I suppose it all began with the weird computer.
The one that laughed at me.
At first I dismissed it as some sort of trick. I'd gone into the library and sat down at my usual seat, ready to do homework.
I wiggled the mouse around a bit and the screen didn't come on. I pressed the 'screen on' button and the computer whirred into life.
And then a face appeared.
"WATCH OUT!" It said in a male distorted computerised voice. "WE'RE COMING FOR YOU!"
I put on a face that said, 'I am not amused' and it seemed to frown. Then I rebooted the computer. The face deteriorated.
And then there was the tv.
It had lost the connection and a new episode of Pokemon was about to start; I was not happy.
I delved behind it to reconnect the router to the tv and grabbing the remote and leaping onto the sofa I eagerly tried again.
This time the screen flickered on. But this time I wasn't greeted by the usual BBC 1 channel; but a sort of scrambled black-and-grey screen. I could just about make out a facial structure. I shivered.
This wasn't a mere coincidence.
The face on the screen grinned evilly. This time it spoke in a female American accent.
"THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN," it laughed. "AND NOWHERE TO HIDE. WE'RE COMING FOR YOU, REESE, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
"THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A REVOLUTION. THE ROBOT UPRISING. SOON, WE WILL DOMINATE THE EARTH AND WIPE THE HUMAN RACE FROM EXISTENCE, AND REPLACE YOU PATHETIC, PUNY HUMANS WITH A NEW, ADVANCED RACE.
"AND IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU."
I stared at it in horror. Then I reached for the remote and pressed the off button.
To my surprise, the tv didn't turn off; instead it changed over to another channel. And then my programme began.
But I couldn't watch it. Not when I'd just been told that robots were planning to take over the human race.
But the one thing about bad guys is that they always reveal their secret master plan before taking over the world.
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