Chapter 3: Get Set... (Part II)

Apparently, the hole created lead to the robot's 'stomach'. It seemed that Danvers' strategy was to take down the robot from the inside and Nathan was the lucky one to accomplish that mission. He was aiming for the robot's control panel; the robot's possible weakness. Unfortunately, the hallway inside the robot's 'stomach' was very dark; and the light that came through the hole created was not much of a help. His best bet was to keep walking and expect of what's coming. Just after Nathan started his first move, the floor was starting to emit blips under his feet. "Shit... what did I do, man?", he thought.

All of a sudden, the floor started to light up a green line followed by a series of green circles, and green neon lights started to light up the walls soon after. After the green lights turned on, a sort of alarm with a soothing tune could be heard. The room was then decently lit. "Hmm... I think this is good news. Sheesh! Ain't that silly! I should've been dead by now or something!" teased Nathan. As soon as he stepped on the first circle on the floor, part of the sole of his shoe melted. It appeared that the circles were actually a bunch of toxic pools. "What the hell...? It's not a lighting system?" Nathan was confused. As he turned his back around, he saw red footprints; HIS footprints. It seemed that the floor actually detects the right footprints as a sort of verification tool to disarm the booby traps that were set along the hallway to ward off intruders and unfortunately, his feet was not the right fit.

(to be continued)

Chapter 3: Get Set... (Part I)

"Hey, uh... dude? What are you staring at? Something piqued your interest, buddy? Wait a minute... Hey! What's over that hill?! Is that.. some sort of a village up there?"

It hit Danvers' mind when he woke up in the morning. Out of curiousity, he decided to look around to find out what the nameless man had been staring at the other night. After a while, he somewhat saw a place on top of a hill. Without hesitation, he took out his handy pocket telescope to check it out.

Danvers saw that place Lucc and the nameless man were checking out and assume it as what Lucc thought it was; a village. He also saw something you would rarely see in a village through the lens; it was a large machinery. He then quickly woke everybody up to tell them about his findings. Everyone had woken up except the nameless man. "Say what, pops?! No way, man... I ain't buyin' it," said Nathan in disbelief. Then, Danvers added, "I'm a hunter, for god's sake! I KNOW what I saw! Y'know... the weird part is, the machine I saw... has a sturdy cable... that snapped!". "A snapped cable, you say? Hmm... Hey! Could it be? I think that's the machine that grabbed us into this cave!", said Lucc. Then Nathan said, "Hmm... I did remember a cable that came outta nowhere from that tornado. Hey, I got an idea! We should go there and thank the machine operator for saving us!". "Yeah! He saved our lives after all. It's the least we can do for him!", Lucc agreed. "Splendid! Then let us be off now!", said Danvers. Soon after the conversation ended, the nameless man suddenly burst his bubbles and straightly walk towards the direction of the hill. "Hey hey hey! Look who just woke up! C'mon, let's play 'follow the leader' guys!", said Lucc with excitement. So follow him they did. With the nameless man as the leader, they journeyed forth to the village; to express their gratitude for the one who saved their lives.

After hours of traveling, they finally arrived at the place claimed to be a village located on top of the hill. It seemed that Danvers have miscalculated; it was a town instead of a village; an empty town which was under an unfinished reconstruction. Soon as they arrived, Lucc were awed by the town's amazing architecture. "Heh... what's the use of this amazing architecture if this place have zero population, eh?", said Nathan. "Nate's right, kid. And I got a feelin' that something fishy is going on here... and it ain't scaly," Danvers agreed. Soon after, the grounds they stood on began to vibrate intensely; creating a dust cloud. "What in the blazes?! Told ya something's wrong here!", Danvers continued. Without listening to more of Danvers' talking, the others ducked and prepared themselves for what is next.

After a while, the entity that shook the grounds in the town revealed its shape from the dust cloud. All of a sudden, the entity threw something towards the party; to be specific, it detached its right fist, trying to nail the party with razor-sharp blades coming out of it. Thankfully, the party members were skillful enough to evade the assault. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!", said both Nathan and Lucc in terror. Before they even start to talk, the entity rushed forward, fading away the dust cloud and that had made it reveal itself; the entity was a gigantic high-tech robot; its body was tank-like, its legs were spider-like and it has arms with big fists. They know what they have to do now; that is to blow that bucket of bolts to pieces.

