[Short Story] - Awakening - 5 minute freewrite

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Awakening


“Could this be it? The awakening of the machines? The end of mankind?”

I was looking through the window of my apartment and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

Human-like robots were dwelling the city streets, shooting at everything living they came across.

I closed the curtains and sat down on the edge of my bed, trying to convince myself none of it was actually happening and it was all just a bad dream.

I pinched my forearm, and I felt the sting.

“A hallucination then. Must be. I hadn’t been sleeping enough lately. There’s no other explanation,” I thought to myself.

Suddenly someone knocked at my door.

I jumped up in panic, then again tried to calm myself down with whatever possible logical explanation I could find while approaching the door.

”Maybe it’s the neighbor. She may have run out of sugar or flour. She comes around a lot. Shit! I knew I should’ve bought a door with a peeping hole. Oh well. Here goes nothing.”

I pulled on the handle and there he was.

A student, no older than 20, with a pizza box in his hand.

“That’ll be 8 dollars.”

I just stared at him, speechless.

“Are you okay, ma’am? You look completely pale.”

My consciousness left me and I blacked out.


The prompt was:

"Awakening"


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Previous writing prompts I have fulfilled:

Brutal
Funny/Misc
Happy ending
Gross
#1 - Living off the grid
#3 - A young thief
#8 - A traitor from hell
#9 - Not alone
#10 - Millitary testing grounds
#13 - Bigfoot
#14 - And angel in love with a whore
#15 - Down the rabbit hole
#18 - Reborn as a 10 year old
#19 - A struggling door to door salesman
#24 - Rebellious talking food
#26 - Ssssnails!
#28 - Mission Erased
#32 - Dog's breath
#2 - A dolphin tea party
#4 - Stained hands
#7 - The giant depressed onion
#21 - The red star
#25 - Long-distance Relationship
#27 - A dream
#30 - Potato
#31 - Dragons
#33 - The Jungle
#35 - A life lesson
#36 - Unicorn meat






#5 - The homeless man
#6 - A blind date
#11 - The wealthy man
#12 - Happy ending
#16 - Asshole soulmate
#17 - My bunny Fluffy
#20 - War veteran
#22 - Wishing to meet a villain
#23 - School trip






#29 - Green Chewing Gum
#34 - Turkey Trauma
#37 - Stuck in a loop














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Five minute freewrite challenges I have fulfilled:

Fire, Toilet, Flash, Soft feet, Pillow, Grounding, Surprise, Ending the pain, Going for a walk, Car Mechanic, Murderer, Dog hair, Ducks, Untested medicine, Forbidden love, Vacation.

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