Rewriting Seven Years

11. Progression

"And that was the last time I saw Makurow afraid and dumbfounded. No more darkness. No more light. He would vow to destroy anyone who had hurt him. Sadly, I was one of them," The Wanderer spoke, "I wasn't saving myself by leaving Zip's evil plan. I had the ability to stop Zip, but instead I left it be."

"Then why did you return to Zip?" Sergeant asked.

"Because he changed after the fall of the factory." The Wanderer lied. No a single thing changed about Sibious that alluded day. The truth was that Wander was terrified of being put on Zip's bad side.

"We were outnumbered," Nexus added, "minions of darkness, and Thresh and Makurow to accompany them. We didn't even face them, but they were there."

"Yes but how did he change?" Sergeant asked recalling the tragedy.

Zip turned on every robots' personality. Sergeant, Soldier, and Nexus were successful, however there were some defects. None were small defects, robots named Storm, Pyro, and Evolve wouldn't comply because Makurow figured out how to lock out their specific personalities during their construction. Drillbit's personality glitched, causing him to storm off speaking of 'purpose' and 'recollection' as he destroyed nature around him.

'Team', Zip called it. 'The Hero Team'. They were responsible for saving the world from the impurities like Makurow and Thresh, but they never expected the impurities to think the same for them. 'Factory base Alpha' Zip called the glass dome base in the middle of the world.

Makurow came back for revenge, he had his arm healed back on by utilizing the light and a metal foot replacement as a gift from Thresh. Makurow had traded gifts with him when Makurow was found in the dark forest by Snake and Thresh, beaten, weakened, and tired. Thresh really liked his gift, a vintage looking shotgun with an ax welded onto the barrel. Bullets of darkness slept in the shotguns action.

Makurow built a gun for himself that could concentrate his electric power into a charged, controlled shot. His tesla rifle fired stronger than Sergeant's arm cannon, and charged quicker.

The fall of the factory was deeper than most believed. Drillbit strolled up the silent volcano that lied past the dark swamp and its high stone wall, and he drilled into the volcano. He heard Makurow was invincible and believed he, himself, was as well. The volcano erupted sending Drillbit to his fiery grave.

The volcano's eruption caused cracks to form in the land around the factory, lava flowed from them and the Darkness's legions took it as a chance to attack. They had no thought, they had less morale than the robots. Snake lived by the darkness, so he knew how the minions thought.

With Snake knowledge at Makurow's aid, he joined the charge. If he could beat the lava and the minions to the factory, he could kill Zip himself.

Makurow sprinted towards the factory, he was miles away but his superhuman speed erupted once again. There was no doubt he was the first one to the factory.

Soldier met with him outside the factory, standing guard. Makurow was ready to fight this time. Sergeant and Nexus climbed down from the dome. It was an odd sight for Makurow, but he understood quickly enough that the robots had their personalities switched on, otherwise they would have jumped through the pane of glass without care. Makurow walked towards Soldier with pride. Makurow swung from over his left shoulder, slicing down on Soldier. Soldier pressed his round gold shield against Makurow's sword, then pushed it up to swing his sword underneath.

Makurow had forgotten that he had taught Soldier how to fight, he didn't expect him to fight the same way with his personality on. All Makurow had to do was find the weaknesses within Soldier. Soldier stood professional, as if he knew exactly how to handle a sword and shield.