Six months had passed since Renai had received the mysterious letter.

Renai continued to live her normal life with her mother and brother. She earned good grades in her classes, the highest being in her Reading and History classes. After school, Renai sometimes would stay after to do activities for her school's art club, such as creating banners for upcoming events or designing the cover of the school's newspaper. She would also often hang out with her two friends, Amberlee and Giselle. They would visit each other's' homes and either watch movies, play games, doodle, or just talk about their daily lives. Renai Robinson was living the life of a typical teenage girl, and she was very satisfied.

Another day of school had passed, and Renai was venturing home. The walk to school was about 10 minutes, so she didn't need to take the bus. As the girl traveled up the road, she gazed at her surroundings while pressing a couple books against her chest. To her right was the park, where she would sometimes go to have time to herself.

A soft smile graced her face as she thought of the park at spring time. The abundance of the color green, the blooming flowers, and the fluttering butterflies. Nothing beat the beauty of springtime, when everything would be reborn.

Renai closed her eyes as a gentle breeze blew through her hair. A few crisp, colored leaves flew past her as they descended from the trees above. Renai enjoyed autumn, since she was able to admire the vibrant colors of the leaves. She could do without the frigid temperature, though.

"Brrr!" Renai's teeth chattered as she tugged the zipper up on her coat. "I can't wait for Christmas, but I also can't wait for spring to..."

The girl stopped dead in her tracks when she spotted a group of three girls ahead by a stop sign. The fancy clothes, long curled hair, and excessive makeup were a dead giveaway as to who they were. The three girls that constantly tried to make Renai's life miserable. Her bullies.

The three girls were each juniors in high school, like Renai was. One had bright jade eyes, and long brunette hair. Her skin was slightly tanned, and she sported a green sweater with a green and black plaid skirt that was above her knees. She was pouting down at her phone, typing away. The next was the tallest in the group, who had blonde hair that nearly reached her bottom, Caucasian skin, and had shining blue eyes. She wore a white blouse with a pink skirt, and was examining her hot pink nails. The third had fair skin with ebony hair. She was the first to spot Renai, and narrowed her chestnut eyes at her.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Book Worm," she sneered, placing her hands on her hips. "Crawling home, are we?"

Renai gulped. "Yes, so, if you'll excuse me, I'd like if you moved..."

"Are you telling us what to do, nerd?" The brunette bully said, narrowing her jade eyes.

"Let's teach her a lesson," the blonde said, smirking as she cracked her knuckles. "Looks like big brother isn't here to help you now."

"P-Please," Renai choked out as she slowly backed away. "I-I just wanna go home."

"By the time we're done with you, you'll be crawling home like the worm you are."

As the girls surrounded Renai, a loud boom caused all four teens to pause. They sharply turned to see smoke billowing up from their neighborhood.

"OMG! What just happened?!" The blonde shrieked.

"I think it was a bomb!" The ebony haired bully exclaimed.

"Let's get out of here!" The brunette bully shouted.

As the bullies fled, Renai's eyes widened in horror as she saw the smoke. In the distance, she could hear screams. Something was dreadfully wrong, and her family was there.

"M-Mom!" Renai choked out. "Landon!"

As fast as she could, Renai raced up the path toward her town. The girl didn't know what she would encounter, but she knew she had to get to her family. If anything happened to them...

"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" Renai screamed as she skidded to a stop. Blocking her way was what appeared to be four floating robots. They each looked similar with their dark beige color. Each of them had a silver skull-like piece on the front of their metal chests. Their eyes glowed bright red as their claw-like hands outstretched.

Renai's heart raced as she searched for a way to escape. At the moment, she was surrounded. Then, she spotted a gap beneath the bots that she could jump through. Without hesitation, Renai rolled beneath the bots, then dashed toward her house. She knew the robots would be after her, but she had to take a chance at escaping from them.

As the frightened girl ran for her life, she heard a young boy's voice, shouting, "Jack Bots, don't let anyone escape! We gotta make these people talk! No one leaves until I get answers!"

Renai tried to find the source of the voice, but she had no notion as to where it was coming from. "W-What's going on here?!" She glanced around frantically as her fellow neighbors darted past her, examining their faces. "Mom! Landon! Where are you?!"

The girl managed to make it to the front door of her house. However, as she tried to open it, she found that it was locked. "No, no, no! Open up! Please!" She begged. Her eyes filled with tears as she frantically tried to open the door. "PLEASE!"

"Slowly turn," a droid-like voice said behind her.

Renai gulped as she slowly turned. To her horror, she found that was cornered by the four robots. There was nowhere to go. She knew at that moment she would either be captured or killed. Renai could only take in a deep breath and close her eyes, bracing for what was to come.

"Get away from her!"

Renai's brother yelled with rage as he leapt onto a robot, beating it with his fist. "Renai, run for it!"

"Landon!" Renai screamed. "Noooo! Leave him alone!" As she attempted to rush to her brother's side, a bot shoved Renai onto her bottom. "Ooof!" She grunted as she hit the ground.

"Renai!" Landon jumped from the robot's back, and ran toward his little sister. Before he could reach her, he screamed. A robot had slashed his back with its claws.

"LANDOOOON!" The girl screamed. Her eyes widened, tears spilling from them as she witnessed her brother fall face first into the ground. "NO!"

With Landon out of the way, the robots focused their attention back on Renai. They slowly hovered toward her, reaching out to her.

Renai scooted as far back from them as she could, but the front door prevented her from moving any further. "P-Please," she whimpered. "P-Please leave us alone!" As the bots continued to move toward her, Renai shrieked. "HELP ME! SOMEONE!"

Suddenly, the floor beneath her rumbled. Renai curled against her door as the ground shook violently. Then, to her utter shock, the ground below the robots rose up and smashed them to pieces. Did an earthquake just obliterate them?

The shaking was quick to cease, but Renai found that she herself was still shaking. She quivered with fear as she gaped at her surroundings. Her mother was nowhere in sight, but her brother laid still on the ground, not moving an inch. The people of her neighborhood hollered and screamed as they fled for their lives, robots chasing them from every corner. A few homes were ablaze, while others had minor damage. Her beloved neighborhood was in disarray, and she had no idea why.

"Are you okay, miss?"

Renai gasped as a tall figure appeared in front of her. She bit her lip as she frantically tried backing away from him. "P-Please, don't hurt me!"

"Hey, I ain't gonna hurt ya," he said softly as he knelt in front of her. "Me and my friends are here to help." The stranger examined Renai. "Are ya hurt?"

"I-I don't think so." The frightened girl sniffled. "B-But my brother is. Please, help him."

"Sure thing, but I gotta make sure you're okay first." The stranger stood, and extended his hand to her. "You're fine now, sweet pea. No one's gonna hurt you."

His words sounded soothing to Renai's ears. That, and the warm smile on his face were enough to make the girl believe that he truly wanted to help her. She shakily reached out, and was pulled onto her feet.

Renai's mouth dropped open as she witnessed his said friends fight off the remaining bots. She focused on the one female, who jumped into the air and...shot fire from her hands? That was the last thing Renai could remember before fainting in the arms of her savior.