Total Calamity Robot_Book 1.1_CALAMITY

by Lucny Dauphin

  “Maybe your system is outdated and needs to be updated, Stacey. Maybe it’s an error!” replies Victoria.

  “It is NOT an error, Victoria! My system has never been wrong, EVER!” says an angry Stacey.

  “Well, this might be the first error you’ve encountered! For ten years that system has only detected the arrival of Solars, and now you’re telling me the Sovis bots may be causing it to pick the same signs of danger? Clearly, something’s wrong! Have you even checked to see if they’re any errors?” Victoria angrily countered.

  “Yes, I have, and I’m telling you, something is going on there, and I suggest you inspect those Sovis bots immediately, or something BAD is going to happen!” says Stacey.

  “Ugh, I can’t even relax one day with my family without you annoying me,” Victoria says, rolling her eyes.

  “Sorry Victoria, but you CHOSE to become part of the Calamita Team, the strongest supersoldiers of Atlas, so when I see a threat that has the same reading as that of an INVASION of solar bots, then yes, your ass needs to be alerted immediately! It’s your job!” Stacey shouts.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum]

  Back in the Coliseum, King Daimus continues talking about the current events of the world. But something seems to be the matter with the three guards stationed behind him. The silver-haired man suddenly puts both hands in his pockets.

  “You two ready?” says the man.

  “Ready,” says the large man.

  “Execute the plan, now,” says the woman.

  “Heh…executing,” says the man, with an evil smirk.

  He nods to the left twice. The woman, who is on his left, moves away two steps to the left. The man again nods to the right, and the larger man takes two steps to the right, giving the man more space.

  “And with that, I conclude this event! Thank you for attending, everyone! God bless you, and God bless the land of Atlas!” King Daimus shouts. The crowd erupts in applause and cheers as King Daimus raises his arms to everyone with a smile on his face.

  “It’s time!” says the silver-haired man.

  Quickly, the man whips out a knife, and as swiftly puts his left hand on King Daimus’s head and, before Daimus can react to the situation, he moves the knife towards Daimus’s throat, and live on feed for everyone to see, slits his throat wide open. Everyone screams in shock and horror, as Tatyana, Luke, and Akira look on, bug-eyed and their mouths wide open. King Daimus, leader of Atlas, has been assassinated right in front of everyone, in front of the entire nation.

  The screams are so loud that the Calamita Team can hear them from the parking lot, and they too are shocked.

  “What the hell is going on? They’re screaming like someone’s been shot,” says Saul, looking back at the Coliseum.

  “My God!” says a shocked Stacey, her hand over her mouth.

  “What just happened, Stacey?!” says a concerned Victoria.

  “King…King Daimus…he’s been assassinated!” shouts Stacey.

  The Calamita Team’s hearts drop the instance the word assassinated comes out of Stacey’s mouth.

  “Are you fucking serious right now?!” says Saul, furious.

  “What?” exclaims a frightened Daichi.

  “No!” gasps Victoria in shock.

  Deep underground beneath the field at the center of the stadium, the light blue eyes of the Sovis bots turn demonic red as soon as they hear the screams of horror from above.

  “Execute,” they say in unison.

  Chapter End

  Chapter 2

  Threat

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ Unknown Hallway]

  The Calamita Team dash toward a dark hallway that reveals a large door at its end. All three of them look concerned as they can still hear the screams from above.

  “Fuck, I can’t believe this just happened!” Victoria exclaims.

  “How the hell could something like this happen?” Daichi angrily shouts.

  “C’mon guys, let’s get a move on!” Saul shouts increasing his pace as he races toward the end of the hall

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ Palace Entryway]

  And at last, Saul kicks through the door with much force, pushing the doors open. The trio charges inside and finds the chief guard alone inside with his knees to the ground, staring into space with a distraught look. Victoria glares at him as she storms her way over to him.

  “You! What the hell just happened?!” Victoria angrily shouts, pointing at the chief guard.

