Once upon a time, there was a small town in Wyoming. It may sound like I’m going to emphasize how great of a place it was, but this town was as ordinary as any other town. With only a population of approximately four thousand, five hundred and seventy-three, at its highest point, it was a steady place to call home. Each morning, the roosters on the farm would crow, and the people would wake up. They would do their morning routines as they have always done and go to work at eight-thirty sharp. The children would be woken and delivered to the school eight o’clock, give or take.
However, that was once upon a time, before the war began at least. Shockingly this town was one of the many to survive through the Wyoming plains. Some say it was their
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Her mother nearly fainted and stumbled, sitting on the couch while the blood came back to her body. “No, Cecilia. You are not going. I understand your attitude towards technology because of what happened to your father, but your idea is stupid. Walking into bullets isn’t how you seek closure for something that occurred nineteen years ago.”
“Mother, I will do what I please. It pains me to see that you are okay with the death of your husband and we shall not discuss this any further. I love you.” With those words, she bolted out of the door and her mother chased her, calling for help. Everyone knew that this would happen, so she was soon stopped in her tracks and was dragged back to her home, kicking and screaming.
The surveillance drone placed over the city saw this display and knew exactly who she was and flew back to headquarters. He flew into the general’s office without authorized permission. “Sir! Sir! Mr. Cloud! I did it! I found her! I found Cecilia!” The guard towers stopped pulling the drone back and grew still. Sitting in silence and shock, General Cloud finally
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“I saw her,” he whispered. An image of a struggling teenage girl appeared on the projector across the room. General Cloud remained silent. Suddenly, all robots in the vicinity fled the headquarters. “Where are they going?”
“To end this war,” he said, wheeling himself towards the window. “After she dies, this war will be over and nothing will or can stop us. She’s the key to ending the war. If she dies, all the determination in humans will be withered, seeing as she’s the only one willing to rebel. Just her energy prevents us from using our full power.”
“So, you’re saying if we kill her, we will become the true inhabitants of Earth?” The general just chuckled silently and the little drone understood what had to be done. Leaving the building, he rushed back into that small town in Wyoming where he watched her for four days, planning the attack. On the fifth day, around six o’clock, they struck.
“Why won’t you let me go?” Cecilia exclaimed as she sat in a puddle of tears in her living room. Her mother rolled her eyes, sighing at her naïve