Hacker

“They can’t do that!” I told John.

The robots were basically taking over the city. They elected a robot mayor too. One week ago they decided to fire a bunch of people and hire robots instead. All the companies fired all the people who did a simple job, like throwing away the trash or fixing cars. I was a software engineer and my friend, John was a car mechanic.  Ever since he got fired, he has been living in my apartment. There were protests against this new change but nothing had been done to change it since the mayor is a robot. John and I went there. Last week the robot mayor decided that they work going to demolish a lot of buildings to build labs to make more robots. John and I order some pizza and turn on the news. There it comes 34 robots recently got hacked and murdered 102 humans. John and I had to investigate. I knew what artificial intelligence was capable of. I told John that we both were going to try to hack one of the mayor’s guards. I got my Macbook Pro out of its black shiny case.  I open it and type in my password. 

“Go get some lemonade Jo,” My eyes were fixed on the screen. 

 The water tasted cold and had a tangy lemon taste. After a few hours of hard work, I hacked it. First I connected 2 Bluetooth VR headsets I realized that the robot’s eyes were 1080 resolution. I can see his whole mansion with these things. The home of the mayor was giant, everything was so empty. I saw a sofa that charges the robot when they sit on it. I commanded the robot to go left, that’s where there was a big hallway. At the end of the hallway was a room that said DO NOT ENTER Private room. I commanded it to open the room. Just thinking about going in there sent shivers down my spine. John’s deep voice ended my thoughts. 

“Are you sure? I think this will catch other robots’ attention.”

“We have to try for the sake of the city,” I tell him.

He was always the more cautious one, always stressing and worrying ever since we were little kids. I commanded the robot to open the door. Inside there was a sign Control Room, it was all dark there were a few lights. I told it to go forward. There were a lot of controls. There was one place where it said security cameras. I looked at a screen that was split into a bunch of screens. Beside it was a detailed map that showed everything, There also was a robot testing room where the robots were tested before use. I focused the eyes on the mayor’s office. I planned to go there next. Next, there was a transportation room that had transportation devices like hoverboards that hovered and energy booster boots. I told him to leave the room and go out of the room. Suddenly invisible motion sensor lights turn on and light the dark hallway. I head towards the mayor’s room. It is a long way there. I was tempted to get an invisible cloak but there was no way I was going to get past those security guards. I would have no excuse. Suddenly, I was caught off guard when another robot pops out of nowhere.  

The robot says “Pay attention, we have to protect the mayor.”

 I command my robot to say “I am paying attention, mind your own business.” Then I hurry to the mayor’s room before any other robots stop me. The door of the mayor’s room is the color of blood red. On the doorknob, there is a place where a have to type a passcode. I have to hack into the systems. 

“I’m getting tired, can we sleep?”

 “You can go to sleep but I’m going to get this robot in the main room and try to figure out his cruel plans.”

“No, you need some rest too, Sam,” John has his stern face on and I know arguing won’t do any good.

I wake up at the crack of dawn and run to John’s bed. We have to sleep in the same room since I never planned him staying for long. I had an extra bed since we have sleepovers often. 

“Wake up John, remember the robot?” I shake him awake. 

He doesn’t budge. I play a loud song on my holographic phone. He wakes up and I tell him to brush because his breath smells. He goes to brush his teeth and until then I set up the computer and VR headsets on again for us to look inside Mayor Robby’s mansion. John comes back and puts on his navy blue headset. I hack into the door and find the password. I have the robot fling open the door, expecting a bunch of robot guards but find it empty. I make the robot open the computer and find it open. I hack into the computer and find out that his messages are to order the robots to kill humans and engineers more and more robots to take over the city. I have to do something. Right then I hear a loud sound through the headset. The mayor is coming through. I have the robot close all the tabs and shut down the monitor. I’m running out of options but I get an idea. Maybe I can have the robot pretend to be guarding the control room. Hopefully, the mayor won’t notice one extra robot. I have it run into the control room panicking. 

“Well, well, well. What do we have here?” The floating chair slowly spins around and what I see would have made me jump backward if I were really there. But I wasn’t, I was just looking through the eyes of this hacked robot. But that doesn’t stop me from jumping up in my own chair in my small apartment back at home.