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So he really had arrived just in time. Good. As the robot that told him what was going on walked through the door Marth followed close behind, his hand on Falchion in case any infected showed up, even though he had little to no visibility like everyone else, he knew how to find an enemy in darkness, all of those midnight ambushes he had suffered did at least have one positive effect. Well at least this group looks capable of defending themselves. he thought as he followed in almost absolute silence. As it was he was uncharacteristically nervous, he wasn't sure what they would find here, and it scared him more than the darkness and the chances of coming across some infected. He had next to no comfort, so to feel more secure he drew Falchion, keeping it close to his side so he was ready just in case someone or something came rushing out of the shadows...

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Unexpected arrivals happen, if not for them happening then things would be pretty boring. Out of no where Wario falls through the air vent landing right next to Marth. Wario says in a quick alerting tone of voice "Wait, wait, wait". He then looks at the man trying to think of something confident to say to make it look less bad for him. "I'm here to help you, the air vent was the only way in". The little guy began to wobble through rooms to quickly get away from Marth hoping he wouldn't have anything to question Wario about.

Suddenly while walking though Wario walks into a room hoping to find gold only to find a room full of Robots surrounding him. He blinks a few times putting his hands together preparing himself for battle. He knew that he couldn't take them but, he wanted gold more than anything, that he wasn't going down without a fight.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

A.I.M. agreed with Shadow’s logic on the subject at hand. The robot followed their unassigned leader the movement of its hover feature on the rough terrain being similar to that of an RC remote car though on a much larger scale. It held no fear of the darkness, though considering the machine lacked much emotion that came to no one’s surprise. It felt a bit distance from the other android since he seemed to be able to identify himself as person and not a unit or platform. Whoever his creator was must have put more time and effort into his logic circuits. Samus was time constricted when she created the sage robot, so it did not see fault on her part.

“Affirmative, re-routing optics now” A.I.M. paused as it eyes sealed shut under its plastic eyelids. When they opened once again, a piercing bright light shot out of the mech’s optics like its laser attack, though it lacked the physical properties of said attack. “Warning, light may cause temporary blindness” it warned as it wheeled to the front of the group. The robot was now limited in terms of vision, it knew better than to focus its light on anything other than what was in front of it. Organics couldn’t handle having light shot into their eyes. Aimey’s auditory sensor picked up on the new arrival of Marth, but didn’t acknowledge his presence since it didn’t want to cause the organics discomfort from its ‘brighter than the sun’ brightness setting.

It was alerted by the sudden sound of Wario’s descent, but again couldn’t divide its attention toward him. It was able to identify who it was without looking though, anything that could hear was familiar with Wario’s vocal tone. “It is advised that a group should follow after unit Wario. Regardless of his allegiance, he’d make a worse infected opponent.”

[Maverick Hunter Zero]

"Good idea. I'll go, it's one hectic day after another in my book." Sero said as he unsheathed the Z-Saber and let its luminescent glow act like a candle as he headed towards Wario's location, a glint of unnerving ice-cold toughness in his voice when he said it.

Perhaps this was why Zero joined in this mission, but when he moved to stand by Wario in the room with the robots, he quickly summoned out three robotic Dragonflies known as the Yammar Option, and prepared to launch his assault.

[PolarStarQuote]

Quote fell back surprised when wario appeared from the air duct, sitting up and brushing himself off as he looked at wario

Quote, quickly looking at wario as he nodded. "Alright, ill go help him." Quot then dashed off to help wario. Quote quickly tapped wario's shoulders. "Huh...some robots." He looked at hem all, aiming the shining bright white polar star to them. "Mister...uhm..'Unit Wario', please try not to stray away form the group next time..."

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Wario looks at the men smirking seeing that his back up has arrived.

Wario then extends his fist executing a spin punch. He spins around swinging in multiple directions swinging signaling for the battle to begin. The robots move towards the men slowly trying to get some force of damage done on them. The robot's come in bunches at a very slow speed. Giving the men time to act. "Don't just stand there help me out". Wario says in a nervous voice.

