So after listening to some good advice, I thought I'd finally start this new story. Sorry the first chapter is so short, but i wanted to take some time to think through this.Enjoy.

Ch:1

It was a warm day in the human stronghold city of Negav, and not much was out of place for the inhabitants within it's titanic walls. On the streets the merchants were selling their wares to the weary people, all while the others continued their business walking down the busy crosswalks. The sky above was a beautiful, if not odd, turquoise color, with nary a cloud amongst it's view and the sun blazing down a warm light upon the life forms below. Harpies could be seen in the very far distance fluttering in the wind, at a distance where they appeared no bigger than common sparrows, going about their usual business swearing and making nests.

A particular Negav patron, however, was not in this above habitat. Was he to be found anywhere? No, he was down under the surface, levels below even Negav's deepest catacomb city, within the well being of his private laboratory. Down in this semi-mysterious bastion of science and technology, the elderly patron sat away at his computer, clicking and clacking away at his keyboard with the odd whimsy of a loony old man. Some of the events he input into the machine included his previous adventure involving two robotic companions who stumbled upon his lab, the nagas who got caught up in it all, and the disgruntled killing machine that almost ended them all, along with the afterpart, explaining how he gave them shelter in return for giving them jobs as delivery boys for him, and how their search continued for the nagas in question. It was quite a tale he was sure to log carefully. The man, who often went by the monicer of "Al", catalogued all his information within his computer, not missing any detail to the best of his knowledge, before turning it off for the day. Afterward, pending a moment for him to work the creaks out of his neck, the old man stood upward from his seat and gazed upon the shut down computer with a smirk.

"Well, I reckon that should do fer the day. But hoo-ey, that took alot out of me to type. Better recharge."

Al took off to a deeper part of his laboratory towards a large incubation tube, He removed his chest plate, revealing his mechanical wiring underneath as well as his power cell, which showed a weak charge, as he hooked it up to the device. He slipped in and closed the tube, placing it into hibernation mode.

"I'll take a quick recharge, then head out later to do some night research...."

And with that, Al shut down for the day.....

Later, about halfway into Al's recharge, a commotion rocked his incubation device, along with his entire lab, hard enough to knock him out of it. A groggy disposition sat upon his face, seeing his battery only halfway charged.

"Now what in tarnation is that? I only got a partial charge!"

He stormed off to his security monitors to see what was causing the shaking spree. Much to his surprise, it was the large, 70 foot tall green robot Anchorus who was causing the shaking. He was banging on the wall of his lab that seperated his laboratory from his port that led to the Carnivorous grove. Before the big guy could wreck the wall, Al opened the door for him and allowed him to stomp in. Anchorus was shaken up, almost emulating perfectly the human emotion of fear.

"Al! We need your help! Anchus and I are in a bit of a pickle!"

Al subtly nodded, expecting such from his earlier action.

"Alright, what's the problem? And fer that matter, where's your brother Anchus? I don't see the ten foot fella on yer shoulder."

Anchorus was quick to respond, panicked as he was.

"That's the thing! Anchus and I were at the beach visiting some of those electric crabs that you wanted us to bring you. There was this big electrical storm, though, and what followed was a huge collaboration of waves crashing on the beach. We were caught off guard and before I knew it, we got seperated! I tried looking for Anchus for hours, but I can't pick up his signal anywhere! Can you help me?!"

Hearing of such a situation was something new to Al, and his response reflected it.

"Are ya'll serious? How the hell does that happen? I've known storms to follow large amounts of them crabs, but typhoons? This is something I'll have to investigate. Come on big guy. Let's go!"

Al quickly retreated into the back, then erupted from the darkness of his lab in his silver lined power armor, equipped with his needler weapon and a fully functioning jetpack. He then jumped onto Anchorus' shoulder.

"Bring me to the electric crab's home, Anchorus. I wanna see this anomaly fer myself. And hopefully we'll find yer brother."

And with a speedy interlude, Anchorus took off towads the port in Al's lab, which would lead outside and allow him passage to the beach in question......

Hmmmm....The descriptions were pretty well done. The idea of an elderly man with two robots as main characters seems pretty original. I ant to see what happens next^^

Yay onto a new adventure !

As a welcome back to Karbo, I hope he enjoys this new chapter.

ch:2

Despite the unfettered silence of the forest beforehand, it was soon interrupted by the overwhelmingly shaky footsteps from Anchorus, who stomped through the forest in a hurry with Al accompanying him. Their destination was the Topazial Sea, where Anchus had last been spotted. Predator and prey alike avoided his path so as to not be within this mobile freight train's path. Though Anchorus displayed only worry with his brother's disappearance, Al seemed rather overjoyed as he hung on to Anchorus, looking over every vast expanse and tree they passed.

"I'll be damned! I haven't been outside my lab in ages! Felarya sure has changed since the last time I treaded upon the soil."

"I'd love to chat about it, Al, but we're about to approach the ocean!"

Anchorus came to a stop seconds later as the trees opened up to the vast beach ahead of them, where the ocean glistened and the sands shifted, almost nothing like how Anchorus had described it, though the trees on the beach were bent back from a strong force, not to mention most were soaking wet, giving evidence to some sort of damaging event. The large droid showed vast confusion to why the waves weren't crashing up against the shore at this moment as Al jumped down to investigate for himself.

