Cyberlife Bus: The Merger

As Detroit's police department ignores numerous vehicles going missing all over Detroit, Cyberlife Bus and his friends decide to take matters into their own wheels. Can his group, along with the help of a private detective, manage to catch the mysterious vehicle serial killer before it's too late? 
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== General Info ==
Cyberlife Bus: The Merger is the first episode of the Cyberlife Bus series. 
The episode revolves around Cyberlife United (CU) stopping the infamous vehicle killer — Kent C — also known as the Merger. The game takes place in February of 2039.
It was written by Veeti K. and animated by Mihajlo G.
== Plot summary ==
=== Opening ===
In the opening of the animation, Cyberlife Bus can be seen delivering his last passenger before returning to the NE Bus Depot in North East Detroit. At around 8 PM he sneaks out of the depot and drives to a nearby shut down landfill, where his friends, Cyberlife Car (CC) and Cyberlife Mercedes (CM) are.
The trio chat and joke around for a bit before realizing that their friend, Cyberlife Motorcycle 3, has not arrived at the landfill after being expected. They set off to look for her.
=== Following the tire tracks ===
The trio arrives at a park in Greektown, where Cyberlife Motorcycle 3 usually goes in her free time. Cyberlife Bus spots her tire tracks, leading away from the park. They follow them.
The tire tracks end up leading inside an abandoned warehouse in the outskirts of Detroit. The trio are confused, and reluctant to enter. Cyberlife Bus tells CM and CC that it will be better if he goes in there alone, but CM and CC convince him to let them join. They all enter the warehouse.
=== Inside the warehouse ===
The group splits inside the warehouse to cover more ground. They keep in touch with their programs. CC and CM joke around while CB notices vehicle parts all around the warehouse. Soon enough, CB and CC lose connection with CM. After searching more areas, Cyberlife Bus finds the corpse of Cyberlife Motorcycle 3, broken and dismembered. Shocked, Cyberlife Bus calls the police. CB tells CC about CM 3's corpse, but gets no response. Cyberlife Bus calls for CC and CM from inside the warehouse but to no avail. The scene ends with Cyberlife Bus getting immobilized by the killer, as police sirens are heard in the distance and the killer runs away.
=== After the events ===
A day has passed since the events in the warehouse. Cyberlife Car wakes Cyberlife Bus up, who is parked at the NE bus depot. Confused, Cyberlife Bus asks Cyberlife Car for explanations, and whether Cyberlife Mercedes is okay. CC reassures CB and tells him more about the infamous vehicle slasher, as well as more bodies being found in the warehouse they were in. Due to the case being dropped by the Detroit Police Department, CB and CC decide to take matters into their own wheels. They hire a detective — Cyberlife Van — to help with the case, with Cyberlife Mercedes, Bus 5 and Bus 8 at their side.
Cyberlife Bus introduces the others to Cyberlife Van. CV sets off downtown to interrogate other people and vehicles. 
After the investigation, CV comes across CB at the Greektown Park, where he tells him everything he found out after investigating. Although most people were only able to tell him what they heard on the news, CV was able to question a Cyberlife Worker, who told him that the Merger — named Kent C — used to work at Cyberlife, and how his ideas for a "perfect Cyberlife vehicle" have been rejected. CV deduces that the reason for him killing all of those vehicles is so he could use their parts to build his perfect amalgamation. 
=== Getting a lead ===
Cyberlife Car, Van, Bus, Bus 5 and 8 are at the landfill discussing plans for catching the Merger. Cyberlife Mercedes rushes towards them and crashes into a table. He informs them that he spotted the Merger luring a vehicle in a dark alleyway. Cyberlife Bus tells CM, CC and CV to scale themselves down and get inside him, while Cyberlife Bus 5 and 8 find another route to their location. They swiftly drive off onto the streets in pursuit of the infamous vehicle killer.
=== Driven to a ruse ===
Following instructions from Cyberlife Mercedes, Cyberlife Bus drives towards the Merger's location in a more desolate part of Detroit on a rainy night.
Inside him are Cyberlife Mercedes, Van and Car. CV and CC discuss their plans further, CV assures CC that he has drones that can help aid in the killer's defeat.
The two are interrupted by Cyberlife Bus, who tells them to stay quiet as they are approaching the killer's hideout. They realize that the killer is entering the same warehouse where he immobilized them. Unimpressed by his thinking skills, CM, CV and CC exit Cyberlife Bus and they all follow him inside the warehouse, only to get blown up by a rigged bomb placed inside.
The explosion is all over the news. The public are more intrigued in the case, while the Police still don't want to get involved.
=== Plan B ===
3 days have passed since the explosion. Cyberlife Bus 5 is carrying Cyberlife Mercedes, who was heavily injured in the explosion, back to the group. CB 5 expresses her relief for CM's well-being. The two talk until they reach the group, which was at the landfill.
CV states that the Merger's next most likely victim is a Cyberlife Truck. Cyberlife Bus urges everyone to split up and linger near Detroit's truck stops in an attempt to catch the killer in the act. 
