text: [Themes: fan fiction, science fiction, serious, dystopia]
  
  There have been recent reports of robots malfunctioning. We go to Jeff Thompson who has experience with a Big Happy malfunctioning.
  
  "Shit went down man! I was doing my job which was cleaning up the froyo machine, and all of a sudden, a Big Happy opened the door. Normally, these robots have trouble trying to open the door, but this one was different. It walked over to me, picked me up, and slammed me against the counter. I screamed for help, but my coworker Felipe couldn't hear me. He was outside smoking or doing something. The robot noticed me yelling and looked at me, and I saw the robot's eyes. It was thinking. This robot had no mercy and started throwing me some more. Thankfully, Felipe busted in and fought the machine. If it wasn't for him, I would have been a goner."
  
  This was one of the first of the many reported malfunctions that robots. This may not have been a big deal, but if someone from the robot industry does not look into it, then many more people may get hurt.
  
  [Author's Note: Have you read Daniel Wilson's Robopocalypse? This story is based off of Daniel Wilson's Robopcalypse. I made it for people to see if they could survive in Wilson's world according to their decisions. Can you survive?]
  
  > Big deal right?
  You turn off the television. All of these reports of robots malfunctioning and hurting humans are not major issues to you. You assume that these malfunctions occur because of the robot industry.
  
  Somebody is going to get fired..
  
  It is terrible that people are getting hurt, but it happens. People get hurt every day, and when something huge happens, people notice. However, This is none of your business anyways.
  
  You live in New York City. The cars are automated, and domestic robots like the Big Happy walk around almost as often as normal people. Despite of all the malfunctioning robots, you are about to leave for your parents' house. It is another simple Thanksgiving weekend.You do not think that anything terrible is going to happen.
  
  All of a sudden, you hear a crash outside your apartment window.
  
  You walk over to the window and peek outside. For some reason, you see a car smashed against a building and a foot in front of that car. There can not be drunk drivers at this hour, or maybe someone was having a conversation on the phone and managed to steer the car into the wall. The only problem is that most of the cars are automated.
  
  You assume that somebody is going to call 911, but you hear another crash. Before you know it, there are cars smashing into buildings, and now these loud crashes are mixed with screams. This is all happening way too fast.
  
  One scream sounds familiar.
  
  After peeking one more time, you learn that the scream comes from Stella, the girl you admire from afar. She works at Starbucks, but you never had the guts to ask her out. This may be the last chance that you ever have to see her, but your life is at risk if you try to save her. It might be too late already
  
  > be a hero!
  There is not much to live for if Stella is dead! You barely know her, but you see something in her.
  
  The problem is that you live near the top of the apartment building. The elevator always took too long, so you book it down the stairs. The only sound that is echoing in your head is Stella's scream despite of all the noise. You were never a great runner, but somehow you manage to get to the bottom in time.
  
  Stella is running as fast as she can from a car towards your apartment building. Right before the car smashes Stella into the wall, you dive at Stella and save her life.
  
  "Thank you. You saved my life" Stella says.
  
  "No problem. We have to get out of here!" You reply.
  
  "What about everyone else?"
  
  "There's no time! Look out!!"
  
  You grab her again and bring her inside the apartment building.
  
  'Where are you taking me?"
  
  "I live here! We don't have a huge chance out in the streets!"
  
  Stella decides to follow you even though she barely knows you. You just saved her life. What else is she going to do?
  
  Before you and Stella run up the stairs, you see people screaming as the elevator comes crashing down. Good thing you didn't take the elevator.. Some vomit is swallowed as you run up the stairs with Stella. You have to stay strong. The girl of your dreams is with you, and you just saved her life.
  
  You finally make it up the stairs and go inside of your apartment.
  
  "You have a pretty nice place." Stella says.
  
  "Thanks. Did you see those people in the elevator? The thought of it makes me sick."
  
  "Yeah. I had to hold in some barf."
  
  "Me too. What do you think is happening?"
  
  "I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with the robots malfunctioning. Elevators are automated too right?"
  
  "You're right. Oh man.. We have to do something."
  
  "What can we do? There is not much we can do right now, and I barely know you.."
  
  "I'll think of something."
  
  What are you going to do? This is very stressful for you, but you decide to calm down and begin to think. You know that this has something to do with the robots. Cars normally do not attack people for no reason, and elevators do not slam to the ground. The cars and the elevators have been reliable for many years. Why are they attacking now? Have we been abusing them? You assume that someone in the robotics company went crazy, but there is not much time to focus on that. You have to do something.
  
  You know that there are not a lot of robots in the countryside. If you run there with Stella, you would not have to fight off cars, elevators, or whatever else is attacking you, but you do not know what to do for food. Travelling would also be an issue since your car is automated and would try to kill you. You would have to get there by foot.
  
  The only other option that you can think of is simply waiting out in your apartment until help of some sort comes. You never know. A miracle might happen.
  
  > go to the country
  "Let's go to the country. We are going to have to pack a lot."
  
  "Okay."
  
  You and Stella begin to pack food. Thankfully, you stocked up on canned goods beforehand for some strange reason. Sadly, Stella can not go back to her apartment to get her clothes, so you two search abandoned apartments to find clothes that would fit her. You find an apartment, and the clothes there fit her. You also convince Stella to bring a towel because of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and she manages to convince you to bring toiletries. Both of your backpacks are pretty heavy but manageable. You both decide to venture out early the next morning.
  
  For some strange reason, the cars do not chase you and Stella as you two leave New York for the country side. You start to think that Stella is your good luck charm. After around thirty miles of traveling, it is about mid-afternoon, and you see another group in front of you.
  
  "Hello there!" you say.
  
  "Hello!" the leader responds.
  
  "We are heading off to the country to stay away from the robots. Do you have any suggestions on where to go?"
  
  "You can stay with us. We have been accepting stray travelers. The more the merrier! However, if you want, you can try to see if military base that is nearby can help you. It is about ten miles west. If you head out now, you might be able to make it by sundown."
  
  > join the group
  "We will join you."
  
  Stella looks at you funny and brings you to the side.
  
  "We barely know them. Why should we join them?"
  
  "They seem really friendly. It would be better if we were in a bigger group."
  
  "We could make it on our own or to the base."
  
  "Oh, you can trust me."
  
  "You did save my life."
  
  "So let's join them!"
  
  "Okay."
  
  You and Stella decide to join the group. They are very adventurous and athletic, so you have a hard time keeping up with them. Eventually, you and Stella manage to keep up with them. You join their group and eventually go off to Gray Horse. You learn from other wanderers that Gray Horse is a good place for refugees. They have a running government, food, water, and shelter. The group makes the long trek to Gray Horse and aid with the resistance building up over there.