Thursday, August 30, 2012

Chapter One – The Escape

"Now, robot," the man said, "hold still."
"Yes," the robot leopard said, turning completely stiff. The man then turned off the robot.
"You're too nice. You need to be more... evil," the man chuckled. The man then removed the forehead plate of the robot leopard, and twiddled around a wire or two with a screwdriver. He then put the metal forehead plate back on the robot, and the robot turned back on.

"Hello," the robot said again.
"How do you feel, robot?" the man smiled.
"I am afraid I do not have feelings, creator," the robot leopard replied.
"That isn't what I meant," the man scowled.
"I am sorry. What did you mean?" the robot said.
"What do you want to do?" the man asked, hoping for something evil.
"Anything you want, creator," the robot leopard said.
"Do something evil!" the man yelled impatiently.
"I am afraid I will not do anything evil," the robot replied.
"Why not?!" the man shouted.
"Doing evil things are not good," the robot said. The man eventually stomped away angrily, looking at another robot.
"Another robot failed," he muttered.

That night, the robot was accidently left on after the man had left. The robot then said to itself, "I do not want to be with my creator. I will leave." It then walked into the door and opened it with it's head, and walked out.

Prologue

It was a rather cloudy day in the year 2023. A large, silver, and somewhat dusty building hidden in the deepest part of the woods brushed the treetops. Inside the building, a tall man stood, leaning over a wildcat-shaped robot. The man had tussled black hair, and he was wearing a long white lab coat over a faded blue shirt, with black gloves and shoes.
"This robot leopard is coming along perfectly," he chuckled to himself while screwing in a bolt to the robot's ear. Suddenly, the robot leopard's green lightbulb eyes lit up.

"Hello," the robot leopard said, in a monotone, as all robots do.
"Why hello, robot!" the man replied, laughing.
"I am robot," the leopard said.
"Yes, you are," the man said.
"Who are you?" the robot asked, its left paw raising up.
"I am your creator and your master," said the man, laughing to himself.