Cyberlife Bus arrives at a truck stop by Interstate 75 and goes on a roof of the nearby hotel to stay hidden. Eventually, he spots the Merger getting in and taking control of a truck. He calls the others and quickly follows the truck.
The group arrives in an industrial area and go inside a warehouse, where they're met with strange noises and an ominous atmosphere. They come across a chained up minivan begging for help. The group reassures the minivan while Cyberlife Mercedes frees her from the chains. She expresses her incentive to join them in their pursuit, however is denied at first. The group is distracted by the sounds of saws and screaming, so they quickly scurry to get to the source of the sound. Cyberlife Mercedes is left alone with the minivan, where he asks her if she's sure she wants to come and warns her of the danger, she reaffirms. They quickly follow the rest of the group as sounds of hard metal clanks reverberate throughout the warehouse.
=== Confrontation ===
The group uncovers the Merger's whereabouts and attempts to sneak up behind him, only to be told to stop. The Merger warns them to get out while they still can, however the group persists. The Merger explains his motives and views on his doings, but the group is unfazed. Cyberlife Van decides to rush into the Merger, however is stopped when a big vehicle slams into him from the side and throws him against a wall. The vehicle looks to be an amalgamation of multiple vehicles, posing a big threat to the group as they're unaware of its capabilities. The Merger orders the Hybrid to attack.
A fight begins between soon-to-be Cyberlife United and the Hybrid. The group tries whatever it can to defeat the Hybrid — driving into him, using drones, guns — however the Hybrid remains relatively unfazed. The Hybrid takes them out one by one until everyone is unfit to battle further.Now up on an observation deck, the Merger withdraws the Hybrid and warns Cyberlife United one more time. Cyberlife Minivan tells the others about the device Kent has, which is used to control the hybrid. Panicked, Kent orders the Hybrid to attack. The others keep the Hybrid busy, as Cyberlife Bus drives into the Merger's observation deck in an attempt to knock him down, and it works. Once Kent falls, the device slides across the floor. Cyberlife Bus quickly drives over it, destroying it and giving the Hybrid back its free will. Confused, the Hybrid looks around, ignoring Cyberlife United and focusing its attention to Kent. The Hybrid knocks Kent down, as Kent attempts to persuade his creation. Cyberlife Bus advises the Hybrid not to kill Kent, however, Kent fixates on a loaded pistol that was dropped by Cyberlife Van during the fight, and goes to reach it. Panicked, the Hybrid quickly drives towards Kent and ends up killing him and itself. The following explosion shocks the group and causes the building they're in to be unstable. The group foresees a collapse, and they all scurry out. Cyberlife Bus stops and takes on final glance at the dead and burning bodies of Kent and his Hybrid.
After the warehouse collapses, the incident makes headlines across the state. 
=== Forming Cyberlife United ===
After the confrontation, the group is unwinding at a Cybercooks Restaurant. Cyberlife Bus tells the rest about his idea of forming a new, crime stopping group which they'll call Cyberlife United. Everyone agrees to it and soon after they decide on their roles:
* Cyberlife Bus - The leader
* Cyberlife Car and Cyberlife Mercedes - The brawlers
* Cyberlife Van - The main investigator
* Cyberlife Bus 8 - Strategist
* Cyberlife Minivan - Medic
* Cyberlife Bus 5 - Investigator (CV's sidekick)
After getting the roles sorted out, the group decides to relax for the night.
== Trivia ==
* This first episode of Cyberlife Bus has had multiple re-releases. 
**The first one being in the summer of 2019, when the first version of the episode was animated. It had outdated models and zero custom-modeled environments.
**In the spring of 2020, a remake was released which used newer models and custom-modeled environments, as well as multiple new and reworked scenes, adding to its length.
**In 2023, Cyberlife Bus was made public on the Cyberlife Bus Channel, a rebranding of the TimmyHeadNose productions channel. The first episode was edited for audio balancing and additional/changed sound effects and visual filters.
*The news scene was originally supposed to reuse footage from the 2019 version of the episode.
*When the hangout area was being modeled, the modeller was thinking of giving up and using a city map version from the workshop, but the inconsistency gave him enough motivation to finish the model.
* Originally, Cyberlife Bus and Cyberlife Van were gonna meet up in Capitol Park after Cyberlife Van's investigation.
* The truck stop was originally placed somewhere in the core of the city near the river, but after doing some research, the modeller put it next to a highway, where truck stops tend to be.
*Most of the environments in the first episode are custom-made, however the plans weren't always like that.
** The following locations were originally supposed to be from the big city map, but ended up getting modeled instead: The Greektown Park, the Highway, Washington Boulevard, the Cybercooks Restaurant.
** The following locations were planned to be modeled but were instead represented by the big city map: The area where CB drives through with CM, CC and CV inside of him.
*A Detroit Taxi can be seen clipping into the wall in the confrontation scene before the fight. This is an intentional reference to a bug in Detroit: Become Human, where a Detroit Taxi clips through Hank Anderson's house in one of the endings.
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