This short story is an alternate ending for the Group-Fiction 'Rise of
the Machines' as posted on PSOWorld. In that, Androids start to
malfunction shortly after the Ruins are discovered. This ending is what
would have happened if the Heroes had failed to save the day....
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Rise of the Machines : Alternate Ending
"Hi! My name's Lua! I'm continuing my mother's log for you since I've got a bit of time on my hands. My mother says that it's important that we record things just incase. Erm... I never like the way my mother says that sort of thing. It makes her sad. This place makes her sad but we don't much choice on where to live."
"My mother tells me that before the crash they discovered a place on this planet called 'the ruins'. My father visited a couple of times but he didn't like to talk about it. I once heard him and mother talk about it once, it sounded like a very scary place. But my father is a brave... Was a brave Hunter. I'm a Hunter too! A FOmarl I think... Well I'm not really a Hunter yet, I haven't passed the Force entrance exam yet and I don't know any Techniques but I've been studying REAL hard. And when Pioneer Three comes I'll be ready to be a Hunter."
"Erm... Where was I? Oh! Oh yeah! 'The ruins'!. They found something down there that made the androids act crazy, you know, hurt people and stuff. My mother said that a monster called Falz lived in 'the ruins' and was making all the androids bad. The best Hunters went to 'the ruins' to fight Falz, but I guess they lost 'cause the androids were still bad."
"On the ship, the androids made a power station blow up. The army sealed off the Hunter's Guild somehow so only the Hunter's air was sucked out. In school they taught us that when that happens everybody dies..."
"But the androids didn't die. The walked on the outside of the ship and damaged the engines so that the ship would crash. I remember that day. People were screaming and running around. Lots of people got hurt. We got into an escape pod and landed on the planet. I think lots of people also escaped but I haven't seen many."
"My mother says that we have to wait a few years before Pioneer Three comes to save us, but my father taught my mother some stuff so she's been going out to find food for us... Only.... She's been gone for two days now and she's never gone for that long. I'm kinda getting scared.... Oh! But don't tell her I'm scared! I don't want her to worry. It's the androids you see. They didn't die. Some people who came here and left a while ago told us that the androids aren't killing people, they're bring them to HIM. That sounds horrible."
"Wait... I think I hear a noise... Oh I think my mother is home! I have to go now. I'll finish this later, as long as my mother lets me I guess..."
*Sound of recorder falling to the floor*
"Oops! I hope it isn't broken or she going to kill me! Wait... The light's still flashing... Where's the off button? Is it this o... *CLICK*"
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Rise of the Machines : Alternate Ending
"Hi! My name's Lua! I'm continuing my mother's log for you since I've got a bit of time on my hands. My mother says that it's important that we record things just incase. Erm... I never like the way my mother says that sort of thing. It makes her sad. This place makes her sad but we don't much choice on where to live."
"My mother tells me that before the crash they discovered a place on this planet called 'the ruins'. My father visited a couple of times but he didn't like to talk about it. I once heard him and mother talk about it once, it sounded like a very scary place. But my father is a brave... Was a brave Hunter. I'm a Hunter too! A FOmarl I think... Well I'm not really a Hunter yet, I haven't passed the Force entrance exam yet and I don't know any Techniques but I've been studying REAL hard. And when Pioneer Three comes I'll be ready to be a Hunter."
"Erm... Where was I? Oh! Oh yeah! 'The ruins'!. They found something down there that made the androids act crazy, you know, hurt people and stuff. My mother said that a monster called Falz lived in 'the ruins' and was making all the androids bad. The best Hunters went to 'the ruins' to fight Falz, but I guess they lost 'cause the androids were still bad."
"On the ship, the androids made a power station blow up. The army sealed off the Hunter's Guild somehow so only the Hunter's air was sucked out. In school they taught us that when that happens everybody dies..."
"But the androids didn't die. The walked on the outside of the ship and damaged the engines so that the ship would crash. I remember that day. People were screaming and running around. Lots of people got hurt. We got into an escape pod and landed on the planet. I think lots of people also escaped but I haven't seen many."
"My mother says that we have to wait a few years before Pioneer Three comes to save us, but my father taught my mother some stuff so she's been going out to find food for us... Only.... She's been gone for two days now and she's never gone for that long. I'm kinda getting scared.... Oh! But don't tell her I'm scared! I don't want her to worry. It's the androids you see. They didn't die. Some people who came here and left a while ago told us that the androids aren't killing people, they're bring them to HIM. That sounds horrible."
"Wait... I think I hear a noise... Oh I think my mother is home! I have to go now. I'll finish this later, as long as my mother lets me I guess..."
*Sound of recorder falling to the floor*
"Oops! I hope it isn't broken or she going to kill me! Wait... The light's still flashing... Where's the off button? Is it this o... *CLICK*"