"Fall of the Hero Factory" Pt. 1 By: theBolderBoulder

Fall of the Hero Factory

I remember brighter days. Before the Black Phantom showed up… Before the great Breakout.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t uncommon to hear the sirens.

It wasn’t uncommon to feel the aftershock of a bomb.

And… it wasn’t uncommon to hear the alerts on the radio receiver or the TV.

Ever since the Breakout, it’s not uncommon for these things to occur. It’s almost like a Villain infestation. Villains that were once in hiding are finally showing their ugly faces. The monsters are everywhere.

It’s almost as if there is nowhere to run… nowhere to hide. They are ever coming. Plus, these spider like ‘bots, known as the Arachnix, have been spotted everywhere. In fact, those nasty drones actually helped the Villains capture my family. As far as I know, I’m the only one from my family still alive.

It’s been utter mayhem and destruction ever since the fall of the Hero Factory.

My family and I all thought that the Hero Factory would always be there to fight the Villains. We thought ‘The Heroes will protect and serve everyone. They will protect us from the destruction the Villains are causing.’

But, we were wrong.

There were way too many of them. They overtook the Hero Factory and captured Mr. Makuro and even Professor Zib. It was a terrible day. I couldn’t believe my eyes as I saw the raging battle on the TV….  I never thought this would happen.  It seemed that the Heroes had the upper hand at the beginning of the original ambush on the Hero Factory, but there were already too many Heroes out responding to other situations and emergencies caused by Villains all around the galaxy.

Then... it happened. The Villains won. The Heroes were defeated and any Heroes the Villains could see outside of the Hero Factory were destroyed or captured.

Everyone was scared to death. No one knew what to do. The Villains flooded the city, and captured everyone they could. Even the News reporters were captured, the TV networks went blank, and radio waves were disturbed. It was crazy.

Now, where the Hero Factory Assembly Tower once stood, is a new building dubbed “The Castle”. It's where the Villain Leaders, Black Phantom, Voltix and Von Nebula now reside and meet up, and discuss different matters. It is also a place where new Villains can be created whenever they want, by their own Villain Research team. But, they must find the right resources to create them.  They have also been trying to create a government of sorts, attempting to make it look like the Hero Factory was no longer necessary. They hope that future generations will look at them as the “good guys”.

Surprisingly, even with the Villains in charge, crime seems to be going down very slowly. But of course, raids and violence are still part of life.

There are now two main factions of Villains. First are the Villains called “Searchers”. They are Villains that work under direct control of the Villain Leaders and do everything they are instructed to do. The Searcher Class includes two classes: Searchers and city Guards . The Searchers go out and search for robots like me that had not been captured during the events of the great Breakout, which is how they got their name. Now us who haven’t been captured yet are called “Strays”.  Then, if they do find one of us Strays, they send out a warning to all Searchers or City Guards in the area to be on the lookout for any Strays in that area.  Then they will capture us and force us into their Cities that they have control over, which they call “accepting into their City”. 

Whenever Strays are "accepted", they are handed off to the City Guards, who make sure no one goes in or out of the walled off Cities. 
City Guards also include personal Castle Guards who are extremely powerful and loyal to the Villain Leaders.
Usually, their Cities are in poor condition, and only certain amounts of supplies are distributed daily. That doesn’t always end well. I’m very fortunate to not have been captured and not have to live in one of those wretched places.

Then, there are the “Hunters”, which includes the Witch Doctor and Fire Lord. They are not under direct control of the Villain Leaders. In fact, some of them could care less what the Villain Leaders have to say, much less take orders from them. They are the Villains seen all over the place, causing destruction and committing crimes just ‘cuz the can. If any of these Villains were to find a Stray like me, they would either beat me down to the ground, or possibly kill me. The only good thing about these creeps is that they will not notify any other Villains in the area about their sighting of the Stray; they'll just go after them. 

Hmm, I’m surprised I haven’t been found yet.

Fortunately for me, the Villains don’t yet have a good way of keeping track of everything yet, and I’ve been able to sneak around to find supplies to survive.

Well, I think that’s all I have to say for now. I’d better go, I think they are coming.

This is Jerin, signing out.