  “Calamita Team! You came!” says the tearful chief guard as he gets up and runs toward them.

  As the chief guard moves closer to the trio, the Calamita Team stop him, as Victoria motions her hand forward gesturing for the chief guard to stop. He pauses abruptly, looking confused.

  “Tell us the situation immediately.” Victoria says in a serious tone.

  “The… the guards,” the guard says as he looks at the ground with a with a worrisome look, unable to look them in the eye. “They were stationed behind King Daimus, and suddenly, they slit his throat as soon as Daimus finished his speech!”

  “How the hell could this have happened?” Daichi angrily yells.

  “This is no time for thinking right now. Where are the rest of the guards, chief?” Victoria says.

  “Listen to me, please. I already have my other guards currently heading to the 100th floor to terminate those three guards. My god, I cannot believe I chose those three…” the chief guard replies, with his eyes darting everywhere in shock, to the point he falls to his knees and covers his face with his hands.

  “Man… I’m sure Branch is really pissed right now.” Saul says.

  “Listen, do not worry; you have to be strong right now.” Victoria says, getting down on one knee and laying her hand on the chief guard’s shoulder. “We will terminate these people as quickly as possible. It’s not your fault.”

  “But… maybe, I shouldn’t have…”

  “Don’t worry. Just make sure you handle the situation ensuring everyone is in order right now. Command your guards to assist the people up there before things get worse.” Victoria says, cutting the chief guard off.

  “…Yes ma’am…” the chief guard replies in a somber voice.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum]

  All the people are in complete shock right now as to what they’ve seen. They call their loved ones, and talk amongst one another about the scene they’ve just witnessed. Many are at the point of tears, watching their leader fall so gruesomely. Others are already in line to go up the stairs, ready to exit, with the guards only stopping them from leaving.

  “Everyone please remain calm, this situation will be handled as quickly as possible!” the guard shouts.

  “I’m unsafe right now! We need to get out of here! Who knows what other crazy motives may the guards have; they can go and kill other people as well!” a man shouts out angrily.

  Among this extensive line of people anxiously waiting to leave were Luke and Parker, holding hands, as they look around at the chaos around them in silence.

  “Dammit… where’s Vicky?” Luke says, frenziedly turning his head left and right in search of Victoria.

  “Calm down, Luke, I’m sure she was alerted beforehand about the possibility of something like this happening.” Parker replies, laying her hand on Luke’s shoulder. Luke could do nothing but look down in anger and shake his head.

  “Just who the fuck do they think they are to kill such a man!” Luke exclaims.

  Meanwhile, the Knight girls are doing nothing but staying glued to their seats and their phones amid all this mayhem. Tatyana takes a glimpse down at where the balcony is, and notices the three guards heading back inside.

  “They’re heading inside.” Tatyana says with a suspicious look.

  “Really? What the fuck do they plan to do now? Surely they’re going to get killed on the spot anytime now.” Kelsie says.

  “Yeah, it’s fucked up. But… they’ll be disposed off shortly.” Tori says.

  “King Daimus’
death won’t be in vain… but it’s going to be a while before a new leader is appointed.” Shyla says.

  Akira and his mother, Aria, are also in the line, waiting to get out of there as soon as possible. They both have worried looks on their faces, wondering what is going on.

  “Oh dear… I hope Daichi is ok. He left so quick…” Aria says worryingly.

  “Don’t worry, mom. Dad will be fine. Let’s just focus on getting the hell out of here before things get worse.” Akira replies.

  “Oh. I hope King Daimus can live through this…” Aria says, shaking her head in sorrow.

  “I highly doubt it, mom…” Akira says; his voice is grave with concern.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ King Daimus’s Office]

  The three guards exit the balcony and enter the King Daimus’ office, which has bookshelves showcased on both sides of the wall, a gold statue of King Daimus, and his very own personal desk where many books, pictures of his family, and a black laptop are kept. The mysterious guards toss their hats to the side, finally revealing their identity.

