Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 440

Did I say he was up to no good? On the 6th of November 2054, the Russian Army stormed China with more
than 100 terminators and tried to infiltrate the Legion. Luckily enough, the robots sent by the Russian
Government malfunctioned while storming the Legion Lab and was broadcast to the public. The Russians were
taken down and the leader was put into jail.
Due to a need for greed and money, people from the black market stole tons and tons of resources from the
Legion Lab and are selling the parts to unknown buyers. One of these unknown buyers is claimed to be
dangerous and is one of the world' most wanted criminals. His name is Hobbs Shaw and he has a criminal record
for creating unauthorized nuclear weapons, he once created a copy of the atomic bomb and almost succeeded to
set it off. Many more unknown buyers have created an army of robots that are designed to kill, terminate and
assassinate.
8th of November 2058
“From Legion” the envelope reads, as I opened the envelope I felt a slight shiver down my spine and my body
started aching. I carefully took out the letter, it reads “Joseph Jones, you have been assigned to the GBA Lab in
Macau, you have to be careful to not get caught by robots. It is a risky mission if you choose to accept, please
proceed and meet one of the GBA Lab staff at the pier by 5:00 am, I suggest you lay low until you set off in case
you get caught.” I set off early in the morning to keep a low profile, I sneaked around buildings to avoid the
terminators from seeing me. I arrived at the pier and stood a man in a white science coat, I walked closer to greet
the person who seems to be from the lab, we greeted each other and he pointed towards a high tech looking
submarine, he told me to get on.
It is the most advanced looking piece of equipment I’ve ever seen, it is made of nanotechnology and has a very
clean and smooth feel to it. As I exited the vehicle, the doors in front of me opened. Inside the entrance was a
fancy looking science lab with all the equipment I’ve ever dreamed of. The Creator of the terminator, Irene
Weiss shows me around the lab as I grasp with amazement. She shows me the prototypes of previous terminators
and introduces me to their way of making and creating new material to fit and suit the needs of the terminator
robot. At this point, I’m was just beyond astonished and stunned by the work of GBA Lab. Unexpectedly, Irene
handed me a job application form and offers me to join the GBA team. I couldn’t be any happier. Without
thinking, I immediately accepted the offer and joined the team.
9th November 2058
I stayed at the GBA Lab last night, I mean why not? My home was destroyed by terminators anyway. I snaked
around the lab to see if there was anything Irene was hiding from me yesterday, then it came to me. There was a
room I wasn’t allowed to be in. Ignoring the warning I entered the room without further thinking. As I entered
the room, appeared a giant screen with all of their encrypted information locked inside of its system. I started to
crack the code, I’ve never encountered such a lock before so I put all of my hacking and programming skills I’ve
ever learnt to try to get in., I finally decrypted the code and was curious to see what Irene was trying to hide
from me, there I saw the most horrific, jaw breaking thing a man could ever see...