A Nightly Walk

Chapter 1: A tiresome day

Larry was finishing the construction for Zomboss' newest creation, the Zombotinator 15000, a machine that will churn out any kind of Zombot for any theme, usually depending on where Zomboss has decided to go in the time stream. He was just about to screw in just two more bolts when he heard a heavy crashing boom on the other side of the building-sized garage that he was in. Startled by the commotion,  Larry ran over to the source of the noise. 

When he got there, he saw Lenny, an imp who's taller than most imps and is also an employee of Zomboss along with Larry, standing with George, a Gargantuar who's slightly shorter than the others. They both were covered in exploded powder and debris, with shattered glass scattered about. They both see Larry, with terror in their eyes and proceed to point at each other and blame one another for the freak accident. Larry, however, wasn't in the mood to deal with their shenanigans. 

"George! Lenny! Both of you two better have an excellent explanation as to what just happened! I was near completion of the new invention, 'til Y'all did something!" 

"Oh, uh.... well, you see, Boss... George-" 

"Hey! The boss said both of us, Lenny!" George irritatingly said before looking back at Larry. "You see, We both were trying to make some sort of chemical that makes light, so we wouldn't have to use electricity for the lights." 

Larry facepalmed. "George, you do know you can use the fireflies, right?" 

"Uh, boss, there ain't no fiery flies anymore. The season's been changed, so they all flew off!" 

Larry let what George said sink in. He went over to the entrance of the shed and turned on the automatic garage door. He stopped the machine barely halfway, ducked out from underneath the door and felt the nature outside. It was a very nice cold breeze. Larry was awestruck by the coolth of the weather. Larry was so caught up, that he didn't realize that Zomboss had shown up to check up on the progress and had been irately calling Larry. 

"LARRY BUILDERMANN! IF YOU DON'T ANSWER ME IN THE NEXT 5 SECONDS, YOU ARE FIRED!"

"Doh! Who in the- Zomboss! When did you get here?!" 

"I've been here for a little while, now, about time you answered. I was going to ask you on your current progress on the machine. However, George here was descriptive in detail on how things were going. I didn't expect you or your team to have gotten this far in the project already, so that's good news for you. Keep your hard work and no lollygagging, and you should be fine." With that, Zomboss left the building and went to his chambers for the night. 

Larry thought over about what Zomboss said. After some reflection,  Larry decided to get back to screwing in those last two screws. Larry got worried that they might've rolled off somewhere, but fortunately, they were still near the machine. Larry looked at his watch. The time was 7:05 pm in the evening. 

*a short amount of time later*

Larry had finished the machine, completed the inspection paperwork and planned on doing a test run with it tomorrow. Larry looked back at his watch which read that the time was now 7:40 pm, much sooner than Larry had anticipated. With that, Larry and his crew did a toast with some hot cocoa. Afterward, the crew left and Larry closed the garage shed doors and made sure that they were sturdily locked. Once that was done, Larry smiled that he was now done for the day and took the opportunity to go for a walk and enjoy the weather. 

Larry went back to his complex to put up his important items, like the garage keys, and then started his trek through a nearby city. The sky was a dark shade for some reason, but Larry didn't mind it as he walked to the city.

***Hope you enjoyed chapter 1! I know y'all are wondering who Larry is. Well, I have posted a link to a page that may give you an idea. 

As for Larry, he had a strenuous day, so he decides a walk in the coolth of the evening should be his reward.***