Hey guys what's up ? So yeah here's another chapter for you guys, Unfortunately I have some personal things planned for this week so I might not upload much for now. I'm really sorry about that but I'll do my best to keep working on this story whenever I have the chance to.

!!Long rant but important stuff at the end of the paragraph if you want to skip, it's for the future of this story !!

You know i still can't believe the attention this story got recently. To be fair I made this story personally for me rather than for people, even though i uploaded this story i wasn't really expecting anyone to see this story but I was wrong, i can't thank you enough for your support guys. Which leads to another important thing I want to point out for this story... As you can guess by now Erebus isn't from the Automata timeline, he from way WAY before that. I think that some of you can guess which brings me to what I want to do and that is to rewrite...the first chapter, why you ask? Well because i decided to make his lore much deeper then I intended to do. I don't know when I'm gonna do it but I need to if I want to continue to an certain in this story, because it will be important so...yeah.

This story is gonna get really dark in the future hehe...

Sorry for the long rant guys ! Take care peace !


Erebus just kept entering in and out from all various stores, it was quite surprising to see how much this world have changed. Honestly he didn't know what to make of it, there are so many things that he still didn't quite understand from the items concept to the people that were supposedly in charge of selling them.

The people from this era were quite fortunate to be able to invent to many fascinating objects, however some others were quite weird to say the least however it wasn't his place to criticise any of these things. He kept passing by stores in the mal until he reached the stairs and made his way down, there wasn't a single sound except the one of his footsteps that echoed from all over the mall. It was a deserted place after all but it still made him feel a bit uneasy.

Erebus frowned as he was making his way towards the exit of the mall until he heard something moving that echoed all around the mall that caused him stop in his track. After some moments Erebus closed his eyes while trying to concentrate on the noise. After not hearing anything for quite a while, he decided that perhaps it was his mind playing tricks on him. Erebus continued walking until something metallic could be heard from behind him, thinking someone had draw their sword to stab him in the back. Erebus instinctively gripped his sword while taking it out slowly from his sheath, he quickly turned around hoping to parry however was about to stab him however his eyes widened as he saw nobody standing behind him.

Has he gone insane ?

After some time of reflecting his sanity, Erebus turned his head and was about to walk until he bumped his body against something solid. Slowly his lifted his head but only to come face to face with an unusual tall machine.'How did such a tall machine get past me?!' Erebus thought with a confused look on his face while still looking up at the machine before him.

It was unusually quite tall for a machine, probably three time his size. It had a body made of bronze while having some oversized hands and legs but what made this machine stand out was its disfigured head that had pieces torn apart in it. They kept staring at each other's however something caught Erebus attention, he looked closer to the machines face and saw that his head was covered in some weird black patterns which looked like some sort of paint.

'Why does it have paint on its head ?' Erebus thought while inspecting the large machine head however what that machine said completely caught him off guard.

''You Androids must dies...You androids must suffer!'' The machine said in while raising his voice.

Erebus squinted his eyes at the machine while trying to figure out what was going on, why does everyone keep mistaken him being an android or a humanoid machines ? Not only It didn't make any sense to him but furthermore it only made Erebus irritated due to the fact that he had to keep correcting them but Erebus didn't feel like changing this machine mind.

The tall machine stood completely still before quickly bringing his arm up and tried to punch him down, Erebus eyes widened before instinctively bringing his sword up to block the punch which cause him to grunt however the amount of force that held that punch was enough to sent him flying back. But just as Erebus feet touched the ground he barely had time to evade multiple blast that was coming right at him. Erebus kept dodging every blast that was directed at him until he landed in front of the machine feet, suddenly another punch was coming straight at him however he dodged it by jumping it's hand then jumped towards the machine head. As Erebus was in front of the giant head he raised his sword to cut its head off, but just as his sword was about to connect to the machine head it did something unexpected by ducking his head into its body.'What ?!' Erebus mentally screamed as he missed his strike, but his eyes widened as he was caught off guard by two enormous hands that was coming from both sides and caught his body.

The machine head quickly popped out of its body while soon begin to slowly squeeze Erebus between its hands, Erebus couldn't believe he had fallen for such a cheap trick, he was having a hard time trying to break free from the machine grasp.

''Let me go now !'' Erebus spat at the machine while looking at it with anger however it didn't seemed to be listening to him rather it was inspecting his body. The machine eyes begin glowing yellow before going back to red.

''Organic matter detected...Human detected'' the Machine said in a slow raspy while ceasing to squeeze him before instantly applying more pressure into its grip, Erebus could feel his legs were starting to feel numb. He had to get out of this position or else his body was soon going to pass out, Erebus quickly began once again to break free from it's grasp but with more force and managed to pull out both of his arm. Without wasting any time Erebus lifted his arm where he held his sword and quickly threw it towards the machine left eye which made the tall machine let go of him and stumbled back.

