Chapter 4
He knew he was semi-consious. Yet he couldn't see. Was this death perhaps? No...it couldn't be. He knew that he was still fucntional. He was..remembering. His memory systems must be playing back old data. Old memories. So he was in darkness, remembering all the things he can. He began to remember the day..the red robot came...
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Something was wrong. It was too quiet in the lab that day. He was sitting in his chair, waiting for his daily checkup on his systems, yet..it was past the normal time that Doctor Cossack usualy came to do them. Skullman began to worry. It wasn't like him to not come, and if he couldn't, he would have said something earlier. No..something was amiss here.
The familar oepning of the lab door mades its sound, and Skullman was relieved, thinking that his maker had finally come, only it wasn't Cossack, but his charge, the one he was to protect, Kalinka. She ran into the lab, sweat pouring down her brow, her blonde hair wet with the same sweat, sticking to her forehead, she stopped, and began to gasp for breath, bracing herself against the wall, then spotted me, smiling softly, a releived look on her face, as she began to speak.
"Sk-Skullman..thank goodness...You...must help me. A robot..an insanely pwoerful robot attacked me and father while we were out in the town shopping.."
Skullman was shocked. He got up from the chair, and went to Kalinka, placing a hand on her shoulder, and asked her "What happened to your father?"
She looked at him with sad eyes, which quickly became cold, and responded " He left. He simply...ran. I came back here, thinking that he wanted to get you to fight this robot..but I haven't found him yet..."
She was about to speak again, when suddenly an explosion rocked the lab, nearly snding Skulman's audio sensors hayhire. He was slinged back against the wall, hitting it hard, making an indention of himself in the wall. It took Skullman a few moments to recover his systems, but what he saw was something that he wished his optical sensors never picked up, and an image that would haunt him...
There stood, in the blazing inferno of the explosion, was a red robot. Clad in red armor, a helmet with a blue glowing energy crystal on it, and pointed "ears" that curved up. He also had flowing blonde hair coming form the helmet. He looked at the robot with both fear, and disgust, as the robot grinned wickedly, presenting to Skullman just exactly what he was smiling about, holding a limp body in the robots arms. Skullman had to focus his optical sensors to get a good look, then he saw who it was...Kalinka..bloody, bruised. He couldn't tell from where he was, but he was pretty sure she wasn't breathing.
That tore it. He didn't know what happened in his mind, but something snapped. He was angry, he was furious. And he hated this red robot. It took from him the only family he had, it took from his his purpose...and he wanted to return the favor ten-fold. Skullman quickly lept to his feet, and charged at the grinning red robot. The robot simply tossed Kalinka's body down as if it was a childs play thing, and grabbed something from his back, which quickly ignited. A green colored saber. Skullman didn't care what weapons this thing had. He only cared about his vengance. He leapt at the robot, extended his arm, which shifted into his Skull-Buster, and fired several rounds, all which the red robot seemed to have effortlessly blocked.
Skullman landed a few feet from the red one, and once again fired his Skull-Buster in a rage, and once again the robot blocked each blast. Skullman uttered a curse, and charged at the robot, deciding that if he can't do any harm at long range, he damn well will do some damage at close range. He dashed towards the robot, fist extended to strike him directly in the face, hoping to wipe that smirk right off. He got closer...and closer, the robot getting ready to defend this attack...when his red haze turned blue, and he seemed to have shut down...the familar darkness overtook him....
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It was a damp dark place. Perfect for hiding secrets. He grinned and made his descent deeper into the ruin. He wanted to know exactly what was here. He remembered the last time he was here, he fought Zero. Of course that was the time when he was also the leader of the Maverick Hunters. Back then, his men were never ordered to actually explore the place, just to terminate the red Maverick. He always wondered what was further inside the ruins, and today, he was going to find out. He reached a pile of boulders, and rubble. How odd , he thought. They were placed in such a neat, clean way. just enough to fool a human that they it was a random pile. But he knew better. He extended his hand, and with a single blast from the blast, the pile exploded into peices.
Behind the rubble was a rusted door. Clever. But not clever enough, as he went to the door, and pryed it open with his bare hands. He stepped inside, past a thin wall of cobwebs, brushing them away. He went further inside the room, seeing the cluttered remains of a wall, which was covered by ground at this point. He looked at the far end of the room, and saw a capsule. It was a grey clored capsule too. He couldn't tell when it was constructed, but he was guessing sometime around 2050-2060. But he couldn't be sure. He walked up to the capule, and looked inside the small window port, to see the contents. What he saw was what he was hoping for. Inside was a gruesome looking robot, adorned with skulls. He couldn't have wished for a more wonderful thing to happen. And with any any luck, this robot may be just as powerful as his enemies. What a thing to savour. He looked inside, and with a wicked grin, he spoke to the in active robot.
"Soon..soon you will awaken. And then you will help me bring havoc to the human race. You will be my herald of destrcution...and finally, all humans will bow down to the very mention of Sigma, right before you and I obliterate them!"
..continued next chapter.