[WolfEx]

Shadow noticed as he was patrolling the area he had a few more team members join him in the darkness. He heard various new voices but he couldn't see the ones making noise very well. Then when the lights flashed on from his fellow colleagues he saw a strange fat man in yellow waddle around splitting himself off from the group into another room. Shadow pierced his eyes at the man in an apparent frustration. He figured eventually there had to be one bad egg that would cause trouble for everyone rolling into the situation. What was going on now with the group was like something from a bad horror movie, strange lights swirling everywhere from various directions and a group of adventurers being closed in on by agitated creatures. He walked over to the intruding midget trying not to assault the blubbering oaf himself and watched him bash away at various robots surrounding him.

Shadow rolled up into his infamous spiky ball and bounced upon their heads one by one in a circle using their robotic brains for oomph causing each bounce to gain speed and power and gradually damaged if not finished off the rest that the newcomer didn't take out. He then landed on his feet and was toe to toe with the elf like man. He also kept cautious eying around him in case there was more lurking in the darkness. "I don't know who you think you are you funny little man, but in case you haven't noticed, we were all trying to be careful. Now please, stay with us." Shadow had zero tolerance for hyperactive hobbits like that man. He turned his back to the man having nothing else to say and walked back to his original route hoping the others haven't gotten too distracted by the recent stunt the unexpected visitor had pulled.

Shadow had hope the new guy was going to be helpful next time and not a pain. Shadow was however grateful for everyone else and in fact was glad to see that regardless of one person's battle driven mindset, the others still supported him without fault. That was team work, maybe not well planned or expected team work, but they still helped those whom did not make the smartest choices, which showed that they cared about eachother, though if it can be avoided, Shadow would see to it that such actions were. He wondered what this new overalls sporting chatterbox could bring to the table, but he wasn't going to let him come along without someone keeping an eye on him. "A.I.M. please keep surveillance on that one." The hedgehog pointed to the stir crazy brightly dressed character whom he just spoke with and continued walking on down the initial path being alert to avoid further disruptions.

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"Katanas tested." He said walking up to the entrance of this apocalyptic atmosphere while altering his blades/arms back into limbs. His pace increased from walking to running inside the factory. He knew the mission and had just the right supplies to assist himself and his team, but what to expect in terms of personality.

He knew that he'd find out by meeting the group, darkness filled the area as Hunter was a little deep inside the factory he saw a room to his left and investigated from the inside, when he saw what was inside it had certainly started to feel like a survival horror movie. Stopping in the middle of the room to get his bearings, he rubbed his forehead with the back of his hand then said. "I wonder if I'm late or just early." surveying his surroundings this room had leaky pipes and circuits sparking while walking toward and about to grab the doorknob, he saw a flashing light coming from the hallway.

Hunter altered his left arm into a Katana one of his primary weapons of choice and his favorite. He yanked the door open and swiftly, forced his weapon through the robotic brain of the android. It's circuits sparked as it seizured before ultimately shutting down.

He stepped out from the behind door right before trailing off he took a second glance at the machine, he thought what if he mistakenly disassembled one of his teammates. He wanted to make sure, he felt that he had to. A mistake like that would make him feel horrible.

With the same arm he used to shutdown the robot he morpth his left arm into a scanner, scanning the robots circuity, he looked at the scanner and it read that this machine was a threat.

Hunter blinked a few times, turned around, and walked down the hall, feeling relieved.

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Skull Kid snapped out of daydreams as the group entered the abandoned factory. Another member showed up, with a sword and a pretty cool-looking outfit, but that was all he noticed about him before everything became unnervingly dark. The inside of the factory was completely without light, making anything five feet in front of them invisible. There was also the odor of mold wafting about in the air. It didn't fill the room, but Skull Kid kept getting nosefulls of it every so often. The issue with light was solved soon after as Shadow asked A.I.M. for light, if it could indeed provide any. Moments later, A.I.M.'s eyes shot out great beams of light.