Once Erebus feet touched the ground he wasted no time to charge a dark purple blast into his palm and quickly fired it at the machine left leg destroying it on impact which caused him to fall on one of its knees. Erebus took the opportunity and quickly dashed towards the machine but the bronze giant saw what was coming and brought his palm up ready to crush him however it was to late as Erebus sword had already pierced the machine other remained eye, both of them didn't move before Erebus pulled out his sword from the machine eye. The machine body soon went limp and fell to the ground.

Erebus couldn't help to smirk as he made his way towards the machine head on the ground, as if a mere machine had any chances of killing him. Once in front of the machine head Erebus slowly lifted arm and pointed his palm towards the machine while still smirking.

''Heh did you really think a inferior machine like you could ever stand a chance against me ? Think again, well that is if you are even capable of such thing.'' Erebus said in a cold voice while with palm started to glow red.

''Human...must kil-'' the machine words were interrupted by Erebus blasting its head into pieces.

Erebus retracted his sword back into it's sheath and let out a small sigh escaping his lips, hopefully he'll now be able to concentrate on figuring out on how to learn more about what's really going on here.

Making his way past the exit mall, Erebus quickly brought his arm up to cover his eyes. It seemed as if the sun got more brighter than usual while he was inside that mall, as Erebus walked ahead of him he took some time to observe his surroundings but had to stop due to the bridge that was ahead of him. Deciding to not waste any time he stepped on the bridge and started to make his way towards the end of it hoping the bridge will be able to hold his weight, as Erebus walked on the bridge he couldn't help but to feel slightly anxious about the fact that this bridge seemed to be quite old by the looks of it and it certainly didn't help having to hear the loud creaking noises each time he took a step on it. However his fears were put to rest as he finally reached the end of the bridge and made continued to make his way towards immense buildings ahead of him.


2B was walking down the bunker hall in a hurry, she had been called by the commander and it would be disrespectful of her to not show up on time. As she kept walking down the corridors sudden memories from her encounter with Erebus has resurfaced from mind, memories of him beating her without any mercy and stabbing both of her hands in the ground. That last part made 2B stop in her tracks, the deranged smile on his face as he kept punching and kicking her repeatedly while there was nothing she could do about, having to remember these memories made her clench her teeth. It has now been two days ever since that encounter however it was still seemed fresh on her mind. 2B didn't want to admit it but Erebus keeps haunted her to this day, she couldn't even sleep and on top of that her training performance has been declining to the point that the commander herself had to take her aside to ask her what was the matter. Not wanting to cause unnecessary stress for her leader 2B kept denying every time the commander or even her operator asked her if she was ok, 2B kept repeating that she was fine, that it was only due to her previous fight that her performances has been dropping which wasn't totally a lie but it was also not the whole truth.

The true was that her fight with Erebus kept lingering on her mind, however she didn't tell that to anyone. 2B could feel that her commander didn't fully believe her when she kept insisting that there was nothing to worry about. The commander took the hint to not pry any further which 2B was thankful for. After some more reflection the white haired android blinked before looking all round her. 2B has been so absorbed in her thoughts that she barely noticed that she had stopped walking which means that she was eventually going to be late. Soon as 2B suddenly realised that she gasped before starting to run down the corridors passing by many Yorha soldiers who kept staring at her weirdly.

As 2B was standing in from of the command room, she immediately pressed her palm on the keypad and soon the door opened. 2B quickly made her way inside the elevator and waited for it to go down, once at the bottom floor 2B exited the elevator and made her way towards the commander who was talking to several units models in the distance. As she was walking towards the commander 2B was greeted by many Yorha soldiers and operator to which she respectfully greeted them back. However there was one operator who didn't greet her

9S personal operator, 210.

both of them looked at each other before 210 lowered her head with an somber expression and walked past 2B without a word. That could only mean that 9S still hasn't been reactivated, which was enough to cause her to feel horribly guilty knowing what her true task was if he crossed an certain line.

And especially knowing what happened to him in the desert.

As 2B was about to turn around and try to talk to her someone had bumped into her which cause her to fall on her knees, as she slowly got up 2B was going to wave off however had accidentally bumped into her but felt the hand of someone on her shoulder which made her turn her head.

''I'm really sorry to have bumped into you ! I wasn't looking where I was going''

''It's okay accident hap-'' 2B eyes widened as she saw the face of Erebus looking down at her with a twisted smile. It was him, 2B began asking herself if he had come here to torture her more. On impulse she grabbed her sword from her back and pointed it at him while taking a step back.

