4 The decision that change everything

Inside the abandoned factory, the four ragged people were working clumsily on their robot and failed to notice the arrival of a silhouette.

"You're doing it all wrong?" said the silhouette.

'Hmm!'

Hearing an unknown voice, the four stopped what they were doing and raised their heads with wariness. This was their life's sweat work and they couldn't afford it to be stolen by anyone. Hence, they raised their guard and stared intently at the new arrival.

"Please leave, we don't need your help?" Cedric said as his eyes wandered around the factory, checking for other intruders.

Noticing that it was only the young man in front of them, a sigh of relief escaped from Cedric's mouth. Subsequently, the other three fixed their gaze on the young man while guarding their robot as if it was their baby.

"I mean no harm… I just want to lend a helping hand." He paused and looked at their faces.

"We know guys like you….. You put on a disguise to help before you stole our robot. But let me tell you, this won't work on us….. So please leave before we make you leave." Cedric raised his voice as he stepped forward from the Robot while taking a big spanner as a weapon.

Pablo was surprised by Cedric's nasty behavior. He just wanted to help when he became a thief, trying to steal their robot. He had seen a diverse range of robots and their robot couldn't be counted as a fighter robot but a piece of junk.

'Since they don't appreciate my help, then I should just leave' He shrugged his shoulders and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" A voice said with a conflicted expression on her face. "Can you really help us with our robot?"

Pablo stopped on his track and turned to look at the girl with a calm expression.

"Yes," He nodded confidently.

Fixing this piece of junk was a piece of cake to him. He had worked on more advanced robots than this. Besides, he had been a creator of many powerful robots that shook the world of the WRB (World Robot Boxing).

"Isadora! What are you doing?" Cedric shouted, looking at Isadora with fury.

"What do you mean what am I doing?" She turned and looked him straight in the eyes. "We all know if we continue like this. It's only a matter of time before we lose the robot…. When that happens, our vision and dream will come to an end." She stopped and looked at the other two.

"We've come far and have invested a lot of money on this. If we can't make a name for ourselves in this tournament. Then…."

Even though Isadora didn't complete her statement, the other two knew what she was trying to say. This was their last chance. they're under a lot of pressure to succeed on their journey to become a Robot fighters.

However, the four came together to form a team and bought their robot from a junkyard. It had been a hell of a ride. Nothing went according to their plan.

The seller duped them and sold a worthless robot to them. Furthermore, they tried to fix the robot with the little knowledge they could acquire from the internet and they succeeded.

Only for their robot to be defeated by a single punch at every competition. Turning them to the joke of the town. Nevertheless, they didn't lose hope and continued to fix the robot.

Now, this was the last competition they could join before they were blacklisted since they had the worst record ever in Nightshade town.

Fight 50; Won: 0

KO: 50;

"I understand how you feel but with this new tweak that I am going to add to the Robot. It won't lose like before." Cedric said confidently.

"Really!" Isadora smiled at him but her smile was no smile. "So…our last tournament is not about winning to you but us not losing miserably"

Hearing this, the confident smile on Cedric's face disappeared. He opened his mouth to talk but nothing came out. 'How can this piece of junk win a battle? As long we can last longer…. People won't see us as a joke again.'

Watching Cedric's expression, Isadora shook her head. She could understand what was going on in his mind and that made her furious but could do nothing about it. However, with the arrival of an unknown fellow.

She won't miss the opportunity.

"Let him just work on the robot and if he helps us as he said. Then…." The quiet Fabian finally speaks up.

"Fine!" Cedric looked at Pablo with anger as he stepped out of his way.

"My eyes are on you." He whispered.

Hearing this, Pablo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing a rookie that doesn't understand the schematic of robot building gave him a bittersweet smile. Nevertheless, since he decided to help them. He would help them.

Pablo walked around the 3-meter clumsy robot with various pieces of useless metal on its body with a frown on his face. 'This is no robot but a metal scrap….' He sighed. 'If I knew this before, I wouldn't have come to help them.' He mused, robbing his temple.

"What are you doing? Can't you fix it any longer" Cedric taunted.

"If you want my help with this scrap of metal… Please keep quiet and let me think." Pablo said coldly.

"You…." Cedric gnashed his teeth and veins protruding from his forehead.

"If you want this to work…. You must follow my instructions carefully."Pablo said, staring at Isadora before looking at Fabian.

"Fine as long as you make it work" Isadora answered.

"Good!" He stepped in front of the robot and said ruthlessly. "Start removing all the useless metal from its body."

'What!"

"Do it now.!"

Quickly, after a couple of minutes, the clumsy-looking robot was now in skeleton mode. While the four looked at Pablo with various conflicted emotions on their face, the most obvious emotion was panic.

'How is he going to return the robot to fighting mode?' They thought with their heart racing. Four of them are all rookies with no general knowledge of how to assemble the robot. They could only make some simple tweaks but now...

Pablo did not know what was going on in their mind as he began to work seriously on the robot. After a couple of hours, a new clumsy robot stood in front of Pablo.

Seeing this, Pablo shook his head. "This is the best I can do with their useless resources."

He yawned and turned to look at the four only to see them sleeping.

"I guess they must have been tired…"

Unknown to him, it wasn't that they were just tired but they didn't understand a thing about what he was doing thus boring them to death.

…

"What the F….." Kaida shouted as she widened her eyes.

Her scream woke the others as they jumped up from their makeshift bed.

"Did he steal our robot?" Cedric said without thinking.

"L-Look" She pointed to the robot in front of them.

'What!"

Everyone had their jaws dropped to the ground as they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"Am I dreaming?" Isadora asked in dismay.

"No, you're not." Pablo's voice came from the back. "This is what I can make of your robot. I hope this should help you out." He said casually.

Cedric wanted to antagonize him but had nothing to say. The change in their robot was just too great for him to say any nasty words.

"With this, we're not going to lose. Perhaps we can win some matches." Kaida said with a bright smile on her face.