  The average-sized man has short white hair, red eyes and wears glasses. The comparatively larger man has tanned skin, short spiky black hair, and red eyes, while the woman has long straight blonde hair and red eyes as well.

  “Ok, the King has been assassinated; that’ll get the people riled up, huh?” says the average-sized man, as he turns to smirk at the large man and the woman.

  “Eric, can you stop smirking so wickedly at us. It’s creeping me and Drozo out.” the woman says.

  “Michelle, let’s go to the door before the guards come after us.” Drozo says in a dull voice and look, as he heads toward the door.

  “What a manly, deep voice he has, huh? Although he has such a bored look on his face…” Michelle says as she struts over to the door following Drozo. “Go hurry up and finish this, Eric!”

  “Yeah, I’m on it!” Eric says as he walks over to the desk, seats himself on the King’s chair, and opens the black laptop, revealing a 3D diagram of the Arena Coliseum. “Time to get to work, shall we?” says Eric.

  Suddenly, Eric pulls up a camera feed on the laptop showing the Calamita Team in the hallway with the chief guard, and he raises an eyebrow on seeing them.

  “So… they’re here as well… this’ll be interesting.” Eric says with a smirk.

  Drozo and Michelle close the door behind them, as both of them pull out assault rifles, and touch backs, facing opposite ends of the hallway with their rifles pointed.

  “Ready, big daddy?” Michelle says with a smile.

  “Don’t call me that.” Drozo replies.

  Suddenly, three guards appear on Michelle’s side and three on Drozo’s side. Instantaneously, they both blast away their bullets at the guards, killing them on the spot. It’s not long before more guards keep coming up, trying to counter attack, but it’s no use, as Michelle and Drozo prove to be quite skilled into their shooting.

   [Grand Atlas Coliseum]

  The shots have just rung out, and the people have had enough. They all begin to push the guards, as the lines begin to move at last.

  “Fucking hell!” says a shocked Luke, looking down at the balcony.

  The Knight girls surprisingly, but obviously, are already on their way up the steps after hearing the gunshots, and it’s clear that this scene has gone from being bad to worse. It is complete pandemonium in the coliseum with the people desperately trying to exit the premises.

   [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ Palace Entryway]

  The Calamita Team look up in horror hearing the rapid gunshots being fired through the chief guard's walkie-talkie.

  “Fuck, this is not good at all. They have more weaponry on them!” exclaims a shocked Victoria.

  “Hey! How the hell were they able to be armed with rifles?” Saul shouts, as he grabs the chief guard by his shirt and lifts him off the ground.

  “I’m not sure! All the guards are only equipped with pistols, and that is it!” says the frightened chief guard.

  “Ok, listen, we have to head up there right now! No time to fool around!” Victoria shouts. “Listen, I’m going to head to the 100th floor and take care of these punks!”

  Victoria’s star on the wrist device begins to shine very brightly, as her eyes begin to slowly change to a bright pink, and a enigmatic wind begins forming around her, as her hair blows with it.

  “Calamita…”-

  “Oh, Hello everyone!” Eric announces through the speakers, cutting Victoria off from transforming possibly.

  “What!” exclaims a shocked Daichi.

  Eric laughs like a maniac through the speakers of the arena. Everyone can hear this man, with all the attention being on his voice now. He sits back onto the King’s chair with a speaker’s headset on, enjoying what he’s doing. All this while, Drozo and Michelle continue to slaughter the armed guards from the other side.

  “Now, if you are still here, I would just like to say that… your world is going to end right here, right now. You will NOT be able to survive the onslaught you all are going to face. Sit tight, and enjoy the show!” Eric announces before laughing hysterically and cutting off.

  “Who the fuck does this guy think he is?” says an angry Saul, putting the chief guard down.

  “He sounds like a young man. Damn brats have done something tenacious! They will pay for this!” Daichi says furiously.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum]

  The people in the Coliseum have heard this man’s words, and are hastening to leave the arena as fast as possible. Eric, however, monitors all the camera feeds of everyone trying to exit in a frantic state, and Eric can’t help but laugh at it all.

