The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Goddess vs Machine

"My world was... brilliant... magnificent with grand splendour. We humans dominated our world, exploited it and reached for the stars. Then, one day, I found myself alone inside the remains of our once proud civilization. As you can see throughout, there are only sands and sand dunes, in the distance you may even see structures. Those were built by us. I may not remember everything…

…But you can bet that I did not cause this mess either…

I can't even explain what I have been experiencing this past few months in this world of yours. A world of magic, the very force that defies conventional science. If it wasn't for one of those cults, we wouldn't be here. But I'm glad they did,"

The goddess was getting impatient. She knew that Artemis was delaying her, letting her lower her guard so that he could attack her at her weakest.

But still, she was curious.

"Lately, I've been having these... dreams. In those dreams there is always a voice... a voice that speaks with me. Claiming that she knows me, pushing me to go on with what I have been doing. I am always impulsed to carry out what it wishes. Yet, everytime I wake, I forget. But the urge to fulfill my "mission" remains…

...you are but an obstacle. I will massacre billions more that will get in my way!"

The goddess' vision blackened.

"Where am I?!" She screamed.

There was silence.

And then, her vision returned. She was standing on top of a structure that she had never seen before. She walked towards the edge and saw the gleaming city below. There were these small things moving down there, there were also these big monstrosities that occupied the sky.

She saw many humans going about their daily lives. She could not even begin to comprehend. They were there, wearing strange clothes. She could see their smiles, their struggles, she could even feel what they felt.

All of a sudden, the sky darkened and ravenous black clouds stormed the skies and it began to rain. The rain was a thick, black smudge that melted the city. She looked down once more, this time, she saw no harmony.

But blood.

In the distance, explosions rocked the city and the sounds of cackling and cracking filled her ears. She began to feel nauseous and anxious.

"Turn this away!" She screamed but the violence escalated further. Soon, she found herself in the shoes of an unnamed girl. She was running through the war torn streets. A thick black haze covered the air and the smell of rotting corpses filled her nostrils.

She felt afraid of something but she did not know what it was. But the fear that was associated with it lingered deep inside her. The little girl then found herself trapped between a huge battle.

She saw humans that flew, held strange weapons and had strange armour. They were accompanied by these metal beasts that spat out fire from their mouths and flying dragons that spewed stones the shape of rods that birthed a fiery ball.

They were battling against these familiar black creatures that she never forgot. They were abominations. The abominations are getting smaller the more they get hit by their power and some small ones were even destroyed by a blue projectile by soldiers with a huge rod with blue light in it. Then more kept coming.

The abominations soon swallowed the humans and their companions and they began to flee while the abominations glow yellow inside then grow a few centimeters. The humans fled from the battle until more humans came and they battled once more.

The humans, by a slim margin, won. They slaughtered the abominations and they shouted with glory.

Then, she found herself within the shoes of a lone man.