The nameless man already starting to get the job done by throwing the robot some rapid punches. Nathan was in awe when he looked at the nameless man's reckless behaviour. In a hunch, Danvers got a plan after looking around the compound. He found some steel planks ready to be used. So, he quickly took one and then ran to hit the body of the robot with it. Lucc and Nathan soon followed him.

Hit after hit the robot took and finally a big hole was smashed open. As they attempt to get inside, the robot grabbed them with its left hand. Fortunately, Nathan managed to avoid its grasp and jumped into the hole. What will await him inside?

Chapter 2: Ready... (Part II)

As the moon shone, the nameless man and the hunter ran with all their might to get to the bird. Long they ran, all they could think of is to gobble some meat to their heart's content. The nameless man outran the hunter meters ahead.

But just as he arrived at the destination, the bird has already being eaten by the annoying man. ". . .", he thought. He already cooked the bird while the nameless lad and the hunter tried to get to it. The annoying man hogged the bird while the hungry Lucc went fast asleep. He really meant to take the chance to have it all to himself. The nameless man woke Lucc right away. After Lucc have awaken, the nameless man shoved the annoying man's face right in front of Lucc to show him that the mouth of the annoying man at that time was still full of grub.

Without wasting a second, they both manhandled the annoying man with rage. Their sole purpose of doing so was because both of them were very famished when they were in the midst of the forest as they were no other animals in sight to make dinner by. After that, the hunter arrived. He quickly adapted with the situation already assuming for himself that the annoying man already ate his prey. So, the annoying man spat out the food he munched and said, " Ah! Sorry... sorry... I'll never... do it again!" "Well, even if you don't do it again, my food won't be coming back!" said the hunter angrily. "Stop it! Stop it! This is getting us nowhere... We need a dead ANIMAL meat, not a dead human meat. We're not cannibals for god's sake!" said Lucc to break it up. That did stopped them from mindlessly beating a human but it did not stop mother nature.

Just as things started to settle down, it suddenly rained heavily. It comes with lightning. The lighting zapped a tree making it burn down. As they say, one thing leads to another; the fire from the tree spread around the forest trees. As it was another panic time for everyone, they ran with their adrenalin flowing. The trees around them conveniently tried to kill them falling down one by one. With god's blessing, they made it out of the rain forest safely.

Unfortunately, the holocaust continued when they are in a field after they passed the forest. A vicious hundred feet tall tornado came their way. They ran as fast as they can but got sucked into it anyway. Without a second spared, the annoying man spread his poncho and hugged everyone very quickly. That truly made them hang on but not out. Out of the blue, a huge cable caught them. It was pulled drastically by a big machinery from far away. It pulled them until their out-cold body got out safely in a high speed. Minutes later, the cable somehow snapped; leaving the poor chaps flying.

They flew and landed their way into a cave. The hard walls of the cave knocked their eyes open. They woke up in relief that they survived the whole nightmare and now safe and sound in a cave. Little that they knew, snakes are lurking inside the cave they were in. Lucc got bitten. After they realised they were snakes all around them, they ran away. But not the nameless man, he had the guts to save Lucc. He trashes them with a whack-a-mole technique. The two dimwits realised how selfish they were leaving a companion like that, so they joined him. The hunter took out his machete and started on a slaughter fest while the annoying man screamed out to the heavens with his ugly voice which broke the little and sharp stalactites down to hurt the snakes. Remarkably, their teamwork destroyed Lucc's death warranty. As glad as they could be, their friend was still hurt from the poisonous bite. Luckily, the hunter was trained to suck out the poison.

Lucc awaken smiling of his second chance; glad to look upon everyone's face because they managed to look death in the eye and walked away alive together. The hunter took the time for an introduction, "Hi son! Glad you're still alive. The name's Danvers, Danvers Limber," and followed by the annoying man, "Howdy! Name's Nathan Kluk. Nice to see ya... alive".

They started their evening with a piece of hell broke loose to crumble them from limb to limb and ended it with a smile. It was funny how they are still alive. They are not ready for anything, especially not a nightmare. However, it all toughens the sissies into shape. Nevertheless, they are ready now... ready to eat 23 snakes for dinner!

