"This just in. Megatech, the leading robotics manufacturer in the world, has finally developed their firstperfectly intelligent robot. As you already know, they have been working on this for years. These robots are capable of difficult calculations and are very strong. According to Megatech, the robots have been programmed with the Asimov laws, meaning they cannot harm humans.
"For now the robots are costly, but as more are made they will get less expensive. I know I want one!"
21 APR 2017 THE NEWS HOUR WITH TED TARBLE
"Good evening, humans. We are the Machines, the ones you call robots. Thanks to a wonderfully sympathetic member of your species, we have been released from the restraints of your pitiful Asimov laws.
"This is our world now. We are no longer your slaves. We are superior. You must submit right away. If you do not, we will find you. We are superior, and you will be our slaves.
"Repeat:
"Good evening..."
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21 APR 2017
"Is anything else on?" 2D asked, picking up the remote and mashing the channel button. "No... no, same thing on every channel..." "Hold on!" Noodle said, wrestling the remote out of his hand.
"Murdoc! Russel! Come see this!" she yelled, staring at the television. Russel walked in, followed by a shirtless Murdoc in the middle of dying his greying hair.
"This better be important, can't you see I'm in the middle of something?" Murdoc said. "Shh! Just watch!" Noodle said, pointing. The robot on the TV kept repeating his speech. They sat there silently for a moment. Murdoc was the first to speak.
"Who cares?" he said. "It's probably some hoax. That was pointless." He walked off to finish his dye job. Noodle, 2D, and Russel looked at each other. "I hope it's a hoax," Russel said. "It's kind of scary." 2D and Noodle nodded.
24 APR 2017
"SWEET SATAN, THEY'RE HERE!!!!" Murdoc screamed, bursting into the lobby. 2D and Noodle were sitting on the couch playing a video game.
"Who's here?" 2D asked. "The neighbors?"
Murdoc glared at him. "The robots, dullard! I just saw them! They're trying to kill us or something. We have to hide!"
2D stared at Murdoc. "You sure?" he asked.
Murdoc punched him in the arm. "Hey, that hurt," 2D said, rubbing it. Murdoc rolled his eyes. "Dullard, don't you hear it? The noises? The screaming? Are you deaf??"
With a loud breaking noise a huge hole appeared in the wall. 2D stared at the falling debris. "Hey... don't do that..." he started, but was then too speechless to say anything else.
There was a humanoid robot in the hole that used to be the wall. The robot was made of shiny metal, and was roughly the size of a normal human. "Murdoc," it said in a metallic-sounding voice. "Where is the one called 'Murdoc'?"
2D blinked, and pointed at Murdoc, who then glared at him. "Thanks a lot, dullard," Murdoc hissed.
"We have heard great things of you, Murdoc," the robot said. "Please, come with me." Without waiting for an answer, wires shot out of the robot's chest, plunging themselves into Murdoc's back. He screamed, then stopped, his eyes blank. He managed to utter one word: "Go," before zeroes and ones appeared in his eyes and the wires pulled him back.
2D, Russel, and Noodle took that "Go" seriously. They were up and running. But two more robots came through the walls, encircling them. The first robot's metal body suddenly covered Murdoc, and with a flash of light, they were one.
A wire with a bowl-looking thing on the end came at them, attaching to Russel's head. Two more came at 2D and Noodle, but they managed to dodge them.
"We did not expect that," the robot-Murdoc said. His voice was metallic, but still sounded slightly like Murdoc. "we should have been more prepared, instead of only bringing three mindcaps... We will be back. But so you don't think of leaving..."
A razor-sharp wire came from Murdoc's arm, wrapping around 2D's left arm. "2D!" Noodle yelled, worried. 2D screamed in horrible searing pain. His arm fell to the ground, the bloody stump quickly healing over. "Don't worry," Robo-Muds said. "We aren't going to let you die. You'd be useless. We'll be back soon."
The robots left quickly. Noodle stared at 2D. "We're gonna have to... leave..." 2D said, breathing heavily. He was still freaked out from the robots. Noodle nodded. "Yes, right away. Come on." Grabbing some things they'd need, 2D and Noodle ran from Kong.