Authors Note: People reading Chapter one looking for a chapter two, I originally wrote this first as a one shot but I'm going to be adding a few chapters in front of this one.
Okay, so this is an idea I had the other day while my sister watched Wall-E in the other room. (which by the way has to be one of the greatest little kid movies ever created) What if the story was told and they were humans, humans that were enhanced with different powers and had a little chip in their brains so that the lazy humans on the Axiom could control them if they got out of hand or something. So basically this is a quick little thing I wrote up based on that idea.
It was small and didn't even have a decent place to sit. All the shelves were crowded with things I had never seen before. The lights consisted of tiny dots which lit up in different colors nothing like the bright white lights I had always grown up with. The floor was hardly visible from the larger items in his collection. But despite all that, it was beautiful. Indescribably beautiful, it was the most beautiful thing on this broken, destroyed planet.
"Wow," was all I could say as he ran up to one of the shelves and pulled a little cube from it. His dark brown hair looked black in the dim light but his eyes still shone with happiness as he presented one of his many treasures to me.
"I've been working forever on this," He said much quicker then last he spoke, I suppose it must have been years since he used his voice but he was improving quickly. "But I cant seem to get all sides the same color," He finished while pushing the small cube into my hand and running off to get something else.
As he searched the shelves I began to inspect the colorful cube. A strand of black hair fell in my eyes and I quickly pushed it behind my ear. It seemed to have no pattern to the colors but each side could be spun. I quickly realized the object of the puzzle and by the time he came back all the sides were the right colors.
"No way!" He exclaimed while giving me the other item and taking the cube. "You did it! That's great!" He smiled up at me, but I was to busy looking at the oddly shaped ball he had given to me. It was lighting up in a clear white color.
Puzzled he took it back from me but it shut off when it left my hand. I put my hand on it again and it became bright once more. "How…?"
"Uhh…It must be the radiation from the enhancers." I muttered. He raised his eyebrows at me and I felt a bit embarrassed. He quickly shrugged it off and ran over to the shelves once more.
"I have one more thing I want to show you," He called over his shoulder, "Of all the things I have found, its my favorite!" He came back to me holding another box. This one was flatter and black though. It also had two holes in it ringed with white. It seemed to be holding some kind of string. He handed me the box and I pulled on the string. The string quickly started to come out of the box, it seemed to never end. I looked up at him for an explanation but only met a horrified expression.
He grabbed the thing from me and quickly used some tool to get the string back in. My face turned red as I realized I had done something wrong. "Sorry!" I blurted out still unsure of what I did wrong. He ignored me and put the box into the tiny, bulky TV that was up against the wall. The TV sputtered to life and a grainy image of people dancing with hats came up on the screen.
Sound took a minute but soon enough a song came playing roughly through the speakers that seemed to have come from the past. Put on your Sunday clothes there's lots of world out there…A smile wandered its way on to his face and when he looked at me it grew. I realized that I couldn't help but smile too. He grabbed a hat off one of his shelves and started to imitate the dance moves on the screen. I giggled and joined him. Laughing the two of us danced. He started spinning and I copied him. I guess I got a little too close because I hit him with one of my hands.
I stopped abruptly and saw him smash into one of the walls. He slid down to the floor and struggled to get up. "I'm sorry! It was the strength enhancers! Let me help you
He looked up and covered one side of his head with his hand. Forcing a smile he said "Its okay, I'm alright." He staggered over to one of his shelves and I tried to make him sit down.
"Please let me help you!"
"Its okay," He said turning toward me again. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the blood trickling through his fingers. I felt sick from the sight and the knowledge I had done it. His hand searched through the shelves looking for something. Finally he found it while I stood in the corner trying not the throw up from the guilt and the sight of blood. I watched him while he pressed a pad to his head and turned to me again. Before my eyes I watched as that awful cut heal.
My heart slowed down and I let out the breath I was holding in. "It's specially made for me and others like me. I suppose though that they don't make any more since I'm the last cleaner left." He stared off at the TV again, thinking about something, "Oh yeah! I have one other thing I want to show you!" He went rummaging through his stuff. Quickly he came back and held out a shoe, but in the shoe was…
"A plant!" I practically screamed. Instinct took over as I did what I had been trained to do in this situation. I took the plant and placed it in the backpack they had given me in the situation that I would actually find something. The backpack locked up and I smiled.
Overjoyed I went to thank him but the chip in my brain was telling me to sleep. I started to collapse; somewhere in the distance I heard Wall-E yelling, "Eve! Eve!" The last thought I had before completely blacking out was what would happen if Wall-E ran out of those healing pads.
Well there you have it. If this gets a ton of positive reviews then I might write more little things based on this idea, from important moments in the movie. Maybe even a story I sort of came up with in my head but im lazy and might not write it ever. Review please! Oh yes even if you dont have an account on you can still review. Yes I know your there.