. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and that’s what makes us work so well as a team.’
    The others smile back at me.
    â€˜Hey, don’t worry about it, Sam,’ says Connor.
    â€˜We all say things we don’t mean sometimes,’ says Asuka.
    â€˜Like when I say Connor smells bad and has fleas,’ says Roger. ‘Except I do mean that.’
    â€˜Besides,’ Leigh adds quickly, ‘friends should be there to forgive each other.’
    Jay stays silent and looks worried.
    â€˜You’re acting really different,’ he says. ‘Are you sure you’re feeling okay?’
    I smile at him. ‘Yep, I’ve never felt better.’
    Jay smiles back uneasily.
    â€˜Welcome to your new emotive world,’ says the voice in my head. ‘You now have access to hundreds of human emotions. If you have any concerns about the programming, please contact SCHHRRIIIICCCHH!’
    The voice cuts out and is replaced by loud static. It seems a little strange, but I’m too distracted by all my new emotions to pay it much attention.
    The rocketcar pulls into a deserted parking lot and comes to a stop.
    â€˜We have arrived at Falcon Laboratories,’ says the computerised voice of the autopilot.
    I jump out of the car, ready to take on the world.

I scan the dark, empty parking lot for any sign of movement. I wonder if whoever ordered the Sentrybots to break into the Happy Android Robotics Factory is waiting in the shadows, ready to attack. My chest feels tight with fear and excitement.
    â€˜Where are we?’ asks Connor. ‘I thought this was supposed to be some kind of lab.’
    â€˜I don’t see any buildings,’ says Jay. ‘I wonder if we’ve got the right place?’
    â€˜You shouldn’t always believe your eyes,’ I tell them. A tracker signal is going off in my