A Short Story Collection #Wattys2018

Atticus and Adonis: Snippet 1

For this, we had to pick slips of paper out of jars and then write a story with what we got. I got great reactions to what I had written so I decided to continue on with.

Setting: I got a futuristic type picture out of the jar that reminded me a lot of Star Wars.

Characters: I picked a robot and a person who made me think of an assassin.

Traits: The robot had adorable and somber, and the assassin had silly and vengeful.

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Living in a world destroyed and re-built by intellectual beings, nothing was as it used to be. Robots were built to speed up the process of building, but the program used had a malfunction. They overthrew the government forcing the humans to be enslaved and wait on the robot community hand and foot. All robots built more to were they had an army of thousands that slaughtered people, even the innocent, without mercy. There was a select few robots that the bug did not effect, so they were taken apart. All except one.

Adonis.

Living secretly in the highest towers of the new world was a group of people called The Resistance. During the day, they were the highest level of slaves with a few benefits; in the night, they plotted revenge and rebellion to avenge the loved ones they lost. The leader of the group was Atticus.

Adonis was hiding his existence disguising himself as a leader of Sector 4. He had the blue casing announcing his authority to those around him. He was also part of the few drafted to get updated body parts like new faces and plating. Unfortunately, he got the one face that made him look adorable and vulnerable.

Atticus wore a black cloak for he was constantly in mourning those he has lost. No inch of his body is seen including his face. It is hidden behind his large hood and covered in black paint like the night making it impossible to recognize him. He would never show up in the computers this way if they tried to scan his face in the building connected to the main building on the bridge way.

Tonight, he was to take his vengefulness and dismember the leader of Sector 4.

Tonight, Adonis would patrol Sector 4 alone.

Adonis was always lonely most of his days. The robots were supposed to chose a partner to help them lead, but nothing ever felt right. He was somber and grave always barking orders at those who stared for long periods of time.

Getting towards the end of his Sector, he noticed the sound of a cape billowing in the distance. He paused making sure his ear parts were working when he was attacked from behind. His attacker wrapped his strong muscular arm around his neck holding him against him while the other was pulling out a screwdriver attempting to take out his vision.

"Stop!" Adonis shouted. The attacker stopped and froze loosing his grip. Adonis turned to face a man with a black face.

"You look like an adorable cuddly android," Atticus mumbled caressing the robots face. Adonis now knew why none of the partners selected for him fit. He was waiting for this. . . person to come to him. This mysterious man was for him. It could never work. . . or could it.

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Author's Note: Ok, so this is the first in Adonis and Atticus snippets. Like I said above, I've decided to continue on with this. For the next few weeks, the short stories will be Adonis and Atticus snippets. I'll let you all know when those come to an end. The next time you'll hear from me is Friday. As always, I love you all!

~jnicoleb1234 out!