''Don't touch me!, Get away from me!'' She shouted with venom in her voice by bringing her sword up ready to strike him down.

2B tried to slice him but missed by him falling on his back while bringing his arm up to defend himself from her.

''Wait p-please stop! It was an a-accident I swear!'' He said desperately trying to protect himself from the white haired android fury.

2B still with her sword up ready to deliver the final blow blinked a couple of times before realising what just had happened, she saw a scanner model on the floor with both of his arms up defending himself. What caught her attention was that his blindfold was cut in half while still hanging down from both sides of his ears with scared expression on his face, 2B slowly put her arm down and dropped her sword on the ground while groping some of her hairs in her other hand.

I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to...I thought you were him.'' 2B said while having a difficult time forming a sentence as her arm started to shake uncontrollably.

Everyone in the room had stopped what they were doing to see what just had happened, even the operator took they head of their screens and looked down at the bottom floor to see what just had transpired. After some time every Yorha units expect 2B operator and 210 started whispering to each other's. Some were confused while others were disturbed. 2B suddenly felt the eyes of everyone on her, slowly she looked around her while feeling dread taking over her, was that an hallucination as the humans called it ? 2B was brought out of her trance by many hearing many footsteps coming rapidly from behind her.

''What happened in here ?!'' A stern yet commanding voice said from behind 2B, feeling the dread becoming bigger she slowly turned around to face her leader who was an angry expression on her face.

''Please forgive me commander I...lost control of my self for a moment, I got scared and attacked him'' 2B whispered while lowering her head unable to meet the Yorha leader in the eyes.

''You got scared...and attacked him with your sword.'' The commander white spoke in a slow but stern tone that made 2B flinch, even some couple of androids who were approximately close to her took a step back.

2B still hadn't answered anything back while keeping her head down in shame, noticed the trembling hand from 2B. The commander white decided to calm herself down by letting a sigh escaping her while pinching the bridge of her noise with her hand, there was definitely some wrong with 2B and now she had her confirmation. After some moment the commander looked down at the mortified scanner who was still hadn't move from the ground.

''Get up and go change your blindfold'' The commander ordered at the scanner on the floor, it took him some times before understanding what the commander had said and got up from the floor while still looking at 2B with a fearful expression and made his way towards the elevator. The commander also ordered every other units to get back to their duty's which they quickly obeyed without wasting any time.

The commander then looked at 2B with a worried expression to which she quickly replaced with her usual stoic one, however 2B operator known as 60 was watching from behind them before going back to her duty's.

2B heard the commander approaching her and lifted her head with a guilty expression, after all she nearly killed one of her own due to her hallucinations.

''Look commander I'm really so-'' 2B words were interrupted by the Yorha leader bringing her hand up mentioning her to be silent.

''I understand you didn't do it on purpose, it's pretty oblivious by now that you are not in your right state of mind and as the commander of Yorha cannot allow you to go on the battlefield like this.'' The commander said her face softened a little bit more than usual, she really wanted to help 2B but didn't know how to.

''But commander-'' 2B was once again interrupted by blonde haired android.

''2B my decision is final...you are to stay here until I deem you healthy enough to go back on earth, is that understood?'' The commander white said with a stern tone that left no room for argument.

2B couldn't believe what she has just being told but she knew better than anyone else to argue against the commander orders. The white haired android could only nod in approval at her leader order, the commander wave her off which 2B took the hint and began walking towards the elevator. Once 2B was out of sight the commander made her way to center of the control room and looked towards her while clenching her fists. She hated the fact that she couldn't do anything to help 2B current situation, never she would have thought in a thousand of years to see 2B in such state. It was quite a pitiful sight to see that her the great commander white, leader of Yorha army couldn't even help one of her own soldiers. No wonder some of them called her a slave driver, because that was the only good thing she was good at...giving orders.

Sometimes she wondered if she was really made to be a leader, after all not so long ago before she was promoted to her position, she was a regular member of the resistance camp. Maybe she should have refused her promotion and stayed down on earth.

'Erebus...that was his name, that thing who completely overpowered many elite soldiers, not to forget several resistance members at the same time. I can't allow him to live, one way or the other we'll have to kill him. The fact that he's able to damage physically and mentally a Yorha soldiers is enough of a reason to stop him.' Before the Yorha commander could even think further thoughts several red alerts suddenly started to come from all over the control room.

''What's going on?!'' The commander asked to operators.

''Commander we've been getting some unusual frequencies from earth and it would seems like an unusual amount of machine has been gathering at the city ruins. Something triggered within their network about an hour ago!'' 2B operator known as 60 said while quickly typing on her keyboard.

