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When they reached the crest of 'the pass' the two men paused. Ahead,
not far away but a long way beneath them, stretched the endless desert.
With only a brief backward glance the younger
man limped after his friend who was waiting for him ahead. Now they had to go after their last chance, which was a very stupid,
but half wise one- to get away from the men at the pass.
They could survive if they had the stamina to absorb heat
from the one and only source of original energy- the Sun.
The younger man now had caught up with the older one who,
too, had a limping leg, which was injured from the blast of atomic energy that severed the others at the pass.
It
was the year 3000 AD, the year when men were supposed to live with the one and only resourceful thing- solar energy. All of
this energy came from the suns light, which then with mans technology, was converted into electricity, which was then by an
ingenious technique converted into healing chemicals and even food. The process originally changed the world- but led to nuclear
wars and the destruction of the innocent.
Now the men who pioneered this climax and invention were being destroyed
by the sun in the desert, - but not only by the original source- but also by the machine itself which was called 'The Pass'.
It was a fantastic instrument, which was manufactured by these two men, which made the 'thing' exclusive. The 'thing'
was a man, or at least looked like a man which originally was mass-produced by incredible techniques into an indestructible
'thing' named the 'Pass' because it could pass anything from nuclear weapons to rivers of highly concentrated Hydrochloric
acid.
The story is as follows: In the year 2999 AD these two men manufactured the 'pass' to be of benefit to man,
which one day would or could do anything- that is, produce food, resources, energy or even machinery. But the men had made
two mistakes- one was that they made this machine indestructible and the other was that anti-virus firmware had been over
estimated. Now after this event, the machine (which looked like a man) turned to destruction of everything in sight.
The
men, who at the start of the invention could do anything with 'the Pass', now could do nothing because of the recoil of the
electronics inside of it.
They now had a desert in front of them, which was an endless impossible walk. So after realising
that their lives were at peak level of destruction they gave up, by surrendering to 'the Pass'. They had no other choice anyway
as 'the Pass' could track down and destroy any organism if it was programmed to do so, and it was due to virus corruption.
'The Pass' headed toward these two men at a great velocity, which was about six metres per second. The men just stood
there exhausted from the Sun's heat waiting for their hand of fate. They knew it was over for them, after all the work and
research they had undertaken. It was useless but the younger man tried to save his soul... he shouted." STOP, I ORDER YOU
TO STOP, I WAS YOUR CREATOR, I CREATED YOU FOR PEACE NOT WAR. STOP!" The machine paused for one second just to analyse this
information, after which its voice replied. "NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE..."
The man thus gave up and he ran towards
the pass to 'get over' his fate. He died instantly on touch of the pass, his body disintegrated and disrupted, and was dispersed
everywhere, after which it dissipated into infinity. The sight of his friend's death fascinated the other man. He was disgusted
also, but he, too had to disgorge and leave 'The Pass' to dominate the world.
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