Unknown Age:

"What the heck is happening?" Matt asked, blinking his eyes.

"Artie's gone." Davis said.

"What?"

"Artie's gone." Davis said, a bit louder this time. "He has gone to the present with your TTM."

"What?!" Matt cried in disbelief. "Let's look through the Time Glass and see if he's okay."

They both shook Kyle and DeWayne up, who were mumbling in their sleep as if they were having a bad dream. Matt got the Time Glass out and whispered Year 2067 and a street's name to it. The glass showed an empty street with a few "WANTED" posters on the wall.

"Hey, these posters are of us!" DeWayne exclaimed. "They are searching for us all. How did they even know about us?"

"From Parker, I guess." Kyle said.

Two Helpers were coming down the street. To the team's surprise, they started taking off the posters.

"That seems queer. Have they given up?" Kyle asked.

"Of course not. Look, they are only taking off posters of Artie." Davis paused and turned pale. "That means...."

"Artie's caught." Matt finished the sentence.

Year 2067

Control Tower:

He opened his eyes slowly and saw somebody bent over him. A Helper? The last thing he remembered was that he was looking at a poster.

"He's awake!" That Helper cried out. "Come here, 421!"

Another Helper whizzed towards him.

"What are you doing?" Artie asked. He was trembling a little bit. He knew that the controller would definitely kill him.

"No need to shiver, boy." 421 said. "We won't kill you. We did your Thought Scan while you were sleeping. From the results, it's clear that you didn't want to go with Matt. He forced you. You are free now, and so is Parker."

"But where will I go?" Artie asked.

"Well, you can work with us in creating more robots for Mr. Contraire." 421 said.

Artie didn't know what to do. His heart said that he should say no, but the Helpers were leaning over him and it was clear that they wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Alright. I'll work with you." He said finally.

"Fine." 421 said "422, get the data from his TTM. I'll give him a tour of the Control Factory."

Unknown Age:

"Why did you let Artie go?" Kyle said for the fifteenth time.

"Why are you all blaming me?" Davis said. "I tried to stop him but......"

His sentence remained incomplete as he got hit in the head with a rock.

"Quick!" DeWayne shouted as the blood gushed out. "Get some bandage!"

Year 2067

Control Factory:

"And this is the wonderful Control Factory!" 421 exclaimed.

Parker had also chosen to be a worker at the Control Factory, and both were roaming around with 421. Luckily, they had an easy job. They just had to hand the materials to the Helpers. However, 421 had said that they would get promoted as they learnt more about robots which meant that their jobs would get more difficult.

"If there's a problem, tell me. You can recognize me by my red arm. I'm the only Helper with that as I am the head of Control Factory. 422 is the head of security and he has got a green arm." 421 explained.

"421, the TTM data is here!" 422 shouted.

"Great. Go to that time quick." 421 replied.

Unknown Age:

Luckily, Matt also had bandages in his Storage Device. Davis' head was perfectly fine. Only a little bit blood was wasted.

"His brain is a little bit damaged." Matt said, who was checking if his brain was all right.

"What? Davis, do you remember us?" Kyle asked.

"Of course I do." Davis said.

"My machine says that he has lost 5% of his memory." Matt said.

"I'm feeling all right. I don't think I have forgotten something." Davis said.

"That's good." DeWayne said.

Right then, there was a bright flash and in a second, 422 was standing in front of them.

"Here you are!" He said. "Ready to die?"

He received no answer.

"Well, you know that you can't defeat the controller. So stop trying." 422 said.

"We won't." Matt replied courageously. He didn't seem a bit afraid.

"Come with me to the present." 422 said, taking a step towards them.

"No. We won't surrender." Matt said.

"I'll shoot you all if you won't." 422 said, pointing his huge gun towards them.

"Our answer is still no." Matt said.

"Alright, then. Maybe, I should kill one of you." 422 said and pointed the gun towards Davis.

Davis was expecting Matt to do something but he made no motion.

"As you wish." 422 said and pressed the trigger.

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