Bloody gears

Chapter 1-Arrival

"This can't be happening. What i did to deserve this? Why does this have to happen with me of all people?"

A teen robot hides behind a pile of trash bags he seems to be in panic, trembling in fear while he hears the terrific sound of metal being chewed.

"My parents told me stories about those things, but how was i supposed to believe them? Such terrifying creatures shouldn't exist, so terrifying creatures shouldn't be on my safe planet!"

He tilts his head to the side only to see another teen robot being eaten alive right in front of him by a much taller robot

"I never believed them when they started to talk about the Nightmare models!"

After a while, the tall robot finally let go of the dead robot's body. He tosses it aside and looks around to see if there's anyone else in there, not knowing that our protagonist was hiding right next to him.

"I guess those robot eating monsters are indeed real. The nightmare models are real, and they came here to hunt me! Well, i guess i should clarify some things here before talking about the time I've faced death itself, so let's go 6 hours back in that same day, shall we?"

"My name is ichi, and i'm a robot. As any teenage robot, I go to school to become a useful robot one day, and this story begins exactly in one of those school days."

Ichi wakes up in the morning. He takes a quick shower, brushes his teeth, and puts on some clothes, a nice black uniform, and a red hoodie.

He looks up at his reflection on the mirror and smiles.

"Looking good, ichi!" He grabs his bag and heads down to his school. Walking through the frozen streets of the planet, ichi puts on his headphones and starts to listen to some music. The snow falls rapidly as ichi approaches his school, falling gracefully yet violently straight to the ground of the dark planet.

"Hey, ichi!" Someone calls out for his name, but ichi don't hear due to the loud music. "Oi, ichi!!" Again, ichi doesn't hear and keeps walking forward. "ICHI!!!" Ichi finally hears, but the moment he turns around, he stumbles upon a massive cliff and almost falls inside before his friend grabs his hand and pulls him back to the street.

"You never listen to me, idiot! Have you already forgotten about the most important rule? 'Always look to the ground while walking' earth is full of cliffs every here, and there, it's almost like you don't even live here at all!"

Ichi chuckles a bit before hugging his friend. "Thank you for saving my ass again, gero. You're a true friend." gero felt a little awkward at being hugged after yelling so much at his friend. "You're welcome... He replies while patting ichi's head gently.

"L-let's just k-keep going, ok?" Asks gero," ichi replies almost immediately with a nod. "Yup, let's keep going!" They smile at each other before resuming their walking to the school. The way to school seems darker than usual, but it's not like they had many choices. They have to go to school if they want to be useful in the future. That's just how things work around here.

"Gero..." ichi says. "... Have you ever wondered how things are in other parts of the planet? Like, can you imagine how it feels like to jump into a cold lake after a hot day of summer? Can you imagine how it feels like to walk around the desert stands?"

"Where did that come from?" Gero tilts his head to the side. "Oh, i was just thinking, this world is so big and vast, I want to explore it with you one day, what do you say? Do you also want to feel how it is like to just feel something else other than cold every day?" Ichi asks with dreamy eyes, looking at gero with a huge smile plastered across his face.

"Damn, you do look like one of those anime protagonists you love so much... but since you asked, yeah, i would enjoy feeling something more than just pure cold... it would be refreshing, to say the least. "