This was his Timeline of events.
-Maximus wakes up in the Pod. Meets Lin and Melissa.
-He sees the letter from his sister, regains his memories of the previous world. Sees noticeable changes in his body.
-Samurai (Albert) attacks them, Max becomes unconscious.
-Max wakes up to Mr. Time. Mr. Time gives him some new info. Melissa comes to his rescue.
-Chuck points the way out and runs away. The duo see a robot.
-Max stops the fight between Albert and Lin and defeats the Samurai. Albert goes away. Max ventures into the forest.
-Max finds lake. The dead soulsof the villagers find out that he can see them but couldn't communicate as Max was terrified.
-Max meets Chuck. Runs and fights a Cyclops and defeats it. Finds the village.
-They meet Lin and Melissa. Team up against other Cyclops. Dreacon and Savanta appear and take them except Max.
-Albert wakes him up and go to lake. They enter the Castle of Dread, with the help of the villagers.
-They fight a horde of the undead and go to the main hall. They fin the three missing humans, but face Dreacon and Savanta.
-Dreacon activates Box, Chuck runs to get it, with Savanta chasing him. Lin comes to rescue.
-Dreacon fatally injures Max, Melissa starts healing him. Albert takes on Dreacon.
-Chuck learns to use the Book of Fireflies. And finds the key. With the help of his villagers, he finds another Tome.
- At the same time, Lin defeats Savanta and joins him.
-Max wakes up and destroys Dreacon. They all get together and stop the bomb.
-The gang escape the Castle in a boat, and the villagers say their goodbye.
-Max wakes up and they form the " Paradox Troupe " . (NOT REALLY).
-The gang goes back to the Dome for resources and finds the robot moving....
And now...the present!!
Max: Woah....it's you!!!! You are moving????!!!
???: Indeed!! Thanks to you switching me on, Master Max!!
The robot had a gentle, but monotonous voice. It was definitely creepy, especially to Max, who didn't know that robots could actually do this much. And since the others didn't know what a robot was, this was a product of the old science from back in his time, which was weird, since Max had no memory of technology being that advanced during his days. He ultimately concluded that humanity was successful in the Artificial Intelligence side of things, in the four years that he wasn't awake.
Max: Master??
Lin: Please don't say that word....I remember a certain someone that said that word a million times and it was disgusting.
Chuck and Max nodded, remembering Savanta's annoying "Myaster"s.
Melissa: But who is that??? You called him a "robot" three days ago. ..Is he wearing some kind of armour??
Albert: I'm sorry to say this, but I don't detect any heartbeat from him...
Max: Relax guys...he isn't human. In fact he was created by humans...
Max was surprised by Melissa's memory, as she remembered him saying "robot" the first time they saw it. Since he was the only one who knew what the robot was, he realized that he should help his teammates understand technology. But he had no idea on how to tell them about robots, when they didn't even know about electricity.
Max: Okay.....this is gonna be weird...so let me explain...
Lin: What do you mean humans created. Are those like human's version of "Experiments??
Max: Can you let me talk???? Although I guess you can say that....
Albert quickly held a tight grip over his sword.
Albert: Is that an Experiment?? I don't see any biological presence in it!!
Max tried calming them down nervously.
Max: Oh my God!!! Calm down!!! This is NOT the dangerous Experiments or Ameliorates that those in the Tower make. These are metal structures that move and do stuff, because a human programmed them to. It's not like they suffer, since they don't have emotions. Wait...that...sounds awful too.
Max was going for a point there, and he somehow missed it.
???: Ouch....
The robot finally spoke. It walked towards them, or "skated" towards them, as it had wheels for legs. The surface of the robot was a shiny silver, with intricate wiring going in all over it's body. It had green lights, that was glowing in a hazy way, reminding Chuck of his fireflies. The robot's eyes were green too, and lit up, showing that it's switched on.
???: I'm very sorry...I have failed to introduce myself. My names Hershel.
All around, everyone were kinda confused. The newer generation humans had no idea about machinery, and were still trying to figure out the thing in front of them.
Maximus on the other hand knew exactly what it was. He walked up to the robot and stretched his hand, pulling the robot, Hershel's hand, for a handshake.
Max: My mama's Max.
Hershel: I'm aware of that....although....
Hershel saw the other four, pointing at them. Then his eyes went blue and words and letters passed through his eyes at rapid speeds, and Max heard a lot of computing noises. After five seconds of searching, Hershel finally answered.
Hershel: It seems that I don't have data or any files on these three gentlemen and the gentlewoman.
Max: Oh!! You have files on everyone in this Dome then?????
Hershel: Yes. I do. There were 340 Pods in this Dome. But only 39 humans remain in the pods.
Max: You know what happened to my sister,??
Hershel stood there for five seconds without answering. And then he spoke.
Hershel: Please state a name!
Chuck: That was slow!
Max: Her name's Alicia!! Do you have any important info on her??
Hershel stood silent for the next ten seconds, and the computing blue eyes returned.
Melissa: That looks weird...
Max: Hello...??
Max was waving his hand in front of Hershel's face. The eyes finally went green.
Hershel: Yes. I have a file regarding Alicia Janus Steefan. She was in Pod-299, alongside you and one Sasha McBurn.
Max: Do you know where she is...??
Hershel: I'm sorry. I wasn't awake during her revival...so I don't know.
Max bent his head low. He had no clues as to where she went again. Why would she not try to wake up a robot, Max wondered. But he didn't know of she was even aware of the robot existing.
Max: So....can you search and tell me if anyone else with the last name Steefan is here??
Hershel: Give me a minute, sir.....
And Hershel went computing mode again.
Chuck: By "give me a minute" he didn't mean an actual minute, right??
Max just raised his shoulders, arms stretched out to his sides, to let them know that he was unsure.
Lin: Why are we even doing this??? We can just go on...
A minute had actually passed, and the gang didn't speak much. Hershel came back.
Hershel: I'm sorry...but my search shows, no one with that last name in this Dome..
Max: This one?? You mean...there are others..
Hershel: Yes.
Max was out of words. If there were others, he could find them. Maybe Alicia had gone to gather her family too. It didn't make sense on why she left him though.
Max: So, what does the D.O.M.E. stand for??
Hershel just stared. There was no computing this time. He stood silently for five seconds.
Hershel: That's classified...
The reply that Hershel gave was scary. But he didn't mind.
Max: Go on guys, introduce yourself. By the way, the grumpy guy is Xi Fei Lin..
Lin: Why did you say my name??
Max: Because you wouldn't..
Melissa: I'm Melissa Thorne.
Lin looked shocked that she revealed her last name. He looked doubtful, but didn't question it. Melissa just smiled. Albert heard her name and just whispered to himself.
Albert: Thorne...?? That Thornes??
Chuck had no idea what the significance of that name was, since he lived in an enclosed village. He had a rough idea about the world from the books.
Chuck: I'm Chuck Westwood. Nice to meet you.
He bowed down showing respect.
Albert: Albert. Just Albert...
Max smiled at them. He then turned to Hershel, who was processing the data.
Hershel: I see. I'll add your names to the database. I'm Hershel.
Lin: I see....Hershey...
Hershel: It's Hershel.
Lin: I don't care..
Chuck: This again???!
Max was thinking about something. He then ignored it all. He just smiled and walked to Hershel.
Max: You see....we are on a journey to find my family!! Join us!! Join the Paradox Troupe!!
Hershel: I see...okay. Let's do it.
And just like that, another one joined the party.
[MAXIMIUS AUGILLERIS STEEFAN: 67 DAYS TILL ERASURE]