Urban Arson

This is easily one of the most chilling photos I’ve ever seen. Forgotten memories from the near future. I couldn’t find out who made it or any information about it’s origin so I decided to make up a story about its future.

Two little boys take a photo with their robot friend, T-100. One day they’ll grow up and forget about him just like that dog your parents got you when you were 8. They’ll leave him behind and his emotion circuits will be crushed. 20 years later he’ll go out on an adventure with other household appliances to find his former masters. After searching high and low, in rain, sleet, and snow, a rust covered hand will open the window shutter of a suburban home and see that his master has forgotten him; moving on to bigger and better modern robot models. The young robot and other appliances take up shelter in a nearby forest, and meet other misfit robots who are formulating a plot to “kill all humans.”

The robot wakes to a fully charged battery, his solar cells having collected a days worth of energy in the “Judgement Day” sun. T-100 rises to his feet and admires his new hands installed by a repair bot. First they turn into human hands, then spiked hammers, and finally smooth chrome ice picks. He transforms them into rusted robot hands to match his corroded body, walks over to the home of his master and rings the doorbell. Behind his back his hands become ice picks. The door opens and a 20 something Jimmy jumps out to hug the downtrodden T-100. “T, I haven’t seen you in years. I missed you so much!” cries Jimmy. T-100’s hands go back to normal and he completes the hug. Then there’s a crack, and thousands of robots come running out of the woods impaling every human in sight. 

This is a future reality. According to every movie about the future I’ve ever scene, robots will eventually enslave us all…