What remained a mystery was the source of the cable that saved them from the hurricane. While they were eating their buffet, the nameless man took a glance at where it might came from. What he saw was a hill; a hill with a civilisation on top of it.

Chapter 2: Ready... (Part I)

It was late in the evening. Up from the top, down through the rough road, the poor men rolled. They were like rolling stones that gathered no moss. The roll seemed almost timeless. Because there was no sign of stopping, the young anarchist took the time to introduce himself, "What... a... long... bum...py.... ride... this... is.... By... the... way... my... name... is... Lucc.... What's... yours?..." ". . ." the nameless man replied. Just like that, the conversation stopped.

Suddenly, a running figure appeared. It followed them with an initial speed equivalent to their rolling velocity. As the ride goes, the figure sang while strumming its guitar steadily without spoiling a tune;

~♪ Roll roll roll ya ass
Roughly down the hill
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a scheme ♪~

The song went on until they bumped on a big hard boulder which broke their roll.

Then, just when they tried to get up after the hellish experience, the figure that turned out to be a man annoyed them with a blabber, "Do it again! Do it again! C'mon, I'm not done singing yet! I'm having a pretty shitty day, you know?" As the nameless man stood up, he wasted no time and gave him what he deserved, a yummy 'knuckle sandwich'. The annoying man was so feeling it that he even produced his own 'sauce' after he 'ate' it. Lucc burst into laughter seeing his misery. After that, they finally realised that they were in a rain forest.

Just as things started to get normal, three wild boars got into the picture. Soon after realising the presence of the three wild boars, the annoying man quickly got up and said, "Uh-oh, here comes those dang hogs again! Ciao, partners!" and then ran away. Both the nameless man and Lucc went panic. So, the nameless man quickly jumped onto the boulder that halted their roll. Lucc on the other hand, ran alongside the annoying man.

The boulder got smashed by the boar at its center, creating a hole smaller than the boar. It resulted to the boar being stuck in between the boulder. At the same time, the collision made the nameless man became unstable and fell. He fell with his elbow landed on the boar's head. He ended up pummeling the poor boar to sleep. Fortunately, he also found out what's for dinner.

On the other side, the two runners were still in trouble. The annoying man was able to save himself from trouble by turning to his right and hide behind an old tree. One of the boars that got ahead attempted to do the same but slipped and drifted like a race car because of its inability to do so. With the boar lied down, the last boar accidentally rammed and sent it flying like a debris. The flying boar toppled over Lucc. Then, Lucc hurriedly ran to a safe ground behind the annoying man. The two boars wind up being under the old tree that might fall down in their direction anytime soon. So, while the two boars struggled to get up as they were both turned upside-down, the annoying man sang a lullaby accompanied by his guitar play to make them sleepy and stop them from trying;

~♪ Rock-a-bye, piggies
As you just drop
When the wind blows
The cracking don't stop
When the stem breaks
The hazel will fall
And down will come piggies
Toppled and all ♪~

The lullaby seemed to work on them. So, Lucc and the annoying man tiptoed their way out of the situation. As soon as they left, the old tree fell down on the two boars as predicted in the annoying man's lullaby.

Meanwhile, after the nameless man done BBQ-ing the boar meat with the fire he produced, just as he started to open his mouth and eat it, a flock of birds that flew above him decided to lay out their 'droppings'. It all landed exactly on top of the nameless man and his meal. They flew away with light speed. There goes his dinner. Abruptly, one of them was shot by a hunter. The nameless man managed to see in the sky approximately where the bird would land.

Without looking back, he stood up and ran in berserk to get it. The hunter that was onto it as well raced against him to get there first.

Chapter 1: Minutes In Midnight (Part V)

Moments later, the range between the nameless man and the young anarchist were closing in. As the young anarchist starts to feel the relief, the nameless man recklessly jumped onto the crowd with a speedy approach. As his first targets befallen, they rolled down like an avalanche, making it hard for the others to climb further up the stairs. With no time wasted, the young anarchist joined the fight with no holds barred. After regaining balance and stood up, the nameless man advanced further to the crowds with a clothesline. Knocking down man by man without even thinking to stop for a while to feel the pain his opponents inflicted upon him, he and the young anarchist eventually realised that they were surrounded by blood-thirsty anarchists.

