Science Fiction aspects join Thrill and Mystery as age-old machines awaken to a present-day world. Forgotten in an attic for more than a century, the rusted gears begin to slowly glow, then turn. Somewhere deep down in the metal bones and sinew of these creatures, they wish to fulfill the purposes that are drilled into the gears that form a heart for each. They have a secret that no one must ever find out. Some might say that this makes it a dark secret, but quite the contrary. It must not be found out because of the sinful people who would corrupt the abilities of each and every last one of the creatures. Then, and only then, it would become dark.