Idea Analysis
A robot runs under several archways inside of a pristine, dark fortress. The machination is black and red with a half black, half red oval for a head, and a small dim, static field monitor for a face. A combination of diamonds and spheres with spikes make up ears that droop down to her back, similar to a jester hat. She moves closer to the entrance of a large room with a heavily secured door located at the back of the room. She runs pass a few guards dressed in advanced plate, leather, and cloth armor , wearing an insignia of a golden star inside of a dark blue circle encasing.
SWORD GUARD
Woah woah woah! We have a breach!
MAGE GUARD
We have a code 1. A rogue robot is approaching the containment cell. All of sector 5 personnel, report to the cell quadrant immediately.
An alarm goes off.
GUN GUARD
Do NOT let it get to the containment cell.
The three guards chase after the robot with the sword guard catching up to her and intersecting her path. The guard attempts to slash into the robot’s face, but the sword is damaged by a blast of dark plasma from the robot’s hands. She then sends a blast into the face of the sword user, knocking the guard several feet to the floor, leaving him unconscious. The robot then shoots two spheres onto the ground. The rifle armed guard shoots a barrage of bullets putting several holes into the robot, causing her to collapse.
GUN GUARD
The unit is destroyed. I repeat, the unit is destroyed
MAGE GUARD
MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE SPHE-
The spheres blast out a force pulse that slams the mage and gunner into the wall.
GUARD COM DEVICE
“Mumbles………” RESPONSE FROM SECTOR 5! “Static.” We are approaching the sector 5 now.
The dead remains of the robot disappear and she reappears, hiding within a right side corridor of the archway. She runs in the opposite direction of the cell and makes a turn.
GUARD
WE’VE FOUND THE UNIT. DON’T LET IT GET AWAY.
GUARD
Eliminate it immediately.
The robot reappears within a left corridor and walks up to the cell holding a gold and blue insignia.
ROBOT
Shhit. It’s taken this much effort to get to you.
She holds up an insignia from a guard in front of a scanner on the cell door
ROBOT
But all of this is almost over…
Three layers of highly secured doors unlock and expose an unconscious young, African American man with a slim build floating in a transparent cube. The top half of his body to his knees are covered by a large, ragged, dark gray mages cloak, in addition to wearing black denim pants and boots with the tongues of the shoes slightly leaning forward.
Tubes from a computer console in the corner of the cell go through the cube and are inserted into his arms. His dark blue hair, which is in long dreadlocks of four braids, dangles as his body hovers only a few inches up and down.
ROBOT
Let’s get you the hell out of here.
The robot’s face monitor displays ever changing code of a complex programming language as she places her hand on the terminal computer screen. The cube disappears and the man falls to the floor.
MAGE
(While hitting the floor. In Panic.)
OOOUUUGH!!!! GASP! Where the fuck am I??!! Who….who are you?? WHY DO I HAVE IVS IN ME? What happened?
The robot walks up to the mage. He surrounds his hand with lightning.
MAGE
Wait! Get the hell away! I don’t know you!!!
ROBOT
My name is Ekzid and you’re Felix. I’m saving you from this PRISON. I’ll explain the rest on the way. Get ready to fight shit.
Ekzid rips the IVs from the mage’s arms.
FELIX
Ah!!! Ow..
The two walk out of the cell and through the hall way.
FELIX
Why the hell is my hair blue?
EKZID
50 years ago-
FELIX
FIFTY YEARS??!
EKZID
The planet was exhausted of so many resources that human civilization went to war with each other. Trillionaire monarchies fought hard to hoard as much of the resources as they could. This caused a lot of oppression to most of the people on the planet.
FELIX
Yeah, I remember putting up with all that crap. Things got even worse when some of the oppressed started supporting those monarchies. And then things get fuzzy from there.
NEARBY GUARD
SECURE THE SECTOR 5 CELL IMMEDIATELY.
EKZID
You had a retrograde. Under so much stress and anguish, you covered the planet in a mystical fog creating another ice age. This affected the human population, including the small sliver of monarchies.
A slight smile grows on Felix’s face. Ekzid and Felix walk out of the hallway and into a large circular shaped room with doorways leading to several paths.
NEARBY GUARD
ELIMINATE ALL TARGETS NEAR THE MAIN CELL.
EKZID
While you’ve been unconscious, the monarchs continued to hoard and retain their remaining power. The KODA rebel group that I’m a part of has fought against the monarch to-
BESERKER GUARD
YOU!!
A large guard with a giant axe swiftly runs and slashes at Felix and Ekzid. Ekzid tries to repel the guard’s attack with the slash of a long plasma blade. But the axe cleaves through. Felix runs back to avoid the berserker while charging a fire spell with a hiding hand. Ekzid attempts to evade the slash but fails, hitting the floor with dents.
