Hello everyone! I want to apologize for this chapter because it isn't very long and doesn't go into much detail. That is something I will be doing more in the following chapters, because I didn't want this to be too long or go into too much detail just yet. So the following chapters will be longer and go into more detail. I hope you enjoy the prologue!

Prologue

It has been a year since the end of the Robot Wars. The mercenaries forced Gray Mann to shut down all the robots before they killed them. What they didn't know, was his backup plan. In the basement of Gray Mann's lair, wherever that is, were robots made to turn on when the 'self-destruct' button was pressed. With these robots active, they plan to start their own robot war, the main objective to kill the mercenaries for slaying the Maker.

The 'Plan 2' robots have been using pieces from the destroyed robots for the past year to use them as parts or make new robots all together. However, something about these bots are different than the last ones. Well, only one of these robots are different than the previous ones, actually. This particular machine is..sentient. He thinks for himself and can make decisions.

Scoutbot 271 monitors all the new parts the 'factory' receives. He checks and makes sure they are safe and don't contain any explosives. He, and the 4 other Scoutbots who work with him, are constantly observed by a Giant Heavybot. The giant machine made sure the robots didn't escape, but why would they? They were programmed to work, all of them. That's what the other bots thought.

Scoutbot 271 wanted nothing more than to escape this place and see the world. He had spent all his life, which is only one year, looking at other machines. He knew he was modeled after a person, as were all the other robots. Why couldn't they let them out?

Today was the day. He would escape today. Scoutbot 271 had observed that the Giant Heavybot shutdown everyday at a certain time to recharge. Those giants took up a lot of energy. Since the Heavybot didn't pay much attention to anything during this time period, it would be the perfect chance for an escape.

The robots had been working for about 3 hours, not very far into the day for them. Scoutbot 271 looked behind him when he heard heavy footsteps. Finally. The only difficult part was that the Heavy charged right beside the door. Scoutbot would have to be quiet.

He looked at the other Scoutbots with sympathy. They couldn't think. They were programmed with everything they say, do and think. No emotions, no feelings, nothing. Scoutbot 271 looked away, realizing this would get him no where. He walked slowly and as silently as he could towards the door. He may be the lightest of the bots, but he still makes a distinct noise whenever he moves.

He was almost out the door. He could already see the trees, stretching out into the earth for miles it appeared. Scoutbot's happiness was shattered when he felt two giant fingers squeeze his arm so tightly that all of the wiring and metal was crushed and broken. He looked up at the Heavybot with both fear and relief that he could not feel pain. The giant's eyes glared at him. Fortunately for the smaller bot, the Heavy let made the mistake of letting go of his arm to grab his entire mechanical body. As soon as the pressure was released, the Scoutbot ran. It was something he did better than all of the other robots.

The Heavybot attempted to grab the quick robot, but his hand barely even fit out of the door. The Heavy alerted the four other Scoutbots and they chased after the escaping machine. Having a head start, Scoutbot 271 already had them beat. Once he was deep into the forest, he used his internal tracker to see if the other Scoutbots had given up. Sure enough, they were heading back to the base.

He was free.