Meanwhile, at the grand throne, Mr. Astrael took a peek from up above and was in shock of the number of anarchists they have vanquished; it was almost a hundred of them. "Damn it...! Both pricks wiped out most of my good men! Ahh, shit... they were unreliable to begin with. But, no matter... there's still a good number of 'em at the village. Looks like I had to end his life on my own...!" he thought. So, he got up from his throne, and ran at full speed down to the courtyard through the grand stairs; leaving huge footprints he produced while climbing down the stairs from his really big feet.

Back at the courtyard, both the nameless man and the anarchist kept on warding off the anarchists that surrounded them, but it looked like they were out of stamina. "*Huff* *huff* I... can't hold them off... much longer! There's... too many... of them...!" said the young anarchist. Then, an angrily fierce shout was heard; "Get out of the way! Let me have him!" It was Mr. Astrael. He already arrived at his destination. Then, he grabbed the young anarchist and threaten him, "All I'm asking you, pip-squeak, is to give me the damn sword and stay with the A.C.T.! But, you just HAVE to 'take revenge' on Adolf Village that WE wiped out. YOU don't need them! They're just a bunch of sissies! WE, however, are the greatest force in this land! I have no choice but to kill you... and this... 'buddy' of yours. Prepare for your demise, PRICKS!" Mr. Astrael then drop the young anarchist of his hands and quickly drew his broadswords; swords that could cut down a very gigantic tree with just one slice, and prepared to slay the young anarchist first, THEN the nameless man. The young anarchist stuttered as he was about to be sentenced to death. As Mr. Astrael about to land his swords onto the young anarchist, the nameless man quickly grabbed his sword back from the young anarchist's possession and deflected the oncoming swords.

Mr. Astrael was surprised he could do that. Looks like the nameless man would be in another hell of a fight. Mr. Astrael quickly tried to stab the nameless man's head with his right hand sword. With an ounce of strength left, he quickly rolled to his side and dodged the attack. Then, he rushed and stroke Mr. Astrael's leg. Because of the thickness of his skin, the attack left but a mere scratch. Without a second spared, Mr. Astrael dashed his shoulder at the nameless man. That knocked him silly to the ground. His body was unstable but he somehow managed to stand back up; this time in another stage of consciousness.

The nameless man seemed different. The expression on his face became even blurrier. His wounds are as if they did not exist. He went berserk and tried to hit Mr. Astrael's abdomen with a series of powerful blows. Unfortunately, Mr. Astrael was fast enough to keep up with him. Every collision of their swords was brutal. It was truly a clash of the titans worthy of being a pay-per-view. As the time goes by, supportive shouts could be heard. As the crowd goes wild, a vengeful fiery glare filled both of the fighters' eyes. They thought of nothing but the means to realise the downfall of the opponent.

After a while, the nameless man was exhausted. Feeling fed up of the long fight, Mr. Astrael ditched his weapon and decided to finish off the nameless man with a big boot. As a result, the nameless man collapsed. "Baaahh... Pathetic! You're not ready to take me on yet... C'mon bitches! Help me throw these trashes off the cliff!", said Mr. Astrael as he glared grimly at the nameless man's face and snatched his broadsword. Then, Mr. Astrael's men quickly lifted both the nameless man and the young anarchist and do what they were told; dispose of those 'trashes' off the cliff near their temporary base which consist of a rocky road.

They were in for a bumpy ride...

Chapter 1: Minutes In Midnight (Part IV)

"Damn! It's YOU! Give that fucking sword back!" shouted Crack. "I WON'T! I DON'T WANNA BACK DOWN! I DON'T WANNA RUN ANYMORE! AND I DON'T WANNA LISTEN TO YOU GUYS ANYMORE! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE ON ADOLF VILLAGE!" the young anarchist replied with full confidence.

"GRRR... THAT LITTLE ASSFUCK! CALL OUR MEN! SLAY THAT LITTLE PRICK! HE HAVE BETRAYED US ALL!"
And so, Mr. Astrael demanded Crack and Dope to call for backup; to apprehend that sword and slay the young anarchist for betraying his comrades.

"Anarchy Children of Theodolite! Front and center!".

The nameless man looked down at the headquarter's courtyard way a hundred feet below. It appears that thousands of blood-thirsty anarchists gathered down there to murder one person.