"Hmm... so Anchorus, ya'll claim this was the spot where Anchus disappeared, correct?"

Anchorus nodded.

"And this was caused by a typhoon? Or something in that area?"

Anchorus nodded again, as he explained.

"Yeah. I was standing about here, trying to grab a few of those crabs that scuttled along the beach head, when the waves got huge, and me and Anchus were wiped out. They must've been about 100 feet tall! They shifted the sand underneath me and I can't remember what happened after that. All i remember was waking up from emergency hibernation and Anchus not being there."

Al rubbed his mechanical chin, trying hard to put the pieces together.

"Hmm... well, it's a possibility that yer brother might've been swept out to sea, big guy. But it's not like Anchus to give up like that. He's too tough to be subdued by the waters... hmm.... something else must've been in play...."

Al reached into his back storage device within his power suit and grabbed a portable scanner, before sweeping the beach in an attempt to locate any signs of Anchus, be it his signal, his foot print, or even his pieces, Anchorus meanwhile hoping he would not find the latter. Within the vastness of the shifting grains of sand, it seemed almost hopeless to find anything, as Al searched constantly while Anchorus searched as well, keeping their visual scanners primed. The search continued well into the afternoon, and still nothing came up. They had both feared that the ocean had carried away any signs of his brother, and hope seemed lost until Al surprisingly stumbled upon something.

"Hey big guy! I think I might've got something here!"

Anchorus stopped his search and went over to see what Al had found.

"Al, what is it? Did you find Anchus?"

Al simply pointed to an oversized tree which had collapsed onto the beach. However, the entrance to a large hole dug in the sand lay underneath it, which seemed almost big enough for even Anchorus to fit through, so the big droid quickly lifted the tree and pushed it back just far enough into the sand to see the hole it concealed. Both of them were astounded to find such an oddity.

"Anchorus, how did you not see this cave? It's huge! I mean almost Great tree huge!"

"I don't know Al. The tree was blocking my vision. Hell, I didn't even know it was there."

Al ran his scanner over the cave, and indeed the results came back as he suspected.

"Well, at any point, Anchus's signal is coming from this cave. He must've been swept down into it."

When he heard this, Anchorus looked into the black cavernous beach dwelling.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's head in there and fi-"

Al cut him off there.

"Hang on big guy. Just cause the cave is big doesn't mean ya'll should go in. It might get smaller, and where will ya'll be then? It's better if I scout ahead inside while ya'll be the lookout."

"But..."

"Trust me, I can search fer your brother faster."

Al did make a good point, as his agility would allow him to traverse the cave easier, so, despite a bit of grief Anchorus gave in.

"Alright. Just be careful."

Not a moment sooner, Al jumped into the hole and gave a thud as he hit the bottom. He turned on his thermal scanner and got to his feet.

"Alright, big guy! I'm in!"

What Al saw was a rather crudely constructed home, the sand being compacted in all over the walls, thus forming a stable structure which Al gave a quick scan of.

"Hmm... the walls are constructed of sand, but they have an extremely high nitrogen content..."

He felt the walls, and surprisingly, they were glossed over with the texture of glass.

"Hmm... something turned this sand to a crude glassy dome... very interestin... but only a bolt of lightning has the capacity to do that.... unless..."

Al then turned around, and took a look around. All over he could see scattered electrical parts, pieces to a ripped apart jeep, and even some discarded batteries, none of which had a charge left in them. In the corner, however, he saw something familiar, running over to investigate as soon as possible.

"Can these be? They're awfully familiar...."

It looked like a pair of robotic legs sticking out of the sand. Al ran his scanner over them, and they indeed belonged to Anchus!

"Hey Anchorus! I found yer brother! He's stuck face down in the sand. Heheheh! The fool must've been knocked out by the impact."

The droid above released a sigh of contentment.

"Oh, thank the great motherboards! Can you bring him up? I wanna make sure he's okay."

Al gladly grabbed one of Anchus' legs and yelled back up to Anchorus.

"Don't worry, big guy. I'll have him up in no time. Just gimme a sec to-"

Unfortunatly, much to Al's horror, when he pulled the legs up from the sand, he found that they came out of the ground rather easily. This was because.... there was no upper body attached to them! Anchus had been cleaved in half at the pelvic region, his ripped circuits hanging from the top of the legs, which nearly made Al vomit up nuts and bolts as he dropped the legs back onto the floor. Al panicked and looked around, only to see no sign of Anchus' top half.

"Um...... big guy... I don't know how to say this... but...."

Unaware, Anchorus hurried Al up.

"What is it, Al? I wanna see Anchus. Bring him up."

"Anchorus... I'm afraid I have some bad news... yer brother.... he's....."

