This is the draft version of the pilot for the serialized web novel, published on the blockchain for safekeeping 😉 Title: TBA

I remember the maniacal laugh I remember the march of robots I remember the sound of lasers I remember the speech that we were doomed.

I also remember an orange flash I saw the light walk I saw the light flicker around the armies of the madman I saw the light take the shape of a man

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It was another day for the inhabitants of #Corey City, the dog walkers were taking the first shine of the sun, and the streets were filled with workers and those who live in the morning. Including me your faithful reporter ready to go cover another boring day in our utopia new park was opening, same things as all the other parks in the financial district but here, I got excited when the alarms started, at least I was the reporter on site, finally I was going to cover some action.

We've accustomed ourselves to the attacks, thankfully our local heroes are up to the task every time a new maniac comes to town, I run to the place of the attacks with all my journalistic heart.

I see humanoid robots making a perimeter around what seems to be a flying minivan, gotta say love the retro touch.

I run to an alley climb emergency stairs and set up my camera on the ledge, audio bars are working, camera check, alright game time.

This is Brendon Lazarus live from section 42 of Corey city, where we can see a man and by my count a dozen robots, that appear to be breaking ground in Marshall plaza just in front of our soon to be opened new park, there have been no demands as of yet, security drones shielded the area. And we are live bringing the news to you on channel 4.

{It always feels the same way} For those of you at home fear is not necessary our heroes have arrived, Forza, Lady Blizzard Fireworker

Forza enters the shielded area and starts attacking the robots, lady Blizzard freezes the ground stopping the villain Fireworker charges up ready to lay waste to the metal menace on the front when the villain shouts "do it it will be easier for me if you end up killing them instead of me" Forza gets closer to the villain and signal Fireworker to stop

For those of you at home, we seem to be at a standstill the villain said something to Forza that made our heroes stop, the floor is frozen and while our villains are stuck in place, for the look on Fireworker it seems there's a threat of explosives and he doesn't want to repeat the incident of section 17

Forza is standing in front of the villain while lady Blizzard moves closer to Fireworker but before she can reach him, from under the ice something starts knocking Forza leaps back while the floor and the ice above it crackle and break, and a man comes from under the ice, Fireworker blasts him with a torrent of fire, Forza jumps trying to reach a floating ice platform besides lady Blizzard, but the man that came from under ice walks through the fire and grabs him by the leg before he can look down at him this man launched Forza to the floor making a crater with his body while falling

The impact knocked over my camera, I gotta get a better angle. I'm running down the emergency stairs reaching back the alley to find a position to get better audio, I run to the parking lot, I seem to be close enough to the action, grab my camera adjust the angle, and check

If you're getting to the transmission we are in section 42 where a man with a dozen robots made a hole in the ground and another man jumped from Forza, Lady Blizzard and Fireworker are at the scene, Forza was stricken down and I lost visual contact with it

Have you felt something is about to happen just a few seconds before it does, it feels like a bad joke "youuuu" screamed the villain "you with the camera" my legs became a pile of sticks crumbling under me as I heard him "you come here I will address you all now" I remembered every sentence of the journalist oath I made for myself " don't make me wait" I remembered every time someone told me to be an accountant "go get it for me jin" here we go

This is Brendon Lazarus I'm LIVE approaching the section 42 shielded area where a villain has attacked Forza is down in a crater Lady Blizzard trying to wake him up Fireworker is engaging Jin the villain's henchman and I am here with....

Max.... Dr. Maxwel Pwer.

And what is your goal here today?

I'm about to drop your heroes, are you ready to live under my command hahahahahaha no more will a group of bureaucrats decide for me, don't you wonder why there hasn't been more blood, I will not start my kingdom killing my subjects

( I try to look at Forza while lady Blizzard is helping him up)

Oh you still hold a bit of hope, cause your heroes woke up hahahahah Jin phase 2, come over here reporter

Max lift his boots out of the ice like it was no issue like he could do it all this just decided not to

This is a portal distortion field when I activate it nobody will come

I held a bit of hope cause even if we are trapped with him we have heroes, that's until I saw his henchman stop Fireworker and lady Blizzard with just a few moves

"Don’t get distracted didn't you join to bring news, well now I AM THE NEWS BOY" small sparks fire from his machine that starts floating out of the van I look around and the shielded area disappears the security drones are eliminated quickly, lady Blizzard and Fireworker are unconscious but it seems there's still a bit more Forza left

"Report boy report"...

For those at home, we are in section 42 where Dr. Maxwel Pwer has activated the portal disruption machine, our heroes are unresponsive after battling Jin, Dr. Maxwel Henchman "handsome henchman" he retorts from afar

Our heroes are unresponsive after battling Jin the handsome henchman of dr Maxwell, I look a the man looking for approval, and a nod is enough for me, I'm shaking inside those who know me must have noticed, my arms are held in place by prayers I would be dead if I were not the guy with the camera

The villain called his henchman to him while the robots carry the bodies of our heroes to the van, Forza punch one of the robots so hard that its head went flying to a wall across the street, and 3 robots surround him and seem to be getting the upper hand, one by one with the strength that has saved us before the to its were falling, he runs to the robot that was carrying lady Blizzard, but Jin jumps to meet him mid-air kicking Forza back, Fireworker and Blizzard now inside the van, I tilted my camera a bit to give the public a look at Forza fighting back, I know there's a bit of hope to be had.

"Look here camera boy"

"You will love this new world I'm building arent you tired of being ordered around aren't you tired of having to earn your way to the top" "well the top is rigged, wicked game for all of you cogs of the system" and I will end it as you have no heroes I might as well be knighted after you understand my plan

"But is time for the next phase" as he says this I feel the violent breeze beside me, the body of Forza is thrown into the van by jin our heroes lie unconscious in the hands of the enemy, all security drones are nothing more than trash now

"Now I will start a new reign in the same way that the universe, with a bang" as he says this the sky to the east lights up with an explosion in the financial district

"I should have been closer, I missed all the despair" I can't hide myself anymore the expression of fear takes over me "Well jin let's go we have some accountants on fire"

Jin grabbed the disruption device and moved slowly with it to put it back in the van, all the robots line up at the side and I'm right here in the middle of the action reporting live, our villains just left for the financial district.

And you know the oath where the news goes...