  “Oh my… what a sight. Now that I’ve hacked into the Sovis bots A.I. system, it’s time for the real massacre to begin!” says Eric revealing an evil grin.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ Palace Entryway]

  “Listen, those strong readings warning of multiple threats are coming from below this very palace. I’m positive it’s the Sovis bots at this point.” Stacey explains through the Calamita Team’s wrist devices.

  “We believe you 100%, Stacey.” Saul replies.

  “Just give us the coordinates, and we’ll head there immediately. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if the terrorists were smart enough to hack the damn robots as well.” Daichi says.

  “I’m still not believing it’s them.” Victoria says, shrugging.

  “You’re doing this to piss me off, aren’t you, Victoria?” says Stacey.

  Before Victoria could respond, a siren blares throughout the arena, startling everyone, including the people exiting the arena who come to a stop.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ [King Daimus’s Office]

  “And now, the game begins!” shouts Eric, pressing the ‘ENTER’ button on the keyboard. After he presses it, the laptop screen reads, ‘EXECUTING SOVIS BOTS: RAMPAGE’.

  [Grand Atlas Coliseum/ Palace Entryway]

  “Dammit, I cannot take this anymore!” Victoria shouts. “I’m ready to transform!”

  “I see with my little eye! Three people whom I am quite aware of! The Calamita Team is who I see!” Eric says, his voice coming through the speakers once more.

  “Who the hell are you, and why are you doing this?” Daichi shouts.

  “You have only 30 minutes to stop me, or else you will pay the consequences. Goodbye.” Eric replies before cutting off abruptly.

  “Calamita Team, listen. I’m getting readings of threats located on the 6th floor above you guys. Do not use the elevator as it is not operating for some odd reason. Head for the stairs on your left as quickly as you can.” Stacey says.

  The Calamita Team waste no time and head for the long flight of stairs that are seen near the large golden elevator.

  They begin to run up the long flight of stairs, when their phones start ringing simultaneously. All three of them whip out their phones and find the caller I.D. of Luke, Tatyana, and Akira respectively. The Calamita Team answers their calls as they c
ontinue running up.

  “Hello? Yes, Luke, I’m fine. Listen, get your girlfriend out of there as fast as you can… do not worry about me.” Victoria says.

  “Don’t worry, TT, I’ll be fine. Just get your sisters out of there and head home immediately. Be safe.” Saul says.

  “Son, do not be reckless. Please get your mother home as fast as possible. I’ll be back when this whole fiasco is over.” Daichi says.

  They all hang up simultaneously and put their phones back into their pockets. They end up reaching a door, and Saul yells in anger, punching the steel door, breaking it open. They enter the large majestic hallway and look to their left to find a sign on the wall that says they are on the third floor. They continue running but quickly stop with shock on their faces as they find the Sovis bots before them, which are wielding wrist-mounted blades with a devilish look on their faces.

  “Well, I guess Stacey was right.” Victoria says.

  “Listen, we have only 30 minutes or else… We have to end this now!” Daichi angrily asserts.

  “It’s time to transform!” Saul says with a smirk.

  The Calamita Team gets into position, standing side by side, as the stars on their wrist devices, along with their eyes, began to shine brightly once again…

  Chapter End

  Chapter 3

  Time

  “Listen, everybody. Everyone is doing their best to leave the coliseum, but it’s going to take a while before it is empty. The mission is to neutralize the terrorists who have caused this whole ordeal and to retrieve King Daimus’s body – all under three minutes…because shit, we just don’t know what the terrorists have in store for us next. You have to act fast,” Stacey declares the plan.

  “No problem doll-face,” Saul replies.

  “Ready everyone?” Victoria ask to her team, a smirk on her face.

  “Ready, wherever, whenever,” comes Saul’s smug reply.

  “Let’s go,” Daichi urges with a serious look.