While scavenging in his father's salvage yard, Juston finds the remains of a giant robot and decides to rebuild it and use it against those who have been bullying him.
Juston Seyfert, a poor Wisconsin boy who spends his time exploring his father's salvage yard, finds a robotic control chip and installs it in his homemade "battlebot," which then disappears far into the yard, drawn to a big discovery.