A Promise Kept
Chapter 1: Never Venture Into An Alley Alone


It was a time before the humans rejected the group of machines later known as Reaverbots. The two were capable of living peacefully, side by side. Seeing a human talking with a machine, or even a machine choosing a human as it's mate was not abnormal. It was a golden age, before fear streamed through both sides like a stream going on it's journey from one body of water to another. The world was at peace, and everyone was happy. Noone cared or wondered where the machines had come from or why they were there. Or so it was thought. The young machine hovered by the main office wordlessly. For a beauracratic model, he was considered quite handsome. He had silky, light purple hair that went down to the middle of his back, and silver-gray eyes that caught the noonday sun. His body was draped in white formal wear laced with red patterns and a large red marking resembling an eye with a solid red circle inside another circle on his lower body; part of the beaurocratic ensemble he wore. The entire outfit was trimmed in black. His arms hovered at his sides. It was his day off, hence, he was merely enjoying the veiw.

At the foot of the hill, both humans and machines worked side by side, constructing a large hole in which they intended to build the Sub Cities for the machines to live in and rest and relax, as humans did in their own cities and homes. They had to work quickly, in case they weren't building inland enough. Already many mazes filled with the treasures of the time were isolated by the rising seas, almost completely inaccessable except to those with flying machines. The young machine smiled slightly to himself. His younger sister was down there giving a helping hand. Although trained in the same feild as he was, she didn't have to be asked for help in other activities. She was much more social. It was difficult to beleive they were brother and sister, but they were. His sister was mostly organic; genetically engineered from scratch, but there was enough components taken from his origional design that they were, by law, brother and sister. And they were very close. Finally the machine hovered over to the construction site, and was quickly greeted by his sister, who wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. Of the two, she was somewhat more energetic.

"Hi Juno. How're you?" She asked, brightly. Juno nodded slowly.

"I'm functioning properly. You, Andromeda?" Juno responded. Andromeda smiled happily.

"I'm doing fine. We're already putting up the buildings, see?" Andromeda said, indicating a large building. Juno nodded.

"HEY YO ANDY! Get over here and help us out! This thing's heavy!" Someone called out. Andromeda made a face before responding.

"Coming!" Andromeda called back.

"Juno, I've gotta go. Watch yourself, OK? There's been alot more people on edge about machines lately." With that, Andromeda darted off to help everyone else. Juno was quiet a minute before turning and starting to watch everyone in the city. 2 of the 3 Sub-Cities were complete, awaiting linking to the main computer; Mother-2; Eden. As Juno proceeded on his way, he suddenly stopped when a human male stepped in his path.

"Hey, machine boy, you hungry?" The guy said snickering as a ring of people slowly began circling him. Juno started to explain he didn't need to eat when the guy interrupted him again.

"I think you need a knuckle sandwich. You know why? Because it's about time you machines learned your place!" With that, the group started to close in.

"Hey, don't you little BOYS have something better to do, rather then pick on a guy? I mean puh-leeeaaaaze!" Came a young female voice. The group stopped and turned simultaniously to face the sihlouette of a girl; hair ponytailed, blue hair catching the breeze and fluttering softly, the same as her jacket and skirt. The ring shifted slightly, uneasy.

"I said LEAVE HIM." The girl repeated. The first punk, apparently the leader, stepped forward.

"Who are you?" The boy asked. The girl stepped into the light, smirking. She had pure-blue hair, green eyes, and a denim jacket over a white blouse. She wore a blue school uniform skirt, and tennis shoes. Before anyone reacted, she leapt at the group, fists a blur. Quickly she knocked the ring to the ground and turned to their leader, the last one standing. She turned to him and smiled darkly, beckoning him to fight.

"The name's Medley. But that will be the least of your concerns in a couple minutes!" She smirked, lunging. The young punk grinned as well and lunged as well. The two quickly began to fight. Juno knew he should have left, but he was intrigued by the young girl fighting for his honor. Generally, didn't men fight for a woman's honor? He was grateful too, she was defending him like this, although he didn't know her. He wanted to thank her, but how? Suddenly he heard the cry of someone in pain and hurried over.