the heroine’s enemies changed the design for egotistical reasons, and the heroine, in an elaborate tragic ending, blew up the batteries and destroyed both
“That’s good. I thought maybe it was where the Lord of Evil lived. That’s kind of traditional when you’re going on a quest.” “We are on a quest?” asked Arkad. “Of course we are! We’ve got an unlikely crew of misfits, a treasure map, and a long way to go. What more do we need?”
She said she had to stop because it was just too damned heartbreaking. They’d send in agents, recruit people, and then have to watch as the Elmos found out and shut them down, again and again.