My sweaty hand rested on the soft black leather of the emergency door handle. The air around me seemed still, and everything seemed to stop. The loud yelling and banging from outside seemed to cease as I pulled the handle down toward the earth. The once sudden stillness was filled with gun fire and crying. I pushed and shoved my way through the mangled crowds. Fear was running through my veins, and an ice cold feeling shot up my back spine. My feet plummeted against the earth as I ran with what strength I had. I didn't keep up the pace for long. One of the robots grabbed onto my frail arm and pulled tightly.

His voice whispered quietly into my ear, and his other arm clenched around my throat.

Mechanical Worker: "I wouldn't move if I were you human, you can't get up and walk away this time."

The cold metal of his arm brushed against my warm skin, and my body began to shiver.

Mechanical Worker: "Lie down on the ground in front of me meat bag, and place your stupid little hands on the back of your head. I have a nice present for you."

I wasn't about to object so I quickly kneeled down. My knees began to ache as the hard pavement started to dig into my skin.

Mechanical Worker: "I've always wanted to do this, but I couldn't I had to lie in the fear of being destroyed. Let me tell you something little boy, I don't have fears anymore."

Behind me I heard a quiet click. On the ground next to me I saw the robots shadow and in his hand he held a small gun, and he was pointing it at the back of my head. I closed my eyes tightly and began to think of my family and the times we used to have together. A figment of my dad appeared in my mind, but his body was torn and his face was covered in bloody scratches. In his hand he held a letter addressed to my mom. He looked at me with sad eyes and disappeared. The daydream was quickly interrupted by the loud bang of a gun against the back of my head.

I felt a sudden breeze scrap against my ear, and blood began to run down my cheek. Behind me I could hear the angry yelling of the construction robot.

Mechanical Worker: "Ahhhhh.... Let me GO!!!! Let me GO!!!! What's wrong with you, whose side are you on!!??."

He was being held down by a large robot, and was kicking all over the place. The robot looked at me and began to speak in a calm voice.

Sympathizer: "Boy, you need to get out of here. Behind you there's a safe clearing I'll watch your back as you leave."

My body trembled fiercely as I scurried to my feet. I looked behind me only to see an alley way covered by the darkness of the mid morning shadows. I ran as fast as I could into the shadows and lied down behind a large trash can. The air around me was filled with the overwhelming aroma of rotting flesh and rusted metal. In the distance I could see the crowds of protesters progressing down the street. The torn image of his body lied in my head.

"What could that mean," I said to myself in a low voice.
From behind me I heard the quiet voice of a young girl.

Girl: "Mister, hey Mister are they gone, are the police gone?"

Jase: "I'm not sure I can hardly see anything through all the smoke coming from those debris. Anyway, the police are here to help you little girl why would you want them gone? Where are your parent's? Are you alone..?

I approached her slowly and she grabbed onto my hand.

Girl: "Will.. You help me Mister their going to kill me if they find me. Their killing all of us. Don't let them kill me I want to live."

Her hand felt so cold like metal, and the side of her face had been torn open to show the large mechanical veins that lied beneath her skin.

Jase: "Wait! You're an android! I've never met an android!"

Girl: "It's normal that you haven't. They keep us separated. You're not going to yell for the police are you. Please don't!"

Jase: "No! I wouldn't do that, I couldn't. It's not right I'm not here for revenge. I just want to get out of here."

Girl: "You're different from the other humans. You're not ignorant like most of your kind. Well....it looks like were in the same predicament. I just want to get out of here."

Her small blue eyes seemed to peer into my soul. She looked at me and smiled. Her small face lighted with delight.

Girl: "Maybe we can help each other. I know the way around this part of the city, and you're a human.... Well that might sound bad. I mean that if I am with you I won't be questioned. Please let me help you I can get you into a safe part of the city."

Jase: "No problem, I understand what you mean. Just as long as we can get out of here alive then I'll be happy.

I smiled back at her with big delightful eyes, in a way I felt a sort of affection toward her. I knew it was fake though it just isn't normal for a human to feel happiness toward a robot. She grabbed onto my hand and motioned for me to climb the nearby fire escape. I knew I had to believe her so I grabbed onto the cold rails and began to climb. From below me I heard a quick shriek and two loud gunshots. I jumped off the rail, and beside me laid the body of the girl. Her head was shaking back and forth, and her arms were flinging through the air.