''What could-'' The commander was interrupted by anyone operator.

''We've just found out what triggered them, it had to do with a signal they have received from the shopping mal district.'' 210 said while checking her screen.

The commander white was suddenly starting to have a bad feeling about this, what signal could they had received that would make the machines go to a single place ? The blonde haired android frowned as she tried to put the pieces together but her mind kept going back to that machine named Erebus, she couldn't help but to think he had something to do with these events. These machines are planning something big or maybe...

They've found something very important

Her eyes widened before regaining her stoic composure, whatever they had discovered couldn't be left in the hands of the enemy. Wasting no time the commander ordered multiple Yorha squadron to go down on earth and to all operator to keep track on this mysterious signal. The blonde haired android hoped to be able to intercept whatever they had discovered, they couldn't allow this opportunity to slip between their hands.

'It's time end this cursed war once and for all...'


Near a castle in the forest kingdom was a lone white haired android could be seen slaughtering countless of machine, a frown spread over her face as she disposed of the last machine by slicing its head off. Suddenly she lifted her head to the sky while squinting her eyes, A2 could make out the shape of various flight units flying towards the south, it has been been a while since she saw Yorha flight units. The white haired android wondered if they had come all this way to capture her or even kill her.

A2 scoffed at the mere thought of the commander finally having enough of her wandering the earth freely, had the commander become to so desperate that she ordered more than the half of her squadron to come and hunt her down ?

In a way A2 pitied all of these Yorha soldiers who had to follow the commander orders rigorously, she was also once part of the proud army of Yorha until that dreadful day. The past events still used to playback on her mind from time to time. The day friends had die for Yorha twisted experiment, the day that the commander white had betrayed all of them. The grief and sadness she felt that day was still present to this day, A2 swore that she would make Yorha pay especially the commander for what she had done to them.

That was the sole reason she was still alive.

After some reflections A2 decided to prepare herself for the upcoming battle that she would to take on against the Yorha squadron, this may be her last day as a deserter.

She wouldn't go down without a fight.

That is what A2 promised to herself and it would probably be what her fallen comrades would also want. She would keep her promise until she had no longer the strength to hold onto her sword. However her attention was suddenly brought behind her by many machines from all shapes approaching her as they directly looked at her, a glare could be seen on A2 face as she instinctively gripped her sword harder while taking a stance.

A2 and group of machines kept staring at each other for some moments as neither of them moved, the tension was thick. But after some moment they did something unexpected, their eyes began glowing yellow before going back to red. They kept staring at the white haired android before all of them slowly turned around to look at the building that was faraway from them, with uncertainty A2 turned her head to look at the direction where the machines were looking at.'what is so important for them to turn their back at me' A2 thought while keeping an eye on them.

''...Hu...dectected...must...capture him...'' a machine with a raspy voice said which caught A2 off guard, her eyes widened for a moment before regaining her composure.

''What did you say ? Capture ? Capture who exactly?'' A2 said with a low but harsh tone while bringing her sword to her torso level.

The machines didn't even bother to acknowledge her while still looking behind them, after having enough of being ignored she decided to end this pointless encounter by quickly killing them off but just as A2 was about to run at them they did something rather strange. The machines turned their whole body and started to walk back towards the south were the city ruins was, she could only lower her sword while blinking a couple of times. Just were they were going ? But soon quickly put the pieces together.

They were heading the same way as the Yorha squadron did.

A2 eyes widened at the sudden realisation that the Yorha squadron didn't come down on earth for her but for something else and that would also explain the unusual amount of Yorha squadron, however what could be more important in the city ruins than her including the machines ignoring her ?

Decided to get some answers A2 frowned as she made her way towards the group of machines and followed them not far behind, it was a rather risky move but she way to curious to simply let go of this mystery. As she kept passing by trees and animal, A2 noticed that she was walking her surroundings started to change. Trees were destroyed, the ground had holes however what caught her attention the the unusual amount of blood that was scattered all over the ground. It was like a battle took place all around her, it was unnerving due to the fact that she didn't see any corpses laying on the ground. Which leads her to believe that whoever fought here must make been severely injured but still alive, A2 doubted it was the machine responsible of this. The scene looked way to violent for some mere machine.

'Whoever did this must be strong...'

While walking A2 felt like she stepped on something hard, stopping herself she bend over one of her knees and pulled out whatever was stuck under her heels. As she took the object in her hand her eyes widened as she inspected a knife that was covered in blood.'it looks like a resistance member knife, why is a knife like this covered with blood on the ground ?' A2 frowned as she questioned herself while looking towards towards the entrance of the mall.