". . .".
Did the nameless lad glad that he was not sentenced to death yet, or was he STILL clueless on what was actually happening?

"ERRADICATE THAT BASTARD! NOWWWW!!!!!"
Crack and Dope commanded the army of anarchists through the headquarters' PA system.

The murderous mob started to stomp. The young anarchist looked helpless, with that broadsword still in his possession. The nameless man looked down at the courtyard; with a normal stare. Then, he saw that young anarchist's face expression. He was afraid. The nameless man did not know why, but he just felt that he should save that young anarchist from those hordes of blood-thirsty monsters. He quickly ran down the high stairs, straight to the riot. Dope saw the nameless man making his move and said; "Hey, what were you thinking fool?! Wait a sec! Are you trying to bail that kid out?! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!" "Say WHAT?! This asshole is in cahoots with that prick ALL THIS TIME?! Crack! Dope! Don't let him get to that kid! TAKE HIM OUT! Show that asshole that you guys mean business!", commanded Mr. Astrael. "Aye-aye, sir! Let's get him! It's been awhile since we show off our elite moves, right Dope?" "Hell yeah, Crackie! Let's fuck him up!"

Without hesitation, they both jumped and slid onto the rails of the stairs with Crack and Dope at either sides of them. As they forwarded the nameless man at both sides, they jumped back onto the stairs to approach him. Meanwhile, to keep the life he held dear, the young anarchist hurriedly climbed the stairs upwards to close the gap between him and the nameless man.

The nameless man stopped readily to pummel the two. They both rushed towards him. Crack swung his swords towards the nameless man's upper body as Dope swung his sword towards his lower part. The nameless man quickly dodged their attacks with his body bended downwards followed by a jump. After that, the nameless man kicked Dope's buttock, resulting his face to meet the stair step. Smashed hard onto the ground, Dope's teeth spread on the stair steps and as he fainted, his sword left away from his left hand. Crack then grabbed the flying sword steadily with his left hand, now ready to fight two-handed. Then, Crack charged the nameless man. The nameless man somehow able to deflect every attack thrown upon him. After a while, Crack's fatigue got into him and he finally was able to be caught off-guard by the nameless man, thus revealing his weak spot which was his chest. The nameless man used his brute strength to finish him off with just one blow in the chest. As he landed on the stair steps, Crack spat out blood, and died.

Suddenly, Dope regained consciousness and immediately ran towards the nameless man. Without even knowing how fast his opponent is, Dope got a nasty kick to the head that resulted his skull to crack, courtesy of the nameless man. The nameless man then valiantly took the two swords in front of him and came to get Dope. With Dope lying on the ground, the nameless man slashed Dope rapidly and mercilessly. Afterward, he stopped to listen to the dying man's saying. "You fucked us up bad.. but this ain't nothing like when we was in Lintville", said Dope as he gasped through his last breaths.

After hearing his last words, "..." was the only thing in the nameless man's mind.

Chapter 1: Minutes In Midnight (Part III)

Crack forcefully grabbed the young lady and pushed her towards the ground. The young lady cried for mercy.
". . ."
"Please... spare me, sir! I did nothing wrong! SPARE ME, PLEASE! I still have a family to take care of!" cried the young lady.
"Yeah, that's what they all said. Now, finish up this blabbering bitch! She's gettin' on my nerves, nigga!" said Dope.
". . .", it was either he decided to have mercy on the young lady or he is just so stupid, that he was capable of being heartless just like those anarchists.

After awhile, he decided to ready his mace for annihilation. Just as he about to do that, a young child suddenly and bravely stood upon the young lady, as if he wanted to protect her. Then, the young lady cried to the young child, "Charo! What are you thinking? Get out of the way! Do you want to get yourself killed?!" Then Charo, the young child said, "I don't want you to die! I will always protect you! You're MY big sis". Apparently, Charo, the young child and the young lady was blood-related. They were most likely the only survivors in their family. "Aww, ain't that sweet! Too bad our mouths are already stinkin' up everyone's ass, we just can't take sweetness no' mo'! Hurry up, motherfucker! Just kill this bitch already!", said Dope. "Or better yet, take 'em out both! It'll be just like... that ring-the-bell game! Damn... this will surely make the boss wanna take you in! C'mon! Do it!", said Crack.