Something crashed into the room from above, making a lot of noise and causing some surprise from several of Skull Kid's teammates. The guy  seemed nervous at first, hinting that his allegiance might not line up with the team's so well, but before anyone could properly react, he rushed into a nearby room and was almost immediately assaulted by enemies of unknown kind to the Skull Kid. Kid found out the guy's name was "Wario" when A.I.M. insisted someone follow and help the new arrival defeat the fiends he'd run into. Skull Kid stayed beside A.I.M. seeing as just about everyone else rushed to Wario's side for assistance. The fight didn't last long and the team came back out. Shadow told A.I.M. to watch the new guy. Understandable. His motives were unknown and he had immediately led the team into a fight before even introducing himself.

"Does anyone know what the layout of this place is, or where we might find the thing we're looking for?" Skull Kid questioned the group, glancing around the room to wherever A.I.M. pointed his beam, and always keeping one hand on Tael, who floated right beside him in the thick darkness of the room. He noticed the place was rather cold, and he could hear water drops echoing off of unknown surfaces from somewhere in the awaiting abyss.

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It seemed that, even with much chaos, his teammates were very capable, taking out the entire group of robots before Marth had so much as drawn his sword. But, as he followed the group, a burst of green light tore through the area, only narrowly missing the Hero-King as he let off a slash in the general direction of the source, sending off an arc of Aether as he did so! He then continued to move forward, not wanting to get too far lost behind his team. I'm not sure that any of us know the layout of the factory, to be perfectly blunt. he said as one of their group asked if any of them knew the layout of this building or what they were looking for. Though I think we should be slightly more aware of our surroundings, I believe that there are some infected here, considering that I nearly took a laser to the head. he said as he glanced around the entire area around him, trying to find any more infected, if there were any...

[Mr. Game & Watch]

As a section of their group left to do as the robot had suggested, A.I.M. continued to slowly search the area. Running it’s bright beam along the walls, it searched for some kind of change in the environment, a door, a new hallway, a broken hole in the wall, anything. There was no luck just yet, but the robot was slow at surveillance since it was trying to make sure that it left no obtrusion unnoticed.

As Shadow returned from apprehending Wario, he notified the machine to watch the round trouble maker. It switched its light function off so that it could turn back to the group without dilating their pupils uncomfortably. “This unit is insufficient in providing both services at once, the optical centre is required for light functionality. There are plenty of other units more suitable for the task” the robot surprisingly rebutted. A.I.M. may have been programmed to take every and all requests from residents of the life sphere, but it was also installed with prioritizing so that it wouldn’t be abused for menial tasks when it could be doing one more useful or one that only it could perform.

Its head quickly spun toward Skull Kid, who had stuck close to the sage machine. The scarecrow looking child brought up a good question that of course nobody was better suited to answer than A.I.M.. While the ROB wannabe didn’t exactly know off the top of its head, it was certain that some kind of data files about it had to exist somewhere. It paused for a moment. “This unit has been programmed with the combined knowledge of every living being within the life sphere, there might be some files in this unit’s databanks, please wait as it searches” the head of the machine reverted back to its regular position and its void face began to look even more so. The unit’s databanks were large and contained a huge variety of information, so it might take time and even if it did find anything it could only be an old layout of what the building used to look like.

[PolarStarQuote]

Quote walked back behind shadow and wario, sighing a little from the detour. He shook his head and spoke when A.I.M requested for someone else to keep a eye on wario. "Well, i guess i can look after wario." He was always willing to help out the team, but even then he pulled all of his weapons away from wario, not trusting him what so ever. Quote liked nothing about him, especially not his appearance that just yelled greed to him. Instantaneous regret befell quote as he sighed, moving next to wario so he was always by him.

