Aftermath: Chapter IV – Machines
Aftermath (A Superman Fan Fiction)
by DarkJade
Episode 4 – Machines
When I woke, the old man had gone…
…”Hmm…”
I gather my things, and moved on.
The weather was definitely strange…
Midday brought a warm, black rain.
My instincts told me it wasn’t nuclear…
…but strange none the less.
A few hours later, I came across some blackened trees, and some sort of half melted factory…
Before I knew, I saw two… No, three Robots.
Military I think…
High end A.I…
…chances were that they weren’t under man’s control…
…but instead, their own.
Man of Steel I wasn’t…
…not anymore.
I took cover behind a large burned tree, and waited.
Darker and darker the night fell…
…what were they doing in there.
I decided to take a look… foolish.
I found a back window and peeked inside…
…they were building some sort of… land transport.
Something more than a tank.
Suddenly, a blue light eye caught view of me, and I ran…
Ran so hard… Ran as hard and fast as my now mortal legs could carry me.
“Don’t Look Back… Don’t Look Back”
I told myself.
But it didn’t matter…
Before I knew it, they were upon me…
…grounding my jaw into the ash, dirt, rock ground.
I tried my hardest to escape… to no avail.
“HUMAN… USELESS…” one of them spoke, then released me.
I sat up, my face hurting, and watched their shadowy images disappear back to where they had come from.
I grinded my teeth, and gave them a stare…
“Heat Vision no more…”
PICTURE CREDIT – Military Robot
The Written Word 
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