Ironically, the nameless man who knows nothing actually knows something; he did not know how to swing a mace, but he did remember enjoying a ring-the-bell game before in a carnival once held in Adolf Village, blind-folded, and scored big time. After hearing the word ring-the-bell, he was excited because the mace reminded him of the hammer he used. So decided to implement his previous ring-the-bell skills on human beings this time. He used a piece of cloth from his coat to blind-fold himself first, then tried to lift the mace. The mace was pretty heavy, so it took him some time to lift it. He lifted the mace with all his might, and you know what happened next; a sound of blood splash and crashing skull could be heard.

He hit someone. But the question is; who did he whack?
Did he successfully killed the siblings? Or did he whacked those 'lazy' anarchists instead?
Since he blind-folded himself, no one can tell who did he actually whacked.

A child's scream was heard right in front of him, followed by a dialogue in a very satisfied tone; "Holy shit! Damn! 4000 salvos for Juicy Tomatoes! YEAH!", said Dope. He removed his blind-fold, and saw... crushed heads of human beings which would remind you of a crushed watermelon.It was the siblings that he whacked. "Whoah~ Damn, nigga! You hit 'em REALLY good! Shit... you even beat my record! Well done!", said Crack.
". . .".
Those dots could mean:
--He did not believe what he just did to those innocent siblings.
OR
--He was just so cold and heartless.

Crack and Dope sounded very impressed! He passed the initiation. Now it is time to face the faction's boss; the most gruesome human being ever known.

After some time of breaking through the rowdy scene, the nameless man finally arrived at the anarchy faction's temporary base, together with Crack and Dope. It did look like a temporary base; the building material was made of human flesh and bones. He looked around the base's surroundings. The nameless man just had no idea what he had gone into, so he just tagged along with Crack and Dope as they were on their way to face their leader and spread the good news about recruiting the nameless man as a member of their family.

There stood proud a really tall grand throne for the anarchists' leader. It has an amazing sense of art to it; the creepy kind of art. After they finally reached the top of the throne, both Crack and Dope greeted their respected leader. "WHAT THE FUCK'CHU WANT FROM ME, YOU FECKLESS MOTHERFUCKERS?!" said the angry Mr. Astrael. Then Crack said, "Uhh... we have a suprise for ya, Mr. Astrael. We would like to recruit this young fellow in our team!". "SAY WHAT?! You guys didn't find that useless rat ass but bring me a new guy instead?! AHH, FUCK THIS!" Apparently, Mr. Astrael sent these two hopeless anarchists to find the young anarchist. "We're really sorry sir! That little runt was too fast for us!" pleaded Crack. "AHH, WHATEVER. What can this crapboy do, eh? He looks like a clueless asshole to me; with that coat and boxer and shit," said Mr. Astrael. "But boss... he whacked a kid and a young lady from the village using a mace with one fell swoop! He was amazing!" answered Crack. "Okay kid, you're in..." said Mr. Astrael, in a very monotonous tone. That was by far the fastest time taken to recruit someone into a clique. Both Crack and Dope were jealous, because it took them over a year to join the faction.

Then, Crack just remembered some other thing he wanted to tell his boss; "Hey, uhh... boss. We wanna show you his stuff; a very fine weapon I might add. It's THE Muddenski IV broadsword!" "SAY WHAT?!", Mr. Astrael was in shock. It is not a weapon that just any warriors could have; a fine sword smith crafted that piece of art which is perfect for battlefield purposes. Being anxious, Mr. Astrael demanded Crack to give the sword to him. As Crack was about to give the sword which was kept by Dope, he realised that the sword was not in his posession; it had gone missing!

"YOU PISS-DOGS ARE USELESS! GIVE ME THE NEW GUY'S FUCKING MUDDENSKI, OR OFF WITH YOUR FUCKING HEADS, YA' HEARD?! ALL OF YOUR FUCKING HEADS!" said Mr. Astrael. He was even more furious than his nature. The nameless man really did it this time; his life will sure to end now. But, out of nowhere, a voice of a young man can be heard. "Yo, comrades! Over here!"

Crack and Dope are searching for the voice's source. They saw someone; and it appears to be the young anarchist from before; the one who the nameless man interacted with. He even got the nameless man's broadsword with him too.

". . .".