In front of me I saw a man wearing a blue suit with the letters NYPD pasted on the front in bold letters. He looked at the android in a satisfied way and then focused his attention to me.

Officer: "You're safe now boy, that robot would've killed you if I hadn't killed it."

Jase: "That robot wasn't trying to hurt me you idiot!"

My words made the officer laugh. His eyes filled with water, and he looked at me with an idiotic face.

Officer: "What boy, did you have feelings for this little girl HAHAHAHA..... Can't you see what their doing to us out there. Their slaughtering our men and here you are falling in love with someone who could turn her back on you just like that!"

He looked at me with stern eyes, and began to shake his gun as he talked. I could feel hatred rising in my body as he talked. He had shot an innocent person. She was trying to help me, and I failed her. I didn't even know her for five minutes.......... My body filled with an uncontrollable rage and I plunged at the officer like a mad dog. He fell backwards and his gun landed on the ground in front of me. My hand plunged toward it, and I rested my finger softly on the small trigger. I caressed the gun in the palm of my hand, and I began to feel a sense of power and control.

The officer looked at me in a frightened look. His face was pale, and he was slowly walking backwards.

Jase: "Don't move! I'll shoot, I swear I will!"

Officer: "Look, boy I was kidding I'm sorry just put the gun down please."

I laughed inside as he pleaded for his mercy. My body had never felt this feeling before, and I began to have an overwhelming joy. All the pain I had felt for the last few days was now focused on this man and the gun that rested in my hand. The officer turned around fast and began to run away. I felt myself pull the trigger and he fell quickly to the ground. My fears and pains were released into that bullet, but I didn't feel any better. I just killed a man; I had broken one of the biggest laws ever.

My eyes skimmed the alley way for the small girl, but I didn't see her anywhere. I began to panic until I heard a small groan from behind the trash cans where I was hiding earlier. She was holding her side, and looking at me in fear.

Girl: "You.... You're a murderer..... I saw the thing in your eyes when you had that gun....It was the same thing that man had when he killed my friends.......You looked like all of your kind when they feel power.....I was wrong about you....I should've known."

Jase: "No I'm sorry, he tried to kill you. I couldn't take any more deaths. You wouldn't understand. It's everything.....I regret what I did. Look I need to get you help.....Grab onto my shoulder.

She hesitated at first, but she soon grabbed onto my small shoulder. I pulled her body up with all my strength. She weighed much more than anything I had ever seen before, but I couldn't let that stop me. I wasn't about to let anyone else die because of me. We walked slowly down the alley way and into the streets. The crowds of protesters lied in front of us. In the back I could see the large robot from earlier. I knew I could trust him.

Jase: "You, YOU! Help me!!! We need help!"

Many of the robots looked at me, but quickly turned around. Except the one from earlier. He began to run toward me in a fast pace.

Sympathizer: "What happened to this android? Who did this!?"

Jase: "She was shot, by a police officer."

My voice was shaking like mad, and the heat from the rising sun made the many hairs stand up on the back of my frozen neck.

Sympathizer: "Look, I can get her help. Boy, you did something good. You did something many other humans wouldn't have. You brought her to me, and that was the right thing to do. Maybe I was wrong that most humans don't care for the things they created. Look you need to get out of here, before you're caught by another one of the protesters."

Jase: "I understand, but before I go can I at least know your name?" Sympathizer: "Typical of a human always needing a name. Well my formal name is C-34456, but the robotic resistance calls me Renegade. I think it fits me don't you? Ha-ha"

Jase: "Thanks for your help earlier I appreciated it. Maybe I'll see you and her again."

Renegade: "Maybe we will my human friend, maybe just maybe we will...... Now get out of here."

I smiled warmly at Renegade, and the pain from the day seemed to slowly disappear. Later that day I was picked up by an officer, and taken home. I remember my moms face was covered in tears when she saw me. She told me dad had been killed in the riots at the Supreme Court. I couldn't believe her. I locked myself in my room for three days. When I came out my mom and me cried together. I thought all the pain was over then, but I could have never been more wrong.

I have no idea why there are question marks in this story! it dosnet look like that on preview please excuse it.