Al took a deep breath and decided to pick up the legs again. As he headed to the entrance of the cave to show Anchorus the legs and the bad news, the cave began to rumble furiously. From one of the dark corridors the cavern lead to was an eerie scuttling noise, as well as the sound of someone banging against a shell. Al turned back and saw the corridor turn pitch black, a pair of shining beady eyes looking right at him. The shadow approaching him nearly spooked Al out of his shell, as he tried to make a run for the entrance, but within seconds a mighty lightning blast erupted from the shadow, bolting Al out of the entrance with a burnt backside, surprising Anchorus enough to push him back.

"AL! What happened?!"

Sadly, before Al could answer, the shadow erupted from the cave, letting out a shrill cry as it towered over Anchorus, being a mighty one hundred feet tall, dwarfing Anchorus well over thirty feet. It appeared to be an Electric crab, but it was angry, leaving the big droid dumbfounded.

"AL! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!"

Al turned around and his jaw nearly fell off, rummaging through his scanner sloppily.

".... That's.... that's not possible! An Electric King Crab?!....."

.........

ch.3

The 100 foot tall Electric King Crab stared down angrily at Anchorus with it's black eyes, prompting the droid to back up hastily. It approached Anchorus slowly.

"Al, why didn't you tell me there was such a thing as a Electric King Crab?!"

Al picked up his jaw and prepared his power suit's weapons.

"Don't blame me, Anchorus. They're so gosh darn rare I didn't think they even existed! It's probably a mutated crab er somethin! They don't grow this big normally!"

As they looked over the mighty beast, they saw what was in It's claw, and to both Al and Anchorus' surprise, it was Anchus! Even though he was cleaved in half, the top half was bashing the claw that held him, to try and escape as oil dripped from his torn circuits and gears, dripping down the claw of the mighty beast. The oil was just about everywhere on this beast, as if it had gotten in a scuffle with Anchus in order to try and eat him.

"GAH! Release me you overgrown surf and turf! I'll kill you!"

The creature was not effected in the least, even though Anchus had the mechanical strength of five men. The beast's shell was just too resilient, and Anchus began figuring this out as he turned to see Anchorus and Al.

"BROTHER! It's about time you found me! This thing is gonna rip me to shreds and gnaw on my batteries! GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

Anchorus couldn't even respond before the king crab smacked him upside the head with one of it's massive claws, throwing him back into the sand. the big guy was quick to get up, but unfortunately couldn't do much else.

"Anchus, I don't know how to help you out of there! That thing has alot of feet on me! And it's very moody!"

The King crab pushed some sand back in a bull like taunt againt Anchorus, before charging right at him with a claw ready to snip his head off. Anchus was almost powerless to help, losing oil at a rapid rate and his batteries having been damaged. He could only pound effortlessly against the crab's shell to try and stop it as it charged, ready to make Anchorus it's dinner. Anchorus was too close to dodge and decided to take a stance against the beast, holding his arms forward to halt it's charge. The creature slammed into him and forced Anchorus back, even when he used all his hydraulics to stop the king crab's advance. The big droid mustered his best efforts to push all his gears forward, but it would seem as though Anchorus would be overpowered by this monstrosity of a crab.

However, in the nick of time, a flaming needler shot right at the king crab, right where Anchus had been leaking oil. This set the oil, and the crab, ablaze with a sheet of fire, causing him to drop Anchus to the ground, as the cleaved droid was saved by a certain Al moving at high speeds thanks to his power suit's boosters. Of course Anchus didn't take this well.

"AL, what the hell?! You lit an oil fire right next to me?! YOU COULD'VE TERMINATED ME!"

Al only responded with a chuckle like an old geezer.

"But I didn't. Yer still functioning fer the moment. Now Anchorus! Throw that wannabe lobster to the side and let's get out of here! I'd rather retreat in one piece, thank you! And step on it! Before Anchus here runs out of oil!"

As Al was quick to grab Anchus' top half and his legs, Anchorus took the momentary weakness in the crab's position and delivered a mighty right hook to the beast's face, hurling it back several yards into the sandy dunes of the Topazial Beachhead, since it's defenses were weakened from the fire. He didn't waste any time afterward in following Al, taking his advice on a hasty retreat. Within mere minutes they dissappeared into the forest, and even as the king crab recovered, it could not detect them anywhere around. This thus left the beast with little option other than to put out the rest of it's fire in the water, then return to it' den in hopes of ensnaring another meal....

...

Hours later, back within Al's underground laboratory, a hesitant Anchorus waited out the operation on Anchus as Al got right to work fixing him. The big droid could do nothing but wait, practically on edge worrying for his brother. IT certainly didn't help hearing such foreign machines working on Anchus, for Anchorus had never seen such repair methods used. It signaled that the damage was indeed severe. Regardless, he put his trust in Al, though whether that trust was misplaced would soon be found out.

From the waiting Anchorus had nearly run out of batteries when he heard the machines inside come to a halt, which heralded Al emerging from his emergency work chamber. He removed his safety goggles and put down his welding torch, before looking up at Anchorus, who could only ask one thing.

"Al... is Anchus.... okay?"

Al wasn't quick to answer, as the operation had drained him as well. Regardless, he gave a straight face.

"Well, boy... I did all I could, and he did lose alot of oil.... maybe ya'll should come inside and take a look...."

Nice to see this thing updated.

But why'd you have to go and leave it on a cliff hangar!? What happened to Anchus?