He knew he was semi-consious. Yet he couldn't see. Was this death perhaps? No...it couldn't be. He knew that he was still fucntional. He was..remembering. His memory systems must be playing back old data. Old memories. So he was in darkness, remembering all the things he can. He began to remember the day..the red robot came...
*******
Something was wrong. It was too quiet in the lab that day. He was sitting in his chair, waiting for his daily checkup on his systems, yet..it was past the normal time that Doctor Cossack usualy came to do them. Skullman began to worry. It wasn't like him to not come, and if he couldn't, he would have said something earlier. No..something was amiss here.
The familar oepning of the lab door mades its sound, and Skullman was relieved, thinking that his maker had finally come, only it wasn't Cossack, but his charge, the one he was to protect, Kalinka. She ran into the lab, sweat pouring down her brow, her blonde hair wet with the same sweat, sticking to her forehead, she stopped, and began to gasp for breath, bracing herself against the wall, then spotted me, smiling softly, a releived look on her face, as she began to speak.
"Sk-Skullman..thank goodness...You...must help me. A robot..an insanely pwoerful robot attacked me and father while we were out in the town shopping.."
Skullman was shocked. He got up from the chair, and went to Kalinka, placing a hand on her shoulder, and asked her "What happened to your father?"
She looked at him with sad eyes, which quickly became cold, and responded " He left. He simply...ran. I came back here, thinking that he wanted to get you to fight this robot..but I haven't found him yet..."
She was about to speak again, when suddenly an explosion rocked the lab, nearly snding Skulman's audio sensors hayhire. He was slinged back against the wall, hitting it hard, making an indention of himself in the wall. It took Skullman a few moments to recover his systems, but what he saw was something that he wished his optical sensors never picked up, and an image that would haunt him...
There stood, in the blazing inferno of the explosion, was a red robot. Clad in red armor, a helmet with a blue glowing energy crystal on it, and pointed "ears" that curved up. He also had flowing blonde hair coming form the helmet. He looked at the robot with both fear, and disgust, as the robot grinned wickedly, presenting to Skullman just exactly what he was smiling about, holding a limp body in the robots arms. Skullman had to focus his optical sensors to get a good look, then he saw who it was...Kalinka..bloody, bruised. He couldn't tell from where he was, but he was pretty sure she wasn't breathing.
That tore it. He didn't know what happened in his mind, but something snapped. He was angry, he was furious. And he hated this red robot. It took from him the only family he had, it took from his his purpose...and he wanted to return the favor ten-fold. Skullman quickly lept to his feet, and charged at the grinning red robot. The robot simply tossed Kalinka's body down as if it was a childs play thing, and grabbed something from his back, which quickly ignited. A green colored saber. Skullman didn't care what weapons this thing had. He only cared about his vengance. He leapt at the robot, extended his arm, which shifted into his Skull-Buster, and fired several rounds, all which the red robot seemed to have effortlessly blocked.
Skullman landed a few feet from the red one, and once again fired his Skull-Buster in a rage, and once again the robot blocked each blast. Skullman uttered a curse, and charged at the robot, deciding that if he can't do any harm at long range, he damn well will do some damage at close range. He dashed towards the robot, fist extended to strike him directly in the face, hoping to wipe that smirk right off. He got closer...and closer, the robot getting ready to defend this attack...when his red haze turned blue, and he seemed to have shut down...the familar darkness overtook him....
********
It was a damp dark place. Perfect for hiding secrets. He grinned and made his descent deeper into the ruin. He wanted to know exactly what was here. He remembered the last time he was here, he fought Zero. Of course that was the time when he was also the leader of the Maverick Hunters. Back then, his men were never ordered to actually explore the place, just to terminate the red Maverick. He always wondered what was further inside the ruins, and today, he was going to find out. He reached a pile of boulders, and rubble. How odd , he thought. They were placed in such a neat, clean way. just enough to fool a human that they it was a random pile. But he knew better. He extended his hand, and with a single blast from the blast, the pile exploded into peices.
Behind the rubble was a rusted door. Clever. But not clever enough, as he went to the door, and pryed it open with his bare hands. He stepped inside, past a thin wall of cobwebs, brushing them away. He went further inside the room, seeing the cluttered remains of a wall, which was covered by ground at this point. He looked at the far end of the room, and saw a capsule. It was a grey clored capsule too. He couldn't tell when it was constructed, but he was guessing sometime around 2050-2060. But he couldn't be sure. He walked up to the capule, and looked inside the small window port, to see the contents. What he saw was what he was hoping for. Inside was a gruesome looking robot, adorned with skulls. He couldn't have wished for a more wonderful thing to happen. And with any any luck, this robot may be just as powerful as his enemies. What a thing to savour. He looked inside, and with a wicked grin, he spoke to the in active robot.
"Soon..soon you will awaken. And then you will help me bring havoc to the human race. You will be my herald of destrcution...and finally, all humans will bow down to the very mention of Sigma, right before you and I obliterate them!"
..continued next chapter.
