It was 2090 when the world was almost out of resources. The whole earth was treated equally, equally as in nobody was at power in the world, it was run by 100 representatives elected by the citizens. The world had to move to Mars for the world had no more resources. Technology was growing rapidly. Houses began to get robots, they could clean, cook, sing, read. They would do everything for the people. The people weren't lazy couch potatoes, they took advantage of this extra time to learn and create new things.
One of these people is Dr. George Crowley. He is a Caucasian, brown-eyed, thin and tall male. He always wears black polished Clarks. He had unusual, unique life-changing ideas. He is well respected throughout the whole world and is considered 1 of the best scientists and technologists in the world. He was starting a revolutionary era. He was well known for his creations of the robot. His latest achievement was programming robots to create a building on the moon. His goal is to program 10 robots to go to the Mars and start a settlement. He is getting the money from donations, he promised the citizens that he would provide a future for everyone and that the robots are reliable to create a settlement.
Overtime the robots developed a small city. In this city there was 20 buildings, one clinic, and an emergency building eg. police, firefighters (I don't even know why). They had already created a dam filled with clean fresh water for people to use. These robots are seven feet tall, extremely clever, it can sense anything within a radius of 50 feet, it uses special guns to defend themselves when they might face an uncontrollable threat.
One of the 100 elite people who control the Earth is Daniel Lampard. A well-known lawyer in Great Britain. He is the son of Ethan Lampard. His family is one of the richest families in the world. Daniel is known for his quick thinking, humor, athletic, seriousness when needed to and best of all his creativity. He charms people with his looks and personality: piercing sea blue eyes, black hair, 185 centimeters tall, hard working, and best of all his organizing skills. He speaks 5 languages fluently and 2 still in process. These include English, Spanish, Chinese, French and German. He is also learning Mexican and Polish.
Daniel and 9 other people were chosen to be the ones to go to Mars first. Mark was another 1 of the 100 people in charge of the world, he was big, bulky, but kind and thoughtful. He would always ask questions about the worst that could happen. He is the co-leader who follows Daniels orders and requests (leader). They approximate time it takes is 5 months. They travel in a Doplot III, it's the latest spaceship. It is as big as an Olympic-sized swimming pool. It travels 70,000 kilometres an hour. During this time they are suppose to plan out what Mars should be like. What government will it have, what currencies, what jobs, what will be a threat to the system etc.
What they didn't know was Dr. George planned to use the robots to destroy the spaceship before it lands and take Mars for himself and make him the head of the government. He had told his main donors about this and offered them to be high ranking officials. Some revolted but others were greedy and took advantage of this. Ethan Lampard was one of the donors who left his group. He made sure Daniel got the message and would make it out safe. Ethan started creating this group who prepared people and gave lectures about the new planet. He contacted Daniel and warned him about this. Daniel started creating suits made out of a mix of aluminium and steel. It could protect the person wearing it from high pressure of humidity, pollution and from bullets.
Daniel and the crew almost arrived at Mars and they see the buildings standing beside each other. They seem like typical office buildings, just plain white. Jack, one of the crew members said, "We need to get ready to defend ourselves." Just as he said it, the whole spaceship shook. A voice beamed over the loudspeaker. It repeated, "Left wing engine has been damaged," three times before they heard another loud noise, this time it said, "Major engines majorly damaged," a few seconds later the spaceship was in silence. Just about they thought they were safe their largest nightmare happened. "Get ready for crash landing," this time it was repeated five times.
The airship was spinning in circles until Dan almost regained control, but it was too late. Its landing sounded with a big loud screechy noise. Blood was dripping from almost everyone's heads. The robots had destroyed the airship and everyone on it (or so they thought).
The news comes back on Earth as an accident. Dr. George blames it on some technical issues with the robot's CPU. He requests to go there in a group of 100 people including a search team for the people missing.
Beyond the buildings on Mars and the debris of the plane was a plain field full of lonely dirt, mud and water. The only noise that could be heard was the wind whistling while wild woodpeckers wrecked weeping willows begging for forgiveness and freedom. But far in the distance you could see two figures limping like injured gazelles who have just survived a deadly cheetah attack.
One was an average-sized person, skinny but looked fit. The other was big, strong and bulky. They were leaning against each other for stability and help. As they got closer the clearer they looked. These people were the two leaders of the Doplot III spacecraft. They were the only one who survived the landing and had been searching for shelter. Both knew who was at fault for all of this and they knew he was greedy for power and would do anything to get it. He put his own personal life before others to serve the world be volunteering to survive on Mars.
Luckily they knew there were only a few robots. They knew what their weakness was and how to defeat it. They planned it out using some spare paper and pencil in their bags. They would use the clinic as the starting point because if they were going to ambush the robots they would need rescue routes. The clinic had about 5 floors so there was a lot of space to run through.
They were ready to fight for the death. They were willing to serve the people in order to allow them to survive. A few seconds later they heard loud shotgun noises. Then a pistol noise. They knew it was time. They both turned and shot. It hit the robot right in the stomach. Then they heard alarm noises. It sounded with a loud voice, "Intruder, surrender your weapon or face death." They knew it was one or the other, but they didn't want to give in. Suddenly they heard a loud bang. Their thoughts fled like scared mice running away from a hungry cat. The clinic ceiling crashed down and there stood 10 men. They were sent by Earth to save them. One of them was Ethan, Daniel's father.
They quickly greeted each other and created a plan.
The fight was going to be hard but they knew they could win. They charged down the stairs and killed two robots. When they made it to the emergency building the seven other robots were there. They used rapid fire on their weapons but the humans were to quick for them. All of them got destroyed, unfortunately Jack and three others were injured.
Jack and the others had to get serious medical attention. Jack was shot in the tailbone and couldn't feel his legs. The other had minor injuries, two were shot in the elbow and the other was hit on the hand. They were quickly patched up except for Jack. He was paralyzed and had been told he had to use the wheelchair for the rest of his life. The people contacted the men on earth and told them about Dr. George and his goal. He was sent to jail. They also said people can start coming to Mars.
That day Daniel learnt serving the Earth and it's people was more important than anything and working together with a positive goal was better than working by-yourself and having a bad goal. He also learnt working with teamwork and communication was a key to success.
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Time for a Change
Science FictionShort story about Dystopian literature. It is written about the future.