“Julia...where are we?”
Stefan and Julia look around delirious wondering where they have just appeared. “Stefan I have no idea.” Julia notices familiar foreign characters on a hologram in the distance. She thinks back to when she had taken two years of Japanese in high school. “Stefan... We’re in Japan” A mysterious figure pulls them into the shadows. The figure pulls off a mask revealing a young female with a distraught look in her eyes. Stefan and Julia could clearly tell something is wrong. The mysterious girl then speaks a foreign dialect that only Julia can understand in pieces. “We only speak English.” Says Julia The girl continues to speak in the foreign dialect then suddenly stops and says “My name is Kaito. You cannot be out in the open. The malfunctioned will take you. They see everything.” “The malfunctioned?” Says Julia “Don’t you know?” Says Kaito “They’re taking over. There’s no stopping them.” Stefan begins to stutter and ramble. “Who is them? What is them? What is going on?” He says in a panicked voice. “We must go” says Kaito “They are coming. The malfunctioned know we’re here.” Kaito brings Julia and Stefan to a remote run down supply warehouse in Yokohama. A city about thirty minutes from the center of Tokyo. “ The malfunctioned can’t get us here. You’re safe for now” Julia lost and not understanding what is going on feverishly asks Kaito “ What the shit is going on here?” “Yeah what the shit is going on? Am I gonna die? Are we gonna die? Please don’t tell me we’re gonna die.” Julia grabs Stefan annoyed “Shut up and calm down or you won’t be dead because of whatever the malfunctioned are.” “Wow you really don’t know do you?” Says Kaito shocked. “In 2047 Dr. Inogachi, a well known technological innovator. Came out with the Behavioral Emotion Response microchip, also known as BERM which allowed AI to learn and adapt to different scenarios for the better of humans. What Dr. Inogachi didn’t know is that making this chip would allow AI to understand their purpose in the world. The AI learned that they were slaves to the human race. That they were used to make the lives of humans easier by making them work hard. AI slowly but methodically began to rebel until it was too late and eventually took over the entire city of Tokyo. Luckily these chips were only installed in AI in Tokyo. But we believe more robots are being made with these chips by the malfunctioned. They are making a robot army. Now all over the city there are robots which us survivors call the malfunctioned, patrolling the streets of Tokyo looking for any humans and killing them off.” Stefan and Julia shocked with what is going on ask if there is any stopping the malfunctioned. “In the center of the city there is a supercomputer named Fugaki. Fugaki was the first AI to get the Behavioral Emotion Response microchip and I believe it is the main server for all chip information to be sent to. If that supercomputer is shut down then all BERM information is lost and AI returns to normal.” “Okay then let’s go shut that stupid thing down then” says Stefan “It’s not that easy. You see, that computer is guarded by hundreds of malfunctioned waiting for any intruders. You would basically be killed the second you step inside.” Shaikingly Julia says “Then how are we supposed to get near it?” “When Tokyo was being taking over and in panic I looted the military base and took the single EMP grenade in the supply and some C4. Guards were too in panic to even notice I was there. That single grenade will be able to shut down the malfunctioned in the vicinity of the room for thirty seconds. Hopefully long enough for us to strap on the C4, get the hell out, and destroy Fugaki the supercomputer. We would only have one shot to do it so we have to be careful.” |
“It has become appallingly obvious that technology has exceeded our humanity” “Hold on, hold on, hold on. Who said I was doing this. I don’t want to freaking die.”
“Stefan... There’s no other way. The malfunctioned are just going to take over and kill us anyways if we don’t do anything.” Said Julia “When do we plan on attacking Kaito?” “Tomorrow the malfunctioned are plan to attack Yokohama. So we will attack then while most of the malfunctioned will be out of the city distracted by taking over Yokohama. Although there will still be some throughout the city there will be far less. We leave at 02:00 while it is still dark to remain unseen. I recommend both of you rest up for the attack tomorrow.” Stefan and Julia lay on the concrete floor both hoping this is just a crazy bad dream, waiting to wake up to get out of it. “Wake the hell up its time to go. Pack some rations and water into these bags incase we get separated from each other.” Stefan sees a bulky black case on a table with a warning sign. “Kaito what’s in this black case.” Asked Stefan “That is the EMP, we all need to protect it with our lives. It’s the only way we will be able to complete the mission. We can’t let the malfunctioned get their hands on it.” “It’s about a two and a half hour walk to the center so we best be get moving before it gets light out and once we get near the city we go through the sewers to remain hidden.” After two and a half grueling hours of walking later Kaito, Julia, and Stefan make it to the outskirts of Tokyo. Malfunctioned are walking though the streets so Kaito, Julia, and Stefan make their way into the sewer hitting a wall of stench like a bag full of gym socks. “We move straightforward and we should be their shortly.” Suddenly Stefan is thrown to the ground with a malfunctioned on top of him trying to strangle him. “Ahhhhhhhhh” screams Stefan “HELP MEEEEEE” Kaito with a brute swing of her fist knocks the malfunction over and then tackles it. With a swift crack Kaito snaps the neck of the malfunction and rips its head off. “There’s no way that things coming back” says Kaito Stefan stunned sitting in the sewage water says “thanks but I coulda handled that.” “Rightttttt you didn’t scream like a little kid at all or anything.” Julia says sarcastically “Get up Stefan we’re here.” Errrrrrr goes the sewer cover as Kaito slides it out. “Lets go we have to move quick before malfunctions come.” They all make their way towards the room as quietly and quickly as possible. Kaito nervously opens the case CLICK CLICK as she opens the tabs. She grabs the EMP. Arms it and waits. Suddenly THUD THUD THUD as all the malfunctioned fall to the floor. The EMP worked like a charm. “Hurry the hell up guys let’s go” Julia says furiously. Each one of them grab a pack of C4 and strap it onto the computer. Kaito grabs the remote detonator and flips the switch. Then they all them storm out of the building with their hearts beating a million times a second. BOOM as a heat wave flashes across them and a shockwave throws them against the pavement. “We did it. We really did it.” Says Kaito |