r/Writingprompts

Written 2015

[WP] You are a shy and timid person living in an action-packed and chaotic world. You hesitantly set out on an adventure to make a sandwich.

BOOM Cars rattled, trees swayed, the earth gave way to bottomless pit. An unequaled great gorilla of steel stomped around searching for a worthy opponent for it believes that it is the most brutal villain of all eternity.

"Michael stop. Its getting annoying now."

Michael heaves a heavy sigh, "Just another normal day I think."

"Here's what Michael, how about you go make me a sandwich."

My heart froze. I didn't know how to cook and if anyone told me that making a sandwich is not cooking I would look them in the eye and tell them they're lying. I would rather buy a sandwich than make one.

"Oh yeah I forgot, you don't know how to make a sandwich. It's not cooking."

"You're lying."

"Oh god not this again." Fazberg prayed, dismayed by Michael's inability to do anything."

"Tell you what, go buy me one."

My heart froze. I didn't know how to buy and if anyone told me that buying stuff is easy I would look them in the eye and tell them they're lying. I would rather make a sandwich than buy one.

"But Faz, you don't know how evil sandwiches are. My friend died by choking on one."

"JUST BUY ME A FRICKIN SANDWICH."

I stepped out of my house... for the first time in a few months. It felt kind of real and as I walk to the grocer's I remember an old joke that went something like this.

"Life is a game with amazing graphics and a crappy story."

I chuckled slightly at the joke and went on my way.

"Hey fuck face." A robotic sounding voice shot at me from behind.

I slowly turned back at prayed for it not to be that robot gorilla I saw outside.

"I am Gorbot, the most powerful cybernetic ape in this world."

It was the robot chimp after all.

"You don't know me." I said, trying to sound as sass and assertive as possible.

"Then let's get to know each other real quick." The robot said as the orb in the middle of his steel chest glowed red and a set of brazen pipes belching steam grew out of his shoulders.

"Nice pipes."

"Thanks bro."

The robot gorilla or 'gorbot' as it called itself slammed it's luminous fists at the ground and created an ear shattering sound and fractured the earth.

"OH SHIT!" I shouted and ran as fast as my scrawny legs could carry me, luckily I was smart enough to move to the side to avoid falling into the earth and continued running.

"Hey you come back!" That monotonic robot voice bellowed at me.

"Screw you robo chimp! Why the hell would I wanna die?"

The small grocer's store sat nestled between many shops, restaurants and bakeries. I had to think of a distraction to lure him away from the grocer's, he looks dumb from the looks of it.

I swiftly thought of a plan and hurried into a narrow alley. "What a moron I am, I could have just called the SuperHero Agency"

I flipped my phone out and rapidly tapped the screen, putting the phone to my ears I told them my situation and they offered to send the nearest hero to my location.

I was relieved and after that I never saw robo chimp again. Exhaustively opening the door I bought a sandwich and was enlivened to think that I'll be home in a few minutes.

I was wrong. The moment I stepped outside robo chimp vaporised my sandwich and I watched it turn to dust. Slowly and painfully I watched the wind whisk away whatever was left of my sandwich.

"1 dollar... 1 dollar. I won't pardon you anymore."

Gorbot's scornful laughter soon turned to horror and he slowly whispered to himself, "What in the wor--"

My shirt ripped apart and my eyes took on a ghostly shade of purple. Skin tore to give way to arms of steel. I soon stood looking down at him.

"The most powerful cybernetic ape my ass."