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[[A man with a shotgun approaches a woman.]]
Man: Sarah! Come with me if you want to live! A robot assassin has been sent here to kill you!
[[The woman holds her hands over her mouth.]]
Man: I'm here to save you. I may not be as strong or fast as a machine, but I'll fight to keep you --
[[There's a huge orange and yellow explosion. The two are disintegrated.]]
<<BOOM>>
[[A flying robot assassin is above the bomb site.]]
{{Title text: We live in a world where there are actual fleets of robot assassins patrolling the skies. At some point there, we left the present and entered the future.}}
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