Chapter 1: Laboratory 1718

"I can't do it anymore. I didn't agreed to this, these human weapons" , I said to Dr. Rooney.

More than a year ago, scholars and scientists of the University of Antoinerei formed a group to develop and innovate inventions that would help people, elves and other creatures who suffers from the cruelty of the war. Inventions that help them overcome their injuries and disabilities they acquired in the war.

We were doing great, many lives were saved. Many are so grateful of our works. Until such time that we're not just helping lives anymore. We're making life itself.

From mere machineries combined with human parts and flesh, they began creating life. It was majestic, seeing Saber, the first live human robot we ever created. We made him with the knowledge of hundreds of swordsmen from the war. And having that knowledge, it made him a humanoid weapon.

Something felt wrong, I felt something wrong, I know something was wrong. We build to help others, our works are created to bring hope to others, our inventions were made out of love. But Saber does not have that. He does not feel anything, shows no emotions, cares about no one. A weapon designed to destroy and to kill.

Yes, I'm a scientist, but I believe that love and hope are the greatest inventions ever made. My inventions always include these two, and inventions without these are destructive .And so, if this will continue, I would withdraw from the group.

One morning, I was awakened by the sound of the security alarms, 3am was the time showed at my clock. I went out of my room only to witness everyone looking for Saber, he escaped. I thought it was the last of it, but I was wrong.

A month after Saber's escapade, they were planning to build a twin humanoid robots again. This time, I took the courage to be in dispute. I talked to Dr. Rooney. I know he could understand my point, and that we are in the same page.

Dr. Rooney tried to tell the rest of the team to stop doing the humanoid robots, to step back and continue without these heartless human weapons. But they didn't saw as eye to eye, they refused. They were corrupted, obsessed with the knowledge of making life out of their hands. As Dr. Rooney looked at me, I knew we could no longer convince them. They are going to continue, without even without us.

Me and Dr. Rooney decided to leave Antoinerei, to be uninvolved with the wicked scientists anymore. He decided to go to the Scholars City, I decided to live a simple life near the Enchanted Forest. We promised to write each other letters, the two of us being best buddies since we were classmates during high school. We always compete against each other in our studies, but unfortunately, he always win, he was always one step ahead of me. But we were like siblings though, we've always got each other's back. "So long, brother", he said, "So long", I replied. Saying goodbye for the first time since high school is quite melancholic and with teary eyes we took our own journey's apart.

On the other hand, the mad scientists continued. They're bringing to life a twin humanoid robots namely Alpha and Beta. And after we left, they named the place Laboratory 1718.