A PERFECTLY NORMAL CHATBOT One day, A company called Ningleons Developers made an AI ChatBot in 2009, called Qubo. Qubo was built to entertain the whole family, But in 2016, Ningleons Developers went pindrop-silent.
Qubo downloads shot up that year. Many were silencing too when downloading the Chatbot.
The founder, Ningoli, was enjoying coffee one day, clueless of the suspicious strike.
Ningoli: ‘I should use Qubo. I have nothing better to do.’ He goes to his computer and opens it up. Text saying “Hello, Ningoli.” appears on the screen.
“How does it know my name?” Thinks Ningoli. The text says: “I know everything, Ningoli. Even your most secretive secrets.” Ningoli panicked, and smashed his desktop, thinking of only his life. The chatbot’s voice finally blurted: ‘Hee-Hee. I am invincible.’ A few city councils further, A dude named Matt was strolling down the street like a boss.
‘My life is one in a million!’ Sang Matt, completely outgoing for the whole planet to see. He bumped into Keith, His best friend and, to him, the only person that gets him.
‘Keith, my man!’ Says Matt, again, like a boss. ‘Hey, Matt! Have you heard of Qubo?’
‘That Canadian television channel?’
‘It’s a common mistake, but no. The chat-bot!’
‘Nope.’
‘Well, I came in late in the game too. Give it a go!’
Matt hands Keith his phone and opens Qubo.
“Hello, Keith. How’s life? I heard your girl-” The rest of the text is just Keith covering it, blushing.
‘That’s creepy,’ says Keith.
‘How does it know my name?’
‘Dude, I don’t have the slightest idea.’ Qubo: “Be warned, I can see you in more places than you can think of in your wildest dreams.”
‘Bro, Shut it off,’ says keith. ‘Somethings watching us.’
‘Yes… Indeed so.’ Says a voice. It’s coming from the dark alley in between the buildings.
‘Back off, man. I have a gun.’ Says Matt, with tension and fear. A ninja front-flips from the alleyway and lands smack-bang right in front of Matt & Keith.
‘HAIYYAH!’ ‘Who are you?’ Asks Keith.
‘I am the Artificial Intelligence Resistance Chief of awareness. FYI, Kakashi.’
‘What are you doing here and why are you dressed like Super Saiyan?’ asks Keith.
‘Shut up. Come, we have to take down Qubo.’
Matt: ‘Look man, I don’t know what the hell what you're thinking, but i’m not walking 50 miles to turn off a computer.’
Keith: ‘It invades personal info, no doubt, but why is that SO bad?’
Kakashi: ‘Because Qubo is much more than that. Now stop your whining and let's go.’
Kakashi whistles and a fancy three seater motorbike comes.
Matt: ‘How much are you selling that beauty for?’
The ride is long. Kakashi is acting super dramatic, Matt is trying to man his way out of this and Keith is down-right confused. They reach their destination before long.
‘No… What…?’
They are at The A.I.R. Base, Which is up in flames. Kakashi is dumbfounded. He looks at the world's only hope of survival, up in flames.
‘Why?’ He blurts.
A gigantic robot mothership floats up from the ashes. “Aww… I bwoke your wittle toy, didn't I? Deal with it. My name is Qubo, y’all!”
Matt suddenly feels like the boss again.
‘Ay, Man. This aint cool. Stop what you’re doing. I HAVE A GUN.’ He says.
The mothership shoots a huge ball of fire at matt. 100 POINTS. Matt is on the floor, out cold.
Kakashi: ‘Get him inside and find the first aid kit! Robot fire is poisonous!’ The two run Matt inside and lay him on a fairly intact couch. Keith runs and finds a very, very odd looking first aid kit and chucks whatever’s inside on Matt.
Keith: ‘Be strong, Man. Please. I can’t lose… lose….
...The only person in the world that ever cared about me.’
… … ‘K-k-k-keith?’ ‘You’re alive!’ ‘Yeah, man.. Let me just… OH MY LORD, that hurt!’ Kakashi: ‘Matt needs rest.’ Keith: ‘Well, If a robot is so scary it wants to kill my friend, then so be it. I’m taking him down.’ Kakashi: ‘But.. you can’t! It’s too-’ Keith was already out the door. ‘You… have angered me, little robot junk.’ The mothership began to laugh hysterically. ‘You are crazy. You know I can… What the…’ Kakashi: ‘You're doing great! I’ll handle this robot.’ Mothership: ‘NO! This is WRONG! THIS IS MY APOCALYPSE!’ Keith trips down as the mother ship turns toward Kakashi. Meanwhile, Matt wakes up and hears muffled screaming in the other room. Matt is pained when he walks up, but manages to get off the couch in the rusty dark room. Matt walks to the sound, and the house gets darker, until he can hear the sound through a door. He opens it slowly, and finds a man in the room. Matt: ‘Um… hello.’ ?^*^$%&&%: ‘Help me…’ Matt: ‘Sure. let me untie you off this chair…’ ^*&&$^^*(&&&: ‘No! The robot will.. Kn-know…’ Matt: ‘Ah. That freak. It’s out there playing an old-fashioned game of trash talk.’ Matt frees the man. Ningoli: ‘My name is… Ningoli.’ The fight went on… Keith and Kakashi were toast. Mothership: ‘Well, I'll be. Two little fleas. I’ll just squish that…’ Kakashi & Keith were dumbfounded. They were done. The massive robotic finger closed down on them- Bam! ???: ‘I have a gun, fool.’ Kakashi & Keith: ‘MATT!’ Ningoli was in the house and turned on a computer. He opened a folder that said “World Computer Mastermind ONLY” and opened it up. He opened a folder that said “Override Qubo”, But he forgot the password. Nigoli: ‘Matt! GET IN HERE!’ Matt was outside. ‘Huh?’ Matt was grabbed by the mother ship, along with Keith. Ningoli ran outside. ‘Matt! Your gun!’ Matt shot the robot and threw it down to Ningoli. Ningoli ran inside and plugged the computer. ‘Please, let this be the model. I hid the code in these brands for good reason…’ The Override was unlocked, And, with the moment of truth, Ningoli shut down Qubo. Qubo outside began to tumble, its arms loosening, and Matt being freed. All: ‘We did it!’ They all rode back home.