[WolfEx]

Finally the yellow sporting brute seemed to be looked after and everything appeared in order again. Once he saw that the team was all together and remaining cautious, Shadow decided to walk further into the depths of darkness. He didn't mean to boss the poor robot A.I.M. around but light was not a trend in this area. Some of the other team members were in fact shining some light around though, which helped somewhat. As they continued walking Shadow's feet nearly gave out from underneath him as an eruption of floor debris crashed down below the factory causing the floor beneath Shadow to break. Shadow quickly grabbed on to a railing which layered around the piping system of the factory until the floor stopped collapsing. Luckily he managed to hang on and toss himself back to safety with the others. It was best that one of them went ahead to test the water like Shadow had planned for these very circumstances. He was glad it was him so nobody else would get hurt.

"I guess I don't have to remind everyone to be careful now do I..." Shadow slowly stepped towards the hole in the floor and looked down. There was a light. Not a super bright light, but it was lit enough to see a path. It seemed to represent a light from a flame or a candle. Everywhere else was dark and damp, and he had no clue how many more robots would be around waiting for them in the shadows to attack. He didn't see any other way. "Well everyone, it looks like down is our destination." Shadow points to the hole in the floor and gestures the group to line up behind him. They were going to jump down one at a time, if they all did so at once who knows what other parts of the building would fall apart from their movements. Shadow had no idea what was waiting for them down there, but he knew it had to be better than taking guesses in darkness. They would at least be able to see and assess the situation, and having a visual and a plan in a mysterious place like the factory was always a better choice.

"Guess I'll go first." Shadow balled his fists, then tensed up his head, then began to bend his legs, and within in instant he turned into his usual ball like self and bounced down the hole below. Right before he reached the bottom he uncurls back into a neutral stance and uses his jet boots to perfect the landing. It was quite a ways down. Shadow looks around him and notices he is in an alcove, almost like the factory had turned into a cave or a maze. It was now a combination of steel walls, outdated technology and plumbing with a poor lighting system, and a landscape full of dirt and boulders. Around the corner of the alcove that everyone would soon be in was the burning light which is brighter now that the hedgehog was closer. He looked up stopping himself from going in alone, and signals the others. "It's not deadly steep, but it's rough. Careful coming down." After he shouted above, he waited for the party to join him and tried not to make too much noise as he also hoped they would practice the same.

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While walking down the hall hoping to discover some light to see his path as the haze from this darkness had still loomed over the facility. But not only had he been looking for a source of light, he had walked down the hallway also expecting to locate a team. Who he hoped were like-minded while doing this, a thought had crossed Silver's mind.

He would illuminate the back of his gloves to see where he is going, atleast a little. Once he lit the facility he suddenly got an earshot of debris that had caved in, this diverted his attention. And although he was barely able to see anything With the sound of falling debris, being able to see didn't matter to him he wanted to find out if the building had just started to cave in or if somebody had been hurt. if it was the latter than he would do his best to protect them.

The silver hedgehog ran off with only the light from the back of his gloves to guide his way, as he started to slow down reaching the location of where the sound was coming from, he heard a familiar voice "It's not deadly steep, but it's rough. Careful coming down." Silver came to a stop once he reached the edge of what was left of the floor. He looked over the large hole and saw Shadow guiding the group, at this point, the light on the back of Silver's gloves grew brighter. A few more dark areas around the factory lit up although Silver didn't know most of them, actually he didn't know any of them.

But when he saw Shadow guiding them he assumed that all of them were with him and if so than he didn't see any reason why he shouldn't help. Levitating five feet from the ground as a small pebble fell off down the hole he hovered for a moment before suggesting "To make this safer I can fly some of you down their. This way nobody gets hurt sliding down or walking down."

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When shadow went sliding down Marth was quick to follow after, bending his knees and rolling to his feet, landing right next to Shadow and nodding at him. At this time however, he saw a silver hedgehog hover above the ground, causing the Hero-King to nod. I think that would be best, fly as many down here as you can, but don't do so if someone declines the offer, they probably have their own reasons. He said as he held Falchion out to the side, the blade reflecting the light and making it flicker like flames. Hello, I know now may not be the best time for introductions... he whispered, looking around the area before extending his hand towards shadow. But My name is Marth. he said with a warm smile.