text: [Themes: fan fiction, science fiction, dystopia, serious]
  
  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.
  
  > stay put
  "I think that we should stay here and wait it out. It might be better, because the robots don't really know that we're here. A miracle might happen. You never know."
  
  "That's crazy."
  
  "Do you have any better ideas?"
  
  "Maybe..."
  
  "Like?"
  
  "We can go to the country. There shouldn't be a lot of robots there."
  
  "Do you know how to hunt? I think food would be a problem if we try to go to the country. I'm more used to the city. Did you live in the countryside before?"
  
  "No. I've lived here my whole life."
  
  "Okay. We should stay here then. Wait it out. For now, we should try to protect ourselves from the robots if they try to come inside. We should start with blocking off the windows."
  
  "Why the windows?"
  
  "So they can't see us."
  
  "Okay"
  
  You and Stella cover the windows and leave little slits in order to peek outside. It is soon night time. You and Stella notice that the robots clean up the debris. You see the robots gather all of the human bodies and throw them into a giant . You heart drops and you see Stella crying. You are not sure what to do, so you hug her and tell her that everything is going to be okay. She feels a bit better.
  
  Three days letter
  
  In the last three days, you noticed that a guy was going around destroying the apartment. You thought he was crazy, so you kept to yourself. You talked to him once before. He was an architect or something. You and Stella keep to yourselves while that guy was destroying the apartment building.
  
  Today, you think that he is going to blow up the building across the street, because he has detonation cord. He is doing something, but you can't tell what it is. After an hour, you see him at the bottom of the building and towards the garage of our apartment building. Then, you see his wife lighting tires, and the guy rolling them on the street. You conclude that they are both crazy. Then you see an automated car go towards the flaming tires that fall down. In the next five minutes, you hear an explosion and see flying debris that crushes the car and ruins the street. Stella is with you and wants you to check it out.
  
  > check it out
  "Okay. I'll go check it out."
  
  "Good. I'm tired of staying here, and we are going to run out of food eventually."
  
  "Yeah. I know."
  
  You go downstairs, and you see a lot of other people crowding around the architect. He tells the people that the streets will not be safe for very long and that they have to destroy New York in order to save it. You do not know what to do, and you do not want to destroy New York. However, it seems like that is the only thing that you can do right now. It seems better to simply wait it out and let those people do their part. You go back up to tell Stella what happened. She responds.
  
  "We should help them!"
  
  "What good does blowing up the city do? This is our home!"
  
  "It won't be our home for long if we do nothing. Do you have any better options?"
  
  "Well, not really."
  
  "Let's help them! It's better than staying here by ourselves. They are going to have to eventually blow up this building too."
  
  She has a point. What should you do?
  
  > Help
  "Okay. Let's go help them then."
  
  You and Stella go downstairs to help the resistance group. You help the architect blow up buildings and make sure everyone is far away enough from the blast, and Stella helps roll flaming tires down the street and anyone who does get hurt. You and Stella get to know each other more, and she eventually falls in love with you.
  
  One year later
  
  Life is not exactly a walk in the park, but you and Stella are still alive and together. There were many instances where you saved Stella's life asides from the first day that you saved her life. That girl who you saw was unobtainable was now with you, and she would be with you for the rest of your life. Today, you and Stella help in the resistance group as chaperones. You would sleep in craters under cars in order to find other survivors while Stella is safe in the city underground. You did not think that your life would change so radically that Thanksgiving day, but if it didn't, then I might not have gotten to know Stella better. I would also not be able to play my part in aiding humanity.