Epilogue: Blue Skies.

Five Months Later – E-POLICE HQ, 09:00 AM.

The captain stepped out of the brand-new E-POLICE station.
"E-POLICE" shined in massive letters above the entrance.

The old Metromania Police Department had been closed and converted into a giant laboratory for Dr. Nick and his engineering team.

The new HQ was a massive glass structure with wide entrances leading to large hangars on the first floor. Green areas surrounded the building. Satellite dishes crowned the roof. Windows everywhere.

Inside was even more impressive.
A charging bay with 200 stations, expandable if needed.
An automated crime-detection system linked to every E-UNIT.
A huge theater-like meeting hall with 5,000 seats and a giant screen.
Resting areas with a futuristic design: clean white walls, bright blue energy lines, and cinematic lighting.

02 passed Units 14 and 18. They immediately stopped chatting, spines snapping straight as they stood in a perfect military posture and saluted.
She didn't stop, but she offered them a single, cool nod as she passed.
As soon as she was out of earshot, or so they thought, they exploded into whispers.

"There she is!!" "She nodded at me! I'm her favorite!" "No, she nodded at me—!"

02 smiled faintly after hearing the newbies. It wasn't bad being a legend.

She walked into the main hall and saw the Father speaking to a news channel. But then she froze. She also noticed… an exact copy of her, but thicker, pink accents, and clearly more "refined."

Nick spoke proudly.
"…and that's why I present to you the E-MEDIC! A faster, more approachable android for humans!"
02 rolled her eyes and moved closer, jealousy building up.

"And the new bots have better personalities," Nick continued.
Her eyebrow twitched.

"And better-looking body dynamics."
She glared at the pink clone, bigger chest, bigger backside.

"And they treat humans better. They're friendlier overall."
Her eyes narrowed.

"And she's cuter, so children feel safe approaching her—"
02's eyes turned bright red. The cameraman stepped back. The reporter pointed at her in shock. Nick turned slowly, saw her twisted expression, the criminal-face, and froze in fear.

"Haha! I mean— but they will never beat the old girls! Ever! I mean—!"
The reporter facepalmed.

02 stomped on her father's foot, blasted upward, and yelled.
"PERV. IDIOT!"


Cristelis Tower, Metromania center. 09:10 AM.

02 was patrolling the downtown.
She found 03 and 05 sitting at the top of a skyscraper, depressed, the usual E-UNIT hangout spot to admire the city view.
Her thrusters turned on as she flied to meet her sisters. But as soon as she landed...

03 spoke coldly. "So. You met the improved design, huh?"
05 added, "Surely she saw the 'more approachable' ones."
02 sighed dramatically. "Yeah, we're just 'the old girls' now." She mimicked Nick's voice.

They all laughed and sat together, watching the city.

An emergency call came in, a bank attack.
02 didn't even move.
03 chuckled. "Are we going?"
"Nah. Send the newbies."
05 nodded like an old grandma. "Damn right."


New Mer. The Western Border. Prime Minister's Office. 11:14 AM.

Outside, the wind carried the faint, rhythmic thud of distant artillery. Inside, the air was still and heavy with smoke.
The Prime Minister of New Mer sat behind his desk, looking at the man standing before him. He hesitated for a split second, then extended his hand.

"So… we are proceeding with this plan?"

Mr. Brightson smiled, a smile that didn't reach his cold eyes. He took the Prime Minister's hand in a firm, crushing grip.
"We are. It's time for your side to finally see the light." He turned his head slightly toward the shadows in the corner. "Isn't that right, Mr. Wallmore?"

A figure stepped into the light. He looked rougher, tired, but his eyes burned with a manic, dangerous fire.
Wallmore placed his hand over theirs, sealing the pact.
"Metromania was just a test run," Wallmore whispered, a cruel grin spreading across his face.

"Out here... there are no laws to hold us back."



END OF VOLUME 1.



"Historians often debate when the Age of Humanity truly ended.
Most agree it was that rainy night Metromania City, when the first G-Bot unit took flight. Code name: OMEGA.
We called them saviors then. But they weren't enough against him."

Expert from The Age of Steel, published 2099.