BERSERKER GUARD
I’ve acquired the target. And the subject of the containment cell is out and awake. Deploy all personnel to my location immediately.
The guard quickly walks closer to Felix and increases his speed.
BERSERKER GUARD
(Smirk on his face.)
We weren’t done converting you.
FELIX
The fuck?!
Ekzid appears on top of the guard’s shoulder and repeatedly stabs his neck.
BERSERKER GUARD
HNNCCKK!
Felix snaps his fingers and a fiery explosive spell consumes the guard. The berserker falls to the floor creating a large thud.
FELIX
What the hell did he mean by converting me???
A crowd of guards come herding toward Felix and Ekzid. Ekzid suddenly multiples herself several times, with each of her clones fighting the guards with plasma blasts and blades.
EKZID
Felix we need to hurry before the higher ups get to us.
FELIX
Got it.
Wind scatters Felix’s cloak as electricity surrounds him. As the lightning grows, more of Ekzid’s clones are destroyed.
FELIX
HHHNNNNNGGAAAAH!
A burst of lightning scatters through the room, electrocuting all of the guards and Ekzid’s clones.
EKZID
The elevator is this way, let’s go.
Ekzid and Felix walk around the piles of guards lying on the floor and enter an elevator that’s between several other doorways. Ekzid chooses the bottom floor.
EKZID
By “converting” you, that berserker meant the kingdom that we are in has been trying to take control of your body while you were unconscious. They want to use YOU to control the retrograde.
FELIX
I can control that..magical fog stuff?
EKZID
Yup.
FELIX
Hold on..If this is a big prison with me in a tube, aren’t there other prisoners like me here? We need to go back and-
EKZID
(Patting Felix on the shoulder.)
Fortunately, you were the only prisoner here. This whole place is dedicated to containing, experimenting, and controlling you.
Felix looks confused.
FELIX
Like..should I be flattered or…?
SOMEONE ON A GUARD COM DEVICE
ALL OF YOUR LIVES ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE IF YOU DO NOT GET THAT MAGE BACK INTO HIS CELL!!!
The elevator door opens and Felix and Ekzid walk through. Felix sees the fortress hovering up a snow covered mountain within a snowy world and a light gray sky.
EKZID
Jump now!!!
The two jump out of the fortress and into a snow covered hill. Felix looks back in astonishment to see several helicopters and guards with jetpacks rushing to his location.
FELIX
What the fuck…
EKZID
Let’s keep moving…If you can control the retrograde, then you can get rid of the CRAP that’s been destroying the planet.
Felix’s face transitions from concern to delight.
FELIX
But..The last time I made it happened, I passed out for 50 years until you woke me up.
EKZID
We have that taken care of already.
Ekzid and Felix arrive at a camp in front of a mountain cave where a group of people reside; including an athletic young Caucasian woman with long blond hair, wearing leather armor covered by a large shawl, wielding a one-handed sword; and a tall bald, barefoot muscular man with bright red skin covered in tattoos, with long sharp ears, wearing a monk’s garb and wielding a large ornate staff.
A teenage Hispanic woman with dark shoulder length hair, wearing a long green robe over light leather armor, and wielding a high tech bow and arrow, approaches Felix, holding a large crystal with a pulsating light.
ARCHER
My name’s Izel. We’re the KODA rebel group that has fought against the monarchies to save you. I can understand if you don’t trust us within this short span of time. But I promise you that there’s a way you can use the retrograde to rid the planet of-….sigh, to defeat the ASSHOLES who made this planet a hell hole.
Felix grabs the crystal.
EKZID
Yeah, the damage to this planet has already been done, but we can at leas-
FELIX
Uh huh, I know, I’m ending this TODAY.
The rebel group looks relieved and surprised. The crystal hovers in Felix’s hand and a pulse of air surrounds him. A plasma powered jet approaches the camp with an older man with light blue skin, wearing a fancy crown and a large red fur coat, peaks out the door reaching his hand out.
KING
WAIT DON’T DO THAT. YOU WILL KILL US ALL!!!!!!
FELIX
Naah, we’ll be fine.
The gray sky swirls and a gust of air grows, surrounding the camp, then the kingdom itself and so on. The swirl in the sky turns yellow orange. A yellow-orange haze appears, mixing in with the wind. Several mechanical structures, buildings, and people begin to disintegrate and disappear on the planet. Including the king himself.
FELIX
We’ve put up with people like you for way to long enough.
KING
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! DON’T DO THIS! I’LL LOSE ALL- I WON’T HAVE…..UUUUUUGGGGH.
The yellow-orange haze on the ground gets thicker, and the sky becomes clearer.
IZEL
Finally.
EKZID
This is the best we could do. We’ve gotten a 2nd chance.
The haze slowly clears.
Photo credits: Corridor by Robin Schreiner, scratched rust by hence the boom, shiny metal by Fikri Rasyid, black rock texture by Frantisek G
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